A site source for the Three Gorges waterway project says the pilot excavation area for the new channel at the Three Gorges hub has completed topsoil stripping and is expected to finish excavation in October. Ongoing works include earthworks on the pilot navigation test section, rock blasting, slope support and drainage, and construction trials. Cumulative excavation is about 4.15 mln cubic meters, roughly 48% of the planned volume, and overall progress is in line with the schedule.

Iranian media reported Egypt and Pakistan said in a joint statement on the 19th that representatives of countries involved in mediating Iran-US negotiations will meet in Egypt on the 21st.

Guangdong issued an implementation plan to expand and upgrade the services sector, directing accelerated construction of a national integrated computing‑power network hub in the Guangdong‑Hong Kong‑Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). The plan mandates optimization of data‑center spatial layout, rapid expansion of edge computing and creation of a cloud–edge–end collaborative computing service system. It also calls for proactive deployment of 6G and satellite internet: establish a Guangdong 6G industry innovation development alliance, advance ministry–province 6G joint pilots, and develop application benchmarks in embodied intelligence, intelligent connected vehicles, the low‑altitude economy and the marine economy.