Defense Minister Dong Jun attended the August 1 reception in Beijing and delivered a speech. Xinhua's release did not name any current member of the Central Military Commission, saying only that leaders of CMC organs and relevant units stationed in Beijing were in attendance.
Chen Wenqing, Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, presided over a national video conference on the campaign to combat organized crime and root out local mafia, announcing the relaunch of the relevant special campaign for a period of approximately one year.
Phoenix Television director Qin Feng was suspected of revealing on the X platform that Hu Jintao, Liu Yongqing and Hu Haifeng were poisoned at dinner; Qin Feng later personally replied that it was a photoshopped image and that those who believed it were the "basic demographic of telecom fraud." The claim drew widespread attention and speculation.
Xinhua News Agency released a bulletin of fewer than 60 characters, announcing that the CCP Central Committee has decided that Luo Wen will serve as Secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee, that Ni Yuefeng will no longer hold the post, and that he will be assigned other duties.
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.
Former Finance Minister Lou Jiwei is under investigation. The program said Lou once served under Zhu Rongji and had criticized "Made in China 2025" and the pandemic lockdowns.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Guo Wenqing, former deputy secretary of the Party group and general manager of China Minmetals, turned himself in under the crackdown campaign.
Xin Baoan, former chairman of State Grid, was taken away in Beijing after returning from New York.此前 news of his participation in government activities in Hangzhou had previously been reported.
Xin Bao'an, former Party Group Secretary and Chairman of the State Grid Corporation of China, is under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and National Supervisory Commission.
Guo Wenqing, former general manager of China Minmetals Group, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and has voluntarily turned himself in to the relevant authorities.
Xinhua News Agency reported that Chen Wenqing announced at the national conference on the special campaign against organized crime and evil forces that the campaign would be deepened, and called for striking the "protective umbrellas and networks of connections" of criminal elements.
The Shanghai Municipal Administration of Planning and Natural Resources issued guidelines for the renewal of land use rights for industrial and commercial projects, stipulating that renewal prices must not be lower than 70% of the current benchmark land price, sparking public concern over land property rights and the mechanism of fiscal revenue collection.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officially announced that Luo Wen has been appointed member, standing member and secretary of the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee, and that Ni Yuefeng no longer holds this post.
The United States announced on Thursday sanctions against six entities and individuals located in China, India, Russia and Iran, accusing them of providing support to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
After the U.S. military launched attacks on Iran, Iranian forces carried out strikes; the Jordanian military intercepted five Iranian missiles, and Iran also struck a building belonging to a Chinese company in northern Kuwait.
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.
Chinese coast guard vessels have been carrying out regularized law enforcement patrols in the waters east of Taiwan. Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration dispatched vessels to monitor the operations throughout the process and condemned the Chinese side's move as law enforcement in name but an expansion of power in reality.
A Reuters investigation found that researchers linked to the Chinese military are using content generated by AI models from US companies OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems intended for defense use.
The Southern Theater Command conducted joint sea and air exercises near Scarborough Shoal, while the coast guard simultaneously organized rights defense law enforcement and control drills.
China has officially released exit-entry administration regulations known as Order No. 841.
China's manufacturing PMI for July was 49.2, down 1 percentage point from June; PMI for large, medium, and small enterprises were all below the expansion-contraction threshold.
The CCP announced new regulations on exit and entry management. The relevant content is alleged to incorporate the public security, procuratorate, court, and state security systems into the review process for personnel going abroad.
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, Chinese authorities announced a one-year special campaign to deepen the crackdown on organized crime, vowing to remove the malignant tumors eroding the social fabric. Building on the fight against traditional criminal gangs, the campaign will focus on organized crimes committed through online platforms and soft violence.
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, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that it would add 43 Chinese companies, including Synear Food, Qiaqia Food, and Septwolves, to the Uyghur Forced Labor Entity List, restricting their imports — the largest expansion since the list was established.
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.
US President Donald Trump announced that a peace committee has reached a historic agreement to push for the complete disarmament of armed groups in Gaza and an Israeli withdrawal.
