Xi travels to India for BRICS summit.
Today's events
Xi to New Delhi.
Xi will attend the eighteenth BRICS leaders' summit in New Delhi on September 12–13 at Modi's invitation; China takes over as chair next year.1Sep 11 · State CouncilPump prices capped.
Central planners held the gasoline rise to 260 yuan a tonne, below the 435 their formula required, after renewed United States–Iran fighting lifted crude.2Sep 11 · Planning AgencyShipyard fire.
Xi ordered a nationwide sweep for fire hazards after a foreign cargo ship burned during repairs at a Qingdao shipyard, causing heavy casualties.3Sep 10 · State CouncilSixty-day payment rule.
The State Council told large companies to pay small suppliers in cash within sixty days, and capped electronic payment vouchers at six months.4Sep 10 · State CouncilPrice-war rulebook.
Central planners and the market regulator issued cost-accounting rules for key industrial goods, giving officials a yardstick for proving below-cost selling.5Sep 11 · Market RegulatorFinancial five-year plan.
Regulators unveiled the five-year plan for building a financial power, targeting a complete modern financial framework by 2030 and wider renminbi internationalization.6Sep 10 · Central BankFactory prices climb.
August producer prices rose 3.8% from a year earlier and 0.4% on the month, with mining up 17.8% and coal up 26.6%.7Sep 9 · Statistics BureauWind and solar target.
The 2026–2030 carbon-peaking plan sets wind and solar capacity above 2.8 billion kilowatts by 2030, about a billion more than at end-2025.8Sep 11 · Energy Admin.Summit diplomacy.
The foreign ministry said Beijing and Washington are in communication over leader-level meetings this year, calling summit diplomacy an irreplaceable guide for relations.9Sep 10 · Foreign Ministry
Voices
“All localities and departments must draw deep lessons, thoroughly investigate and rectify fire hazards, and resolutely curb the occurrence of major and serious accidents.”
Xi Jinping, General Secretary · Sep 103
“Head-of-state diplomacy plays an irreplaceable strategic guiding role in China–United States relations. The two sides are in communication on leader-level interactions this year.”
MFA Spokesperson Guo Jiakun · Sep 109
“We will advance the internationalization of the renminbi, widen its role in international trade and investment, and develop offshore renminbi markets and liquidity supply.”
Lu Lei, Deputy Governor, People's Bank of China · Sep 106
“We must establish the new before abolishing the old, making renewables stand firm and dependable, so they can step by step safely replace conventional energy.”
Official, National Energy Administration · Sep 118
“Where a contract does not specify the payment method, government bodies, public institutions and large enterprises shall pay small firms in cash, not in commercial bills or electronic vouchers.”
State Council General Office, Notice No. 24 · Sep 104
“Cost accounting shall in principle rest on an operator's individual cost of producing the specific product; where that cannot be calculated, the discounted industry average applies.”
Planning and market-regulation agencies, joint notice · Sep 115
Sources
- State Council, “Advancing BRICS cooperation to greater development and greater achievement — on the occasion of President Xi Jinping's attendance at the 18th BRICS Leaders' Meeting,” September 11, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/brics-18th-summit
- National Development and Reform Commission, “The state applies control measures to refined-fuel prices, September 11, 2026,” September 11, 2026. ndrc.gov.cn/xwdt/xwfb/…/fuel-price-control
- State Council, “Xi Jinping issues important instructions on the cargo-ship fire at Beihai Shipyard in Qingdao, Shandong,” September 10, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/qingdao-shipyard-fire
- State Council General Office, “Notice on strengthening work to govern overdue payments owed to small and medium enterprises” (Guobanfa No. 24 of 2026), September 10, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/content/…/sme-payment-arrears
- Market Regulation Administration, “National Development and Reform Commission and the Market Regulation Administration issue the Notice on cost accounting for disorderly low-price competition in key industrial products,” September 11, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/zj/art/…/cost-accounting-notice
- People's Bank of China, “State Council Information Office press conference on implementing the 15th Five-Year Plan in the financial sector and building a financial power,” September 10, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/goutongjiaoliu/…/financial-power-plan
- National Bureau of Statistics, “Producer prices for industrial products rose 3.8 percent year on year and 0.4 percent month on month in August 2026,” September 9, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/ppi-august-2026
- National Energy Administration, “What another billion kilowatts of wind and solar in five years means,” September 11, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260911/…/wind-solar-2030-target
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's regular press conference,” September 10, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/guo-jiakun-sep-10