Programme Overview

 
Microfinance and Rural Financial Sector Reform PSBC Microfinance and Retail Banking Project Asset and Equity Market Reform Weather Insurance Microfinance Capacity Building Initiative

Objective: Supervisory authorities and service providers in the banking sector are capable of structuring and promoting the Chinese rural financial sector in the five pilot provinces (Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Guizhou, and Sichuan).

Objective: By providing counseling services to Postal Savings Bank of China during their transformation into a professional financial intermediary for rural areas, an important contribution is made to the stability of the Chinese financial sector and the participation of the rural population in the economic boom in China.

Objective: Trading activities of Property Rights Exchanges are transparent, are supported by independent service providers, and take into consideration social and ecological aspects during privatizations.

Objective: Through a better performance of the Chinese insurance sector in the area of weather insurance (weather derivatives), the market players (households and enterprises) who are especially exposed to natural risks have access to modern instruments of risk management through which they can better adapt to climate change.

Objective: A microfinance consulting and training institution is established which helps to professionalize Chinese Microfinance institutions’ management and staff