People's Bank of China Holds 2026 Macroprudential Work Conference: Forward-Looking Assessment of Systemic Financial Risk Hidden Dangers

Odaily News: The People's Bank of China held the 2026 Macroprudential Work Conference. The meeting required that macroprudential work in 2026 should continue to follow the deployment of building a comprehensive macroprudential management system, strengthen the central bank's macroprudential management functions, continuously improve the working mechanisms of the macroprudential and financial stability committees, gradually expand the coverage of macroprudential policies, conduct forward-looking assessments of systemic financial risk hidden dangers, innovate and enrich the policy toolbox, and maintain the stable operation of financial markets and the overall stability of the financial system. Guided by serving the construction of a new development pattern, further improve policies for the cross-border use of the renminbi, facilitate goods trade, optimize the layout of RMB clearing banks, better leverage the role of currency swaps, develop the offshore RMB market, support the construction of Shanghai as an international financial center, and better meet the needs of various entities for RMB transaction settlement, investment and financing, and risk management. (Jin10)