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As of end-June 2026, RMB real estate loans outstanding stood at 50.74 trillion yuan, down 4.9% year-on-year, with a net reduction of 1.23 trillion yuan in the first half. Development loans fell 8.5% to 12.65 trillion yuan, decreasing by 540.2 billion yuan, while personal housing loans dropped 3.8% to 36.29 trillion yuan, down 716.3 billion yuan.
China's rural financial system has achieved near-universal basic coverage, with outstanding agricultural loans in domestic and foreign currencies exceeding RMB 53 trillion in 2025. However, structural supply-demand imbalances, high operational costs, and risk management pressures persist. Digital credit construction, driven by technology and institutional innovation, is emerging as a critical solution to these challenges, aiming to transform rural inclusive finance from broad coverage to high-quality development.
After pulling five-year CDs in late 2025 to manage costs, state-owned banks including Bank of China, ICBC and CCB resumed issuance from July 2026, with rates up to 1.6%. Joint-stock banks such as Ping An and Huaxia offer up to 1.8%. The transferable CDs are in strong demand. Agricultural Bank, Bank of Communications, Postal Savings and China Merchants have not yet followed. The National Financial Regulatory Administration reported state-owned banks' net interest margin at 1.29% at end-Q1 2026, down 0.01 percentage point from end-2025.
Several listed Chinese banks have concluded their mid-year work meetings, setting key priorities for the second half of 2026. The banks will strengthen asset-liability management and enhance diversified income as core strategies. They also aim to improve service to the real economy, accelerate digital-intelligent transformation, and reinforce risk prevention and control.
Multiple bank wealth management firms, including XinYin, GuangDa, BoYin, HuiYin, and Jiangnan Rural Commercial Bank, have announced that new products will not be established due to failing to raise minimum subscription amounts. Meanwhile, some existing products are being terminated early as redemptions push sizes below clearing thresholds. The regulator has introduced a new assessment focusing on the average scale per product, prompting the industry to shift from scale expansion to refined operations. As of end-June 2026, the bank wealth management market held RMB 33.66 trillion in outstanding assets, up RMB 1.75 trillion from the first quarter, with over 151 million investors, a 5.59% increase from the start of the year.
Fourteen A-shares underwent equity registration on July 29, with 13 distributing dividends and one issuing bonus shares. Dizhu Fashion, COSCO Shipping Specialized, and Huaxia Bank led dividend payouts at RMB 4.00, RMB 3.25, and RMB 3.20 per 10 shares, respectively. Chengzhi Shareholding offered a 4-for-10 bonus issue. Separately, Xinzhoubang, Qianyuan Power, and Huadian Power International proposed dividends of RMB 3.0, RMB 1.0, and RMB 0.9 per 10 shares.
SPD Bank announced on July 27 that its registered capital has increased to RMB 33.306 billion, approved by the National Financial Regulatory Administration, following conversion of its RMB 50 billion convertible bonds issued in 2019, which generated 3.954 billion shares. Meanwhile, Ziyin convertible bonds expired with 99.98% unconverted, leading to cash redemption. Since 2026, the bank convertible bond market has been sluggish, with shrinking scale and low conversion rates affecting capital replenishment.
CITIC Bank announced on July 31 that Vice President He Jinsong has resigned due to a work adjustment. The board recently received his resignation letter. He Jinsong stepped down from the vice president position. The bank's brief statement did not provide further details on the adjustment or his future role.