HKEX filing shows Sinopec repurchased 5.4 mln H shares on Sep 23 for HK$24.2 mln.

On Sept. 23 Guizhou governor Li Bingjun hosted a roundtable with AI entrepreneurs and called for research to introduce stronger, more targeted support policies. He urged leveraging Guizhou’s stable power supply, leading compute-capacity base and diverse application scenarios to spur corporate innovation. He directed consolidation of compute resources, tighter coordination between compute and power, and stronger use of existing intelligent-computing centers to cement AI infrastructure support. He pushed for wider opening of application scenarios and public data, dynamic updating of demand lists and improved supply–demand matching, accelerating representative deployments in key industries and in education, healthcare and audiovisual sectors to address systemic issues and cultivate new growth drivers. He also called for enhanced talent services and support for companies as primary recruiters and users of talent.

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