Among the 3,366 guarantee agencies, 688 agencies are invested completely by government, amounting to 20% of the total and another 629 agencies are invested partly by government, accounting for 19% of the total, while 2,049 agencies are invested by private investors, amounting to 61% the total.
As early as 2003, China had 305 guarantee agencies with full government investment, amounting to 31.6% of the total and 321 agencies with partial government investment, accounting for 33.2% of the total, while only 340 agencies were financed by private investors, amounting to 35.2% of the total.
The above chart shows that the guarantee agencies invested by private investors have grown very rapidly and they have become the most important players in China's guarantee industry.
According to the authoritative statistics from National Bureau of Statistics, and National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planning agency, and the study of cases, the report makes an in-depth analysis of the current situation of development, the policy environment and key players in China's guarantee industry with focus on nine key guarantee agencies. Based upon the analysis of China's guarantee industry development in 2007 and before, the report predicts the development tendency of the industry in 2008.
China guarantee industry has developed very fast during the past decade. There were 966 guarantee agencies in 2003 and by the end of 2006, the figure has risen to 3,366.