diff --git "a/China/2.ICBC_$267.08 B_Financials/2018/results.txt" "b/China/2.ICBC_$267.08 B_Financials/2018/results.txt" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/China/2.ICBC_$267.08 B_Financials/2018/results.txt" @@ -0,0 +1,87755 @@ +Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited +Allen & Overy +Hong Kong, China +20/F, China Resources Building, 8 Jianguomen North Street, +Dongcheng District, Beijing, PRC +Jun He Law Offices +40/F, Office Tower A, Beijing Fortune Plaza, 7 East 3rd Ring +Middle Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC +King & Wood Mallesons +9/F, Three Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong +Mainland China: +www.hkexnews.hk +the annual report in respect of H shares +The "HKExnews" website of SEHK for publication of +www.sse.com.cn +the annual report in respect of A shares +Website designated by CSRC for publication of +Legal advisors +China Securities Journal, Shanghai Securities News, Securities Times, +Securities Daily +Linklaters +Share Registrars +Shanghai Stock Exchange +A Share: +Place where shares are listed, and their names and +codes +Location where copies of this annual report are kept +Office of the Board of Directors of the Bank +Facsimile: 852-28650990 +Telephone: 852-28628555 +10/F, Alexandra House, Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong +17M Floor, Hopewell Center, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, +Hong Kong +Telephone: 86-4008058058 +Pudong New Area, Shanghai, PRC +3/F China Insurance Building, No. 166 Lujiazui Dong Road, +Shanghai Branch +China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited, +A Share: +H Share: +Selected newspapers for information disclosure +E-mail: ir@icbc.com.cn +Facsimile: 86-10-66107571 +Corporate Information +3 +Annual Report 2016 +This report is prepared in both Chinese and English. In the case of discrepancy between the two versions, the Chinese +version shall prevail. +The report contains forward-looking statements on the Bank's financial positions, business performance and +development. The statements are made based on existing plans, estimates and forecasts, and bear upon future external +events or the Group's future finance, business or performance in other aspects, and may involve future plans which do +not constitute substantive commitment to investors. Hence, investors and persons concerned shall be fully aware of the +risks and understand the difference between plans, estimates and commitments. +During the reporting period, the Bank did not identify any material risks that exerted negative impact on the Bank's +development strategy and business objectives in the future. The Bank has actively adopted measures to effectively manage +various types of risks. Please refer to the section headed "Discussion and Analysis Risk Management" for detailed +information. +Legal name in Chinese +Notes on Material Risks +30 March 2017 +The Board of Directors of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited +The Board of Directors of the Bank proposed distributing cash dividends for ordinary shares of RMB2.343 (pre-tax) for each +ten shares for 2016. The distribution plan will be submitted for approval to the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2016. +The Bank did not convert capital reserve to share capital. +The 2016 financial statements prepared by the Bank in accordance with PRC GAAP and IFRSS have been audited by KPMG +Huazhen LLP and KPMG in accordance with Chinese and International Standards on Audit respectively, with standard +unqualified auditors' reports being issued. +The 2016 Annual Report of the Bank and its abstract have been considered and approved at the meeting of the Board of +Directors of the Bank held on 30 March 2017. All directors of the Bank attended the meeting. +The Board of Directors, the Board of Supervisors, Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members of Industrial +and Commercial Bank of China Limited undertake that the information in this report contains no false record, misleading +statement or material omission, and assume individual and joint and several liability for the authenticity, accuracy and +completeness of the information in this report. +Mr. Yi Huiman, Legal Representative of the Bank, Mr. Gu Shu, President in charge of finance of the Bank, and Mr. Zhang +Wenwu, General Manager of the Finance and Accounting Department of the Bank, hereby represent and warrant that the +financial statements contained in the Annual Report are authentic, accurate and complete. +中國工商銀行股份有限公司(“中國工商銀行”) +Legal name in English +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED ("ICBC") +Telephone: 86-10-66108608 +Address: 55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, China +Guan Xueqing +Board Secretary and Company Secretary +Gu Shu and Guan Xueqing +Authorized representatives +33/F, ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong +Principal place of business in Hong Kong +Website: www.icbc.com.cn, www.icbc-ltd.com +Business enquiry and compliant hotline: 86-95588 +Telephone: 86-10-66106114 +55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, China +Postal code: 100140 +Registered address and office address +Yi Huiman +Legal representative +Stock name: 工商銀行 +Important Notice +Stock code: 601398 +The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited +Stock name: ICBC +634,858 +668,733 +641,681 +Operating income +106,064 +122,326 +578,901 +132,497 +144,973 +Net fee and commission income +417,828 +443,335 +493,522 +507,867 +143,391 +471,846 +529,720 +Impairment losses +336,440 +359,455 +360,905 +360,675 +Operating profit +33,745 +Operating expenses +38,321 +86,993 +87,894 +189,940 +204,140 +218,674 +193,112 +56,729 +Net interest income +Annual operating results (in RMB millions) +2012 +Guotai Junan Investment Management Co., Ltd. +Sponsor of domestic preference shares: +Stock code: 360011 +Stock name: I +Shanghai Stock Exchange +Domestic Preference Share: +618 Shangcheng Road, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone +Sponsor representatives: Zhang Jianhua and Wu Guomei +Continuous inspection and supervision period: +Stock code: 84602 +Stock code: 4604 +Stock