Editor's Note: High-speed rail travel is fast, cultural and tourism resources are rich, and the cities are beautiful. In order to thoroughly implement President Xi's important speech to solidly promote the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, Zhejiang is committed to developing cultural tourism. In today's Zhejiang Highlight, we are concerned about the first batch of high-speed rail tourism towns, COVID-19 and two records about electricity consumption and stock IPO.

1.Zhejiang's total electricity consumption breaks the record

From January to November this year, Zhejiang's total electricity consumption reached 503.8 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 15.4%, breaking through the 500 billion kWh for the first time. Following Shandong, Guangdong and Jiangsu, Zhejiang has become the fourth province in China with annual cumulative electricity consumption of more than 500 billion kWh.

2.The high-speed rail tourism towns in the Yangtze River Delta announces

After the recommendation of the cultural and tourism departments (bureaus) of three provinces and one city in Yangtze River Delta, combined with the voting results of netizens and expert evaluation opinions, 31 high-speed rail tourism towns in the Yangtze River Delta were finally selected in the first batch.

3.Some primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in Gongshu District of Hangzhou resumes classes

At about 11:00 p.m. on Dec 13, some primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in Gongshu District of Hangzhou successively issued class resumption notices. In the latest notices, all schools have made corresponding arrangements for the next prevention and control measures.

4.Zhejiang records 45 confirmed cases

Zhejiang recorded 45 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, with 2 cases in Hangzhou, 4 cases in Ningbo, 38 cases in Shaoxing and 1 from overseas(imported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo). As of 24:00 on Dec 13, 1721 confirmed cases (284 imported cases from overseas) have been reported in Zhejiang.

5.Hangzhou company sets new record for A-share IPO pricing

Hoymiles, a Hangzhou-based high-tech company, made its initial public offering (IPO) at the STAR Market in Shanghai Stock Exchange on Dec 7.

The company's stock was priced at 557.8 yuan ($87.68) per share, a record high IPO price in the history of A-share markets. The previous record was 292.92 yuan per share for the IPO of biological agent developer Sino Biological Inc in August.

Editor: Jin Weiduo