Tibet mudslide, oil and gas plan · Aug 28

Xi convenes Politburo on Tibet mudslide rescue.

Today's events

Politburo on Tibet disaster.
Xi chaired a Politburo meeting on the mudslide at the Gyirong border crossing, ordering a survey of Tibetan Plateau glaciers and glacial lakes.¹Aug 28 · State Council
Oil and gas plan.
Central planners set a 2030 target of 440 million tonnes of domestic oil-equivalent supply, plus 20,000 kilometres of new long-distance pipeline.²Aug 28 · Energy Admin.
Industrial profits.
Profits at large industrial firms rose 17.6 percent through July; electronics more than doubled while car-making fell 20.4 percent.³Aug 27 · Stats Bureau
Xi's summit trip.
The foreign ministry said Xi will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek August 30 to September 3, then visit Kyrgyzstan and Egypt.⁴Aug 26 · MFA
Solar nears coal.
Generating capacity reached 4.08 billion kilowatts by end-July, up 11 percent; the power industry body expects solar to overtake coal capacity this quarter.⁵Aug 28 · Energy Admin.
Coal plan.
A companion 2030 coal plan puts 87 percent of capacity in large modern mines and concentrates four-fifths of output in five regions.⁶Aug 28 · Energy Admin.
Xi's culture volumes.
Announced in Qiushi on August 27: two volumes collecting 78 Xi speeches, letters and directives on culture since 2012, some published for the first time.⁷Aug 27 · Qiushi
Hunan commerce chief expelled.
The former Party secretary and head of Hunan's provincial commerce department was expelled from the Party for bribery; his case goes to prosecutors.⁸Aug 28 · CCDI
Data-asset standards.
Two national standards taking effect September 1 classify data assets in fifteen sub-categories and set rules for registering them on company books.⁹Aug 28 · Market Regulator

Voices

“The urgent task is to do everything possible to search for the missing, relocate threatened residents and treat the injured, minimising loss of life.”
Xi Jinping, instruction on the Gyirong mudslide · Aug 27¹⁰

“Balance development and security, hold to worst-case and bottom-line thinking, and strengthen the political sense of responsibility of never being at ease.”
Politburo meeting readout · Aug 28¹

“Last year's Tianjin summit drew the strategic blueprint for [the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's] next ten years, opening a new stage of high-quality development.”
MFA Spokesperson Lin Jian · Aug 26⁴

“These two tasks support each other and advance together: holding the bottom line on energy security while keeping to the direction of green transition.”
Yang Jun, Oil and Gas Dept., National Energy Administration · Aug 28²

“Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is the theoretical summation of the Party's practical experience in leading cultural work in the new era.”
Qiushi, on Xi Jinping's Selected Works on Culture · Aug 27⁷

“[The former commerce chief] seriously violated the Party's political, organisational, integrity, work and personal-conduct discipline, constituting grave official misconduct and suspected bribery.”
Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection · Aug 28⁸

Sources

State Council of the PRC, “Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Meets to Study and Deploy Rescue Work for the Mudslide Disaster in Jilong County, Shigatse, Tibet; General Secretary Xi Jinping Presides,” August 28, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/politburo-jilong-mudslide
National Energy Administration, “Shoring Up the ‘Ballast Stone’ of Domestic Oil and Gas Self-Supply” (on the Oil and Gas Development 15th Five-Year Plan, NDRC and NEA), August 28, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260828/…/oil-gas-15th-five-year-plan
National Bureau of Statistics, “Profits of Industrial Enterprises Above Designated Size Grew 17.6 Percent in January–July 2026,” August 27, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/industrial-profits-jan-jul
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian’s Regular Press Conference,” August 26, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/press-conference-aug-26
National Energy Administration, “Installed Power Generation Capacity Up 11 Percent Year-on-Year as of End-July,” August 28, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260828/…/power-capacity-end-july
National Energy Administration, “Charting a Path of ‘Advance’ for the Coal Industry” (on the Coal Industry Development 15th Five-Year Plan, NDRC and NEA), August 28, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260828/…/coal-15th-five-year-plan
Qiushi, “Volumes One and Two of the Selected Works of Xi Jinping on Culture Published,” August 27, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260827/…/xi-culture-selected-works
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Xu Xiangping, Former Party Group Secretary and Director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce, Expelled from the Party,” August 28, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/hunan-commerce-expulsion
State Administration for Market Regulation, “Two National Standards on Data-Asset Classification and Registration Take Effect September 1,” August 28, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/sj/…/data-asset-standards
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian’s Regular Press Conference,” August 27, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/press-conference-aug-27