[Selected midday news on October 19th] 1. As of midday closing, the Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.16%, the Shenzhen Composite Component Index fell 0.18%, and the ChiNext Index fell 1.07%. 2. The National Bureau of Statistics announced the performance of the national economy in the first three quarters of 2026. According to preliminary calculations, the GDP in the first three quarters was 107.1071 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.6% at constant prices. 3. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that in September, the added value of industries above designated size actually increased by 5.5% year-on-year, and the growth rate accelerated by 0.3 percentage points from the previous month. From January to September, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 37,000.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.1%. In the first three quarters, the national fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) was 33,411.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 7.2%, which was the same as from January to August. From January to September, the national real estate development investment was 5.3364 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 20.6% 4. Nine departments including the Ministry of Commerce issued opinions on accelerating the promotion of business through science and technology, which mentioned that we should accelerate the promotion of business through science and technology, implement in-depth the "artificial intelligence + manufacturing" special action, and accelerate the transformation of cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements such as brain-computer interfaces and embodied intelligence into the market. 5. The latest round of defense for fund investment advisory qualifications started this week, with dozens of securities firms conducting it in batches.