State Council Information Office will hold a press briefing on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Zhang Zhu will outline plans to accelerate agricultural and rural modernization and to push forward comprehensive rural revitalization during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, and will take questions. The briefing is part of the "Starting the 15th Five-Year Plan" series.

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said Ukraine and Russia have made energy a strategic focus of their wartime targeting.

As of Sept. 23, total assets across 53 China bond ETFs reached RMB 1.002 tln, exceeding the RMB 1 tln threshold for the first time. The segment has expanded since the first domestic bond ETF launched in March 2013; product rollouts in 2025 — including an initial eight market‑making corporate bond ETFs and two batches totaling 24 sci‑tech bond ETFs — broadened supply and drove rapid scale growth, with aggregate AUM having surpassed RMB 800 bln at end‑2025 and now hitting a new high.