Xi hosts Cambodia, Bangladesh · Jun 26

Xi hosts Cambodia and Bangladesh in Beijing.

Today's events

Xi's hosting day.
Xi hosted Cambodia's and Bangladesh's leaders in Beijing, declaring a China–Bangladesh “community of common destiny” and a security partnership with Cambodia.¹¹⁰Jun 26 · State Council
Procurement-law overhaul.
The national legislature gave a first reading to a rewritten Government Procurement Law targeting bid-rigging, predatory low-price bidding, and rent-seeking.²Jun 23 · NPC
Renewable-power mandate.
Central planners and the energy administration set binding renewable-power quotas for provinces and heavy industry from August 1, for the first time counting non-electricity use.³Jun 22 · NEA
Financial law drafted.
The legislature reviewed China's first overarching Financial Law, a foundational statute embedding Party leadership over finance, a modern central-bank system, and stronger systemic-risk safeguards.⁴Jun 23 · NPC
Emergency-response plan.
The State Council issued its 15th Five-Year Plan for emergency management, shifting disaster governance toward prevention-first and folding artificial intelligence into national command systems.⁵Jun 23 · State Council
Unified-market push.
A vice premier and six ministers answered legislators' questions on building a single national market, pledging a “negative list” to curb illegal local subsidies.⁶Jun 24 · NPC
Henan official expelled.
The Party's anti-corruption body expelled a former Henan advisory-body chairman, Kan Quancheng, from the Party and public office for bribery in drug procurement.⁷Jun 24 · CCDI
Taiwan drills rebuffed.
The defense ministry accused Taiwan's governing party of “deliberately manufacturing tension” by timing combat drills to a U.S.–Japan exercise.⁸Jun 25 · Defense Min.
Central bank meets Citi.
Central-bank governor Pan Gongsheng met Citigroup's chairman and chief executive to discuss the global economy, China's macro policy, and China–U.S. trade.⁹Jun 25 · PBOC

Voices

“We led the Chinese people from poverty and weakness onto the path of Chinese modernization by upholding independence and self-reliance — keeping our nation's destiny firmly in our own hands.”
Xi Jinping, meeting Bangladesh's prime minister · Jun 26¹

“Bringing non-electricity use into the assessment will spur demand, drive earlier scale-up, and underpin a new energy system and a strong energy nation.”
China's energy administration, on the renewable-power rules · Jun 22³

“This revision targets the prominent problems in government procurement — building fair competition, eliminating the institutional space for rent-seeking, and a mechanism that makes corruption impossible.”
Hao Peng, National People's Congress finance committee · Jun 23²

“Despite repeated central directives, illegal local subsidies persist in some places — a glaring bottleneck holding back construction of a unified national market.”
Finance Minister Lan Foan, at a legislative hearing · Jun 24⁶

“China consistently opposes illegal unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law, and urges the United States to immediately end its blockade of Cuba.”
MFA Spokesperson Guo Jiakun · Jun 25¹¹

“The Democratic Progressive Party authorities deliberately manufacture tension and escalate cross-Strait confrontation — it wins no hearts. Relying on drills for courage buys no real security.”
Defense Ministry Spokesman Zhang Xiaogang · Jun 25⁸

Sources

State Council (gov.cn), “Xi Jinping Meets Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique” (习近平会见孟加拉国总理塔里克), June 26, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/xi-meets-bangladesh-pm
National People's Congress, “China to Revise the Government Procurement Law, Closing the Space for Rent-Seeking” (中国拟修改政府采购法消除设租寻租制度空间), June 23, 2026. npc.gov.cn/…/government-procurement-law-revision
National Energy Administration, “Implementation Measures for Renewable-Energy Consumption Responsibility Issued” (压实可再生能源消纳和消费责任实施办法出台), June 22, 2026. nea.gov.cn/…/renewable-consumption-measures
National People's Congress, “Improving the Basic Financial Legal System (Financial Law Draft Reviewed)” (完善金融基本法律制度), June 23, 2026. npc.gov.cn/…/financial-law-draft
State Council (gov.cn), “Notice on Issuing the 15th Five-Year Plan for a Modernized Emergency-Management System” (现代化应急体系建设“十五五”规划), June 23, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/emergency-system-15th-five-year-plan
National People's Congress, “Pushing the Building of a Unified National Market Deeper (Special Inquiry)” (推动全国统一大市场建设向纵深推进), June 24, 2026. npc.gov.cn/…/unified-national-market-inquiry
CCDI / National Supervisory Commission, “Kan Quancheng, Former Chairman of a Henan CPPCC Committee, Expelled from the Party and Public Office” (阚全程被开除党籍和公职), June 24, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/kan-quancheng-shuangkai
Ministry of National Defense, “DPP Authorities' Deliberate Manufacturing of Tension Wins No Hearts” (民进党当局蓄意制造紧张不得人心), June 25, 2026. mod.gov.cn/…/press-briefing-cross-strait
People's Bank of China, “Governor Pan Gongsheng Meets Citigroup Chairman and CEO Jane Fraser” (潘功胜会见花旗集团董事会主席兼首席执行官范洁恩), June 26, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/…/pan-gongsheng-meets-citigroup
State Council (gov.cn), “Xi Jinping Meets Cambodian People's Party President and Senate President Hun Sen” (习近平会见柬埔寨人民党主席、参议院主席洪森), June 26, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/xi-meets-hun-sen
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference” (外交部发言人郭嘉昆主持例行记者会), June 25, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/…/press-conference-2026-06-25