HONG KONG -- Bad loans at China's top four banks fell last year for the first time since 2011 amid pressure from regulators to clean up balance sheets and broad economic improvement.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China and Bank of China had a total of 765.7 billion yuan ($122 billion) in non-performing loans on their books at the end of 2017, marking a 0.2% drop on the year.
