2026-08-20 China's 240-hour transit visa-free "circle of friends" expands to 57 countries 2026-08-20 Samsung to announce 100 trillion won shareholder return plan. 2026-08-20 Hou Weidong, former deputy governor of Bank of Communications, has been prosecuted for accepting bribes of an especially huge amount. 2026-08-20 CPO concept stocks fluctuated and rallied, with Taichen Optoelectronics surging over 12%, Zhongjing Electronics hitting the daily limit earlier, and Tianzhun Technology, Shijia Photonics, Decolight, and LianTe Technology rising over 6%... 2026-08-20 Singapore police have stated that they are investigating iron ore trading giant Radiant World. 2026-08-20 Beijing E-Town: Will accelerate the realization of mass production of 100,000-unit-level embodied intelligent robots. 2026-08-20 Seoul Composite Index intraday gains expanded to 6%. 2026-08-20 Unitree Robotics founder Wang Xingxing: We have not yet大规模 promoted humanoid robots on a large scale, because currently the overall efficiency and its versatility capabilities are not yet high enough. (Reuters) 2026-08-20 The shipping sector strengthened in early trading, with Phoenix Shipping hitting the daily limit, while COSCO Shipping Energy, China Merchants Energy Shipping, Haitong Development, Guohang Ocean Shipping, and Xingtong Co., Ltd. followed with gains. 2026-08-20 Japan's 40-year government bond yield fell 9.5 basis points to 4.055%. 2026-08-20 Australia July full-time employment change 16,300 persons, previous value 29,300 persons. 2026-08-20 Australia July employment change -15.8K, expected 12K, previous 76.3K. 2026-08-20 Australia's July unemployment rate was 4.5%, compared to the expected 4.4% and the previous 4.4%. 2026-08-20 Australia July employment participation rate 66.9%, expected 66.9%, previous 67%. 2026-08-20 Australia July part-time employment change -32.2 thousand, previous value 47 thousand. 2026-08-20 The CSI Convertible Bond Index opened up 0.28%. Sanxin Convertible Bond, Weixin Convertible Bond, Haoyuan Convertible Bond, Aorui Convertible Bond, and Tianzhun Convertible Bond led the gains, rising 11... 2026-08-20 Treasury bond futures opened, with the 30-year main contract down 0.14%, the 10-year main contract down 0.04%, and the 5-year main contract down 0.01%... 2026-08-20 C Yushu opened down 6.51%, with the stock price reported at 790 yuan, after closing up 460% yesterday. 2026-08-20 Innovative drug concept opened with a sharp rise, with multiple stocks hitting the daily limit, including Tri-Gene, GeneChem Technology, Walvax Biotechnology, and Lummy Pharmaceutical. 2026-08-20 The Shanghai Composite Index opened at 3907.21 points, up 0.33%.
The Shenzhen Component Index opened at 14032.97 points, up 1.03%. 2026-08-20 The People's Bank of China has conducted zero 7-day reverse repo operations for 8 consecutive working days. 2026-08-20 Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index opened up 1.11%, and the Hang Seng Tech Index rose 1.69%. 2026-08-20 The central parity rate of the RMB against the USD was reported at 6.7808, up 46 points; the previous trading day's central parity rate was 6.7854, and the previous trading day's official closing price was 6.... 2026-08-20 Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Index opened 0.5% higher at 44,942.01 points. 2026-08-20 China's August 1-year Loan Prime Rate (LPR) is 3%, previous value 3%. 2026-08-20 China's August five-year Loan Prime Rate (LPR) 3.5%, previous value 3.5%. 2026-08-20 Commodity futures opened, with the main ethylene glycol contract up over 4%, Shanghai silver up over 3%, and fuel oil, Shanghai gold, and rapeseed oil up over 2%. LU fuel and PTA fell... 2026-08-20 FTSE China A50 Index futures rose 0.43% at the market open, following a 0.39% gain in the previous trading session's night session. 2026-08-20 China's Swift RMB share in global payments was 3.1% in July, compared with 3.1% previously. 2026-08-20 Seoul Composite Index intraday gains expanded to 5%. 2026-08-20 Ministry of Commerce: New types of consumption are flourishing. 2026-08-20 Reminder: At 09:00 Beijing time, China's August Loan Prime Rate (LPR) and China's July Swift RMB global payments... will be released. 2026-08-20 The financing balance of the two markets decreased by 29.669 billion yuan. 2026-08-20 Japan's 30-year government bond yield fell 9.5 basis points to 3.985%. 2026-08-20 CITIC Securities: The baijiu sector is seeing a recovery, with attention on mid-autumn peak season sales momentum. 2026-08-20 Japan's export growth hits fastest pace in nearly four years 2026-08-20 Seoul Composite Index in South Korea rose 4% to 6,732.17 points. 2026-08-20 Agricultural Development Bank issued 1-year bonds, with a scale of 8 billion yuan, an issuance rate of 0.0000%, expected 0.0000%, and a bid-to-cover ratio of 1.00 times, ... 2026-08-20 Tianfu Communication: Since the third quarter, the shortage of related materials has gradually eased. 2026-08-20 Tianfu Communication: Will further expand production bases both domestically and internationally in sync with customer production increase demands. 2026-08-20 Chen Guo, Deputy Director of the Research Institute and Chief Strategist at East Money Securities: The U.S. has acted as expected to suppress long-end interest rates, which is favorable for gold, digital currencies, and RMB assets. 2026-08-20 Nikkei 225 index and MSCI Asia Pacific index expanded gains to 1%. 2026-08-20 Japan's 10-year government bond yield fell 4.5 basis points to 2.845%. 2026-08-20 CK Hutchison stated that it has initiated international arbitration proceedings against Panama for violating the investment protection treaty, seeking compensation exceeding $1.5 billion for the destruction of its investments in Panama. 2026-08-20 Nikkei 225 opened 0.6% higher, while South Korea's KOSPI opened 3.2% higher. 2026-08-20 Japan's 20-year government bond yield fell 6 basis points to 3.715%. 2026-08-20 China is about to issue or is currently issuing local government bonds. 2026-08-20 China is about to issue or is currently issuing government bonds and policy financial bonds. 2026-08-19 Foreign net buying of Japanese bonds for the week of August 14: -1,249.9 billion yen, previous value -58.7 billion yen. 2026-08-19 Foreign net buying of Japanese stocks for the week of August 14 totaled 621.2 billion yen, compared with the previous value of -368.5 billion yen.