A level can be assigned as soon as three years.

A half-year probation period and a 2-year lock-in period are required. The first promotion period will begin in another half a year, so it will take three years at the earliest.

CITIC Group Corporation is directly managed by the State Council, and its shareholder is the Ministry of Finance, a ministerial-level unit. China CITIC Group Co., Ltd. (formerly known as China International Trust and Investment Corporation, referred to as CITIC Group, and CITICGroup in English) is a central financial enterprise. It was initiated and approved by Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of reform and opening up, and was established by former Vice President Rong Yiren in 1979. The company was founded on October 4th. The main business is concentrated in finance, industry and other service industries.