The predecessor of Agricultural Bank of China is Agricultural Cooperative Bank established in 1951. Since the late 1970s, the Bank has evolved from a state-owned specialized bank to a wholly state-owned commercial bank and subsequently a state-controlled commercial bank. The Bank was restructured into a joint stock limited liability company in January 2009. The Bank was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, respectively in July 2010, which marked the completion of our transformation into a public shareholding commercial bank.

As one of the major integrated financial service providers in China, the Bank is committed to catering to the needs of Sannong and capitalizing on the synergy between the Urban Areas and the County Areas. The Bank strives to expand into the international market and provides diversified services so as to become an international first-class large-scale commercial bank. Capitalizing on the comprehensive business portfolio, extensive distribution network and advanced IT platform, the Bank provides range of corporate and retail banking products and services for a broad range of customers and conducts treasury operations and asset management. Our business scope includes,among other things, investment banking, fund management, financial leasing and life insurance.At the end of 2014, the Bank had total assets of RMB15,974,152 million, loans and advances to customers of RMB8,098,067 million and deposits of RMB12,533,397 million. Our capital adequacy ratio was 12.82%. The Bank achieved a net profit of RMB179,510 million in 2014.