Bank of China CSR 2008 report summary
As the most diversified financial group in China, the bank is engaged in commercial banking, investment banking, insurance, fund management, direct investment, aircraft leasing and other related business fields. It operates the financial institutions it controls so as to provide customers with comprehensive financial services throughout the world.
The most internationalized commercial bank in China, BOC has nearly 10,000 outlets and more than 800 overseas branches, subsidiaries and representative offices in 29 countries and regions. It is also a note-issuing bank in both Hong Kong and Macau.
As at the end of 2008, in terms of core capital BOC ranked 10th among the world's top 1,000 banks for the year. By capitalization, the bank ranked 6th among listed banks worldwide.
