HONG KONG (S&P Global Ratings) Oct. 19, 2021--Institutions left off China's inaugural list of domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs) could still be eligible to benefit from extraordinary support in the event of distress, S&P Global Ratings said today. Our view on the level of support for China Bohai Bank Co. Ltd. and China Zheshang Bank Co. Ltd. has not changed, even though the two banks were not classified as D-SIBs. As such, our assessment on the ratings will not change. On Oct. 15, 2021, the Chinese banking regulators published a list of 19 D-SIBs. These were tiered into five groups based on their size, complexity, interconnectedness, service criticality and potential influence over financial stability. These factors largely overlap with our
