China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission: The balance of inclusive loans for small and micro enterprises in the banking financial institutions at the end of the first quarter was 35.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.5% year-on-year.

The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission released data on the major regulatory indicators of the banking and insurance industries in the first quarter of 2025. By the end of the first quarter of 2025, the balance of inclusive loans to small and micro enterprises in the banking industry's financial institutions was 35.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.5%. The balance of inclusive agriculture-related loans was 13.7 trillion yuan, an increase of 795.5 billion yuan from the beginning of the year. In the first quarter of 2025, insurance companies' original insurance premium income was 2.2 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.8%; claims and benefits paid out were 827.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.2%; and the number of new insurance policies issued was 24.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 20.7%.