China News Agency, Beijing, July 21 (Reporter Wang Enbo) Qi Xiang, spokesperson of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission and director of the Regulatory Department, emphasized in response to the relevant questions of rural banks on the 21st that the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission made it clear that all businesses handled in accordance with laws and regulations are subject to national laws. protection of.

  The State Council Information Office of China held a press conference on the operation and development of the banking and insurance industry in the first half of 2022 on the same day. At the meeting, a reporter asked about the progress of the village bank incident in Henan and other places.

  Qi Xiang said that after the outbreak of the five village banks in Henan and Anhui, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission has repeatedly stated publicly that it is necessary to strictly follow the laws and regulations, take facts as the basis, and take the law as the criterion for handling.

The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission has made it clear that all businesses handled in compliance with laws and regulations are protected by national laws.

  He mentioned that the heads of the relevant departments of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission have recently been interviewed by the media and put forward some ideas, steps, key points and next-step work arrangements for the risk disposal of these five village and township banks.

In the early stage, the relevant units have announced the announcement of five village banks' off-book business customers' fund advance announcements.

On the morning of the 21st, Henan and Anhui successively issued announcements, and started the second batch of advance payments to customers below 100,000 RMB.

At present, the related work is progressing steadily.

  According to Qi Xiang, in order to ensure the authenticity of the information, Henan and Anhui provinces have newly built a customer information registration system and are currently doing customer registration.

Due to the large number of people involved, the large workload, and the need to cross-check with background data, this work is gradually advancing.

In the next step, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission will work with relevant departments to continue to actively cooperate with local party committees and governments to deal with risks in accordance with laws and regulations.

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