HSBC Group CEO says the Strait of Hormuz could become "irrelevant" within the next five years.

Russian Prime Minister Mishustin has submitted to the State Duma a candidate list including four nominees for deputy prime minister posts and a nominee for transport minister for approval.

At the 2026 Financial Street Forum opening, National Financial Regulatory Administration director Ding Xiangqun said the NFRA will optimise regulation to raise Beijing’s international science-and-technology innovation centre. Measures: explore financing models tailored to tech innovation and support Beijing in carrying national tech‑finance reform pilot tasks, including strengthening policies for the Zhongguancun Sci‑tech Financial Reform Pilot Zone and using equity, debt and other instruments to deepen the tech–industry–finance loop; bolster insurance support by cultivating specialised co‑insurance pools in commercial aerospace, biopharma and intelligent robotics and expanding full‑life‑cycle, full‑chain technology insurance services, jointly with Beijing to underwrite major national tech projects; and build a tech‑finance ecosystem by framing a prudent, inclusive regulatory framework, enabling tech–finance data sharing and improving third‑party evaluation and financial arbitration services to reinforce tech‑finance security.