ICBC cements position among big five in 2012  

中国五大银行去年日赚21亿 资产规模"座次"微调

截至3月27日，中国工行、建行、农行、中行和交行五大银行2012年业绩报告悉数公布完毕。过去一年中，尽管国际经济形势复杂严峻，中国经济增速有所放缓，但五大银行盈利情况仍然可用“抢眼”形容。

Beijing (CNS) -- The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) said it had a daily net profit of 654 million yuan last year and remains top among the country's big five banks.

ICBC, China Construction Bank (CCB), Bank of China (BOC), Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) and Bank of Communications (BOC) had all announced their financial statements by Wednesday.

The big five saw their combined net profits for 2012 grow to over 780 billion yuan, with a daily profit of 2.1 billion yuan.

Besides being the most profitable bank, ICBC's total assets also topped 17.5 trillion yuan by the end of last year, creating a three trillion yuan gap between the second-largest, China Construction Bank.

The ABC came in before BOC in terms of total assets.

ICBC said its nonperforming loans ratio was 0.85% as of December 31 last year, down from 0.94 percent a year earlier.