Japan's finance minister KATAYAMA said the government will work to steadily reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio.

Shenzhen's Bureau of Industry and Information Technology and Science and Technology Innovation Bureau issued a 2026–2028 work plan to drive high‑quality development of the intelligent robotics industry. The plan targets building Shenzhen by 2028 into a global intelligent robotics hub: China's most dynamic cluster of robotics innovation companies, a leading global hardware‑and‑software supply cluster, an international robot‑friendly demonstration city center, and the Greater Bay Area open‑source robotics ecosystem center, forming a coordinated two‑zone, two‑center industrial layout.

ChiNext Index down over 1% as tech sector sells off; memory chips, MLCCs, CPO, helium suppliers and lithography-equipment makers led the declines.