According to preliminary statistics, the aggregate financing to the real economy (AFRE) (flow) was RMB16.34 trillion in the first four months of 2025, up RMB3.61 trillion from the same period of 2024. Specifically, RMB loans to the real economy registered an increase of RMB9.78 trillion, RMB339.7 billion more than the increase in the same period of 2024; foreign currency-denominated loans to the real economy (RMB equivalent) recorded a decrease of RMB109.8 billion, RMB231.1 billion more than the decrease in the same period of 2024; entrusted loans registered an increase of RMB5.3 billion, RMB95.9 billion more than the increase in the same period of 2024; trust loans recorded an increase of RMB45.4 billion, RMB167.2 billion less than the increase in the same period of 2024; undiscounted bankers’ acceptances recorded an increase of RMB250.6 billion, RMB149.4 billion more than the increase in the same period of 2024; net financing of corporate bonds was RMB759.1 billion, down RMB409.5 billion year on year (y-o-y); net financing of government bonds was RMB4.85 trillion, up RMB3.58 trillion y-o-y; domestic equity financing by non-financial enterprises was RMB135.3 billion, up RMB40.4 billion y-o-y.
Note 1: AFRE (flow) refers to the volume of financing provided by the financial system to the real economy within a certain period. In the calculations of AFRE (flow), data are from the PBOC, NFRA, CSRC, CCDC, NAFMII, etc.
Note 2: Starting from January 2023, the PBOC added three types of non-depository banking financial institutions, namely consumer finance companies, wealth management companies, and financial asset investment companies, into financial statistics, hence adjustments to “RMB loans to the real economy” and “l(fā)oan write-offs” in AFRE.
