July 22 — CUSTOMS director Sun Meijun told a State Council Information Office briefing that CUSTOMS will advance a Smart Customs partnership plan, leveraging China’s lead in smart customs to better support high-quality Belt and Road cooperation. She said CUSTOMS will accelerate an “AI+” customs initiative to drive global customs digitalisation, build broader interoperable connectivity for information exchange, mutual recognition of supervision and law-enforcement cooperation, and expand trade li

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) met in Ningbo, Zhejiang, to guide formation of national new‑type industrialization demonstration zones, instructing candidate cities to prioritize innovation-driven growth by strengthening enterprise-led R&D, building high-level industrial innovation platforms and speeding efficient transfer and commercialization of innovation to take the lead in industrial science-and-technology system breakthroughs; optimize industrial structure by accelerating renewal and upgrading of traditional industries, scaling emerging industries as new growth drivers and identifying future industry tracks; advance smart development by expanding new‑generation intelligent manufacturing, accelerating a green, low‑carbon transition and developing service-oriented manufacturing and producer services to pioneer integrated industrial digitalization, greening and convergence; and reinforce industrial capacity by boosting international competitiveness of advanced manufacturing clusters, accelerating high-quality development of tech and industrial parks, and cultivating larger high-quality enterprise groups to build higher-level industrial carriers.

Polish copper miner KGHM said June copper sales were 63,600 tonnes, up 1% YoY; copper production was 59,000 tonnes, up 3.1% YoY.