NIO founder, chair and CEO Li Bin said at the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference the next phase of autonomous driving must create real value. He identified two commercialization metrics: user willingness to pay, requiring a closed-loop business model, and safety demonstrated by quantifiable indicators that make users clearly perceive AVs as safer than human drivers.

China’s National Healthcare Security Administration said on Oct 21 that Jan–Sep 2026 pooled basic medical insurance funds (including maternity) recorded revenue of 2.303 trillion yuan and expenditure of 1.752 trillion yuan, leaving a 551.3 billion yuan surplus. Employee pooled fund revenue was 1.447 trillion yuan and urban‑rural residents’ pooled revenue was 855.5 billion yuan. Through September, employee pooled fund expenditure was 1.004 trillion yuan, including 101.0 billion yuan in maternity benefits; urban‑rural residents’ pooled expenditure was 747.1 billion yuan.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova said the French government has undermined the bilateral relations built between Paris and Moscow over the past decade, which were "very beneficial and productive".