name: ICBC EURPREF1 +Stock code: 4603 +The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited +Stock name: ICBC USDPREF1 +Offshore Preference Share: +Stock code: 1398 +Stock name: ICBC CNHPREF1-R +11 December 2015 to 31 December 2016 +Name and office address of auditors +Domestic auditors: +2013 +2014 +2015 +2016 +Financial Data +(Financial data and indicators in this annual report are prepared in accordance with IFRSS and, unless otherwise specified, are +consolidated amounts of the Bank and its subsidiaries and denominated in Renminbi.) +Financial Highlights +ICBC +4 +8/F, Prince's Building, 10 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong +KPMG +International auditors: +CPAs (Practicing): Song Chenyang and He Qi +8/F, Tower E2, Oriental Plaza, 1 East Chang'an Avenue, Dongcheng +District, Beijing, PRC +KPMG Huazhen LLP +H Share: +306,035 +ICBC +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited; or Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited and its subsidiaries +115 +Report of the Board of Supervisors +111 +Report of the Board of Directors +93 +Corporate Governance Report +Significant Events +82 +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, +74 +Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +Details of Changes in Share Capital and +71 +Social Responsibility +Employees and Institutions +70 +118 +121 +CBRC +Capital Regulation +Bank ICBC (JSC) +Articles of Association +In this report, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings set out below: +Definitions +Organizational Chart +KIX +Overseas Branches and Offices +List of Domestic and +292 +2016 Ranking and Awards +122 +Auditor's Report and Financial Statements +296 +Regulatory Requirements +© Other Information Disclosed Pursuant to +68 +CONTENTS +The Bank consciously unified the social responsibilities +to its development strategy and operation and +management activities, gaining wide social recognition +in the aspects of supporting targeted poverty relief, +protecting environment and resources, participating in +social and public welfare undertakings and promoting +inclusive finance. The Bank was ranked the 1st place +among the Top 1000 World Banks by The Banker, +ranked 1st place in the Global 2000 listed by Forbes, +topped the sub-list of commercial banks of the Global +500 in Fortune for the fourth consecutive year, and +took the 1st place among the Top 500 Banking Brands +of Brand Finance. +Taking the provision of service to the real economy +as the starting point and the ultimate goal, the Bank +remains steadfast in new finance and new service +under the guidance of new concept, has supported +the supply-side structural reform and the economic +transformation and upgrading and has realized healthy +and sustainable development. Through deepening +of reform, innovation and operation transformation, +retail banking, asset management and financial market +business emerged as the important growth engines of +profit. The pattern of internationalized and diversified +operation was further improved, covering 42 countries +and regions, contributing more to the Bank's profit- +making. +Through its continuous endeavor and stable +development, the Bank has developed into the leading +bank in the world, possessing an excellent customer +base, a diversified business structure, strong innovation +capabilities and market competitiveness. The Bank +regards service as the very foundation to seek further +development and has made efforts to build a "bank +to the satisfaction of customers" while providing a +wide range of financial products and services to 5,784 +thousand corporate customers and 530 million personal +customers. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was +established on 1 January 1984. On 28 October 2005, +the Bank was wholly restructured to a joint-stock +limited company. On 27 October 2006, the Bank was +successfully listed on both Shanghai Stock Exchange +and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. +Company Profile +Definitions +Annual Report 2016 +USD Preference Shares Stock Code: 4603 +Stock Code: 1398 +(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED +H +ICBC (E +EUR Preference Shares Stock Code: 4604 +RMB Preference Shares Stock Code: 84602 +Important Notice +Corporate Information +Financial Highlights +Chairman's Statement +Outlook +65 +– Capital Management +49 +Risk Management +30 +Business Overview +15 +Financial Statement Analysis +14 +Regulatory Environments +Economic, Financial and +Discussion and Analysis +2345701 +President's Statement +Company Law +2 +CSRC +Hong Kong Listing Rules +ICBC PERU BANK +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (New Zealand) Limited +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Mexico S.A. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Malaysia) Berhad +the Bank/the Group +State Council +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Thai) Public Company Limited +Standard Bank +SEHK +Hong Kong +Securities and Futures Ordinance of +PRC GAAP +PBC +MOF +SSE +IFRSS +ICBC Turkey Bank Anonim Şirketi +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Co., Ltd. +The State Council of the People's Republic of China +Standard Bank Group Limited +Shanghai Stock Exchange +The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited +Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) +Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises promulgated by the Ministry of +Finance +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (USA) NA +The People's Bank of China +The International Financial Reporting Standards promulgated by the International +Accounting Standards Board, which comprise the International Accounting +Standards +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services LLC +ICBC-AXA Assurance Co., Ltd. +ICBC Standard Bank PLC +ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. +ICBC International Holdings Limited +Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China +ICBCFS +ICBC-AXA +ICBC Standard Bank +ICBC (Peru) +ICBC (New Zealand) +ICBC (Mexico) +ICBC (Malaysia) +ICBC (Macau) +ICBC (London) +The Articles of Association of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited +Bank ICBC (Joint stock company) +ICBC (Indonesia) +ICBC (Canada) +ICBC (Brasil) +ICBC (Asia) +ICBC (Argentina) +ICBC (Almaty) +Huijin +ICBC (Europe) +Regulation Governing Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional) promulgated by +CBRC in June 2012 +China Banking Regulatory Commission +Company Law of the People's Republic of China +ICBC Leasing +ICBC International +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management +ICBC (USA) +ICBC (Turkey) +ICBC (Thai) +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau) Limited +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Brasil) S.A. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Canada) +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Europe) S.A. +PT. Bank ICBC Indonesia +ICBC (London) PLC +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina) S.A. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Almaty) Joint Stock Company +Central Huijin Investment Ltd. +Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong +Limited +Banks undertaking key functions with global features in the financial markets as +released by the Financial Stability Board +China Securities Regulatory Commission +Global Systemically Important Banks +Profit before taxation +220,835 +363,235 +257.19 +206.90 +156.34 +136.69 +Allowance to NPL (8) +0.85 +295.55 +0.94 +1.50 +1.62 +Non-performing loans ("NPL") ratio (7) +Asset quality (%) +29.24 +28.80 +1.13 +27.93 +Allowance to total loans ratio (9) +2.35 +10.57 +12.19 +13.48 +13.42 +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio (10) +10.57 +2.22 +11.92 +12.87 +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio (10) +Capital adequacy (%) +2.50 +2.43 +2.34 +12.87 +26.69 +27.40 +20.02 +2.49 +363,279 +2.46 +2.30 +2.02 +Net interest spread (3) +Net interest margin (4) +23.02 +19.96 +17.10 +15.24 +Return on weighted average equity(2) +1.45 +1.44 +21.92 +2.16 +2.47 +2.66 +21.13 +20.87 +21.44 +22.59 +Cost-to-income ratio (6) +income to operating income +Ratio of net fee and commission +2.66 +2.45 +2.26 +2.16 +2.01 +Return on risk-weighted assets (5) +2.66 +2.57 +Capital adequacy ratio (10) +1.40 +14.61 +14.53 +164,900 +170,929 167,096 +165,808 +157,666 +Q4 +Q3 +74,764 75,453 +Q2 +Q4 +Q3 +155,034 +159,989 +168,992 +Q2 +Q1 +Q1 +2015 +72,575 +74,697 72,740 55,370 +ICBC +We made new progress in operational transformation and structural adjustment. Taking active steps to adapt to +new changes during the economic transformation and upgrade, the Bank followed and studied new trends in the strategic +development of international banking industry, well balanced current operation with long-term development, guided +operational transformation, and boosted the strengthening of new drives of growth and rejuvenation of traditional ones. +We implemented in depth strategy of mega retail, mega asset management and mega investment banking, proactively built +the asset-liability management system that suited interest rate liberalization, and promoted international and diversified +development. As a result, a new landscape of profit growth featuring multiple drivers and pillars has taken shape, which +We gained new ground in serving the real economy. The real economy is the ultimate driver of growth of finance. The +Bank followed the economic laws and trends, and improved the operating quality by seizing the opportunities presented +by the supply-side structural reform and revitalization of the real economy. We improved the full-process and integrated +management of incremental and existing credits as well as credit financing and non-credit financing. New loans actually +granted by domestic branches in 2016 totaled RMB3 trillion, including RMB844.6 billion of new RMB and foreign-currency +loans and RMB2.16 trillion loans that were recovered and relent. New non-credit financing and new investment in local +government debts amounted to RMB989.8 billion, exceeding the loan increment and becoming an important source of +capital for supporting the real economy. In terms of direction and structure, we dovetailed with a string of strategies such +as "the 13th Five-Year Plan", the "four regions", "three supporting belts" and "Made in China 2025", and stepped up +support to key projects. We steadfastly developed small and micro enterprise financial businesses and provided innovative +services in that area that combined professional offline operation with standardized online operation, and became the first +commercial bank in the country with a small and micro enterprise loan balance of more than RMB2 trillion. Adapting to the +trend of expanded and upgraded personal consumption, the Bank saw steady rise in the proportion of residential mortgages +and consumption loans in total loans. Our services for enterprises' "Going Global" drive became deeper and broader. The +Bank took the lead in establishing Sino-CEE Financial Holding Corporation and Fund to participate in infrastructure and +capacity cooperation under the "Belt and Road" initiative in the form of a multilateral financial company. We also gave +stronger support to the merger and restructuring of enterprises, and pushed for market-based debt-for-equity swaps and +asset securitization in an orderly manner, not only providing more flexible and diverse financial service options for enterprises +to lower the cost and deleverage, but also helping ourselves to prevent and control risks and boost the real economy at the +same time. +Progress is the main theme of our performance results. While maintaining stability, the Bank made active efforts and +explorations for progress. +Stability is the priority in our performance results. Stability is the cornerstone and is important in serving the overall +interest. Focused on stabilizing benefits, quality and risks, the Bank implemented targeted measures and maintained +generally stable operation and development. We maintained stable profits. In face of three main factors of rising expenditure +and reduced income, namely the increased credit cost, narrowing interest margin and fee cuts to the real economy, the +Bank actively tapped into potential, improved efficiency, expanded sources of income and cut back on