China’s Financial Regulators Highlight Support for AI and Emerging Industries

China’s financial authorities outlined plans to strengthen support for artificial intelligence and other emerging industries at the Financial Street Forum 2025 in Beijing, announced in a press release.

Li Yunze, head of the China's National Financial Regulatory Administration, said the agency will focus financial resources on intelligent, green, and integrated sectors to promote innovation and industrial upgrading. The NFRA aims to ensure the financial sector better serves the real economy through reform and improved risk management.

During the forum, officials and experts discussed how finance can drive technological innovation. A notable example involved Zhejiang Lianxin Technology, an AI-driven mental health startup, which received 10 million yuan in credit support from the Bank of Communications for digital asset collateralization—the first such case in Zhejiang Province.

Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China, reaffirmed a supportive monetary policy stance to maintain stability and encourage innovation. Wu Qing, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said the commission plans to expand institutional opening and strengthen investor protection while improving China’s capital market competitiveness.

The forum highlighted growing coordination between financial and industrial policies, with initiatives designed to channel capital into strategic sectors such as AI, robotics, and green energy to sustain economic modernization.