China publishes five-year plan to expand consumption.
Today's events
Consumption plan.
The State Council issued a five-year plan to expand consumption, targeting about 60 trillion yuan in annual retail sales by 2030.1Aug 9 · MOFCOMFirst trade probe.
The commerce ministry opened China's first foreign-trade national security investigation, examining imported printing and copying machines that run foreign system software.2Aug 5 · MOFCOMCambodia memorandum.
Commerce ministers signed a memorandum in which Cambodia affirms its trade deals with third countries will not target China or obstruct Southeast Asian cooperation.3Aug 9 · MOFCOMNew AI companies.
Business registrations show 55,000 new generative-AI companies in the first half, up 28 percent, and 116,000 in humanoid robotics.4Aug 10 · SAMRJapan's nuclear debate.
The foreign ministry said Japanese officials pushing to break the country's three non-nuclear principles are defying a public that overwhelmingly opposes nuclear sharing.5Aug 7 · MFAEnergy security plan.
A new five-year plan targets a clean, low-carbon, secure energy system by 2030, even as first-half raw coal output hit its second-highest level on record.6Aug 7 · NEABeidaihe retreat.
Sixty specialists in basic research and core technologies were hosted August 1–7; a Politburo Standing Committee member visited on Xi's behalf.7Aug 10 · State CouncilParty expulsion.
A former Jiangxi grain and reserves bureau chief was expelled from the Party and public office; his bribery case goes to prosecutors.8Aug 4 · CCDIEcological doctrine.
A Qiushi commentary, August 10, traces Xi Ecological Civilization Thought through five volumes of his collected works as the guide to the Beautiful China drive.9Aug 10 · Qiushi
Voices
“Human development activity must respect nature, follow nature, and protect nature; otherwise nature will take its revenge.”
Xi Jinping, quoted in Qiushi · Aug 109
“Total retail sales of consumer goods will reach around 60 trillion yuan, and consumption's pull on economic growth will be further strengthened.”
Expanding Consumption Plan, 2026–2030 · Aug 91
“Officials of the Japanese ruling authorities openly hyping the ‘nuclear option’ are gambling with the future of more than 100 million Japanese people.”
MFA Spokesperson Lin Jian · Aug 75
“Energy is the food of industry and the lifeblood of the economy.”
National Energy Administration · Aug 76
“In the first half, 561,000 firms were newly registered across eight emerging and nine future industries, injecting fresh water at the source for new quality productive forces.”
State Administration for Market Regulation · Aug 104
“[Lu Wenge] lost his ideals and convictions, betrayed his founding mission, held a distorted view of achievement, resisted investigation, and concealed evidence.”
Jiangxi Commission for Discipline Inspection · Aug 48
Sources
- Ministry of Commerce of the PRC, “国家发展改革委、商务部有关负责人就《扩大消费“十五五”规划》答记者问” (Officials of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce answer questions on the Expanding Consumption Plan for 2026–2030), August 9, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/expanding-consumption-plan
- Ministry of Commerce of the PRC, “商务部新闻发言人就对相关进口打印复印办公设备发起对外贸易国家安全调查答记者问” (Spokesperson answers questions on the foreign-trade national security investigation into imported printing and copying office equipment), August 5, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/trade-security-investigation
- Ministry of Commerce of the PRC, “商务部与柬埔寨商业部签署《关于在第三国贸易措施背景下加强合作与相互理解的谅解备忘录》” (Memorandum of understanding with Cambodia's Ministry of Commerce on cooperation in the context of third-country trade measures), August 9, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/cambodia-memorandum
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “上半年生成式人工智能领域新设企业 增长28.0%” (Newly registered generative-AI companies up 28.0% in the first half), August 10, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/mtjj/…/generative-ai-registrations
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC, “2026年8月7日外交部发言人林剑答记者问” (Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian answers questions, August 7, 2026), August 7, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/lin-jian-aug-7
- National Energy Administration, ““三张牌”，筑牢能源安全底气” (Three cards underpinning confidence in energy security), August 7, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260807/…/energy-security
- State Council of the PRC, “潮起渤海湾 奋楫“十五五”——党中央国务院邀请优秀专家人才代表北戴河休假侧记” (Notes on the Party Central Committee and State Council's Beidaihe retreat for outstanding experts and talent), August 10, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/beidaihe-experts
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “江西省发展和改革委员会原党组成员，省粮食和物资储备局原党组书记、局长路文革被开除党籍和公职” (Lu Wenge, former director of Jiangxi's Grain and Material Reserves Bureau, expelled from the Party and from public office), August 4, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/lu-wenge-expelled
- Qiushi (Party Theoretical Journal), “深刻把握习近平生态文明思想的科学性和真理性” (Deeply grasping the scientific character and truth of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization), August 10, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260810/…/ecological-civilization