The terraced fields in the Daowei Tibetan Township, northwest China's Qinghai Province, have virtually formed a natural "color palette" -- golden crops blending with lush greenery -- in the early autumn season, painting a breathtaking landscape.
As the wheat and rapeseed flowers ripen, their golden and yellow hues blend with the wild grasses' green, transforming the terraced fields -- when seen from a bird's view -- into a vast tri-color palette.
Terraced fields in northwest China's Qinghai paint golden autumn 'palette'
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
