Xi visits North Korea, meets Kim Jong Un.
Today's events
State visit to North Korea.
Xi held talks with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on his first foreign trip this year, setting four priorities for ties on the friendship treaty's 65th anniversary.1Jun 8 · People's DailyStrategic-minerals rulebook.
The State Council published rules implementing the Mineral Resources Law, creating a strategic-minerals catalog with output controls and supply-chain safeguards. Effective June 15.2Jun 4 · State CouncilServices untied from residency.
The State Council moved to provide schooling, public housing and social insurance by place of residence, breaking the link between basic services and household registration.3Jun 6 · State CouncilPrivate-fund crackdown.
The State Council tightened oversight of private funds, citing their use as tools for “new-type corruption,” and barred most counties from launching new government funds.4Jun 5 · State CouncilAI military fakes.
The internet regulator and the military named accounts that used AI to fabricate soldiers' deaths and impersonate a defense spokesman, and penalized them.5Jun 9 · Internet RegulatorYangtze mega-channel.
Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang broke ground on a new Three Gorges shipping channel, the largest project on the Yangtze mainstem since the dam itself.6Jun 8 · XinhuaTwo senior officials expelled.
The Party's anti-corruption body expelled former Chengdu mayor Wang Fengchao and a former Hunan legislature vice-chair from the Party for bribery; both face prosecution.7Jun 5 · CCDICarrier in the Pacific.
The Defense Ministry said the Liaoning carrier group is training in the Western Pacific and dismissed Japan's tracking as hype that “cannot succeed.”8Jun 9 · Defense MinistryMay data: AI cash surges.
Capital investment in AI and humanoid robots rose about fivefold year-on-year in May, while offline consumption grew 2.4%, planners reported.9Jun 9 · State Council
Voices
“No matter how the international situation changes, China's firm commitment to attaching high importance to its traditional friendship with North Korea will not change.”
Xi Jinping, talks with Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang · June 81
“We ban exports of all dual-use items to Japanese military users and uses, with the aim of halting Japan's re-militarization and its nuclear ambitions.”
MFA Spokesperson Lin Jian · June 910
“Japan's hyping of China's legitimate operation, in an attempt to manufacture tension and mislead public opinion, will never succeed.”
Defense Ministry Spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang · June 98
“He turned the public power granted by the Party and the people into a tool for private gain, engaging in rampant trading of power for money.”
Central Discipline Inspection Commission, on Wang Fengchao · June 57
“All household-registration restrictions on joining employee social insurance at one's place of work are abolished.”
State Council Implementation Opinions (Guofa No. 11) · June 63
“This is AI's water-electricity-gas moment, turning computing power from a high-end bespoke service into everyday consumption that reaches ordinary households.”
People's Daily commentary · June 711
Sources
- People's Daily, “Xi Jinping Holds Talks with Kim Jong Un,” June 8, 2026. politics.people.com.cn/…/xi-kim-talks
- State Council (gov.cn), “Regulations on the Implementation of the Mineral Resources Law of the PRC” (Decree 839), effective June 15, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/mineral-resources-law-rules
- State Council (gov.cn), “Implementation Opinions on Providing Basic Public Services by Place of Residence” (Guofa No. 11), June 6, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/basic-public-services-residence
- State Council (gov.cn), “Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Oversight and Risk Prevention to Promote High-Quality Development of Private Investment Funds” (Guobanhan No. 54), June 5, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/private-investment-funds
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “Typical Cases of Using AI to Generate False Military-Related Information,” June 9, 2026. cac.gov.cn/…/ai-military-disinformation-cases
- Xinhua, “Ding Xuexiang Attends Groundbreaking of the Three Gorges New Shipping Channel Project,” June 8, 2026. news.cn/politics/…/three-gorges-new-channel
- CCDI, “Former Chengdu Mayor Wang Fengchao Expelled from the Party and Public Office for Serious Violations,” June 5, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/…/wang-fengchao-expelled
- Ministry of National Defense, “Japan's Hyping of China's Legitimate Operation Will Never Succeed,” June 9, 2026. mod.gov.cn/…/japan-hyping-will-not-succeed
- State Council (gov.cn), “May High-Frequency Data Reflect Consumption Vitality and Industry Turning Smart,” June 9, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/may-high-frequency-data
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference,” June 9, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/…/lin-jian-press-conference-jun-9
- People's Daily Opinion, “‘Token Packages’: AI's Water-Electricity-Gas Moment,” June 7, 2026. opinion.people.com.cn/…/ai-token-packages