expenses. In 2016, +we realized a net profit of RMB279.1 billion, up 0.5% from the previous year and continuing to hold the largest net profit +base in the global banking industry. We maintained stable asset quality. In face of the downward pressure on asset quality, +the Bank strengthened credit foundation management and credit quality management under the new normal, and adopted +multi-pronged approaches to tackle both symptoms and root causes, focusing on the control of new loans, management +and control of existing loans and disposal of non-performing loans. As at the end of 2016, the Bank's NPL ratio was +controlled at 1.62%, asset quality remained stable with positive changes, the ratio of loan deterioration decreased, NPL +balance and ratio increased at a rate lower than the same period of last year, and allowance to NPL increased over the +previous quarter in the fourth quarter. We steadily controlled risks. In face of spreading primary, crossover and imported +risks, the Bank intensified enterprise risk management and improved risk management measures in the aspects of strategy, +system, instrument and mechanism, striving to cement the dam against risks and fully exert the role of a market stabilizer +and risk reducing valve as a leading bank. +In 2016, the recovery of world economy remained weak while economic complexity, instability and uncertainty became more +conspicuous. Domestic economy operated steadily in general but was facing downward pressure and many difficulties. In +face of the severe challenges such as overlapping conflicts and intertwined risks and hidden hazards at home and abroad, +the Bank managed to make progress while maintaining stability, steered towards the right direction by keeping our eyes on +the broader picture, implemented reform and innovation, and overcame difficulties in a responsible manner. By carrying on +our good traditions and developing innovations, we attained performance results which exceeded the expectation of many +and which comprised many highlights in the past year. +55,457 74,324 +Chairman's Statement +Annual Report 2016 +Chairman Yi Huiman +Chairman's Statement +ICBC +(13,829) (44,582) 518,295 565,554 (331,219) 379,134 +199,614 98,018 +7 +2016 +activities +Net cash flows from operating +63.34 +60.53 +59.51 +60.34 +ratio +Risk-weighted assets to total assets +54.22 +6.43 +7.46 +8.11 +8.21 +Total equity to total assets ratio +13.66 +13.12 +6.76 +Notes: (1) Calculated by dividing net profit by the average balance of total assets at the beginning and at the end of the reporting period. +(2) +Calculated in accordance with the Rules for the Compilation and Submission of Information Disclosure by Companies that Offer +Securities to the Public No. 9 - Calculation and Disclosure of Return on Net Assets and Earnings per Share (Revision 2010) +issued by CSRC. +(3) Calculated by the spread between yield on average balance of interest-generating assets and cost on average balance of +interest-bearing liabilities. +company +holders of the parent +Net profit attributable to equity +Operating income +(In RMB millions) +6 +Quarterly Financial Data +(10) Data for period since 2013 were calculated in accordance with the Capital Regulation and those for 2012 were calculated in +accordance with the Regulation Governing Capital Adequacy of Commercial Banks and related regulations promulgated by +CBRC. +(9) Calculated by dividing allowance for impairment losses on loans by total balance of loans and advances to customers. +(8) Calculated by dividing allowance for impairment losses on loans by total balance of NPLs. +(7) Calculated by dividing the balance of NPLs by total balance of loans and advances to customers. +Calculated by dividing operating expense (less taxes and surcharges) by operating income. +(6) +(5) Calculated by dividing net profit by the average balance of risk-weighted assets at the beginning and at the end of the +reporting period. +(4) Calculated by dividing net interest income by the average balance of interest-generating assets. +15.22 +1.30 +2.40 +Return on average total assets(1) +Due to customers +16,413,758 +17,639,289 +19,072,649 +20,409,261 +22,156,102 +17,825,302 +Total liabilities +4,322,244 +4,433,237 +5,009,963 +5,481,174 +Investment +220,403 +4,083,887 +240,959 +16,281,939 +14,620,825 +1,274,134 +1,530,859 +1,789,474 +1,969,751 +of the parent company +Equity attributable to equity holders +15,556,601 +1,486,805 +1,539,239 +2,265,860 +2,016,799 +institutions +Due to banks and other financial +1.20 +1,269,255 +257,581 +280,654 +289,512 +275,811 +277,131 +278,249 +of the parent company +Net profit attributable to equity holders +238,691 +262,649 +262,965 +277,720 +279,106 +Net profit +308,687 +338,537 +361,612 +276,286 +238,532 +Net cash flows from operating activities +239,221 +on loans +Allowance for impairment losses +17,542,217 +8,803,692 +18,917,752 +9,922,374 +20,609,953 +11,026,331 +22,209,780 +11,933,466 +13,056,846 +Total loans and advances to customers +24,137,265 +Total assets +As at the end of reporting period +(in RMB millions) +533,508 +(1,947) +201,457 +1,131,764 +1,124,997 +Share capital +13,642,910 +356,407 +A1 +356,407 +A1 +A +A1 +A +A +Moody's(3) +Credit rating +0.67 +0.74 +0.78 +0.77 +0.77 +S&P(3) +Diluted earnings per share +A1 +A1 +Profitability (%) +2012 +2013 +2014 +2015 +2016 +A +Financial Indicators +5 +Annual Report 2016 +The rating results are in the form of "long-term foreign currency deposits rating". +(3) +(2) Calculated by dividing equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company after deduction of other equity instruments +at the end of the reporting period by the total number of ordinary shares at the end of the reporting period. +Notes: (1) Data for period since 2013 were calculated in accordance with the Capital Regulation and those for 2012 were calculated in +accordance with the Regulation Governing Capital Adequacy of Commercial Banks and related regulations promulgated by CBRC. +Financial Highlights +0.68 +A +0.78 +2,012,103 +2,127,462 +Net capital base(1) +1,266,859 +1,521,233 +1,781,062 +1,812,137 +1,954,770 +349,620 +351,390 +1,266,841 +353,495 +1,486,733 +0.75 +1,874,976 +Net core tier 1 capital (1) +Net