Xi completes first North Korea visit since 2019.
Today's events
Xi returns from North Korea after first state visit since 2019.
In Pyongyang, Xi and Kim Jong Un agreed to expand trade, agriculture, and technology cooperation and to mark their friendship treaty's 65th anniversary.1Jun 10 · State CouncilProducer prices rise 3.9 percent, led by mining costs.
May factory-gate prices rose 3.9 percent year-on-year and industrial input prices 5.8 percent, with mining prices up 15.8 percent.2Jun 10 · Stats BureauState Council orders basic public services provided where people actually live.
A national directive extends school places, public rental housing, and social insurance to migrants in their city of residence, removing household-registration restrictions.3Jun 6 · State CouncilNew rules tighten state control over strategic minerals.
Implementing regulations for the Mineral Resources Law, effective June 15, set a strategic-minerals catalog with output controls, designated producers, and whole-chain reserve oversight.4Jun 4 · State CouncilState Council issues five-year plan for emergency management.
The 2026–2030 plan shifts disaster governance toward prevention, targeting markedly stronger response capacity by 2030 and a full modern system by 2035.5Jun 8 · State CouncilPrivate investment funds come under stricter supervision.
A State Council directive bars most new county-level government funds, bans disguised lending, and targets funds used as vehicles for new forms of corruption.6Jun 5 · State CouncilConstruction begins on largest Yangtze project since Three Gorges.
Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang opened work on a new Three Gorges shipping channel, giving both dams four-lane locks to expand river freight capacity.7Jun 8 · XinhuaInsurance group's former vice-president expelled from Party and office.
The Communist Party's anti-corruption body expelled Yu Ze, former vice-president of state insurer PICC, over bribery; his case moves to prosecutors.8Jun 5 · CCDIRegulators punish AI-generated fake military content online.
Military authorities and the internet regulator named accounts that used artificial intelligence to fabricate soldier stories, vulgar videos, and parodies of military spokespeople.9Jun 9 · CAC
Voices
“No matter how the international situation changes, our commitment to China–North Korea friendship will not change, our support for its socialist cause will not change, our resolve will not change.”
Xi Jinping, Communist Party General Secretary · Jun 81
“China prohibits exporting dual-use items to Japanese military users or any use that strengthens Japan's military power — the aim is to stop Japan's re-militarization and nuclear ambitions.”
Lin Jian, Foreign Ministry spokesperson · Jun 910
“After peaceful reunification, Taiwan will become an island of peace, security, and prosperity, protected jointly by all Chinese people.”
Zhang Han, Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson · Jun 1012
“[Token data plans] are artificial intelligence's water-electricity-gas moment — turning computing power from high-end bespoke service into everyday consumption, flying into ordinary households.”
People's Daily commentary · Jun 711
“Take high-level safety safeguarding high-quality development as the theme, and shifting the governance model toward pre-event prevention as the main line.”
State Council emergency-management plan · Jun 85
“He had no discipline or legal bottom line, twisted public power into a tool for personal gain, and traded power for money on a grand scale.”
Communist Party anti-corruption body, on PICC's Yu Ze · Jun 58
Sources
- State Council, “Carrying Forward Fine Traditions, Strengthening Unity and Coordination — International Department head Liu Haixing on General Secretary Xi Jinping's State Visit to North Korea,” June 10, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/content_7071734
- National Bureau of Statistics, “Industrial Producer Prices Rose 3.9 Percent Year-on-Year in May 2026,” June 10, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/t20260610_1963922
- State Council, “Implementation Opinions on Providing Basic Public Services at Place of Habitual Residence” (Guo Fa [2026] No. 11), June 6, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/content_7069960
- State Council, “Implementing Regulations of the Mineral Resources Law” (State Council Order No. 839, effective June 15), June 4, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/content_7069679
- State Council, “State Council Issues the 15th Five-Year Plan for a Modernized Emergency-Response System,” June 8, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/content_7071459
- State Council General Office, “Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Supervision, Preventing Risk, and Promoting High-Quality Development of Private Investment Funds,” June 5, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/content_7071204
- Xinhua, “Ding Xuexiang Attends the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Three Gorges New Shipping Channel,” June 8, 2026. news.cn/politics/leaders/…/c.html
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Yu Ze, Former Party Committee Member and Vice-President of PICC, Expelled from the Party and Public Office for Serious Violations,” June 5, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/t20260605_494607
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “Typical Cases of Using AI to Fabricate Military-Related Disinformation,” June 9, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-06/09/…
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference,” June 9, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/…/t20260609_11940686
- People's Daily Opinion, “Commentary: ‘Token Plans’ — Artificial Intelligence's Water-Electricity-Gas Moment,” June 7, 2026. opinion.people.com.cn/…/c223228-40735392
- China Military Online, “Taiwan Affairs Office: After Peaceful Reunification, Taiwan Will Be an Island of Peace, Security, and Prosperity,” June 10, 2026. 81.cn/fyr/16466535