CAFI focuses upon fundamental and applied research and associated experimentation, mainly covering: the impact of financial digitization on the promoting of financial inclusion; government’s roles and boundaries in the development of financial inclusion; the evolution of financial inclusion in rural areas; comparative study on models of microfinance institutions; research and advocacy for client protection and financial education; and monitoring and metrics system for the progress of financial inclusion.

• Series of Report of Financial Inclusion Development in China (Green Papers)

• Series of Report of Digital Financial Inclusion Development in China (Yellow Papers)

• Beyond Financial Inclusion

• Monitoring Report on the Development of Financial Inclusion in China (2017, Zhejiang Province)

• Analysis Report on Rural Residents' Financial Competence in the Contiguous Impoverished Regions at the Southern Foot of the Greater Khingan Range and Its Adjacent Counties

• Report on the Development of Digital Financial Inclusion in Rural China

• Research Report on the Present State of Collaborations and Innovations in Cultural Finance

• Financial Aggregator Project and White Paper

• Special Report on Digital Finance Poverty Alleviation in China

• The Effect of Rural Financial Reform on the People in Poverty

• The Current State of the Evolution of Financial Inclusion in Rural China