tier 1 capital(1) +1,572,265 +1,701,495 +Risk-weighted assets (1) +1,299,014 +0.77 +Basic earnings per share +3.22 +3.63 +4.23 +4.80 +5.29 +0.77 +Per share data (in RMB yuan) +9,511,205 +11,982,187 +12,475,939 +13,216,687 +Net asset value per share(2) +14,564,617 +During the reporting period, convening, holding, notices, announcements, proposals, voting and other procedures of the +shareholders' general meetings of the Bank strictly complied with the relevant provisions of the Company Law and the +Articles of Association of the Bank, ensuring that shareholders could exercise their right of participation in the Shareholders' +General Meetings smoothly. Since it was listed, in order to treat A and H minority shareholders fairly, the Bank has held +the Annual General Meeting in Beijing and Hong Kong concurrently by satellite and set up registration offices of A and +H shareholders both in Beijing and Hong Kong to facilitate the voting of shareholders. The number of shareholders who +participated in voting at the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2015 amounted to 3,223. +The Bank improved various communication channels for investors through organizing press conferences in relation to +periodic results and domestic and overseas road shows and attending famous investment forums at home and abroad during +the reporting period. The Bank gave full play to the communication platforms including investor interactive platform of +SSE, investor relations website, investor hotline and investor email of the Bank, to understand investors' needs and provide +sufficient information feedback in a timely manner. +Upholding the principle of "authenticity, accuracy, completeness, timeliness and fairness", the Bank proactively reinforced +the Group's information disclosure management. In order to meet the needs of investors and other stakeholders, the Bank +continuously enhanced the Group's voluntary information disclosure and improved the Bank's level of transparency, thereby +effectively guaranteeing the right of all stakeholders including shareholders and customers to information. +The Bank has strictly complied with laws, regulations, regulatory requirements and fundamental regulations of corporate +governance, and has taken various measures such as improving information disclosure management, strengthening investor +relations management and optimizing the operations mechanism of the Shareholders' General Meeting, with a view to +safeguarding the rights of all shareholders, especially minority investors, and increasing communication and exchange +among shareholders. +Effective Communication with Shareholders +In the following circumstances, preference shareholders have the right to attend the Shareholders' General Meeting and +jointly vote with ordinary shareholders as of the date following the date on which the Shareholders' General Meeting +approves the profit distribution plan for the given year not in accordance with the previous agreement: the Bank fails to pay +dividends on preference shares for three accounting years accumulatively or two consecutive accounting years contrary to +previous agreement. Where the dividend of the preference shares cannot be accumulated, the voting rights of preference +shareholders of the Bank shall be recovered until the Bank pays the dividend in full amount for the given year. +Other rights +In the following circumstances, preference shareholders of the Bank have the right to attend the Shareholders' General +Meeting and exercise voting rights: (1) amendment of contents of the Articles of Association relating to preference +shares; (2) decrease of the registered capital of the Bank by more than 10% once or cumulatively; (3) merger, division and +dissolution of the Bank or change of the Bank's corporate form; (4) issuance of preference shares; or (5) other circumstances +of changing or abolishing rights of preference shareholders as specified by the Articles of Association. If any of the above +circumstances occurs, the Bank shall notify preference shareholders of the convening of the Shareholders' General Meeting, +and observe the procedure specified by the Articles of Association for notifying ordinary shareholders. +Special provisions on rights of preference shareholders +Corporate Governance Report +Annual Report 2016 +ICBC +Ordinary shareholders of the Bank have the right to collect dividends and other forms of benefits distributed on the basis +of the number of shares held by them; preference shareholders of the Bank enjoy precedence over ordinary shareholders in +dividend distribution. Shareholders have other rights conferred by laws, administrative regulations, rules and the Articles of +Association of the Bank. +97 +Board of Directors and Special Committees +Contacts +Pursuant to relevant laws and regulations as well as the Articles of Association of the Bank, shareholders can put forward +suggestions and inquiries through participating in activities including the Shareholders' General Meetings, press conferences +in relation to periodic results and road shows of the Bank or by means of platforms including investor interactive platform of +SSE, investor relations website, investor hotline and investor email and hotline, fax and email of the Shareholders' General +Meetings of the Bank as well. For contact details, please refer to the section headed "Corporate Governance Report +Investor Relations". +If an ordinary shareholder wishes to enquire about share transfer, changes in name or address, reporting loss of share +certificates and dividend notes or any other information relating to his/her shares, please contact the Share Registrars of the +Bank. For contact details, please refer to "Corporate Information". +Shareholders' General Meeting +During the reporting period, the Bank convened the 2015 Annual General Meeting on 24 June 2016 and the First +Extraordinary General Meeting of 2016 on 29 November 2016. The aforementioned Shareholders' General Meetings were +convened and held in strict compliance with relevant laws and regulations and the Articles of Association of the Bank. The +Bank made announcements on the resolutions and disclosed legal opinions in a timely manner