Recently, a report highlighted how BANKCOMM's Chongqing Changshou Branch effectively utilized carbon emission reduction support tools to swiftly approve a loan for an enterprise's "Smart Zero-Carbon Power Plant" project. This initiative has significantly contributed to the project's efficient progress, achieving a dual benefit of economic returns and ecological advantages.
Since 2025, the People's Bank of China Chongqing Branch has focused on Chongqing's strategic goals by creating and implementing a large-scale policy tool support plan. This effort has yielded positive results in building a beautiful Chongqing. A key component is the introduction of a specialized green finance product, which allocated 18 billion yuan in relending quotas targeted at supporting agriculture and small businesses. By making full use of carbon emission reduction support tools, a green financial service system has been established, combining relending leverage, financial product innovation, and precise service delivery. By the end of 2025, this approach had facilitated over 20 billion yuan in loans directed toward green and low-carbon transition areas, benefiting more than 1,500 businesses. Driven by the relending policy, the city's outstanding green loans exceeded one trillion yuan.
The carbon emission reduction support tools have been instrumental in creating a government-bank-enterprise collaboration mechanism. This system enhances policy guidance, platform connectivity, and financial empowerment. In partnership with departments like the Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau, policy promotion has been intensified. Through the "Yangtze River Green Finance Connect" system, financing needs for key projects, including clean energy, are regularly communicated, guiding banks to respond efficiently and target their support accurately. By the end of the third quarter of 2025, a total of 16.88 billion yuan in carbon emission reduction loans had been issued, supporting 215 projects in their green and low-carbon development. These initiatives are projected to reduce carbon emissions by more than 5.508 million tons annually.
One enterprise operating and constructing the Changshou Shizitan Power Station's "Smart Zero-Carbon Power Plant" project has benefited from this support. After identifying the project's financing needs via the "Yangtze River Green Finance Connect" platform, BANKCOMM's Chongqing Changshou Branch proactively provided early-stage services. Leveraging the anticipated stable revenue from green electricity generation and the project's carbon reduction effects, the branch flexibly applied carbon emission reduction support tools. It quickly approved a project loan totaling 79.93 million yuan with a term of up to 15 years. To date, 23.74 million yuan has been disbursed, ensuring the project advances efficiently.
Today, the enterprise's rooftops are lined with neatly arranged photovoltaic panels gleaming under the sunlight. Operating under a "self-generation for self-use with surplus power fed into the grid" model, the project is expected to save 22,900 tons of standard coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 62,800 tons over its 25-year operational lifespan. It will also significantly cut emissions of various pollutants, achieving a win-win outcome for both economic performance and ecological benefits.