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China Steps Up AI Commercialization Push with Service Provider Resource Pool, Token Procurement Support
Read more: China Steps Up AI Commercialization Push with Service Provider Resource Pool, Token Procurement SupportAugust 31, 2026 (InvestinChina.asia) — The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Monday unveiled a special campaign to cultivate artificial intelligence application service providers, setting explicit headcount targets for a national resource pool and throwing policy weight behind procurement of large models, agents and tokens, as well as the overseas rollout of AI…
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Cost Pressures Return as China’s August Factory Gate Prices Re-enter Expansion
Read more: Cost Pressures Return as China’s August Factory Gate Prices Re-enter ExpansionAugust 31, 2026 (InvestinChina.asia) — A recovery in domestic demand drove a repair in China’s manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for August, lifting the “visibility” of an economic bottom, according to a research note by Guolian Minsheng Securities. Yet the headline gauge still sat below the 50-point neutral threshold, and the improvement was concentrated in…
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China Financial Markets Week-Ahead Outlook: 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-06
Read more: China Financial Markets Week-Ahead Outlook: 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-06Coverage period: Monday 2026-08-31 through Sunday 2026-09-06 | Prepared: 2026-08-30 1. Executive Summary 2. Daily Timeline Table Date (Day) Event / Release Detail Market Implication Mon 2026-08-31 NBS Aug Manufacturing PMI 9:30; prior 49.2 (Jul) A-shares, CNH, CGBs Mon 2026-08-31 NBS Aug Non-manufacturing Business Activity & Composite PMI 9:30; prior 49.0 (Jul, non-mfg) A-shares, CNH…
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Beijing Extends Mortgage Tenor to 40 Years: A Targeted Nudge for China’s Last Leveragers, Not a Broad Stimulus
Read more: Beijing Extends Mortgage Tenor to 40 Years: A Targeted Nudge for China’s Last Leveragers, Not a Broad StimulusChina’s financial regulators have unveiled the most comprehensive overhaul of real estate credit rules in over a decade, but one widely-read market commentary argues the headline-grabbing 40-year mortgage is not what it appears to be — it is not a lifeline for overleveraged homeowners, but a precisely aimed incentive for the small slice of the…
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From Price Wars to Inspection Raids: China’s Strategic Pivot to Quality-First Automotive Manufacturing
Read more: From Price Wars to Inspection Raids: China’s Strategic Pivot to Quality-First Automotive ManufacturingChina’s top economic and law-enforcement regulators have initiated a sweeping one-year national campaign to audit the quality, reliability, and technical validation standards of all road vehicles, throwing a massive regulatory hurdle in the path of the industry’s notoriously rapid product launch cycles and “non-rational” price wars. The joint initiative, published on August 27 by the…
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CXMT Confirms LPDDR6 Mass Production; Xiaomi 18 Fold to Debut the Memory in September
Read more: CXMT Confirms LPDDR6 Mass Production; Xiaomi 18 Fold to Debut the Memory in SeptemberChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) said Friday it has begun mass-producing its next-generation LPDDR6 mobile DRAM, with Xiaomi’s upcoming 18 Fold foldable flagship set to become the first commercial device to carry the chips when it launches in September — a move that, according to Chinese state media, makes the Hefei-based memory maker the first in…
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China Achieves First High-Speed Bidirectional Earth-Moon Laser Communication
Read more: China Achieves First High-Speed Bidirectional Earth-Moon Laser CommunicationChina has established a high-speed two-way laser communications link across more than 400,000 kilometres of space, marking the first time the country has achieved bidirectional high-rate laser communication between the Earth and the Moon, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said on Friday. The breakthrough, disclosed by the Center for Space Application Engineering and Technology under CAS,…
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China Opens Wider Funding Channels for Listed Developers, Ending Bias Against Private Firms
Read more: China Opens Wider Funding Channels for Listed Developers, Ending Bias Against Private FirmsCSRC releases a 12-article opinion that reroutes property financing from “reliance on issuer credit” toward “project-based” funding — and promises equal treatment for state-owned and private builders alike. China’s top securities regulator on Thursday evening unveiled a sweeping guideline designed to reopen capital-market pipelines for listed real estate developers, in what market participants are calling…
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China Sets 20% Tax on Individual Sales of Restricted Stock, Demands Cost-Basis Disclosure
Read more: China Sets 20% Tax on Individual Sales of Restricted Stock, Demands Cost-Basis DisclosureChina moved on Friday to standardize how individuals pay tax on the sale of restricted shares in listed companies, issuing a joint circular that fixes the applicable rate at 20%, tightens the calculation of cost basis, and establishes a unified settlement process for taxpayers. The rules were published as Announcement No. 26 of 2026 by the Ministry…
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STAR 50 Index Rebalances: Five New Names Join, Semiconductor Chip Stocks Feature Prominently
Read more: STAR 50 Index Rebalances: Five New Names Join, Semiconductor Chip Stocks Feature ProminentlyThe September adjustment adds three semiconductor value-chain companies, underscoring the index’s growing tilt toward China’s domestic chip sector. he Shanghai Stock Exchange and China Securities Index Co., Ltd. jointly announced on Friday that they will adjust the constituent samples of the STAR 50 Index and several related benchmarks, with the changes taking effect after the…