Xi arrives in Washington for state visit.
Today's events
State visit.
Xi landed at Joint Base Andrews on September 23, where Trump greeted him with a 21-gun salute and a military flypast.1Sep 24 · State CouncilSolar consolidation.
The market regulator cleared Tongwei's purchase of polysilicon maker Lihao Clean Energy unconditionally, framing consolidation as the way out of ruinous price competition.2Sep 24 · SAMRPump prices capped.
Central planners let petrol rise 395 yuan a tonne instead of the 830 the pricing formula implied, citing Middle East volatility.3Sep 24 · NDRCDigital trade.
Premier Li Qiang opened the Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou, promising wider market access and rejecting bloc-based, exclusive arrangements in digital rule-making.4Sep 24 · State CouncilPower demand.
August electricity use hit 1.03 trillion kilowatt-hours and peak load a record 1.56 billion kilowatts; data-centre demand rose 37.9 percent.5Sep 24 · NEATaiwan's ship gift.
The defence ministry pressed Manila to drop a plan to take a decommissioned Taiwanese cutter, already registered as a Philippine law-enforcement vessel.6Sep 24 · MNDHousing fund rules.
A State Council decree in force September 20 lets gig and part-time workers pay into the housing provident fund voluntarily, and adds renovation withdrawals.7Sep 17 · State CouncilArtificial-intelligence safety rules.
The internet regulator's standards body published version 3.0 of China's artificial-intelligence safety governance framework, revising its risk taxonomy and control measures.8Sep 23 · CACJapan's charter push.
The foreign ministry rejected Tokyo's call to delete the United Nations Charter's enemy-state clauses, calling them a safeguard against renewed militarism.9Sep 23 · MFA
This week
Two top generals expelled.
The Party's discipline body expelled Zhang Youxia, a Politburo member and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, and joint staff chief Liu Zhenli from the Party and the military on September 21, over bribery. The announcement came two days before Xi left for Washington. A Politburo meeting the same day set the Central Committee's fifth plenary session for October 26–29 to consider a decision on strict Party self-governance.1Sep 21 · Discipline CommissionCountermeasures before the trip.
Five days before Xi flew, the Commerce Ministry tightened export controls on drones and drone parts bound for the United States, added six American entities to its countermeasures list, and opened a security review of imported office printers, answering U.S. telecom and homeland-security measures. The ministry called the response restrained and said China values the stability of the trade relationship.3Sep 18 · Commerce MinistryDuties on a Japanese chip gas.
China set preliminary anti-dumping duties of 80.8 to 99.2 percent on dichlorosilane imported from Japan on September 21, a feedstock gas used in chipmaking. The foreign ministry said the same day that China bars exports of all dual-use goods to Japanese military users, citing remilitarization. Two days later it rejected Tokyo's call to delete the United Nations Charter's enemy-state clauses.4Sep 21 · Commerce Ministry800 billion yuan released.
China began paying out this year's 800-billion-yuan policy investment fund on September 18, up from 500 billion last year, money officials expect to leverage about 10 trillion yuan of projects. It lands against a weak domestic picture: land-sale revenue fell 28.6 percent over the first eight months, fixed investment fell 7.2 percent in August, and retail sales grew 0.4 percent.5Sep 18 · State CouncilAdvanced manufacturing ordered.
Xi instructed China to build a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as its backbone, in a directive relayed to a national conference in Beijing on September 17. Li Qiang toured an artificial-intelligence manufacturing base in Shanghai on September 22, calling for venture funding and patient capital behind brain-computer interfaces and quantum computing. The internet regulator's AI safety framework, updated the same week, added autonomous agents and embodied AI as separate risk categories.7Sep 17 · CPC News
Voices
“The two countries should be partners, not rivals. China's national rejuvenation and making America great again can run in parallel, reinforce each other and benefit the world.”
President Xi Jinping, on arrival in Washington · Sept 231
“China's development of artificial intelligence and other technologies keeps to an open-source, open path, building a ‘digital ladder’ that every country can climb.”
Premier Li Qiang, Global Digital Trade Expo, Hangzhou · Sept 244
“Taiwan's ruling party authorities are using ship aid as a tool to expand so-called official contacts, selling out national dignity and interests, and are spurned by compatriots on both sides.”
Defence Ministry Spokesperson Sr. Col. Jiang Bin · Sept 246
“Compared with what Japan says, the international community pays more attention to what Japan does. We urge Japan to learn from history and reflect deeply.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun · Sept 239
“The decision shows a regulatory orientation of supporting firms to optimise resource allocation through market-based mergers and restructuring, escaping low-level, homogeneous ‘involutionary’ competition.”
Market regulator's ruling on the Tongwei–Lihao deal · Sept 242
“The artificial-intelligence supply chain is not built and signed off once; it is continuous configuration and behaviour management.”
Yun Xiaochun, Chinese Academy of Engineering, National Cybersecurity Week · Sept 238
Sources
- State Council, “Xi Jinping Arrives in Washington for a State Visit to the United States” (习近平抵达华盛顿对美国进行国事访问), September 24, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/content_7081919
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “Market Regulator Unconditionally Approves Tongwei's Acquisition of Equity in Lihao Clean Energy” (市场监管总局无条件批准通威股份收购丽豪清能股权案), September 24, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/sj/…/tongwei-lihao
- National Development and Reform Commission, “The State Continues Price Controls; Refined Oil Prices Adjusted Appropriately” (2026年9月24日国家继续实施调控，成品油价格适当调整), September 24, 2026. ndrc.gov.cn/xwdt/xwfb/…/t20260924_1407824
- State Council, “Li Qiang Attends and Addresses the Launch Ceremony of the Fifth Global Digital Trade Expo” (李强出席第五届全球数字贸易博览会启动仪式并致辞), September 24, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/content_7081968
- National Energy Administration, “August Electricity Consumption Again Tops One Trillion Kilowatt-Hours” (8月份全社会用电量再破万亿千瓦时), September 24, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260924/…/august-power-use
- Ministry of National Defense, “The Ruling Party Authorities in Taiwan Sell Out National Dignity and Interests, Spurned by Compatriots on Both Sides” (民进党当局出卖民族尊严利益 受到两岸同胞唾弃), September 24, 2026. mod.gov.cn/gfbw/xwfyr/…/16488898
- State Council, “Decision of the State Council on Amending the Regulations on the Administration of Housing Provident Funds” (国务院令第844号), published September 17, in force September 20, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/content/…/content_7078477
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “Safeguarding Cybersecurity in the Age of Intelligence — Review of the 2026 National Cybersecurity Awareness Week” (守护智能时代网络安全——2026年国家网络安全宣传周综述), September 23, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-09/23/…/c_1791917858650556
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference” (2026年9月23日外交部发言人郭嘉昆主持例行记者会), September 23, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/t20260923_12029529