Policies of Financial Support for Financing of Small, Micro, and Technology-based Enterprises

In October 2023, the Central Financial Work Conference officially established the overall tone of "promoting high-quality development of China's finance" and "accelerating the construction of a financial powerhouse". The meeting called for "finance to provide high-quality services for economic and social development", "optimizing the structure of funding supply, and using more financial resources to promote technological innovation, advanced manufacturing, green development, and small and medium-sized enterprises". Specifically, in terms of deepening capital market reform and financial institution construction, it is mentioned that "optimizing financing structure, better leveraging the hub function of the capital market, promoting the deepening and implementation of the stock issuance and registration system, and developing diversified equity financing", "improving institutional positioning, supporting the optimization and strengthening of large state-owned financial institutions, serving as the main force of the real economy and the ballast stone of maintaining financial stability", and other requirements. Based on the current difficulties, high costs, and slow financing faced by small and micro enterprises and technology-based enterprises, this article draws on the practical experience of countries with more developed financial systems in supporting small and micro and technology-based enterprises, and proposes corresponding measures from four levels: national policies, banking, insurance, and capital markets.