Xi orders lasting rules for judging officials' performance.
Today's events
Judging officials.
Xi ordered a permanent mechanism for assessing officials' records, closing a party-wide campaign the Party Building Leading Group says prepared local leadership reshuffles.1Aug 24 · People's DailyCompute network.
China's national computing grid reached 2,185 exaflops of intelligent compute by end-June, up 177% on the year, with a first all-domestic 100,000-chip cluster in Zhengzhou.2Aug 24 · State CouncilCambodia trade pledge.
Cambodia signed a memorandum promising Beijing that its trade arrangements with third countries will not target China or impede China–Southeast Asia commerce.3Aug 24 · Commerce MinistryStorage overtakes hydro.
Battery storage passed pumped hydro as China's largest grid-balancing resource, reaching 136 gigawatts by end-2025, about half the world's installed total.4Aug 21 · NEAChina–India border talks.
Wang Yi meets India's national security adviser in Beijing on Tuesday for the 25th round of special-representative talks on the disputed border.5Aug 24 · MFAJordan state visit.
Xi and Jordan's king signed a statement deepening their strategic partnership, in an August 24 readout carried by Qiushi; Amman reaffirmed one-China.6Aug 24 · QiushiParty expulsion.
Shandong's former deputy chair of the provincial legislature's supervisory and judicial committee was expelled from the Party; the bribery case goes to prosecutors.7Aug 25 · CCDIChip design rules.
The State Council rewrote its 2001 chip-layout protection rules, extending exclusive rights to photonic and quantum circuits from October 15.8Aug 18 · State CouncilBattery standard.
The global electrical standards body approved China's proposal for the first international solid-state battery test standard, drafted with French, Korean and Japanese experts.9Aug 25 · Market Regulator
Voices
“Establishing and practising a correct view of political achievement is a long-term task; we must create results that withstand the test of practice, the people, and history.”
Xi Jinping, General Secretary · Aug 241
“Sanctions and pressure will not solve the problem; they only heighten tension and escalate the situation. China will take necessary measures to defend its legitimate rights.”
MFA Spokesperson Lin Jian · Aug 245
“Cambodia has not taken and will not take any discriminatory measures targeting China or impeding China's economic cooperation with Southeast Asia.”
China–Cambodia memorandum of understanding · Aug 243
“Contemptuous of law and discipline, [the official] turned power into a tool for private gain and traded it wholesale for money.”
Shandong Commission for Discipline Inspection · Aug 257
“The continuous improvement of the policy system is the fundamental guarantee that an emerging industry can advance steadily and go far.”
Zhang Jian, Deputy President, China Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute · Aug 214
“Protection of integrated-circuit layout designs shall implement the Party and state intellectual-property strategy and raise the level of Chinese chip-design creation and use.”
State Council Order No. 842, Article 2 · Aug 188
Sources
- People's Daily, “Xi Jinping Issues Important Instruction: Consolidate and Expand the Results of the Study Campaign on Establishing and Practising a Correct View of Political Achievement,” August 24, 2026. politics.people.com.cn/n1/2026/0824/…/xi-instruction
- State Council, “China Accelerates Construction of Its National Computing Power Network,” August 24, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/202608/…/computing-power-network
- Ministry of Commerce, “MOFCOM and Cambodia's Ministry of Commerce Sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Strengthening Cooperation and Mutual Understanding in the Context of Third-Country Trade Measures,” August 24, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/bldhd/art/2026/…/cambodia-mou
- National Energy Administration, “New-Type Energy Storage Becomes the Largest Regulating Resource” (China New-Type Energy Storage Development Report 2026), August 21, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260821/…/energy-storage-report
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference,” August 24, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt_674879/fyrbt_674889/202608/…/aug-24-briefing
- Qiushi, “Xi Jinping Holds Talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan” (with the China–Jordan Joint Statement on Deepening the Strategic Partnership), August 24, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260824/…/xi-jordan-talks
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Su Like, Former Deputy Director of the Supervisory and Judicial Committee of the Shandong Provincial People's Congress, Expelled from the Party,” August 25, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/202608/…/su-like-expelled
- State Council, “Regulations on the Protection of Integrated Circuit Layout Designs” (State Council Order No. 842), August 18, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/content/202608/…/ic-layout-design-regulations
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “First International Standard in the Solid-State Battery Field Approved for Development,” August 25, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/mtjj/art/2026/…/solid-state-battery-standard