Morning Report

Thursday, April 16, 2026, Lunar February 29, Good morning!
1. The Ministry of Finance will issue 15.5 billion yuan of government bonds in Hong Kong in April.
2. The North Sea Fleet, South China Sea Fleet, and East China Sea Fleet announced: Public ship open activities require reservations through official platforms and timely entry.
3. The People's Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange: Raise the leverage ratio for banks' overseas loans, increase the upper limit of overseas loan balances, and optimize the management requirements for indirect loans.
4. Guangdong will use new technologies such as drones and AI recognition to continue strictly investigating illegal activities involving electric scooters.
5. The Department of Elderly Services of the Ministry of Civil Affairs drafted two mandatory national standards: "Basic Norms for Elderly Care Institutions" and "Criteria for Determining Major Accident Hazards in Elderly Care Institutions," now publicly soliciting opinions.
6. Poppy flowers are blooming at Wuhan Botanical Garden; the park responded: it is "compliance on duty" and used for drug prohibition science popularization.
7. Soft Science officially released the "2026 Soft Science China University Rankings," with Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Zhejiang University ranking top three nationwide for 12 consecutive years, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Fudan University ranked in the top five nationwide.
8. Zhongshan Police in Guangdong cracked a false environmental impact assessment case: 76 people arrested, over a thousand fake documents seized; a research institute in Inner Mongolia can issue an "academician" certificate for 1,200 yuan, staff said: this was the institute's first attempt, and the leadership found it inappropriate and has stopped it.
9. The National Forestry and Grassland Administration: Changshan and Sigu Niu Mountain have been awarded the title of World Geopark; thus, China now has 51 World Geoparks.
10. The United States will refund over 1 trillion yuan in tariffs, officially starting on April 20.
11. Canada, Brazil, the UK, and 7 other countries issued a joint statement: calling for an immediate halt to all hostile actions within Lebanon; the Lebanon-Israel-U.S. trilateral talks have concluded, and they agree to formally initiate direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel.
12. Japan National Tourism Organization: In March, the number of Chinese tourists visiting Japan dropped sharply by 55.9% year-on-year, with only 291k visitors.