National Financial Regulatory Administration says China's banking-sector RMB and foreign-currency assets totaled 498.0 tln yuan at end-Q2 2026, up 6.6% YoY. Large commercial banks held 221.6 tln yuan, up 8.5%, representing 44.5% of the total; joint-s

2026-08-14

National Financial Regulatory Administration says China's banking-sector RMB and foreign-currency assets totaled 498.0 tln yuan at end-Q2 2026, up 6.6% YoY. Large commercial banks held 221.6 tln yuan, up 8.5%, representing 44.5% of the total; joint-stock commercial banks held 80.4 tln yuan, up 6.2%, 16.1% share. Insurance companies and insurance asset managers had combined total assets of 43.9 tln yuan at end-Q2, up 6.2% YTD: property & casualty insurers 3.4 tln yuan, up 8.4% YTD; life insurers 38.7 tln yuan, up 6.2% YTD; reinsurers 879.0 bln yuan, up 2.5% YTD; insurance asset managers 149.1 yuan yuan, up 2.4% YTD. Financial holding companies reported consolidated total assets of 29.1 tln yuan, consolidated liabilities of 26.1 tln yuan and consolidated net assets of 3.0 tln yuan.

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