National Commercial Bank (China)
Defunct Chinese bank
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The National Commercial Bank Limited, also known as Zhejiang Xingye Bank (Chinese: 浙江興業銀行), was a Chinese bank considered one of the "Three Southern Banks" during nationalist government era.[1] It was merged to Bank of China (Hong Kong) in 2001.[citation needed]
TraditionalChinese浙江興業銀行
SimplifiedChinese浙江兴业银行
Hanyu PinyinZhèjiāng Xīngyè Yínháng
Hanyu PinyinZhèjiāng Xīngyè Yínháng
| National Commercial Bank | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 浙江興業銀行 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 浙江兴业银行 | ||||||
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History
- 1907: Founded in Hangzhou by Zhejiang Provincial Railway Company (Chinese: 浙江省鐵路公司).
- 1908: Opened its Shanghai branch.
- 1915: Moved headquarters to Shanghai.
- 1946: Established Hong Kong branches.
- 1980: Moved headquarters to Beijing.
- 1989: Became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of China Group.[2]
- 2001: Merged to form Bank of China (Hong Kong).[3]
