CITIC Group
State-owned enterprise | |
Industry | Investment company |
Founded | 1979 |
Founder | Rong Yiren |
Headquarters | Beijing, China |
Area served | People's Republic of China |
Key people | Chang Zhenming (Chairman), Jiong Wang (Vice Chairman, President, Member of Executive Committee and Member of Nomination Committee), Jianzhong Dou (Executive Director and Member of Executive Committee), Wei Min Ju (Chief Financial Officer) |
Products | Financial Services, Banking |
Revenue | CN¥375 billion (2013) |
CN¥71 billion (2013) | |
CN¥38 billion (2013) | |
Total assets | CN¥4.300 trillion (2013) |
Total equity | CN¥272 billion (2013) |
Owner | Ministry of Finance (100%) |
Parent | Ministry of Finance |
Subsidiaries | CITIC Limited |
Website |
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Footnotes / references in a consolidated basis; equity and profit excluded minority interests; in Chinese Accounting Standards[1] |
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Simplified Chinese | 中国中信集团有限公司 | ||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 中國中信集團有限公司 | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 中信集团 | ||||||
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CITIC Group Corporation Ltd., formerly the China International Trust and Investment Corporation, is a state-owned investment company of the People's Republic of China, established by Rong Yiren in 1979 with the approval of Deng Xiaoping.[2] Its headquarters are in Chaoyang District, Beijing.[3]
Businesses
Its initial aim was to "attract and utilize foreign capital, introduce advanced technologies, and adopt advanced and scientific international practice in operation and management."[4] It now owns 44 subsidiaries including China CITIC Bank, CITIC Holdings, CITIC Trust Co. and CITIC Merchant Co., Ltd (mainly banks) in China, Hong Kong, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
History
The founder of CITIC, Rong Yiren, was one of the richest businessmen in China in the 1980s. He was also one of the earliest capitalists who stayed in mainland China. .
It was reported on September 17, 2008, that CITIC was in talks to acquire Morgan Stanley. Instead Morgan sold a substantial portion of their company to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in addition to applying for $10 billion from the Treasury Department as part of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Its subsidiary, CITIC Pacific (Chinese: 中信泰富, now known as CITIC Limited), made unauthorized bets on the foreign currency market in October 2008 and lost HK$14.7 billion (US$1.9 billion, when accounted for in mark-to-market terms). Senior executives such as Financial Controller Chau Chi-Yin and Group Finance Director Leslie Chang resigned.[5][6][7] Its stock price plunged 55.1 percent upon the resumption of trade.[8]
CITIC Group injected most of their assets to CITIC Limited in 2014. However, CITIC Guoan Group was excluded, which was recapitalized by other private capital.
In 2015, CITIC Group sold 10% stake of CITIC Limited to a joint-venture of Itochu and Charoen Pokphand for HK$34.4 billion (US$4.54 billion); the joint venture also subscribed new convertible preferred shares for HK$45.9 billion (or US$5.9 billion).[9] It was reported it was the largest investment ever made by a Japanese general trading company.[10] The transaction is also the largest acquisition in China by a Japanese company, and the largest investment by foreigners in a Chinese state-owned enterprise.[11]
In 2015, CITIC Group ranks the 186th among Fortune Global 500, with an annual revenue of $55,325 million.[12]
Group companies
- Wuhan International Trust and Investment Corporation
- CITIC Limited, a subsidiary of CITIC group in Hong Kong
- CITIC Resources
- CITIC Construction
- CITIC Newedge
- CITIC Trust
- CITIC Real Estate
Equity investments
- CITIC Guoan Group (20.95%)
- CITIC Securities
See also
- CITIC Plaza, a skyscraper in Guangzhou, PRC
- CITIC Tower, a skyscraper in Hong Kong
- CITIC Heavy Industries in Luoyang
References
- ↑ "2013 Annual Report" (RAR). CITIC Group. 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ↑ "CITIC Group Corporation: Brief Introduction". CITIC Group. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Citic Group Contact".
- ↑ "Citic Limited".
- ↑ Keith Bradsher (2008-10-20). "Citic Pacific could lose $2 billion from foreign exchange trading". New York Times.
- ↑ Alison Leung, Ruth Wong (2008-10-20). "CITIC Pacific warns potential $2 billion forex losses". Reuters.
- ↑ Katherine Ng (2008-10-21). "Heads roll as $15.5b losses loom". The Standard.
- ↑ "中信泰富暴挫55.1%". 2008-10-21.
- ↑ "CITIC Limited Receives Investment from Charoen Pokphand Group and ITOCHU" (PDF). Itochu, Charoen Pokphand and CITIC Group. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ↑ "Itochu, CP to jointly invest 1 trillion yen in China's CITIC Group". Nikkei. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ Fukase, Atsuko (20 January 2015). "Thaw in Japan-China Business Ties? Itochu's CITIC Deal Towers Above Others". Wall Street Journal Japan Real Time. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑
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