China restricts drone exports to the United States.
Today's events
Countermeasures against Washington.
China's commerce ministry tightened drone export controls, blacklisted six American entities, and opened the country's first national-security investigation into imported goods.1Aug 5 · CommerceParty plenum set for October.
The Politburo decided the Central Committee's fifth plenum meets in Beijing in October, with strict Party governance as its main agenda item.2Jul 30 · PolitburoChip design rules rewritten.
The State Council issued the first overhaul since 2001 of integrated-circuit layout protection, extending coverage to photonic and quantum chips from October 15.3Aug 3 · State CouncilCentral bank's second half.
The central bank's half-year work conference kept a moderately loose stance, citing 7.4% growth in aggregate financing and 8.0% money-supply growth at June's end.4Aug 2 · Central bankFactory activity contracts.
July's manufacturing purchasing managers' index fell to 49.2 from 50.3, below the expansion line, with new orders dropping 2.7 points to 48.5.5Jul 31 · Stats BureauWatchdogs disciplined.
The Party's anti-corruption body punished 1,535 of its own discipline inspectors in the first half, including 59 at bureau level; 138 went to prosecutors.6Aug 5 · People's DailyPower capacity milestone.
Generating capacity passed 4 billion kilowatts, exceeding the United States, European Union, India, Japan and Russia combined; wind and solar are 48%.7Jul 31 · Energy Admin.Real-economy doctrine.
Qiushi commentary, August 5, restates Xi's line that a modern industrial system must rest on manufacturing, with science and technology its strategic support.8Aug 5 · QiushiEthnic-unity law defended.
The foreign ministry rejected the Philippine defence department's charge that China's new ethnic-unity law reaches beyond its borders, calling the statement a political provocation.9Aug 4 · Foreign Ministry
Voices
“Scientific and technological innovation is the strategic support for building a modern industrial system; developing new quality productive forces is its inherent requirement.”
Xi Jinping, quoted in Qiushi · Aug 58
“China's countermeasures are on the whole restrained. If the United States insists on new restrictive measures against China, China will take further countermeasures.”
Commerce Ministry Spokesperson · Aug 51
“The so-called statement is riddled with lies and malicious attacks, interferes in China's internal affairs, and is an egregious political provocation. China firmly opposes it.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian · Aug 49
“The whole Party must grasp the significance of unrelenting strict Party governance from the strategic height of consolidating the Party's governing position.”
Politburo meeting readout · Jul 302
“Continue implementing a moderately loose monetary policy, keeping liquidity ample and guiding financial institutions to meet the real economy's effective financing demand.”
People's Bank of China, second-half work conference · Aug 14
“In 2025 the country added more than 400 million kilowatts of wind and solar capacity, installing in one year the equivalent of Germany plus France combined.”
Wu Liqiang, China Electricity Council · Jul 317
Sources
- Ministry of Commerce, “Spokesperson answers questions on countermeasures against a series of negative China-related measures by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and Department of Homeland Security,” August 5, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/countermeasures-fcc-dhs
- Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, “Politburo meeting decides to convene the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee; analyses the current economic situation and deploys second-half economic work,” July 30, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/politburo-fifth-plenum
- State Council, “Regulations on the Protection of Integrated Circuit Layout Designs” (State Council Order No. 842, revised July 23, 2026; effective October 15, 2026), published August 3, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/ic-layout-design-regulations
- People's Bank of China, “The People's Bank of China convenes its 2026 second-half work conference,” August 2, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/goutongjiaoliu/…/second-half-work-conference
- National Bureau of Statistics, “China Purchasing Managers' Index for July 2026,” July 31, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/july-2026-pmi
- People's Daily / CPC News, “1,535 discipline-inspection and supervision cadres disciplined in the first half of this year,” August 5, 2026. fanfu.people.com.cn/…/1535-inspectors-disciplined
- National Energy Administration, “Installed power capacity climbs to a new level of 4 billion kilowatts,” July 31, 2026. nea.gov.cn/…/four-billion-kilowatts
- Qiushi, “Build a modern industrial system in a down-to-earth way,” August 5, 2026. qstheory.cn/…/modern-industrial-system
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian answers reporters' questions,” August 4, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/lin-jian-aug-4