Politburo Standing Committee member and Executive Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang went to Xiong'an New Area, where he personally unveiled and delivered a speech at the 100th central state-owned enterprise under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), the "National Data Group."
According to the video, while in Beidaihe, Xi Jinping entrusted Ding Xuexiang to convey to Zeng Qinghong his statements regarding the handling of the Taiwan issue for the current and next terms.
On July 23, 2026, The Wall Street Journal reported that Ding Xuexiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Central Committee Politburo, has led the launch of a nationwide system for chip breakthroughs, integrating top laboratories to promote domestic substitution in response to U.S. export controls on advanced process chips to China.
The Wall Street Journal reported that last summer, Ding Xuexiang received a closed-door briefing from Huawei on AI, in which Huawei claimed it could achieve Chinese autonomy in key AI fields within three years. Ding was leading the effort to consolidate resources in the chip industry at the time and warned that those who refused to use domestic chips were traitors.
Construction of the Three Gorges New Channel project, with a total investment of nearly 80 billion yuan, officially commenced in Yichang, Hubei. Executive Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang attended and announced the start of construction, while Hubei Provincial Party Secretary Guan Zhiou was downplayed in the official report.