Xi hosts Laos; announces North Korea visit.
Today's events
Laos community pact.
Xi hosted Laos's president and signed a joint statement on building an “all-weather China–Laos community,” adding a defense-and-police security dialogue and new rail links.1Jun 5 · State CouncilNorth Korea visit.
China announced Xi will make a state visit to North Korea on June 8–9, his first in seven years, marking the mutual-defense treaty's 65th anniversary.2Jun 6 · State CouncilEmployment-first plan.
Li Qiang's State Council meeting approved the Employment-First Strategy plan for the 15th Five-Year period and reviewed new-industrialization and future-industry work.3Jun 5 · State CouncilOutbound investment rules.
New State Council regulations, effective July 1, govern overseas investment, adding security reviews and countermeasures to shield Chinese firms against “decoupling.”4Jun 5 · State CouncilMineral-resource rules.
State Council implementing regulations, effective June 15, tighten whole-chain control of strategic minerals — from survey to stockpile — to raise resource-supply security.5Jun 4 · State CouncilPrivate-fund crackdown.
State Council guidance tightened oversight of private investment funds, citing their use as tools for “new and hidden corruption,” and curbed new government-backed funds.6Jun 5 · State CouncilThree officials expelled.
The Party's anti-graft body expelled a People's Insurance vice-president, a Hunan vice-provincial legislator, and Chengdu's former mayor for graft and disloyalty.7Jun 5 · CCDICarbon-control yardstick.
Five agencies led by the central planners issued China's first unified rules for counting non-fossil electricity use, underpinning carbon dual-control enforcement.8Jun 5 · NEAGreen-courts report.
The Supreme People's Court said courts closed 229,000 environmental cases in 2025 and is drafting rules on applying the new Ecology and Environment Code.9Jun 6 · Supreme Court
Voices
“China has always regarded Laos as a priority direction in its neighborhood diplomacy, and firmly supports Laos in following a socialist path suited to its own conditions.”
Xi Jinping, talks with Laos's leader · Jun 510
“Employment is the foundation of people's wellbeing; led by the employment-first strategy, we must keep expanding jobs and raising their quality toward high-quality, full employment.”
Premier Li Qiang, State Council executive meeting · Jun 53
“Huangyan Island is China's inherent territory; China holds indisputable sovereignty over the island and its adjacent waters, and our activities there are a sovereign state's legitimate rights.”
MFA Spokesperson Mao Ning · Jun 511
“China's environmental judicial cases and rules are increasingly becoming an important reference for global environmental governance.”
Lü Zhongmei, NPC Environment & Resources Committee · Jun 59
“Green miracles never fall from the sky; every footprint is soaked in the sweat of struggle, every inch of green the crystallization of arduous effort.”
Qiushi commentary, “Reading the green miracle” · Jun 612
“He privately carried and read books with serious political problems, resisted the organization's review, and turned public power into a tool for private gain.”
CCDI–Supervisory Commission finding, Yu Ze case · Jun 57
Sources
- State Council (中国政府网), “Joint Statement on Building an All-Weather China–Laos Community of Shared Future for the New Era,” June 5, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/china-laos-joint-statement
- State Council / Xinhua (中国政府网), “Writing a New Chapter of China–DPRK Friendship — On General Secretary Xi Jinping's State Visit to the DPRK,” June 5, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/xi-dprk-state-visit
- State Council (中国政府网), “Li Qiang Chairs State Council Executive Meeting; Approves the Employment-First Strategy 15th Five-Year Plan,” June 5, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/employment-first-15fyp
- State Council (中国政府网), “Regulations of the State Council on Outbound Investment” (Order No. 837), effective July 1, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/outbound-investment-regulations
- State Council (中国政府网), “Implementing Regulations for the Mineral Resources Law of the PRC” (Order No. 839), effective June 15, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/mineral-resources-regulations
- State Council (中国政府网), “Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Regulation, Preventing Risk, and Promoting High-Quality Development of Private Investment Funds,” June 5, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/private-fund-regulation
- CCDI–NSC (中央纪委国家监委), “Yu Ze, Former Party Committee Member and Vice-President of China People's Insurance, Expelled from the Party and Public Office” (with Ye Hongzhuan and Wang Fengchao cases, same day), June 5, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/yu-ze
- National Energy Administration (国家能源局), “A Unified Yardstick for Accounting Non-Fossil Electricity Consumption” (NDRC, NEA and 5 departments, trial guidelines), June 5, 2026. nea.gov.cn/…/non-fossil-power-accounting
- Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院), “SPC Releases China Environmental Resources Adjudication (2025), the Environmental Justice Development Report (2025), and Model Cases,” June 5, 2026. court.gov.cn/zixun/…/environmental-adjudication-2025
- Qiushi (求是网), “Xi Jinping Holds Talks with Lao People's Revolutionary Party General Secretary and President Thongloun,” June 5, 2026. qstheory.cn/…/xi-thongloun-talks
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部), “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference,” June 5, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/…/mao-ning-jun-5
- Qiushi (求是网), “Reading the Profound Lessons of the Green Miracle,” June 6, 2026. qstheory.cn/…/green-miracle