Kyrgyzstan treaty, Tibet landslide · Aug 31

Xi signs permanent friendship treaty with Kyrgyzstan.

Today's events

Kyrgyzstan treaty.
Xi and President Japarov signed a permanent treaty of good-neighbourliness in Bishkek, alongside a joint declaration and more than twenty further cooperation documents.¹Aug 31 · State Council
Xi on Party discipline.
Qiushi published Xi's collected 2013–2026 remarks on Party discipline, insisting no Party organisation or leader may stand aside from accountability.²Aug 31 · Qiushi
Tibet landslide.
The Politburo met under Xi over a debris flow at Tibet's Nepal border crossing, ordering a full search for missing Chinese and foreign nationals.³Aug 28 · MFA
Forty-year mortgages.
The central bank and financial regulator extended home loans to forty years and barred mortgage payouts on pre-sold flats until buildings are certified complete.⁴Aug 28 · PBOC
Investment slump.
Central planners convened ministries and state banks to push investment to “stop falling and stabilise,” naming difficulties in current investment performance.⁵Aug 28 · NDRC
Oil and gas plan.
Central planners and the energy administration set a 2030 goal of 440 million tonnes of oil-equivalent domestic supply, plus a first carbon-capture target.⁶Aug 28 · NEA
Industrial profits.
Industrial profits rose 17.6 percent over seven months, but carmakers fell 20.4 percent and steel halved; electronics profits more than doubled.⁷Aug 27 · Stats Bureau
Cartel liability.
The market regulator proposed fining executives up to one million yuan personally for cartel conduct, with liability surviving their resignation.⁸Aug 31 · SAMR
Shenzhen summit prep.
A vice foreign minister told Asia-Pacific trade officials in Dalian that China will deliver results at the leaders' summit in Shenzhen.⁹Aug 28 · MFA

Voices

“Comrades on the Politburo must set the benchmark and serve as an example for the whole Party in implementing the responsibility to govern the Party.”
Xi Jinping, in Qiushi · Aug 31²

“On Iran, we have always held that dialogue and negotiation are the only way out. China's opposition to illegal unilateral sanctions is consistent and clear.”
MFA Spokesperson Lin Jian · Aug 28³

“For pre-sold homes, mortgages must be released strictly after completion filing, ensuring buyers get the home first, then repay the loan.”
People's Bank of China, on the new property-credit rules · Aug 28⁴

“China will be a good host and work with all APEC members to focus on practical cooperation and inclusive development, deepening Asia-Pacific community building.”
Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, Dalian · Aug 28⁹

“These two tasks support each other and advance in step — 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 28⁶

“Where a monopoly agreement touches livelihoods, the environment, safety, finance or data security and harms the national interest, individual legal liability will be strictly pursued.”
Draft Guidelines on Individual Liability for Monopoly Agreements · Aug 31⁸

Sources

State Council (中国政府网), “习近平同吉尔吉斯坦总统扎帕罗夫会谈” (Xi Jinping Holds Talks with Kyrgyz President Japarov), August 31, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/xi-japarov-talks
Qiushi (求是, Party Theoretical Journal), Xi Jinping, “坚持落实管党治党政治责任” (Upholding Political Responsibility for Governing the Party), August 31, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260831/…/party-governance-responsibility
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian’s Regular Press Conference,” August 28, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/fyrbt/…/lin-jian-aug-28
People’s Bank of China, Q&A on the “Opinions on Reforming and Improving Real Estate Credit Management and Accelerating a New Development Model for Real Estate,” August 28, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/goutongjiaoliu/…/property-credit-reform
National Development and Reform Commission, “National Investment Work Promotion Conference Convened,” August 28, 2026. ndrc.gov.cn/xwdt/xwfb/…/investment-work-conference
National Energy Administration, “Shoring Up the Ballast of Domestic Oil and Gas Supply” (15th Five-Year Plan for Oil and Gas Development), August 28, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260828/…/oil-gas-15fyp
National Bureau of Statistics, “Profits of Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size Up 17.6 Percent, January–July 2026,” August 27, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/industrial-profits-jan-jul
State Administration for Market Regulation, “Guidelines on the Application of Individual Liability for Monopoly Agreements (Draft for Comment),” August 31, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/mtjj/…/monopoly-individual-liability
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Third APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting Held in Dalian; Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu Addresses the Meeting,” August 28, 2026. fmprc.gov.cn/wjbxw_new/…/apec-som3-dalian