Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce said on Sept 27 that 127 monitored firms recorded 4.04 bln yuan in sales over the Mid-Autumn holiday (Sept 25-27), up 20 pct versus the comparable holiday period last year (Oct 6-8, 2025). Foot traffic across 70 major shopping districts reached 27.088 mln visits, up 14.7 pct. UnionPay Merchant Services reported cultural and entertainment spending rose 16.6 pct and tourism ticketing spending rose 21.3 pct during the holiday.

At the AIIB annual board meeting in Qatar, President Zou Jiayi said the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank plans to double its annual approved lending to roughly $20bn by 2030. Zou said the expansion will be accompanied by business-model and loan-product innovation to speed project delivery and improve development impact, and that the bank will maintain an open, multilateral approach to deepen regional connectivity and add greater certainty to global sustainable development.

cenc measured a magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 02:31 on Sept 27 in Changning County, Yibin, Sichuan, China; focal depth 5 km.