[Central Bank: 307,300 technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises received loan support at the end of the third quarter, with a loan approval rate of 51.1%] According to statistics from the People's Bank of China, at the end of the third quarter of 2026, 307,300 technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises received loan support, with a loan approval rate of 51.1%, 0.9 percentage points higher than the end of the previous year. The balance of loans to technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises in local and foreign currencies was 4.27 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.1%, and the growth rate was 15.4 percentage points higher than that of various loans. At the end of the third quarter of 2026, 292,700 high-tech enterprises had received loan support, with a loan approval rate of 58.2%, 0.9 percentage points higher than the end of the previous year. The balance of high-tech enterprise loans in local and foreign currencies was 22.09 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.2%, and the growth rate was 12.5 percentage points higher than that of various loans.