Xi will be briefed on financial market conditions - News.com.au. Meeting with regulators perhaps already in the evening.

And in the meantime the stock markets rebound: Hong Kong +4%, Shanghai +3.2% and Shenzhen soars to +15.1% (ANSA) About $7 trillion in value has been wiped off stock markets in China and Hong Kong since the peaks reached in 2021. Authorities have issued a flurry of announcements to support markets, but any effort made has been short-lived.