This report aims at serving those investors who support and think highly of the development of China's trust industry and are willing to make investment. While picturing and analyzing the current status and development trends of China's trust industry, we provide our suggestions for the promotion of China's trust industry.

Main viewpoints of this report are the following:

China's trust & investment companies rapidly introduced their characteristic trust products since the re-regulation of development in the trust industry. They have greatly improved their market force and recognition degree while providing new investment channels for investors.

Capital operation in China's trust industry is dominated by loans, with proportion accounting for over half of the total trust capitals. At the initiation, there were self-owned capital in the trust products from the trust companies. However, with the gradual development and normalization of the trust industry, self-owned capital will be gradually reduced and eliminated when developing new trust products.

China's trust products are mainly invested in infrastructure and real estate projects. With constant innovations of trust products, the amount of trust products that invested in MBO financing, capital market and enterprise operation is climbing.

The competition between China's trust industry and other financial institutional investors, superficially, financial institutions' (in China, banks, insurance companies, trust & investment companies, securities companies are considered as the four big pillars of the financial industry) operation object is the same thing¡ªcapital, they compete with each other in their businesses, however, as a matter of fact, in terms of capital sources, they have more cooperation opportunities than competition.

2 Analysis of Some Trust Companies in China
2.1 Competition situation among trust & investment companies
2.1.1 Capital stock and products released
2.1.2 Comprehensive comparison of regional trust & investment companies' competition
2.2 Shanghai International Trust & Investment Corporation
2.2.1 Performance analysis, 2001-2004
2.2.1.1  Composition of operating revenue
2.2.1.2  Capability of cost and expenses control
2.2.1.3  Asset structure
2.2.2 Products development in 2003
2.2.3 Position in the industry and development strategies
2.3 Anshan Trust & Investment Corporation
2.3.1  Composition of operating revenue and cost
2.3.2  Position in the industry and future development
2.4 Shaanxi International Trust & Investment Co.,Ltd.
2.4.1 Composition of operating income and cost
2.4.2 Analysis of profitability
2.4.3 Asset structure
2.4.4 Product characteristics and marketing channel
2.4.5 Position in the industry and future development

3 Current Status of Overseas Trust Industries and Prospects Analysis
3.1 U.K.
3.2 Japan
3.3 U.S.
3.4 Trends of international trust industry

4 Competition in the Industries Trust Industry Entering 
4.1 Time selection for trust industry entering other industries
4.1.1 Profitability comparison among real estate, environmental protection and super highway
4.1.2 Risk comparison of the three big sectors
4.1.3 Difficulty and risk-control capability for trust industry entering the three big sectors
4.1.4 Analysis of the right time for trust industry entering the three big sectors
4.2 Trust industry entering real estate
4.2.1 Prospects of trust industry entering real estate
4.2.2 Comprehensive comparison and analysis of real estate enterprises
4.2.3 Analysis of enterprises trust industry entering
4.2.3.1 Vanke Co., Ltd.
4.2.3.2 Financial Street Holding Co., Ltd.
4.2.3.3 China Merchants Holdings (International) Co., Ltd.
4.2.3.4 Gemdale Corporation
4.2.3.5 China OCT
4.2.3.6 Cosco Group
4.2.3.7 Best-performance real estate companies
4.3 Analysis of trust industry entering environmental protection
4.3.1 Trust industry entering waste water treatment projects
4.3.2 Trust industry entering urban refuse treatment and the prospects
4.3.3 Trust industry entering atmospheric pollution abatement and the prospects
4.4 Analysis of trust industry entering infrastructure sector
4.4.1 Analysis of trust industry entering highway sector
4.4.1.1 Comprehensive analysis of highway companies
4.4.1.2 Analysis of highway companies trust industry entering
4.4.1.3 Depth analysis of trust industry entering toll highway and bridge sector
4.4.2 Prospects of trust industry entering urban mass transit sector