Guangzhou Housing Provident Fund Management Center issued a notice easing withdrawal rules. Contributors may apply to withdraw their housing provident fund balances to purchase owner-occupied housing anywhere in China. For non-mortgage purchases within Guangzhou’s administrative area, withdrawals can be applied for after payment of the purchase price. For non-mortgage purchases outside Guangzhou, withdrawals can be applied for six months after payment. For mortgage purchases, withdrawals can be

Asian jet fuel spot differential tightened to a $1.50/barrel discount, near a six-and-a-half-year low.

China's National Health Commission, National Healthcare Security Administration, National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the CDC on the 10th issued a notice to further improve safe, rational allocation and use of innovative drugs, focusing on promoting rational allocation, strengthening training and guidance, easing use conditions and improving management. The notice directs implementation of pharmacy-related medical service pricing items, pledges enhanced support measures to optimize the policy environment for innovative drugs, states medical institutions will not be restricted on total drug varieties/specifications, and clarifies relevant innovative drugs will be excluded from public hospitals' performance-monitoring indicators, including outpatient and inpatient per‑visit drug-cost growth.