China publishes new rules on overseas investment.
Today's events
Overseas-investment rules.
China published national rules on all overseas investment — covering individual residents for the first time — effective July 1.1Jun 2 · State CouncilAI companion rules.
The internet regulator detailed China's first rulebook for human-like AI companion services — effective July 15 — citing risks to minors and the elderly.2Jun 3 · CACFarm modernization plan.
The State Council issued its 15th Five-Year farm plan — the first to make “new quality productive forces” and AI-driven farming strategic priorities.3Jun 2 · State CouncilState-firm reform.
Central planning chief Zheng Shanjie met seven state giants to deepen state-enterprise reform, cut logistics costs, and shore up energy security.4Jun 2 · NDRCProvincial leader charged.
Prosecutors indicted Wang Lixia, former chairwoman of Inner Mongolia's regional government, for taking “especially large” bribes.5Jun 3 · ProcuratorateFactory pulse.
May manufacturing activity slipped to 50.0 — exactly the line between growth and contraction — as small and mid-size firms weakened.6May 31 · Stats BureauEquipment upgrades.
Beijing has deployed 185.1 billion yuan — 92% of the year's plan — to subsidize equipment renewal, aiding the summer grain harvest.7Jun 2 · State CouncilFusion leadership.
China will chair the international tokamak physics body for the ITER reactor from 2026, following a Shanghai experts’ meeting.8Jun 3 · Sci-Tech Min.Foreign money returns.
A State Council outlet reports foreign funds piling into Chinese “hard tech”; MSCI added 19 A-shares as foreign holdings topped 4 trillion yuan.9Jun 3 · State Council
Voices
“The state supports investors in making overseas investments on market principles. Investors enjoy autonomy by law — deciding for themselves, bearing their own risks, their own gains and losses.”
State Council, Regulations on Outbound Investment (Order No. 837) · Jun 21
“This is the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan. We must optimize the state economy’s layout and strengthen state firms’ capacity in technology, industrial control, and security.”
NDRC Director Zheng Shanjie · Jun 24
“Through promotion systems, service norms, and new oversight measures, this first-of-its-kind rule steers human-like AI interaction toward the good and protects national security and the public interest.”
Cyberspace Administration of China · Jun 32
“Chinese firms’ competitiveness was not subsidized into existence — it comes from fierce market competition, relentless innovation, global expansion, and the scale of a vast market.”
MFA Spokesperson Mao Ning · Jun 310
“Over ten years we have held to strong regulation, risk prevention, and development — pressing the internet-finance sector to operate lawfully and fully accept financial supervision.”
PBOC Deputy Governor Tao Ling · Jun 311
“We must speed the building of a trade power — upgrading goods trade, innovating services trade, growing digital trade — turning a large trading nation into a strong one.”
Qiushi commentary · Jun 312
Sources
- State Council, “Regulations of the State Council on Outbound Investment” (Order No. 837), 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/outbound-investment-regulations
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “Regulating AI Anthropomorphic Interaction Services Through Agile Legislation,” Jun 3, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-06/…/ai-anthropomorphic-services
- State Council, “Notice on Issuing the Plan to Accelerate Agricultural and Rural Modernization (15th Five-Year Plan),” 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/agricultural-modernization-15fyp
- National Development and Reform Commission, “Director Zheng Shanjie Chairs State-Owned Enterprise Symposium,” Jun 3, 2026 (meeting Jun 2). ndrc.gov.cn/xwdt/…/soe-reform-symposium
- Supreme People's Procuratorate (via People's Daily), “Heilongjiang Prosecutors Indict Wang Lixia for Suspected Bribery,” Jun 3, 2026. people.com.cn/…/wang-lixia-indicted
- National Bureau of Statistics, “China Purchasing Managers' Index for May 2026,” May 31, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/…/may-2026-pmi
- State Council, “Large-Scale Equipment Renewal Policy Aids the Summer Grain Harvest,” Jun 2, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/equipment-renewal-harvest
- Ministry of Science and Technology, “2026 China-Side ITPEA Tokamak Physics and Engineering Workshop Held in Shanghai,” Jun 3, 2026. most.gov.cn/kjbgz/…/itpea-tokamak-shanghai
- State Council, “Long-Term Foreign Capital Bullish on China, Increasing Bets on Hard Tech,” Jun 3, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/foreign-capital-hard-tech
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “China's Industrial-Subsidy Policy Strictly Complies with WTO Rules” (Spokesperson Mao Ning, regular press conference), Jun 3, 2026. 81.cn/fyr/…/subsidy-wto-compliance
- People's Bank of China, “Deputy Governor Tao Ling Attends the Internet Finance Association's 10th-Anniversary Symposium,” Jun 3, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/…/tao-ling-internet-finance
- Qiushi, “Meeting Global Trade Shifts Through Openness and Innovation,” Jun 3, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260603/…/trade-power