At the night session open, main contracts on China’s futures exchanges were mostly lower. Shanghai silver (SHFE) and Shanghai tin fell nearly 3%; asphalt dropped over 2%; coking coal, Shanghai gold (SHFE), soda ash, coke and pulp declined more than 1%. On the upside, fuel oil and ethylene glycol (EG) rose over 1%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) gained about 1%.

Oct 14 — At a routine press briefing, Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Chen Binhua said mainland cultural and tourism demand remained strong over the National Day Golden Week, but Taiwan's tourism industry has lost mainland visitors and is recovering slowly after what he described as deliberate interference by the Democratic Progressive Party. Chen said the office has consistently promoted people‑to‑people tourism exchanges, accused the DPP of placing political interests above livelihoods and ignoring the appeals of Taiwan tourism operators, and urged the DPP to remove measures blocking personnel exchanges and tourism cooperation and restore mainland residents' travel to the island; he warned continued obstruction would fuel growing opposition among Taiwan residents.

Maoyan Pro data show October 2026 box office exceeded CNY1.5 bln. Top three films were Detective: Traces, What Do You Mean, Couple and Resident Evil: Outbreak Night (ranked first to third).