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China Development bank: Barometer of communist party ambitions for the 21st century

By Andrew Yeh

Published: December 12 2006 11:10 | Last updated: December 12 2006 11:10

While not nearly as widely-discussed as China’s “big four” state banks, there is perhaps no better barometer of the communist party’s ambitions for the 21st century than the loan portfolio of China Development Bank.

As China’s main development financing institution, it has been one of the country’s most aggressive lenders recently.

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