The PBOC’s 2Q2026 monetary policy implementation report said authorities should
de-emphasize focusing on loans as a single funding channel and instead monitor
loans together with bond and other financing. The report cited a structural
shift—capital‑intensive sectors such as property and infrastructure have been
contracting while new productive capacity is less loan‑intensive, reducing
natural bank loan demand and raising the relative importance of bonds and
equities; it said tech firms require diversified, lifecycle financing including
bonds and equity. Data: 1H corporate bond and equity net financing totaled 2.4
trln yuan, roughly 1.0 trln yuan higher YoY; combined corporate loans, corporate
bonds and equities rose by 13.5 trln yuan in 1H, about 600 bln yuan higher YoY.