Abbreviations
| ABC | Agricultural Bank of China |
| ABCP | Asset-Backed Commercial Paper |
| ACAP | Africa China Agent Program |
| ACEP | Africa-China Export Initiative |
| ADBC | Agricultural Development Bank of China |
| AFRE | Aggregate Financing to the Real Economy |
| AIIB | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank |
| AGDB | Agricultural Development Bank of China |
| AML | Anti-Money Laundering |
| APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| AVIC | Aviation Industry Corporation of China |
| BCBS | Basel Committee on Banking Supervision |
| BCHO | Bank of China Limited |
| BEA | Bank of East Asia |
| BOC | Bank of China |
| BRI | Belt and Road Initiative |
| CBA | China Banking Association |
| CBRC | China Banking Regulatory Commission |
| CBIRC | China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission |
| CCB | Peopleâs Construction Bank of China |
| CDB | China Development Bank |
| CFHI | China First Heavy Industries |
| CFTC | Commodity Future Trading Commission |
| CIB | China Industrial Bank Co., LTD |
| CIRC | China Insurance Regulatory Commission |
| CITIC | China International Trust Investment Company |
| CIPS | Cross-Border Interbank Payment System |
| CMB | China Merchants Bank |
| CNBM | China National Building Materials Group |
| CNNC | China National Nuclear Corporation |
| CNPC | China National Petroleum Corporation |
| COFCO | China Oil & Foodstuffs Corporation |
| COSCO | China Ocean Shipping (Group)Company |
| CPC | Communist Party of China |
| CPEC | China-Pakistan Economic Corridor |
| CRCC | China Railway Construction Corporation Limited |
| CSOT | China Star Optoelectronics Technology |
| CSRC | China Securities Regulatory Commission |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| ECSC | European Coal and Steel Community |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| ESCB | European System of Central Banks |
| EXIM Bank | Export-Import Bank of China |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| FRS | Federal Reserve System |
| FSA | Financial Services Agency |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GNP | Gross National Product |
| HSBC | Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited |
| IAC | Insurance Association of China |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ICBC | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| ITO | International Trade Organization |
| LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LDR | Loan-to-Deposit Ratio |
| MBB | Market-Based Banking |
| MLF | Medium-term Lending Facility |
| MPA | Macroprudential Assessment |
| NCUA | National Credit Union Administration |
| NDRC | National Development and Reform Commission |
| NPC | National Peopleâs Congress |
| NP | Nonperforming |
| NPLâs | Nonperforming loans |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| OCC | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| PBOC | Peopleâs Bank of China |
| PICC | Peopleâs Insurance Company of China |
| PPP | Public-Private Partnership |
| PSL | Pledged Supplementary Lending |
| QDIE | Qualified Domestic Investment Enterprises |
| QDII | Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor |
| QDLP | Qualified Domestic Limited Partners |
| QFII | Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor |
| RCAP | Regulatory Consistency Assessment Project |
| RCPMIS | RMB Collection and Payment Information Management System |
| RMB | Renminbi |
| RQFII | RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor System |
| RRR | Reserve Requirement Ratio |
| SAFE | State Administration of Foreign Exchange |
| SDR | Special Drawing Right |
| SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SEZâs | Special Economic Zones |
| SIVâs | Structured Investment vehicles |
| SLF | Short-term Lending Facility |
| SOEâs | State-owned companies |
| SMEâs | Small and Medium-Size Enterprise |
| SSE | Shanghai Securities Exchange |
| TAF | Short-term Tender Tool |
| TNC | Transnational Corporations |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |