At an Oct. 12 press briefing, Chen Zhiwei, director of SAFE’s Foreign Exchange Research Center, said PBOC Deputy Governor and SAFE Director Zhu Hexin will attend the opening ceremony of the 2026 Financial Street Forum annual meeting on Oct. 22 and deliver a keynote speech. SAFE will host a special session on the morning of Oct. 22. The forum will focus on frontier issues in international trade and economics and feature invited speakers offering diverse perspectives.

市场监督管理总局发布2026年9月21日—9月27日无条件批准经营者集中案件列表，其中包括浙江吉利控股集团有限公司收购Ford España, S.L.股权案。

Guizhou province issued an implementation plan to support the baijiu industry’s shift from "selling liquor" to "selling lifestyle." The plan directs improved financial services across the baijiu supply chain — settlement, financing and treasury solutions — and establishes a green channel for core baijiu firms to respond promptly to financing requests. It calls to broaden financing channels for existing operators, permits local financial institutions to issue financial bonds to raise funds for firms undertaking the business-model shift, and encourages lenders to support asset monetization via equity or controlling‑stake acquisition loans.