The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission published an update on a 15–16 April inspection visit to Guangdong led by Party Secretary and head Li Yunze, centred on improving financial services for high-quality development, strengthening central–local coordination, and advancing reform and risk resolution. The visit also highlighted priorities to expand financial and insurance support for stabilising foreign trade, boosting investment and consumption, and financing technology and industrial innovation, including the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area. During stops in Foshan and Guangzhou, the delegation visited research institutions, an intelligent factory, a financial dispute mediation body, and bank branches and outlets. Financial institutions were urged to align services with industrial development and provide full-cycle support for technology innovation, advanced manufacturing, and traditional-industry upgrading, while dispute-handling was framed around stronger “source governance”, better coordinated mediation, improved diversified dispute resolution mechanisms, and protection of financial consumers’ legitimate rights and interests; banks were also told to keep advancing work under the “five major articles” agenda and pursue differentiated development anchored in the Greater Bay Area. Li also visited local regulatory offices to review implementation of internal learning and education on a “correct performance view”, grassroots Party-building, and supervisory work, calling for deeper execution of the “Four New” programme expansion and deepening-year initiative in support of the transition into the “15th Five-Year Plan” period.
China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission 2026-04-17
China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission chief Li Yunze inspects Guangdong with focus on reforming and defusing risks at local small and mid-sized financial institutions
The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission reported on a 15–16 April inspection visit to Guangdong led by Party Secretary and head Li Yunze, focused on improving financial services for high-quality development, strengthening central–local coordination, and advancing reform and risk resolution. The visit stressed expanding banking and insurance support for foreign trade, investment, consumption, and technology and industrial innovation in the Greater Bay Area, enhancing financial dispute resolution and consumer protection, and deepening Party-building and supervisory initiatives ahead of the “15th Five-Year Plan” period.