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On October 23, Chinese Premier Li Qiang presided over the State Council executive meeting, calling for accelerating the building of a fertility-friendly society, improving policies on marriage, childbirth, child-rearing and education, optimizing family support measures such as fiscal and tax, social security and housing policies, and striving to stabilize the scale of the newborn population.

On October 9, the CCP Central Committee and the State Council released the Opinions on Developing New Quality Productive Forces, warning localities not to turn away from the real economy toward the virtual economy and to avoid creating bubbles, demanding serious accountability for major losses caused by blind investment and herd behavior, and prohibiting the violation and abuse of policies in the name of new quality productive forces.

The State Council of the CCP held an executive meeting, requiring the improvement of robust mechanisms for the capital market and the enhancement of intrinsic stock market stability. The swap facility tool has also been transformed from a temporary measure into a long-term institutional arrangement.

On September 15, the State Council's Regulations on Outbound and Inbound Management officially came into effect, stipulating that Chinese citizens who violate export controls or endanger national security may be prohibited from leaving the country. Foreign media and scholars worry that this move will tighten control over technical talent, turning international travel into a privilege requiring administrative approval.

The "Regulations of the State Council on Exit and Entry" promulgated by the Chinese Communist Party's State Council officially took effect on September 15, 2026, requiring that reasons for exit be truthful and lawful, and possibly requiring the presentation of documents and electronic data, otherwise exit will be denied.

State Council Order No. 81 has begun to take effect, which stipulates that Chinese citizens engaged in illegal or criminal activities abroad that are deemed to endanger national security and interests may be barred from leaving the country for a certain period after returning home.

On September 15, the first day of the implementation of the State Council's new exit-entry regulations, widespread public discussion and concern were sparked regarding who is being intercepted and the border inspection interrogations.

On September 10, the General Office of the State Council of China issued a notice on governing the difficulty for small and medium enterprises in receiving payments. It requires focused monitoring of large enterprises' arrears, stipulates that government procurement and central enterprise projects must be paid in full cash, and prohibits large enterprises from forcing small and medium enterprises into accounts receivable financing.

On September 10, the State Council called on central state-owned enterprises to take the lead in making timely payments, with a focus on large companies that have sizable accounts payable and ample cash assets.

According to the arrangement by the State Council of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the 2026 Mid-Autumn Festival will be a 3-day holiday from September 25 to 27, and the National Day golden week will be a 7-day holiday from October 1 to 7, with makeup workdays on September 20 and October 10.

Li Qiang presided over a State Council meeting, calling for persisting in expanding domestic demand, focusing on the principal contradiction, seizing on areas with long industrial chains and large scale, and promoting the domestic economic cycle and consumption upgrading.

The State Council has reportedly ordered an investigation into STO Express, with related actions involving its equity and corporate asset control issues.

The State Council has introduced new measures for housing provident fund management, relaxing policies to encourage ordinary people to take out loans to buy homes, which critics say is a disguised way of harvesting their savings.

China’s State Council has promulgated regulations on exit and entry administration, covering verification of purposes of exit, provision of electronic data, decisions by administrative authorities to restrict exit, and enforcement by border inspection.

Xinhua News Agency released the State Council's Regulations on Exit and Entry Administration, which specify that individuals will be barred from leaving the country under various circumstances, including when civil lawsuits have not yet been concluded, and which will officially take effect on September 15.

China has announced the State Council Order No. 841, an exit ban order, which stipulates that individuals may not be notified in cases involving national security or criminal investigations.

On July 31, 2026, China's State Council promulgated the State Council Regulations on Exit and Entry Administration, signed by Li Qiang, which incorporate harm to industrial security and technological security into the circumstances for restricting citizens' exit, granting administrative departments greater discretion in exit border controls.

On July 31, 2026, China's State Council announced new exit-entry administration rules that list harm to national industrial security and technological security as grounds for exit prohibition, and grant administrative authorities the power to impose exit bans on dual-use items and core technical personnel.

The CCP Central Committee and the State Council issued the Opinions on Strengthening Social Work in the New Era, covering arrangements for social work and social governance.

The Chinese Communist Party's State Council issued a new offshore trust announcement, levying twenty on board debt, and restructured exit management through Order No. 841, tightening cross-border funds and personnel exits in coordination with CRS data alignment.

The State Council of China unprecedentedly issued a document on expanding consumption under the name of a five‑year plan, aiming for total retail sales of consumer goods to reach 60 trillion yuan by 2030.

The State Council announced the issuance of 300 billion yuan in special treasury bonds to replenish the capital of the six major commercial banks, exposing the fact that bank capital has been severely depleted.

The State Council has released implementation measures and opinions on strengthening the governance of urban waterlogging, proposing that by 2025, new urban areas must no longer experience the phenomenon of “watching the sea” in the city.

China launched a nationwide special campaign to crack down on gangs and eliminate evil, which lasted for about 3 years and was announced to have ended in 2021.

The General Office of the State Council issued 50 articles of the Overall Plan for Chinese Football Reform and Development, proposing a combination of the whole-nation system and market mechanisms, and incorporating football development into local government performance evaluations.

In the face of the global financial tsunami, in September 2008 Wen Jiabao led the State Council in announcing a large-scale 4 trillion yuan bailout plan for infrastructure investment.

After the Sun Zhigang case, on June 20, 2003, the State Council promulgated the Measures for the Administration of Assistance for Vagrants and Beggars with No Means of Support in Urban Areas, and the Measures for Custody and Repatriation were abolished as of August 1.

The central authorities issued Document No. 10, characterizing the mass layoff of workers as an inevitable process in the economic transition, acknowledging that it would bring temporary difficulties to some workers, while claiming that this accords with the long-term interests of the working class.

Zhu Rongji replicated in the State Council Shanghai's approach to streamlining processes, cutting the number of ministries and commissions in half from 40; large numbers of cadres at division level and above were reassigned to the private sector or took early retirement, making the scale of personnel changes unprecedented.