People's Republic of China
Whether you are a manufacturer of aircraft or an importer of children's wear, all roads lead to Asia today – with China rapidly becoming the trading partner of choice. The vitality of the world's fastest growing economy is not only drawing trading partners from every continent, but essentially changing the playing field. The trends driving China's importance in both the Asian and international arenas are significant and solidly based, with implications for trading partners worldwide.
We have had a corporate banking presence in China since 1902, when the International Banking Corporation (the global arm of the then-National City Bank of New York) opened its Shanghai office as the first American Bank in China. In 1993, we became the first foreign bank to move its China headquarters from Hong Kong to Shanghai Pudong.
Today, we have six corporate bank branches (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Chengdu), two investment bank representative offices (Beijing and Shanghai), ten consumer bank outlets - Shanghai (4), Beijing (2), Tianjin, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chengdu, and a representative office in Xiamen. We serve a broad base of clients including multinationals, joint ventures and local enterprises, and our products cover a wide spectrum of commercial and merchant banking activities.
Among the wide range of financial solutions we provide to our clients are:
