Chinese tech giants including Alibaba were fined on Saturday for failing to report 43 previous deals, the latest round of anti-monopoly crackdown by Beijing.
China’s factory-gate inflation, the PPI, may have continued to accelerate in September, with producer prices projected to soar by more than 10 percent.
Beijing ordered that “banks and other financial institutions should prioritize lending to mines and power plants," for them to boost electricity output.