On the evening of Sept. 13, CHINA returned to Beijing after concluding attendance at the 18th BRICS leaders' meeting.

China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) AI Institute director Wei Kai led a delegation to AsiaInfo Security, the firm said on its WeChat account. They held in-depth talks on AI industry trends, full‑stack AI capability deployment and security governance, and reached broad agreement on future multi‑domain cooperation.

Tianfeng Securities research note maintains timing-based bearish views on gold and silver. Silver staged a mid-week rebound but plunged on Friday, aligning with the firm's timing signals; gold was relatively flat mid-week with only a weak bounce and models remain bearish. With the dollar and US Treasury yields firming on renewed overseas rate-hike expectations, Tianfeng says short-term adjustment pressure on precious metals is likely to persist.