in accordance with regulatory +requirements. For details of the above meetings, please refer to the announcements of the Bank dated 24 June 2016 and 29 +November 2016 respectively on the websites of SSE and SEHK, or the website of the Bank. +Implementation of Resolutions of the Shareholders' General Meeting by the Board +of Directors +The Board of Directors of the Bank earnestly and fully implemented the resolutions adopted by the Shareholders' General +Meeting of the Bank during the reporting period. +Composition of the Board of Directors +The Bank formulated relatively complete procedures for nominating and electing directors. With diversified backgrounds, the +Directors complemented each other on one hand with regard to their expertise, professional competence and experience +and expressed diversified perspectives and views, which ensured scientific decision-making of the Board of Directors. As +at the disclosure date of this annual report, the Board of Directors of the Bank consisted of 14 directors, including four +Executive Directors: Mr. Yi Huiman, Mr. Gu Shu, Mr. Zhang Hongli and Mr. Wang Jingdong; five Non-executive Directors: +Ms. Wang Xiaoya, Ms. Ge Rongrong, Mr. Zheng Fuqing, Mr. Fei Zhoulin and Mr. Cheng Fengchao; and five Independent +Non-executive Directors: Mr. Or Ching Fai, Mr. Hong Yongmiao, Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh, Mr. Yang Siu Shun and Ms. +Sheila Colleen Bair. Mr. Yi Huiman was Chairman and Mr. Gu Shu was Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. All Executive +Directors have worked in the areas of banking and management for a long time, possess extensive professional expertise +and experience in those areas and are familiar with operation and management of the Bank. Most Non-executive Directors +specialize in economic management and have rich management experience and good understanding of relevant policies +and theories. Most of the Independent Non-executive Directors are prestigious experts in the areas of economy, finance +and audit and law respectively, and most of them once worked at international institutions and are familiar with corporate +finance and management. The number of Independent Non-executive Directors of the Bank accounted for more than one +third of the total members of the Board of Directors, complying with relevant regulatory requirements. +Meetings of the Board of Directors +During the reporting period, the Board of Directors of the Bank held eight meetings, considered 65 proposals including the +proposals on the 2015 Work Report of the Board of Directors, election of Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of +Directors, nomination of candidates for directors, and distribution of dividends on preference shares and ordinary shares, +and heard 22 reports including the reports on the 2016 Work Plan of the Board of Directors, the directors' performance +98 +ICBC +96 +Corporate Governance Report +Shareholders are entitled to supervise business operation of the Bank and put forward suggestions or inquiries accordingly. +Shareholders are entitled to review the information of the Bank such as the Articles of Association, the register of +shareholders, share capital documents and minutes of Shareholders' General Meetings, etc. +94 +Shareholders who hold more than 3% of shares of the Bank, either individually or jointly, may prepare an interim proposal +and submit it in writing to the Board of Directors 10 days before the Shareholders' General Meeting is convened. The Board +of Directors shall issue a supplementary notice for the Shareholders' General Meeting within 2 days upon receipt of the +proposal and submit such proposal to the Shareholders' General Meeting for approval. +No +Hu Hao +43.60 +10.66 +54.26 +No +Li Yunze +14.53 +3.68 +18.21 +No +Tan Jiong +7.27 +1.84 +9.11 +No +Wang Bairong +34.64 +10.97 +45.61 +No +54.26 +Guan Xueqing +10.66 +Wang Lin +No +Zhang Wei +39.37 +13.05 +2.50 +54.92 +No +Hui Ping +5.00 +5.00 +No +Huang Li +2.50 +2.50 +No +Qu Qiang +28.00 +28.00 +No +Shen Bingxi +No +43.60 +34.64 +12.25 +46.89 +11.75 +11.75 +Yes +36.43 +7.18 +43.61 +No +Dong Juan +Wei Guoxiong +43.19 +10.91 +No +54.10 +No +22 +90 +ICBC +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +Notes: (1) Since January 2015, the remuneration to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board of +Supervisors and other executives of the Bank has followed the State's policies relating to the remuneration reform on executives +of central enterprises. +(2) According to the requirements of relevant government authorities, the total final remuneration payable to the Chairman of the +Board of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Executive Directors, Shareholder Supervisors and +other Senior Management members is still subject to final confirmation by relevant government authorities. Additional details of +remuneration will be disclosed when they have been determined. +(3) During the reporting period, Ms. Wang Xiaoya, Ms. Ge Rongrong, Mr. Zheng Fuqing, Mr. Fei Zhoulin, Mr. Cheng Fengchao and +Mr. Fu Zhongjun were paid by Huijin for their performance of responsibilities as the Bank's Non-executive Directors. +Yes +44.00 +44.00 +Yes +No +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management Leaving Office +Jiang Jianqing +20.18 +4.30 +Wang Xiquan +25.43 +6.06 +24.48 +No +Yes +31.49 +zzz +No +Yes +Malcolm Christopher +McCarthy +Kenneth Patrick Chung +Yi Xiqun +Wang Chixi +35.83 +35.83 +Fu Zhongjun +29.25 +29.25 +Yes +from +shareholder +entities +annuities, +and +Remuneration +additional +Other +paid +Name +medical +insurances +monetary +Fee +income +(1) +(2) +(3) +(4) +Yi Huiman +Gu Shu +48.44 +Obtain +remuneration +Unit: RMB10,000 +allowance, +housing +Putting forward suggestions or inquiries +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +Appointment and Removal +◆ Directors +At the Second Extraordinary General Meeting of 2015 held on 21 December 2015, Mr. Yang Siu Shun was appointed as +Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank, and his qualification was approved by CBRC in April 2016. On 31 May +2016, the Board of Directors of the Bank appointed Mr. Yi Huiman