B[How does China view the glacier retreat crisis affecting the Himalayas? Ministry of Foreign Affairs Response] September 2, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Guo Jiakun hosted a regular press conference on September 2. The Indian newspaper asked a reporter to ask a question. According to reports, the high-altitude Himalayan region is warming significantly faster than the global average. Research shows that since 1981, the number of snow-covered days in Tibet has continued to decrease, and the Tibetan Plateau has lost about 18% of its glaciers due to climate change. In view of the recent glacier collapse in Nepal, how does China view the glacier retreat crisis affecting the Himalayan region? Some people have called on China to jointly establish a Himalayan Commission with its neighboring countries to strengthen cooperation in responding to disasters affecting this fragile region. What is China’s response?
Guo Jiakun said that China has previously responded to relevant issues. According to the assessment of experts from China and Nepal, this disaster was caused by glacier instability under the long-term effects of climate warming. It was caused by an ice and rock avalanche in a glacier in Nepal that rapidly fell and washed away the mountain. A press conference held by the Tibet Autonomous Region also introduced the relevant situation.
He pointed out that in fact, China and Nepal have always maintained good cooperation in the fields of meteorology, water conservancy, disaster prevention and reduction. After the disaster, China also shared important information such as images of the disaster area, satellite and hydrological data with Nigeria, including early warning information on the upstream barrier lakes. We will continue to vigorously support Nigeria in disaster relief and strengthen cooperation in disaster prevention and reduction.
Guo Jiakun said that climate change is a common challenge facing all mankind, and no country can be immune to it. China will continue to work with the international community to strengthen exchanges and cooperation to effectively prevent and reduce the adverse effects of climate change. Regarding the specific issues you mentioned, please refer to the competent authorities. (Beijing Daily) B[China has made important breakthroughs in the key technology field of high-end remote sensing dynamic imaging] September 2, according to the State Administration for Market Regulation, China has recently made important breakthroughs in the key technology field of high-end remote sensing dynamic imaging. In response to the mutual constraints of lightweight, low-power consumption, and high-dynamic imaging performance that urgently need to be solved in the fields of drones, satellites, and robots, the State Administration for Market Regulation (Light Sensing and Image Metrology) established by China Jiliang University, in conjunction with Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and other organizations, organized technical research and achieved centimeter-level ultra-high-resolution three-dimensional imaging under small and low-power constraints, solving the problem of accurate capture and analysis of scene information in industries such as low-altitude economy and intelligent vision. According to reports, the research team has made breakthroughs in core key technologies such as "miniaturized low-power ultra-high-resolution imaging, high-precision transfer function dynamic aberration compensation, and three-dimensional high-precision reconstruction of strong noise environments." The relevant results have independent intellectual property rights, and the overall technology has reached the international advanced level, and some of the technologies are at the international leading level. At present, relevant technological achievements have been applied in fields such as drones, aerospace, forest fire prevention, security, border and coastal defense, industrial robots, special equipment monitoring, smart cities, etc., with significant economic and social benefits. A[September 2 morning news selection]
1. On the afternoon of September 1, Premier Li Qiang met with a visiting delegation led by John McCain, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the U.S.-China Business Council, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Li Qiang said that China is willing to work with the United States to follow the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, strengthen dialogue and communication, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, properly manage differences, promote the construction of a constructive strategic and stable relationship between China and the United States, and strive for more pragmatic results.
2. The Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation issued an announcement clarifying that starting from September 1, foreign individuals shall pay individual tax at a rate of 20% on dividend income received from foreign-invested enterprises.
3. The 2025 annual report released by the National Council for Social Security Fund shows that in 2025, the investment income of the National Social Security Fund was 390.672 billion yuan, with an investment return rate of 13.22%. The average annual investment return rate since the fund's establishment is 7.62%, and the cumulative investment income is 2.291679 billion yuan.
4. The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the State Administration for Market Regulation recently issued the "Guidelines for Overseas Competition and Compliance Construction in the Automotive Industry," emphasizing legal compliance, fair competition, and mutual benefit, which will help guide automobile industry companies to actively fulfill their social responsibilities overseas and better integrate into the economic and social development of the host country.
5. The exchange formulates L2 market usage specifications to strictly prevent the abuse and improper dissemination of market data, and eliminate the use of data advantages to "detour and jump ahead" to further maintain market fairness.
