1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core Viewpoints - The real - estate market shows weak supply and demand, and policies are expected to be more aggressive in the second half of the year. Steel prices are rising due to policy and cost factors. Industrial production is stable, and infrastructure construction starts are relatively strong. There are mixed trends in consumption, trade, prices, and the issuance of interest - rate bonds is progressing steadily [1][2][4] 3. Summary by Directory 3.1 Demand - New home sales decreased both on a week - on - week and year - on - year basis. As of the week of July 18, the transaction area of 20 - city commercial housing was 1.471 million square meters, down 22% week - on - week and 25% year - on - year. Second - hand home sales also declined. Automobile consumption improved marginally, with the average daily retail sales of passenger cars up 19.9% week - on - week and 9.7% year - on - year [12][38] 3.2 Production - In the mid - upstream, the blast furnace operating rate in Tangshan increased to 80.4%, while the rebar operating rate decreased to 43.0%. The PTA operating rate rose to 80.8%, and the operating rate of polyester filament in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions increased to 92.9%. In the downstream, the operating rates of all - steel and semi - steel tires in the automotive industry continued to improve, with the semi - steel tire operating rate at a seasonal high [44] 3.3 Investment - The apparent consumption of rebar declined, but its price increased by 1.0% week - on - week to 3,293 yuan/ton. The asphalt price rose by 0.8% to 3,630.8 yuan/ton. The cement price decreased by 1.7% to 108.0 points, while the cement shipping rate increased and the cement inventory ratio decreased [60] 3.4 Trade - In exports, port container throughput decreased by 0.9% week - on - week, and the CCFI composite index dropped by 0.8%. In imports, the CICFI composite index rose by 0.3% week - on - week [71] 3.5 Prices - The agricultural product wholesale price 200 index increased by 0.2% week - on - week, with pork prices rising by 0.2%. International crude oil prices generally declined, with Brent crude oil spot prices down 1.2% week - on - week. Gold prices rose slightly [77][82] 3.6 Interest - rate Bond Tracking - From July 21 to 25, the planned issuance of interest - rate bonds is 786.8 billion yuan, with a net financing of 56.2 billion yuan. As of July 18, the cumulative issuance progress of replacement bonds exceeded 90%, reaching 91.8%. The cumulative issuance progress of new general bonds was 61.8%, and that of new special bonds was 54.3% [93][95] 3.7 Policy Week Observation - The central bank conducted a 1.4 - trillion - yuan repurchase operation. The central city work conference set seven key tasks for urban work. The State Council studied measures to strengthen the domestic cycle. The central bank solicited opinions on canceling the freezing of collateral for bond repurchases. Local policies included allowing the use of housing provident funds for down payments in Shenzhen and implementing "trade - in" housing subsidies in Changsha [103][106][108]