China's first environmental code takes effect nationwide.
Today's events
Environment code.
China's Ecological Environment Code took effect today, consolidating more than 30 environmental laws and 100 administrative regulations into a single statute.1Aug 15 · 81.cnXi on disasters.
Xi's Politburo study-session speech, published in Qiushi August 15, orders disaster governance to shift toward prevention and raises protective standards for infrastructure in disaster-prone areas.2Aug 15 · QiushiYasukuni protest.
China filed a formal protest after Japan's prime minister sent a ritual offering and cabinet members visited the war shrine on the surrender anniversary.3Aug 15 · MFAMonetary policy report.
The central bank's second-quarter report put first-half growth at 4.7 percent and kept policy moderately loose, adding a one-trillion-yuan relending line for private firms.4Aug 12 · PBOCProducer prices.
July factory-gate prices rose 3.5 percent from a year earlier, driven by a 16.4 percent jump in mining-industry prices.5Aug 9 · Stats BureauOpen-model push.
The internet regulator says China now has over 600 million generative-AI users and the world's largest open-source model, Kimi K3, at 2.8 trillion parameters.6Aug 13 · CACCorporate treasury rules.
The central bank and foreign-exchange regulator extended multinational cross-border cash pooling nationwide from September 14, letting corporate groups set their own pooling ratios.7Aug 14 · PBOCAsia-Pacific summit prep.
China hosts the year's third Asia-Pacific senior officials' meeting in Dalian from August 17, some 130 sessions and 2,300 delegates, preparing November's leaders' summit.8Aug 14 · MFADouble expulsion.
Wang Aihe, a Jiangxi provincial Party committee member, was expelled from the Party and public office for bribery and embezzlement; his case goes to prosecutors.9Aug 14 · CCDI
Voices
“We must prevent the risk of natural disasters from transmitting and spreading into economic security, energy and resource security, food security and social security.”
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party · Aug 152
“China strongly condemns Japan's negative moves over the Yasukuni Shrine, and has filed a formal protest and lodged strong objections with the Japanese side.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson · Aug 153
“Protecting the ecological environment through the rule of law is an important experience for countries worldwide in pursuing sustainable development, and a principle China upholds.”
Report on the Ecological Environment Code · Aug 151
“The external environment is more complex and volatile; world growth momentum is weak, geopolitical conflicts and trade frictions are frequent, and supply shocks and imported-inflation pressure persist.”
Second-Quarter Monetary Policy Report, People's Bank of China · Aug 124
“Let technology's dividends benefit the whole world and let the safety bottom line stay clearly visible — this is China's promise to the world.”
Cyberspace Administration of China · Aug 136
“As a leading Party cadre, Wang Aihe lost his ideals and convictions, betrayed his original aspiration and mission, and resisted the organization's investigation.”
Jiangxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection · Aug 149
Sources
- China Military Online (81.cn), “The Ecological Environment Code: China's Innovation and Contribution to the World” (生态环境法典的中国创新与世界贡献), August 15, 2026. 81.cn/ss_208539/…/16479502
- Qiushi, Xi Jinping, “Improving Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Relief Capability” (提高防灾减灾救灾能力), August 15, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260815/…/fangzai-jianzai
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Spokesperson's Remarks on Japanese Political Figures Visiting the Yasukuni Shrine” (外交部就日本政要参拜靖国神社答问), August 15, 2026. 81.cn/fyr/…/16479500
- People's Bank of China, “China Monetary Policy Implementation Report, Q2 2026” (2026年第二季度中国货币政策执行报告), August 12, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/goutongjiaoliu/…/q2-2026-report
- National Bureau of Statistics, “Producer Prices for Industrial Products Rose 3.5% Year on Year in July 2026,” August 9, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/ppi-july-2026
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “China Advances Global AI Governance on All Fronts” (中国全方位推动人工智能全球治理走深走实), August 13, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-08/13/…/ai-global-governance
- People's Bank of China & State Administration of Foreign Exchange, “Notice on Matters Concerning Cross-Border Local- and Foreign-Currency Fund Pooling by Multinational Corporations” (银发〔2026〕163号), August 14, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/goutongjiaoliu/…/cross-border-fund-pooling
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Remarks, August 14, 2026” (2026年8月14日外交部发言人郭嘉昆答记者问), August 14, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/20260814
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Wang Aihe, Former Member of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee, Expelled from the Party and Public Office,” August 14, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/wang-aihe