Bank of Communications is one of the major financial service providers in China, covering commercial banks, securities, trusts, financial leasing, fund management, insurance and offshore financial services.
There are 235 domestic branches of Bank of Communications, including 30 provincial branches, 7 directly affiliated branches and 99 provincial branches/kloc-0, with 3,270 outlets in 239 cities above prefecture level and 158 counties or county-level cities.
It owns seven non-bank companies, including wholly-owned subsidiaries of Bank of Communications Leasing, Bank of Communications Insurance and Bank of Communications Investment, and holding subsidiaries of Bank of Communications Fund, Bank of Communications Guo Xin, Bank of Communications Life Insurance and Bank of Communications International. In addition, Bank of Communications is the largest shareholder of Changshu Rural Commercial Bank and the largest shareholder of Tibet Bank. Strategic shareholding in Hainan Bank, holding four rural banks.
In June, 2006, World Brand Lab released the list of "China 500 Most Valuable Brands" in 2006. The brand value of Bank of Communications was 30.263 billion yuan, an increase of 8910.60 billion yuan or 410.8% compared with 2005. Brand value ranks 19 in the comprehensive ranking and 1 in the banking brand ranking, which is 8 and 3 places higher than that in 2005 respectively.