Domestic News
1. The second phase of the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site project officially commenced joint training.
2. Will the leaders of China, the US, and Russia meet during APEC in Shenzhen? The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responds.
3. The Ministry of Finance and two other departments announced the implementation of a subsidy policy for residential housing loans. The Ministry of Finance will provide an annualized subsidy of 1 percentage point on the loan principal for a period not exceeding 5 years, with a maximum subsidy of 1 million yuan per household.
4. The People's Bank of China adjusted and improved several monetary policy tools: lowering the Pledged Supplementary Lending (PSL) rate by 0.25 percentage points.
5. The 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting will open in Beijing on October 19.
6. The Ministry of Commerce stated that if the EU engages in dialogue and consultation with China while simultaneously escalating its confrontational stance, it will severely damage mutual trust, disrupt the overall consultation process, and affect the overall situation of China-EU economic and trade cooperation.
International News
1. The Iraqi military stated that US and international coalition forces will complete their withdrawal by September 30. 2. Supply disruptions push up spot oil prices; Saudi Arabia may raise November Asian crude oil prices.
3. International Energy Agency Executive Director: Member countries will discuss releasing strategic petroleum reserves as needed.
4. US President Trump: Iran is in serious disarray and it will end soon. Oil prices will fall sharply.
5. Texas declares a diesel price emergency.
6. Qatari Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: Information is being exchanged between the US and Iran, and possible solutions are being explored.
7. Putin's special envoy discusses a ceasefire in Ukraine and post-war energy cooperation with the US.
8. US media: The Trump administration is developing a new plan to ease tensions with Russia.
9. US President Trump: Will sign a strong executive order on artificial intelligence, renaming AI as "Superintelligence" (SI).
