U.S. President Trump said he may be open to meeting with Iran's president. He added that major developments could occur in the near future.

The National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center said in a report released at the World Manufacturing Convention (Hefei, Sep 20) that China’s manufacturing AI key‑scenario application penetration reached 34.2% in 1H, up 5.5 ppt YoY. The report placed the national integration of industrialization and informatization development index at 67.1. Digital adoption is widespread: 86.3% of firms have digitized R&D/design, 69.5% have digitized production and 81.4% have digitized management. Nearly half of firms conduct networked collaboration; digital twins, chain‑network collaboration and smart production models are expanding. 10.6% of manufacturers above designated size report using AI large models to enable business innovation.

ZELENSKIY thanked the US president for signing the Lindsey Graham sanctions bill targeting Russia into law.