Iranian President PEZESHKIAN said Iran will take all measures to restore maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and ensure the waterway's stability and security.

EU prepares to grant member states greater budgetary flexibility to ease energy cost pressures.

Chengdu municipal government issued guidance aiming to basically establish a national advanced manufacturing base by 2030 and to complete it and move toward a world‑class advanced manufacturing city by 2035. Key 2030 targets: operating revenue of above‑designated‑size industrial enterprises to exceed 2 trillion yuan; R&D intensity at those firms to exceed 2%; industrial value‑added share of GDP to be stable or rising; breakthroughs in several key core technologies. Policy will accelerate construction of a national new‑type industrialization demonstration zone and strengthen Chengdu’s role as a national strategic industrial and science‑tech hub. Priority sectors include electronic information and equipment manufacturing, with a goal to elevate them into world‑class advanced manufacturing clusters.