加拿大声明：八国承诺支持由加拿大主导的防御、安全与韧性银行。

PBOC'S Pan said at the Hong Kong Fixed Income and Currency Summit and Bond Connect Forum on the 7th that amid heightened global rate and inflation volatility, Chinese bonds' relative stability and lower volatility provide unique diversification benefits and continue to draw demand for increased allocations from international investors. Coupled with lower renminbi financing costs, Hong Kong's renminbi bond market faces a rare development opportunity; Hong Kong can seize the moment to attract more sovereign wealth funds and international corporates to issue bonds there.

At a July 7 briefing, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said China firmly opposes Japanese interference with the lawful activities of a Chinese marine research vessel and has lodged a stern protest with Tokyo. Mao reiterated that the Diaoyu Islands and affiliated islets are China’s inherent territory and that Chinese research operations in surrounding waters fall within China’s sovereign rights. Japan’s coast guard said on July 3 that around 11:00 a.m. a Chinese survey ship entered the EEZ near Kumejima, Okinawa, deployed a cable‑like object and was radioed by a patrol vessel to stop.