China publishes national blueprint for technology-led growth.
Today's events
Technology growth blueprint.
Party leadership and the cabinet published 19 measures to build ‘new quality productive forces,’ and ordered officials not to chase bubbles or hollow out industry.1Oct 9 · QiushiChina–Europe trade statement.
Commerce ministry and the European Commission issued a joint statement with 16 outcomes, including a ‘green channel’ easing rare-earth and magnet export licenses to Europe.2Oct 9 · State Council550 billion yuan released.
Finance ministry released that much unused local-government borrowing headroom, sending 300 billion to county budgets and 250 billion to provinces with fourth-quarter project needs.3Oct 9 · Finance MinistryTibet legislature's vice chairman expelled.
Party discipline body expelled Ding Yexian from the Party for taking bribes, stripped his Tibet congress delegate status and sent the case to prosecutors.4Oct 10 · Discipline CommissionFirst advertising merger conditions.
Market regulator cleared Focus Media's purchase of Xinchao Media under six conditions, including a cap on elevator-advertising prices. It is the sector's first such case.5Oct 10 · Market RegulatorJapan's nuclear-submarine plan.
Defense ministry said Tokyo's plan to revise its three security documents and explore nuclear-powered submarines would breach Japan's non-nuclear principles and threaten regional stability.6Oct 10 · Defense MinistryOvercapacity statement rejected.
Commerce ministry dismissed a United States-convened statement by 14 economies on ‘structural overcapacity’ as protectionism, and warned it will respond to any measures that follow.7Oct 9 · Commerce MinistryBasic research funding gap.
Qiushi commentary, Oct 10, tied the new productive-forces push to basic research, at 7.08 percent of research spending against 15–20 percent in leading science powers.8Oct 10 · QiushiHistory in the training data.
Foreign ministry accused Japanese right-wing groups of feeding altered wartime history into large language models, and urged the international community to resist it.9Oct 9 · Foreign Ministry
Voices
“We must dare to break down ideological obstacles and institutional barriers, and provide long-term, stable funding and policy support for basic research.”
Xi Jinping, quoted in Qiushi commentary · Oct 108
“There must be no drift from the real economy into speculation, no grandiosity, no bubbles, and no hollowing-out of industry.”
Opinions on Developing New Quality Productive Forces · Oct 91
“Neo-militarism in Japan has become a mutant gray rhino running out of control, posing a serious threat to the post-war international order.”
Defense Ministry Spokesperson Sr. Col. Chen Xi · Oct 106
“Artificial intelligence should be a force for good, not a tool for falsifying historical truth and whitewashing the crimes of aggression.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning · Oct 99
“China opposes certain countries practising protectionism in the name of so-called ‘overcapacity.’ Should any economy use that pretext against China's interests, China will make a necessary response.”
Commerce Ministry Spokesperson · Oct 97
“He turned the public power entrusted by the Party and the people into a tool for private gain, taking money on a massive scale.”
Central Discipline Inspection Commission decision · Oct 104
Sources
- Qiushi (求是), “CPC Central Committee and State Council Issue the Opinions on Developing New Quality Productive Forces,” October 9, 2026. qstheory.cn/…/opinions-new-quality-productive-forces
- State Council (gov.cn), “Second Regular Meeting of the China-EU Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism Issues Joint Statement,” October 10, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/china-eu-joint-statement
- Ministry of Finance, “Finance Ministry Arranges Use of 550 Billion Yuan in Local Government Debt Carryover Quota,” October 9, 2026. mof.gov.cn/gzdt/…/550bn-local-debt-quota
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Ding Yexian, Former Deputy Party Group Secretary and Vice Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress Standing Committee, Expelled from the Party,” October 10, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/ding-yexian-expelled
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “Market Regulator Conditionally Approves Focus Media's Acquisition of Equity in Xinchao Media,” October 10, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/zj/…/focus-media-xinchao
- Ministry of National Defense, “The Rampaging Gray Rhino of Neo-militarism in Japan Threatens Regional Peace and Stability,” October 10, 2026. mod.gov.cn/gfbw/xwfyr/…/japan-neo-militarism
- Ministry of Commerce, “Commerce Ministry Spokesperson on the U.S.-Convened Ministerial Joint Statement Addressing So-Called ‘Structural Capacity and Overproduction’,” October 9, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/structural-overcapacity-statement
- Qiushi (求是), “Basic Research Urgently Needs ‘Channels to Draw Water’,” October 10, 2026. qstheory.cn/…/basic-research-funding
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference,” October 9, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/mao-ning-oct-9