China Merchants Bank (1987) was established in Shekou, Shenzhen. It is the first joint-stock commercial bank wholly owned by an enterprise as a legal person in China and the first pilot bank to promote banking reform from outside the system.
China Merchants Bank is headquartered in Futian District, Shenzhen. On April 9, 2002, China Merchants Bank A shares were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. On September 8, 2006, China Merchants Bank began its public offering in Hong Kong, issuing about 2.2 billion H shares and raising HK$ 20 billion. It was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on September 22. The net capital exceeds 290 billion, and the total assets exceed 4.4 trillion.
China Merchants Bank has grown very rapidly, and its market value is second only to Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Construction Bank, and surpassed Bank of China and Agricultural Bank. Not only in the banking stocks, the growth rate is the fastest, but also in the whole A-share market.