Monsoon rainfall through the night created hot and humid conditions for race day as competitors faced temperatures spiraling into the mid-thirties for two thirty-five minute motos around the compact Chinese raceway. A good start was essential and that was exactly what the French teenager achieved in race one as he exited turn one second, but the exhilaration was soon dampened as an aggressive move by a rival at turn three sent the Kawasaki and its rider under the advertising boards on the outside of the corner. Valin needed more than a minute to get back into the race and faced a long and lonely ride for the remainder of the race. By half-distance he had pulled back the deficit to the first of the GP regulars and, posting regular top-six lap times, continued to push to the finish to narrowly miss catching eleventh on the final lap. The second moto was then another frustrating race as he got closed down by his gate neighbours straight out of the gate to leave the first few turns fifteenth. He had pulled back to eleventh by the end of the first lap, moved into the top-ten on lap three and at half-distance, again riding solid laps in the heat, made a neat pass for ninth but the gap to eighth was too great to advance further. Two tough races saw him finish eleventh overall on the day, but he has made tenth in the series standings even more secure and goes to the final round of the championship next weekend in Australia jut thirteen points from ninth.
 
Mathis Valin: "It was a really tough day; the weather was crazy and it's the first time I have encountered it. I got a really good start in the first moto but Lata went inside me at the third corner and I went into a soft patch. My riding and my speed were good after that but I was alone all moto. I didn't get a good start in the second race and in the last few laps I was dead after that first race and pushing hard through the first laps of race two, but for sure we will again give everything at the last GP."
 
Bike It Kawasaki's Kay Karssemakers narrowly missed a top-ten finish in race one. The Dutch youngster made a superb start from mid-gate, railing the outside of turn one to emerge sixth through the opening lap. He gradually lost places to factory riders through the early stages before holding a solid twelfth from lap six to the finish. He was forced to pull out of race two on the opening lap.