◎ Ministry of Commerce: On November 16-20, China and the EU held the 34th round of investment agreement negotiations. In this round of negotiations, the two sides started negotiations on the remaining issues of the text and list, and made positive progress. ◎ The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology agreed to set up "the belt and road initiative" (Qingdao) SME Cooperation Zone. ◎ The quoted interest rate (LPR) of China's 1-year loan market in November was 3.85%, expected to be 3.85%, and 3.85% last month. The quoted market interest rate (LPR) of 5-year loans is 4.65%, expected to be 4.65%, and last month was 4.65%. ◎ Today, the central bank conducted a 7-day reverse repurchase operation of RMB80 billion, and another RMB160 billion reverse repurchase expired. The total net return of the open market this week was 250 billion yuan. ◎ Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate: overnight SHIBOR reported 1.9590%, up 4.10 basis points. 7-day SHIBOR reported 2.2280%, down 0.30 basis points. The 3-month SHIBOR reported 3.0210%, up 0.70 basis points. ◎ A new round of precipitation and cooling process will start again. It is expected that precipitation will occur from west to east from the northwest east to North China and Huanghuai from November 20 to 22, and some parts of North China are expected to have the first snow in the second half of this year. In addition, the temperature in the south and north of the Yangtze River will continue to drop, and some areas will experience "collapse" cooling. (China Weather Network) ◎ The European Commission informed the special envoys of EU governments in Brussels that Britain has not changed its position on the three remaining obstacles to the Brexit trade agreement, and there are still serious differences between the two sides.

◎ In late November, the ex-factory price of Zhongtian Steel increased by 130 for rebar, 130 for wire coil and 100 for strip steel. ◎ 45 ports across the country this week: the inventory of imported iron ore was 127.514 million tons, down 263,000 tons from last week; The average daily port evacuation amount was 3,223,300 tons, an increase of 49,200 tons. Details > > ◎ Sample of 230 independent coke enterprises this week: the capacity utilization rate was 75.39%, down 1.48% from last week and up 1.81% year-on-year; The utilization rate of eliminating eliminated production capacity was 85.08%, down 1.32% from last week and up 8.49% year-on-year; The average daily output is 674,500 tons, a decrease of 13,300 tons; Coke inventory was 618,700 tons, a decrease of 0,600 tons. Details > > ◎ Blast furnaces of 247 steel mills this week: the operating rate was 86.46%, an increase of 0.13% from last week and an increase of 2.86% over the same period last year; The utilization rate of blast furnace ironmaking capacity was 91.64%, down 0.47% from the previous month and up 7.08% from the same period last year. The profit rate of steel mills was 92.64%, which was the same as that of the previous year; The average daily output of molten iron was 2,439,200 tons, down 12,600 tons from the previous month and up 188,400 tons from the previous year. Details > > ◎ 71 EAF steel mills in China: the average operating rate is 66.41%, which is 1% lower than last week and 4.37% lower than last year. Details > > ◎ Mysteel Coal Coke Division investigated the profitability of 30 independent coking plants nationwide this week, and the national average profit per ton of coke was 525.72 yuan, up 41.87 yuan from last week. Details > > ◎ On November 20th, 13 rolling lines of 11 145mm strip mills in Tangshan area were monitored by this website, and the operating rate was 23.08%, which decreased by 15.38% on a weekly basis and 61.54% on a monthly basis. Details > > ◎ This week's Mysteel survey data shows that among the 47 color coating production enterprises, 11 production lines were shut down for maintenance, and the overall operating rate was 90.09%; The capacity utilization rate was 74.51%, down 0.54% from last week; ◎ Economic and Information Department of Zhejiang Province: It is agreed to change some contents of capacity replacement scheme of No.2 blast furnace technical transformation project of Ningbo Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., and the existing No.2 blast furnace of Ningbo Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. will be postponed until December 31, 2021, before the completion of the new No.2 blast furnace. ◎ Qian 'an successfully completed the task of de-capacity of steel industry in 2020 ahead of schedule. ◎ Songshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Shaogang: Recently, the company received a notice from Guangdong Shaoguan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. of