CCTV broadcast a large-scale symphony, vocal, and poetry performance celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), featuring Andy Lau and Na Ying singing "Pearl of the Orient".
After its management was arrested and its assets frozen, Apple Daily was forced to cease publication, with its final issue printing 1 million copies.
On June 16, 2021, SOHO China announced that Blackstone had made a takeover offer of HK$5 per share, valuing the company at about HK$23.658 billion, with the existing controlling shareholders retaining about 9% of the equity; the deal was later terminated in September.
On June 9, 2021, Biden signed an executive order revoking Trump’s bans on WeChat and TikTok, instead directing the Commerce Department to conduct security reviews of related Chinese apps.
In 2021, during the nationwide education and rectification campaign for the political and legal affairs workforce, cases of sentence reduction, parole, and temporary service of sentences outside prison dating back to 1990 were reviewed retrospectively; on June 10, it was announced that 10279 cases of violations had been corrected.