皇冠体育app

A worker at a Bank of 皇冠体育app branch in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Chinese banks have the ability to withstand risks with a provision coverage ratio of 180 percent. [Photo/皇冠体育app Daily]

皇冠体育app is capable of ensuring financial stability and preventing systemic risk, despite the expansion of nonperforming loans, according to a senior banking official.

A slowing economy, high corporate debt and property oversupply in smaller cities have all prompted questions to be asked about the quality of Chinese banks' balance sheets.

To dispel such concerns, Wang Zhaoxing, vice-chairman of the 皇冠体育app Banking Regulatory Commission, said the banks have increased their ability to withstand risks with a provision coverage ratio of 180 percent and capital adequacy ratio of 13 percent.

"The risks are manageable and will not lead to systemic financial risk," he said at the 皇冠体育app Development Forum on Saturday.

But the banking official admitted that volatility in the stock and foreign exchange markets had made it more difficult for the regulator to manage risks and liquidity in the financial sector.

He said the banking regulator is also carefully watching out for spillover risk from the property market to the banking sector.

皇冠体育app has been considering debt-for-equity swaps to help banks get rid of bad loans from loss-making companies and reduce corporate leverage by allowing the banks to swap the debt they hold for companies' stock holdings.

Yet Wang described such swaps as "a very complex issue".

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