中国地震台网正式测定：10月23日10时53分在青海玉树州杂多县（北纬32.49度，东经93.93度）发生3.1级地震，震源深度9千米。​​​

China's National Energy Administration in Beijing launched a new round of safety and quality improvement actions for the nuclear power sector, instructing units to consolidate prior gains and raise safety-quality management to support high-quality nuclear development. Directives prioritize upstream/source governance, accelerated design standardization, wider adoption of modular construction and deployment of smart construction sites to upgrade nuclear engineering quality management. The NEA singled out commissioning and operational safety of new reactor types, reliability of nuclear fuel assemblies and strengthening of nuclear power operational technical service systems as key focus areas to ensure unit safety. Non-nuclear safety risks are to be jointly assessed and controlled with nuclear safety risks. The agency ordered stronger interdepartmental communication and coordination on the basis of existing mechanisms, and tighter supervision, performance assessment and follow-up enforcement.

Social posts by appliance dealers claiming the national appliance purchase subsidy will be taken offline on Oct 15 are false and are prompting “buy now” pressure ahead of Double 11. A widely shared screenshot cited the Oct 15 date, but the National Development and Reform Commission said on Sept 30 that the fourth batch of 62.5 bln yuan in ultra-long special sovereign bonds to support trade-in consumption has been allocated. By convention the subsidy’s final usage deadline is Dec 31, 2026, not Oct 15.