Xi sets health goals for new five-year plan.
Today's events
National health conference.
Xi told the first national health conference in ten years to make decisive progress toward a healthier China by 2035 under the new five-year plan.1Oct 13 · People's DailyFactory prices.
Factory-gate prices rose 5.0 percent from a year earlier in September, the statistics bureau reported, with coal prices up 35.3 percent.2Oct 14 · Stats BureauNew growth doctrine.
Party leadership and the cabinet issued Opinions on developing “new quality productive forces,” setting 19 tasks and warning against duplicated local bets and bubbles.3Oct 9 · NDRCTariff rollback.
Commerce ministry published a China-United States framework cutting tariffs on $30 billion of imports each way, removing added duties on over 90 percent of goods.4Oct 12 · MOFCOMCanton Fair at 70.
Premier Li Qiang told foreign buyers in Guangzhou that China will widen market access and support local production by foreign companies.5Oct 14 · State CouncilHybrid car deal.
Commerce ministry said China and the European Union agreed an upward arrangement for hybrid cars from the 2025 level of 302,000 vehicles.6Oct 12 · MOFCOMAircraft parts controls.
Commerce ministry opened comment on rules letting airlines export engines and navigation units for repair on registration alone, replacing case-by-case licenses.7Oct 13 · MOFCOMTaiwan countermeasures.
Foreign ministry froze the assets of Belize's foreign minister and Paraguay's technology minister over Taiwan visits, and barred them from China, Hong Kong and Macao.8Oct 12 · MFAEducation chief expelled.
Guangdong's former provincial education director was expelled from the Party and stripped of retirement benefits; his bribery case goes to prosecutors.9Oct 12 · CCDI
Voices
“Prevention is the most economical and most effective health strategy; we must attend to the foundational, upstream work carefully and solidify the basis of health for all.”
Xi Jinping, General Secretary, National Health Conference · Oct 131
“China will accelerate the building of a modern industrial system and press ahead with planning and construction of new-type power grids, computing-power networks and next-generation communications networks.”
Premier Li Qiang, Canton Fair 70th-anniversary symposium, Guangzhou · Oct 145
“These four principles must always be upheld, to ensure the development of new quality productive forces does not go astray, race ahead, or turn into a bubble.”
Senior official, National Development and Reform Commission · Oct 93
“The Taiwan question is a major matter of principle bearing on China's sovereignty and national unification; it is the core of China's core interests.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning · Oct 128
“For more than 90 percent of the products covered, all the additional tariffs the two sides imposed on each other will be removed and most-favored-nation rates will apply.”
Ministry of Commerce, on the China-U.S. trade council · Oct 124
“He turned public power into a tool for private gain, using his office to benefit others in school accreditation and student admissions, and took huge bribes.”
Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection · Oct 129
Sources
- People's Daily, “Xi Jinping Attends the National Health Conference and Delivers an Important Speech,” October 13, 2026. politics.people.com.cn/…/national-health-conference
- National Bureau of Statistics, “Producer Prices for Industrial Products Rose 5.0 Percent Year on Year in September 2026,” October 14, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/september-producer-prices
- National Development and Reform Commission, “Officials Answer Reporters' Questions on the Opinions on Developing New Quality Productive Forces,” October 9, 2026. ndrc.gov.cn/xwdt/xwfb/…/new-quality-productive-forces
- Ministry of Commerce, “Commerce Ministry Releases Details on the China-U.S. Trade Council and the ‘$30bn-for-$30bn’ Reciprocal Tariff-Reduction Framework,” October 12, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/china-us-trade-council
- State Council, “Li Qiang Attends the ‘70 Years of Trading with the World’ Symposium,” October 14, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/canton-fair-70-years
- Ministry of Commerce, “Spokesperson Answers Reporters' Questions on the China-EU Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Consultations,” October 12, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/china-eu-hybrid-vehicles
- Ministry of Commerce, “Export Control Bureau Answers Questions on the Draft Measures for Export Certificate Administration for Dual-Use Items in Civil Aviation,” October 13, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/civil-aviation-dual-use-export
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference” (countermeasures against officials of Belize and Paraguay), October 12, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/press-conference-oct-12
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Luo Weiqi, Former Party Secretary and Director of the Guangdong Provincial Education Department, Expelled from the Party,” October 12, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/luo-weiqi-expelled