近年来，大型银行服务半径持续下探，区域性银行网点与资金成本优势不再，客户结构、资产质量承 压。叠加净息差长期收窄，商业银行正从"规模增长优先"转向"资产效率提升"。在大行挤压与盈利承压 的夹缝中，地方中小金融机构如何找到可持续发展的角色定位？ 广州农商银行近年来的战略调整值得关注。这家资产规模超万亿的机构，正逐步将资源向"单笔金额更 小、客户更分散"的信贷领域倾斜。这种变化并非应对市场格局变化的权宜之计，而是对自身定位、经 营模式与组织能力的系统性重构。 这引出三个值得深究的问题：当前环境下，为何选择中小额资产作为突破口？转型怎样穿透内部惯性真 正落地？战略执行后，哪些关键结构性指标变化能真正体现转型成效？ 解码广州农商银行的实践，对理解中小银行在复杂环境下的转型路径具有重要参考意义。 为什么是中小额资产？ 外部挤压与内部转型的双重压力，正在重塑中小银行的增长逻辑。 近年来，国有大行及部分股份制银行凭借低成本负债与数字化平台，加速向小微企业领域渗透。它们用 标准化产品、低利率策略抢占原本属于地方法人机构的优质客群，形成明显"虹吸效应"，中小银行传统 依赖"大户"的增长模式越来越难走通。 当前银行业净息差已触及 ...

Core Viewpoint - The article discusses the strategic shift of Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank towards focusing on small and medium-sized assets in response to external pressures from larger banks and internal operational challenges, emphasizing the need for sustainable growth in a competitive environment [1][3]. Group 1: Why Focus on Small and Medium-Sized Assets? - The external pressure from large state-owned banks and some joint-stock banks has intensified competition in the small and micro-enterprise sector, leading to a "siphoning effect" that challenges the traditional growth model of small banks [3]. - The current low net interest margin in the banking industry necessitates a shift from relying on large loans to enhance profitability, as this could exacerbate risk concentration [3]. - Regulatory guidance is pushing banks to return to their core functions, making refined and differentiated operations essential for small banks [3][4]. - Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank's strategy to focus on small and medium-sized assets is based on benchmarking against successful peers, aiming for a minimum of 50% of its asset portfolio to be in small and medium-sized loans to enhance risk resilience [4]. Group 2: Economic Structure and Local Market - The economic structure of Guangdong, particularly Guangzhou, supports the bank's transformation strategy, with a diverse range of small and micro enterprises providing a substantial "long-tail demand" for small asset business [4]. - Small and medium-sized assets, despite their smaller individual amounts, offer natural risk diversification and greater pricing flexibility, helping to alleviate the pressure from narrowing interest margins [4]. Group 3: Strategic Implementation - The bank has launched the "Three Hundred Billion Project," aiming to achieve a scale of 1 trillion yuan in small and medium-sized corporate loans, inclusive of microfinance and retail loans, within 2-3 years, increasing the proportion of small and medium-sized assets to over 40% [5]. - The execution of this strategy requires a comprehensive restructuring of asset allocation, approval processes, organizational mechanisms, and channel capabilities [5][6]. - The bank's focus on enhancing core competitiveness in small and medium-sized assets involves improving product innovation, customer service, technological support, and efficiency [5][6]. Group 4: Operational Adjustments - The bank is actively compressing large credit scales and reallocating resources towards small and medium-sized clients, which may temporarily affect loan growth rates but will enhance risk diversification [6]. - The strategy includes reducing reliance on real estate and third-sector loans while increasing investments in manufacturing and high-tech sectors to align with local economic development needs [6]. - The bank is shifting from short-term loans to long-term investments, enhancing the alignment of loans with actual investment activities [6]. Group 5: Enhancing Service Capabilities - The bank is adopting a technology-driven approach to streamline the approval process, significantly reducing service time and enhancing customer experience [7]. - The operational focus is being decentralized, empowering local branches to manage customer relationships and services, thereby improving responsiveness and service quality [7][8]. Group 6: Key Performance Indicators - The bank's mid-2025 disclosures indicate that small and medium-sized asset businesses have become a core growth engine, with significant year-on-year growth in various loan categories [10]. - Key structural indicators show an increase in average daily loan size per branch and a higher proportion of small and medium-sized loans in the overall loan portfolio, reflecting improved asset quality and operational resilience [11][12]. - The transformation strategy is shifting from volume-driven growth to quality enhancement, leading to a more balanced asset structure and reduced risk exposure [12].