The National Financial Regulatory Administration on Tuesday said it supports mainland insurance funds investing in Hong Kong-listed ETFs via the Shanghai/Shenzhen–Hong Kong Stock Connect. HKEX welcomed the move, saying it will facilitate cross-border asset allocation by mainland insurers, boost liquidity in Hong Kong’s ETF market, raise Stock Connect’s attractiveness and reinforce Hong Kong’s role as an international financial centre. HKEX noted mainland insurers can tap Hong Kong’s broader prod

Sichuan provincial government issued implementation opinions to accelerate integration of corridor, logistics and data networks and to build an efficient, resilient modern logistics service network. The plan directs support for Chengdu to upgrade international logistics service capacity, reinforce its role as a national logistics hub and a national backbone cold‑chain logistics base, and deepen efforts to shore up and strengthen national comprehensive freight hubs. It calls for accelerating Chengdu’s development as a global international postal and express hub and improving hub connectivity, transfer and aggregation functions. Authorities will boost operating efficiency of China‑Europe (Asia) freight trains, Western Land‑Sea New Corridor trains, Yangtze River trains, Greater Bay Area trains and northbound trains; enhance logistics organization along Beijing–Kunming, Chengdu–Chongqing and riverside corridors; and strengthen supply‑assurance capacity on strategic routes to Xinjiang and Tibet. The plan mandates a province‑wide single logistics network map aligned with industry clusters, trade flows and tourism consumption, accelerates construction of Belt and Road import‑export commodity distribution centers and specialty import hubs (eg, salmon, durian), and speeds up smart port construction and customs facilitation to improve clearance convenience.

上海黄金交易所黄金T+D 8月18日（周二）收盘上涨0.37%报955.07元/克； 上海黄金交易所白银T+D 8月18日（周二）收盘下跌0.64%报15899.0元/千克。