Baowu Group, which was approved by Guangdong Provincial Market Supervision Administration, and its name was changed from "Guangdong Shaoguan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd." to "Zhongnan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. of Baowu Group". ◎ Taigang is stainless: the free transfer of 51% equity of Taigang Group, the controlling shareholder, passed the anti-monopoly examination in Japan. ◎ Laoting Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Hegang: No.1 blast furnace has been successfully commissioned since its ignition in early September. Although it is still in the trial production stage, its daily output has reached the design level recently. The No.2 blast furnace with 2922 cubic meters was successfully supplied with air at 19: 00 on November 17, 2020, and the No.3 blast furnace with 2922 cubic meters was planned to be put into operation before the end of December 2020. ◎ On November 18th, the exploration project of Sunwu Sijitun Coal Mine (Area 5), the largest self-contained coalfield in northern Heilongjiang Province, was officially launched. ◎ On November 18th, the 5 million tons coking cogeneration project settled in Wuhai City. ◎ The United Iron and Steel Minister of India stated that the possibility of banning iron ore export in the Indian market in a short time cannot be ruled out. ◎ On November 19th, the Xinjiang section of Geku Railway (the railway from Golmud in Qinghai to Korla in Xinjiang) started the hot sliding experiment. ◎ Ningxia Development and Reform Commission: As of the end of October, 77 of the 80 key construction projects in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region started construction, with an operating rate of 96%; The accumulated investment is 46.74 billion yuan, accounting for 90.91% of the annual investment plan. ◎ Vice Governor of Guangdong Provincial People's Government: Guangdong Province has built more than 110,000 5G base stations, ranking first in the country; Among them, China Mobile has over 50,000 5G base stations. ◎ The General Office of Guangzhou Municipal People's Government promulgated the Measures for Disposal of Idle Land in Guangzhou. It is emphasized that the temporary use period of idle land shall generally not exceed 2 years. If the land use right is obtained by the land-use unit by means of transfer, the idle land fee shall be collected at 20% of the land price. ◎ The "Implementation Rules for Rebuilding Existing Houses into Leased Houses in Nanjing (Trial)" issued by Nanjing will further standardize the process of converting existing houses into leased houses, strengthen construction management, and clearly stipulate that four situations shall not be converted into leased houses. ◎ The Shenyang Intermediate People's Court ruled on November 20th that it accepted the creditor's application for restructuring Brilliance Auto Group Holding Co., Ltd., which marked that the auto company officially entered the bankruptcy reorganization procedure. ◎ On November 20th, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government issued "Several Measures on Promoting the Quality of Listed Companies in Shanghai", which will continue to promote the incubation and cultivation of science and technology enterprises, provide accurate services and counseling to improve the standardization level of listed companies. Promote the listing and development of enterprises in more key areas such as integrated circuits, artificial intelligence and new energy vehicles. ◎ Chairman of China National Heavy Duty Truck Co., Ltd.: China is the largest heavy truck market in the world, and the total delivery volume in China next year may be between 1 million and 1.2 million vehicles. ◎ Guangzhou Automobile Group: Strive to achieve a production and sales volume of 3.5 million vehicles by the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan", with new energy vehicle products accounting for over 20% of the total vehicle production and sales scale, and become an advanced mobile travel service provider in the industry. ◎ Industry Online: China's overseas orders for refrigerators and freezers increased quarter by quarter in the first three quarters of 2020, with a year-on-year decrease of 0.9% in the first quarter, an increase of 12.5% in the second quarter and an increase of 49.2% in the third quarter. In addition, the orders of all enterprises in the fourth quarter remained sufficient. It is estimated that the export of refrigerators and freezers will increase by 30% in fiscal year 2020. ◎ On the afternoon of November 18th, the first 210,000-ton bulk carrier No.8, which was built by CNBC Beichuan Heavy Industry for Bank of China Financial Leasing Co., Ltd., started smoothly. (International Ship Network)