As of the end 2004, China has 4 wholly state-owned commercial banks, 3 policy banks, 12 share-holding commercial banks, 112 city commercial banks, 681 city credit cooperatives, 32,854 rural credit cooperatives, 8 rural cooperative banks, 7 rural commercial banks, 211 foreign bank branches, 220 foreign bank representative offices, 4 financial asset management companies, 59 trust and investment companies, 74 finance companies, 12 financial leasing companies, 3 auto financing companies and a large number of postal savings institutions.
In the securities industry, China has 131 securities companies, 43 fund management companies, 187 future brokerage companies and 111 securities -investment consulting agencies. In the insurance industry, China has 6 insurance groups and holding companies, 69 insurance companies, 4 insurance asset management companies, 1317 specialized insurance intermediaries and more than 110 thousand insurance intermediaries.