Xi hosts Serbia and Pakistan · May 28

Xi hosts Serbia and Pakistan in Beijing.

Today's events

Serbia state visit.
Xi awarded President Vučić the Friendship Medal and signed 23 cooperation agreements, agreeing to align China's next five-year plan with the “Serbia 2030” strategy.¹May 25 · Xinhua
Industrial profits jump.
Large industrial firms earned 2.44 trillion yuan over January–April, up 18.2 percent, with electronics and non-ferrous-metal makers more than doubling their profits.²May 27 · Stats Bureau
Services unhooked from hukou.
A State Council directive gives migrant workers and their children equal access to schooling, housing, and insurance in the cities where they actually live.³May · State Council
Ten-trillion-yuan ‘six networks.’
Central planners detailed six infrastructure networks for 2026–2030 — water, power, computing power, communications, underground pipes, and logistics — to anchor domestic demand.⁴May 28 · Xinhua
Shenzhou-23 launches.
A Long March rocket carried three crew to the Tiangong station, including China's first Hong Kong astronaut — a woman payload specialist.⁵May 24 · SASAC

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Pakistan visit.
Marking 75 years of ties, Xi and Prime Minister Shehbaz pledged a closer “community of shared future” and deeper farm and industrial cooperation.⁶May 25 · Xinhua
Rules for human-like AI.
A Qiushi commentary, May 27, explained China's first rulebook for human-like AI services — issued by the internet regulator and four ministries, effective July 15.⁷May 27 · Qiushi
A graying, urban China.
The 2025 one-percent population survey counted 1.405 billion people, with 22.9 percent now aged 60 or older and 67.7 percent living in cities.⁸May 22 · Stats Bureau
100 million vehicles.
SAIC became the first Chinese automaker to build and sell 100 million vehicles cumulatively; new-energy models now exceed a third of its sales.⁹May 28 · Xinhua

Voices

“The ironclad friendship between China and Serbia stands out as unique, with a deep historical logic and a solid foundation in reality.”
President Xi Jinping · May 25¹

“This is a war that should never have happened in the first place, and there is no need whatsoever for it to go on.”
MFA Spokesperson Mao Ning · May 25¹⁰

“China is firmly opening its financial sector and welcomes financial institutions from all countries, including France, to deepen their roots in the Chinese market.”
PBOC Governor Pan Gongsheng · May 25¹¹

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“The international community must see clearly through Japan's ‘deceptive diplomacy’ and ‘victim disguise,’ and jointly curb Japan's neo-militarism.”
Defense Ministry Spokesman Sr. Col. Jiang Bin · May 28¹²

“We must make the service sector a strategic priority for expanding domestic demand, growing the supply of services to better meet rapidly rising demand.”
Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining · May 27¹³

“Artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly, bringing unprecedented opportunities for development — and, with them, risks and challenges never before encountered.”
Qiushi commentary · May 27⁷

Sources

Xinhua (via Supreme People's Procuracy), “Xi Jinping Holds Talks with Serbian President Vučić,” May 25, 2026. spp.gov.cn/…/xi-vucic-talks
National Bureau of Statistics, “Profits of Large Industrial Enterprises Grew 18.2% in January–April 2026,” May 27, 2026. stats.gov.cn/…/industrial-profits-jan-apr
State Council, “Opinions on Providing Basic Public Services at Place of Permanent Residence” (Guofa [2026] No. 11), May 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/basic-public-services
Xinhua, “Why the ‘Six Networks’ — The Deeper Logic of the Policy” (National Development and Reform Commission), May 28, 2026. news.cn/fortune/…/six-networks
SASAC / China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp., “Long March 2F Successfully Launches Shenzhou-23 Crewed Spacecraft,” May 26, 2026. sasac.gov.cn/…/shenzhou-23-launch
Xinhua (via Supreme People's Procuracy), “Xi Jinping Meets Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif,” May 25, 2026. spp.gov.cn/…/xi-shehbaz-meeting
Qiushi, “Regulating Human-like AI Interaction Services with ‘Small, Fast, Flexible’ Lawmaking,” May 27, 2026. qstheory.cn/…/ai-interaction-rules
National Bureau of Statistics, “Main Data Bulletin of the 2025 National 1% Population Sample Survey,” May 22, 2026. stats.gov.cn/…/2025-population-survey
Xinhua, “Chinese Automaker Surpasses 100 Million Vehicles for the First Time,” May 28, 2026. news.cn/fortune/…/100-million-vehicles
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference,” May 25, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/…/mao-ning-may-25
People's Bank of China, “Governor Pan Gongsheng Meets Banque de France Governor Villeroy de Galhau,” May 25, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/…/pan-gongsheng-france
Ministry of National Defense, “Defense Ministry: The International Community Must See Through Japan's ‘Deceptive Diplomacy’ and ‘Victim Disguise,’” May 28, 2026. mod.gov.cn/…/japan-remilitarization
Shanghai Municipal Government, “Shanghai Service Industry Conference: Services as the Strategic Focus of Domestic Demand,” May 28, 2026. shanghai.gov.cn/…/service-industry-conference