Evolution of China's Financial Asset Mix from 1991 to 2007

Abstract

In 1996, the first author of this essay manifested that financial assets structure of China which was then dominated by indirect financing had led to many problems in the economy. After more than ten years of financial reform, has the financial assets structure been improved‘ Can the existing financial assets structure accommodate the development of Chinese economy. This paper tries to answer above questions by reanalyzing the current financial structure in China. It is found that the financial asset structure of China has experienced obvious improvement. Meanwhilethe new structure has brought some new problems which ought to be resolved by further improvement of monetary market and capital market. In the coming ten years, the optimal path for the development of China’s financial market is through two-way opening.

Keywords: Financial Assets Structure, Monetization, Financial Deepening