[Selected midday news on October 30] 1. As of midday closing, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.3%, the Shenzhen Composite Component Index fell 0.58%, and the ChiNext Index fell 1.18%. 2. Hong Kong stocks closed at noon, with the Hang Seng Index up 1.64% and the Hang Seng Technology Index up 1.43%. 3. The National Energy Administration and other departments issued guidance on promoting the innovative development of gas turbines, which mentioned that by 2030, China’s gas turbine independent innovation capabilities will be significantly enhanced and an independent and controllable “R&D-manufacturing-verification-maintenance” full industry chain system will be established. 4. As of October 29, the total financing balance of the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges was 2,349.152 billion yuan, a decrease of 26.108 billion yuan from the previous trading day. 5. The Bank of Japan kept its policy interest rate unchanged at 1.25%, in line with market expectations. 6. The Bank of Japan announced that it will increase the annual sales of ETFs to approximately 860 billion yen per year starting from January next year, compared with approximately 330 billion yen per year. The time to complete the sales is expected to be shortened from the previous approximately 112 years to approximately 43 years.