U.S. actor Leonardo DiCaprio urged Chilean authorities to protect a critically endangered frog from a proposed power transmission project, bringing Hollywood pressure into the environmental dispute.

Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges traded CNY 2.5231 trillion on Aug. 10, down CNY 141.317 billion from the prior session. Shanghai turnover was CNY 1.1669 trillion (prior CNY 1.2095 trillion) with volume 542 million lots (prior 565 million); Shenzhen turnover was CNY 1.3562 trillion (prior CNY 1.4549 trillion) with volume 688 million lots (prior 720 million). Top five stocks by turnover: Zhongji Xuchuang CNY 45.764 billion, Xin Yisheng CNY 26.691 billion, Changxin Technology CNY 25.674 billion, GigaDevice CNY 25.598 billion, Cambricon CNY 23.752 billion.

China's State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have issued a public call for 2026 projects to advance metrology support for new-quality industrial productivity, in line with the 2025–2030 Metrology Support Action Plan. The solicitation targets urgent measurement needs in strategic emerging and future industries—next‑generation information technology, artificial intelligence, aerospace, new energy, new materials, high‑end equipment, biomedicine, quantum technology, integrated circuits and instrumentation—prioritizing development of key common metrology equipment, measurement technology R&D, commercialization and industry applications that resolve critical chokepoints, enable domestic substitution and fill gaps in domestic and international capabilities.