新华财经早报：7月18日

Group 1: Tax Policy Changes - The Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration announced an adjustment to the consumption tax policy for super-luxury cars, raising the threshold for taxation to 900,000 yuan (excluding VAT) from the previous 1.3 million yuan [1] Group 2: Central Enterprises Performance - In the first half of 2025, central enterprises achieved a value-added output of 5.2 trillion yuan, with a year-on-year increase in labor productivity of 2.3% to 816,000 yuan per person [1] - Research and development expenditure by central enterprises reached 413.98 billion yuan, and fixed asset investment totaled 2 trillion yuan [1] Group 3: Railway Passenger Growth - In the first half of 2025, the national railway transported 2.24 billion passengers, a year-on-year increase of 6.7%, marking a historical high for the same period [1] - The average daily operation of passenger trains increased by 7.5% to 11,183 trains [1] Group 4: Intellectual Property Developments - The industrialization rate of invention patents in China rose from 44.9% in 2020 to 53.3% in 2024, with the annual import and export total of intellectual property usage fees increasing from 319.44 billion yuan to 398.71 billion yuan, reflecting an average annual growth rate of 5.7% [1] Group 5: Agricultural and Rural Economic Developments - The Ministry of Agriculture reported ongoing rural reforms, including a 30-year extension of the second round of land contracts, with nearly 4 million family farms and over 2.1 million farmer cooperatives established [1] Group 6: Corporate Announcements - Hangzhou Bank reported a net profit increase of 16.67% year-on-year to 11.662 billion yuan for the first half of 2025 [6] - Zhongwei Company expects a revenue of approximately 4.961 billion yuan for the first half of 2025, a year-on-year increase of about 43.88% [6]