Dnipropetrovsk Oblast military administration head Ganza said on the 21st that a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih was struck by Russian military drones, killing 6 and raising the injured to 96. Earlier the Office of the Prosecutor General said at about 16:30 Russian drones hit the mall twice. Russia did not immediately respond.

At its 2026 interim results briefing, Kweichow Moutai director Wang Li, acting general manager, said prices are market-determined and adjustments respond to supply–demand changes. The company has made five price adjustments this year under principles of market-following, relative stability, supply–demand alignment and volume–price balance. Kweichow Moutai said these measures establish a market-demand-driven consumer and supply-side pricing framework and a dynamic price-adjustment mechanism, producing a more balanced per-ton average price across its product range and pushing sales prices to align with actual market transaction prices.

China's Ministry of Finance said it will expand the pool of implementing banks for interest-subsidy schemes on small-, medium- and micro-enterprise loans and for service-sector business loans to include 21 national banks and city commercial banks, rural cooperative financial institutions, private banks and foreign banks with financial-regulatory ratings of 3A or above.