Deputy director Wang Ruomeng of the China State Planner’s Department of Innovation and High Technology Development said China’s AI-related industry exceeded CNY1 trillion last year and is preliminarily forecast to grow by more than 30% this year.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said speculators in four major NYMEX and ICE natural gas contracts turned net long 8,963 contracts in the week to June 30, up 11,147 contracts.

China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will publish two outputs at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai (July 17-20), the agency said at a July 7 press briefing. The releases are: a third annual case collection China Smart·Benefit World, compiling Chinese AI+ projects and practices across more than 20 countries in agriculture, industry, energy and research; and an Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Development Action Plan covering eight areas—including broader access to computing capacity, open-source ecosystem sharing, AI-enabled applications and security-governance cooperation—aimed at strengthening international communication on technology innovation, industrial application and safety governance.