CITIC Securities says April industrial firms posted new highs in both profit and revenue growth. Price gains and margin improvement—anchored by a stronger-than-expected PPI recovery—are the main drivers, while a weak volume recovery is dragging. State-owned and joint-stock firms led profit gains; foreign-funded firms’ profit growth slowed marginally. By sector, upstream profits surged, midstream profit share rose and downstream profits ticked up; coal, nonferrous metals, computer & communication

China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment will launch an assessment this year of ecological protection effectiveness for national parks and natural parks. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period the ministry plans to complete the fifth national ecological-status survey and to objectively evaluate national ecological conditions over the 14th Five-Year Plan. The work will focus on key regions and important ecological spaces—including protected areas and ecological protection redlines—and be conducted jointly with relevant departments. Park evaluations will combine remote sensing, ground monitoring and expert review, use more than 20 quantitative indicators, and grade results as excellent, good, moderate or poor to measure progress on ecosystem diversity, stability and sustainability; metrics will cover ecosystem structure and function, species status, soil and water environment, anthropogenic pressures and controls on illegal activities.

肯尼亞高等法院：下令暫時叫停美國在肯尼亞設立埃博拉隔離設施的計劃。