MOFCOM and eight other ministries issued opinions aimed at accelerating technology-driven commercial development.

Musk said Optimus humanoid robots and Cybercab autonomous taxis will constitute the bulk of Tesla's (TSLA.O) value. He added that, by economic scale, only superintelligence, robotics, solar power and large-scale space transport can expand to the scale of a Kardashev Type II civilization or beyond.

ECB official Sleijpen said the remaining carbon budget to keep warming within the Paris 1.5°C target is nearly exhausted, warning the choice is now between a ‘bad but manageable’ outcome and one that is ‘unmanageable’. Speaking in Manila on Monday as chair of the Network for Greening the Financial System and a senior figure at the Dutch central bank, he said scientific evidence shows emissions allowances for 1.5°C are almost used up.