China's Banking Sector Under Pressure: Property, Debt, and Stability — TGB Intelligence Report Q3 2025
TGB Archive9 January 202623 min readBy TGB Editorial Team
Coverage: Q3 2025 · Information to 9 January 2026
TGB Quarterly Thematic Intelligence Report · 9 January 2026
Chinese commercial banks ended the third quarter of 2025 with an NPL ratio of 1.52% and a capital adequacy ratio of 15.36%, while property investment kept falling and the local government debt swap moved risk from bank loan books to the government bond market.
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