China adopts two-rocket plan for crewed Moon landing.
Today's events
Moon mission plan.
Two Long March 10 rockets will launch the Lanyue lander and Mengzhou crew ship separately, docking them in lunar orbit before descent.1Nov 1 · Military OnlineParty discipline speech.
Xinhua published Xi's remarks to China's eight non-Communist parties on the plenum's strict-governance decision: the longer the Party rules, the greater the vigilance required.2Oct 30 · XinhuaTesting-lab ban.
America's communications regulator voted to bar Chinese labs from certifying electronics for the U.S. market from December 2028; the Commerce Ministry threatened further countermeasures.3Oct 30 · Commerce MinistryPeru trade upgrade.
The upgraded free-trade protocol took effect, adding chapters on e-commerce, supply chains and competition policy; two-way trade reached $50 billion last year.4Nov 1 · Commerce MinistryGroup of 20 meeting.
Vice foreign minister Ma Zhaoxu attended the foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, pressing members against politicizing trade and backing energy-security cooperation.5Nov 1 · Foreign MinistryProfit divergence.
Industrial profits rose 15.5 percent in the first nine months; electronics makers more than doubled earnings while carmakers fell 22.8 percent.6Oct 27 · Stats BureauOffshore solar.
The country's largest offshore solar project, built in the warm-water outflow of a Jiangsu nuclear plant, passed one gigawatt of connected capacity.7Oct 30 · Energy Admin.Energy chief expelled.
The former Party secretary and chairman of Anhui's provincial energy group was expelled from the Party; his bribery case goes to prosecutors.8Oct 30 · Discipline CommissionSpace arms control.
The United Nations disarmament committee again passed China's two resolutions against weapons in space, proposed jointly every year since 2017.9Oct 30 · Foreign Ministry
Voices
“To govern the country, one must first govern the Party; to strengthen the nation, one must first strengthen the Party.”
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party · Oct 302
“The new type of whole-nation system is the fundamental advantage in solving these problems.”
Wang Xiang, Chief Designer, Lunar Exploration Program · Nov 11
“China is strongly dissatisfied with this, firmly opposes it, and has already taken countermeasures in response.”
Commerce Ministry Spokesperson · Oct 303
“Economic and trade issues must not be politicized, weaponized or turned into security questions — still less protectionism practiced in the name of ‘fair competition’.”
Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, Group of 20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting · Oct 315
“This is the tenth consecutive year the idea of a community with a shared future has been written into the Assembly's outer-space resolutions.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun · Oct 309
“[He] lost his ideals and convictions, betrayed his founding mission, was disloyal and dishonest to the Party, and resisted the organization's investigation.”
Anhui Provincial Discipline Commission, Expulsion Notice · Oct 308
Sources
- China Military Online (81.cn), “China's crewed lunar exploration program adopts a ‘two launches, lunar-orbit docking’ plan,” November 1, 2026. 81.cn/kt/…/lunar-two-launch-plan
- Cyberspace Administration of China (Xinhua release), “Central Committee Holds Symposium with Non-Party Figures; Xi Jinping Presides and Delivers an Important Speech,” October 30, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-10/30/…/non-party-symposium
- Ministry of Commerce, “Commerce Ministry Spokesperson Answers Questions on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Vote on Testing-Laboratory Restrictions,” October 30, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/testing-lab-restrictions
- Ministry of Commerce, “Protocol Upgrading the China-Peru Free Trade Agreement Enters into Force,” November 1, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/china-peru-fta-upgrade
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu Attends the Group of 20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta,” November 1, 2026. fmprc.gov.cn/wjbxw_new/…/g20-foreign-ministers
- National Bureau of Statistics, “Profits of Industrial Enterprises Above Designated Size Grew 15.5 Percent, January–September 2026,” October 27, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/industrial-profits-jan-sep
- National Energy Administration, “Grid-Connected Capacity at the Country's Largest Offshore Photovoltaic Project Passes One Million Kilowatts,” October 30, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20261030/…/offshore-pv-one-gigawatt
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Zhu Yicun, Former Party Secretary and Chairman of Anhui Provincial Energy Group, Expelled from the Party,” October 30, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/anhui-energy-group-expulsion
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference,” October 30, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/guo-jiakun-oct-30