China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission: Financial services in the banking and insurance industry continue to strengthen.

The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission released the data on the main regulatory indicators for the banking and insurance industries in the fourth quarter of 2025. As of the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, the balance of loans to inclusive small and micro enterprises by financial institutions in the banking industry reached 37 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.0% year-on-year. The balance of inclusive agricultural loans reached 14.2 trillion yuan, up by 10.3% year-on-year. In the whole year of 2025, insurance companies' original insurance premium income reached 6.1 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.4% year-on-year; claims and payments expenditure reached 2.4 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.2% year-on-year; and the number of new insurance policies reached 11.68 billion, up by 12.6% year-on-year.