Greater China Banks Daily "Minsheng Bank approved to absorb another..."

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Greater China Banks Daily "Minsheng Bank approved to absorb another..."

Global Research

10 July 2026ab

Greater China Banks Daily Equities

ChinaMinsheng Bank approved to absorb another

village bank; NAFMII curbs short-term LGFV Banks

bond issuance MayAnalystYan

may.yan@ubs.com

+852-2971 7157

Minsheng Bank approved to absorb another village bank Alex Ye

Analyst

China Securities Journal, July 8: Minsheng Bank has received regulatory approval to S1460522090005

acquire Jinghong Minsheng Village Bank and set up a Xishuangbanna branch, which will alex.ye@ubs.com

assume all of the village bank’s assets, liabilities, rights and obligations. Jinghong +86 755 2215 8858

Minsheng Village Bank is based in Yunnan with registered capital of RMB75mn, and

Catherine Yang, CFA

Minsheng Bank held an 80.40% stake as of end-2025. The approval came shortly after Analyst

Minsheng Bank was also approved to acquire Changyuan Minsheng Village Bank and S1460526010003

establish several related branches to take over its assets, liabilities, business, employees catherine-za.yang@ubs.com

and obligations. As of end-2025, Minsheng Bank had set up 29 Minsheng village banks +86-755-2215 8860

with 77 outlets, but their total assets, deposits and loans all declined from a year earlier. Helen Li, CFA

NAFMII curbs short-term LGFV bond issuance helen-za.li@ubs.com

Reuters, July 9: China’s interbank bond market regulator has moved to curb short-term +852-2971 6066

bond issuance by LGFVs, as Beijing intensifies efforts to contain hidden local debt risks.

NAFMII has asked LGFVs to issue refinancing bonds with maturities of at least two years,

effectively steering them away from shorter tenors, while also tightening scrutiny of

their bond sales. The move is aimed in part at preventing a concentration of short-term