The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Aerospace Force said early on Sept. 9 local time it launched a heavy missile strike on a US military base in Jordan in retaliation for a US attack on an Iranian oil tanker. The statement said the ballistic missile strike hit maintenance and deployment hangars and fighter shelters for F-35, F-16 and F-15 aircraft, causing heavy damage, and warned its continued vigilance and combat readiness will persist until the aggression stops.

China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other agencies on Sept 9 released 11 new occupations and 23 new job types and adjusted six existing occupations, including agricultural product broker. New occupations include ship shore-based management engineering technicians, embodied-intelligence robot application technicians and sports data analysts; new job types include community workers, low-altitude logistics operators and retrofit designers for elder-friendly modifications. The release contains five digital occupations and three green occupations, raising China's cumulative totals to 113 digital occupations and 142 green occupations. Modern services entries cited include sustainable development planner, airport airspace inspection officer, intelligent agent developer, incense artisan, smart furniture installer and fresh-cut flower processor. Since 2019 China has issued eight batches totalling 121 new occupations.

人民币兑美元中间价较上日调升35点至6.7769，中间价升值至2023年2月8日以来最高。