Core Viewpoint - Minsheng Bank reported a decrease in net profit attributable to shareholders by 4.87% year-on-year, amounting to 21.38 billion yuan, despite an increase in operating income by 7.79% to 70.70 billion yuan [1] Group 1: Financial Performance - The bank's operating income for the first half of the year reached 70.70 billion yuan, an increase of 5.11 billion yuan, or 7.79% year-on-year [3] - Net interest income was 49.20 billion yuan, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 6.21 million yuan, or 1.28% [3] - Non-interest income grew significantly, reaching 21.50 billion yuan, an increase of 4.49 billion yuan, or 26.41% year-on-year [3] Group 2: Asset and Liability Management - Total assets decreased to 7768.92 billion yuan, a reduction of 46.05 billion yuan, or 0.59% from the previous year [2] - Total liabilities decreased to 7066.61 billion yuan, down by 91.79 billion yuan, or 1.28% [2] - The total amount of loans and advances increased to 4469.87 billion yuan, an increase of 19.39 billion yuan, or 0.44% [2] Group 3: Risk Management and Asset Quality - The bank's non-performing loans totaled 66.05 billion yuan, an increase of 0.44 billion yuan, with a non-performing loan ratio of 1.48%, up by 0.01 percentage points [4] - The provision coverage ratio improved to 145.06%, an increase of 3.12 percentage points from the previous year [4]