Chery will hold its 2026 Global Innovation Conference in Wuhu on Oct. 20 under the theme Change and will outline its Yaoguang 2035 plan to shift from an automaker to a global intelligent-technology company. The company will unveil an automotive-industry vertical large AI model and a humanoid robot called Mobao; the model integrates Chery’s compute, algorithm and data capabilities and will be paired with an automotive-grade chip designed for physical-world AI models, aimed at systematizing AI-dri

Japan's 30-year government bond yield fell 2.0 bps to 3.980%.

The National Energy Administration's comprehensive department has opened public comment on a draft National Unified Electricity Market Credit Evaluation Guideline. Under the draft, power trading institutions may grant A-rated counterparties facilitative treatment for market registration changes, allocation of agency volumes and provinces served, reduced verification frequency and relaxed continuous-registration checks, and acceptance of incomplete submissions. A-rated firms could, as permitted by rules, face lower performance-guarantee collateral requirements, access expanded forms of performance guarantees, be prioritized as minimum-guarantee retail suppliers, and receive selection/reward and recommendation incentives. B-rated firms would be processed under standard procedures with no incentive measures.