State Council issues revised chip design rules.
Today's events
Chip design rules.
State Council Order 842 rewrote China's integrated-circuit layout-design rules for the first time since 2001, extending protection to photonic and quantum chips from October 15.1Aug 3 · State CouncilOctober plenum.
The Politburo set the Communist Party's fifth plenum for October in Beijing, with strict internal Party governance as its main agenda item.2Jul 30 · PolitburoHalf-year verdict.
A Qiushi commentary, August 4, put first-half growth at 4.7% and credited new drivers with more than 40% of that growth.3Aug 4 · QiushiLivestream selling.
The Supreme People's Court released five model rulings on livestream commerce, holding one platform jointly liable for letting a merchant drain its consumer-compensation deposit.4Aug 3 · Supreme CourtMonetary policy.
The central bank's half-year work conference pledged to keep monetary policy moderately loose and widen counter-cyclical support, after aggregate financing grew 7.4% through June.5Aug 1 · Central bankXinjiang listings.
The Commerce Ministry condemned the United States for adding more than 40 Chinese firms to its forced-labour blacklist a day after trade talks.6Aug 1 · Commerce MinistryOnline governance.
The internet regulator's director published a Party-magazine article setting out five governing principles for China's online ecosystem, which now reaches 1.125 billion users.7Aug 4 · Internet regulatorPower capacity.
Installed generating capacity reached 4.01 billion kilowatts by end-May — more than the United States, European Union, India, Japan and Russia combined.8Jul 31 · Energy administrationJapan intelligence.
The foreign ministry called Tokyo's newly established National Intelligence Agency a negative move, saying Japan's wartime intelligence services paved the way for militarism.9Jul 31 · Foreign ministry
Voices
“[Our] economy has pushed forward under pressure, turning newer and better, and has shown great resilience and vitality.”
Xi Jinping, General Secretary · July 243
“Just one day later the U.S. rolled out egregious measures harming China's interests, gravely departing from the two presidents' consensus. China strongly condemns and firmly opposes this.”
Commerce Ministry Spokesperson · Aug 16
“Commercial defamation covers not only fabricated facts but also the spreading of misleading information, which remains subject to legal restraint even when it contains partly true elements.”
Supreme People's Court, live-commerce defamation ruling · Aug 34
“The online ecosystem reflects the basic character of cyberspace, shapes the online environment for economic and social development, and influences people's thinking and mental state.”
Zhuang Rongwen, Director, Cyberspace Administration · Aug 47
“For some time Japan has used so-called ‘national security’ and ‘external threats’ as pretexts to accelerate remilitarisation, threatening regional peace and stability.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning · July 319
“In 2025 the country added over 400 million kilowatts of wind and solar capacity — in one year installing the equivalent of Germany plus France combined.”
Wu Liqiang, China Electricity Council · July 318
Sources
- State Council, “Regulations on the Protection of Integrated Circuit Layout Designs” (Order of the State Council No. 842), August 3, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/ic-layout-design-regulations
- Xinhua / Ministry of Commerce, “Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Meets, Decides to Convene the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee,” July 30, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/politburo-fifth-plenum
- Qiushi, “Xi Jinping Economic Thought Guides China's High-Quality Development Steadily Forward,” August 4, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260804/…/economic-thought
- Supreme People's Court, “Setting Boundaries for New Forms of the Platform Economy — Model Cases on Livestream Selling, Fake Transactions and Virtual Property,” August 3, 2026. court.gov.cn/zixun/…/platform-economy-cases
- People's Bank of China, “The People's Bank of China Holds Its Second-Half 2026 Work Conference,” August 1, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/goutongjiaoliu/…/h2-work-conference
- Ministry of Commerce, “Commerce Ministry Spokesperson Answers Questions on the U.S. Adding Chinese Enterprises to the So-Called Xinjiang-Related Act Entity List,” August 1, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/uflpa-entity-list
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “Zhuang Rongwen: Improve the Effectiveness of Online Ecosystem Governance and Build a Clear and Bright Cyberspace,” August 4, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-08/04/…/online-ecosystem-governance
- National Energy Administration, “Installed Power Capacity Steps Up to 4 Billion Kilowatts,” July 31, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260731/…/4-billion-kilowatts
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference,” July 31, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/…/press-conference-jul-31