[Selected midday news on October 20] 1. As of midday closing, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.08%, the Shenzhen Composite Index rose 0.18%, and the ChiNext Index rose 0.27%. 2. Hong Kong stocks closed at noon. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 0.95% to 23956.93 points; the Hang Seng Technology Index fell 1.21% to 4058.39 points. 3. Zuo Gang, deputy director of the National Economic Comprehensive Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a press conference on the 20th that he is studying and formulating a strategic implementation plan for expanding domestic demand and will speed up the issuance and implementation of the strategy. In the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission will work with relevant departments to use greater efforts and more practical measures to effectively expand domestic demand. New incremental policies will be introduced in a timely manner as needed to ensure that economic operations remain within a reasonable range. 4. The central bank announced that in order to better match the short-term liquidity needs of the banking system, the People's Bank of China will carry out overnight reverse repurchase operations from October 21 to November 2, using fixed interest rates and quantity bidding, and the daily operation volume will not exceed 1 trillion yuan. 5. Stock ETFs have had net inflows for the 11th consecutive trading day. Wind data shows that stock ETFs had a net inflow of 24 billion yuan on October 19, which was the 11th consecutive trading day of net inflows.