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 Balance Sheet of Credit Funds of Financial Institutions (Funds
Sources), Balance Sheet of Credit Funds of Financial Institutions (Funds Uses),
Money Supply at Year-end, Rate of Increase of Money Supply Over the Previous
Corresponding Period, Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves, Balance Sheet of
Monetary Authority (Balance at Year-end) ，Balance Sheet of Other Depository Corporations (Balance at Year-end)，Balance Sheet of Foreign-funded
Banks at Year-end，Statistics on
Social Financing and Its Composition. 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) Official Interest Rates of Deposits of
Financial Institutions and 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) General Statistics on Securities
Markets, Number of Listed Companies, Issued Shares and Raised Capital and
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) Number of Institutions and Employed
Persons in the Insurance System at Year-end and Economic and Technical
Indicators of Insurance Companies，Situations of Assets of Insurance Company，Fund Uses of Insurance Company，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.