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At a State Council Information Office press conference on October 10, Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, announced that as of the end of September, the number of participants in basic pension, unemployment, and work injury insurance had reached 1.079 billion, 251 million, and 327 million respectively, and said that through policy optimization and other means such as “using data to find people,” those not yet enrolled would be found and mobilized to enroll, with a focus on supporting flexible workers and migrant workers in participating in employee pension insurance.

On September 29, a Douyin blogger posted a video saying that products that don’t allow reviews shouldn’t be bought and brands that don’t allow questioning shouldn’t be touched. No brand was named, but Huawei, HarmonyOS, and “far ahead” kept appearing in the bullet comments, while netizens in the comments section criticized equating not buying a certain brand with being unpatriotic as moral coercion.

U.S. President Trump stated that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the U.S. on September 24, and the two sides may discuss issues such as artificial intelligence, adding that the U.S. is far ahead in the AI field.

After the "Bamboo Cicada" spread as an internet meme, related merchants said weekly sales of the toy surged more than sixfold, and buyers even used "far ahead" as a transaction code.