[September 17 morning news selection] 1. On September 16, 2026, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi in Beijing. Wang Yi said that China maintains continuity and stability in its policy towards Iran, always upholds justice in the Security Council and multilateral platforms, opposes the use of force, and upholds the norms of international relations. China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with Iran to promote new progress in China-Iran relations. 2. The Federal Reserve announced a 25 basis point interest rate hike, raising the benchmark interest rate to 3.75%-4.00%, the first interest rate increase since July 2023. The median dot plot shows one more interest rate hike in 2026. 3. Federal Reserve Chairman Warsh reiterated that inflation is too high and has lasted for too long. Summer data did not show significant improvement, and the Federal Reserve decided to cancel part of its easing policy. 4. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently issued the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for Culture and Tourism Development". The Plan proposes that by 2030, the construction of a cultural and tourism power will be advanced in depth, cultural undertakings, cultural industries and tourism will continue to prosper, culture and tourism will be deeply integrated and complement each other, cultural empowerment and tourism will fully demonstrate the role of cultural empowerment and tourism, the people's spiritual and cultural life will be enriched, the influence of Chinese culture will be significantly enhanced, and the country's soft power will continue to improve. 5. According to the China Electricity Council, since the beginning of this year, new digital energy loads represented by the Internet data and charging and swapping service industries have experienced explosive growth. The national Internet data service industry has consumed more than 60 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, an increase of more than 40% year-on-year. 6. The cost of transporting U.S. crude oil to Asia has reached a new record. The freight for 2 million barrels of crude oil has reached US$44.8 million, an increase of more than 150% compared with before the outbreak of the Middle East war at the end of February. 7. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority raised the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.25%. 8. Regarding the rumors that "relevant car companies choose other power battery suppliers" that caused the stock price to fall continuously, the reporter learned that CATL will respond in the near future. 9. Zijin Mining announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary plans to invest 1 billion yuan in the fund to invest in artificial intelligence, embodied intelligence and other fields. Henggong Precision announced that it plans to issue convertible bonds of no more than 810 million yuan for projects such as embodied intelligent robots. 10. Jingwei Co., Ltd. announced that ChinaSoft Xi’an plans to acquire 29.68% of the company’s total share capital at a price of 53 yuan per share, and the stock will resume trading. Shanghai Yahong announced that Feike Investment will become the company’s controlling shareholder and the stock will resume trading. 11. Kanghui Co., Ltd. announced that its subsidiary signed a 1.72 billion yuan computing power service contract and a 1.141 billion yuan computing power server purchase and sales contract. 12. *ST Wingtech announced that the company's main credit rating has been downgraded to "BBB-", and the rating outlook is negative. 13. The three major U.S. stock indexes collectively closed down, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.21%, a new closing low since mid-June; the S&P 500 Index falling 0.44%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index falling 0.01%. 14. It was learned on September 16, local time, that the U.S. House of Representatives passed a sanctions bill targeting Russia and Iran that day and sent it to U.S. President Trump for signature. 15. Saudi Arabia is reported to be seeking to restore about 50% of the oil pipeline capacity that was suspended due to drone attacks within a few days. 16. SK Hynix stated that it has not yet confirmed any plans involved in reports that SK Hynix is ​​negotiating with Intel on U.S. memory chip production. 17. Musk once again hinted that his “two trump cards”: Tesla and SpaceX may deepen cooperation or even merge. 18. Micron executives said that the current memory shortage covers multiple market areas. Even if the company promotes about 20 production expansion projects around the world, the truly meaningful new supply will not start to ramp up until 2028. 19. Daily monitoring data from relevant professional websites show that the 30-year fixed mortgage interest rate in the United States continued to rise after breaking through 7% on the 10th, and reached 7.22% on the 15th, a new high since January 2025. 20. The settlement price of international crude oil futures closed sharply. WTI crude oil futures October contract fell 3.21%, Brent crude oil futures November contract fell 2.69%.