Zhengzhou Customs reported Henan province’s 1H goods trade reached 520.36 bln yuan, up 26% YoY. Exports were 319.48 bln yuan, +14.6% YoY; imports 200.88 bln yuan, +49.8% YoY. Both the overall trade total and the import figure are first-time highs for the comparable period.

PBOC deputy governor and spokesperson Zou Lan said at a State Council Information Office briefing on the 15th that in the first five months of this year the proportion of corporate foreign‑exchange hedging rose to 34.4%, up 4.5 percentage points versus 2025, and renminbi accounted for about 30% of cross‑border trade settlement.

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, with 18 major OEMs as co-authors, has released the group standard "Cost Calculation Rules for Complete Vehicles in China's Automotive Industry." It is the first unified domestic standard for whole-vehicle cost measurement, intended to end long-standing inconsistent cost accounting, curb disorderly price competition and promote high-quality development through industry-wide self-discipline.