Brief
Introduction
I.
Main Contents
Data
in this chapter show the development of
II.
Sources of Data
(1)
Data on the activities of financial institutions are 19-1 Balance Sheet of
Credit Funds of Financial Institutions (Funds Sources), 19-2 Balance Sheet of
Credit Funds of Financial Institutions (Funds Uses), 19-3 Money Supply at
Year-end, 19-4 Rate of Increase of Money Supply Over the Previous Corresponding
Period, 19-7 Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves, 19-8 Balance Sheet of Monetary
Authority (Balance at Year-end) ，19-9
Balance Sheet of Other Depository Corporations (Balance at Year-end)，
19-10 Balance Sheet of Foreign-funded Banks at Year-end.
Statistical scope of balance sheet of credit funds of financial institutions and
data on cash income and expenditure cover the People’s Bank of China, the State
policy banks, the State-owned commercial banks, other commercial banks, urban
cooperative banks, urban credit cooperatives, rural credit cooperatives,
foreign-funded banks, finance companies, financial trust and investment
companies, financial leasing companies, postal savings bureau. The grassroots
units of the above financial institutions fill out the questionnaires and report
to the higher authority. The higher authorities tabulate the data level by
level. Finally, the Head Office of the People’s Bank of China tabulate the data
to obtain the national total. The data on gold and foreign exchange reserves are
extracted from the balance sheet of the People’s Bank of China and are provided
by the relevant departments in the Bank.
(2)
Tables 19-5 Official Interest Rates of Deposits of Financial Institutions and
19-6 Official Interest Rates of Loans of Financial Institutions show the changes
of the interest rates of deposits and loans. Data are from the interest rates of
deposits and loans stipulated and published by the Head Office of the People’s
Bank of China.
(3)
Tables 19-11 General Statistics on Securities Markets, 19-12 Number of Listed
Companies, 19-13 Issued Shares and Raised Capital and 19-14 Statistics of Stock
Trading show the situation regarding direct financing. Data are from the
Statistical Yearbook on China’s Securities and Futures compiled by China
Securities Regulatory Commission.
(4)
Table 19-15 Number of Institutions and Employed Persons in the Insurance System
at Year-end and 19-16 Economic and Technical Indicators of Insurance
Companies，19-17
Situations of Assets of Insurance Company，19-18
Fund Uses of Insurance Company，19-19
Premium of Primary Insurance and Payment by Region show the business situation
of the insurance industry, with data coming from the insurance statistics
compiled by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission.