China imposes duties on Japanese chip-making gas.
Today's events
Japan chip-gas duties.
Commerce ministry's preliminary ruling found dumping margins of 80.8% to 99.2% on Japanese dichlorosilane, a semiconductor feedstock, and imposed temporary duties.1Sep 7 · Commerce MinistrySolar passes coal.
Energy administration data show solar capacity reached 1.286 billion kilowatts by end-July, edging past coal to become the country's largest source of generating capacity.2Sep 4 · Energy Admin.Governance initiative.
Nearly 160 countries and international bodies now back Xi's Global Governance Initiative, a year after he launched it at a regional summit.3Sep 8 · State CouncilDrug approvals surge.
China approved 38 innovative drugs in the first half, 31 of them domestic; out-licensing deals to foreign buyers reached $110 billion.4Sep 7 · State CouncilCountermeasures on Washington.
Commerce ministry tightened drone export controls and opened China's first foreign-trade national security investigation, targeting imported printers running foreign software.5Sep 3 · Commerce MinistryVenezuela oil interests.
Foreign ministry said Chinese joint ventures in Venezuela are protected by international law and cannot be disturbed by any third party.6Sep 7 · Foreign MinistryProducer prices rise.
Statistics bureau found 34 of 50 monitored industrial commodities rose in late August, led by coking coal at 16.1% and polysilicon at 14.4%.7Sep 3 · Stats BureauChip design rules.
State Council rewrote its integrated-circuit layout protection regulation for the first time since 2001, extending cover to photonic and quantum chips.8Sep 2 · State CouncilShanxi expulsion.
Anti-corruption body expelled Yue Puyu, former vice-chairman of Shanxi's provincial legislature, from the Party over bribery tied to coal-resource allocation.9Sep 2 · Discipline Comm.
Voices
“In recent years the Global South has grown remarkably, driving a profound shift in the international balance of power. The trend toward multipolarity is irreversible.”
President Xi Jinping, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Plus meeting, Bishkek · Sep 13
“China's cooperation with Venezuela is protected by international law and by both countries' laws. It concerns no third party, and China's lawful rights there must be protected.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning · Sep 76
“China has always been prudent and restrained in its use of trade remedies, and firmly upholds fair and free trade.”
Commerce Ministry Spokesperson · Sep 71
“This achievement lays a solid power foundation for reaching the carbon-peaking and carbon-neutrality goals.”
Hao Yingjie, Secretary-General, China Electricity Council · Sep 42
“Where a national emergency or extraordinary circumstance arises, or for public-interest purposes, the intellectual property authority may grant a non-voluntary licence to use a protected layout design.”
State Council Order No. 842 · Sep 28
“He lost his ideals and convictions, betrayed his founding mission, and failed to restrain himself after the Party's 18th National Congress.”
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, on Yue Puyu · Sep 29
Sources
- Ministry of Commerce, “Commerce Ministry Spokesperson Answers Questions on the Preliminary Ruling in the Anti-Dumping Investigation into Dichlorosilane Originating in Japan” (商务部新闻发言人就对原产于日本的进口二氯二氢硅反倾销调查初裁答记者问), September 7, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/dichlorosilane-preliminary-ruling
- National Energy Administration, “A New Pattern in China's Power Supply: Solar Capacity Surpasses Coal for the First Time” (我国电力供给迎来新格局 光伏发电装机首超煤电), September 4, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260904/…/solar-surpasses-coal
- State Council, “Advancing an Equal and Orderly Multipolar World: President Xi's Central Asia and Middle East Trip Deepens the Global Governance Initiative” (携手推进平等有序的世界多极化), September 8, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/global-governance-initiative
- State Council, “Innovation in China's Pharmaceutical Industry Accelerates in the First Half” (上半年我国医药工业创新加速突破), September 7, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/pharma-innovation-h1
- Ministry of Commerce, “Commerce Ministry Spokesperson Answers Questions on Countermeasures Against a Series of Negative China-Related Measures by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and Department of Homeland Security” (商务部新闻发言人就对美国联邦通信委员会、美国土安全部系列涉华消极措施实施反制答记者问), September 3, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/countermeasures-fcc-dhs
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference” (2026年9月7日外交部发言人毛宁主持例行记者会), September 7, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/…/mao-ning-press-conference-sep-7
- National Bureau of Statistics, “Changes in Market Prices of Important Means of Production in Circulation, Late August 2026” (2026年8月下旬流通领域重要生产资料市场价格变动情况), September 3, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/producer-prices-late-august
- State Council, “Regulations on the Protection of Integrated Circuit Layout Designs” (集成电路布图设计保护条例, State Council Order No. 842), published September 2, 2026; effective October 15, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/ic-layout-design-regulation
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Yue Puyu, Former Party Group Member and Vice Chairman of the Shanxi Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee, Expelled from the Party for Serious Violations” (山西省人大常委会原党组成员、副主任岳普煜严重违纪违法被开除党籍), September 2, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/yue-puyu-expelled