Shanghai gold main contract fell 2.00% intraday to 874.32 yuan/gram.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and three other ministries issued guidance to advance high‑quality development of internet infrastructure, prioritizing stronger scenario‑based service support. The plan targets four linkage scenarios: network linkage—speed up addressing and switching optimizations to support high‑speed, ubiquitous connectivity and integrated space‑air‑ground‑sea network facilities; IoT linkage—improve massive, heterogeneous device connectivity and identification/data collection and analysis to provide precise, standardized foundational data; data linkage—enhance trusted cross‑domain and cross‑level data transmission and interaction to accelerate data sharing and reuse; intelligence linkage—promote alignment of underlying technical protocols with application scenarios to support development of an AI industry ecosystem.

CGTN reported Ukraine said former commander of the 155th Independent Mechanized Brigade, Luchanov, was arrested in Kyiv.