Jilin's financial sector continued to show steady growth in the first three quarters of 2025, with total social financing increasing by 159.85 billion yuan ($22.38 billion) between January and September.

By the end of September, the province's total loans reached 29.69 trillion yuan, up 57.99 billion yuan since the start of the year, while deposits stood at 40.95 trillion yuan, up 7.2 percent year-on-year.

Household deposits increased by 8.9 percent, reaching 28.94 trillion yuan. The manufacturing sector maintained strong momentum, with medium- and long-term loans rising 11.4 percent year-on-year.

Among advanced manufacturing fields, loans to automobile manufacturing rose 23.6 percent, special equipment manufacturing 42.8 percent, and general equipment manufacturing 27.6 percent.

Financial resources were increasingly directed toward innovation. Loans for scientific research and technology services grew by 10 percent, and those for software and information services increased by 17 percent.

Infrastructure-related lending also grew steadily, with loans to the power, gas, and water supply sectors rising by 9.5 percent, 50.2 percent, and 72.6 percent, respectively.

Loans supporting rural vitalization continued to expand. By the end of September, lending related to grain production rose 23.7 percent year-on-year, farmland infrastructure 12.3 percent, and household operations 9.2 percent.

Loans to culture, sports, and entertainment rose 27.7 percent, while wholesale and retail grew 19.2 percent. Credit loans to small and micro enterprises increased 13.3 percent, with nearly 2,000 more firms receiving credit approval compared with the start of the year.

Going forward, Jilin will continue to pursue a moderately loose monetary policy, guide financial institutions to expand credit, and promote stable, optimized, and cost-effective credit growth.