At a convertible bond online roadshow, Zhongding said it will closely monitor raw-material prices, has built strategic stockpiles of key inputs at low price levels, and will mitigate rising costs through optimized procurement, cost-efficiency measures and negotiating price adjustments with customers.

On Oct. 21 in St. Petersburg, CHINA'S LI and Russian Prime Minister Mishustin co-chaired the 31st regular premier-level meeting. The two sides agreed to step up cooperation in trade and investment, energy and natural resources, connectivity, aerospace, finance and industry; to cultivate AI, biotechnology and the digital economy as new growth drivers; and to expand people-to-people exchanges. The premiers signed a joint communique and reached bilateral cooperation documents covering trade, space, technology and education.

Fox News, citing two US officials, reports the US is deploying USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit with the USS Makin Island amphibious ready group to the Middle East, expected to arrive before end‑November, adding roughly 10,000 Navy and Marine personnel. Roosevelt carries about 6,000 sailors; the 13th MEU and Makin Island ARG typically total ~4,200 personnel. Roosevelt will be the third US carrier in the region, joining USS George H.W. Bush (arrived April) and USS George Washington (which replaced USS Abraham Lincoln in mid‑August). Roosevelt departed Japan on Sunday; the 13th MEU sailed with Makin Island on Monday.