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China's four biggest banks made almost no new loans in the first two weeks of May, extending the sleepy credit growth in April, banking sources said.
Blackstone Group LP and TPG Capital are among global firms losing their position as preferred investors in China, the world's second-biggest private-equity market.
China's stock index futures opened lower on Wednesday, with the contract for settlement in May, the most actively traded, down 6.4 points, to open at 2,600.
The National Council for Social Security Fund will invest up to 250 billion yuan ($39.6 billion) in the real economy by 2015.
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group announced a new investment plan totaling 2 billion yuan ($317 million) in China.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, opened at 718.71 points on Wednesday, down 0.2 percent from the previous close.
Chinese stocks opened lower Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.23 percent to open at 2,369.3.
The BOC said that several employees with one of its branches are being investigated over the alleged embezzlement of 10 million yuan in client deposits.
China's stock index futures closed lower Tuesday, with the contract for May, the most actively traded, down 0.57 percent from the previous trading day to 2,604.2 points.
Hong Kong stocks rose 159.27 points, or 0.81 percent, to close at 19,894.31 on Tuesday.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, rose 0.24 points, or 0.03 percent, to close at 720.12 points on Tuesday.
Chinese shares closed mixed Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.25 percent to 2,374.84.
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