State media orchestrated extensive coverage of Xi's private enterprise symposium, marking a shift from previous days' DeepSeek narratives. The messaging emphasized protection mechanisms for private businesses, including crackdowns on illegal investigations.
By mid-morning, WeChat's AI search system crashed from overload, highlighting infrastructure challenges in China's AI race. This technical limitation emerged as ByteDance recruited a veteran Google AI researcher, connecting to previous days' technological sovereignty themes.
Afternoon coverage revealed new dynamics in US-China tensions through the US State Department's removal of "opposition to Taiwan independence" language, while military media reported on US naval "slow-sailing" through the Taiwan Strait. Local government fiscal challenges and energy storage demands from AI implementation remained persistent undercurrents throughout the day's reporting.