China releases 800 billion yuan for investment.
Today's events
Investment funds.
China began paying out this year’s 800-billion-yuan policy investment fund, up from 500 billion, which officials expect to leverage about 10 trillion yuan of projects.1Sep 18 · Gov.cnCompany-smear rules.
The internet regulator told platforms to proactively delete five categories of content attacking companies and entrepreneurs, and to punish the accounts and agencies behind it.2Sep 18 · CACMarket barriers.
A four-month campaign by the market regulator got 3,500 protectionist local documents repealed or rewritten and 7,400 local standards scrapped.3Sep 18 · SAMRAI agent risks.
China’s AI safety governance framework, updated September 14, for the first time lists autonomous agents and embodied AI as separate risk categories.4Sep 17 · CACEthnic unity week.
China will hold its first national ethnic-unity week September 21–27, under the promotion law passed in March, the first statute dedicated to ethnic affairs.5Sep 18 · Gov.cnAugust data.
Industrial output rose 5.2 percent in August, the statistics bureau said, while retail sales grew 0.4 percent and investment fell 7.2 percent.6Sep 15 · Stats BureauFive-Year Plan opening.
China presented its 15th Five-Year Plan as a cooperation list for foreign firms, noting its open-source AI models have passed 10 billion downloads worldwide.7Sep 18 · Gov.cnRussian-oil tariffs.
The foreign ministry said it opposes unilateral sanctions and “long-arm jurisdiction” after Congress passed a bill letting Trump tariff buyers of Russian oil.8Sep 17 · MFANinety-five years on.
A Qiushi commentary, September 18, marked 95 years since Japan’s 1931 seizure of Manchuria; Shenyang sounds air-raid sirens at 9:18 each year.9Sep 18 · Qiushi
Voices
“The 15th Five-Year Plan is both China’s own blueprint for development and a list of cooperation offers to the world.”
Xi Jinping, General Secretary, at the emerging-economies summit in New Delhi · Sept 137
“We have consistently opposed illegal unilateral sanctions and ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ that lack any basis in international law or authorisation from the Security Council.”
Guo Jiakun, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson · Sept 178
“Online infringement against companies is cheap, spreads fast and hits hard; firms defending themselves face hard evidence, long timelines and high costs.”
Cyberspace Administration circular on enterprise-related infringement · Sept 152
“Adverse external effects are deepening, the contradiction of strong supply and weak demand is prominent, and some firms face difficulties in production and operation.”
National Bureau of Statistics, on the August economy · Sept 156
“While easing burdens on companies, we always put consumer rights first: self-inspection, local oversight and provincial spot checks ensure we open up but still keep control.”
Zhang Xiaogang, Deputy Director-General, Metrology Dept., market regulator · Sept 183
“We remember history not to prolong hatred, but to cherish peace, to strive with vigour, and to move better into the future.”
Qiushi commentary on the 95th anniversary of the Mukden Incident · Sept 189
Sources
- State Council, “800 Billion Yuan of New Policy-Based Financial Instruments Being Disbursed Faster” ('8000亿元新型政策性金融工具资金加快投放'), September 18, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/policy-financial-instruments
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “Circular on Strengthening Management of Information Infringing on Enterprises and Continuing to Optimise the Online Business Environment” ('关于加强涉企侵权信息管理持续推动营商网络环境优化的通知', issued September 15), published September 18, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-09/18/…/enterprise-infringement-circular
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “Special Action to Break Barriers to a Unified Market and Fair Competition Shows Results: Over 3,500 Non-Compliant Documents Repealed or Amended” ('破除妨碍统一市场和公平竞争卡点堵点 专项行动取得阶段性成效'), September 18, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/mtjj/…/unified-market-special-action
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “News 1+1: AI Safety Governance, Upgraded Again” ('新闻1+1丨人工智能安全治理，再升级！', on the AI Safety Governance Framework 3.0 released September 14), September 17, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-09/17/…/ai-safety-governance-3-0
- State Council, “Xi Jinping’s Important Thought on Strengthening and Improving Ethnic Work Guides High-Quality Development of the Cause of Ethnic Unity and Progress” ('习近平总书记关于加强和改进民族工作的重要思想指引民族团结进步事业高质量发展'), September 18, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/ethnic-unity-promotion-week
- National Bureau of Statistics, “The National Economy Ran Steadily in August, Developing Toward the New and the Better” ('8月份国民经济运行平稳、发展向新向优'), September 15, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/august-national-economy
- State Council, “China’s 15th Five-Year Plan Offers New Opportunities to the World” ('中国“十五五”规划，为世界提供新机遇'), September 18, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/15th-five-year-plan-world
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Regular Press Conference Held by Spokesperson Guo Jiakun on September 17, 2026” ('2026年9月17日外交部发言人郭嘉昆主持例行记者会'), September 17, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt_674879/fyrbt_674889/…/presser-sept-17
- Qiushi, “The Alarm Bell Tolls On, the Land Stands Whole: Written on the 95th Anniversary of the Mukden Incident” ('警钟长鸣砥砺行 山河无恙启新程——写在九一八事变爆发95周年之际'), September 18, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260918/…/mukden-incident-95th