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Construction Bank sees profits soar Jan.-June
15/7/2004 13:24

China Construction Bank (CCB) reported soaring profits of 32.84 billion yuan (3.96 billion US dollars) in the January-June period, up 32 percent from last year,Thursday.

The bank, which is one of China's "big four" state-owned commercial banks, reported that its non-performing loan (NPL) ratio declined 5.69 percentage points from the first quarter this year to 3.08 percent. The bank disposed of 22.37 billion yuan (some 2.66 billion US dollars) of bad assets during the period, its sources said.



 Xinhua