Bank of China (ABC), Bank of China (BOC), China Construction Bank (CCB, previously called People's Bank of Construction), and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). In 1984, China completed the establishment of a two-tier banking system to replace its previous mono-bank system: the first tier is the central bank, People's Bank of China, and the second tier includes other banks and non-bank financial institutions (García-Herrero et al. 2006). However, problems aroused due to insufficient competition and policy burden on the four specialized banks with the nonperforming loan ratios as high as about 30 percent in the early 1990s. Through the mid-1990s, the second stage of bank reform was implemented. Specialized banks were commercialized, and regulations were improved. To enhance competition, joint-stock commercial banks (JSCBs) and private banks were encouraged by the government. Foreign banks gradually could be authorized to expand in Chinese market (Okazaki 2007). At the end of 1990s, especially with China's WTO accession in 2001, rules, regulations, and laws started to alter again, and China promised to reducelimitations on ownership takeovers, have more fair tax treatmentsto different banks, and liberalizeloan and deposit interest rates. As a strategy of stateowned commercial bank (SOCB) reform, non-performing loans must be taken over, so four asset management companies were set up to fulfill this role in 1999(Wang 2008). Then, strategic foreign investors were introduced. For example, HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) acquired 19.9% of the