Coal drops below half of China's electricity.
Today's events
Coal below half.
Coal-fired power supplied 49.7% of generation in the first half, the first time below half; renewables reached 41.2%.1Aug 5 · People's DailyEnvironment code takes effect.
China's top court published the first judicial interpretation for the new Ecological Environment Code; both start on August 15.2Aug 6 · Supreme CourtProtest to Tokyo.
The foreign ministry filed a formal protest after Japan's annual defence paper named China its greatest strategic challenge.3Aug 5 · Foreign MinistryAccounting rules rewritten.
The finance ministry reissued the standard governing financial-statement presentation, binding dual-listed companies from 2027 and other listed firms by 2029.4Aug 5 · Finance MinistryMerger review delegated.
The market regulator handed provincial bureaus some non-routine merger cases and added Liaoning, Zhejiang and Sichuan to the delegated-review roster.5Aug 6 · Market RegulatorServices trade.
Services trade reached 3.78 trillion yuan in the first half, up 8.3%, with exports up 17.6% and the deficit narrowing.6Aug 4 · CommerceParty-building doctrine.
State media opened a commentary series on Xi's Party-building thought, keyed to the newly published two-volume selection of his writings.7Aug 6 · XinhuaCompany-smear crackdown.
The internet regulator shut accounts that faked product reviews and demanded payment from firms to delete posts, publishing four cases.8Aug 4 · Internet RegulatorNew nuclide.
Academy of Sciences physicists identified hafnium-153 on the new heavy-ion accelerator, the machine's first physics result, from ten observed ions.9Aug 6 · Academy of Sciences
Voices
“This fall and rise marks China's power system moving into a stage led by non-fossil energy; new energy is graduating from supplement to mainstay.”
People's Daily commentary · Aug 51
“China is strongly dissatisfied, firmly opposes this, and has filed a formal protest. China follows a path of peaceful development and a defensive national-defence policy.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian · Aug 53
“The life of a law lies in its implementation; the authority of a code likewise lies in its implementation.”
Supreme People's Court, press conference · Aug 62
“Companies must not substitute note disclosure for recognition and measurement; improper recognition and measurement cannot be cured by fully disclosing the accounting policy.”
Enterprise Accounting Standard No. 30, Finance Ministry · Aug 54
“This is the first physics result obtained during the facility's commissioning, confirming our new-generation accelerator can explore unknown nuclides and expand the nuclear chart.”
Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences · Aug 69
“The administration is taking multiple measures to ensure that delegated merger review is carried out uniformly, to standard, and efficiently.”
State Administration for Market Regulation · Aug 65
Sources
- People's Daily (Opinion), “Coal's share of power generation falling below 50% for the first time is of extraordinary significance,” August 5, 2026. opinion.people.com.cn/…/coal-below-half
- Supreme People's Court, “Press conference on implementing the Ecological Environment Code and on the review of judicial interpretations,” August 6, 2026. court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/…/507981
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Spokesperson Lin Jian answers questions from reporters,” August 5, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/t20260805
- Ministry of Finance, “Notice on issuing Enterprise Accounting Standard No. 30 — Presentation of Financial Statements” (Caikuai [2026] No. 11), August 5, 2026. kjs.mof.gov.cn/zhengcefabu/…/t20260805
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “Further improving the delegated review system for concentrations of undertakings,” August 6, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/mtjj/…/delegated-merger-review
- Ministry of Commerce, “Head of the Trade in Services Department briefs on services trade, January–June 2026,” August 4, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/sjfzrfb/…/services-trade-h1
- State Council / Xinhua, “Building the spiritual foundation on firm ideals and convictions — first in a series on the theoretical character of Xi Jinping's Party-building thought,” August 6, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/content_7077580
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “Campaign to improve the online business environment: typical cases of malicious hyping of enterprise information,” August 4, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-08/04/…/c_1787588879723730
- Chinese Academy of Sciences, “High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility discovers the new nuclide hafnium-153,” August 6, 2026. cas.cn/syky/202608/…/t20260806