[Guangdong: Deposit and loan balances surpassed 40 trillion yuan and 30 trillion yuan respectively by the end of Q1] Golden Finance reported that on April 23, the Guangdong Provincial Government Information Office held a press conference on the financial performance of Guangdong Province in the first quarter of 2026. Zhang Shuangchang, Deputy Governor of the Guangdong Branch of the People's Bank of China, stated that since the beginning of this year, Guangdong's social financing scale has steadily expanded, with deposit and loan balances surpassing 40 trillion yuan and 30 trillion yuan respectively. The growth in total financial volume is generally aligned with the needs of economic development. From the specific data, as of the end of the first quarter, Guangdong's social financing stock increased by 6.9% year-on-year; in the first quarter, the increment in social financing scale was 1.1 trillion yuan. By the end of the first quarter, the balance of domestic and foreign currency loans in Guangdong reached 30.7 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%. The deposit balance reached 40.2 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.7%. (Dongxin News Agency)