The State Administration for Market Regulation said that during China’s 15th Five-Year Plan period it will accelerate the national standards system, converting industry standards into national standards, turning safety-related recommended standards into mandatory standards, and elevating municipal standards to provincial level to strengthen coordination. It will update standards across ten traditional industries, develop standards for emerging and future industries, and bolster national service-

MOFCOM said China opposes unilateral sanctions without UN authorization or an international-law basis and opposes so-called secondary sanctions against third parties. It reiterated that Chinese economic and trade cooperation is conducted on an equal, mutually beneficial basis, is not aimed at third parties and will not accept third-party interference or coercion. MOFCOM said it will closely monitor US follow-up measures and reserves the right to take all necessary actions to safeguard China’s sovereignty, development interests and the legitimate rights of Chinese firms. It urged the US to address differences through dialogue and consultation to keep bilateral trade stable and to help maintain the global trade order and supply-chain security.

烏克蘭基輔地區的緊急服務部門表示，俄羅斯無人機襲擊導致一名母親及其兩個孩子在夜間遇難。