[Selected midday news on September 3] 1. As of midday closing, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Index rose 0.43%, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Component Index rose 0.39%, and the ChiNext Index rose 0.43%. 2. Hong Kong stocks closed at noon, with the Hang Seng Index up 0.02% and the Hang Seng Technology Index down 0.56%. 3. According to the Ministry of Commerce, on the morning of September 2, International Trade Negotiator and Vice Minister Li Chenggang met with a delegation from the Board of Directors of the U.S.-China Business Council. The two sides exchanged views on Sino-U.S. economic and trade relations and other issues. 4. Shanghai issued the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Management in Shanghai", which mentioned that the coverage of renovation of old communities will be further expanded and 30 million to 40 million square meters of old communities will be renovated. 5. The State Sports General Administration introduced at the press conference that it will accelerate the application of new technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence in the sports field, cultivate and expand new business formats such as online sports live broadcasts, online training, virtual sports, and smart operations, and create more new models and scenarios of sports consumption through innovative applications of digital technology.