On Sept. 21, Shanghai’s municipal cyberspace office, together with the Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization, the Shanghai Securities Regulatory Bureau and the Shanghai Stock Exchange, held the first multi-party forum on special online information governance for leading industries. The office said it will create more communication channels aligned with Shanghai’s leading-industry layout and intensify network governance focused on industry needs, lawfully handling illegal informatio

Iranian foreign minister Araghchi met Iraq foreign minister Hussein on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday to review economic, trade, consular and security cooperation and to pledge deeper bilateral ties. Araghchi outlined recent developments in Strait of Hormuz shipping, saying Iran and Oman have reached an understanding to establish a commercial shipping safety corridor. He blamed the United States and Israel for current insecurity in the strait and said restoring safety requires the US to stop actions that create instability. Araghchi urged regional states to prevent third parties using their territory or facilities to prepare or carry out operations against Iran and reiterated Iran’s resolve to defend its sovereignty and national interests.

Wuhan municipal committee met on the 22nd to advance high‑quality integrated circuit industry development. The city pledged to cultivate IC clusters and fully support Yangtze Memory Technologies and other leading firms to raise capital and expand capacity, while nurturing specialized, refined and innovative SMEs and promoting integrated innovation across large, medium and small firms. Wuhan said it will intensify investment attraction under the Wutongshu Plan, targeting core IC development directions to recruit upstream and downstream suppliers. The city will strengthen innovation resources and back universities and tech firms to tackle frontier technologies, leveraging the National Advanced Storage Industry Innovation Center, Jiufengshan Laboratory and Jiangcheng Laboratory to accelerate local commercialization and industrialization of research outcomes.