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Podcast: The Sound of Economics (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)
Episode: China’s financial system: big, powerful and still state-run
Pub date: 2026-02-18
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Episode: China’s financial system: big, powerful and still state-run
Pub date: 2026-02-18
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China’s banking sector has expanded from a fragile, state-dominated system in the 1990s into the largest in the world. But this increased scale has not brought with it a shift toward market-driven finance, with the core logic of state-directed control over credit remaining a central feature of Chinese banking. In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Yuyun Zhan sits down with Alicia García-Herrero and Fraser Howie to examine how banks continue to serve state priorities, funnelling household savings into politically favoured sectors while sustaining local governments and state-owned firms.
This episode is part of the ZhōngHuá Mundus series of The Sound of Economics. ZhōngHuá Mundus is a newsletter by Bruegel, bringing you monthly analysis of China in the world, as seen from Europe. Sign up now to receive it in your mailbox!
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Episode: China’s financial system: big, powerful and still state-run
Pub date: 2026-02-18
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Episode: China’s financial system: big, powerful and still state-run
Pub date: 2026-02-18
Get Podcast Transcript →
powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization
China’s banking sector has expanded from a fragile, state-dominated system in the 1990s into the largest in the world. But this increased scale has not brought with it a shift toward market-driven finance, with the core logic of state-directed control over credit remaining a central feature of Chinese banking. In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Yuyun Zhan sits down with Alicia García-Herrero and Fraser Howie to examine how banks continue to serve state priorities, funnelling household savings into politically favoured sectors while sustaining local governments and state-owned firms.
This episode is part of the ZhōngHuá Mundus series of The Sound of Economics. ZhōngHuá Mundus is a newsletter by Bruegel, bringing you monthly analysis of China in the world, as seen from Europe. Sign up now to receive it in your mailbox!
The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Bruegel, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.