A Banking System in Transition

• 作者: WANG ZHIPENG
• 来源期刊: 今日中国：英文版
• 学科: 经济
• 年，卷（期）: 2002,（11）
• 页码范围: 70-71
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: F832

摘要

THE four large state-owned commercial banks - the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Bank of China, the Construction Bank of China, and the Agricultural Bank of China, constitute the backbone of the Chinese banking system. Owing to low efficiency, lack of capital, and a high rate of bad debts over time, however, the system was weak and ineffective. In order to redress the situation, late last century the Chinese government launched reforms to streamline these four commercial banks and their operations. The banks subsequently set up asset management companies to buy back and resolve non-performing assets. Their operational structure was also upgraded and optimized so as to improve management efficiency and economic performance.