Research Article

Analysis of the Impact of Interest Rate Liberalization on Financial Services Management in Chinese Commercial Banks

Table 1

Research variables and their meanings.

Variable typeSymbolNameFormulaMeaning

Explained variableROAReturn on total assetsNet profit/average total assetsEarnings performance
NIIRProportion of noninterest incomeNoninterest income/operating incomeProfit structure

Explanatory variablesNISNet interest spreadInterest income/interest-earning assets-interest expense/interest-paying assetsInterest rate liberalization

Control variableSIZEAsset sizeLN (total assets)Commercial bank size
LDLoan deposit ratioLoan amount/deposit amountLoan proportion
CIRCost-to-income ratioOperating expenses/operating incomeCosts and expenses
RNPLNPL ratioNonperforming loans/total loansCosts and expenses
CARCapital adequacy ratioTotal capital/risk assetsRisk prevention
NPLNPL provision ratioLoan loss provision/nonperforming loanRisk prevention
GDPNational economic developmentGDP annual growth rateMacroeconomic conditions
BDRBank deposit contribution rateTotal deposits in the banking sector/GDPFinancial industry development
SRSecuritization rateStock market value/GDPFinancial industry development
TPPThird-party paymentThird-party payment scale/banking assetsI-finance
P2PP2P transactionP2P transaction volume/banking loan balanceI-finance