Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said Iran's negotiating team has the full confidence of all state institutions.

China's National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration issued the petroleum and natural gas development 15th Five‑Year Plan. The plan targets breakthroughs in ultra‑deep hydrocarbon generation and accumulation mechanisms and high‑precision geomechanical modelling, and core exploration and development technologies for ultra‑deep carbonate and clastic reservoirs. It mandates development of major equipment including 15,000m‑class smart drilling rigs, intelligent managed‑pressure drilling systems and logging tools upgraded for ultra‑high‑temperature, ultra‑high‑pressure wells to enable onshore exploration and production at 10,000m depths. For deepwater fields the plan calls for breakthroughs in deepwater drilling, intelligent completions and testing and safe, efficient field development, and targets development of 3,000m‑class deepwater marine node acquisition systems, 3,000m deepwater blowout preventers with multi‑variable composite control systems, and 1,500m full‑electric subsea control system equipment.

China's National Bureau of Statistics said Jan–Jul urban retail sales of consumer goods totaled 24.93 tln yuan, up 1.1% YoY; rural retail sales were 3.85 tln yuan, up 2.4%. July urban retail sales amounted to 3.38 tln yuan, up 0.5% YoY; rural sales were 524.2 bln yuan, up 1.6%. By type, Jan–Jul retail sales of goods were 25.49 tln yuan, up 1.1% YoY; catering revenue was 3.28 tln yuan, up 2.6%. In July, goods retail was 3.45 tln yuan, up 0.5% YoY; catering revenue was 456.7 bln yuan, up 1.4%.