The People's Bank of China and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission release the list of systemically important banks in our country

To establish a comprehensive macroprudential management system and strengthen the supervision of systemically important financial institutions, according to the “Measures for the Evaluation of Systemically Important Banks,” the People’s Bank of China and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission recently conducted the 2025 evaluation of systemically important banks in China. They identified 21 domestic systemically important banks, including 6 state-owned commercial banks, 10 joint-stock commercial banks, and 5 city commercial banks. The banks are divided into five groups based on their systemic importance scores from low to high: the first group includes 11 banks—China Minsheng Bank, China Everbright Bank, Ping An Bank, Huaxia Bank, Ningbo Bank, Jiangsu Bank, Bank of Beijing, Bank of Nanjing, China Guangfa Bank, Zheshang Bank, and Shanghai Bank; the second group includes 4 banks—Industrial Bank, China CITIC Bank, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, and Postal Savings Bank of China; the third group includes 2 banks—Bank of Communications and China Merchants Bank; the fourth group includes 4 banks—Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and Agricultural Bank of China; and no banks are in the fifth group.

Next, the People’s Bank of China and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission will, in accordance with the “Regulations on the Additional Supervision of Systemically Important Banks (Trial),” leverage the synergy of macroprudential management and microprudential supervision, continuously strengthen the additional regulation of systemically important banks, promote their safe and sound operation and healthy development, and better serve the high-quality development of the real economy.

(Source: People’s Bank of China website)