Spain's Interior Ministry estimates about 49,000 migrants entered Ceuta over the past 24 hours.

Qiushi's Aug. 1 issue published an article by Xi Jinping urging acceleration of Healthy China construction, calling it a systemic project and directing authorities to prioritize initiatives with broad public impact. He instructed strengthening the public health system, deepening social co‑governance and integration of prevention and treatment, and bolstering infectious-disease prevention and control, surveillance and early warning, clinical care, emergency response, material supply and regulatory oversight. He called for building a high-quality, efficient medical service system, implementing a primary-care strengthening program, promoting integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and expanding rehabilitation, nursing and palliative-care services. He also urged promoting healthy lifestyles and raising national health literacy.

On China A-shares, Demingli failed to hold an intraday limit-up and continued to retreat, turning negative by the close; trading value exceeded CNY16.0 billion.