On Sept. 24, Ministry of Culture and Tourism spokesman and Vice Minister Wang Jianhua said at a State Council Information Office briefing that China is already the world’s largest source market and a major destination for international tourists. He said the ministry will work with other departments to continue improving the inbound tourism service system by easing visa procedures, payments, tax refunds, guiding services, lodging and transport, and by introducing more inbound tourism products tha

MOFCOM said Chinese and U.S. economic teams held the eighth round of talks in the United States and reached several agreements under the bilateral economic and trade consultation mechanism. Agreements cover implementation of prior trade commitments, reciprocal tariff-reduction arrangements, creation of a bilateral trade council and an investment council, and an extension of the Kuala Lumpur joint trade-consultation arrangement. Vice Premier He Lifeng and Treasury Secretary Bessent held the first AI dialogue under the consultation mechanism. MOFCOM said China will keep close communication with the U.S. on follow-up work.

Japan preliminary composite PMI for September 52.5, down from 53.5 in August.