China and North Korea mark friendship-treaty anniversary.
Today's events
North Korea ties.
Xi and North Korea's leader exchanged messages marking 65 years of their 1961 friendship treaty; Premier Li Qiang hosted Pyongyang's visiting premier in Beijing.1Jul 11 · State CouncilCarbon-peak plan.
The State Council issued its 15th Five-Year-Plan carbon-peak blueprint, cutting carbon intensity 17% by 2030 and lifting non-fossil energy to a quarter of consumption.2Jul 9 · State CouncilSci-tech self-reliance.
Xi's July 8 speech to the national science-awards congress, republished in Qiushi, called the coming five years the decisive phase for building a technology power.3Jul 11 · QiushiFactory prices climb.
June producer prices rose 4.1% from a year earlier, led by a 16.5% jump in mining and extraction prices.4Jul 9 · Stats BureauCentral bank holds course.
The central bank's policy committee kept monetary policy “moderately loose” and pledged stronger counter-cyclical support to lift prices back to a reasonable level.5Jul 8 · PBOCPrice-war crackdown.
The market regulator blacklisted a batch of firms for selling substandard goods in “involution-style” price competition, naming them to deter cut-throat undercutting.6Jul 10 · SAMRRegistered AI services.
The internet regulator reported that 988 generative-AI services had cleared national filing by end-June, alongside 598 registered consumer apps.7Jul 10 · CACTwo officials expelled.
The Communist Party's anti-graft body expelled two municipal politics-and-law chiefs, in Jiangxi and Guangxi, from the Party and public office for corruption.8Jul 8 · CCDISummer grain harvest.
The statistics bureau reported summer grain output rose 0.7% to 150.7 million tonnes, as higher yields offset a slightly smaller sown area.9Jul 10 · Stats Bureau
Voices
“No matter how the international situation changes, our Party's resolve to value China–North Korea friendship, support Kim Jong Un's leadership, and safeguard our common interests will not change.”
Xi Jinping, CPC General Secretary · July 111
“The so-called award in the South China Sea arbitration is illegal, invalid and non-binding. China does not accept or recognize it, nor any claim or action based on it.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning · July 1010
“We will continue a moderately loose monetary policy and step up counter-cyclical adjustment to promote steady economic growth and a reasonable recovery in prices.”
PBOC Monetary Policy Committee · July 85
“By 2030, carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP will fall 17% from 2025 and non-fossil energy will reach 25% of consumption, ensuring the carbon peak arrives on schedule.”
15th Five-Year Plan Carbon Peak Action Plan, State Council · July 92
“Public exposure of these firms is meant to deter the unlawful acts that disrupt fair market-competition order and to foster a sound market environment.”
State Administration for Market Regulation · July 106
“He lost his ideals and convictions, betrayed his founding mission, held a warped view of political achievement, and resisted the organization's investigation.”
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection · July 88
Sources
- State Council (gov.cn), “Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un Exchange Congratulatory Messages on the 65th Anniversary of the China–DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance,” July 11, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/china-dprk-treaty-65th
- State Council (gov.cn), “Notice on Issuing the 15th Five-Year Plan Carbon Peak Action Plan” (Guofa [2026] No. 22), July 9, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/15fyp-carbon-peak-plan
- Qiushi, “Making New Contributions to Building a Science and Technology Power” (on Xi's July 8 speech to the science-awards congress), July 11, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260711/…/science-technology-power
- National Bureau of Statistics, “Producer Prices Up 4.1% Year-on-Year in June 2026,” July 9, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/…/ppi-june-2026
- People's Bank of China, “Monetary Policy Committee Holds Q2 2026 Regular Meeting,” July 8, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/zhengcehuobisi/…/mpc-q2-2026
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “Firms Behind ‘Involution-Style’ Competition Placed on Serious-Violation Blacklist,” July 10, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/…/involution-blacklist
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “Announcement of Filed Generative AI Services (May–June 2026),” July 10, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-07/10/…/generative-ai-filings
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Former Shangrao Municipal Standing Committee Member and Politics-and-Law Secretary Wu Shujian Expelled from the Party and Public Office,” July 8, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/wu-shujian
- National Bureau of Statistics, “Announcement on 2026 Summer Grain Output,” July 10, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/…/summer-grain-2026
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference,” July 10, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/…/mao-ning-jul-10