At end‑May total deposits (RMB and foreign currency) were 352.38 tln yuan, up 8.7% YoY; end‑May RMB deposits were 344.45 tln yuan, up 8.7% YoY. In Jan–May 2026 RMB deposits increased by 15.77 tln yuan: household deposits +5.63 tln, non‑bank financial institutions +5.64 tln, fiscal deposits +1.91 tln, and non‑financial corporate deposits +1.26 tln. End‑May foreign currency deposits were $1.16 tln, up 17.5% YoY; foreign currency deposits rose $103.2 bln in Jan–May.

Chinese regulators have approved several insurers to conduct Bond Connect Southbound investments. Taikang Asset, on behalf of Taikang Life, completed the first southbound bond trade. China Life, Ping An Life, China Pacific Life, Taiping Life and PICC Life were among the initial batch cleared to invest via Southbound; some have already executed inaugural transactions. This is the first time since the Southbound channel launched in September 2021 that it has been opened to non-bank institutions.

Omdia's LED Video Display Market Tracker shows global LED video display shipments rose 0.6% YoY in Q1 2026, while market revenue fell 2.3% YoY — the first revenue decline since 2022. Omdia says the revenue drop was driven mainly by a 6.8% YoY fall in 1.0–1.99mm pixel-pitch product revenue, a segment that has long accounted for the largest share of industry revenue.