Nov. 5 — MOFCOM Vice Minister and China's deputy chief trade negotiator Ling Ji met in Shanghai with Slovenia's State Secretary for the Ministry of Economic, Labour and Sport, Korošec, to discuss China–Slovenia and China–EU economic and trade relations.

The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) held a Nov. 4 video meeting to implement the spirit of the 20th Party Central Committee’s Fifth Plenum, reiterating near-term priorities for central SOEs. SASAC instructed firms to accelerate implementation of the 15th Five-Year Plan, boost effective investment and raise basic research spending, and speed cultivation and scaling of emerging and future industries to build a modern, technology-led industrial system. It ordered delivery on reform priorities, improvement of institutional mechanisms and establishment of a penetrating supervisory framework to tackle deep-rooted SOE governance problems and strengthen the foundation for high-quality enterprise development. SASAC also called for completion of full-year operating targets, measures to lift quality and efficiency, active prevention and resolution of major risks, and tight management of production safety, supply and price stability to help stabilise the broader economy.

At midday close China's main futures front-month contracts were mixed. Palladium rose over 8%, platinum over 7%, Shanghai silver nearly 6%, Shanghai nickel over 5%, Shanghai gold over 4%, red dates almost 4%, and coke and lithium carbonate rose more than 3%. On the downside, LPG, PET chip, propylene, benzene, polyethylene, polypropylene, mono‑ethylene glycol (MEG) and styrene hit the daily down limit; fuel oil and low‑sulfur fuel oil (LU) fell over 10%, asphalt nearly 9%, INE crude (SC) and methanol over 7%, and p‑xylene over 6%.