The Best-performing Banks ranking for China has yielded an important insight into the state of the country’s financial sector: while Chinese institutions once again dominate The Banker’s Top 1000 World Banks list by Tier 1 capital, it is some of the country’s smaller banks, further down the table, that are showing the highest growth rates, operational efficiency and quality of assets.
Applying the methodology over a larger sample size significantly changes our perception of many a bank's status. While China Minsheng Bank was ranked as the best-performing bank in China’s top 10 banks by Tier 1 capital, a very different picture begins to emerge when the methodology is extended to cover the top 100 Chinese banks.
