China State Railway Group said rail service for the Dragon Boat Festival runs June 18-22. Under the 15-day advance-sale rule, tickets for June 18 are on sale nationwide today via the 12306 website and app; travelers should check station-specific ticket release times.

Caitong Securities said in a research note that multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) are shifting from consumer-electronics cyclicals to hard‑tech growth driven by AI compute and automotive electronics. With demand-side restructuring, rigid constraints on high‑end supply and a K‑shaped price-cycle divergence, the global MLCC market is undergoing structural change and a window for Chinese domestic substitution is gradually opening.

Global gold has slipped from a Jan-end peak of $5,598.75/oz to roughly $4,500/oz, a decline of more than $1,000/oz, prompting five major international banks to mark down price forecasts. Domestic sentiment shows yuan prices briefly below 980 yuan/gram on social media. In Beijing retail, mainstream pure-gold jewelry now retails at about 1,340–1,370 yuan/gram, down from 1,600–1,700 yuan/gram at the start of the year—a fall of more than 300 yuan/gram, roughly 20%. A Beijing Caibai store reports investment gold-bar customer traffic has fallen by about 60%.