Examine the Role of China's City Commercial Banks in this 2008 Analysis of the 75 City Commercial Banks Currently Operating in China

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b874e2/china_city_commerc) has announced the addition of the "China City Commercial Bank Report, 2008" report to their offering.

China's city commercial banks, as the last institutions emerging in China's commercial banking system, were founded in 1995 through a shareholding reform of the former urban credit cooperatives. They are regarded as "the third echelon" in China's banking system.

In 2007, China accelerated the pace of initial public offerings of its city commercial banks. On July 19th 2007, the Bank of Nanjing went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, becoming the first urban commercial bank stock in the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Bank of Nanjing with a registered capital of CNY1.207 billion is the third urban commercial bank that has set up branches in other cities, after the Bank of Beijing and Bank of Shanghai. Besides Bank of Nanjing, Bank of Ningbo also had its IPO on the same day in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Bank of Beijing (601169) had its IPO in the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Sep. 19th 2007. The Bank of Beijing opened at 23 yuan per share in its market debut, up 84% from its IPO prices of 12.5 yuan. The bank issued 1.2 billion A shares in all, among which, 900 million shares were issued on-line. The bank's shares were chased by the market and a total of CNY1.9 trillion was frozen for subscription.

Furthermore, Bank of Hangzhou, Bank of Chongqing, and Bank of Tianjin have all expressed their intention to go public. It is inevitable that more of China's urban commercial banks will be listed on the stock market in 2008.

China’s Banking Regulatory Commission stated that domestic city commercial banks should adhere to seven basic requirements: firstly, non-performing loans should remain at about 5%; the capital adequacy ratio should be above 8%; NPL provision coverage rate should reach 100%; profit should continue to grow; all information should be fully disclosed; the ability to prevent market risk and operational risk should be further enhanced; and finally, operation features, operation mechanisms, corporate management, corporate culture and the quality of employees should also be further improved. All city commercial banks have made great efforts to meet the above requirements and their efforts are finally paid off, according to our in-depth analysis in this report on the operation conditions and performance of 75 city commercial banks in China.

Key Topics Covered:

• Overview of China City Commercial Bank Industry Development, 2007-2008
• Competitive Edge of City Commercial Banks in Pan-Pearl River Delta Economic Zone
• Competitive Edge of City Commercial Banks in Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone
• Competitive Edge of City Commercial Banks in Northeast Economic Zone
• Competitive Edge of City Commercial Banks in Western Economic Zone
• Competitive Edge of City Commercial Banks in Pan-Bohai Sea Economic Zone
• Competitive Edge of City Commercial Banks in Central Economic Zone
• List of Charts

Companies Mentioned Include:

• Shenzhen Ping An Bank
• Bank of Dongguan
• Fuzhou City Commercial Bank
• Quanzhou City Commercial Bank
• Liuzhou City Commercial Bank
• Zhanjiang Commercial Bank
• Nanning City Commercial Bank
• Guilin City Commercial Bank
• Bank of Shanghai
• Bank of Hangzhou
• Bank of Nanjing
• Shaoxing City Commercial Bank
• Bank of Ningbo
• Bank of Wenzhou
• Jiaxing City Commercial Bank
• Nanchang City Commercial Bank
• Huzhou City Commercial Bank
• Bank of Jiangsu
• Bank of Chongqing
• Bank of Lanzhou
• Yichang City Commercial Bank
• Fudian Bank
• Bank of Tianjin
• Bank of Beijing
• Jinan City Commercial Bank
• Rizhao City Commercial Bank
• Zibo City Commercial Bank
• Langfang City Commercial Bank
• Yantai City Commercial Bank
• Xuchang City Commercial Bank
• Deyang City Commercial Bank
• Huangshi City Commercial Bank
• Hengyang City Commercial Bank
• Xinxiang City Commercial Bank
• Datong City Commercial Bank
• Zhengzhou City Commercial Bank

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