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Hong Kong-listed apparel stocks continued their upward trend, with Fast Retailing (06288.HK) rising nearly 10%, Tianji Holdings (01520.HK) rising over 6%, and Anta Sports (02020.HK) and Bosideng (03998.HK) following suit.

On April 10th, Shandong Province issued and implemented the "Implementation Plan for the Construction of High-Power Charging Demonstration Stations for Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks on Key Highway Transportation Corridors in Shandong Province (2026-2027)" and "Several Measures to Support the Large-Scale Application of Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks." The plan proposes that Shandong will comprehensively carry out the construction of demonstration stations on key road sections within two years, 2026-2027. On highways, 24 pairs of service areas with 48 demonstration stations will be built, constructing a "four vertical and two horizontal" green energy replenishment corridor for electric heavy-duty trucks covering the provincial capital, Jiaodong Peninsula, and southern Shandong economic zones, connecting 16 cities and totaling over 2,600 kilometers. On ordinary national and provincial highways, 107 demonstration stations will be built, completing the layout of 14 ordinary national and provincial trunk lines, forming a "four vertical and three horizontal" green energy replenishment corridor for electric heavy-duty trucks covering 16 cities and totaling over 6,600 kilometers. Simultaneously, the penetration rate of electric heavy-duty trucks will reach the national average level within two years.

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council will hold a regular press conference at 10:00 a.m. on April 15, 2026, in the press conference hall of the Taiwan Affairs Office, where the spokesperson will answer questions from reporters on recent cross-strait hot issues.

New York gold futures fell 1.00% on the day, currently trading at $4,768.80 per ounce.

On April 10th, the national railway implemented a new freight train schedule starting at 6 PM. This new schedule is a significant measure by the China State Railway Group to fully leverage the advantages of the nationwide railway network and centralized dispatching, comprehensively utilize line capacity, transport equipment, and station resources, meet market demand, and further improve China's railway logistics product system. It aims to comprehensively enhance the quality of freight train operations and provide customers with high-quality and efficient railway logistics services. The new schedule includes: 1) Optimizing intercity train products to facilitate rapid distribution of goods between cities; 2) Optimizing multimodal transport train products to improve overall logistics efficiency; 3) Optimizing direct bulk cargo transport products to ensure the transport of key national and livelihood materials; 4) Optimizing China-Europe and China-Central Asia freight train products to provide safe and efficient cross-border logistics services; and 5) Continuously optimizing railway logistics services to reduce costs and increase efficiency in freight transport.

On April 10th, it was announced that my country has launched an action plan for "Artificial Intelligence + Education," which will incorporate artificial intelligence into teacher qualification examinations and certifications. At a press conference held by the Ministry of Education, it was learned that the action plan, focusing on leveraging AI to empower teachers' teaching, proposes strengthening the application of intelligent teaching systems throughout the entire teaching process—before, during, and after class—to reduce teachers' workload and increase efficiency; assisting teachers in homework management, promoting intelligent grading, Q&A, and tutoring; and using intelligent technology to analyze classroom teaching behavior to help teachers improve teaching quality. Furthermore, according to the action plan, AI will also be used to empower student learning, educational governance, and scientific research, strengthening and optimizing the basic environment and development ecosystem for "AI + Education." By 2030, a vertically integrated and horizontally connected AI-based education system covering all educational levels and general education for the whole society will be established.

On April 10, the National Immigration Administration announced that in the first quarter of 2026, immigration management agencies nationwide continued to facilitate the application for various entry and exit documents, continuously improved the efficiency of government services, and made every effort to serve and promote high-level opening-up and high-quality development. A total of 5.201 million ordinary passports, 26.88 million endorsements for travel documents to Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan for mainland residents, and 541,000 travel permits for Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan residents to the mainland were issued; 406,000 visas and documents for foreigners were also issued.

According to The Information, Peter Hoeschele, the executive in charge of Stargate at OpenAI, has left the company.

On April 10, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly issued the "Interpretation (II) on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Embezzlement and Bribery," which will take effect on May 1, 2026. The new judicial interpretation further clarifies the standards for conviction and sentencing for crimes such as bribery by entities and offering bribes by entities, improves the rules for identifying bribery through mediation, introducing bribes, and misappropriation of public funds, improves the rules for authenticating and determining the price of specific property, refines the rules for determining the amount of bribes based on expected returns, and increases the punishment for new types of hidden corruption in accordance with the law.

On April 10th, it was reported that HappyHorse, a multimodal large-scale model that has recently sparked heated discussions, has registered accounts on overseas social media platforms, with Alibaba Group as its first follower. Previously, it was reported that HappyHorse was developed by a team led by Zhang Di from the Future Living Lab of Alibaba's Taotian Group. The Future Living Lab has since separated from Taotian Group and is now under the AI Innovation Business Unit of the ATH Business Group. Previously, this anonymous model, named HappyHorse-1.0, debuted at number one in the text-to-video (without audio) track with an Elo score of 1332, surpassing the second-place Dreamina Seedance 2.0 by nearly 60 points.

On April 10th, Dong Lijuan, Chief Statistician of the Urban Division of the National Bureau of Statistics, interpreted the CPI data for March 2026. The national CPI continued its moderate year-on-year increase, with the rate of increase slightly declining to 1.0%. Among them, the price of industrial consumer goods rose by 2.2%, an increase of 1.1 percentage points compared to the previous month, contributing approximately 0.67 percentage points to the year-on-year CPI increase. The national CPI decreased by 0.7% month-on-month, mainly due to the seasonal decline in food and service prices. Food prices, which rose by 1.9% in the previous month, fell by 2.7%, contributing approximately 0.48 percentage points to the month-on-month decrease in CPI. Within the food category, influenced by factors such as increased supply due to warmer weather and a decline in demand after the holidays, the prices of fresh vegetables and fresh fruits fell by 10.1% and 3.3% respectively, while the prices of pork, eggs, and aquatic products fell by 7.3%, 3.4%, and 2.6% respectively. These five items combined contributed approximately 0.45 percentage points to the month-on-month decrease in CPI.

The Hang Seng Tech Index rose more than 1% in early trading, with storage concept stocks, Chinese securities firms, and chip stocks leading the gains.

On April 10th, the highest 7-day annualized yield of Tencent Wealth Management's "Current Account +" was 1.3180%, and the lowest was 0.7470%. The highest 7-day annualized yield of WeChat Pay's "Lingqian Tong" was 1.0830%, and the lowest was 1.0060%. The highest 7-day annualized yield of Alipay's "Yu'ebao" was 1.2140%, and the lowest was 1.0010%.

April 10th - In March 2026, the national consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.0% year-on-year. Specifically, urban areas saw a 1.1% increase, while rural areas experienced a 0.9% rise. Food prices increased by 0.3%, and non-food prices rose by 1.2%. Consumer goods prices rose by 1.3%, and service prices rose by 0.8%. On average, from January to March, the national CPI rose 0.9% compared to the same period last year. Month-on-month, the national CPI fell 0.7% in March. Specifically, urban areas saw a 0.7% decrease, while rural areas experienced a 0.5% decrease. Food prices fell by 2.7%, and non-food prices fell by 0.2%. Consumer goods prices fell by 0.3%, and service prices fell by 1.1%.

China's PPI rose 1% month-on-month in March, compared with 0.4% in the previous month.

China's PPI rose 0.5% year-on-year in March, below the expected 0.40% and the previous reading of -0.90%.

April 10th - According to the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange under the Ministry of Education, by 2025, the number of Chinese students studying abroad will exceed 570,000, and the number of students returning to China will reach 535,600.