Henan Provincial Party Secretary Liu Ning led a Henan Party and government delegation to Xinjiang. Public agenda items included counterpart support for Xinjiang and industrial cooperation, and a meeting with Xinjiang Party Secretary Chen Quanguo.
He Lifeng led economic, trade, and technical bureaucrats at the JPMorgan Chase headquarters building in New York to hold round-the-clock talks with US officials for days, negotiating the deadline for rare earth deliveries and terms for soybean procurement quotas.
The Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee held a meeting, officially determining that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee will be held in Beijing from October 26 to 29, and submitted the decision on exercising full and strict governance over the Party for deliberation.
At 9:00 PM on September 13, 2026, after arriving back in China from India, Xi Jinping was suspected of suffering a sudden stroke or other serious complications and was carried off the plane, sparking widespread speculation and concern regarding his actual health status.
On September 12, the central government approved the appointment of Li Qiang as a member of the Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee. On the same day, the former Dalian Municipal Party Secretary, Xiong Maoping, stepped down from his positions as Deputy Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, member of the Provincial Standing Committee, and Secretary of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee. Li Qiang previously served as the Mayor of Dalian.
On September 11, Wang Huning, Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee of the CCP, met with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Angola in Beijing. Wang Dongfeng, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC, who usually accompanies Wang Huning in meetings with foreign guests, was not present, while Hu Chunhua sat on Wang Huning's right and made a public appearance. Related reports also stated that after months of internal maneuvering, the CCP reached a consensus no later than June to adhere to the collective leadership system, and that Xi Jinping may have made compromises due to health reasons or an inability to suppress opposition forces.
Jiang Wangzheng released news claiming that Li Qiang might succeed to power at the 21st National Congress and, after taking office, push for the disclosure of officials' assets in 2027 or 2028.
The former deputy secretary of the Party committee and former president of the China Development Bank, Ouyang Weimin, is under investigation for serious disciplinary and legal violations. The case is believed to involve senior party figures, prompting external interpretations of Caixin's related reports and attention to former associates of Wang Qishan.
Ma Xingrui has been expelled from the Party and public office, and transferred to the procuratorial organs.
Reportedly since July 11, the PLA Daily has stopped using the seven characters 'Chairman Responsibility System' and has begun publishing articles criticizing military training and formalism.
The Central Committee held a special meeting on rectifying formalism and reducing the burden on the grassroots. Cai Qi attended and arranged for 'tackling the issue of new officials ignoring old debts and focusing on the rectification of prominent problems'.
Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee Secretary Xin Changxing went to Taizhou for research on July 8, and the trip was interpreted as sending a political signal to the ancestral hometown of Hu Jintao’s family.
China sent He Wei, Chairman of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party, to mourn Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei rather than a high-level delegation, reflecting Beijing's strategic adjustment in international relations.
Wang Yi held a phone call with US Secretary of State Rubio, marking signs of a thaw in China-US relations.
The Ministry of Commerce announced that China and the US have agreed in principle to lower tariffs on some agricultural products, indicating a easing of economic and trade relations between the two countries.