The Bank of Korea governor said next year’s government budget spending will add 0.5 percentage point to GDP growth.

At the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicle Conference, Guo Shougang, director of the Equipment Industry Division at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said Changan and BAIC received conditional market-access approvals for L3 autonomous driving products in Dec 2025 and a second round of pilot approvals is now underway. MIIT will step up on‑road operation monitoring and safety oversight and compile lessons to support safe operation of intelligent connected vehicles.

Hang Seng Index futures opened the day session down 0.21% at 23,605, trading 47 points below the spot index.