China's finance ministry is leading a combined 360 billion yuan (€46.1bn) capital injection into eight state-owned banks and insurers, a coordinated effort to strengthen balance sheets strained by weak lending, low interest rates and government instructions to prop up the stock market.

China's finance ministry is injecting over fifty billion dollars into state-owned financial institutions. This coordinated push aims to strengthen capital across the nation's…

China's Ministry of Finance is injecting 360 billion yuan ($54B) into state-owned banks and insurers, targeting Agricultural Bank of China, ICBC,