Aug 23 (Reuters) – China Construction Bank Corp (CCB) (0939.HK), China’s biggest lender to home buyers, said on Monday that its non-performing loan (NPL) ratio for government loans stood at a low 0.11 percent in the first half
CCB (601939.SS) Chairman Guo Shuqing gave the figure to reporters at a news conference to discuss its second-quarter results.
CCB reported a better-than-expected 35.6 billion yuan second-quarter net profit on Sunday, helped by loan expansion and a recovery in interest margins. [ID:nTOE67J06H]
But investors are concerned that the bank and its peers could soon see their NPLs increase following a government-backed lending spree last year under Beijing’s stimulus programme to support the economy during the global downturn. (Reporting by Xie Heng; Editing by Chris Lewis)
