China has stepped up frontline deployment of high-end smart agricultural machinery for this year’s three‑autumn operations (autumn harvest, sowing and crop care), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said. Mechanization advanced markedly during the 14th Five‑Year Plan, and since entering the 15th Five‑Year period Beijing has been steadily upgrading large, high‑end smart farm equipment, materially raising three‑autumn operational efficiency. Models moving into accelerated industrial use

Intel (INTC.O) CEO Chen Liwu said the company will continue to participate in Elon Musk's Terafab project. Musk earlier this week said he was in talks with TSMC (TSM.N) over collaboration on Terafab. Intel signed on in April as a development partner. The project is part of a global push by governments and companies to expand semiconductor and critical-component capacity to speed AI deployment; Musk is moving into advanced chip manufacturing. The news has dented investor confidence in Intel.

Canada's Fraser Institute said in its Economic Freedom of the World 2026 report, released June 6, that Hong Kong remains the world's freest economy. The Hong Kong government said the ranking reaffirmed its free-market strengths and open, efficient and fair business environment. Hong Kong ranked first in international trade freedom and second globally on regulation among the report's five assessment categories. The government said that amid rising global economic uncertainty and protectionism, Hong Kong maintains free-port status, a zero-tariff policy and a simple low-tax regime to provide a stable, predictable environment for domestic and foreign investors.