HKEX filings show Lijing Innovation Technology Co., Ltd has submitted a listing application.

As of the 02:30 night-session close, Shanghai gold front-month contract fell 0.89% to 884 yuan/gram, Shanghai silver front-month contract fell 1.01% to 14,143 yuan/kg, and SC crude oil front-month contract rose 0.71% to 554 yuan/barrel.

On July 31 the CSRC disclosed nine administrative penalties. Guoyuan Securities, Guorong Securities and Yongxing Securities were ordered to rectify and three related heads of investment banking were sanctioned. GF Securities, Century Securities and Hongta Securities received warning letters. All actions cite investment-banking violations, with deficiencies in quality control and internal-control processes singled out. Regulators said enforcement is focused on project execution quality and the effectiveness of the “three lines of defense,” signaling that IB internal controls must be substantive and compliance breaches will not be tolerated.