Shenzhen Composite Index continued to strengthen, up more than 1%.

PBOC said the 7-day reverse repo operation on 12 Aug 2026 amounted to zero, citing demand from primary dealers in open market operations.

China's disarmament ambassador Li Chijiang on the 11th at the Geneva Conference on Disarmament sharply rejected a U.S.-led joint statement framed as a 'ballistic missile launch notification' concerning China. Li said China's legitimate, reasonable defence modernization is beyond doubt and that China's practice of advance-notifying missile launches should not be hijacked for geopolitical ends. He said Beijing firmly opposes some countries' misuse of the conference platform for political manipulation.