Agricultural Bank of China

Agricultural Bank of China Limited (ABC, simplified Chinese: 中国农业银行股份有限公司; traditional Chinese: 中國農業銀行股份有限公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó Nóngyè Yínháng), also known as AgBank, is one of the "Big Four" banks in the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 1951, and has its headquarters in Beijing. It has branches throughout mainland China, and also in Hong Kong and Singapore.

ABC has 320 million retail customers, 2.7 million corporate clients, and nearly 24,000 branches. It is China's third largest lender by assets. ABC went public in 2010, fetching the world's biggest ever initial public offering (IPO).

Bank of China

Bank of China Limited (BOC) SSE: 601988 SEHK: 3988 (simplified Chinese: 中国银行; traditional Chinese: 中國銀行; pinyin: Zhōngguó Yínháng; often abbreviated as 中銀 or 中行) is one of the big four state-owned commercial banks of the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 1912 by the Government of the Republic of China, to replace the Government Bank of Imperial China. It is the oldest bank in China. From its establishment until 1942, it issued banknotes on behalf of the Government of the Republic of China along with the "Big Four" banks of the period: the Central Bank of China, Farmers Bank of China and Bank of Communications. Although it initially functioned as the Chinese central bank, in 1928 the Central Bank of China replaced it in that role. Subsequently, BOC became a purely commercial bank.

Bank of Communications

Bank of Communications Limited (BoCom or BoComm) SEHK: 3328 SSE: 601328 (simplified Chinese: 交通银行; traditional Chinese: 交通銀行; pinyin: Jiāotōng Yínháng; often abbreviated as 交行), founded in 1908, is one of the largest banks in China.

Bank of Ningbo

Bank of Ningbo Company Limited (SZSE: 002142) is a city commercial bank in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. As of June 2008, it operated 78 branches in Ningbo and Shanghai. Since January 2008, Bank of Ningbo has become one of the constitute stocks in Shenzhen Stock Exchange Component Index. In August 2008, the bank relocated several major departments from Ningbo to Shanghai.

It was founded in 1997 as the Ningbo Commercial Bank. In 2007, it changed its name to Bank of Ningbo and listed its shares on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. In 2006, Singapore's Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation took a 12.2% stake in Bank of Ningbo.

Bank of Beijing

The Bank of Beijing (simplified Chinese: 北京银行; traditional Chinese: 北京銀行; pinyin: Běijīng Yínháng) (SSE: 601169) is a bank based in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Founded on January 8, 1996 as Beijing City Commercial Bank (sometimes referred to as Beijing Commercial Bank), it adopted its present name in January 2005. The largest shareholders of the bank include: Government of the City of Beijing, and ING from the Netherlands.

Bank of Dalian

Dalian Bank (in Chinese: 大连银行) is a commercial bank, with its headquarters in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China. It was established in 1998 as Dalian City Commercial Bank, opened its branches in Dalian City only, but changed its name to Dalian Bank in 2007 and has since opened branches in Tianjin and Beijing.

Bank of Jilin

Bank of Jilin (in Chinese: 吉林银行) is a commercial bank, with its headquarters in Changchun, Jilin Province, China. It is the former Changchun City Commercial Bank, established in 1997, which changed its name in 2007 to Bank of Jilin, as it absorbed Jilin and Liaoyuan City Commercial Banks. It further absorbed in 2008 Tonghua, Siping, Baishan and Songyuan Commercial Banks, and opened a new branch in Yanbian.

In 2008, it also opened branches outside of Jilin Province, in Tianjin, Shanghai and Beijing.

Bank of Shanghai

Bank of Shanghai (simplified Chinese: 上海银行; traditional Chinese: 上海銀行; pinyin: Shànghǎi Yínháng) is a bank based in Shanghai in the People's Republic of China.

In September 1999 and December 2001, Bank of Shanghai received equity investments from International Finance Corporation, HSBC and Shanghai Commercial Bank in Hong Kong.

China CITIC Bank

China CITIC Bank (simplified Chinese: 中信银行; traditional Chinese: 中信銀行; pinyin: Zhōng Xìn Yínháng)(SEHK: 0998 SSE: 601998) is China’s seventh-largest lender in terms of total assets. It is formerly known as CITIC Industrial Bank. China CITIC Bank, established in February 1987, is a nationally comprehensive and internationally oriented commercial bank. By end of October 2005, its network comprises 418 branches countrywide, and includes established correspondent relationships with 990 banks and their branches in 70 countries around the world.

