壳牌(SHEL.N)：启动30亿美元股票回购计划，此外包括此前计划中剩余的12亿美元回购额度。

On July 24 at Zhongnanhai, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China convened a forum with leaders of democratic parties, the All‑China Federation of Industry and Commerce and non‑party representatives to solicit views on the current economy and H2 economic work. Xi presided and said H2 priorities are to adhere to the principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, fully and accurately implement the new development philosophy, accelerate construction of the new development pattern, better coordinate domestic and external conditions and development with security, deepen reform and opening, speed conversion from old to new growth drivers, implement a more proactive fiscal policy and an appropriately loose monetary policy, maximize the effectiveness of existing stock policies while timely designing pragmatic incremental measures, step up countercyclical adjustment, expand domestic demand, optimise supply, secure and improve livelihoods, and bolster growth momentum and social dynamism to push for sustained, higher‑quality economic development and strive for a good start to the '15th Five‑Year Plan'.

NATO said it and Poland have activated air and ground defenses in response to a recent incident.