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On July 10th, the National Health Commission issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Management of Continuous Medication Use for Residents." The Notice provides policy support for establishing a scientific and standardized mechanism for managing continuous medication use for residents, forming a fair, accessible, systematic, continuous, high-quality, and efficient medication service system. It makes specific provisions in three main aspects: First, establishing and improving a multi-level management mechanism. Based on the actual situation of information technology construction at the provincial, municipal, county, and closely integrated medical consortium levels, the functions of continuous medication use management for residents within the region will be expanded. Second, promoting the co-construction and sharing of medication information, mainly including prioritizing the use of national standards for data collection, recording complete medication information for residents, standardizing individualized medication management for patients, establishing and improving regional medication monitoring and analysis mechanisms, assisting in improving clinical pharmacy service capabilities, strengthening the supply of convenient and beneficial services for residents, and establishing a clinical medication feedback mechanism. Third, standardizing the entire process management of continuous medication use for residents, mainly clarifying the management responsibilities of health administrative departments at all levels and the leading hospitals of closely integrated medical consortia.

The National Bank of Kazakhstan reported that Kazakhstan's net gold and foreign exchange reserves in June totaled $60.161 billion (a 7.8% decrease month-on-month).

On July 10th, the National Energy Administration issued the "Action Plan for Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction in the Energy Sector (2026-2028)". The plan proposes to conduct research and development on cutting-edge low-carbon, zero-carbon, and negative-carbon technologies. Focusing on key areas such as the clean and efficient utilization of fossil fuels and the large-scale utilization of renewable energy, the plan calls for increased efforts in forward-looking and strategic research on major cutting-edge technologies, accelerating breakthroughs in key technologies such as supercritical carbon dioxide power generation and CCUS, tackling key technologies for flexible and efficient wind and solar hydrogen production and large-scale safe hydrogen storage, and achieving breakthroughs in core technologies such as green hydrogen synthesis catalysis, low-carbon synthesis processes, and long-distance storage and transportation.

JPMorgan Chase lowered its price target for Chevron (CVX.N) from $224 to $190.

On July 10th, the National Energy Administration issued the "Action Plan for Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction in the Energy Sector (2026-2028)". The plan proposes optimizing the industrial structure of oil refining and coal-to-oil gas. The oil refining industry will adhere to capacity reduction and replacement, and newly built refineries must meet benchmark energy efficiency standards. It will strengthen coal-to-oil gas production capacity and technology reserves, improve conversion efficiency, and promote energy consumption and carbon emissions per unit of product to reach or exceed industry-leading values. It will accelerate the upgrading and transformation of the oil refining and coal-to-oil gas industries. It will orderly promote the replacement of steam turbine drives with electric drive systems. It will promote the deep integration of coal-to-oil gas, oil refining, and new energy industries, encourage related projects to carry out large-scale replacement of green electricity and green hydrogen, and gradually reduce the use of fossil fuels for hydrogen production. It will promote the large-scale application of CCUS (Coal-to-Gas and Gas).

On July 10th, the National Energy Administration issued the "Action Plan for Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction in the Energy Sector (2026-2028)". The plan proposes leveraging the role of power transmission channels in optimizing the allocation of green resources. It calls for scientifically optimizing the national power flow layout and orderly promoting the planning and construction of clean energy bases in desert areas, integrated hydropower, wind power, and solar power, as well as inter-provincial and inter-regional power transmission channels. The plan also emphasizes tapping the potential of power transmission channels for external transmission, continuously optimizing operational methods, exploring the application of advanced transmission technologies, steadily improving the capacity and proportion of clean energy transmitted through transmission channels, and demonstrating and piloting 100% new energy power transmission projects.

July 10th – According to the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), the Satellite Communications Working Group of the Industrial Internet Industry Alliance (hereinafter referred to as the "Satellite Communications Working Group") was officially established in Beijing recently, under the guidance of the Information and Communications Administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The Satellite Communications Working Group aims to build a platform for industry exchange and cooperation, accelerate breakthroughs in key core technologies for satellite communications, promote technological innovation and development such as non-terrestrial networks (NTN), and pool resources to jointly cultivate an open and shared satellite communications industry ecosystem, contributing to the construction of a manufacturing powerhouse, a space powerhouse, a cyber powerhouse, and a digital China.

July 10th - The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) released the "2026 China Highway Transport Capacity Development Report" today (July 10th). According to the report, the highway transport market will continue to adjust and optimize in 2025, with the capacity structure accelerating its upgrade towards large-scale, professional, and green development. Enterprises' risk resistance and resilience in normalized operations have improved. Survey data shows that fuel-powered vehicles still dominate the current highway freight capacity structure, accounting for approximately 50%, but new energy vehicles have formed an irreversible substitution trend in specific scenarios. Among the surveyed enterprises, the penetration rate of new energy trucks is 44.4%. Of the enterprises that have already purchased new energy vehicles, 37.5% chose to "continue to expand their new energy vehicle fleet," and 37.5% chose to "maintain their existing scale."

On July 10, Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) reported on July 9 that improper management of counterterrorism-related classified information at Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini nuclear power plants allowed unauthorized personnel easy access to such information. The NRA stated that the two nuclear power plants possessed numerous classified documents related to counterterrorism measures, which should have been strictly managed and stored in designated locations for access only by authorized personnel. However, an investigation revealed that these documents were stored in shared folders on computers across multiple departments, allowing even staff without proper access to view them. According to the NRA, no leaks of classified information have been found so far, but further investigation will be conducted to determine the cause of the information management lapse.

