Pathway

• CSRC Chairman Wu Qing announced at the 2026 Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai that the STAR Market's fifth listing standard will be expanded to include large language model (LLM) companies. • This policy shift creates a formal pathway for AI firms to go public, providing them with critical access to public capital markets. • The move is designed to support China's AI industry during an intense global funding race, ensuring domestic firms can scale their operations and research.

If he stands in Makerfield there will also need to be a mayoral contest to replace him in Greater ManchesterLabour’s national executive committee has approved Andy Burnham’s request to stand in the candidate selection process for the upcoming Makerfield byelection, paving the way for the Greater Manchester mayor to return to parliament.Burnham still has two more years of his term as mayor, meaning that if he stands there will need to be a mayoral byelection. Under Labour rules, sitting mayors need NEC approval to stand for Westminster. He would also need to be formally selected Continue reading...