Enping financial crisis
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The Enping financial crisis occurred in Enping, Jiangmen, Guangdong after nationwide bank runs in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis brought a pattern of fraud to light in multiple of the city's banks.
Fraud[]
Local officials, as well as the bank managers at the local China Construction Bank (CCB) branch, had illegally allocated funds to their own projects.[1][2] Other banks involved included the other three of the "big four" Chinese banks: the Bank of China, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and the Agricultural Bank of China.[3] The banks lost US$509.5m (CN¥ 3.6 billion (US$509m) and HK$3.68 million (around US$0.5m)) due to the fraud,[3] with the CCB branch alone estimated to have lost US$480m.[1]
Aftermath[]
Losses incurred by the scandal cost the People's Bank of China (PBOC) RMB 6.8b.[4] As banks pulled out of Enping, residents were denied access to financial services into the early 2010s.[5][6]
References[]
- ^ a b Mufson, Steven (22 November 1997). "FAITHFUL CHINESE SAVERS KEEP BANKING SYSTEM AFLOAT". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-06-22 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Zhu, Rongji (2013). Zhu Rongji on the Record: The Road to Reform: 1991–1997. Translated by Mei, June. Brookings Institution Press. p. 440. ISBN 9780815725183.
- ^ a b Nolan, Peter (2008). Integrating China: Towards the Coordinated Market Economy. Anthem Press. p. 136. ISBN 9781843312383.
- ^ Cousin, Violaine (2008). Banking in China (2nd ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. p. 48. doi:10.1057/9780230306967. ISBN 978-1-349-32344-9.
- ^ https://www.afdi.org.cn/files/f3532.pdf
- ^ http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/314871468261892004/pdf/588460PUB0Redu101public10BOX353816B.pdf
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