AstraZeneca’s India unit said the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has issued a demand notice for 8 million rupees alleging overcharging.

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), together with CAC offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang and Shenzhen and five leading large-model firms, launched a special initiative in Xiong'an New Area to expand IPv6 support for generative AI applications. Organizers cited explosive growth in token traffic and new network capacity demands; the initiative promotes IPv6 as the underlying infrastructure owing to its vast address space, efficient routing and native security features.

China's State Taxation Administration said tax data indicate continued industrial sales growth and accelerating development of new-type productive forces in 1H. STA director Hu Jinglin said sales from three sectors closely linked to new productive forces—equipment manufacturing; information transmission, software and IT services; and scientific and technical services—made up 23.5% of total enterprise sales revenue in 1H, up 2.2 percentage points YoY and showing a rapid multi-year rise. The STA added that including other emerging sectors and upgraded traditional industries would raise that share further.