Chinese banking financial institutions saw a steady expansion in assets in the first three quarters of the year, data from the country's top banking and insurance regulator showed.
Local and foreign
A breakdown of the asset data showed that large commercial banks accounted for 41.3 percent of the total, while joint-stock commercial banks contributed 17.4 percent.
The country's commercial banks reaped combined net profits of 1.7 trillion yuan in the January-September period, up 1.2 percent from one year earlier.
By the end of September, the non-performing loan ratio of commercial banks stood at 1.66 percent, lower than the level at the end of the second quarter.