Looking at China’s financial and banking sector
This is a selection of resources on China’s financial and banking sector available from the NLB catalogue or the Internet and is not meant to be an exhaustive list.
NLB print and digital resources
Private lending in China: Practice, law, and regulation of shadow banking and alternative finance
This book examines China’s private lending sector, covering the economic, legal and regulatory angles. It analyses the unique characteristics and operating mechanisms of this shadow banking system, Chinese laws and regulations on private lending transactions and China’s efforts to bring official oversight to underground lending activities.
All rights reserved, Abingdon: Routledge, 2019
Economy of the People’s Republic of China
China is currently the world’s second largest economy after the United States in terms of nominal GDP and purchasing power parity. This book traces China’s economic history, its globalisation and economic growth, fragmentation of its domestic market, the financial and banking system and the Belt and Road Initiative.
All rights reserved, New Delhi: Vij Books India Pvt Ltd, 2018
Structure and changes of China’s financial system
Learn about the formation of China’s state-owned financial institutions and their impact on the country’s economic growth and reform. The last chapter of the book also examines the issue of property rights under the state-owned financial system.
All rights reserved, Abingdon: Routledge, 2018
The evolution of China’s banking system, 1993-2017
Private Lending in China traces the development of China’s banking system from 1993 to 2017, focusing on China’s approach in reforming and regulating the banking sector and it’s relative success in weathering financial crises. The author argues that China’s growing influence in global financial institutions can contribute to financial stability in the world.
All rights reserved, Abingdon: Routledge, 2019
China’s fintech explosion: Disruption, innovation, and survival
China’s Fintech Explosion explores the transformative potential of China’s financial-technology industry, covering the benefits and challenges for participants and consumers in areas including digital payment systems, peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding, credit card issuance and internet banks, blockchain finance and virtual currencies, and online insurance.
Retrieved from OverDrive. (myLibrary ID login is required to access this ebook)
Crowdfunding in China: A new institutional economics approach
Crowdfunding in China takes an institutional economics approach to examine crowdfunding in China, which has received significant government support. The ebook maps and deciphers the informal finance that have led to internet finance and ultimately the rise of crowdfunding platforms as a form of financing in China.
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Renminbi rising: A new global monetary system emerges
This book examines the origins of the domestic financial reform driving the renminbi (RMB) internationlisation and analyses the current and future impacts of the RMB rise on existing financial services and products, the global financial ecosystem and the international business arena.
Retrieved from ProQuest Ebook Central. (myLibrary ID is required to access this database.)
China’s banking transformation: The untold story
This is a first account of the inner workings of Chinese banking written by a Westerner who was a board member of several China banks for 12 years. The author examines the governance and management of China’s banks from the perspective of the Chinese government and the role of the Communist Party.
All rights reserved, New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
Shadow banking in China: Risk, regulation and policy
The author examines the regulations governing shadow banking in China and the potential risks inherent in this emerging industry. Issues discussed include peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, wealth management products, local government debts and the underground lending market.
All rights reserved, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.
Shadow banking and the rise of capitalism in China
This book traces the rise of China’s free markets and the growth of shadow banking in China. The latter refers to financial activities carried out by non-formal banking institutions such as small-scale money lending businesses, online credit bureaus and state-owned banks.
All rights reserved, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
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Chinese bankers survey 2019: Executive summary
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Last updated on Oct 2020