Asia 100 1997: Waiting for the impact
| Rank | Bank | Location | Fiscal period | Share holders' equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | Return on equity (%) | $ rate differential (%) | |
| 97 | 96 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | HongkongBank | Hong Kong | 1996 | 13,360 | 20.85 | 167,378 | 10.42 | 2,920 | 14.51 | 21.86 | 0.04 |
| 2 | 2 | Industrial & Commercial Bank | China | 1996 | 11,34 | 61.56 | 437,392 | 16.8 | 700 | 24.44 | 6.17 | -0.23 |
| 3 | 1 | Bank of China | Beijing, China | 1996 | 9,974 | 13.42 | ||||||