China said it has completed its May rotating presidency of the UN Security Council. Foreign Minister Wang Yi chaired a high‑level open debate at UN headquarters in New York, set out five proposals to restore the authority of the UN Charter and strengthen UN roles, and attended a Friends of Global Governance meeting where he proposed nine priority reform directions. Under China’s presidency the Security Council reviewed hotspots including Israel‑Palestine, Iran and Ukraine and discussed protectio

Chengdu municipal government issued guidance aiming to basically establish a national advanced manufacturing base by 2030 and to complete it and move toward a world‑class advanced manufacturing city by 2035. Key 2030 targets: operating revenue of above‑designated‑size industrial enterprises to exceed 2 trillion yuan; R&D intensity at those firms to exceed 2%; industrial value‑added share of GDP to be stable or rising; breakthroughs in several key core technologies. Policy will accelerate construction of a national new‑type industrialization demonstration zone and strengthen Chengdu’s role as a national strategic industrial and science‑tech hub. Priority sectors include electronic information and equipment manufacturing, with a goal to elevate them into world‑class advanced manufacturing clusters.

China's Long March 12B carrier rocket lifted off from the Dongfeng Commercial Aerospace Innovation Test Zone and successfully inserted the Qianfan Polar-08 satellite group into their planned orbit. The flight test was fully successful and marked the rocket's first flight.