Communist Party's Central Committee meets on internal discipline.
Today's events
Party discipline plenum.
A Qiushi commentary, October 27, says the Central Committee is meeting in Beijing October 26–29 to set strategy on strict Party governance.1Oct 27 · QiushiIndustrial profits.
Profits at large industrial firms rose 15.5 percent over the first nine months to 6.03 trillion yuan; electronics manufacturing profit more than doubled.2Oct 27 · Stats BureauBond-market backstop.
The central bank created a facility lending its own bills to large fund managers hit by mass redemptions, letting them buy back their bonds.3Oct 26 · PBOCXi on struggle.
Xi told the Long March ninetieth-anniversary assembly that the new journey demands struggle, a world-class military, and unrelenting strict governance of the Party.4Oct 22 · XinhuaAI and jobs.
The cabinet ordered an employment-friendly growth model for artificial intelligence, steering data-labeling and device assembly inland and creating new AI job classifications.5Oct 23 · State CouncilTrade-documents treaty.
China was one of 26 first signatories of a United Nations cargo-document convention it initiated, ending sea bills of lading's monopoly on cargo title.6Oct 27 · MOFCOMGerman state visit.
Germany's president makes a state visit October 27–31, the first by a German head of state in nearly eight years; Xi will hold talks.7Oct 23 · MFAUniversity inspections.
Fifteen central inspection teams deployed to the education ministry and 31 centrally administered universities for two months, the eighth round under this Central Committee.8Oct 27 · China MilitaryU.S. investment curbs.
The commerce ministry said Washington's October 23 draft rule widens investment restrictions on China and breaks the consensus reached by the two presidents.9Oct 24 · MOFCOM
Voices
“The road toward our ideals has never been smooth. Great victories are won only through tenacious struggle.”
Xi Jinping, 90th anniversary of the Long March · Oct 224
“To govern the country one must first govern the Party; only when the Party thrives can the nation be strong.”
Xinhua editorial, Qiushi · Oct 271
“China expresses grave concern and firmly opposes this. It will follow developments closely and reserves the right to take corresponding measures.”
Commerce Ministry Spokesperson · Oct 249
“To build a sound monetary policy system and comprehensive macro-prudential management, and to keep the bond market stable, the central bank is establishing this facility.”
People's Bank of China, Open Market Operations Announcement No. 12 · Oct 263
“As the world's second- and third-largest economies, healthy and stable China-Germany relations serve both sides and carry the expectations of Europe and the world.”
MFA Spokesperson Mao Ning · Oct 237
“Employment is the most basic of livelihoods. China must actively adapt to artificial intelligence and help build an employment-friendly mode of development.”
State Council General Office, Opinion No. 29 of 2026 · Oct 235
Sources
- Qiushi (Party Theoretical Journal), “Advancing Full and Strict Party Governance with the Perseverance of a Task Always Underway” (Xinhua editorial), October 27, 2026. qstheory.cn/20261027/…/strict-party-governance
- National Bureau of Statistics, “Profits of Industrial Enterprises Above Designated Size Up 15.5 Percent, January–September 2026,” October 27, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/industrial-profits-jan-sep
- People's Bank of China, “The People's Bank of China Establishes the Bond Market NBFI Swap Facility” (Open Market Operations Announcement [2026] No. 12), October 26, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/goutongjiaoliu/…/bond-market-swap-facility
- Ministry of Commerce (Xinhua text), “Xi Jinping: Speech at the Conference Marking the 90th Anniversary of the Victory of the Long March,” October 22, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/ldrhd/…/long-march-90th-speech
- State Council General Office, “Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial-Intelligence Technology and Helping Build an Employment-Friendly Mode of Development” (Guobanfa [2026] No. 29), October 23, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/content/…/ai-employment-friendly
- Ministry of Commerce, “China Signs the United Nations Convention on Transferable Goods Documents as a First Signatory,” October 27, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/bldhd/…/un-goods-documents-convention
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference,” October 23, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/mao-ning-oct-23
- China Military Online (Xinhua), “Eighth Round of Inspections by the 20th Central Committee Completes Deployment,” October 27, 2026. 81.cn/ss_208539/…/eighth-inspection-round
- Ministry of Commerce, “Commerce Ministry Spokesperson Answers Questions on the New U.S. Draft Outbound Investment Restriction Rules,” October 24, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/xwfyrth/…/us-outbound-investment-rules