State Administration of Financial Regulation: Financial services in the banking and insurance industries continue to strengthen.

The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission released the data on the key regulatory indicators of the banking and insurance industry for the third quarter of 2025. By the end of the third quarter of 2025, the balance of loans to inclusive small and micro enterprises by financial institutions in the banking industry was 36.5 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.1% year-on-year. The balance of inclusive agriculture-related loans was 14.1 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.2 trillion yuan from the beginning of the year. In the first three quarters of 2025, insurance companies had original insurance premium income of 5.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.5% year-on-year; claims and payouts amounted to 1.9 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.6% year-on-year; and the number of new insurance policies issued was 846 billion, an increase of 7.9% year-on-year.