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June 9th - Starting in June, electronic savings bonds have been officially included in the scope of personal pension products. This means that citizens who have joined the personal pension system can directly purchase electronic savings bonds through their accounts. According to the issuance schedule, the latest issue of savings bonds will be available for purchase on June 10th. Currently, many banks have added bond purchase portals to their mobile apps' personal pension sections. Alternatively, citizens can also visit a bank branch with their bank card and ID to apply for personal pension savings bonds.

The China Earthquake Networks Center officially reported that a magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, at 10:17 AM on June 9th, with a focal depth of 12 kilometers.

On June 9th, the General Office of the Hainan Provincial People's Government issued the "Hainan Province's 15th Five-Year Plan for High-Tech Industry Development," which mentions that, with serving the "Aerospace Power" strategy as its core, the province will fully promote the construction of Hainan's commercial space launch site, forming a complete industrial cluster covering commercial launch, rocket and satellite manufacturing, and satellite applications, creating a rocket chain, satellite chain, data chain, and "aerospace+" industrial system. By 2030, the revenue of the commercial aerospace industry is expected to reach 50 billion yuan.

Fuel oil futures (2609 contract) fell more than 2% intraday, last quoted at 3797 yuan/ton, a slight recovery from the intraday low of 3765 yuan/ton; trading volume was approximately 9.593 billion yuan, with a decrease of 13,500 lots in open interest, indicating a decline in open positions.

June 9th - "Alibaba approached us about building a small nuclear reactor," said an employee of a state-owned nuclear power company. "Alibaba's Hangzhou Renhe Data Center has significant power demands." The Renhe Data Center is Zhejiang's first cloud computing data center, providing computing power support for AI companies such as Qiangnao Technology and Lingban Technology.

June 9th - At 9:28 AM today (June 9th), the main span of the Chongqi Yangtze River Bridge, the world's largest span cable-stayed bridge for both road and rail traffic with ballastless track, was successfully closed. This mega-project, spanning the northern branch of the Yangtze River estuary, overcame numerous world-class bridge construction challenges during its construction, showcasing my country's cutting-edge level of intelligent bridge construction. The Chongqi Yangtze River Bridge is a key control project of the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu Yangtze River High-Speed Railway, a main line of my country's "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" high-speed railway network along the Yangtze River. It connects Chongming Island in Shanghai and Qidong in Jiangsu Province, with a total length of 4.09 kilometers and a main span of 400 meters, spanning the northern branch of the Yangtze River estuary. The bridge is expected to be open to traffic in 2027.

Hong Kong-listed tech stocks fluctuated higher, with Tencent Holdings (00700.HK) rising over 3%, and JD Health (06618.HK), Baidu (09888.HK), Tencent Music (01698.HK), NetEase-S (09999.HK) and other stocks following suit.

June 9th - The water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir has recently dropped to 147.78 meters, completing the drawdown task ahead of schedule. This round of drawdown of the Three Gorges Reservoir began in late October 2025, and the water level has been lowered by approximately 27 meters, freeing up flood control capacity of approximately 20.8 billion cubic meters.

As of 09:30 Beijing time, WTI crude oil futures fell 0.49%, while US natural gas futures remained unchanged.

N-Gate Electronics opened nearly 800% higher on its first day of trading. The company is mainly engaged in the research, development, production and sales of new energy storage battery management system products.

June 9th - According to the Financial Times, Apollo Global Management and Blackstone Group have finalized a $35 billion private credit deal to fund Anthropic's growth plans. This deal, spearheaded by these two private equity giants, is one of the largest private credit financings to date, as Wall Street banks and investment firms continue to pour money into the artificial intelligence boom. The funds will help Anthropic purchase chips developed by Alphabet. This deal highlights investors' enormous enthusiasm for AI and their willingness to invest heavily in supporting the data center infrastructure and computing power needed by companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta. Neither Apollo nor Blackstone has commented on the matter.

On Tuesday, June 9, the Hang Seng Index opened down 105.13 points, or 0.43%, at 24,551.93; the Hang Seng Tech Index opened down 12.39 points, or 0.26%, at 4,743.52; the H-share Index opened down 27.8 points, or 0.33%, at 8,313.56; and the Red Chip Index opened down 21.48 points, or 0.5%, at 4,313.91.