1. Macroeconomic news

 

Bureau of Statistics: On October 15, the Bureau of Statistics announced the data. From January to September, the national consumer prices rose by 3.3% year-on-year. Among them, the CPI rose by 1.7% year-on-year in September. On average from January to September, factory prices for industrial producers dropped by 2.0% year-on-year. Among them, the September PPI fell by 2.1% year-on-year.

 

Central Bank: On October 15, the central bank launched a 500 billion yuan medium-term loan facility (MLF) operation and a 50 billion yuan reverse repurchase operation. Given that the MLF maturity volume this month is 200 billion yuan, the central bank has invested 300 billion yuan in medium and long-term liquidity into the banking system. The MLF operation "Volume Rise and Price Flat" is in line with market expectations.

 

Central Bank: On October 14, Saudi Arabia, the chairman of the Group of Twenty (G20), hosted a video conference between G20 finance ministers and central bank governors to discuss and coordinate the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic on the global economy. Central Bank Governor Yi Gang said that China's strong economic recovery is mainly due to the effective prevention and control of the epidemic in China and the timely introduction of a series of macro stimulus policies.

 

Eight departments including the Central Bank: According to news from the central bank’s website on the 15th, the eight departments including the Central Bank issued the "Guiding Opinions on Further Strengthening Financial Services for Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises." The opinion proposes to carry out a project to improve the financial service capabilities of small and micro enterprises of commercial banks, and to substantially increase credit loans, first loans, and renewal of loans for small and micro enterprises.

 

Agricultural Bank of China: On October 15th, the Agricultural Bank of China’s financial services press conference revealed that the Agricultural Bank of China continued to increase its support for poverty alleviation. As of the end of September, the Agricultural Bank’s loan balance in 832 national poverty alleviation key counties exceeded 1.26 trillion Yuan, the balance of targeted poverty alleviation loans was 474.1 billion yuan.

 

2. Capital market news

 

The three major A-share indexes closed down. Specifically, the Shanghai Composite Index closed down 0.26% to close at 3332.18 points; the Shenzhen Component Index fell 0.48% to close at 13624.89 points; the ChiNext Index fell 0.95% to close at 2737.96 points. Market volume shrank, with a total of 764 billion yuan in transactions between the two cities.

 

The China Securities Regulatory Commission approved the IPO registration of three companies on the Science and Technology Innovation Board. On October 15th, the China Securities Regulatory Commission approved the IPO registration of the following companies on the Science and Technology Innovation Board in accordance with legal procedures: Jiangxi Riyueming Measurement & Control Technology Co., Ltd., Suzhou Polytech Material Technology Co., Ltd., Xiamen Di Nike Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. .

 

3.power industry news

 

Sichuan Department of Economy and Information Technology: Recently, the Sichuan Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology and other four departments issued the "Sichuan Electric Power Spot Market Construction Pilot Program" and related implementation rules (the 2020 settlement trial operation draft). Emphasize: All market-oriented users participating in medium and long-term transactions in the province should participate in the hydropower bidding spot market and the thermal power bidding spot market.

 

Yangtze Power: On October 13, Yangtze Power announced that benefiting from abundant water, the company's total power generation in the third quarter of 2020 was about 91.052 billion kWh, an increase of 21.67% from the same period last year.

 

Huaneng Hydropower: Huaneng Hydropower announced that in the first three quarters of 2020, it will complete 72.09 billion kilowatt-hours of power generation, a year-on-year decrease of 11.95%, and on-grid power will be 71.565 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year decrease of 11.99%.

 

4. industrial energy storage industry news

 

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: On October 15, according to the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology mentioned in the "Letter on Proposal Response No. 0262 (Gongjiao, Post and Telecommunications) No. 26 of the Third Session of the 13th CPPCC National Committee" that it will improve new energy vehicles. The safety supervision system actively promotes the legislative work on the recycling of power batteries for new energy vehicles.

 

Power Battery Network: According to foreign media reports, the Indonesian government stated that CATL and LG Chem have indicated that they may join the country’s battery supply chain investment plan, which may add 20 billion US dollars of investment to Indonesia’s electric vehicle supply chain.

 

Guoxuan Hi-Tech: On October 14, Guoxuan Hi-Tech announced that Guoxuan Hi-Tech’s subsidiaries received a total of approximately 182 million yuan in government subsidies related to income from July to September 2020.