South Korea's finance ministry said on Tuesday that heavy dollar sales by major chipmakers and shipbuilders in the forwards market have improved conditions in the foreign-exchange market. The ministry said that, supported by a record trade surplus and other strong fundamentals, it expects a structural shift in FX supply-demand conditions in H2. The won rose 0.75% to 1,486.30 per dollar on Tuesday, its strongest level since May 12.

China's State Council issued the National Health 15th Five-Year Plan, committing full-chain support for innovative drugs and medical devices. It directs regulators to optimize review and approval of innovative and clinically urgent medicines and to establish a comprehensive clinical evaluation system to support clinical use. The plan calls for accelerated R&D and application of cell and gene therapies, next‑generation antibodies, new vaccines, nucleic‑acid drugs and radiopharmaceuticals, and for strengthened emergency vaccine and drug R&D, production and deployment. It seeks to expand pediatric drug options, deepen medtech–clinical collaboration and boost R&D of core technologies, components and finished high‑end devices. The plan also promotes AI across the pharma and medtech value chain and instructs improvement of health‑insurance support mechanisms, including refinement of the innovative‑drug reimbursement/catalogue.

烏克蘭方面表示，九天內共有116艘俄羅斯船隻在亞速海遭襲，其中包括昨夜受創的11艘船隻（5艘油輪、5艘貨船和1艘拖船）。