China’s top lenders tout limited exposure to western banking crisis
中国各大银行未受西方银行业危机影响
Beijing’s biggest banks encouraged by stress tests against US and European risk
工行、建行、农行和中行都报告称，上月瑞银对瑞信的紧急救助以及美国银行业发生的倒闭未对它们的账簿造成直接损害。
China’s biggest banks say they have escaped unscathed from the financial crisis in the US and Europe, following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse.
中国最大的几家银行称没有受到近期美国和欧洲金融危机的影响，此前硅谷银行(Silicon Valley Bank)和瑞信(Credit Suisse)相继倒闭。
China’s top lenders — Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China and Bank of China — have all reported there was no direct damage to their books from last month’s emergency rescue of Credit Suisse by UBS and failures in the US banking sector.
中国各大银行——中国工商银行(ICBC)、中国建设银行(CCB)、中国农业银行(ABC)和中国银行(BOC)——都报告称，上月瑞银(UBS)对瑞信的紧急救助以及美国银行业发生的多起倒闭未对它们的账簿造成直接损害。
“Even from an indirect or spillover effect perspective, the impact [to China’s banking sector] is very limited,” said Ji Zhihong, vice-president of the country’s second-largest bank CCB at a briefing last week, when all the main banks reported strong earnings.
“即使从间接或衍生的角度来看，（对中国银行业的）影响也是非常有限的，”中国第二大银行建设银行副行长纪志宏上周在业绩发布会上表示。上周中国所有主要银行都报告了强劲盈利。
