China's factory-gate prices rise 3.8 percent in August.
Today's events
Factory prices jump.
Producer prices rose 3.8 percent from a year earlier in August, mining up 17.8 percent and coal 26.6 percent, while consumer prices gained 0.8 percent.1Sep 9 · Stats BureauComputing grid scales.
National intelligent computing capacity grew 177 percent year-on-year by end-June, and a Zhengzhou hub now runs the first fully domestic 100,000-chip cluster.2Sep 8 · State CouncilXi calls Britain.
In a September 8 call, Xi told Britain's new prime minister China will further open education, healthcare and finance during the next five-year plan.3Sep 8 · QiushiMerger reviews.
Market regulator concluded 298 merger reviews in the first half, blocking one gas-utility joint venture and attaching conditions to two, including Tencent's purchase of Ximalaya.4Sep 9 · Market RegulatorPacific policing dialogue.
Public security minister co-chaired the fifth policing dialogue with Pacific Island states; Interpol's president and secretary-general attended and backed its Hong Kong general assembly.5Sep 9 · State CouncilAI review spam.
Supreme Court ruled that using artificial intelligence to mass-produce reviews of a rival's software, to steer traffic to your own, counts as unfair competition.6Sep 9 · Supreme CourtGrid buildout.
Energy administration ordered faster approval of transmission corridors, projecting 5 percent annual power-demand growth through the next five-year plan.7Sep 4 · Energy Admin.Taiwan resolution.
Foreign ministry rejected Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te's claim that the 1971 United Nations resolution seating Beijing left Taiwan's status unresolved.8Sep 8 · Foreign MinistryHousing fund overhaul.
State Council rewrote housing provident fund rules effective September 20, letting workers withdraw for rent, renovation and property fees, and admitting gig workers voluntarily.9Sep 2 · State Council
Voices
“China and Britain are comprehensive strategic partners. Our social systems and national conditions differ, but our common interests are greater than our differences.”
President Xi Jinping, call with Britain's prime minister · Sep 83
“Taiwan has never been a country, and it never will be. The Lai Ching-te authorities' wanton distortion of Resolution 2758 again exposes their separatist nature.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning · Sep 88
“China will work with all parties to implement the consensus President Xi reached with Pacific Island leaders and deepen this ministerial dialogue mechanism.”
Wang Xiaohong, State Councilor and Minister of Public Security · Sep 85
“Using artificial intelligence to mass-produce and publish review articles targeting a rival's software, in order to drive traffic to one's own, constitutes unfair competition.”
Supreme People's Court, 2026 model competition cases · Sep 96
“Blocking the Foshan gas joint venture drew an uncrossable fair-competition red line around the consolidation of local public utilities.”
State Administration for Market Regulation · Sep 94
“The power grid is major national network infrastructure. It bears on economic and social development and on energy security.”
National Energy Administration, new-type grid work conference · Sep 47
Sources
- National Bureau of Statistics, “Producer prices for industrial products rose 3.8% year-on-year in August 2026, up 0.4% month-on-month,” September 9, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/ppi-august-2026
- State Council, “China accelerates construction of the national integrated computing network,” September 8, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/computing-network
- Qiushi, “Xi Jinping holds a telephone call with British Prime Minister Burnham,” September 8, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260908/…/xi-uk-call
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “Guarding the rules of review, advancing market governance: merger control work in the first half of 2026,” September 9, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/mtjj/…/merger-review-h1-2026
- State Council, “Fifth China–Pacific Island Countries ministerial dialogue on law-enforcement capacity and police cooperation held in Beijing,” September 9, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/pacific-policing-dialogue
- Supreme People's Court (via People's Daily), “Supreme People's Court releases 2026 model anti-unfair-competition cases,” September 9, 2026. people.com.cn/n1/2026/0909/…/competition-cases
- National Energy Administration, “Accelerate approval and construction of transmission corridors and other major grid projects,” September 4, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260904/…/new-type-grid
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Spokesperson Mao Ning's regular press conference,” September 8, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/mao-ning-sep-8
- State Council, “Decision of the State Council on Amending the Regulations on the Administration of Housing Provident Funds” (Order No. 844), September 2, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/content/…/order-844-housing-fund