EU commissioner for defence said he hopes the European Commission will be ready next week to publish a Communication on a more integrated European defence market.

On June 23, the Yushu Embodied Intelligence Industry Academy opened in Suzhou, based at Suzhou Industrial Park Vocational & Technical College. The first such academy in Jiangsu, it was co-founded by the college, Yushu Technology Co., Jiangsu Kewen Zhixue Technology Co. and Wuhan Jingfeng Microcontrol Technology Co. The academy will align training with real corporate job requirements, implement an industry-school-enterprise collaborative education model and train technical talent for the embodied intelligence sector.

US June S&P Global composite PMI (flash) 52.2, prior 51.5.