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Agricultural Bank plows ahead
By Wang Bo and Jiao Xiaoyang (China Daily) Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) has seen a 26.3 percent surge in its net profit for 2009 as the country's third-largest lender reaped gains from the country's rapid cred...
Commodity exchanges tempt big traders
(China Daily/Agencies) Two related events have heightened the urgency for big traders and banks to gain access to China's booming commodity exchanges: The tightening of US regulations and China's crackdown...
PwC: Tough times for foreign insurers in China
By Zhou Yan (China Daily) Foreign insurers are less optimistic than a year ago on expanding their presence in the Chinese market as regulatory restrictions and the robust expansion of domestic peers may stifle gro...
Rarely heeded SHIBOR makes a comeback
(China Daily/Agencies) A rarely heeded Chinese benchmark, the Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (SHIBOR), is enjoying new popularity amid a shifting interest rate outlook and easing regulatory barriers. Sig...

Rural financial institutions see 71.6b yuan profit
(chinadaily.com.cn) China's small- and medium-sized rural financial institutions developed fast in 2009, and the total profit reached 71.6 billion yuan ($10.49 billion), the Shanghai Securities News reported on Fr...
China opens most stock trade accounts in 3 months
(Agencies) Investors opened the most accounts to trade Chinese stocks last week in three months as households shifted funds into equities to protect against faster inflation. Individual investors opened ...
Few banks call off favorable first-home mortgage rate
By Cai Muyuan (chinadaily.com.cn) After the nation called off favorable policies for buying housing in Beijing, most banks in the capital city are still offering 30 percent discounts to first-home mortgages, Beiji...
Controls on bank loans raised again
By Zhang Ran (China Daily) China's banking regulators may raise large commercial banks' capital adequacy ratio to 11.5 percent from an earlier 11 percent level, people familiar with the matter confirmed. ...

China Guarantee Industry Report, 2008-2009
Chinese small- and medium-sized enterprises play an important role in the national economy. Guarantee agencies provide an important channel for their financing. From 2002 to 2008, the number of guarantee agencies grew with...
China Financial POS Machine Industry Report, 2009
In recent years, the quantity of network POS machines has increased rapidly in China; in 2008, China had 1.85 million POS machines in all, a 56.2% YoY rise; franchise stores hit 1.18 million, up 59.9% year on year, the hig...
China Insurance Monthly Report � April 2009
China Insurance Monthly Report, a monthly English review co-operated by Chinadaily.com.cn and ResearchInChina.com, brings you the latest news, policies, analysis and statistics on China's insurance market and much more. ...
China Banking Monthly Report � April 2009
China Banking Monthly Report, a monthly English review co-operated by Chinadaily.com.cn and ResearchInChina.com, features the latest news, policies, statistics and analyses from the Chinese banking industry. China Bank...