Xi and Trump agree new terms for relations.
Today's events
Washington visit closes.
Xi and Trump agreed over tea at the White House to build relations “on respect, fairness and reciprocity,” then toured the National Archives together.1Sep 26 · Cyberspace AdminFood-safety law overhaul.
The Party’s top law-enforcement official ordered a faster full rewrite of the food safety law, adding rules for livestream selling and food delivery.2Sep 26 · State CouncilSixty-day payment rule.
The cabinet told large companies to pay small suppliers in cash within 60 days, and capped supply-chain payment vouchers at six months.3Sep 25 · State CouncilFuel prices held down.
Central planners let petrol rise 395 yuan a tonne instead of the 830 the pricing formula required, absorbing the Middle East crude spike.4Sep 24 · NDRCRecord power demand.
August electricity use hit 1.03 trillion kilowatt-hours and peak load set a record 1.56 billion kilowatts; charging-station demand rose 51 percent.5Sep 24 · NEASolar merger cleared.
The market regulator unconditionally approved Tongwei’s purchase of a top-ten polysilicon maker, treating consolidation as the exit from solar’s price war.6Sep 25 · Market RegulatorArtificial-intelligence liability.
A Qiushi commentary anchored to the Supreme Court’s September 7 guidance: generating a person’s face or voice without consent violates their personality rights.7Sep 26 · QiushiDevelopment initiative turns five.
Xi’s letter to a United Nations dialogue, carried by Party journal Qiushi, said the initiative’s projects now run in more than 120 countries.8Sep 26 · QiushiUnited Nations charter clauses.
The foreign ministry pushed back after Japan’s prime minister urged deleting the charter’s enemy-state clauses, invoking the Tokyo war-crimes trials.9Sep 23 · MFA
Voices
“The future of China–U.S. relations is bright; that is the great trend of history. Yet the road to brightness is often winding, with all kinds of difficulties and challenges.”
President Xi Jinping, White House tea gathering · Sep 251
“Food safety in China continues to improve steadily, but incidents that strike at the bottom line of food safety still occur from time to time.”
Chen Wenqing, Politburo member and the Party’s law-enforcement chief · Sep 262
“Compared with what the Japanese side says, the international community is more concerned with what the Japanese side does.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun · Sep 239
“To cushion the domestic impact of the rise in international oil prices, the state is continuing to apply control measures to refined-fuel prices.”
Price Department notice, National Development and Reform Commission · Sep 244
“From legislation to administration to the courts, the direction has gradually become clear: development is not the opposite of security, and security is not a stumbling block to development.”
Qiushi commentary, Party Theoretical Journal · Sep 267
“Secondary and tertiary industry are the main engines of electricity-use growth. Inside manufacturing, the pattern of the new rising and the old declining continues.”
Wu Liqiang, China Electricity Council statistics office · Sep 245
Sources
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan Hold a Tea Gathering with U.S. President Trump and Mrs. Trump,” September 26, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-09/26/…/xi-trump-tea-gathering
- State Council of the PRC, “Chen Wenqing Chairs a Special Meeting, Stressing Strict Investigation and Punishment of Crimes Endangering Food Safety,” September 26, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/chen-wenqing-food-safety
- State Council of the PRC, “Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Strengthening Governance of Payment Difficulties Facing Small and Medium Enterprises” (Guobanfa [2026] No. 24), September 25, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/sme-payment-governance
- National Development and Reform Commission, “The State Continues Price Controls; Refined Fuel Prices Adjusted Moderately,” September 24, 2026. ndrc.gov.cn/xwdt/xwfb/…/refined-fuel-price-control
- National Energy Administration, “August Electricity Consumption Again Tops One Trillion Kilowatt-Hours,” September 24, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260924/…/august-power-consumption
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “Breaking the Solar Industry's ‘Involution’ Deadlock Through Efficient Merger Review,” September 25, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/mtjj/…/solar-merger-review
- Qiushi (Party Theoretical Journal), “Safeguarding the Healthy Development of Artificial Intelligence Through the Rule of Law in Cybersecurity,” September 26, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260926/…/cyber-law-and-ai
- Qiushi (Party Theoretical Journal), “Xi Jinping Sends a Congratulatory Letter to the High-Level Dialogue Marking the Fifth Anniversary of the Global Development Initiative,” September 26, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260926/…/global-development-initiative-five
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference,” September 23, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/guo-jiakun-sep-23