Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said on April 4 the movement is prepared to respond to any developments and is maintaining full coordination with resistance forces over the situations in Lebanon and Palestine.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has issued a notice launching a minister‑province collaborative 6G innovation pilot. The program targets delivery by 2029 to spur local and corporate innovation, generate indigenous 6G technical solutions, cultivate commercially promising application scenarios, and produce a range of new terminal products to support 6G commercial deployment.

China's outstanding bond stock has exceeded 200 tln yuan, with corporate credit bonds totaling 38.38 tln yuan, China Chengxin president Yue Zhigang said. The bond market's sci‑tech board marked its first anniversary: cumulative sci‑tech bond issuance exceeded 5.4 tln yuan as of May, up about 7% YoY this year; private‑sector participation has risen to about 12%. Issuance remains concentrated in 3–5 year tenors while 10+ year issues are emerging, better matching long‑cycle funding needs. On Chinese firms' overseas expansion, Yue flagged prominent political risk, FX volatility and cross‑border credit information asymmetry, saying narrow financing channels and insufficient overseas credit backing are bottlenecks and calling for coordinated advancement of RMB internationalization and cross‑border credit infrastructure.