6. Samsung Electronics plans to increase the performance of the next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) HBM5 to 2 times that of HBM4E, while the performance target of the subsequent generation product zHBM is 8 times that of HBM4E. Samsung will focus on 3D structure innovation to compete for dominance in the next-generation memory market.
7. Affected by rising energy prices, rising inflation expectations, and changes in major central bank monetary policy expectations, the world's major government bond yields have generally risen. The U.S. 30-year Treasury bond yield once rose to 5.28%.
8. BYD’s passenger car sales in August were 433,000 units, compared with 372,000 units in the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of approximately 16.66%.
9. Huachang Chemical announced that the controlling shareholder will be changed to Suzhou Xuanli and the stock will resume trading.
10. Sengke Communications announced that it plans to raise an additional capital of no more than 4.805 billion yuan to invest in the construction of next-generation high-performance switching chips and other projects. Sunshine Shares announced that its holding subsidiary signed a comprehensive service contract for server leasing worth 633 million yuan.
11. Huahong Grace announced that it plans to increase capital in the third phase of Wuxi Huahong Grace to build a 12-inch specialty process wafer foundry production line with a monthly production capacity of approximately 55,000 pieces/month.
12. The three major U.S. stock indexes collectively closed down, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.79%, the Nasdaq Composite Index falling 1.03%, and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.71%. Cryptocurrency concept stocks and the optical communications sector generally fell; the pharmaceutical sector led the gains, with Moderna rising nearly 10%.
13. The US Central Command stated on September 1, local time, that Central Command troops successfully completed a wave of strikes against Iranian military targets on September 1.
14. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a temporary federal funding bill to avoid a government "shutdown" on October 1, and sent the bill to U.S. President Trump for signature.
15. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement stating that it launched a heavy ballistic missile at the U.S. Marine Corps camp on the coast of Jordan’s Gulf of Aqaba, “destroying several important facilities and enemy attack helicopters, causing a large number of U.S. military casualties.”
16. International oil prices rose sharply. WTI crude oil futures closed at US$90.22 per barrel, an increase of 5.20%; Brent crude oil futures closed at US$94.65 per barrel, an increase of 4.6%.
17. Musk is said to have made personnel changes to the team building the company's data center at SpaceX in recent weeks, replacing several leaders with executives from SpaceX's rocket and satellite Internet businesses. A[Ministry of Foreign Affairs: All Chinese personnel who have contacted the disaster-stricken areas in Nepal have been properly relocated] August 31, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jiakun hosted a regular press conference on August 31. A reporter asked that the rescue work for the Geelong mudslide disaster is still in progress. Can China further introduce the progress of foreign-related rescue work?
Guo Jiakun said that a sudden glacier collapse in the border area of Nepal triggered a serious mudslide disaster, causing heavy casualties and loss of communication between China and Nepal. While China is carrying out emergency rescue and self-rescue, it immediately extends a helping hand to Nigeria to support Nigeria's emergency disaster relief. President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolences to Nepali President Paudal, and Prime Minister Li Qiang has also expressed condolences to Nepal. The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee pointed out that emergency assistance should be provided to the disaster-stricken areas in Nepal and international rescue cooperation should be carried out. On August 29, Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a telephone conversation with Nepalese Foreign Minister Hisir, saying that China and Nepal are a community connected by mountains and rivers and sharing a common destiny. In the face of disasters, the two countries should stand firmly together, respond hand in hand, overcome the difficulties together, and interpret the traditional friendship across the Himalayas with practical actions.
Guo Jiakun said that the Chinese government has provided emergency cash assistance and humanitarian assistance to Nepal. The first batch of 50 tons of disaster relief materials has arrived in Kathmandu. Two batches of Chinese rescue teams composed of tunnel rescue experts have rushed to the front lines of Nepal's disaster-stricken areas. We have also shared important information such as images, satellite and hydrological data of the disaster area with Nepal, including early warning information on barrier lakes in the upper reaches, and are actively assisting stranded Nepali citizens to return to Nepal as soon as possible.
