On March 5, 2026, Premier Li Qiang delivered the &#34;Government Work Report&#34; (hereinafter referred to as the &#34;Report&#34;), and we summarize the key information related to the financial sector.
Monetary policy remains accommodative. The &#34;Report&#34; continues the expression of &#34;moderately accommodative monetary policy,&#34; stating that the targets for monetary and social financing growth are &#34;aligned with economic growth and overall price level expectations.&#34; Considering the GDP growth target proposed in the &#34;Report&#34; is around 4.5%-5% and the CPI growth target is around 2%, it is anticipated that the targets for social financing and M2 growth may slightly decline compared to last year due to a slight reduction in the economic growth target. However, with an active capital market, M1 growth is expected to rebound, narrowing the M1-M2 spread. The &#34;Report&#34; mentions &#34;flexibly and efficiently utilizing various policy tools such as reserve requirement ratio cuts and interest rate reductions.&#34; We expect that there may be 1-2 interest rate cuts within the year, by 10-20 basis points, and reserve requirement ratio cuts of 50-100 basis points, with deposit rates lowered by no less than the LPR, thereby protecting banks' reasonable interest margins and profits.
Advancing the second round of capital injection for state-owned banks. The &#34;Report&#34; mentions &#34;plans to issue special government bonds worth 300 billion yuan to support state-owned large banks in replenishing capital,&#34; which aligns with our expectations. By 2025, four of the six state-owned banks had already completed a capital injection of 520 billion yuan (of which 500 billion yuan was from the government). We expect the remaining two banks to also advance their capital injections. The scale of the second round of capital injection is 300 billion yuan, with an average injection size slightly higher than the previous round, mainly due to the larger average capital size of the second round of banks; after the injection, we estimate that 300 billion yuan of capital could leverage approximately 4 trillion yuan of asset expansion, enhancing direct credit issuance and external merger and acquisition capabilities, effectively supporting the real economy and preventing financial risks. We estimate an average increase of 0.6 percentage points in the core Tier 1 capital of the two banks, slightly lower than the 1.0 percentage point increase in the first round; the 300 billion yuan injection is equivalent to 0.7 years of the banks' endogenous capital replenishment scale and 2.2 years of dividend scale. In summary, we believe that the capital injection into state-owned banks is an important measure to strengthen bank capital, enhance support for the real economy, and prevent systemic financial risks, as well as improve banks' stable dividend capabilities.
A new round of policy financial instruments. The &#34;Report&#34; mentions the issuance of new policy financial instruments worth 800 billion yuan, which is an increase in both the batch and scale compared to the 500 billion yuan in 2025, exceeding market expectations. Based on the leverage ratio of 70 trillion yuan investment from the 2025 batch, this year's 800 billion yuan policy financial instruments are expected to leverage approximately 110 trillion yuan in investment, assuming 80% is contributed by credit, which could leverage 90 trillion yuan in new loans. We expect the investment direction to be similar to the previous batch, mainly focusing on digital economy, artificial intelligence, low-altitude economy, green technology, and consumer infrastructure.
Fiscal collaboration to leverage credit issuance. The &#34;Report&#34; mentions &#34;establishing a special fund of 100 billion yuan for fiscal and financial collaboration to promote domestic demand, using a combination of loan interest subsidies, financing guarantees, and risk compensation to support the expansion of domestic demand.&#34; Existing loan interest subsidy policies include personal consumption loans (1 percentage point), loans for service industry entities (1 percentage point), and fixed asset loans for small and micro private enterprises (1.5 percentage points)
The financing guarantee system includes a three-tier structure of the National Financing Guarantee Fund—provincial re-guarantee institutions—municipal and county direct guarantee institutions, with the average guarantee fee rate reduced to below 1%. We assume that the average support ratio from the government is about 1 percentage point, and 100 billion yuan of special fiscal funds can sustainably support 10 trillion yuan of financing needs for residents and the private economy.
Continue to resolve financial risks. The three major financial risk areas of local debt, small and medium-sized financial institutions, and real estate remain key focuses of policy attention. In terms of local debt, it is mentioned to &#34;optimize debt restructuring and replacement methods.&#34; We expect financial institutions and the government to provide more support to alleviate the debt repayment pressure on local investment platforms through extending terms and lowering interest rates; regarding small and medium-sized financial institutions, it is mentioned to &#34;orderly advance the disposal of high-risk institutions,&#34; and we expect bank mergers and reorganizations to be an important approach; in real estate, it is mentioned to &#34;further leverage the role of the whitelist system for ensuring housing delivery to prevent debt default risks,&#34; we expect that the risks of corporate real estate debt are controllable.
Implications for bank investments. The &#34;Government Work Report&#34; reflects the policy's continued attitude of stabilizing growth and expanding domestic demand, especially by supplementing bank capital through fiscal injections and stimulating credit demand through policy financial tools and fiscal interest subsidies. This reflects the direction of maintaining the stability of the financial system and the healthy development of financial institutions, which is beneficial for banks to maintain a solid fundamental, with stable growth in profits and dividends. The high dividend attribute of banks remains attractive for long-term funds, especially in a volatile market environment where there is defensive value. <img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://wpimg-wscn.awtmt.com/59161e1b-346f-4e98-b25e-6b2a5e299026.png?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" alt="" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://wpimg-wscn.awtmt.com/59161e1b-346f-4e98-b25e-6b2a5e299026.png"/>
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On March 5, 2026, Premier Li Qiang proposed key information in the "Government Work Report" regarding the financial sector, including maintaining a moderately loose monetary policy, with expectations of 1-2 interest rate cuts within the year, advancing the second batch of capital injection of 300 billion yuan into state-owned major banks to support capital replenishment, and issuing new types of policy financial instruments worth 800 billion yuan to expand scale. These measures aim to enhance the capital strength of banks, support the real economy, and prevent financial risks

CICC: Financial Signals from the Government Work Report