On July 30, Xi Jinping unveiled a tightening policy restricting all citizens from traveling abroad, officially set to take effect on September 15, with customs set to intercept large numbers of outbound travelers.
The CCP Politburo held a meeting and decided to convene the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing in October 2026. The agenda includes the Politburo report, advancing comprehensive strict party governance, analyzing the economic situation, and deploying work for the second half of the year.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Tesla is evaluating options to split off, sell, or shut down its China operations, including its Shanghai Gigafactory; Musk said the report had never been discussed and was fake news.
The Politburo meeting on July 30 set the schedule of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee for October.
China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention released monitoring data showing that the positivity rate of COVID-19 tests rose from July 20 to July 26, up 4 percentage points compared with the previous week, with the dominant strain being NB.1.8.1.
After a vicious case in Tandian Town, Xiping County, Henan left one dead and four injured, the suspect fled into a cornfield. Villagers are suspected of voluntarily going to his hiding spot to leave supplies to help him escape, and police subsequently deployed a large number of officers and SWAT police to hunt him down.
A criminal case occurred in Baicheng Subdistrict, Xiping County, Zhumadian, Henan. After a dispute with a neighbor, tenant Xia Fugang carried out an attack and fled, sparking spontaneous support from villagers and widespread sympathy.
On July 30, 2026, the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee held a meeting and formally decided to convene the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee that October; the meeting was chaired by Xi Jinping. On the same day, MRI images of a right knee suspected to be Xi Jinping's appeared on the dark web.
The U.S. military launched fierce strikes on Iran, with targets including command centers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as well as missile and drone facilities.
The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on multiple companies and individuals in China, India and Russia, accusing them of providing logistics and commercial support to Iran's Mahan Air.
The White House Transparency Task Force released a fact sheet stating that China and its proxies obtained data on as many as 220 million US voters through hackers and other means.
The Politburo held a group study session on the theme of high-quality advancement of national defense and military modernization.
The CCP has confirmed that the Fifth Plenary Session will be held in October 2026.
A 51-year-old man named Xia Fugang had a dispute with a neighbor, resulting in at least one death and four injuries before fleeing into a cornfield. Police are offering a 50,000 yuan reward for his capture.
According to Nikkei Asia, SpaceX reviews its suppliers and requires that relevant projects not assign Chinese nationals, that products not use parts made by Chinese companies, and that factory equipment not use certain Chinese brands.
Senators from both U.S. parties have sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, asking Apple to stop purchasing chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies and Yangtze Memory Technologies, and to explain its cooperation with the two companies by August 21.
China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced on July 30 that from July 20 to 26, the COVID-19 positivity rate among influenza-like cases in outpatient and emergency visits at sentinel hospitals nationwide rose to 20.3%, up 4 percentage points from the previous week.
Data from the National Institution for Finance and Development show that the household sector's leverage ratio stood at 59.0% at the end of Q1 2026 and dropped to 57.7% in Q2, while household mortgage debt has recorded negative growth for 13 consecutive quarters since Q2 2023.
A man surnamed Xia in Henan is accused of wiping out the family of a village Party Secretary; following the incident, relevant authorities launched a mountain search operation, but his specific identity and whereabouts remain unknown.
On July 30, 2026, the CCP Central Committee Politburo held a meeting to analyze the economic situation. The Wall Street Journal reported that the meeting emphasized supply-side optimization and the implementation of existing policies, sending a clear signal that there is no intention to unleash flood-style massive stimulus in the face of slowing economic growth.
On July 30, 2026, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention released surveillance data showing that the positivity rate for COVID-19 among influenza-like cases in outpatient and emergency departments of sentinel hospitals nationwide climbed to 20.3%, with fever clinic patients increasing significantly in Guangdong, Henan and many other places.
Chinese scholars Wang Hong and Deng Yu won the Fields Medal. When Peking University reposted the relevant report, it quietly deleted Deng Yu's answer regarding his overseas experience, sparking attention from netizens.