Large Chinese banks' balance sheets remain strong despite their rapid international expansion in recent years, Standard & Poor's said.
The Chinese economy regained some manufacturing momentum, according to the purchasing managers' index, which indicated an expansion in factory output.
The PMI hit 50.2 in October, up from 49.8 in September and 49.2 in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday. A reading above 50 indicates an expansion in manufacturing.
The upturn may provide fuel for more robust business policies in the coming months, economists said.
Foreign bakery chains are accelerating their expansion into China, as local hunger grows for freshly baked bread, cakes and pastries.
China has yet to unlock the full potential of its population, a development that could translate into further industrialization and urbanization that would sustain another 20 years of robust growth, a high-profile trade expert said on Tuesday.
Det Norske Veritas, one of the world's leading shipping industry classification societies, says the time is ripe for Chinese shipyards to invest in European counterparts, as a way to raise their design capability, but also meet the challenges being posed by tougher environmental regulations.
Chinese economists bet that the central government may slow the pace of releasing new stimulus policies for boosting economic growth in the fourth quarter.
Top policymakers have shown a cautious stance on taking further steps to ease fiscal and monetary policies, learning lessons from the rushed 4 trillion yuan ($630 billion) investment package four years ago.
Despite bleaker business prospects over the past year, US companies operating in China continue to see it as a "bright spot" in which to do business.
China's economic growth rate may have bottomed out in the third quarter of 2012 and a slight rebound may be seen in the fourth quarter on improved market demand.
Economic experts suggest that although some caution remains, the overriding message is one of optimism, and the current stability will continue into the strong fourth quarter and economic momentum into 2013.
As the world continues to hear a lot these days about China's economic slowdown, where does the country's best way out of its current difficulties lie?
China's room for growth in domestic consumption can be "tremendous" even though its economic growth has seen a continuous slowdown in the last few years.
The 59-year-old director of Cook Medical Asia-Pacific does have more pressing matters on his mind, though, as he talks about his passion for fly fishing, a hobby he manages to indulge in some of the best venues around the world, despite a hugely busy schedule that saw him traveling 200 days last year.
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