Net profit rose to 161.6 billion yuan ($23.43 billion) in the six months through June, from 153.3 billion yuan a year earlier, the bank said in a filing on Tuesday.

The data implies a second-quarter net profit of 73 billion yuan, up 3.9% from a year earlier, Reuters calculations show.

($1 = 6.8982 Chinese yuan renminbi)

(Reporting by Engen Tham and Ziyi Tang, Editing by Louise Heavens)