At end-May, total domestic- and foreign-currency loan balance was 284.79 tln
yuan, up 5.4% YoY. End-May RMB loan balance 281.02 tln yuan, up 5.5% YoY. In
Jan–May 2026 RMB loans increased 9.11 tln yuan. By sector, household loans fell
631.4 bln yuan — short-term loans down 694.2 bln, long-term loans up 62.8 bln.
Loans to corporate and institutional borrowers rose 9.63 tln yuan — short-term
up 3.77 tln, long-term up 4.99 tln, bill financing up 699.9 bln. Lending to
non-bank financial institutions fell 279.7 bln. End-May foreign-currency loan
balance was USD 553.2 bln, up 2.6% YoY; Jan–May FX loans rose USD 8.2 bln.