China rejects Taiwan leader's National Day speech.
Today's events
Taiwan speech rejected.
Defense ministry called the Taiwan leader's National Day address an attempt to seek independence by force, and defended routine drills around the island.1Oct 11 · Defense MinistryFuture industries named.
The incoming five-year plan designates quantum technology, biomanufacturing, hydrogen and fusion power, brain-computer interfaces and embodied robotics as new growth engines.2Oct 11 · State CouncilArtificial-intelligence literacy drive.
Qiushi, October 11, reported the labour ministry will teach artificial-intelligence basics to the whole workforce under the new five-year employment plan.3Oct 11 · QiushiRobot training grounds.
Seventy humanoid-robot training sites are now running with forty more planned, clustered in the Yangtze and Pearl river deltas and around Beijing.4Oct 10 · Internet RegulatorOil and gas supply.
Planning agency chief met petrochemical and gas executives on third-quarter conditions, citing temporary price controls and diversified imports to steady supply.5Oct 10 · Planning AgencyArts academy chief expelled.
Central anti-corruption body expelled the national arts academy's former president from the Party for bribery, referring the case to prosecutors.6Oct 10 · Discipline CommissionOnline food rules.
A draft revision of the food safety law adds a section on online food business, pinning safety duties on platforms and their sellers.7Oct 11 · Market RegulatorCounter-terrorism drill in Belarus.
Chinese police joined a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation counter-terrorism exercise in Minsk from October 4 to 8, the first Belarus has hosted.8Oct 10 · Public SecuritySouth China Sea standoff.
Foreign ministry said coast guard crews blocked a Philippine vessel at Second Thomas Shoal on October 8, then permitted a medical evacuation.9Oct 9 · Foreign Ministry
Voices
“During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, developing new quality productive forces in line with local conditions must be placed in an even more prominent strategic position.”
Xi Jinping, General Secretary · Oct 112
“There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is part of China — that is the true status quo in the Taiwan Strait.”
Defense Ministry Spokesperson Chen Xi · Oct 111
“Faced with intensifying volatility in global energy markets, we ensured steady oil and gas supply through stable output, diversified imports and temporary price controls.”
Zheng Shanjie, Head of the Planning Agency · Oct 105
“China will respond resolutely to any malicious provocation and firmly defend its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning · Oct 99
“We will launch an initiative for everyone to learn artificial-intelligence skills, with general artificial-intelligence education aimed at the whole workforce.”
Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security · Oct 113
“With no concept of discipline or law and boundless greed, [the official] engaged in large-scale trading of power for money.”
Central Discipline Inspection Commission decision · Oct 106
Sources
- Ministry of National Defense, “Defense Ministry Spokesperson Chen Xi Answers Questions on the Taiwan Leader's So-Called ‘Double Ten’ Address,” October 11, 2026. mod.gov.cn/gfbw/xwfyr/…/16492077
- State Council of the People's Republic of China, “‘During the 15th Five-Year Plan, Developing New Quality Productive Forces in Line with Local Conditions Must Be Placed in an Even More Prominent Strategic Position’,” October 11, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/content_7082953
- Qiushi (Party Theoretical Journal), “Implementing the Employment-First Strategy, Weaving a Tighter Social Security Net,” October 11, 2026. qstheory.cn/20261011/…/employment-social-security
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “China's Embodied-Intelligence Industrialisation Accelerates,” October 10, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-10/10/…/c_1793384881620153
- National Development and Reform Commission, “Chairman Zheng Shanjie Chairs a Private-Enterprise Symposium to Hear Views on Third-Quarter Economic Conditions and Changes in International Supply and Demand,” October 10, 2026. ndrc.gov.cn/xwdt/xwfb/…/t20261010_1408066
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Lian Ji, Former President of the Chinese National Academy of Arts, Expelled from the Party for Serious Violations of Discipline and Law,” October 10, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/t20261010_515959
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “Strengthening Primary Responsibility for Online Food Safety — Interpretation of the New ‘Online Food Business’ Section in the Revised Food Safety Law,” October 11, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/mtjj/…/online-food-business
- People's Daily, “Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Member States' Competent Authorities Hold the ‘Eurasia-Antiterror-2026’ Joint Counter-Terrorism Exercise,” October 10, 2026. society.people.com.cn/n1/…/c1008-40811919
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference, October 9, 2026,” October 9, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/t20261009_12037287