CHINA'S LI met a US-China Business Council board delegation led by chair McCain at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 1. Li said the council has long promoted bilateral ties and trade and that, with joint effort, China-US relations remain broadly stable. He cited the May Beijing meeting between Xi and Trump that produced a series of important understandings and said China is willing to work with the US, follow the two leaders' strategic guidance, strengthen dialogue and communicati

A Sept. 1 press briefing in Beijing confirmed China’s 2026 National Cybersecurity Awareness Week will run Sept. 14-20 nationwide. A Cybersecurity Technology Summit opens the week on the morning of Sept. 14 at the Shandong International Convention and Exhibition Center; attendees will include relevant government departments, Hong Kong and Macau SAR representatives, cyber experts, and corporate and internet platform leaders, and organizers said a series of major cybersecurity outcomes will be released. On Sept. 15-16 organizers will hold 15 sub-forums, closed-door meetings and seminars focused on AI security governance, AI-enabled cybersecurity, protection of critical information infrastructure, open-source supply-chain security, cloud-service security, personal data protection, automotive data security, cybersecurity insurance, government information-system security management, electronic product data sanitization, cybersecurity industry-chain coordination, and cybersecurity awareness and literacy.

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