A collision between an ammonium nitrate transport vehicle and another vehicle occurred on the Dongwu to Mandu section of National Highway 331 in Inner Mongolia, resulting in 2 deaths and 4 injuries.
Affected by continuous heavy rainfall, a flood disaster occurred in Lingshan County, Qinzhou City, Guangxi. Multiple local roads were submerged by floods, and some areas experienced severe waterlogging.
The day before the China-Russia joint maritime military exercises began, Xinhua News Agency reported that Putin and Trump had a phone call.
Mianzhu, Sichuan experienced three earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or above in succession within less than 30 minutes, with tremors felt in Chengdu, Leshan, and other areas.
80 tons of generators, water purification vehicles, tents, and blankets were chartered from Beijing Capital International Airport to Venezuela, with more batches of supplies planned for subsequent transport.
The Reservoir Service Department issued a notice in the evening, warning the public to stay away from the riverbanks and preparing for flood discharge, but the sluice gates were not opened; the contractor claimed they were going to fish.
Unpaid wages occurred at a headquarters building project constructed by China Construction Seventh Engineering Division in Futian, Shenzhen, and workers blocked the project gates to defend their rights.
In July 2026, videos circulating online showed that two sanitation workers in Xiaojin County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan, earned less than 2,000 yuan a month, worked excessively long hours with no days off all year round, had to buy their cleaning tools out of their own pockets, and were even blocked from taking sick leave.
In July, major floods reaching the numbering standard set by the Ministry of Water Resources occurred one after another on the Shuiyang River, the Xijiang River and other rivers, and the Ministry of Water Resources officially designated and flagged them in succession.
Wang Shunyong, deputy head of the National Bureau of Statistics, said on July 5 that new growth drivers contributed more than 40% to economic growth in the first half of the year, increasingly shouldering the burden of China's economy; this claim contrasts with data showing a contraction in the construction and real estate sectors and has drawn skepticism.