Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed during his inspection in Shanghai on the 29th that Shanghai undertakes the historical mission of building an international science and technology innovation center, and must seize the opportunity to serve the national strategy as the traction, continuously enhance the function of scientific and technological innovation as a source of scientific and technological innovation and the leading function of high-end industries, and accelerate the construction of a scientific and technological innovation highland with global influence. Xi Jinping affirmed the practical results of Shanghai's active development of artificial intelligence.

The person in charge of the Department of Trade in Services of the Ministry of Commerce introduced the development of trade in services in the first quarter of 2025. In the first quarter of 2025, China's trade in services grew rapidly, with a total import and export volume of 1,974.18 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year increase of 8.7%. Among them, exports were 835.15 billion yuan, an increase of 12.2%; imports were 1,139.03 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2%.

According to CCTV: Li Qiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council and decided to approve nuclear power projects such as the third phase of the Zhejiang Sanmen project. It is understood from many parties in the industry that the new projects approved at the National Standing Committee are Guangxi Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Phase III, Guangdong Taishan Nuclear Power Phase II, Zhejiang Sanmen Nuclear Power Phase III, Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Phase III, Fujian Xiapu Nuclear Power Phase I, a total of 5 projects and 10 new units.

Today, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a regular press conference that on April 24, the Shenzhou-20 manned spacecraft was successfully launched, coinciding with the 10th "China Space Day". Over the years, China has made steady progress in pursuing its dream of space, and has continuously expanded its "circle of friends" for space cooperation, and has signed nearly 200 intergovernmental space cooperation agreements with more than 50 countries and international organizations. In the near future, China's Chang'e-7 will also fly to the moon with payloads from Egypt, Bahrain, Thailand, Italy, Switzerland and other countries. On the journey of exploring the sea of stars, China walks with the world for the benefit of mankind.

Zhou Peng, Deputy Director of the monetary and credit research department of the Shanghai headquarters of the central bank, said that as of April 21, financial institutions under the jurisdiction of Shanghai have approved 117 share repurchase and increase loan projects, including more than 60 high-tech enterprises and more than 50 specialized and special new enterprises. There are 45 listed companies that have disclosed share repurchase and shareholding plans, with an available loan amount of more than 13 billion yuan, and the scale of use of policy tools continues to expand.

Recently, Shanshan Tech and OCSiAl have reached a strategic cooperation. The two parties will carry out in-depth technical collaboration on the application of single-walled carbon nanotubes in lithium battery anode materials, and promote the performance upgrade and mass production breakthrough of lithium battery materials. OCSiAl's core product, TUBALL™ accounts for more than 97% of the global single-walled carbon nanotube market.

On April 21, the first Ministerial Meeting of the "2+2" dialogue mechanism between the Foreign Ministers and Defense Ministers of China and Indonesia was successfully held in Beijing. The meeting achieved positive results, including strengthening high-level exchanges, promoting the synergy of development strategies, expanding the connotation of security cooperation, maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea, building an open world economy, and promoting multilateral strategic coordination.

At a regular press conference held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a reporter asked a question about the US side's "sanctions" against six officials of the Chinese central government in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong SAR government. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun: The US has indiscriminately imposed illegal unilateral sanctions on six officials of the Chinese central government in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong SAR government, seriously interfering in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs, and seriously violating the principles of international law and basic norms governing international relations. China strongly condemns such despicable acts.

According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dong Jun, Minister of National Defense, will host the first ministerial meeting of the "2 2" dialogue mechanism between the foreign ministers and defense ministers of China and Indonesia in Beijing on April 21. Indonesian Foreign Minister and Minister of Defense will attend the meeting in China.

The mobilization meeting for the construction of major projects of China Southern Power Grid in Guangdong was held in Guangzhou. It is understood that China Southern Power Grid Corporation will continue to invest more than 100 billion yuan annually in Guangdong, to accelerate the promotion of major projects such as Guangdong's new supporting and guaranteed power transmission projects

From April 2nd to 3rd, the National Symposium on the Supervision of Online Transactions was held in Xuchang City, Henan Province. The meeting emphasized that to do a good job in the supervision of online transactions in 2025, we should be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, adhere to the general idea of "stressing politics, strengthening supervision, promoting development, and ensuring safety"

Bank of China announced the first batch on March 30 to supplement 165 billion yuan of core Tier 1 capital through private placement to the Ministry of Finance. Ge Haijiao, Chairman of Bank of China, said, "This private placement has explored a new path for state-owned listed commercial banks to replenish their capital.

According to the WeChat official account of "Beijing Haidian", on March 29, at the 2025 ZGC Forum Annual Conference "International Technology Trade Matchmaking Conference - Asia-Pacific Innovative Technology Industry Docking and Cooperation Special Session", the "Beijing Zhongguancun Comprehensive Bonded Zone Management Measures" was officially released, which was implemented from March 21, 2025.

The world's first floating dynamic positioning global cage type vessel "Zhanjiang Bay No. 1" was successfully launched in Tongzhou Bay Demonstration Zone, Nantong, Jiangsu, marking that China's deep-sea industrial aquaculture has entered a new era of intelligence. The ship has a water body of 80,000 cubic meters and an annual production capacity of 2,000 tons. It integrates marine semi-submersible aquaculture, autonomous navigation and avoidance, green energy supply

According to TrendForce's latest survey, China's policies have stimulated the overall demand of the PV industry, and module supply is tight, and it is expected that demand will peak slightly in March and April 2025, which may lead to an increase in prices in the industrial chain in the second quarter. At the end of January and the beginning of February 2025, China successively announced the relevant regulations on photovoltaic power generation and new energy electricity prices