China methanol most-active contract jumped 7.0% intraday to 3,115 yuan/ton. China styrene (EB) most-active contract rose 4.0% intraday to 9,270 yuan/ton.

NHK reports that at the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Asheville, U.S., U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent held separate talks with Bank of Japan governor UEDA and Japan's finance minister KATAYAMA. Erin Brown, Treasury deputy for international affairs, said Bessent urged both officials to clearly communicate Japan's next steps — specifically fiscal sustainability and a path to rate hikes — and described that as the appropriate policy direction.

MOFCOM and six other ministries issued implementation opinions to expand and upgrade goods consumption, calling for national AI application pilot bases in the consumer sector, strengthened AI product R&D mechanisms and the launch of internationally competitive consumer AI products with high consumption potential. The document directs accelerated promotion of AI‑enabled smartphones and PCs, smart wearables, intelligent robots and smart‑home products, and the development of AI+consumption clusters, collection stores and AI application experience centers as consumer infrastructure.