CIFTIS report highlights global services trade growth, digitalization

The Chinese president and other leaders of the world's emerging economies will focus on key global and economic issues at the 18th BRICS Summit in India on the weekend (01:07). The Houthi group in Yemen has seized the coastal city of Mokha, close to another crucial shipping lane on the Red Sea (10:47). A report on global services trade development released at the China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing shows services trade has increasingly become a key engine driving economic growth (17:51).

Iran and the US have traded the biggest wave of attacks on shipping since the six-month old conflict began (01:05). This year's China International Fair for Trade in Services is underway in Beijing, where service providers focus on helping businesses navigate the challenges of going global (10:31). Foreign travel to China continued to pick up in the first eight months of the year, with foreign nationals making over 61 million trips across China's borders during the period (32:58).

Iran says it has launched missiles toward US targets in Jordan in retaliation for US attacks on five Iranian crude oil tankers (01:03). The 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services, under the theme "Global Services, Shared Prosperity," has opened in Beijing, providing the latest trends shaping China's services trade (09:20). China's price levels continued their moderate recovery in August, reflecting sustained improvement in domestic demand under supportive policy measures (36:41).

Canada's retaliatory tariffs on about 20 billion US dollars of US goods have taken effect, targeting a broad range of imports (01:07). Iran says talks with Oman on a temporary route for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz have reached the final stage (09:26). China's monthly imports and exports saw double-digit gains for a fourth month in August (36:27).

Foreign media reporters have visited the disaster zone to see the impact and rescue efforts in China's Xizang Autonomous Region in the aftermath of a devastating mudslide along the China-Nepal border (01:01). Iran says it will announce a restricted zone outside the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days and place any ship attempting to transit through the area on its sanctions list (08:53). The far-right Alternative for Germany party has secured a historic victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt (18:42).

The Iranian army says its forces have struck US military bases in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait with missiles and drones, in retaliation for US attacks earlier this week (01:01). Rescue operations continue in Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border after a devastating mudslide struck the area last week, with power supply restored to the core area (09:58). UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warns that the world has entered a "danger zone of extreme weather" as the impacts of El Nino start to be felt globally (17:02).

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says President Xi Jinping's just concluded overseas trip has helped build consensus on cooperation and contributed Chinese ideas to global governance (01:08). China has held commemorative activities across the country to mark the 81st anniversary of its victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War (09:06). Chinese emergency crew members have cleared and reopened a major road leading to Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border hit by a deadly mudslide a week ago (15:29).

Chinese President Xi Jinping has held talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, during his state visit to Egypt (01:04). Workers have restored the key road access to Gyirong Port in Xizang Autonomous Region following a mudslide last week, enabling vehicles and machinery to enter the core zone and carry out search and rescue operations (11:11). Iran has launched strikes on US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Iraq, in retaliation for US attacks on Iran (17:18).

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for higher-quality cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization at the 26th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (01:00). Locals have mourned the victims of the mudslide that hit China's Xizang Autonomous Region last week, while search and rescue efforts are continuing (10:43). The United Nations has urged maximum restraint after renewed strikes between Iran and the US following a month of relative calm (23:32).

During talks with his Kyrgyz counterpart in Bishkek, the Chinese president says China stands ready to work with Kyrgyzstan to better align development strategies and deepen exchanges of experience in governance (01:17). Rescue efforts are intensifying in Xizang after last week's deadly mudslide, as crews race to restore vital access to Gyirong Port (22:55). The purchasing managers' index for China's manufacturing sector in August was higher than that of July (38:02).