Late Oct–early Nov China and Indonesia will conduct "Sharp Blade-2026," a joint army counterterrorism exercise in Guangdong. The drill focuses on mountain joint counterterrorism rescue operations, covering mountain climbing, specialist driving, helicopter fast-roping, close-quarters assault and manned–unmanned coordination. It is the third iteration aimed at deepening bilateral military cooperation and improving joint operational capability.

China's national installed power generation capacity through September (YTD) was 4,132.14 GW, up from 4,103.02 GW.

Zhiyuan unveiled the safety-rated heavy-duty embodied robot G2 Max at AI WAVE, billing it as the industry’s first long-range, multi-task heavy-duty embodied robot. Specs: single-arm payload 20kg, dual-arm peak payload 50kg, arm repeatability ≤±0.5mm. G2 Max is in validation and rollout across leading daily‑chemical FMCG, e‑commerce and food production lines for depalletizing, case opening/feeding, empty-case retrieval and warehouse inbound. At Huguang Co.’s robot factory, G2 Max met a 2.5‑minute per‑unit takt on the Qiyuan T1 line, enabling “robots making robots.”