The non-performing loan ratio of commercial banks in China was 1.56% at the end of June, down 0.03 percentage points from the end of the previous quarter, the National Financial Regulatory Administration said on Friday.

Net profits at commercial banks grew 0.4% year on year to 1.3 trillion yuan ($181.3 billion) in the first quarter of this year and their capital adequacy ratio at the end of June was 15.53%, the regulator added. ($1 = 7.1699 Chinese yuan renminbi)

(Reporting by Ziyi Tang and Bernard Orr Editing by David Goodman )