About Us

In 1987, China Merchants Bank (CMB) was founded in Shenzhen. CMB is the first joint-stock commercial bank wholly owned by corporate legal entities in Chinese mainland. After 38 years of growth, it has evolved into a banking group listed in both Shanghai and Hong Kong, with financial licenses covering commercial banking, financial leasing, fund management, life insurance, overseas investment banking, consumer finance, and wealth management subsidiary, etc. As of June 30, 2025, CMB had 143 branches (including Free Trade Zone branch, etc.) and 1,800 sub-branches, covering over 130 cities in Chinese mainland. For overseas markets, CMB had six branches and one representative office. The total number of employees was nearly 120,000. In 2025, CMB rose to 8th in the ranking by Tier 1 capital on the list of “Top 1,000 World Banks” released by The Banker (UK), and ranked 10th on the list of “Top 500 Banking Brands” released by Brand Finance.