[Selected midday news on September 18] 1. As of midday closing, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Index rose 1.04%, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Component Index rose 1.52%, the GEM Index rose 2.11%, and the Science and Technology Innovation 50 Index rose 3.93%. 2. Hong Kong stocks closed at noon, with the Hang Seng Index up 0.67% and the Hang Seng Technology Index up 1.74%. 3. The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development introduced at a press conference that China’s real estate has entered the era of stock. Existing home sales are the general trend. 4. The National Energy Administration and other departments deploy work to ensure the safety, stable production and supply of coal. 5. Ten departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry", which mentioned that new technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, supercomputing, and computational medicine will accelerate the research and development of new drugs, and explore new models of pharmaceutical and device production such as ultra-limited manufacturing, space pharmaceuticals, and biomanufacturing. 6. The Bank of Japan raised interest rates by 25 basis points, raising the target interest rate from 1.00% to 1.25%, the highest level in 31 years, in line with market expectations.