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Notes to the financial statements(Expressed in millions of RMB, unless otherwise stated)61 Commitments and contingent liabilities(1) Credit commitmentsCredit commitments take the form of undrawn loan facilities which are approved and contracted, unutilised credit card limits, financialguarantees, letters of credit etc. The Group assesses and makes allowance for any probable losses accordingly.The contractual amounts of loans and credit card commitments represent the cash outflows should the contracts be fullydrawn upon. The amounts of guarantees and letters of credit represent the maximum potential loss that would be recognisedif counterparties failed completely to perform as contracted. Acceptances comprise undertakings by the Group to pay bills ofexchange drawn on customers.As credit commitments may expire without being drawn upon, the total of the contractual amounts set out in the following table donot represent the expected future cash outflows.GroupBank<strong>2012</strong> 2011 <strong>2012</strong> 2011Loan commitments– with an original maturity under one year 168,906 129,745 165,906 127,134– with an original maturity of one year or over 272,360 349,032 272,303 348,992Credit card commitments 343,698 266,447 317,226 242,191784,964 745,224 755,435 718,317Bank acceptances 344,848 335,517 344,692 335,391Financing guarantees 165,294 189,258 166,959 188,537Non-financing guarantees 441,367 439,322 441,253 439,231Sight letters of credit 28,246 42,778 28,246 42,778Usance letters of credit 203,972 203,810 203,478 204,242Others 47,608 26,040 48,645 28,288Total 2,016,299 1,981,949 1,988,708 1,956,784(2) Credit risk-weighted amountThe credit risk-weighted amount refers to the amount as computed in accordance with the rules set out by the CBRC and dependson the status of the counterparty and the maturity characteristics. The risk weights used range from 0% to 100% of contingentliabilities and commitments.GroupBank<strong>2012</strong> 2011 <strong>2012</strong> 2011Credit risk-weighted amount of contingent liabilities and commitments 908,026 929,681 906,866 928,188China Construction Bank Corporation annual report <strong>2012</strong>161

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