Kehua Data Co. president Chen Sixiong visited China Mobile Communications Group Inner Mongolia Co., Ltd. and held talks with party secretary, chairman and general manager Ma Xianfeng. They discussed compute infrastructure construction, data‑center power and cooling solutions, and domestic technology localization, and agreed to deepen strategic cooperation.

On Aug 11 China Iron and Steel Association vice president Xia Nong chaired a roundtable on domestic iron ore project development under the "Iron Resource Development Plan." CISA said domestic iron-mining has made phased progress but remains short of resource-security targets. It called for focus on key links, stronger departmental coordination, a standing communication mechanism to surface and resolve firms' practical difficulties, dynamic updates to a priority iron-ore project list, and accelerated delivery of key projects to bolster domestic iron-ore security and support stable steel-industry development.

SMIC co-CEO Zhao Haijun said higher pricing will further boost gross margins.