UN agencies say 1,100 seafarers have been evacuated under a United Nations plan from vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

Qatar signed a joint open letter on EU methane regulation.

Hainan has launched an online natural-resources trading system and a parallel "natural-resources supermarket" to digitize and consolidate land and other resource transactions. The provincial online trading system began trial operation in January, achieving province-wide integration of natural-resources transactions; registration, information release and other transaction steps can be completed fully online. The supermarket allows firms to view parcel details, compare resource conditions and complete intelligent site selection online. As of June 23, the platform had listed 1,687 construction land parcels and completed transactions on 1,278.