China's consumer market remained generally stable in July, with the consumer price index (CPI) up 0.5% year on year, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Sunday.

Phase I Bozhong 19-6 gas field, China's first 100-billion-cubic-meter gas field in the Bohai Sea, has entered full operation, with daily oil and gas output surpassing 5,200 tons, CNOOC Tianjin Branch announced on Sunday.

Apple has removed a guide saying Mac users in Chinese mainland ‌can connect Alibaba's Qwen artificial-intelligence service, the Global Times found on Sunday.

China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, went up 3.5 percent year on year in July, the National Bureau of Statistics said Sunday.

Apple Intelligence has been formally integrated with Alibaba's Qwen model on macOS, according to Apple's Chinese website on Saturday, enabling voice assistant and text-generation functions and marking a significant step forward in the rollout of Apple's AI services in the Chinese market.

Editor's note: Tang Jie is a researcher at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation under the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.