Central Bank: High-level financial openness is steadily advancing, supporting the construction of an international financial center

According to Jinshi, the People's Bank of China held a work meeting for the second half of 2026, pointing out that the high-level opening of finance is steadily advancing. The meeting emphasized optimizing policies for enterprises' overseas lending, banks' overseas loans, and cross-border interbank financing in RMB, and creating overseas central bank repurchase tools.

In the first half of the year, panda bond issuance exceeded 160 billion yuan, and significant progress was made in the construction of the RMB cross-border payment system, supporting the construction of international financial centers in Shanghai and Hong Kong, as well as the construction of the Xiong'an New Area and the new western land-sea corridor.