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Zheng Qinwen has reached the semifinals with a straight sets win over Elina Svitolina. The Chinese Olympic champion has now equaled her best result at the China Open.

China and the European Union have reiterated that they will properly handle differences under World Trade Organization rules, and remain committed to stabilizing bilateral trade relations. China and the EU reached a list of outcomes covering trade and investment balances, export controls, intellectual property rights, and the WTO reform.

More people favored revolution-theme tours, and sports activities such as local football and basketball. Nearly three million tourists arrived in China from overseas, an increase of 6.5 percent.

The China-Laos Railway has handled more than 20.7 million metric tons of import and export goods since opening in 2021. The total value of these goods has exceeded 100 billion yuan.

The World Trade Organization has sharply raised its 2026 goods trade growth forecast to 3.9 percent, up from 1.9 percent projected in March, despite ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian President Vladimir Putin have discussed strengthening bilateral economic cooperation. During a meeting in Turkmenistan, the two leaders called for closer cooperation in energy, agriculture, transport and trade.

China's central bank says the country has neither need nor intention to gain advantages in trade by depreciating its exchange rate, and that it has never engaged in competitive currency devaluation.

China recorded more than 2.1 billion cross-regional passenger trips nationwide during the National Day holiday from October 1st to 7th, averaging over 300 million trips per day, up 0.6 percent.

China's railways handled more than 152 million passenger trips during the seven-day National Day holiday, with several indicators reaching record highs.

Three people have been killed in separate attacks targeting two airports in Saudi Arabia. The attacks also injured 36 people.

The International Energy Agency has backed plans to accelerate the release of around 100 million barrels of oil from emergency reserves. The IEA said its members have agreed to complete previously announced stock releases as soon as possible.

Tuesday was the biggest day of protests in France which began in mid-September. Hundreds of thousands of students, joined by teachers and parents, are demanding the government resolve understaffing and repair dilapidated classrooms.

The US military in Okinawa is imposing a curfew from midnight to 5 am for a month starting Friday, following the arrest of a Marine over a suspected murder case. All military personnel in the southern Japanese prefecture will also observe a 48-hour operational pause starting noon Wednesday.

From a germinating seed to a mature plant, a Chinese-led team has mapped rice's entire life cycle in 3D for the first time. Published in Cell, the study could help scientists breed rice with desired traits more precisely.

The Fraser Institute says Hong Kong has retained its top spot as the world's freest economy, ranking first in international trade freedom and second in regulation.