A Japan Finance Ministry official said on Thursday that G7 and G20 finance leaders do not view the recent AI-driven market sell-off as posing an imminent risk to financial stability. Discussions at this week’s IMF annual meeting in Bangkok were based on the premise that the global economy has shown resilience to external shocks, the official said. Policymakers nonetheless agreed they must remain vigilant and address vulnerabilities that could trigger a systemic crisis.

At the 2026 Bay Chip Expo forum Shenzhen Stock Exchange deputy director and head of the Southern Base Chen Weiheng said that as of Sept. 30, 2026 exchanges had accepted 248 new IPO filings in total — Shenzhen mainboard 11, ChiNext 69, Shanghai mainboard 11, STAR Market 52 and Beijing Stock Exchange 105. Since the April 10, 2026 reform ChiNext has accepted 66 filings. SZSE currently has 97 IPOs under review (17 mainboard, 80 ChiNext). ChiNext issuers that cleared the listing committee this year took an average 189 days from filing to approval, median 172 days; several companies including Siyi Technology, Torrens and Ultra‑Pure Applied Materials completed review within four months.

英國央行首席經濟學家皮爾：不應給人留下“當前加息將是一系列加息的開端”的印象。