On Oct. 30, 2025, China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) (Stock code: SH: 601939; HK: 00939) reported its operating results for the third quarter of 2025 (The following data for the Group were prepared in line with International Financial Reporting Standards and denominated in RMB). China Construction Bank has adhered to enhancing the 'three capabilities' as the fundamental guideline, strived to be a main force in serving the real economy and a stabilizing anchor in maintaining financial stability, solidly carried out the "five major financial initiatives", accelerated exploration of an intrinsically-driven high-quality development path, and achieved good results in the first three quarters.
Its business development was balanced and coordinated, with a steady and positive operating benefits . During the first three quarters, the operating income, the net non-interest income, the pre-provision operating profit and the net profit were on the increase YOY. The operating income was RMB 560.281 billion, up by 1.44% as compared to the previous period. The pre-provision operating profit was RMB 411.36 billion, up by 1.03% as compared to the previous period. The net profit was RMB 258.446 billion, up by 0.52% as compared to the previous period. Net profits attributable to shareholders of this bank were 257.360 billion Yuan, up by 0.62% as compared to the previous period. Growth has accelerated for two consecutive quarters. Its income structure has continuously optimized, the net fee and commission income was 89.668 billion yuan, up by 5.31% as compared to the previous period. It has maintained leadership in core indicators among industrial peers, with a net interest yield of 1.36%, and the annualized average return on asset 0.80%. The annualised weighted average return on equity (ROE) was 10.32%. The cost-income ratio was 25.53%, continuing to maintain good performances among its peers. The core business maintained steady progress. As of Sept. 30, 2025, the group's total assets amounted to RMB 45.37 trillion, up by 11.83% as compared with that at the end of last year; loans and advances totaled RMB 27.68 trillion, up by 7.10% over the end of the previous year; total liability was 41.71 trillion Yuan, up by 12.05% as compared with that at the end of last year; including deposits of RMB 30.65 trillion, up by 6.75% over the end of the previous year. It has high-quality and robust assets and enough risk resistances with a non-performing loan ratio of 1.32%, down by 0.02 percentage points as compared with that at the end of last year; and a provision coverage ratio of 235.05%, up by 1.45 percentage points as compared with that at the end of last year. The capital adequacy ratio was 19.24%.
Comprehensively serving the real economy and systematically and comprehensively did well in the "five major financial initiatives". CCB solidly promoted supports for new-type industrialization service programs, with the manufacturing sector loan balance exceeding 3.5 trillion yuan. CCB continuously supported the private economy, with a private sector loan balance over 6.7 trillion Yuan. It actively leveraged its unique advantages, vigorously supported infrastructure constructions, enhanced special actions in promoting consumer finance and better served the expansion of domestic demands. It continuously enhanced the ability to participate in international competition, deepened integrated operations of home and foreign currencies and strongly supported high-level opening-up. It strengthened overall planning, provided financial services for comprehensive countryside revitalization and improved the quality and efficiency of services for coordinated regional development. Availed technological finance to steadily advance integrated services and actively fostered new productive forces. Rapid growth was maintained in loans to the hi-tech sector. A total of 21 financial asset investment companies (AIC) equity investment pilot funds were registered in 15 cities; CCB underwrote 118 technological innovation bonds (including technological innovation notes and bonds); the investment in technological innovation bonds in the bond portfolio for the first three quarters increased by more than 400% YOY. The diversified service system of green finance was further improved. The balance of green loans reached RMB 5.89 trillion, up by 18.38% over that at the beginning of the year. CCB issued green bonds of 50 billion Yuan in CNY. It underwrote 98 issues of green and sustainable development bonds in China, with an underwriting scale of RMB 292.878 billion. Inclusive finance witnessed obvious improvement in service quality and efficiency. The balance of the inclusive finance loans to micro and small-sized enterprises was RMB 3.81 trillion, up by RMB 397.69 billion over the end of the previous year; 3.7 million loan clients, up by 345,500 clients over that at the end of the previous year. "CCB Huidongni" had a total of 15.37 million certified enterprises, up by 1.23 million enterprises compared with that at the end of last year. The service system of the pension finance continued to be advanced. CCB enhanced leadership in the annuity market and its second pillar management of Jianxin endowment pension scale reached 700.899 billion Yuan, up by 11.78% as compared with that at the end of last year. It initiated the "Anxin" series of corporate endowment pension products and launched services covering compensation and benefit, equity incentive, supplementary medicare and other scenarios. The intelligent transformation of digital finance is accelerating. The systematic AI application was boosted. CCB promoted the large-scale application of AI technologies in core service sectors and its large financial model has supported 347 service scenarios cumulatively. The total number of mobile banking and CCB Life users reached 542 million clients. The loans to support the core industry of the digital economy increased stably, which is amounted to over RMB 800 billion.
Improved the long-term mechanism of risk prevention and resolution and realized better balance of development and safety. CCB adhered to the concept of comprehensive risk management, strengthened the collaborative risk control between parent and subsidiary companies and between domestic and foreign subsidiaries and enhanced the group's integrated risk management and control capabilities. It enhanced the capacity for promoting development while preventing risks, accelerated the construction of an enterprise-level intelligent risk control system and improved the intelligentization level of customer and business risk monitoring and early warning. It did well to manage asset quality and dispose of risks, so that risks in key areas were generally under control..
Going forward, China Construction Bank will be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and study, promote and implement the spirits of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, regarding it as a critical political mission now and in the foreseeable future. It will accurately grasp the main goals and tasks of financial work during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, scientifically formulate the Group’s “15th Five-Year Plan”, focus on its primary responsibilities and core businesses, aim for excellence and strength, resolutely follow the path of financial development with Chinese characteristics and contribute financial strengths to the modernization drive in the Chinese way.