President #XiJinping delivers a speech at the Great Hall of the People in #Beijing on Friday to members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the national congress of the China Association for Science and Technology. | Xi's Moments

Gold broke through the $4,600 per ounce barrier for the first time on Monday. During the 30th China Capital Market Forum (2026), Guan Tao, global chief economist of BOCI China, told #ChinaPerspective that private sector gold purchases have been a main driving force of the repeated record highs for the precious metal. He also noted that while short-term volatility is possible, there is still upside potential for gold prices overall. | China Daily

President Xi Jinping calls China’s sprawling belt and road initiative the "project of the century", but many challenges remain. In this Bloomberg Quicktake, we explore one of the largest construction projects in modern history https://bloom.bg/2OvhbZF | Bloomberg