State outlets opened National Day by canonizing Xi's eve reception address for the 77th anniversary, running identical text of his call for firm confidence toward unstoppable rejuvenation across People's Daily, Xinhua, CCTV, Global Times and others.
By morning the domestic front page rotated in lockstep through ritual fillers: first the Martyrs' Day flower-basket rite under the slogan of shared wishes, then an invitation to sing 'Ode to the Motherland' with Xi, then by afternoon an explainer framing two pre-holiday events as lessons from history, while English-language state titles stayed fixed on the rejuvenation line.
Beyond the loop, Hong Kong and regional press noted the holiday's political edges: a pared-down U.S. National Day greeting after the Washington summit, envoy Xie's praise of Xi-Trump rapport, U.S. pressure on steel overcapacity at the G20, and Hong Kong's free-transport celebrations alongside an Article 23 arrest of an online journalist linked to 8.31.