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Friday, September 18, 2026

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China Formally Declares Real Estate 'Stock Era' as Existing-Home Sales Eclipse 50%

China's housing market has crossed a historic structural threshold with secondary residential transactions reaching 52% of all sales in 2026. Housing authorities are pivoting policy ahead of the 15th Five-Year Plan away from speculative pre-sales toward existing-home revitalization, completed-home sales, and expanded provident fund safety nets.

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Interim reports across all 42 mainland-listed lenders show deepening dispersion in net interest margin recovery and balance-sheet resilience. While major state-owned institutions leverage deposit discipline to cushion profitability, smaller regional lenders remain squeezed by declining asset yields and policy directives to lower corporate financing costs.

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The Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Alibaba Cloud, and iFlytek have launched the 3.0Pro chemical vertical AI model to automate complex laboratory and factory workflows. Backed by over 400 domain-specific tools and an industrial pilot data platform, the initiative reflects Beijing's push to apply frontier AI directly to advanced manufacturing.

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Three 500-megawatt generating units have entered operation at the 315-meter Shuangjiangkou hydropower facility on the Dadu River. The project adds immediate peak-load capacity to the Sichuan-Chongqing industrial corridor while expanding seasonal flow regulation for downstream mega-dams.

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The Cyberspace Administration of China and MIIT unveiled practical technical standards governing semiconductor-level data erasure, mobile terminal sanitization, and recycling chain audit trails. The rules reinforce mandatory standard GB 46864-2025 to curb enterprise data leaks across the second-hand electronics market.

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A Kuaizhou-11 rocket placed two Tianyi satellites into orbit to conduct China's first full-module space validation of flexible perovskite photovoltaics under extreme temperature and radiation swings. The tests aim to verify lightweight, cost-effective power generation architectures for upcoming mega-constellations.


In Brief
  • Beijing Commemorates September 18 IncidentTop central and military officials gathered in Shenyang to sound sirens for the 95th anniversary of the 1931 Mukden Incident, emphasizing wartime vigilance and national modernization.

  • Armed Police Unit Deploys 'Mobile Classrooms'A People's Armed Police detachment in Henan has introduced vehicle-based micro-lectures to maintain ideological training during fast-paced urban security patrols.


Editor's Note
Today's developments spotlight fundamental transitions across China's domestic landscape—from the property sector officially entering a secondary-dominated 'stock era' to commercial banks adjusting to permanent margin pressures and industrial sectors automating via specialized AI.
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