China's Ministry of Agriculture said as of 17:00 on June 14 about 295 million mu (≈19.7 mln ha) of summer wheat had been harvested, or 86.95% complete. Jiangsu's harvest is finished; Shandong >85%; Hebei >75% (localised showers possible); Shaanxi >70%; Shanxi >60%. Weather forecast for June 15–16: mostly clear across main harvest areas but local rain in parts of Hebei that could disrupt harvesting and drying, prompting calls to coordinate operations and avoid rainfall windows.

Alibaba Cloud has been selected to provide public cloud services for iMaotai, supplying compute, database and middleware, big data, networking and large-model resources. iMaotai in early 2026 reconfigured its product matrix into six series — classic, premium, zodiac, aged, cultural and low‑alcohol — and added multiple Feitian Maotai variants and other products, triggering a buying surge. Kweichow Moutai’s 2025 annual general meeting disclosed iMaotai has 96.43 million registered users.

Eurozone industrial production rose 0.1% MoM in April, below the 0.2% consensus; March was revised up to 0.4% from 0.2%.