The controlling shareholder of CIMC is China Merchants International (CIMC) Investment Co., Ltd., and the actual controller is the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.
CIMC was established before the reorganization of 1980 stock system. 1992 was reorganized into an internal joint-stock company. 1In February 1993, the public company was reorganized, and in the following year,120,000 A shares and130,000 B shares were issued to the public and overseas investors respectively. On March 23rd of the same year, Shenzhen CIMC B was listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and on April 8th, Shenzhen CIMC A was listed.