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China Sets Out Financing Support for Three Innovation Hubs

Published: Oct. 20, 2026 12:20 a.m. GMT+8

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Joint guidelines seek to channel lending, private equity and cross-border capital into strategic industries around Beijing, Shanghai and the Greater Bay Area. Photo: VCG

China’s central bank and 10 other government departments issued guidelines Monday to expand financial support for three international science and technology innovation centers anchored by Beijing, Shanghai and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The measures seek to channel bank lending, private equity and cross-border capital into strategic industries as Beijing pursues technological self-reliance and aims to build world-class innovation hubs by 2030.

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China's central bank and 10 departments issued guidelines to boost financial support for three innovation hubs (Beijing, Shanghai, Greater Bay Area), targeting world-class status by 2030.
Priorities differ: Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei focuses on original innovation; Yangtze River Delta builds a tech-finance ecosystem; Greater Bay Area develops an open financial system with aligned rules.
Measures include improved cross-border services, higher foreign borrowing limits for eligible firms, a pilot relending program for R&D-heavy SMEs, equity financing support, and data sharing.

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What Happened When

2026-04：: The People's Bank of China expanded its relending facility for science and technology innovation.

2026-07：: Central bank issued notice on data use, leading to cross-regional sharing of public scientific data.

2026-10-19：: Monday (2026): China's central bank and 10 other government departments issued guidelines to expand financial support for Beijing, Shanghai, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area innovation centers.