China announces Xi state visit to North Korea.
Today's events
North Korea visit.
Xi Jinping will make a state visit to North Korea June 8–9 — his first trip abroad in 2026 and first to Pyongyang in seven years.1Jun 5 · MFALaos pact.
Xi hosted Laos's leader and signed a joint statement building an “all-weather China–Laos community of shared future,” upgrading ties on the 65th anniversary of relations.2Jun 5 · XinhuaJobs plan.
Premier Li Qiang's State Council meeting adopted the Employment-First Strategy's 15th Five-Year Plan, pledging “high-quality, full employment” and new support for graduates and gig workers.3Jun 5 · State CouncilServices by residence.
A State Council opinion will decouple basic public services from household registration, giving migrants equal schooling, social insurance, and public housing where they actually live.4Jun 6 · State CouncilOutbound-investment rule.
China issued its first dedicated outbound-investment regulation, effective July 1 — adding security reviews, investment-barrier probes, and countermeasures to protect Chinese firms abroad.5Jun 6 · State CouncilStrategic minerals.
New rules implementing the Mineral Resources Law take effect June 15, creating a strategic-minerals catalog with protective extraction limits to strengthen supply security.6Jun 4 · State CouncilThree cadres expelled.
The Party's anti-corruption body expelled three officials from the Party — Chengdu's former mayor, a Hunan legislative deputy chief, and a state insurer's ex-vice-president — for bribery.7Jun 5 · CCDIClean-power yardstick.
Five agencies including the energy administration issued China's first unified standard for counting non-fossil electricity use, underpinning the carbon dual-control system.8Jun 5 · NEAGreen courts.
The Supreme People's Court reported 229,000 environmental cases concluded in 2025, including 3,530 public-interest suits, with climate-change litigation a growing category.9Jun 5 · Supreme Court
Voices
“China always treats Laos as a priority in its neighborhood diplomacy and firmly supports Laos in following a socialist path suited to its own conditions.”
Xi Jinping, CPC General Secretary and President · Jun 52
“This is General Secretary Xi's first state visit to North Korea in seven years; the two leaders will exchange views on bilateral ties and shared concerns.”
Mao Ning, Foreign Ministry spokesperson · Jun 51
“Employment is the foundation of people's wellbeing; we will work to achieve high-quality and full employment.”
State Council executive meeting, on the Employment-First 15th Five-Year Plan · Jun 53
“He turned the public power entrusted by the Party and the people into a tool for private gain, engaging in rampant power-for-money dealing.”
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, on Chengdu's former mayor · Jun 57
“China's environmental judicial cases and rules are increasingly becoming an important reference for global environmental governance.”
Supreme People's Court, China Environmental Justice Development Report · Jun 59
“About 95% of China's non-fossil energy is consumed as electricity; accurately accounting for it is the basis for carbon dual-control assessment.”
National Energy Administration, on the new accounting guide · Jun 58
Sources
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference,” June 5, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/…/t20260605_11938293
- Xinhua / State Council, “Xi Jinping Holds Talks with Lao People's Revolutionary Party General Secretary and President Thongloun,” June 5, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/content_7071268
- State Council, “Li Qiang Chairs State Council Executive Meeting; Implementing the Employment-First Strategy 15th Five-Year Plan Adopted,” June 5, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/content_7071274
- State Council, “Opinions on Providing Basic Public Services at Place of Residence” (Guo Fa [2026] No. 11), June 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/content_7069960
- State Council, “Regulations on Outbound Investment” (State Council Order No. 837; effective July 1, 2026). gov.cn/zhengce/…/content_7070755
- State Council, “Regulations Implementing the Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China” (State Council Order No. 839; effective June 15, 2026). gov.cn/zhengce/…/content_7069679
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Wang Fengchao, Former Deputy Party Secretary and Mayor of Chengdu, Expelled from the Party and Public Office,” June 5, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/…/t20260605_494605
- National Energy Administration, “A Unified ‘Yardstick’ for Non-Fossil Energy Electricity Consumption Accounting,” June 5, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260605/…/c
- Supreme People's Court, “China Environmental Resources Adjudication (2025) and China Environmental Justice Development Report (2025) Released,” June 5, 2026. court.gov.cn/zixun/…/502101