News from the red star capital bureau, 29 july, was officially released on 28 july, on the world's world 500 roll of wealth 2026 (hereinafter referred to as “the list”). The total business income for this year was about $43. 1 trillion, an increase of about 3. 2 per cent over the same period; the threshold for the list rose from $32. 2 billion in 2025 to $33. 2 billion. The total net profit of 500 enterprises was about $3. 4 trillion, an increase of about 14 per cent over the same period, a record high。
According to the list, 122 chinese enterprises (including those in taiwan) entered the world this year, down 8 from 2025; of these, 116 are in china and hong kong。
It should be noted that the list shows that the financial sector is still the most “smoking” industry. There are 123 financial sector enterprises in this list, with a total operating income of $9. 7 trillion and a profit of $1. 12 trillion, both of which are record highs。
There are 16 financial institutions in china, including banks and insurance agencies. However, compared to the 2025 ranking, it is characterized by “bank drops, insurance rises”。
Six financial institutions were in the top 100
The ranking is characterized by a “bank drop, insurance rise”
According to the list, chinese financial institutions occupy several seats at the top of the list, using data collected as a reference indicator. Of these, six chinese financial institutions entered the top 100 of the world's 500, namely, business bank, agricultural bank, construction bank, life in china, bank of china and china。
The bank of commerce and industry ranks 29th, the highest among chinese financial institutions worldwide, after morgan chase; agricultural banks, construction banks, chinese lives, chinese banks, and china's security ranks 35, 37, 42nd, 44th and 48th, respectively。
After the six financial institutions, the top 200 were the chinese polo and the transport bank, ranking 123rd and 188th, respectively。
The remaining eight institutions are ranked after 200, and specifically, call banks, china pacific insurance (china’s taibao), heungye bank, tacang insurance, pufa bank, sookhai insurance, xinhua life, and people’s bank are ranked 221, 248, 288, 297, 349, 409, 414 and 447。
The bureau of red star capital noted that the ranking of financial institutions this year was characterized by a “bank drop and a rise in insurance” compared to the wealth list of 500 in 2025. The ranking of the country's six main sectors is down from 2025. Business banks, agricultural banks, construction banks and chinese banks were ranked down by 3, 5, 6 and 6 respectively. Transport banks are down 20 places compared to 2025。
Red star capital bureau mapping
The decline was even more pronounced in the number of shares held, with the leading decline in the people's bank, which fell 60 places, and in 2025, which ranked 387 out of 500 wealth. Bankers, bank of hong kong and pufa have fallen by 18, 46 and 40, respectively。
In the case of insurance institutions, the landscape is unique, and the trend is upward. Chinese life, chinese peace, chinese security, chinese taibao, and tacon insurance have risen by three, one, 18, three, and 37。
In addition, the life ranking of xinhua rose by 84, from 498 in 2025 to 414 in 2026. The number of hong kong-based friendly insurance countries has risen by 18。
Why is there a general rise in insurance ranking
Expert: financial preference for the population towards savings insurance
The bureau noted that none of the banks currently on the list had published semi-annual performance reports for 2026. In insurance institutions, there are xinhua insurance (sinhua life), and china life bulletin。
The sino-china insurance proclamation states that the net profits realized by the company in the half-year of 2026 are expected to be between $20,719 million and $23,678 million, an increase of $5,922 million and $8,879 million, or 40 to 60 per cent, compared to the same period in 2025。
According to the chinese life proclamation, net profits for the first half of the year are expected to range from 12,8933 billion yuan to 137,119 million yuan, representing an increase of about 88,8002 million yuan to 96,188 million yuan yuan compared to the same period in 2025, or between 215 and 235 per cent。
Rong, co-founder and general manager of the bands, stated that the world of fortune 500 was ranked according to the previous year's earnings, that the ranking of china's 9 banks in 2026 fell along the line, and that six of the seven risk companies rose, which was a projection of the 2025 rate of increase。
With regard to the chinese financial institutions listed above, which are characterized by a “bank drop and a rise in insurance”, the royal army, a professor at the university of foreign trade and economics, said to the red star capital bureau that the reason for the decline in the bank's collective name was a continued decline in interest rates, a narrow interest-rate spread, a weak interest rate growth and a slowing of the expansion of the business. The large size of the banking sector and its low growth have made it difficult to maintain the high growth rate of the past。
According to the royal army, the general rise in the ranking of insurance institutions is due to the shift in financial preferences towards savings-type insurance and the continued restoration of life insurance premiums; the third pillar of the policy on old age continues to advance and to drive the scale of operations. There is still room for an increase in the depth and density of insurance, which is relatively high compared to the growth rate of mature banking。
“of course, the list is based on income and does not represent profitability. In short, the banking sector has entered a low growth cycle, with interest-rate differentials undermining the expansion of the harvest; the beneficiaries of insurance have experienced a recovery in old age, healthy financial needs and a steady increase in the size of the premiums.” the royal army claims。
