Xi honors Jiang Zemin at Beijing centenary ceremony.
Today's events
Xi speaks at Jiang Zemin's centenary ceremony in Beijing.
All seven Politburo Standing Committee members attended the Great Hall event; Xi urged the Party to better coordinate development with security.1Aug 17 · State CouncilChina lowers flags nationwide for former premier Zhu Rongji.
The former premier's body will be cremated in Beijing on August 18; flags fly at half-mast at Tiananmen, provincial capitals, Hong Kong and Macao.2Aug 16 · XinhuaChina's fixed investment fell 6.7 percent through July.
Property development investment dropped 19.2 percent and retail sales rose only 1.2 percent, while industrial output grew 5.3 percent.3Aug 17 · Stats BureauCentral planners set non-fossil power at half of generation by 2030.
The new five-year plan for the power system also targets 110 gigawatts of nuclear capacity and charging for 110 million electric vehicles.4Aug 17 · Energy AdministrationState Council publishes a five-year intellectual-property plan.
The plan orders new rules for data property rights and artificial-intelligence outputs, and targets decisive progress toward an intellectual-property power by 2030.5Aug 15 · State CouncilNew exit-entry rules take effect September 15.
Citizens who breach export-control rules may be barred from leaving; foreigners on countermeasure lists face entry bans of one to five years.6Aug 15 · State CouncilDefense ministry condemns Japanese leaders' war-shrine visits.
Japan's prime minister sent an offering and the defense minister visited the Tokyo war shrine on the anniversary of Japan's 1945 surrender.7Aug 15 · Defense MinistryProvincial lawmaker expelled from the Party and public office.
Wang Aihe, a Jiangxi Party committee member and provincial legislature official, lost Party membership and public office over bribery; his case goes to prosecutors.8Aug 14 · Discipline CommissionLargest-ever Asia-Pacific officials' meeting opens in Dalian.
China's foreign ministry said 2,300 delegates will hold about 130 sessions through August 28 to prepare November's Asia-Pacific leaders' summit.9Aug 14 · Foreign Ministry
Voices
“On the new journey we must strengthen our sense of potential danger, establish bottom-line thinking, better coordinate development and security, and resolutely defend national sovereignty.”
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party · August 171
“The external environment is complex and shifting; domestically the contradiction of strong supply and weak demand is prominent, and some enterprises face operating difficulties.”
National Bureau of Statistics, January–July report · August 173
“If Japan wilfully presses ahead with ‘new militarism’ and becomes a root of harm to regional peace, it will certainly again face the judgment of justice.”
Jiang Bin, Defense Ministry Spokesperson · August 157
“[Scarborough Shoal] is China's inherent territory. Establishing and managing a national nature reserve there falls within China's sovereignty; the United States has no right to comment.”
Guo Jiakun, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson · August 149
“Intellectual property is a strategic resource for national development and a core element of international competitiveness.”
State Council, Intellectual Property Five-Year Plan · August 155
“He seriously violated the Party's political, organizational, integrity, work and lifestyle discipline, and after the 18th Party Congress neither restrained nor stopped himself.”
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, on Wang Aihe · August 148
Sources
- State Council (gov.cn), “习近平：在纪念江泽民同志诞辰100周年大会上的讲话” (Xi Jinping: Speech at the Meeting Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Comrade Jiang Zemin's Birth), August 17, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/content_7078250
- Xinhua, via Cyberspace Administration of China, “朱镐基同志遗体18日火化 天安门等地将下半旗志哀” (Comrade Zhu Rongji's Body To Be Cremated on the 18th; Flags To Fly at Half-Mast at Tiananmen and Other Places), August 16, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-08/16/…/c_1788652162891575
- National Bureau of Statistics, “1—7月份国民经济保持总体平稳、向新向優发展态势” (National Economy Held Generally Stable in January–July), August 17, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/t20260817_1965056
- National Energy Administration, “新型电力系统建设明确施工图” (Construction Blueprint Set for the New-Type Power System — 15th Five-Year Plan), August 17, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260817/…/new-type-power-system
- State Council (gov.cn), “国务院关于印发《知识产权保护和运用“十五五”规划》的通知” (Notice on Issuing the 15th Five-Year Plan for Intellectual Property Protection and Utilization, Guofa [2026] No. 30), August 15, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/content_7077199
- State Council (gov.cn), “国务院关于出境入境管理的规定” (Provisions on Exit and Entry Administration, State Council Order No. 841; effective September 15, 2026), August 15, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/content_7077172
- Ministry of National Defense, “国防部新闻发言人蒋斗就日本政要参拜靴国神社答记钾问” (Spokesperson Jiang Bin on Japanese Politicians' Visits to the Yasukuni Shrine), August 15, 2026. mod.gov.cn/gfbw/xwfyr/…/16479566
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “江西省人大常委会原委员、省人大社会建设委员会原副主任委员王爱和被开除党籍和公职” (Wang Aihe Expelled from the Party and Public Office), August 14, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/t20260814_506753
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “2026年8月14日外交部发言人郭嘉昆答记钾问” (Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Remarks of August 14, 2026), August 14, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/t20260814_12004509