Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical Indicators
Credit Funds refer to the monetary funds accumulated
and distributed in the means of credit by the financial institutions. The
sources of credit funds include various deposits, financial bonds, liabilities
to international financial institutions, currency in circulation, other items.
The uses of credit funds include loans, securities and investment, position for
bullion and silver purchase, position for foreign exchange purchase, advances
to treasury, and assets with international financial institutions..
Deposit is a form of credit by which enterprises,
institutions, organizations or households can put money into banks and other
credit institutions for safekeeping and interest earning under the principle of
free withdrawal. According to different depositors, deposits are divided
into unit deposits, personal
deposits, fiscal deposits, temporary deposits, entrusted deposits and other
deposits. Deposits are major sources of the credit funds of banks.
Loan
is a form of credit by which banks and other credit institutions provide
funds at certain interest rate to enterprises and individuals in the light of
the principle of unconditional repayment. Loans from Chinese banks include
short-term loan, medium-term and long-term loans, financial lease, bill
financing, various money advanced, foreign loans.
Insurance Companies
refer to commercial insurance companies of various forms registered by
law and established in
Amount Insured refers to the maximum that the insurant
will get for the claim of the case insured.
Premium is the fee paid
by the insurant to the insurer to obtain the obligation of compensation from
the insurance within the agreed terms.
Settled Claim is the compensation paid by the insurer to the insurant in accordance with the insurance contract.
Payment including
payment for death, injury or medical treatment and mature payment. Payment for
death, injury or medical treatment refers to the money paid to the insurant (or
the beneficiary) in accordance with the life or health insurance contract when
the insurant encounters accidents within the insured period covered in the
contract. Mature payment refers to the mature payment to the insurant in
accordance with the life insurance contract at the end of the insured period.