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.