On November 12, the 2025 meeting of the Leading Group for Review of the Fintech Development Award was convened in Beijing. Zou Lan, Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China, and Liu Haoling, Vice Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, attended the meeting and delivered remarks. The meeting stressed that the financial sector must act on the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the plenary sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, concentrate on the "five major articles" of finance, scale up investment in and innovation of fintech, and work to make independently developed and controllable technologies "fully usable" and "more reliable and better." It is also essential to elevate the digital and intelligent development of the industry, explore the application of artificial intelligence in financial management and services, guard against model-related risks, hold firmly to the security bottom line, and enhance the quality and efficiency of financial services. The meeting further called for giving full play to the exemplary and leading role of the Fintech Development Award, seizing opportunities in frontier technologies, consolidating the data foundation, strengthening technology governance, and supporting risk prevention, enhanced supervision, and high-quality development.
