Xi orders China to strengthen advanced manufacturing.
Today's events
Advanced manufacturing.
Xi ordered China to build a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as its backbone; a national conference in Beijing relayed the directive.1Sep 17 · CPC NewsCountermeasures against Washington.
Commerce Ministry tightened drone export controls, blacklisted six American entities, and opened a security investigation into imported office printers.2Sep 18 · Commerce MinistryState Council meeting.
China's cabinet ordered wider elderly-care provision and a push on “silver economy” consumption, tying old-age welfare to domestic demand.3Sep 18 · State CouncilOnline attacks on companies.
Internet regulator named offending accounts in a campaign that has removed 1.56 million posts smearing firms and closed 26,000 accounts.4Sep 19 · Internet RegulatorLow-price crackdown.
Market regulator reported 29,000 cases and 280 million yuan in fines in its drive against shoddy, cut-price goods and “involutionary” competition.5Sep 18 · Market RegulatorRetail sales.
Consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in August from a year earlier; brand-specialty-store sales fell 10 percent over the first eight months.6Sep 15 · Stats BureauChina–Laos digital payments.
Central bank launched cross-border digital payment links with Laos in Nanning, delivering on a June memorandum covering digital payments and central-bank digital currency.7Sep 18 · Central BankJapan war history.
Foreign ministry marked the 95th anniversary of the Mukden Incident by accusing Japanese right-wing groups of using artificial intelligence to filter wartime archives.8Sep 18 · Foreign MinistryOvercapacity rebuttal.
Qiushi commentary, Sept 19, called foreign “overcapacity” claims a pretext for protectionism and said China's solar and battery scale meets real global demand.9Sep 19 · Qiushi
Voices
“Keep making advanced manufacturing bigger and stronger, raise the self-reliance and controllability of industrial chains, and build a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as its backbone.”
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party · Sep 171
“Japanese right-wing forces are even using artificial intelligence to systematically filter pre-war archives and Tokyo Trial records, attempting to whitewash war guilt.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun · Sep 188
“China's countermeasures are, on the whole, restrained. China values the hard-won stability of China-US economic and trade relations.”
Commerce Ministry Spokesperson · Sep 182
“This is a classic double standard; in essence it is trade hegemonism at work, violating the World Trade Organization's basic principle of fair trade.”
Qiushi commentary on “overcapacity” claims · Sep 199
“Enrich silver-haired products and services, cultivate new silver consumption scenarios, and achieve mutual promotion between people's welfare and the expansion of domestic demand.”
State Council executive meeting · Sep 183
“Guide market players to shift from low-price involution toward competition on quality and value, and build a market order of good products at good prices.”
Market Regulation Administration work meeting · Sep 185
Sources
- CPC News (中国共产党新闻网), “Xi Jinping Issues Important Instructions on Developing Advanced Manufacturing” (习近平就发展先进制造业作出重要指示), September 17, 2026. cpc.people.com.cn/n1/2026/0917/…/c64094-40800623
- Ministry of Commerce (商务部), “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,” September 18, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/xwfyrth/…/countermeasures
- State Council (中国政府网), “Li Qiang Chairs State Council Executive Meeting, Hears Report on Work for the Elderly” (李强主持召开国务院常务会议), September 18, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/202609/…/content_7081464
- Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办), “Second Batch of Typical Cases Publicly Exposed in the ‘Qinglang’ Campaign to Optimise the Online Business Environment and Curb Malicious Hyping of Enterprise Information,” September 19, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-09/19/…/c_1791481878005956
- State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局), “Market Regulation Administration Holds Meeting to Advance the Special Campaign Against Shoddy Low-Price Goods,” September 18, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/zj/art/2026/…/low-price-campaign
- National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局), “Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods Grew 1.1% in January–August 2026,” September 15, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/202609/…/t20260915_1965311
- People's Bank of China (中国人民银行), “China–Laos Cross-Border Digital Payment Interconnection Officially Launched,” September 18, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/goutongjiaoliu/…/china-laos-digital-payment
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部), “Regular Press Conference Held by Spokesperson Guo Jiakun on September 18, 2026,” September 18, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt_674879/fyrbt_674889/…/t20260918
- Qiushi (求是网), “Do Not Practise Trade Protection in the Name of Overcapacity” (莫以产能过剩之名行贸易保护之实), September 19, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260919/…/overcapacity-protectionism