Oct 27 — Hurun Research Institute's 2026 Rich List shows ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is China’s richest person for the second time with an estimated fortune of 670 billion yuan, driven by AI business progress that has further boosted ByteDance’s valuation.

路透社/益普索民調顯示，在國會通用選票上，美國登記選民以47%對36%的比例更傾向於民主黨而非共和黨。

At the morning-session close, most of China’s main futures contracts advanced. Methanol and asphalt rose over 5%; propylene was up about 4%; polypropylene, the polypropylene monthly-average contract, fuel oil and synthetic rubber gained more than 3%; styrene (EB) rose roughly 3%. Decliners included caustic soda, down over 3%; Soybean No.1 and apples, down more than 2%; live hogs and Shanghai nickel, down nearly 2%; and red dates, coking coal and coke, down over 1%.