Yum! Brands agreed to sell its Pizza Hut business for $2.7 bln. The transaction splits assets: Pizza Hut operations outside mainland China will be acquired by private equity firm LongRange Capital; mainland China stores will be sold to Yum China Holdings. Yum! Brands shares rose as much as 2.2% in US pre-market trading.

据国际文传电讯社：普京将于周三会见土耳其外长。

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation has approved the establishment of the National Standard Reference Data Metrology Technical Committee (code MTC48). The committee is intended to accelerate construction of a self-reliant, authoritative and trustworthy standard reference data system and to strengthen independent assurance of key foundational datasets. MTC48 will address common foundational issues in standard reference data, promote an authoritative, interoperable technical framework, and coordinate development and application of urgently needed baseline datasets for AI, quantum technology, advanced materials, life and health, green low-carbon and advanced manufacturing to support scientific discovery, R&D, industrial development and governance modernization.