As of the 1st quarter of 2009, PBC (People’s Bank of China) published an overall financial report of the entire nation, stating that the total number of active credit cards in circulation in mainland China reaches 150.47 million, or 0.11 per Chinese citizen.
For comparison, the average credit cards per American is 4.39 and that of Brazil is 0.95.
You can download the complete version of the report at the official PBC site or from here (Chinese).
