The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Cao Xingxin, former Vice General Manager of China Unicom who long served in the Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee, was subjected to disciplinary review and investigation, and later sentenced to 12 years in prison.
At the UN headquarters, Wang Yi, together with Global South countries including Brazil, South Africa, Egypt, Indonesia, and Turkey, launched the Group of Friends for Peace on the Ukraine crisis.
The 4th Chinese Film Week was held in Tehran, the capital of Iran, screening several Chinese films including 'The Battle at Lake Changjin'. The national anthem of the People's Republic of China was played before the screenings, with the entire audience standing.
In September 2024, the Rocket Force launched an intercontinental ballistic missile into the high seas of the Pacific Ocean. Videos claimed this was the first full-range test launch in 44 years.
Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori, attended the White House state dinner for Xi Jinping and were seated at the banquet.
Around September 23, 2024, biologist Rao Yi published “Facts Trump Emotion: Wang Zhenyi, Chen Zhu, Chen Saijuan’s Research and Zhu Yuejun” on his WeChat public account, carrying out a professional verification of the historical literature and timeline. Rao Yi pointed out that the core breakthrough of all-trans retinoic acid-induced differentiation therapy for leukemia predates Zhu Yuejun’s doctoral studies, so there was no plagiarism; Zhu Yuejun’s research foundation was at the doctoral level, and his failure to obtain a degree was the combined result of academic disputes, difficulties in interpersonal communication, and the evaluation mechanisms of the time. He called on the public to view this historical tragedy rationally rather than engaging in an emotional witch hunt.
Germany has received the first of the 35 F-35 fighter jets it ordered, but the aircraft still needs to remain in the United States for pilot training.
A Hong Kong man produced a video using the Cultural Revolution slogan "Revolution is not a crime, rebellion is justified" and uploaded it to social media to promote it. He was charged under Article 23 of the Basic Law with "knowingly publishing seditious publications" and was sentenced to 14 months in prison by the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court on September 20.
On September 20, 2024, facing rumors continuing to swirl online about his "results being plagiarized and suppressed," Zhu Yuejun accepted a public interview to clarify the facts. He stated explicitly that his results had not been stolen, and that his failure to graduate back then was due to disagreements with his supervisor over research approaches that he refused to compromise on, rather than deliberate suppression by his supervisor; he said he had been unlucky but did not regret it, and that he had always been full of admiration for the pioneering contributions to medicine made by senior scholars such as Academician Wang Zhenyi.
On September 19, 2024, Liu Wenjie, Party Secretary and Director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Finance, died after falling from a residential building for the Department of Finance in Tianxin District, Changsha. Two other suspects involved in the same case also fell to their deaths. The police have classified the incident as a criminal case.
On September 18, a Japanese schoolboy studying at a Japanese school in Shenzhen, Guangdong, was attacked and injured on his way to school. Hiroshi Moriya, Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, stated at a press conference that the Japanese side has requested local authorities to take measures to prevent such incidents from happening again and to provide detailed information.
Legal Daily published an investigative report revealing how mooncake vouchers with a face value of 100 yuan circulate among manufacturers, distributors, companies, and scalpers, and the price differentials involved, laying bare the inner workings of mooncake vouchers as interest-free notes.
On September 16, 2024, Song Binbin, a prominent Red Guard leader during the Cultural Revolution and daughter of CCP founding elder Song Renqiong, passed away in the United States. She was highly controversial for her involvement in the 1966 beating death of Bian Zhongyun, the vice principal of the Beijing Normal University Girls' Middle School.
On September 6, Yunnan Normal University held its opening ceremony for the 2024 freshmen. The original source material is incomplete, and specific details are unknown.
U.S. Envoy Vickov and Kushner met separately with Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky, but no framework agreement was reached.
Chinese-American politician Sun Wen was arrested in 2023, accused of accepting tens of millions of dollars in bribes from the CCP and obstructing exchanges with Taiwan and human rights issues.
On September 3, 2024, The Washington Post published an investigation stating that the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles paid for food and lodging for pro-CCP “welcome crowds”, involving at least 35 overseas Chinese groups, hiring at least 60 security guards, and with at least four diplomats present.
After some areas failed to receive national-level alerts during the Hualien earthquake, Taiwan openly discussed problems with its alert system and, starting in September 2024, expanded the scope of alert issuance.
The last time China conducted a missile test was in September 2024.
Bloomberg once again mentioned in its report the German hospitals' contingency plan for handling 1,000 casualties per day, sparking attention.
In mid-September 2024, as Academician Wang Zhenyi was awarded the "Medal of the Republic," videos from self-media outlets visiting Zhu Yuejun, who practices medicine in poverty in rural Wugang, Hunan, went viral on platforms like Douyin and Weibo. The stark contrast between his past role as the first author of a top-tier leukemia paper and his current status as a village doctor living on social security caused a sensation online, rapidly evolving into a public opinion storm regarding "stolen achievements and academic lords suppressing those from humble backgrounds."
The Chinese government announced 360 billion yuan in aid to Africa.
According to news data cited by the program, sales of household appliances achieved double-digit growth for four consecutive months from September to December 2024, with annual sales exceeding 1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.3%.
A grid worker's preliminary investigation in Jiulong Town, Qidong, found that a 55-year-old man in the village receiving subsistence allowances had 20,000 yuan in savings, after which his subsistence allowance was cancelled. After repeatedly arguing his case to no avail, the man rushed into the village committee and killed a 25-year-old female grid worker, then committed suicide by taking poison.
After a Japanese boy was attacked in Shenzhen, some netizens posted celebratory remarks online such as "Well killed, Japanese brats aren't human," saying that the mothers picking up their children from school should be killed as well.
After a Japanese boy was attacked in Shenzhen, Sichuan official Huang Yiru commented on the incident, saying "There was no indiscriminate killing of innocents; our discipline is to kill Japanese."
Officially released figures show that profits in Beijing's catering industry fell 88.8% year-on-year.
China's National Development and Reform Commission announced that China has established paired cooperation with 46 African hospitals and has dispatched medical teams totaling 25,000 person-times to help Africa's medical sector.
Online reports claim that China has begun implanting chips into student school uniforms for location tracking and surveillance.
A court in China auctioned off assets of a bankrupt company, opening bidding for a bottle of Sprite originally priced at 6 yuan at 4.2 yuan, because the company had no more property available for enforcement.
A food delivery rider in Hangzhou was found slumped over a scooter by the roadside; passersby thought he was asleep, but he had in fact already died.
A 33-year-old food delivery worker in Chengdu was rushed to the hospital after a brain hemorrhage. His wife decided to remove the life support and give up treatment, arguing that even if he survived he would be a useless burden and would require huge medical expenses.