| Commercial Banks in China | | | | significant influence over industry results as a whole. |
| The Commercial Banks Industry in China refers to | | | | The Major Market Segments section details the key |
| establishments primarily engaged in accepting savings | | | | client industries and/or groups as well as giving an |
| deposits; providing loans; providing transaction services; | | | | indication as to which of these are the most important |
| and other corporate and consumer financial services. | | | | to the industry. The Industry Concentration section |
| Commercial banks in China are divided into five main | | | | provides an indicator of how much industry revenue is |
| groups: state-owned commercial banks, which includes | | | | accounted for by the top four players. The |
| the biggest four banks in China; joint-stock commercial | | | | Geographic Spread section provides a guide to the |
| banks; city commercial banks; foreign and joint venture | | | | regional share of industry revenue/gross product. |
| (JV) banks; and other commercial and cooperative | | | | The Industry Conditions chapter covers the following: |
| banks. | | | | Barriers to Entry, Taxation, Industry Assistance, |
| Report Contents | | | | Regulation and Deregulation, Cost Structure, Capital |
| The Key Statistics chapter provides the key indicators | | | | and Labor Intensity, Technology and Systems, Industry |
| for the industry for at least the last three years. The | | | | Volatility and Globalization. The Barriers to Entry |
| statistics included are industry revenue, industry gross | | | | section outlines factors that can prevent a new |
| product, employment, establishments, exports, imports, | | | | company from entering this industry and also gives an |
| domestic demand and total wages. | | | | indication of the extent to which this occurs. The |
| The Market Characteristics chapter covers the | | | | Taxation section details all kinds of taxation that are |
| following: Market Size, Linkages, Demand Determinants, | | | | specific or are particularly important to this industry, |
| Domestic and International Markets, Basis of | | | | including taxation concessions. The Industry Assistance |
| Competition and Life Cycle. The Market Size section | | | | section refers to any government and/or other |
| gives the size of the domestic market as well as the | | | | measures designed to improve the performance of |
| size of the export market. The Linkages section lists | | | | this industry. The Regulation and Deregulation section |
| the industry's major supplier and major customer | | | | details any applicable regulation and/or deregulation to |
| industries. The Demand Determinants section lists the | | | | this industry. The Cost Structure section details the |
| key factors which are likely to cause demand to rise | | | | average costs for a company operating in this industry |
| or fall. The Domestic and International Markets section | | | | as a percentage of total revenue. The Capital and |
| defines the market for the products and services of | | | | Labor Intensity section provides a guide to the amount |
| the industry. This section provides the size of the | | | | of capital used in production/providing a service |
| domestic market and the proportion accounted for by | | | | compared to the amount of labor in the total mix of |
| imports and exports and trends in the levels of imports | | | | inputs. The Technology and Systems section |
| and exports. The Basis of Competition section outlines | | | | acknowledges the latest technology and/or systems |
| the key types of competition between firms within the | | | | available to this industry within the country. Technology |
| industry as well as highlighting competition from | | | | refers to machinery and equipment and systems |
| substitute products in alternative industries. The Life | | | | refers to methods of production that enable better and |
| Cycle section provides an analysis of which stage of | | | | more efficient production. The Industry Volatility section |
| development the industry is at. | | | | refers to the year on year fluctuations which occur in |
| The Segmentation chapter covers the following: | | | | industry output. The Globalization section gives an |
| Products and Service Segmentation, Major Market | | | | indication of the extent to which the industry is global |
| Segments, Industry Concentration and Geographic | | | | based on factors such as the level of foreign |
| Spread. The Products and Service Segmentation | | | | ownership, the proportion of demand accounted for by |
| section details the key products and/or services | | | | foreign operators and the volume of production |
| provided by this industry, highlighting the most important | | | | conducted in other countries. |
| where possible to demonstrate which have a more | | | | |