China Construction Bank

China Construction Bank (CCB) SSE: 601939 SEHK: 0939 (simplified Chinese: 中国建设银行; traditional Chinese: 中國建設銀行; pinyin: Zhōngguó Jiànshè Yínháng; often abbreviated as 建行) is one of the 'big four' banks in the People's Republic of China. To date, it is ranked as the nation's second largest and the second largest bank in the world by market capitalization. The bank has approximately 13,629 domestic branches. In addition, it maintains overseas branches in Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney, and a wholly-owned subsidiary in London. Its total assets reached 8.7 trillion RMB in 2009.

China Development Bank

The China Development Bank (CDB) (simplified Chinese: 国家开发银行; traditional Chinese: 國家開發銀行; pinyin: Guójiā Kāifā Yínháng) is a financial institution in the People's Republic of China (PRC) under the direct jurisdiction of the State Council. It is the only bank in China whose governor is a full minister. It is one of the three policy banks of the PRC, primarily responsible for raising funding for large infrastructure projects, including most of the funding for the Three Gorges Dam and Shanghai Pudong International Airport. The bank was established by the Policy Banks Law of 1994.

China Merchants Bank

China Merchants Bank (CMB) (simplified Chinese: 招商银行; pinyin: Zhāoshāng Yínháng SEHK: 3968, SSE: 600036) is a bank headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Founded in 1987, it is the first share-holding commercial bank wholly owned by corporate legal entities.

CMB has over five hundred branches in mainland China and one in Hong Kong. In November 2007, as part of a drive for international growth, it won federal approval to open a branch in New York.

Exim Bank of China

The Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank) (simplified Chinese: 中国进出口银行; traditional Chinese: 中國進出口銀行; pinyin: Zhōngguó Jìnchūkǒu Yínháng) is one of three institutional banks in China which chartered to implement the state policies in industry, foreign trade, diplomacy, economy and finance to provide policy financial support so as to promote the export of Chinese products and services. It was founded in 1994, and is subordinated to the State Council.

Guangdong Development Bank

Guangdong Development Bank (simplified Chinese: 广东发展银行; traditional Chinese: 廣東發展銀行; pinyin: Guǎngdōng Fāzhǎn Yínháng, abbreviated: 广发行) is a bank based in Guangzhou, Guangdong in People's Republic of China. The bank was established in September 1988 as a joint stock commercial bank.

HSBC Bank (China)

HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited (simplified Chinese: 汇丰银行(中国)有限公司; often abbreviated as 汇丰中国) was one of the first foreign banks to incorporate locally in mainland China in 2007. It is part of the worldwide HSBC Group and is wholly owned by Hong Kong-based The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.

Hua Xia Bank

Hua Xia Bank (simplified Chinese: 华夏银行) (SSE: 600015) is a state-controlled publicly traded bank in the People's Republic of China. It is based in Beijing and was founded in 1992. Germany's Deutsche Bank holds 19.99% of the bank's shares as of 2010.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC) (simplified Chinese: 中国工商银行; traditional Chinese: 中國工商銀行; pinyin: Zhōngguó Gōngshāng Yínháng, more commonly just 工行 Gōngháng) is the largest bank in the world by profit and market capitalization. It is one of China's 'Big Four' state-owned commercial banks (the other three being the Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, and China Construction Bank). It was founded as a limited company on January 1, 1984. As of 2009, it had assets of RMB 11 trillion (US$1.6 trillion), with over 18,000 outlets including 106 overseas branches and agents globally.

Industrial Bank Co.

Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. SSE: 601166 (simplified Chinese: 兴业银行; traditional Chinese: 興業銀行; pinyin: Xīngyè Yínháng) is a bank based in Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

Minsheng Banking Corp

China Minsheng Bank (simplified Chinese: 中国民生银行; traditional Chinese: 中國民生銀行; pinyin: Zhōngguó Mínshēng Yínháng) (SSE: 600016, SEHK: 1988), founded on January 12, 1996 in Beijing, is the first bank in China to be owned mostly by non-government enterprises. The bank was founded by Jing Shuping, a Chinese lawyer and businessman who become prominent in the People's Republic of China after the nation's founding in 1949.

