Five leading German economic research institutes jointly raised GDP forecasts for 2026 and 2027, Handelsblatt said, citing unnamed sources. They now project 2026 growth of 1.3% (previously 0.6%) and 2027 growth of 1.1% (previously 0.9%). The revision was published by RWI, the Ifo Institute, IfW Kiel, IWH and DIW Berlin. The report noted that Germany’s recent economic weakness was a major election issue that aided gains for both far-right and far-left parties.

The National Press and Publication Administration issued a Publishing Industry '15th Five-Year' Development Plan setting overall requirements, targets, tasks and safeguard measures and mapping a sector development blueprint. The plan aims for significant progress in high-quality publishing by 2030 and for publishing to play a more prominent role in driving national cultural innovation and prosperity. It identifies eight priority areas—theme publishing; expanding high-quality supply; nationwide reading promotion; accelerating deep integration of publishing; systemic reform of the newspaper sector; innovation in printing and distribution; strengthening international dissemination; and building a high-level publishing talent pool—and lists eight columns and 33 major projects covering content production, reading promotion, industry upgrading, international communication and talent across the full publishing value chain.

Shanghai published its 15th-batch 2026 allocation plan for energy‑saving and carbon‑reduction special funds and ultra‑long‑term special bond funds. Targeted support covers vehicle scrappage and replacement (including early elimination of China IV diesel vehicles), industrial-structure adjustment, upgrades to household waste sorting, promotion of new-energy sanitation vehicles, conversion of restaurant waste oil to biodiesel, repair and retrofit of urban sewage mains and diversion works within intercepted communities, and comprehensive utilization of crop straw. The plan allocates 959.536556 mln yuan of municipal energy‑saving/carbon‑reduction special funds and 160.914184 mln yuan of ultra‑long‑term special bond funds for 2026.