BULLOCK, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, said an unemployment rate of 4.5%–5.0% could ease inflationary pressure.

Shanghai Customs said on Sept 22 that in the first eight months the Yangtze River Delta exported surgical, bionic, cleaning and industrial robots worth 16 bln yuan, up threefold YoY. Electromechanical exports from the region totaled 5.35 tln yuan, accounted for 64.2% of regional exports and rose 26.6% YoY. By segment: integrated circuits 730.4 bln yuan, +100% YoY; ships 181.4 bln yuan, +30.8%; automobiles 434.5 bln yuan, +66.8%; high-end equipment 492.6 bln yuan, +22%.

China's Premier Li Qiang met WorldSkills leadership in Shanghai. Li said China will step up domestic skills work and refine mechanisms for training, deployment, evaluation and incentives for skilled workers, and will continue providing experience and public goods to global skills development. China pledged ongoing support for WorldSkills' transformation and cooperation across competitions, vocational education and training, research, skills-driven poverty reduction and South‑South collaboration.