Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said the company welcomes necessary research, scrutiny and a deliberate pace to ensure "alignment" becomes a design goal. He also welcomed "embedded evaluators" and broader efforts to build mechanisms that make those concepts operational rather than merely rhetorical.

China Securities Association has circulated a draft revision of the securities firms and staff integrity implementation rules for industry comment, with feedback due Sept. 29. Article 13 expressly establishes a remuneration clawback: where a firm confirms staff engaged in integrity violations, it may recover pay pursuant to labour contracts and internal rules. The draft also pairs positive incentives — staff who resist improper benefit transfers and proactively report major integrity risks may receive priority in awards and promotions. The one-for-one clawback-and-incentive design is intended to close the compliance loop at firm level.

CHINA returned to Beijing at midday local time on Sept 13 after attending the 18th BRICS leaders' summit in New Delhi.