Agricultural Bank of China has branches all over the country, becoming a large modern commercial bank with the largest number of branches and the widest business scope in China. It is a member of China's five largest banks and a large state-owned bank. It is the first state-owned commercial bank since the founding of New China and an indispensable part of China's financial system.
With its comprehensive business portfolio, huge distribution network and advanced technology platform, Agricultural Bank of China provides customers with all kinds of corporate banking and retail banking products and services, and also carries out financial market business and asset management business, covering investment banking, fund management, financial leasing, life insurance and other fields.
The predecessor of China Agricultural Bank can be traced back to the Agricultural Cooperative Bank established by 195 1. Since the late 1970s, banks have experienced different stages of development, such as national specialized banks, wholly state-owned commercial banks and state-controlled commercial banks. On June+10, 2009, the Bank was restructured into a company limited by shares. On July 20 10, the Bank was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange respectively.