The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology reported that artificial intelligence adoption surpassed 30% among large industrial enterprises in the first half of the year, driven by a 2.8-fold expansion in intelligent computing capacity. Deployments such as domestic 100,000-card superclusters are accelerating automation across defect detection, drug discovery, and smart manufacturing.

China's Ministry of National Defense issued a stern rebuke following ritual offerings and visits by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi to the Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of WWII surrender. Beijing warned Tokyo against reviving militarism and challenging the post-war international order.

The 16-megawatt 'Haiyou Anlan' floating offshore wind platform has been grid-connected to power the Lufeng oilfield cluster in Guangdong. Standing over 307 meters tall in deep waters, the domestic facility will supply 54 million kilowatt-hours of clean electricity annually to offshore energy operations.

The State Administration for Market Regulation published ten model enforcement cases demonstrating the use of AI screening and inter-provincial coordination to enforce fair competition rules. Regulators emphasized intensified source-level policy vetting and supervision in the second half of the year to advance a unified national market.

China's flagship water diversion project has transferred over 80 billion cubic meters of water across nearly 12 years, serving 118 million northern residents and providing 80% of central Beijing's supply. The initiative has revitalized regional water security and reversed decades of groundwater depletion across the North China Plain.