【Focus on】
•Six departments issued documents to better serve the real economy and promote high-quality development of e-commerce
•The number of traffic trips during the Qingming Festival in 2026 is expected to exceed 845 million
•Heavy rain and strong wind warnings: "Southern rain" and "Northern wind" continue to play the leading role in the national weather
•British media: The US-Iran ceasefire agreement may come into effect on the 6th
•Advisor of Iran’s Supreme Leader warns the United States: It may block the Bab el-Mandeb Strait as a countermeasure
【Domestic News】
•Six departments including the Ministry of Commerce recently issued the "Guiding Opinions on Better Serving the Real Economy and Promoting High-Quality Development of E-Commerce", which aims to continue to promote high-quality development of e-commerce, high-level openness, and high-efficiency governance, and better serve the consolidation and growth of the real economy. The opinions coordinate promotion and regulation, efficiency and fairness, vitality and order, and propose 16 measures in 5 aspects to build a high-quality e-commerce development framework system. In terms of focusing on empowerment and efficiency improvement, the opinions propose three measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises transform, deepen rural e-commerce, and cultivate industrial e-commerce, so as to give full play to the advantages of e-commerce to help consolidate and strengthen the foundation of the real economy. In terms of strengthening innovation leadership, the opinions propose three measures: accelerating the application of technological innovation, vigorously developing quality consumption, and actively creating integrated carriers to deepen online and offline integration and help achieve a higher level of dynamic balance between supply and demand. In terms of promoting high-level opening up, the opinions propose four measures: promoting cross-border e-commerce, expanding "Silk Road e-commerce", accelerating institutional opening, and promoting the convergence of rules to jointly build and share China's e-commerce market.
•According to the Ministry of Transport, during this year’s Tomb Sweeping Day holiday (April 4 to 6), the number of cross-regional personnel movements in society is expected to be 845.378 million, with an average daily average of 281.79 million people, an increase of 6% compared to the same period last year during the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday in 2025. According to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Transport, on the first day of the holiday, the national highway traffic volume exceeded 62.67 million vehicles, including more than 14 million new energy vehicles. The strong self-driving travel has driven double-digit growth in the consumption of scenic spots, hotels, and car rentals. In addition, returns to hometowns for memorial services and in-depth rural tours have brought "popularity" to rural areas and promoted the spread of consumption from central cities to the entire urban and rural areas.
•According to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., on April 6, the national railways will usher in the peak return passenger flow during the holidays, with an estimated 20.8 million passengers and 1,369 additional passenger trains planned. On April 5, railways across the country carried 14.756 million passengers, and transportation was safe, stable and orderly.
•The Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue blue rainstorm warnings and strong wind blue warnings on the morning of the 6th. There were moderate to heavy rains, local heavy rains or heavy rains in central and southern Jiangnan, northern South China and other places. There were strong winds in the eastern part of northwest China, most of Inner Mongolia, northern and western parts of North China, and northeastern regions. Starting from the night of the 7th, the southern precipitation area will move northward. From the 8th to the 9th, there will be moderate to heavy rains, local heavy rains or heavy rains in some areas of Jianghuai, southern Jianghan, northern Jiangnan and Chongqing, accompanied by strong convective weather such as short-term heavy rainfall.
•According to China General Nuclear Power Group Co., Ltd., on the 6th, the CGN Tibet Damxung Umatang 50-MW CSP trough solar thermal power plant officially started construction in Umatang Township, Damxung County, Lhasa City. The project site is 4,550 meters above sea level. It can achieve continuous power generation at night and flexible peak regulation, providing stable, reliable and clean power support for the Tibet power grid.
【International News】
• Reuters quoted a source on the 6th as saying that the United States and Iran have received a plan for a ceasefire agreement, which may take effect on the 6th. The plan envisages an immediate ceasefire and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, followed by a final agreement within 15 to 20 days.
•Informed South Korean officials said on the 6th that the ruling Democratic Party and the government reached an agreement on the same day to send special envoys to Saudi Arabia, Oman and Algeria to open up crude oil import channels to make up for the crude oil gap caused by blocked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
•According to Japanese media reports on the 5th, affected by the situation in the Middle East, Japan's crude oil imports dropped sharply, causing widespread concern. The Japanese government is considering additional releases of national oil reserves in May, equivalent to about 20 days of Japan's consumption.
•Iran’s supreme leader’s foreign affairs adviser Velayati warned the United States on the 5th that if it “makes another mistake,” the Iranian-led resistance front will block the Bab el-Mandeb Strait as a countermeasure.
•According to a Reuters report on the 5th, an oil tanker carrying Iraqi crude oil has passed through the Strait of Hormuz and will be unloaded at a relevant port in Malaysia in mid-April. Citing unnamed sources, the media reported that Iran allowed a number of ships linked to Malaysia to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier, according to Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV station, Iran stated that it would allow Iraq to use the Strait of Hormuz without restrictions.
•Since April 5, Australia and New Zealand have entered winter time, and their financial market trading hours and economic data release times will be delayed by one hour compared to daylight saving time. Starting from the 6th, the trading hours of the Australian and New Zealand stock markets will be 8:00-14:00 Beijing time.
•The spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 6th that Iran is ready to respond to the mediator and will report it in time if necessary.
