Cash dividends are increasingly becoming the norm. According to Wind statistics, as of December 19, based on the share registration date, the amount of cash dividends from listed companies has reached 2.61 trillion yuan since this year, a new record high. Li Xiao, deputy director of the Capital Market Supervision and Reform Research Center at the Central University of Finance and Economics, said in an interview with reporters that the scale of listed companies' cash dividends reached a new high this year, which is the result of a combination of factors. First, improving corporate profits and abundant cash flow; secondly, policy guidance and increasing shareholders' sense of return; and finally, optimizing the capital market ecosystem. High dividends help attract long-term capital such as social security and insurance capital, enhance the stability of market valuation anchors, and promote “value investment.”

Cash dividends are increasingly becoming the norm. According to Wind statistics, as of December 19, based on the share registration date, the amount of cash dividends from listed companies has reached 2.61 trillion yuan since this year, a new record high. Li Xiao, deputy director of the Capital Market Supervision and Reform Research Center at the Central University of Finance and Economics, said in an interview with reporters that the scale of listed companies' cash dividends reached a new high this year, which is the result of a combination of factors. First, improving corporate profits and abundant cash flow; secondly, policy guidance and increasing shareholders' sense of return; and finally, optimizing the capital market ecosystem. High dividends help attract long-term capital such as social security and insurance capital, enhance the stability of market valuation anchors, and promote “value investment.”