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Industrial Economy
*The General Office of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government issued the “Shanghai 15th Five-Year Plan for Urban Renewal and Housing Development”, which emphasizes leveraging the urban real estate financing coordination mechanism to expand and enhance the whitelist of projects supported under this mechanism.
*SK Hynix states CPO is critical for scaling system-level HBM innovation. Next-gen AI infrastructure will extend optical interconnection to memory interfaces.
*Rising AI server demand paired with tight capacity has led to shortages of high-end electronic yarn. Price hikes for electronic fabric are spreading from premium grades to standard products.
Financial
*Zheng Shanjie, Director of NDRC, chaired a forum for private enterprises to solicit views on stabilizing economic performance and boosting effective investment. Going forward, NDRC will fully leverage existing policies and formulate practical new measures in a timely manner.
*The National Immigration Administration announced that starting August 20, citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam will be eligible for the 240-hour transit visa exemption and the 30-day Hainan visa waiver. This expands the 240-hour transit visa-free list to 57 countries and the Hainan 30-day visa-free roster to 61 countries.
Aug 20 Block Trade Info
*Discount
-Eastroc Beverage (605499 CH) saw 3 block trades worth 157.20mn at 122.27yuan per share, 0.39pct discount from last closing.
-AtHub (603881 CH) saw 24 block trades worth 142.08mn at 25.79-26.79yuan per share, 6.49-9.98pct discount from last closing.
-SICC (688234 CH) saw 11 block trades worth 101.30mn at 100.00yuan per share, 11.21pct discount from last closing.
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