Chinese private equity and venture capital market in April remained steady while strategic investors became active, according to a report on Thursday.
The overall financial performances of companies listed on the A-share market reached the lowest level last year, as net profits flat-lined compared to 2011.
In China, the price of gold dropped by the daily limit for two consecutive days on April 15 and 16, but gold jewelry stores in major cities reported bulk buying.
Foreign direct investment in China continued to increase in March, an indication of global confidence in the world's second-largest economy.
China attracted $29.91 billion in foreign direct investment in the first quarter of 2013, up only 1.44 percent year-on-year.
China Economy by Numbers
CITIC is the leading legal financial advisor of Chinese companies involved in M&A transactions in the first quarter of 2013
One year ago, Wenzhou embarked on an ambitious venture of financial reform amid great fanfare.
Only 10 Chinese mainland companies were listed in the first quarter of 2013.
Gousen Securities Co Ltd was the top underwriter in 2012, with underwriting amount of $2.7975 billion, closely followed by CITIC with $ 2.745 billion.
The monthly net profit of 19 securities brokerages listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen in February totaled 1.84 billion yuan, ($300 million) a 30 percent decrease from January.
The Standard Chartered Renminbi Globalization Index reached 809 in January.
Government expenditures are projected to exceed revenue by 1.2 trillion yuan in 2013.
China's central bank said Monday that it granted more loans in 2012 to financial institutions in rural areas in order to support agriculture.
China's total bank assets at home and abroad were worth 133.6 trillion yuan at the end of 2012, a 17.9 percent rise on the previous year.
Total renminbi trade settlement handled by Hong Kong banks in 2012 surpassed 2,600 billion yuan ($413 billion), a year-on-year increase of 37 percent.
China's credit supply maintained rapid growth in February, after reaching its fastest pace in two years in the first month of the year.
China remains the largest foreign creditor of the United States after it increased its holdings of US treasury bonds by $19.7 billion in December.
China saw rapid growth in cross-bank card transactions during the Spring Festival holiday, according to statistics from China UnionPay.
The Exchange Fund's foreign assets increased HK$ 82.9 billion($10.68 billion) to HK$ 2.51 trillion at the end of January, Hong Kong's Monetary Authority announced Friday.
Total credit-card receivables in Hong Kong rose 10.4 percent to HK$ 111.3 billion ($14.34 billion) in the fourth quarter last year.
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