Minsheng Bank has over two hundred banking outlets throughout China and relationships with more than seven hundred banks overseas. The bank was publicly listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2009.

People's Bank of China

The People's Bank of China (PBC or PBOC) is the central bank of the People's Republic of China with the power to control monetary policy and regulate financial institutions in mainland China. The People’s Bank of China has more financial assets than any other single public finance institution in world history.

Postal Savings Bank of China

Postal Savings Bank of China (PSBC) (中国邮政储蓄银行) is a commercial retail bank, which provides basic financial services, especially to SMEs, rural and low income customers. PSBC has 40,000 branches covering all regions of China.

PSBC was set up with an initial capital of RMB20 billion in 2007 from the State Post Bureau. Today it has RMB1.5billion in deposits and the second largest number of branches, after the Agricultural Bank of China.

Duriing the Global Financial Crisis, the government took several measures to spread its national economic stimulus plan specifically to rural areas. This included using microfinance services provided by the Postal Savings Bank as a tool for national development and poverty reduction. The bank with its extremely broad reach also assists China’s credit cooperatives in their microcredit schemes.

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd (SPDB), (SSE: 600000) incorporated on January 9, 1993 with the approval of the People's Bank of China (August 28, 1992), is a joint-stock commercial bank with its headquarters located in Shanghai.

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank issued a 400 million A-share offer on September 23, 1993 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. It became the first shareholding commercial bank to list with both Central Bank and China Securities Regulatory Commission’s approval since the enactment of "Commercial Bank Law" and "Securities Law". Thus, the registered capital reached RMB 2.41 billion. 320 million shares of the issue were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on November 10, 1999 (stock code 600000).

Shengjing Bank

Shengjing Bank (in Chinese: 盛京银行) is a commercial bank, with its headquarters in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. It was established in 1996 as Shenyang City Commercial Bank, opened its branch in Shenyang City only, but changed its name to Shengjing Bank in 2007 and has since opened a branch in Tianjin.

Shenzhen City Commercial Bank

Shenzhen City Commercial Bank (simplified Chinese: 深圳市商业银行; traditional Chinese: 深圳市商業銀行; pinyin: Shēnzhènshì Shāngyè Yínháng) is a commercial bank based in Shenzhen in the People's Republic of China.

Shenzhen Development Bank

Shenzhen Development Bank Co., Ltd. SZSE: 000001 (simplified Chinese: 深圳发展银行; traditional Chinese: 深圳發展銀行; pinyin: Shēnzhèn Fāzhǎn Yínháng) is a bank based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. It is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Sili Bank

Sili Bank (Chinese: 實利銀行, Shili Yinhang; Korean: 실리은행, Silli Ŭnhaeng) is a financial institution based in Shenyang, Liaoning, China, closely related to the government of North Korea.

Taizhou City Commercial Bank

Taizhou City Commercial Bank (TZB; simplified Chinese 台州市商业银行) is a city commercial bank headquartered in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province - China.

Xiamen International Bank

Xiamen International Bank (XIB) (simplified Chinese: 厦门国际银行; traditional Chinese: 廈門國際銀行; pinyin: Xiàmén Guójì Yínháng) was established in August 1985 as the first joint venture bank in China with capital of RMB 1.069 billion.

Zhejiang Tailong Commercial Bank

Zhejiang Tailong Commercial Bank (simplified Chinese: 浙江泰隆商业银行) is a small Chinese commercial bank in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, China. The bank has a relatively short history. It is comparatively well known in China because of its intensive public relations work in context with the SME finance supported by the government. Is this context it was termed as the Chinese Grameen Bank. This comparison is not accurate. Tailong Commerial Bank operates in one of the richest and economically most active regions in China and targets local business men and not women living below the poverty line like Grameen. Also Grameen bank and Tailong Commercial Bank use fundamentally different lending technologies. The most important difference is that the Chinese bank is purely operating in the commercial mode and does not receive or provide any form of subsidize to or from anyone, because the bank executives do not believe that they are a charity organization.