China ratifies treaty creating a global artificial-intelligence body.
Today's events
Artificial-intelligence treaty ratified.
China's legislature became the first to ratify the treaty creating the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, founded by 38 states and hosted by China.1Nov 9 · Foreign MinistryState builder's chairman expelled.
The Party's discipline body expelled Liu Qitao, former chairman of China Communications Construction Group, citing irregular mergers that cost the state huge sums.2Nov 10 · Discipline CommissionDemocratic centralism rules.
The Party's personnel chief set out how to enforce democratic centralism, the organizing principle the Fifth Plenum's new decision on strict Party governance puts first.3Nov 11 · State CouncilCharity foundation rules rewritten.
The premier signed a revised regulation on foundations, effective January 1, codifying Party leadership and requiring that all investment income go to public-interest purposes.4Nov 10 · State CouncilCarbon-storage standards.
The market regulator issued two national standards for measuring how much carbon dioxide oil and gas fields can hold, closing a gap in site selection.5Nov 11 · Market RegulatorXi's poverty-reduction writings.
A new anthology collects 55 Xi texts on poverty reduction from 2012 to July 2026, the documentary spine of the common-prosperity doctrine.6Nov 10 · State CouncilShanghai industry tour.
A vice premier toured instrument and medical-equipment makers in Shanghai, ordering breakthroughs in basic manufacturing processes, key materials and components.7Nov 10 · State CouncilCall with France.
The foreign minister urged Paris to honor the one-China principle and called for a stable, balanced trade relationship between China and Europe.8Nov 11 · Foreign MinistryAdvanced-manufacturing patents.
A Qiushi commentary dated Nov 11 called for patent rules covering artificial-intelligence algorithms and digital twins, naming chips and aero engines as chokepoint sectors.9Nov 11 · Qiushi
Voices
“Eliminating poverty, improving people's livelihoods and achieving common prosperity are the essential requirement of socialism.”
Xi Jinping, speech in Fuping County, Hebei · Dec 20126
“As the initiator and host country, China is the first to ratify the agreement establishing the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization.”
Guo Jiakun, Foreign Ministry spokesperson · Nov 91
“He treated public power as a tool for private gain, using his position to benefit others in contract awards and promotions, and illegally accepted huge sums.”
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, case notice · Nov 102
“[Democratic centralism] is the institutional code behind a century-old party weathering storm after storm and still keeping its vigor.”
Li Ganjie, Politburo member, Party Organization Department · Nov 113
“The two standards will move carbon-dioxide geological storage in oil and gas areas from ‘has potential’ to ‘can be planned, implemented and regulated.’”
State Administration for Market Regulation, standards release · Nov 115
“Track frontier technology and the competitive landscape closely in chokepoint fields: high-end chips, precision instruments, aero engines, industrial software and quantum information.”
Feng Xiaoqing, China University of Political Science and Law, in Qiushi · Nov 119
Sources
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference,” November 9, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/t20261109
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Liu Qitao, Former Party Secretary and Chairman of China Communications Construction Group Co., Ltd., Expelled from the Party,” November 10, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/t20261110_521537
- State Council (gov.cn), Li Ganjie, “Strictly Implement Democratic Centralism,” November 11, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/content_7085753
- State Council (gov.cn), “Li Qiang Signs State Council Decree Promulgating the Revised Regulations on the Administration of Foundations,” November 10, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/content_7085660
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “Two National Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Standards Officially Released,” November 11, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/sj/art/…/ccus-standards
- State Council (gov.cn), “Introduction to the Main Titles in Xi Jinping's ‘On Poverty Reduction and Alleviation,’” November 10, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/content_7085676
- State Council (gov.cn), “Zhang Guoqing Stresses Continually Raising Industrial Innovation Capacity During Shanghai Inspection,” November 10, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/content_7085693
- State Council (gov.cn), “Wang Yi Holds a Telephone Call with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot,” November 11, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/content_7085762
- Qiushi, Feng Xiaoqing, “Improve the Intellectual Property System, Keep Making Advanced Manufacturing Bigger and Stronger,” November 11, 2026. qstheory.cn/20261111/…/advanced-manufacturing-ip