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On September 7th, Huawei officially launched its new Extraordinary Exploration Watch. This watch debuts a professional skiing and mountaineering mode, adds measurement indicators for coronary heart disease risk and high blood sugar risk, and supports AI assistant Xiaoyi.

On September 7th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the 5th Global Digital Trade Expo. Wang Pengfei, head of the Department of E-commerce and Information Technology of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced the achievements of the "Guiding Opinions on Vigorously Developing Digital Consumption and Creating a Better Life in the Digital Age" one year after its issuance. According to the Ministry of Commerce's estimates, in the first half of 2026, the scale of digital consumption by Chinese residents reached 13.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%. Many new-generation digital products, such as intelligent mobility exoskeletons and consumer-grade 3D printers, have been favored by consumers. Digital services such as online short dramas and virtual reality parks grew by 7.0%, and personal payments for large-scale models saw significant growth. The driving effect of digital consumption on my country's consumption of goods and services continued to be evident in the first half of the year.

According to Huawei Terminal, the number of terminal devices running HarmonyOS 6 and HarmonyOS 7 has exceeded 85 million.

September 7th - According to sources, Baidu's intelligent code assistant, Baidu Comate, has been officially integrated into the general-purpose intelligent agent platform, Baidu DuMate, becoming part of the unified product matrix of the Intelligent Agent Business Unit. Sources revealed that by the end of 2025, the proportion of AI-generated code within Baidu will exceed that of manually written code, and AI programming capabilities will support the daily R&D work of over 99% of its engineers.

On September 7th, the United States is increasing diplomatic pressure on Iran, proposing to refer the issue of Iran's obstruction of nuclear inspectors to the UN Security Council, where inspectors have been unable to verify the location of the country's near-weapons-grade uranium stockpile. This move is expected to proceed at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting in Vienna this week. Iran has blocked UN nuclear inspectors from examining its uranium stockpile for 15 months since the Israeli airstrikes began in June 2025. Based on a two-page copy of a document, the US resolution demands that Iran "urgently rectify its non-compliance" and allow inspections to ensure that "nuclear material is not diverted." The last time Washington submitted Iran's nuclear documents to the UN, Israel launched an attack on the country's nuclear facilities within 24 hours, triggering a 12-day war. The current conflict began on February 28th, a day after the IAEA reported observing new activity near the bombed facilities.

On September 7th, the 2026 International Clean Air Blue Day themed event was held in Beijing. Tong Yanchao, a second-level inspector of the Atmospheric Environment Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, stated that my country has strengthened in-depth air pollution control, with 96% of the country's coal-fired power generation capacity and 90% of its steel production capacity achieving ultra-low emissions, establishing the world's largest clean coal power and steel production system. Tong Yanchao indicated that air pollution control work needs to be further deepened and implemented during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The next step will be guided by the new version of the ambient air quality standards, with a focus on reducing PM2.5 concentrations, emphasizing precise, scientific, and law-based pollution control, vigorously promoting the transformation and upgrading of industrial, energy, and transportation structures, and in-depth pollution control to drive comprehensive improvement in air quality.

