Ukraine's President Zelenskiy said his country is willing to hold peace talks at the G20 summit but has not yet received an invitation.

Beijing Automotive Group Co., Ltd. and CATL formally signed an agreement to deepen cooperation on battery-swapping operations and jointly build a battery-swap ecosystem.

On Oct 22, 2026, China’s East Yellow Sea affairs representative Guo Yan and Lee Seok-ju, director-general of the International Legal Affairs Bureau at the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, co‑chaired the 16th round of the China–South Korea maritime boundary delimitation working group in Seoul. They exchanged views on boundary delimitation and agreed to hold a 17th round in due course.