Asset management companies in China came into being in 1998. The founding of commercial Asset management companies (AMC; Chinese: 金融资产管理公司) established by the Ministry of Finance tasked with professionally managing third-party assets was a major landmark in the development of China's financial system. It marks a transition in Chinese regulation away from an unregulated environment toward a system where specialist companies started to operate according to a defined set of standards and regulations.
Development of AMCs
From 1998 to 1999, the Chinese government created 10 AMCs[1] in China. 4 as bad banks,[2] one for each of the four commercial state-owned banks. and 6 Fund management companies. As of 2018 there are over 130 asset management companies in china, with a combined US$2 billion in assets under management.[1]