Deputy minister of the Central Social Work Department He Zhiliang is under disciplinary review and a supervisory investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission for suspected serious violations of discipline and law.

China National Bureau of Statistics industrial chief statistician Yu Weining said Jan–May 2026 profits at industrial enterprises above designated size showed strong support from electronics. Equipment-manufacturing profits rose 14.1% YoY, contributing 5.2 percentage points to overall industrial profit growth. Electronics profits surged 103.9% YoY in Jan–May, accounting for 43.1% of the increase in profits at industrial enterprises above designated size, driven by a global AI-led demand spike for high-end compute chips and storage chips.

Sources told Axios the Trump administration is close to allowing Anthropic to restore access to its Fable 5 model, which has been offline for 15 days amid government security concerns; insiders say restrictions could be lifted as soon as next week and communications are expected to continue over the weekend, with Anthropic expecting access to be restored shortly. On Friday the Commerce Department permitted Anthropic to restore limited access to Mythos 5 for a small number of trusted users. Semafor reported Commerce Secretary Lutnick wrote that Anthropic has cooperated with the US government to address risks related to Mythos 5 and Fable 5, that substantial progress has been made, and that the company has committed to work with the government on agreements, standards and releases.