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China technological sector financial reforms

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2026-08-18 09:02 UTC → 2026-09-07 09:56 UTC · added removed

China is implementing new financial mechanisms to direct capital toward strategic technology sectors. Initially, major banks in the Hainan free-trade zone introduced loans tied to the Depository Institutions Repurchase Rate (DR) to create market-driven lending benchmarks. This period also saw a policy shift toward using household savings and equity markets to fund advanced manufacturing, exemplified by the highly oversubscribed IPO of ChangXin Memory Technologies. Following these reforms, financial Financial institutions have begun developing since expanded specialized credit products for the artificial intelligence industry. In regions like Guangzhou Guangzhou’s Haizhu District, the Bank of China, CITIC Bank, and Jiangsu, banks are introducing Bank of Guangzhou have implemented “Token loans” and “Computing Power Loans.” (Token 贷). These models assess creditworthiness based on the an enterprise’s consumption and production of AI tokens and computing power rather tokens—the basic unit of measurement for large language models—rather than relying solely on traditional physical collateral. While these products use digital activity as a proxy for business productivity, some analysts suggest they may serve as a supplement to, rather than The Bank of China’s Guangzhou branch has launched a replacement for, traditional “Computing Power Token Loan” that evaluates credit based on token consumption, service contract values, and computing power accounts receivable. Other regional institutions, such as Zhangjiagang Rural Commercial Bank and Jiangsu Bank, have integrated computing power vouchers, efficiency, and R&D investment into their scoring systems. This integration is spreading across the digital economy. On Alibaba’s Tmall, an “AI Space Station” allows users to purchase AI subscriptions and top up tokens from developers like Zhipu AI, MiniMax, and DeepSeek; transactions for such services reportedly increased by over 160 percent within 48 hours of certain storefront openings. Additionally, the Agricultural Bank of China and Moonshot AI have introduced an AI-native credit card, while China Telecom is trialing token packages for developers and households.

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