Trade and shipping sources and vessel data show at least five VLCCs carrying about 10 mln barrels of Saudi crude have departed Ras Tanura and transited the Strait of Hormuz. Aramco resumed loading at Ras Tanura on Friday after nearly four months offline. The company is accelerating shipments to Asia and moving to spot pricing—offering spot-priced barrels to Asian buyers and using the Bahri tanker fleet—to speed sales amid intensifying supplier competition, a move that is increasing spot supply o

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said a pilot program providing occupational-injury protection for workers in new forms of employment will be rolled out nationwide from this month. Newly added platform firms include nine ride‑hailing platforms — T3 Chuxing, Huaxiaozhu Chuxing, Yangguang Chuxing, Ruqi Chuxing, Xiangdao Chuxing, Jishi Yongche, Fengyun Chuxing, Shouqi Yueche and Meituan Dache — and five instant‑delivery platforms — Xiaoxiang Supermarket, Hema (Freshippo), Dingdong Maicai, Pupu Supermarket and UU Paotui. Provinces will, on a “mature one batch, include one batch” basis, incorporate locally registered small‑ and mid‑sized platform firms across three pilot industries into the program within the year.

Hong Kong stocks closed with the Hang Seng Index up 0.76% and the Hang Seng Tech Index down 0.40%. Semiconductor names tumbled: GigaDevice (03986.HK) fell 18.39% and SMIC (00981.HK) slid 10.07%.