Guo Jiakun said that as of noon on the 30th, all Chinese personnel who had contacted the disaster area in Nepal had been properly relocated and were in a safe state. At present, China is making every effort to search and rescue missing persons at home and abroad, and maintains close communication with foreign embassies in China to jointly carry out work such as locating missing foreign persons and handling the aftermath. (Beijing Daily) A[The world's first space computing power cloud built by China to provide on-orbit test services to the outside world has officially provided on-orbit computing power services on a regular basis] August 31, according to Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, the world's first space computing power cloud to provide on-orbit test services to the outside world, led by the school, has officially provided on-orbit computing power services on a regular basis. Since being put into on-orbit service, the space computing power cloud has been operating stably and has supported on-orbit test missions in key scenarios such as on-orbit big data computing, 6G communications, and distributed storage. It has supported hybrid key mission deployments, has completed hundreds of space computing power calls, and served more than 100 users. Based on the domestic native software and hardware ecosystem, the large model inference energy efficiency ratio has reached 10 Tokens/J, and the space computing power service coverage has exceeded 10%. It is understood that at present, the space computing power cloud has formed continuous service capabilities in real-time data processing, low-latency intelligent decision-making, and satellite network capability iteration, expanding new service boundaries and application scenarios for various satellite systems. Its value lies not only in "sending computing power into space", but also in establishing a set of schedulable, reusable and operable on-orbit digital infrastructure. This will promote the evolution of satellites from single mission carriers to networked intelligent nodes, accelerate the transformation of the space information industry from "delivery of hardware" to "continuous delivery of services", and cultivate new industry growth points for satellite Internet, 6G, commercial aerospace and emergency communications. (Science and Technology Daily) A[The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology-International Telecommunication Union’s “Space for Development” high-level seminar was held in Shanghai] The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology-International Telecommunication Union’s “Space for Development” high-level seminar opened in Shanghai on August 31. More than 200 representatives from 24 member countries of the International Telecommunication Union, 20 relevant international organizations, aerospace agencies, satellite operating units, telecommunications operating companies, universities and industry associations attended the meeting. This 3-day seminar will consist of keynote speeches, round-table discussions, field surveys and other links, focusing on the space business issues of the World Radiocommunication Conference, opportunities for integration of space and ground, large-scale application of Beidou, satellite-ground integrated development and other contents. The seminar will focus on the International Telecommunication Union’s space rules framework and the space business regulatory practices of various countries to share topics, and hold multiple roundtable discussions such as “Space for Development” and “New Challenges in Frequency Orbit Resource Management”. All parties participating in the meeting will exchange views on topics such as space governance, frequency and orbit coordination, and industrial empowerment of developing countries. A[Wang Yi spoke on the phone with Nepalese Foreign Minister Hisir] On August 29, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, had a phone conversation with Nepali Foreign Minister Hisir. Wang Yi said that a sudden glacier collapse in the border area of Nepal triggered a serious mudslide disaster, causing heavy casualties and loss of contact between the two countries. It is the most serious cross-border disaster that has occurred between the two countries in recent years. The disaster relief work is unprecedentedly complex and arduous. China attaches great importance to it, and President Xi Jinping immediately issued important instructions and put forward clear requirements for rescue and emergency response work. Premier Li Qiang rushed to the disaster area to guide the work. While China was carrying out emergency rescue and self-rescue operations, it immediately extended a helping hand to support Nigeria's emergency disaster relief. President Xi Jinping has sent a message of condolences to President Baudel, and Prime Minister Li Qiang has also expressed condolences to Prime Minister Valendra. The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee specifically pointed out that emergency assistance should be provided to the disaster-stricken areas in Nepal and international rescue cooperation should be carried out. This is an important political decision made by China, which reflects its friendly feelings towards Nigeria.
Wang Yi said that China’s package of assistance to Nigeria is being implemented, including emergency cash assistance and humanitarian assistance. Disaster relief supplies provided by China will soon arrive in Kathmandu. Chinese tunnel rescue experts were divided into two groups and rushed to the disaster area and Kathmandu to provide assistance. China has shared important information such as images, satellite and hydrological data of the disaster area with Nigeria, including early warning information on the upstream barrier lakes. China has made appropriate arrangements for the Nepali citizens stranded on the Chinese side and will help them return to Nepal as soon as possible. We thank and hope that Nepal will continue to assist the Chinese citizens who are transferred to Nepal. China and Nepal are a community connected by mountains and rivers and sharing a common destiny. In the face of disasters, the two countries should stand firmly together, respond hand in hand, overcome the difficulties together, and interpret the traditional friendship across the Himalayas with practical actions. (Xinhua News Agency)
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