China A-share baijiu sector strengthened on choppy trading; Jinshiyuan rose over 5%, Huachuang Yunxin gained more than 3%, Jihong, Zhongrui, Yingjia Gongjiu and Kweichow Moutai also advanced.

At an analyst meeting Deguan New Materials said it has developed mass-production capability for graphene transfer films and has begun delivering lithium battery insulation films. The company will accelerate development and certification of lithium battery film materials. It cautioned these are upstream basic materials with a long downstream chain and final applications will require further technical validation; the segment currently contributes under 1% of revenue.

On June 23, 2026 in New Delhi, Chinese Politburo member and Central Foreign Affairs Commission director Wang Yi met Russian Security Council Secretary Shoigu. Wang called for stronger China–Russia coordination to expand the BRICS mechanism as a platform for multilateralism and to make BRICS the leading bloc of the Global South; he urged a BRICS security dialogue to forge consensus, jointly address security challenges, safeguard China–Russia and neighborhood security, and inject more certainty into a turbulent world, making more "BRICS contributions." Shoigu said Moscow seeks deeper mutual trust and closer cooperation with Beijing amid a major global realignment, pledged to jointly resist external interference in the security sphere, and opposed Japan's "remilitarization" plans. He said Russia is willing to increase strategic coordination with China within BRICS and other multilateral forums to help maintain regional and global peace and stability. The two exchanged views on other international and regional issues.