據敘利亞國家通訊社：大馬士革爆炸事件造成18人受傷，其中包括4名警察。

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said China's Central Gold Clearing System began operations today.

China's National Financial Regulatory Administration and the Shanghai municipal government issued measures to accelerate construction of the Shanghai International Reinsurance Center. The measures endorse reinsurance firms raising capital via equity increases and issuing capital-supplementary instruments to strengthen both endogenous capital accumulation and external capital replenishment. Regulators will guide insurers to concentrate reinsurance capacity on major national projects, strategic emerging industries and social-welfare exposures to boost risk protection, and support reinsurers using technical expertise to provide insurance-sector risk-reduction services.