UK government expects relevant decisions will lift domestic natural gas production by 6% at peak.

MIIT deputy minister Xin Guobin said at the World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference in Beijing that China will back leading firms to form innovation consortia focused on energy powertrains, intelligent chassis and connected-vehicle systems. Beijing will push rollout and enforcement of mandatory national standards for autonomous driving, accelerate standards work on automated parking, operational monitoring and data security, and speed issuance of regulations tightening automotive product innovation design and R&D testing/validation. The ministry said it will actively engage in international trade and technical rulemaking to align domestic standards with global rules and support deeper Sino-foreign R&D and industrial cooperation to develop exportable products.

澳洲聯儲副主席： 通脹前景較此前預測更爲嚴峻，略高於預期。