This year's survey is the largest to date and contains the summary financial information for 184 banks in China representing 85% of total banking assets and an increase of nearly 30 banks from last year's report. More interestingly, we have expanded our coverage of locally incorporated foreign banks and now have the summary financials for 34 of the 37 locally incorporated banks. Areas which were a key focus for our banking survey this year included the internationalisation of the RMB (and how banks can benefit), the new requirements for Basel II & III compliance and analysis on net interest margins in China.