What happened in the past 24 hours｜August 14, 2026
【Key highlights of today】
1. The National Healthcare Security Administration has officially issued the “Pricing Project Establishment Guidelines for Laboratory Testing–Related Medical Services (Trial)”. After years of work on 40 batches of pricing project establishment guidelines, the compilation is now complete; a nationwide, unified medical services pricing project system has basically taken shape.
2. In 2025, the industrial scale in China’s key areas for safety and emergency response equipment exceeded 1 trillion yuan. Related reports note that the industrial ecosystem covers safety prevention, emergency response, and safety emergency services.
3. The first batch of special subsidies for Guangzhou’s “Sell Old and Buy New” program has been issued. The 2.67 million yuan in housing subsidies helped drive 850 million yuan in transaction deals; this is housing transaction support information at the local level.
【A-shares/China assets】
1. At the market open in early trading, domestic futures major contracts saw mixed performance. Coal coking, soybeans (No. 1), pulp, live hogs, glass, and soda ash all rose by more than 1%. Palladium fell nearly 4%. Shanghai silver fell by more than 2%. European containerized freight routes, Shanghai gold, rubber (No. 20), low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), and PTA all fell by more than 1%.
2. Shanghai gold’s benchmark contract fell 2.00% intraday, to 940.10 yuan per gram.
【Overseas markets】
1. Brent crude oil broke above 86 USD per barrel, up 0.18% intraday.
2. International spot gold touched 4,330 USD and then rebounded slightly.
【Change reminders】
1. Housing transactions: Guangzhou’s “Sell Old and Buy New” special subsidies have been disbursed. Next, watch whether other localities have similar subsidy arrangements, transaction disclosures, and the timing pace of subsidy payments.
2. Medical service pricing: The pricing project establishment guidelines for laboratory testing–related medical services have been issued. Next, watch for the publicly available implementation guidance, local rollout progress, and any newly added rules.
【Domestic leads】
1. A study recently published in Science states that when comparing new gasoline vehicles and electric vehicles, electric vehicles are more likely to come out on top. Even if a new gasoline vehicle is scrapped and replaced with an electric vehicle, the overall climate impact is still lower.
【Overseas leads】
1. A BBC Chinese report says that in Cornwall, England, more than 95% of the Sun is obscured by the Moon; parts of Spain also witnessed a total solar eclipse.
Source: compiled from publicly available information on the internet. For research and learning only; not investment advice.
【Key highlights of today】
1. The National Healthcare Security Administration has officially issued the “Pricing Project Establishment Guidelines for Laboratory Testing–Related Medical Services (Trial)”. After years of work on 40 batches of pricing project establishment guidelines, the compilation is now complete; a nationwide, unified medical services pricing project system has basically taken shape.
2. In 2025, the industrial scale in China’s key areas for safety and emergency response equipment exceeded 1 trillion yuan. Related reports note that the industrial ecosystem covers safety prevention, emergency response, and safety emergency services.
3. The first batch of special subsidies for Guangzhou’s “Sell Old and Buy New” program has been issued. The 2.67 million yuan in housing subsidies helped drive 850 million yuan in transaction deals; this is housing transaction support information at the local level.
【A-shares/China assets】
1. At the market open in early trading, domestic futures major contracts saw mixed performance. Coal coking, soybeans (No. 1), pulp, live hogs, glass, and soda ash all rose by more than 1%. Palladium fell nearly 4%. Shanghai silver fell by more than 2%. European containerized freight routes, Shanghai gold, rubber (No. 20), low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), and PTA all fell by more than 1%.
2. Shanghai gold’s benchmark contract fell 2.00% intraday, to 940.10 yuan per gram.
【Overseas markets】
1. Brent crude oil broke above 86 USD per barrel, up 0.18% intraday.
2. International spot gold touched 4,330 USD and then rebounded slightly.
【Change reminders】
1. Housing transactions: Guangzhou’s “Sell Old and Buy New” special subsidies have been disbursed. Next, watch whether other localities have similar subsidy arrangements, transaction disclosures, and the timing pace of subsidy payments.
2. Medical service pricing: The pricing project establishment guidelines for laboratory testing–related medical services have been issued. Next, watch for the publicly available implementation guidance, local rollout progress, and any newly added rules.
【Domestic leads】
1. A study recently published in Science states that when comparing new gasoline vehicles and electric vehicles, electric vehicles are more likely to come out on top. Even if a new gasoline vehicle is scrapped and replaced with an electric vehicle, the overall climate impact is still lower.
【Overseas leads】
1. A BBC Chinese report says that in Cornwall, England, more than 95% of the Sun is obscured by the Moon; parts of Spain also witnessed a total solar eclipse.
Source: compiled from publicly available information on the internet. For research and learning only; not investment advice.