China Construction Bank (CCB) is one of the leading global commercial banks established in 1954 and it was listed at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges in 2005 and 2007 respectively. In November 2015, China Construction Bank was designated a systemically important global bank (G-SIFI) by the Financial Stability Board.
The Bank provides customers with comprehensive financial services, including corporate finance business, personal finance business and treasury and asset management business. As at Dec 2022, with 14,356 banking outlets and 352,588 staff members, the Bank serves 739 million personal and 9.35 million corporate customers. The Bank has subsidiaries in various sectors, including fund management, financial leasing, trust, insurance, futures, pension and investment banking, with 24,094 staff members, and has nearly 200 overseas entities covering 31 countries and regions.
CCB has established branches in Europe’s most important financial and commercial centers including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Frankfurt, London, Luxembourg, Milan, Paris and Zürich.
CCB pursues a long-term pro-active international growth strategy, steadily expanding overseas business and networks, continuously broadening its service and advisory channels and improving global client service capabilities. The establishment of the Zurich Branch is an important step in CCB’s strategy to build a global presence, and it is designed to promote the RMB internationalization process, responding to the increasing demand for the respective financial services from Chinese and Swiss clients.
