CENC measured a M5.3 earthquake in Argentina at 17:21 on Sep 23; hypocenter depth 120 km.

U.S. equities on Sept 22: Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 185.03 points (-0.36%) at 51,863.80; S&P 500 closed up 0.14 points (0.00%) at 7,764.84; Nasdaq Composite closed up 122.18 points (+0.45%) at 27,244.28.

Wuhan municipal committee met on the 22nd to advance high‑quality integrated circuit industry development. The city pledged to cultivate IC clusters and fully support Yangtze Memory Technologies and other leading firms to raise capital and expand capacity, while nurturing specialized, refined and innovative SMEs and promoting integrated innovation across large, medium and small firms. Wuhan said it will intensify investment attraction under the Wutongshu Plan, targeting core IC development directions to recruit upstream and downstream suppliers. The city will strengthen innovation resources and back universities and tech firms to tackle frontier technologies, leveraging the National Advanced Storage Industry Innovation Center, Jiufengshan Laboratory and Jiangcheng Laboratory to accelerate local commercialization and industrialization of research outcomes.