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The Bocuse d’Or, the premier international culinary competition known as the “Olympics of gastronomy”, will run its Asia-Pacific selection in Macao on 1 and 2 November, organisers have said. 

The World Robotics 2026 report says China accounted for nearly three-fifths of industrial robots installed worldwide in 2025, reinforcing its status as the world’s largest market for industrial robotics.

Hong Kong developer New World is to end its contractual agreements for the 11 Skies project with the Airport Authority and will pay an early termination fee of HK$2.3 billion.

The Macao Franchise Expo 2026 (2026MFE) will take place from 21 to 24 October at the Cotai Expo in the Venetian, its organisers have announced.

Reuters reports that Chinese refiners have suspended oil product exports this month in order to ​preserve domestic stocks, with the decision expected further impact fuel markets already hit by the Middle Eastern conflict.

BYD’s vehicle sales rose 17 percent from a year earlier to 463,561 units in September, while overseas shipments of passenger vehicles and pickups jumped 153.9 percent to 179,877 units.

Around 3 trillion yuan (US$447.5 billion) of sci-tech innovation bonds have been issued since China launched its specialized sci-tech board in the bond market in May last year, the State Council Information Office says. 

Figures from the National Bureau of Statistics show that China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose 0.3 percentage points month-on-month to 50.1 in September, returning to expansion territory.

The Macau New Neighbourhood housing estate in Hengqin now has more than 4,000 residents, according to the latest figures from the community’s developer.

The Bocuse d’Or, the premier international culinary competition known as the “Olympics of gastronomy”, will run its Asia-Pacific selection in Macao on 1 and 2 November, organisers have said. 

The World Robotics 2026 report says China accounted for nearly three-fifths of industrial robots installed worldwide in 2025, reinforcing its status as the world’s largest market for industrial robotics.

Hong Kong developer New World is to end its contractual agreements for the 11 Skies project with the Airport Authority and will pay an early termination fee of HK$2.3 billion.

The Macao Franchise Expo 2026 (2026MFE) will take place from 21 to 24 October at the Cotai Expo in the Venetian, its organisers have announced.

Reuters reports that Chinese refiners have suspended oil product exports this month in order to ​preserve domestic stocks, with the decision expected further impact fuel markets already hit by the Middle Eastern conflict.

BYD’s vehicle sales rose 17 percent from a year earlier to 463,561 units in September, while overseas shipments of passenger vehicles and pickups jumped 153.9 percent to 179,877 units.

Around 3 trillion yuan (US$447.5 billion) of sci-tech innovation bonds have been issued since China launched its specialized sci-tech board in the bond market in May last year, the State Council Information Office says. 

Figures from the National Bureau of Statistics show that China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose 0.3 percentage points month-on-month to 50.1 in September, returning to expansion territory.

The Macau New Neighbourhood housing estate in Hengqin now has more than 4,000 residents, according to the latest figures from the community’s developer.