CHINA STATE PLANNER and the National Energy Administration issued the New Power System Construction 15th Five-Year Plan, targeting about 110 GW of nuclear capacity by 2030 and roughly 65 GW of combined biomass, concentrated solar (CSP), geothermal and ocean power capacity. The plan calls for defining coastal nuclear-base layouts and construction sequencing, scaling nuclear builds, advancing R&D, demonstration and deployment of next‑generation nuclear technologies, lowering small modular reactor

The Ministry of Agriculture held a national autumn-grain production on-site meeting in Dezhou, Shandong, saying autumn grain accounts for the bulk of annual output and the current period is critical for flood/drought control and yield formation. It ordered a 100-day campaign to strengthen field management and disaster resilience, requiring crop- and region-specific fertilizer and water management and 'one-spray, multi-promotion' measures to upgrade seedling conditions. Provinces were told to implement flood-season agricultural disaster-prevention plans, focus on heavy rain/flooding, drought, heat and typhoons, strengthen monitoring and early warning, and use agricultural disaster-relief funds to minimize losses. The ministry also prioritized intensified control of major pests and diseases — rice borers and 'two-migration' migratory pests, corn borers and southern rust — advancing integrated, coordinated and emergency prevention-and-control measures.

Iraq's State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) asked term buyers to book August loadings of Basra crude.