Oct 22 — At a routine Foreign Ministry briefing, CHINA said it currently had no information to provide on whether it has communicated with the U.S. or Russia about a possible three-way leaders' meeting, responding to a Reuters question on openness and concrete plans.

MOFCOM’s head of the Department of Outward Investment and Economic Cooperation Zhao Chunfeng told a State Council press briefing on Oct. 22 that China had established 58,000 overseas direct‑investment enterprises across 189 countries and regions as of end‑2025. He said the ministry will study additional practical policy measures focused on legal, financial and logistics support and will deepen coordination with relevant industry regulators to expand and improve services for firms’ outbound operations.

U.S. equities closed higher on Wednesday, Oct. 21: Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 360.98 points (+0.69%) to 52,856.86; S&P 500 rose 44.67 points (+0.58%) to 7,757.24; Nasdaq Composite rose 278.04 points (+1.05%) to 26,702.86.