A group of wild macaques were spotted swimming across a river and scaling a steep cliff in a rare sighting captured on camera in Huaning County of southwest China's Yunnan Province.
The footage, taken in Qinglong Township by local forest rangers during a routine patrol, showed the macaque troop, led by their alpha, swiftly crossing the Nanpan River.
Shortly afterward, the monkeys were seen climbing and leaping across the rocks on a near-vertical cliff along the riverbank with remarkable agility.
The growing macaque population in the area reflects the steady improvement of the local ecological environment in recent years.
Wild monkey troop caught swimming, climbing in southwest China
China's outstanding aggregate social financing -- the total amount of financing to the real economy -- reached 442.12 trillion yuan (about 63.4 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of 2025, up 8.3 percent year on year, central bank data showed on Thursday.
The country's aggregate social financing stood at 35.6 trillion yuan (about 5.1 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, up by 3.34 trillion yuan (about 479 billion U.S. dollars) from the year 2024, said the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank.
According to the data, the M2, a broad measure of money supply that covers cash in circulation and all deposits, increased 8.5 percent year on year to 340.29 trillion yuan (about 48.8 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of December.
In addition, outstanding yuan loans stood at 271.91 trillion yuan (about 39 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of 2025, up 6.4 percent year on year.
China's aggregate social financing maintains high growth in 2025
