At an Aug. 20 press briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian was asked to confirm South Korean reports that Wang Yi said China is "actively considering" promoting a China–South Korea leaders' meeting during the November APEC leaders' summit. Lin said China, as host of this year's informal APEC leaders' meeting, is willing to use the forum to work with parties including South Korea on an Asia‑Pacific community; he gave no confirmation of a bilateral leaders' meeting and said China will an

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On Aug. 20 six Shanghai municipal departments jointly issued a notice, effective Aug. 21, 2026, loosening rules on housing provident fund withdrawals for home purchases. Eligible depositors who have purchased housing in the city and either do not have a housing provident fund personal mortgage in the city or have not used the fund to offset mortgage repayments may withdraw for home-purchase purposes once per calendar year (previously once within five years from property-right certificate issuance); the withdrawal amount is limited to no more than the portion of the purchase price paid with the depositor’s own funds.