The National Financial Regulatory Administration reviewed its 2025 designated assistance work and set priorities for 2026, focusing on consolidating poverty alleviation gains and supporting rural revitalization in designated counties and banners. The authority called for more targeted assistance, greater use of financial-sector capabilities and stronger industrial support to improve local development prospects. The program enters its first year of normalized assistance in 2026, which is also the opening year of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan.