The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released its August logistics business climate index, reporting demand remained in the expansion range and the index rose further. The overall index was 50.9 in August, up 0.5 percentage points month-on-month. Of 12 sub-indices, eight rose MoM. Business volume, new orders and employment indices have stayed in expansion for several consecutive months. By sector, business volume indices remained in expansion: rail 54.8, road 54.5, air 51.0, postal/e

China’s Ministry of Natural Resources and the National Data Bureau said at a Beijing meeting on Sept. 4 that the national satellite navigation and positioning reference-station network service data has been officially authorized for operation. The move — the first national-level public-data authorization in the spatio-temporal information infrastructure field — is intended to convert reference-station public data from underutilized public resources into compliant, tradable data assets and marks Beidou high-precision spatio-temporal data entering market-based operations.

歐盟工業專員斯特凡·塞茹爾內放棄通過貿易措施限制鋁廢料出口的提議。