China Zheshang Bank

China Zheshang Bank Co., Ltd. provides various commercial banking products and services in Mainland China. It operates through Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, and Treasury Operations segments. The Corporate Banking segment offers a range of financial products and services for corporations, government agencies, and other institutions. Its products and services include corporate loans and advances, trade financing services, deposit products and various types of corporate intermediary services, etc. The Retail Banking segment provides personal loans and advances, deposit products, cards business and various types of personal intermediary services, etc. for individual customers. The Treasury Operations segment offers money market and repurchase transactions, debt instruments investments, financial derivatives business for proprietary trading or on behalf of customers, and financial products and services, as well as issues debt securities. As of June 30, 2022, the company had 298 branches in 22 provinces and Hong Kong in China. China Zheshang Bank Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Hangzhou, China.

China Zheshang Bank trances its roots from Zhejiang Commercial Bank that was formed in 1993 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province of China. The Zhejiang Commercial Bank was a Sino-foreign bank jointly owned by Bank of China, Hong Kong Nanyang Commercial Bank, Bank of Communications, and the Zhejiang International Trust and Investment Co.On June 30, 2004, the China Banking Regulatory Commission approved the restructuring, renaming and relocation of Zhejiang Commercial Bank and on August 18, 2004, China Zheshang Bank was officially opened as a new bank in Hangzhou.Once launched, the bank structured its overall business strategy in two five-year phases:

Phases 1 - 2004 to 2008 - The main focus was the Zhejiang province market.

Phases 2 - 2009 to 2013 - To focus on the developed regions of China.As of December 2014, China Zheshang Bank a registered capital base of CN¥ 11.5 billion, total assets of CN¥ 6,700 billion, CN¥ 360 billion in customer deposits and CN¥ 260 billion in issued loans.In September 2015, CZB announced plans to raise around US$1 billion through an IPO and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The listing details were yet to be announced as at the end of October 2015.