China issues plan to peak carbon by 2030.
Today's events
Carbon-peak plan.
The State Council issued its 15th Five-Year carbon-peaking action plan, targeting a 17% cut in carbon intensity and a 25% non-fossil energy share by 2030.1Jul 9 · State CouncilJune prices.
Factory-gate producer prices rose 4.1% year-on-year, led by mining and raw materials; consumer prices rose 1.0%, held down by a 15.9% fall in pork.2Jul 9 · Stats BureauMilitary study session.
The Central Military Commission studied Xi's Party-building doctrine, restressing absolute Party control of the army and “strictly governing the military” before its 2027 centenary.3Jul 6 · China MilitaryAnti-‘involution’ blacklist.
The market regulator blacklisted several firms for destructive “involution-style” competition, citing substandard faucets, unlicensed food-oil containers, and false biotech health claims.4Jul 10 · SAMRFake-drama crackdown.
China's internet regulator closed accounts posting unlabeled staged videos, from fake charity appeals to invented delivery-driver hardship, as platforms scrubbed 241,000 mislabeled clips.5Jul 10 · Cyberspace AdminNavy calls it routine.
The Defense Ministry said a task group's far-seas training near Japan was a routine annual exercise, consistent with international law and targeting no specific country.6Jul 9 · Defense MinistryFlood-control orders.
The Party and State Council ordered all-out flood and drought defense after dam breaches and landslides, demanding officials shoulder “political responsibility” for public safety.7Jul 9 · State CouncilPolitics-law chief expelled.
A former Wuzhou city Party standing-committee member and politics-and-law chief, Luo Weixiong, was expelled from the Party and office for bribery and meddling in mining.8Jul 8 · Discipline CommissionDisease-control plan.
The State Council approved a 15th Five-Year disease-prevention plan, ordering stronger public-health capacity and control of major infectious diseases as a provincial development priority.9Jul 8 · State Council
Voices
“Deepen the integration of scientific-technological innovation and industrial innovation — this is the key to developing new quality productive forces through high-level self-reliance in science and technology.”
Xi Jinping, national science and technology awards conference · Jul 810
“The United States — the only country to have used nuclear weapons, with the largest arsenal — launches strategic submarine missiles yearly, yet carps at China's normal test: double standards and hegemonism.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning · Jul 911
“Hong Kong has become the largest offshore renminbi center, with the renminbi's investment and financing role strengthening and renminbi lending continuing to grow.”
Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China, Hong Kong · Jul 712
“Trade wars and tariff wars have no winners; open cooperation is an irreversible trend of our era. We never deliberately pursue a trade surplus.”
Premier Li Qiang, Summer Davos, Dalian · Jun 2413
“Better coordinate energy security with economic and social development, with the green, low-carbon energy transition as the key, and steadily bring coal and oil consumption to their peak.”
15th Five-Year Carbon Peak Action Plan, State Council · Jul 91
“He lost his ideals and convictions, betrayed his founding mission, was disloyal and dishonest to the Party, and resisted the organization's investigation.”
Guangxi Discipline Inspection Commission, on Luo Weixiong · Jul 88
Sources
- State Council, “Notice Issuing the ‘15th Five-Year’ Carbon Peak Action Plan” (Guofa [2026] No. 22), July 9, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/15th-five-year-carbon-peak-plan
- National Bureau of Statistics, “Producer Prices Up 4.1% Year-on-Year in June 2026, Down 0.3% Month-on-Month,” July 9, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/june-2026-ppi
- China Military Online, “Central Military Commission Holds Collective Study on Xi's Party-Building Thought,” July 6, 2026. 81.cn/jw_208551/…/cmc-collective-study
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “Regulator Names a Batch of Firms on the Serious-Dishonesty List for ‘Involution-Style’ Competition,” July 10, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/zj/…/involution-blacklist
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “CAC Penalizes a Batch of Accounts and Platforms Over Improper Short-Video Content Labeling,” July 10, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-07/10/…/short-video-labeling
- Ministry of National Defense, “PLA Navy Task Group's Far-Seas Training Is a Routine Annual Activity” (bilingual), July 9, 2026. mod.gov.cn/gfbw/xwfyr/…/far-seas-training-routine
- CPC Central Committee & State Council, “Notice on Doing Everything Possible for Flood Control and Drought Relief,” July 9, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/flood-control-drought-relief
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Luo Weixiong, Former Wuzhou Municipal Standing-Committee Member and Politics-and-Law Chief, Expelled from the Party and Public Office,” July 8, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/luo-weixiong-expelled
- State Council, “Approval of the ‘15th Five-Year’ Disease Prevention and Control Plan” (Guohan [2026] No. 69), July 8, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/disease-prevention-plan
- Xinhua / State Council, “Seize Historic Opportunities, Meet the Challenges of the Era — Xi's Speech at the National Science and Technology Awards Conference, the Academicians' Congress, and the 11th CAST Congress,” July 8, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/xi-science-awards-speech
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference,” July 9, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/…/mao-ning-2026-07-09
- People's Bank of China, “Address by Governor Pan Gongsheng at the Hong Kong Monetary and Fixed Income Summit,” July 7, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/hanglingdao/…/pan-gongsheng-hong-kong
- State Council, “Premier Li Qiang Attends the 2026 Summer Davos Business Roundtable,” June 24, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/li-qiang-summer-davos