The Bank released 20 preferential policies for deeply impoverished regions, launched initiatives such as poverty alleviation assistance from eastern region to the western regions as well as poverty alleviation through consumption and education, successfully lifting Wuqiang and Raoyang County of Hebei Province and Xiushan County of Chongqing Municipality out of poverty. The report shows that ABC recorded a net profit of RMB 212.92 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 5.08%. The Bank deeply explored financial services in consumption and people's livelihoods, with the outstanding loans to happiness industries stood at RMB 176.14 billion, up RMB 35.55 billion year-on-year. In addition to making all-round efforts to win the battle of the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control, the Bank will maintain strategic focus, enhance financial service innovation, better serve the real economy, promote the digital transformation comprehensively, and make its financial services more inclusive and efficient to facilitate high-quality economic development. AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED ... Financials; Webb-site Reports; The results date is the date on which the results were published, as stated in the annual directors' report or quarterly/interim report. By the end of 2019, the Bank's loan balance for inclusive small and micro enterprises was RMB 592.3 billion, up RMB 217.9 billion or 58.2% year-on-year, 46.3 percentage points higher than the growth rate of all loans. ABC built an open service platform for small and micro enterprises, which is connected to the national SMEs credit service platform and local government affairs service platform, in a bid to construct an open and sharing inclusive financial service ecosystem. The report reviewed a broad selection of Chinese speeches, reports, and news media to gain insights concerning China’s rationale and policy support for outward investment in agriculture. Each report contains detailed information about China Bank’s performance, operations, and activities and the complete financial statements and opinions of the independent auditors, including the required disclosures. The deposit balance came to RMB 18.54 trillion, up RMB 1.20 trillion or 6.9% year-on-year. Its annual report competition is known as the Olympics of the Annual Report. By the end of 2019, ABC's total assets reached RMB 24.88 trillion, up RMB 2.27 trillion or 10.0% year-on-year. The bank selected 100 sub-branches and built the brand of 'Model Sub-branches for Inclusive Financial Service', enhancing the bank outlets' capabilities in providing financial services to small and micro businesses. The balance of 'ABC Huinong e-Loan', an online loan product for agricultural households, reached RMB 198.6 billion, up 128% year-on-year. 2019 Annual Report (Printed version for dispatch to shareholders) 2019 Annual Report (non-printed version) The report (Printed version) is also available in sections for reviewing: The Bank further stepped up its efforts in product innovation and built the 'ABC e-Loan' product portfolio consisting of four major online financing products, namely 'ABC Personal e-Loan', 'ABC Small and Micro Enterprise e-Loan', 'ABC Huinong e-Loan', and 'ABC Industrial e-Loan'. The cost-income ratio stood at 30.49%, down 0.78 percentage points year-on-year. ABC enhanced collaborations between domestic and overseas networks as well as between parent company and subsidiaries.