BEIJING (Reuters): Bad loans at Chinese banks could rise by between 70 billion yuan and 100 billion yuan ($11 billion and $16 billion) in 2013 due in part to delinquency risks from industries plagued by overcapacity, the China Banking Association said in an annual report on the industry.
The report comes several days after Beijing began a new campaign to reduce overcapacity in several industries, a step seen as key to eventually rebalancing China's economic structure. It warned that steel, photovoltaic and shipping sectors may be at the forefront of a new crop of bad loans.