National Commercial Bank (China)

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]}

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]

^ Zhaojin, Ji (2003). A History of Modern Shanghai Banking: The Rise and Decline of China's Financial Capitalism. Routledge (published 2016). pp. 114–116. ISBN 9781317478072. LCCN 2002029407.
^ 浙江兴业银行香港分行 (Chinese)
^ History of Bank of China (Hong Kong) Archived 23 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Hu Zhuoran (胡卓然) (18 July 2014). 侵华日军曾击落中国民航客机 [Japanese invading forces shot down a Chinese civilian aircraft] (in Chinese). Sina. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. 浙江兴业银行总经理徐新六(图2)、[...] - The "National Commercial Bank" was also known as the "Zhejiang Xingye Bank" (浙江興業銀行/浙江兴业银行)