The China Banking Association released the "Analysis Report of China's Listed Banks 16" yesterday (2023th). The assets of China's 59 listed banks have exceeded 265 trillion yuan, which is the main force of the banking industry to support the real economy.

The report shows that at present, China's listed banks include 6 large state-owned banks, 10 joint-stock banks, 30 urban commercial banks and 13 rural commercial banks. In 2022, the balance of corporate loans of 58 listed banks that disclosed annual reports exceeded 84 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.5%; Corporate loans from listed banks account for nearly 6% of the total loan scale.

Xing Wei, full-time vice president of China Banking Association: Listed banks actively implement counter-cyclical credit and continue to increase support for key areas and weak links of the national economy. Credit resources will be tilted to manufacturing enterprises, science and technology enterprises, agriculture-related fields, inclusive small and micro enterprises, green development and other fields.

Data show that at the end of last year, the balance of manufacturing loans of 58 listed banks totaled 14.59 trillion yuan, accounting for the proportion of corporate loans rising year by year, which strongly supported the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry.

A number of banks said that in the future, they will continue to increase support for the real economy and people's livelihood consumption.

Ji Guangheng, President of Ping An Bank: We will continue to give full play to the advantages of supply chain finance and retail business, focusing on small and micro customers guided by industrial chain, specialization and innovation, rural revitalization and other national policies, and provide warm comprehensive financial services for small and micro customer groups.

Jing Feng, Vice President of Zheshang Bank: The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other five ministries and commissions have issued a financing promotion plan to support the manufacturing industry "one chain, one policy", helping these small and medium-sized enterprises in the entire important industrial chain to solve the problem of difficult and expensive financing. (CCTV News Client)