China and North Korea have agreed the new Yalu River bridge will officially open on Oct. 15; both sides will hold a joint opening ceremony that day.

In early trade on Wednesday Oct 14, Shanghai Gold Exchange gold T+D fell 0.43% to 896.33 yuan/gram; silver T+D fell 1.77% to 14,380 yuan/kg.

Alibaba is developing an e-commerce edition of Qianwen Office aimed at multi-platform merchants, with a planned release ahead of Singles’ Day pre-sales. The project began preparations in June and moved into concentrated development in September; nearly 100 staff are assigned. The effort is overseen by Qianwen Office CEO Chen Yusen, with Huang Pipei responsible for delivery. The e-commerce team provides industry skills and merchant insight; the Qianwen Office team supplies core agent capabilities and leads product coordination.