China Merchants Group (hereinafter referred to as China Merchants Group) is a large-scale national enterprise group in Hong Kong, headquartered in Hong Kong, and its business is mainly distributed in emerging markets with great vitality and potential such as Hong Kong, the Mainland and Southeast Asia. It is an important state-owned backbone enterprise directly managed by the central government and is also listed as one of the four Chinese-funded enterprises in Hong Kong. From 2004 to 2008, China Merchants was rated as an A-level central enterprise by SASAC the State Council for five consecutive years. In 2007, China Merchants was awarded the title of "Excellent Enterprise" by the State Council SASAC. At the end of 2009, the total assets of China Merchants Group were 268.276 billion yuan, and the total assets under management exceeded 2.2 trillion yuan. In 2009, China Merchants Group successfully responded to the financial crisis and achieved steady growth, with a total profit of17.852 billion yuan and a net profit of 9.799 billion yuan, ranking seventh among central enterprises.
China Merchants is a pioneer of national industry and commerce in China, which was founded during the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty from 65438 to 0872. 130 years, the first modern merchant fleet in China was established, the first bank and the first insurance company in China were opened, and many modern economic fields such as modern national shipping industry in China were created, which played an important role in the modern economic history and social development history of China. From 65438 to 0978, China Merchants solely developed Shekou Industrial Zone, the first industrial zone with wide influence at home and abroad in China, and successively established China Merchants Bank, the first commercial joint-stock bank in China, and Ping An Insurance Company, the first enterprise joint-stock insurance company in China, which provided beneficial experience for the exploration of China's reform and opening up.