On September 7th, the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) reported the following warehouse receipts and changes: 1. Zinc futures warehouse receipts: 91,622 tons, a decrease of 3,745 tons from the previous trading day; 2. TSR20 rubber futures warehouse receipts: 12,196 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 3. Copper futures warehouse receipts: 23,315 tons, a decrease of 2,466 tons from the previous trading day; 4. Alumina futures warehouse receipts: 258,579 tons, an increase of 258,579 tons from the previous trading day; 5. International copper futures warehouse receipts: 7,447 tons, an increase of 26 tons from the previous trading day; 6. Lead futures warehouse receipts: 57,742 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 7. Aluminum futures warehouse receipts: 219,874 tons, a decrease of 3,843 tons from the previous trading day; 8. Tin futures warehouse receipts: 5,120 tons, an increase of 463 tons from the previous trading day; 9. Butadiene rubber futures warehouse receipts: 25,080 tons, an increase of 25,080 tons compared to the previous trading day; 10. Nickel futures warehouse receipts: 99,447 tons, an increase of 144 tons compared to the previous trading day; 11. Hot-rolled coil futures warehouse receipts: 214,485 tons, a decrease of 2,063 tons compared to the previous trading day; 12. Fuel oil futures warehouse receipts: 12,320 tons, a decrease of 11,450 tons compared to the previous trading day; 13. Rebar warehouse futures warehouse receipts: 78,146 tons, unchanged compared to the previous trading day; 14. Stainless steel warehouse futures warehouse receipts: 72,509 tons, a decrease of 910 tons compared to the previous trading day; 15. Petroleum asphalt plant warehouse futures warehouse receipts: 17,490 tons, a decrease of 8,610 tons compared to the previous trading day; 16. Petroleum asphalt warehouse futures warehouse receipts: 2,730 tons, unchanged compared to the previous trading day; 17. Medium-sulfur crude oil futures warehouse receipts: 2,961,000 barrels, unchanged from the previous trading day; 18. Silver futures warehouse receipts: 1,405,940 kg, a decrease of 841 kg from the previous trading day; 19. Natural rubber futures warehouse receipts: 143,800 tons, a decrease of 10 tons from the previous trading day; 20. Pulp warehouse futures warehouse receipts: 403,636 tons, an increase of 5,448 tons from the previous trading day; 21. Pulp mill warehouse futures warehouse receipts: 20,000 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 22. Gold futures warehouse receipts: 114,858 kg, unchanged from the previous trading day; 23. Low-sulfur fuel oil warehouse futures warehouse receipts: 5,490 tons, a decrease of 2,840 tons from the previous trading day.

On September 7th, the yen rose as much as 1.1% to 154.56, reaching its highest level since February and surpassing the high reached after the joint intervention by Japan and the United States. This rebound was supported by rising expectations of a Bank of Japan interest rate hike and speculation about a potential shift in the asset allocation of the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). For several weeks prior, the market had been questioning the long-term effectiveness of the joint intervention by Tokyo and Washington. Jun Mimura, Japan's top foreign exchange official, stated last Friday that his fighting stance on the yen issue remained unchanged, even as the yen was strengthening against the dollar. JPMorgan strategists believe that if the yen breaks through the 155 level, further unwinding of large short positions could accelerate the yen's rise.

On September 7, Huawei released its first wide-screen smartphone, the Huawei Pura X View, equipped with HarmonyOS 7 and Kirin 9030s chip. The display area is 11427mm², and the screen-to-body ratio reaches 96.1%.

The Eurozone's Sentix investor confidence index came in at 5.1 in September, its highest level in more than four years.

The onshore yuan closed at 6.7106 against the US dollar at 16:30 on September 7, up 2 points from the previous trading day.

Hong Kong's foreign exchange reserves were US$442.9 billion in August, compared with US$447.8 billion in the previous month.

On September 7th, Kerstin Hottner, head of commodities at UBS Vontobel, stated that approximately 7 million barrels per day (bpd) of refining capacity globally is currently shut down. Of this, 1.5 million bpd is affected in Asia due to insufficient crude oil supply. Russia's refining capacity is affected by 3.5 million bpd, and the Middle East has approximately 2 million bpd of refining capacity shut down daily. Hottner estimates that, including supply losses in the Gulf region, about 15% of global diesel exports have disappeared. As a result, inventories are declining rapidly. According to Bloomberg data, U.S. diesel inventories have fallen to their lowest level on record, based on typical end-August inventory levels. Consequently, U.S. diesel retail prices rose to a record high last Friday.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Türk expressed shock at reports of Ukraine using fully autonomous drones and called for an urgent ban on such drones.

The leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party stated: "We take our mandates in Saxony-Anhalt and other states seriously. We hope to secure at least 40% of the vote in the next national election."

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed concern over the resumption of attacks between the US and Iran and called for an immediate return to negotiations.

On September 7th, Iranian Parliament Speaker Qassem Ghalibaf stated that the oil and gas production chain in this region is widespread, easily accessible, and lacks protection. American oil and gas companies with facilities in these waters face similar exposure. Attack our assets, and you will be attacked. We have proven this. Go ask those bases that are no longer operational.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bagaei: The severing of diplomatic ties between Peru and Tehran has no substantial impact, because the relationship between the two countries never existed in the first place.