SHANGHAI: China Construction Bank, one of the country’s “big four” financial institutions, reported a moderate first-half profit rise and improving asset quality as a government crackdown on bad debt kicked in.

The bank’s earnings were posted Wednesday night, hours after China’s three other big state-owned lenders announced similar results for January-June, which they credited to the de-leveraging campaign and stabilising economic fundamentals.

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