Cai Qi, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and secretary of the Central Secretariat, met in Beijing on the 6th with a Workers' Party of Korea delegation led by Kim Song-nam, a WPK Politburo member, Central Secretary and head of the International Department. Cai said China is willing to work with N. Korea to implement the consensus of the two countries' top leaders, strengthen high‑level guidance, deepen exchanges on party governance, broaden cooperation across sectors, and tighten stra

Zhao Leji chaired the closing meeting of the 14th National People’s Congress Standing Committee’s 25th session on the morning of the 6th. The committee flagged a Water Law revision as important for sustainable water use and national water security. The draft State-owned Assets Law and draft Financial Law received a second reading; drafts amending the Criminal Procedure Law and revisions to the Renewable Energy Law and the Tax Collection and Administration Law were given initial review. The committee instructed that public comments and submissions be studied and the bills further amended. Zhao stressed the Party’s leadership over NPC work, called for unifying rule of law with party discipline, urged improvements to the anti-corruption legal framework, and directed strengthening the NPC’s supervisory role within the state oversight system.

Federal Reserve official MUSALEM, in prepared remarks to a group, declined to comment on the economic outlook or monetary policy.