Trump state visit to China begins Wednesday, first in nine years.
Voices
“中方坚决反对、强烈谴责巴方有关行径。”
MFA Spokesperson Guo Jiakun · May 129
“China firmly opposes and strongly condemns Paraguay's actions.”
“新的一年，我愿同你继续引领中美关系这艘大船穿越风浪、平稳前行，多办一些大事、好事。”
President Xi Jinping, call with President Trump, Feb 4 · CAC May 1210
“In the new year, I am willing to keep steering with you the great ship of China-U.S. relations through wind and waves, accomplishing more big and good things.”
“我国人工智能技术持续迭代，与实体经济加速融合，已经成为经济增长新引擎。”
NDRC Director Zheng Shanjie, at Shanghai AI Lab · May 96
“Our AI technology keeps iterating and is integrating ever more deeply with the real economy, becoming a new engine of economic growth.”
Significant items
- Trump state visit. Foreign Ministry confirmed Trump arrives Wednesday for a May 13–15 state visit, the first U.S. presidential trip to China since 2017.1May 11 · MFA
- 2026 lawmaking plan. State Council unveiled the year's plan: 14 priority bills including a new Financial Law, comprehensive AI legislation, and rules to counter foreign extraterritorial jurisdiction.2May 8 · State Council
- AI agent rules. Internet regulator, central planners, and industry ministry jointly published China's first rulebook for AI agents, with provisions on user consent, supply-chain security, and tiered risk governance.3May 8 · CAC
- Factory prices rebound. April producer prices rose 2.8% year-on-year and 1.7% month-on-month, led by oil-and-gas extraction up 28.6% and non-ferrous metals mining up 38.9%.4May 11 · Stats Bureau
- Export surge. April exports rose 9.8% year-on-year, with electric-vehicle shipments up 68% and lithium-battery shipments up 43%; China-Africa trade hit a record 885 billion yuan.5May 10 · Qiushi
- Compute push. NDRC director Zheng Shanjie inspected the Shanghai AI Lab's domestic-stack compute platforms and embodied-intelligence work, calling AI “a new engine of growth.”6May 9 · NDRC
- Short-video labels. Internet regulator now requires every short-video upload to carry one of six mandatory content labels, such as “AI-generated” or “marketing,” with twelve major platforms to comply by month-end.7May 12 · CAC
- Algorithm clean-up. First report on the platform-algorithm negative list: Meituan, Didi, and Taobao made 63 algorithm changes including capped driver hours and removal of late-delivery fines.8May 8 · CAC
- Paraguay rebuke. Spokesperson Guo Jiakun “strongly condemned” Paraguay president Peña's May 7–10 visit to Taiwan and urged Asunción to recognize the One-China principle.9May 12 · MFA
Sources
- Foreign Ministry of the PRC, “Regular Press Conference of MFA Spokesperson Guo Jiakun,” May 11, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/…/guo-jiakun-may-11
- State Council, “Notice on Issuing the State Council's 2026 Legislative Work Plan” (Guo Ban Fa [2026] No. 14), May 8, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/2026-legislative-plan
- CAC, NDRC, MIIT, “Implementation Opinions on Standardizing AI Agent Application and Innovation,” May 8, 2026. cac.gov.cn/…/ai-agent-implementation-opinions
- National Bureau of Statistics, “April 2026 PPI Up 2.8% Year-on-Year, Up 1.7% Month-on-Month,” May 11, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/…/april-ppi-2026
- Qiushi, “Strong Single-Month Exports — China's Foreign Trade Sustains Growth,” May 10, 2026. qstheory.cn/…/strong-exports-foreign-trade
- National Development and Reform Commission, “Director Zheng Shanjie Visits Shanghai AI Laboratory,” May 9, 2026. ndrc.gov.cn/xwdt/…/zheng-shanjie-shanghai-ai-lab
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “Q&A on Standardizing Short-Video Content Labeling,” May 12, 2026. cac.gov.cn/…/short-video-labeling-qa
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “Initial Results of the Life-Service Platform Algorithm Negative List (Trial),” May 8, 2026. cac.gov.cn/…/algorithm-negative-list-results
- Foreign Ministry of the PRC, “Regular Press Conference of MFA Spokesperson Guo Jiakun,” May 12, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/…/guo-jiakun-may-12
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “First Observation: Steering the Great Ship of China-U.S. Relations Through Wind and Waves,” May 12, 2026. cac.gov.cn/…/china-us-relations-commentary