July 10th - The Times of Israel, citing a US official on the 9th, reported that Israeli troops will withdraw from one of two "pilot areas" in southern Lebanon in the coming days, paving the way for the next phase of negotiations between Israel and Lebanon. The report stated that, according to a framework agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon in Washington, D.C., Israel agreed to withdraw its troops from two small areas in southern Lebanon where Hezbollah military facilities have been cleared, handing them over to the Lebanese Armed Forces. The report also quoted an Arab official as saying that Lebanon has informed the United States that it will not participate in the new round of Lebanon-Israel talks scheduled for next week in Rome, Italy, until Israel completes its agreed withdrawal. Currently, a timetable for the withdrawal from the second "pilot area" has not been announced.

On July 10th, the "Guangdong Provincial Information and Communication Industry '15th Five-Year Plan' (Draft for Public Comment)" was released for public comment. The plan includes actively organizing enterprises to participate in national commercial trials of satellite IoT services, planning the construction of an integrated low-Earth orbit constellation for communication, navigation, and remote sensing in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and actively promoting the deployment of key infrastructure such as satellite-to-ground interconnection centers and gateway stations. It also aims to promote the integrated development of satellite communication and terrestrial mobile communication infrastructure, explore network coverage in low-altitude airspace above 300 meters and remote areas, develop applications such as direct mobile phone connection to satellite and satellite IoT, and accelerate the realization of a million satellite communication users. The plan also includes implementing the "Broadband Guangdong Maritime" special action to gradually build a marine "5G/5G-A + submarine optical cable + satellite" communication and sensing network.

The Hang Seng Tech Index rose more than 2%, with SenseTime (00020.HK) and Kuaishou (01024.HK) rising more than 4% among its constituent stocks.

A spokesperson for the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan (GPIF) said they were aware of Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's remarks but declined to comment.

On July 10th, the "Guangdong Provincial Information and Communication Industry '15th Five-Year Plan' (Draft for Public Comment)" was released for public comment. The draft includes support for Shaoguan's application to become a computing network hub interconnection center, promoting the upgrading and innovative development of the Guangzhou Internet Exchange Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National (Shenzhen-Qianhai) New Internet Exchange Center, accelerating the construction of the Shenzhen-Guangzhou-Shaoguan data corridor, and building a computing power network foundation radiating the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It also integrates into the national computing power interconnection system of "1+M+N," creating regional nodes for national computing power interconnection and multiple distinctive industry nodes. The plan continues to advance the "Millisecond-level Computing" special action in urban areas, actively building a benchmark city for computing networks. Furthermore, it promotes efficient collaboration between data computing, green power grids, and storage, facilitating the coordinated construction of computing centers with new energy sites and power grids, and strengthening computing power interconnection, collaboration, and intelligent scheduling.

On July 10th, the "Guangdong Provincial Information and Communication Industry '15th Five-Year Plan' (Draft for Public Comment)" was released for public comment. The plan outlines measures to orderly promote the large-scale deployment of 5G-A networks in the Pearl River Delta cities and continuous coverage of hotspot areas; actively participate in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's 6G technology trials; and take the lead in 6G network construction and commercial deployment to gain a first-mover advantage in 6G. It also calls for continuously expanding the pilot construction of 10-gigabit optical networks, achieving both quantitative and qualitative growth in key scenarios, and accelerating the upgrading of park networks. Furthermore, it promotes the large-scale deployment of new optical fibers and cables such as G.654E, focusing on the large-scale deployment of 800G optical transmission systems and all-optical cross-connect equipment to build a high-bandwidth, low-latency, and highly reliable all-optical bearer foundation. The plan also deepens the large-scale deployment of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) single-stack. Finally, it actively deploys quantum communication backbone networks and promotes the construction of 400G and above high-speed quantum channels.

July 10th - Daiwa Securities economist Yutaro Suzuki stated that Japanese producer prices are expected to rise by more than 5% year-on-year, and crude oil and petroleum product prices are likely to remain high for some time. Data released by the Bank of Japan on Friday showed that corporate goods prices rose 7.1% year-on-year in June. Suzuki stated, "While the recent escalation of tensions in the Middle East warrants vigilance, crude oil prices are expected to gradually decline in the long term as the situation in the region improves." He added, "The corporate goods price index may also decline moderately by the end of the year."

On July 10th, it was learned from the State Taxation Administration that tax authorities in Shandong, Zhejiang, Sichuan, and other regions publicly exposed seven cases of tax evasion by online celebrity stores. The entities involved included online streamers with over 6 million followers and popular online stores with annual sales exceeding 100 million yuan. A relevant official from the State Taxation Administration stated that evading taxes through methods such as concealing income by receiving payments in private accounts, changing the nature of income, "escape-style" deregistration, and making false declarations are illegal. Platform companies should truthfully report the tax-related information of operators and employees on their platforms in accordance with laws and regulations; operators and employees on platforms should strengthen their legal awareness, operate in compliance with regulations, and pay taxes honestly.

July 10 – A signing ceremony for the memorandum of understanding granting the Lao People's Democratic Republic dialogue partner status by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be held in Beijing today (July 10). The Lao Deputy Foreign Minister and the SCO Secretary-General will attend the event. At last year's Tianjin Summit, the heads of state of the member states unanimously agreed to accept Laos as a dialogue partner. To date, the SCO has 10 full member states, 2 observer states, and 15 dialogue partners, including Laos.