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Ukrainian Foreign Minister: Russia is using nuclear risks as a tool of coercion.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister: Russian attacks threaten nuclear security.

January 20th - GOVY AirCab, the company's first mass-produced multi-rotor flying car, has secured over 2,000 intended orders, totaling over 3.3 billion yuan. According to reports, GOVY AirCab has entered the full airworthiness certification phase and is expected to obtain certification by the end of 2026, commencing mass production and delivery.

U.S. natural gas futures surged 24.00% intraday, currently trading at $3.848 per million British thermal units (MMBtu).

As of 8:30 PM Beijing time, WTI crude oil futures rose 0.78%, and US natural gas futures rose 22.56%.

Danish Prime Minister: We are living in a dark period of history.

Chart: Precious metals market data for Industrial and Commercial Bank of China accounts on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.

On January 20th, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security Wang Xiaoping stated in an interview that flexible employment and new forms of employment have become important channels for absorbing employment. All sectors are paying close attention to the protection of the rights and interests of this group. We will systematically plan reforms to promote a more optimized and sustainable system, and better leverage the role of social security in safeguarding people's livelihoods, promoting economic development, and maintaining social stability. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will further expand the coverage of social insurance. Based on the characteristics of flexible employment personnel and other groups, we will study and improve relevant support policies to support flexible employment personnel and those in new forms of employment to participate in employee pension insurance and enjoy higher-quality social security. We will promote the expansion of the occupational injury protection pilot program nationwide, bringing more people in new forms of employment into the coverage. At the same time, we will expand the coverage of unemployment and work-related injury insurance. We will continue to deepen key social security reforms. We will improve and implement the national pooling system to ensure timely and full payment of pensions. We will improve the benefit determination and adjustment mechanism, giving greater preference to low-income groups. We will expand the coverage of enterprise annuities and steadily implement the personal pension system. We will improve the fund supervision system and rules, strengthen investment operation supervision, promote the establishment of a long-term assessment mechanism, and improve the social insurance actuarial system.

Occidental Petroleum: The global average realized oil price in the fourth quarter was $58.99 per barrel.

On January 20th, Wang Bowen, General Manager of Langjiu Group, stated that by 2025, Langjiu's high-quality sauce-flavored liquor reserves will reach 300,000 tons, setting a new historical record; the company will also deepen collaboration between manufacturers and consumers and strengthen connections with users to drive a slight increase in annual distributor shipments compared to 2024.

Bristol-Myers Squibb announced a collaboration with Microsoft to advance AI-driven early detection of lung cancer.

On January 20, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the three documents—a peace agreement, security guarantees, and a prosperity treaty—are almost ready, but he pointed out that the United States has not yet exerted sufficient pressure on Russia. Zelenskyy said, "So far, the United States does not have enough power to stop (Russian President) Putin. However, diplomatically, we have nearly three important documents ready. These documents will protect us in the future and will also restore Ukraine's vitality." Zelenskyy also noted that the United States has resumed providing intelligence to Ukraine.

On January 20th, WeChat officially announced that by 2025, the number of times global cross-border and overseas users have used WeChat Mini Programs will exceed 5 billion; WeChat Mini Program services will cover 100 countries and regions worldwide; WeChat cross-border payments will cover 78 countries and regions, supporting 36 currencies; and the transaction amount completed through Mini Programs in the second half of 2025 will increase by more than 70% year-on-year.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reported that all external power supplies to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have been interrupted.

Bank of England Governor Bailey: Venezuela's gold holdings have "basically stagnated".

On January 20th, ZTO Express (02057.HK) announced that it held a national network work conference at its Shanghai headquarters that day. Chairman Lai Meisong emphasized in his speech that by 2025, under the government's policy guidance of actively advocating orderly competition and promoting anti-involution, industry prices will gradually stabilize and rebound, and the competitive ecosystem will continue to optimize. ZTO completed 38.52 billion parcels for the year, a year-on-year increase of 13.3%, maintaining its position as the industry leader in business scale for ten consecutive years. Meanwhile, the platform's reverse logistics business achieved double-digit growth. Lai Meisong also pointed out that he firmly believes the express delivery industry remains a promising sunrise industry, and that the industry is at a critical juncture of transitioning from high-volume to high-quality development, and from single-service express delivery to integrated logistics (The Paper).

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessant: The Federal Reserve lost billions of dollars due to inappropriate timing of asset purchases.

India's crude oil production fell 5.6% year-on-year in December. India's natural gas production fell 4.4% year-on-year in December.