as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank, +and his qualification was approved by CBRC in June 2016. At the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2015 of the Bank +held on 24 June 2016, Mr. Yi Huiman was appointed as Executive Director of the Bank, and Mr. Shen Si was appointed +as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank. The new term of office of Mr. Yi Huiman took effect from the date +of review and approval by the meeting. The qualification of Mr. Shen Si remains to be approved by CBRC. At the First +Extraordinary General Meeting of 2016 held on 29 November 2016, Mr. Gu Shu and Mr. Wang Jingdong were appointed +as Executive Directors of the Bank, and Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair was appointed as Independent Non-executive Director +of the Bank. The qualifications of Mr. Gu Shu and Mr. Wang Jingdong were approved by CBRC in December 2016. The +qualification of Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair was approved by CBRC in March 2017. +In October 2015, the Board of Directors of the Bank reviewed and approved the resignation of Mr. Yi Xiqun as Independent +Non-executive Director due to work reasons, which became effective upon approval by CBRC of the qualification of the new +Independent Non-executive Director in April 2016. In May 2016, Mr. Jiang Jianqing resigned from the positions of Chairman +of the Board of Directors and Executive Director citing his age. In July 2016, Mr. Wang Xiquan resigned from the positions of +Executive Director and Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank due to change of job. In October 2016, due to expiration +of the term of office, Sir Malcolm Christopher McCarthy ceased to act as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank. +In January 2017, due to expiration of the term of office, Mr. Fu Zhongjun ceased to act as Non-executive Director of the +Bank. In March 2017, due to expiration of the term of office, Mr. Kenneth Patrick Chung ceased to act as Independent Non- +executive Director of the Bank. +Supervisors +On 23 June 2016, the Bank appointed Mr. Huang Li as Employee Supervisor of the Bank at the Interim Employees' Congress, +and his term of office took effect from the date of review and approval by the Employees' Congress. The Bank appointed +Mr. Zhang Wei and Mr. Shen Bingxi as Shareholder Supervisor and External Supervisor of the Bank respectively at the 2015 +Annual General Meeting on 24 June 2016, and their terms of office took effect from the date of review and approval by the +meeting. +On 23 June 2016, Ms. Wang Chixi resigned from the position of Shareholder Supervisor of the Bank citing her age, and Mr. +Zhang Wei ceased to act as Employee Supervisor of the Bank due to change of job. On 24 June 2016, Ms. Dong Juan ceased +to act as External Supervisor of the Bank due to expiration of the term of office. +◆ Senior Management +10.66 +On 31 May 2016, the Board of Directors of the Bank appointed Mr. Yi Huiman as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the +Bank. Meanwhile, Mr. Yi Huiman resigned from the position of President of the Bank. According to relevant regulations, Mr. +Yi Huiman shall act as President until the new President is elected with his qualification approved by CBRC. On 27 September +2016, the Board of Directors of the Bank engaged Mr. Gu Shu as President of the Bank, and his qualification was approved +by CBRC in October 2016. +Annual Report 2016 +89 +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +Annual Remuneration +Remuneration from the Bank +Contribution +by the +employer +to social +insurance, +On 31 May 2016, the Board of Directors of the Bank appointed Mr. Guan Xueqing as Board Secretary of the Bank, and his +qualification was approved by CBRC in July 2016. In July 2016, Mr. Hu Hao ceased to hold the position as Board Secretary of +the Bank due to work reasons. Mr. Wang Bairong started to act as Chief Risk Officer of the Bank in July 2016. On 30 August +2016, the Board of Directors of the Bank appointed Mr. Li Yunze as Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank, and his +qualification was approved by CBRC in October 2016. On 28 October 2016, the Board of Directors of the Bank engaged Mr. +Tan Jiong as Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank, and his qualification was approved by CBRC in January 2017. +In July 2016, Mr. Wang Xiquan ceased to act as Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank due to work change and Mr. +Wei Guoxiong ceased to act as Chief Risk Officer of the Bank for the reason of his age. +(4) Fee of Mr. Zhang Wei is his allowance obtained as Employee Supervisor of the Bank; Fees of Mr. Hui Ping and Mr. Huang Li are +their allowances obtained as Employee Supervisors of the Bank, excluding their remuneration with the Bank in accordance with +the employee remuneration system. +44.81 +Qian Wenhui +Yes +Yes +Zheng Fuqing +Fei Zhoulin +Cheng Fengchao +Yes +Yes +Yes +Or Ching Fai +47.00 +47.00 +Yes +Hong Yongmiao +Anthony Francis Neoh +Yang Siu Shun +Sheila Colleen Bair +47.00 +47.00 +Yes +45.50 +45.50 +No +54.26 +No +54.26 +48.44 +10.66 +Zhang Hongli +43.60 +10.66 +Wang Jingdong +43.60 +10.66 +Wang Xiaoya +Ge Rongrong +10.66 +Total +or other +connected +persons or +not +(5)=(1)+(2)+(3)+(4) +59.10 +No +55.47 +No +59.10 +No +remuneration +before tax +(5) As the Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors served as directors or senior management of other legal persons or +organizations other than the Bank or the controlled subsidiaries of the Bank, such legal persons or organizations became +connected persons of the Bank. During the reporting period, the Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors obtained +remuneration from such connected persons. Except to the extent of the aforementioned circumstances, none of the Bank's +directors, supervisors and senior management were paid by the Bank's connected persons during the reporting period. +(before tax) +Basic Information on Employees and Institutions +Related Party +Transactions Control +Committee +Audit Committee +Senior +Management +Financial +Approval +Committee +Information +Information +Technology +Technology +Approval +Committee +Management +Committee +Business & Product +Innovation +Management +Committee +Asset & Liability +Management +Committee +Risk +Management +Committee +Credit +Approval +Committee +Credit Risk +Management +Committee +Market Risk +Management +Committee +Compensation +Committee +Nomination +Committee +Risk Management +Committee +Strategy +Committee +4.4 +Eliminated and +undistributed assets +(5,450,863) +(22.5) +Total +24,137,265 +100.0 +17,200 +100.0 +Operational Risk +461,749 +Note: (1) Overseas and other assets include investments in associates and joint ventures. +92 +ICBC +Corporate Governance Report +Corporate Governance Framework +Board of +Directors +Shareholders' +General Meeting +Primary reporting line +Secondary reporting line +Board of +Supervisors +100.0 +20,222 +Management +Committee +Internal Audit +Sub-bureau +Hong Kong Listed Companies, "The Asset Corporate Award Platinum Award" by The Asset, the "Best Listed Company" +by Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group, the "Best Board of Directors" by the magazine Board and Directors, the +"2016 Outstanding Board of Directors of Strategic Chinese Listed Companies" by the 21st Century Business Herald. +During the reporting period, the Bank appointed and renewed the appointments of some directors and changed the +chairman and members of some special committees of the Board of Directors to ensure the Bank operated in compliance +with laws and regulations. The Bank continued to improve the structure of the Board of Directors and further gave play +to the decision-making supporting role of the special committees of the Board of Directors. Besides, the Bank stepped +up efforts in the Group's corporate governance, and established and refined the group management and control and +collaboration mechanism as well as the corporate governance framework, institutional system and working mechanism of its +subsidiaries. +Construction of the Corporate Governance Mechanism +The Bank put the strategic decision-making role and corporate governance leading role of the Board of Directors into +good use. Upholding scientific development and the acceleration of change in the mode of development, the Board of +Directors focused on the reform of important fields and key links, stepped up the operational transformation and structural +adjustment of the Bank and constantly followed up the implementation of strategies, plans and decisions, ensuring the +stable operation and sound development of the Group. In addition, the Board of Directors kept improving corporate +governance, consolidated enterprise risk management and internal control, stepped up information disclosure and managed +investor relations in a more professional manner, and strengthened the building of a mechanism to support its duty +performance, ensuring it discharge its duties in a legal, compliant and efficient manner. +The Bank put the supervisory function of the Board of Supervisors into good use. The Board of Supervisors continuously +improved its working mechanism in accordance with the priorities of the Bank, specified the details and methods of its +supervision over performance of the Board of Directors and the Senior Management and earnestly conducted the annual +performance assessment. Financial supervision and supervision over risk management and internal control of the Bank +were enhanced. The role of the Board of Supervisors which is key to corporate governance was effectively exerted, and this +promoted the legal and compliant operation and healthy and stable development of the Bank. +The Bank improved its enterprise risk management system comprehensively and amended and refined the rules on +consolidated management to enhance the consolidated management of the Group. Risk management of non-banking +subsidiaries was strengthened, the risk assessment indicator system was revised, and prevention and control of credit risk +during the economic downward cycle were highly valued. Moreover, the Bank continuously improved internal control +and compliance management mechanism and raised its whole-process management capacity in regard to compliance risk +and operational risk of the Group. As for audit work, the Bank thoroughly implemented risk-oriented audit activities and +constantly promoted professional update. As for human resource management improvement, the Bank accelerated the +human resource structure adjustment, enhanced human resource allocation efficiency and focused more on training and +development of talents in key fields. As for social responsibility management reinforcement, the Bank explored work patterns +to fulfill its social responsibilities given its own characteristics. +The Bank continuously increased the level of transparency. By adhering to the principle of "authenticity, accuracy, +completeness, timeliness and fairness", the Bank disclosed information in a legal and compliant manner. It further refined +its information disclosure rules, continued to improve management mechanisms and procedures and constantly pushed +ahead the team building of professional talents. This led to increasingly better management of the Group over information +disclosure. +Annual Report 2016 +95 +Corporate Governance Report +Development of Corporate Governance Regulations +During the reporting period, pursuant to the domestic and overseas regulatory requirements as well as its internal corporate +governance, the Bank amended the Working Regulations for the Risk Management Committee of the Board of Directors +and the Working Regulations for the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. The Risk Management Committee of the +Board of Directors concurrently serves the duty of risk committee for institutions in USA in accordance with the amended +Working Regulations for the Risk Management Committee of the Board of Directors. In addition, the Bank formulated +the Administrative Measures for Suspension and Exemption of Information Disclosure, pursuant to the relevant regulatory +requirements, to further regulate the suspension and exemption of information disclosure. +Compliance with the Corporate Governance Code ("the Code") +Regarding Code Provision A.2.1 of the Corporate Governance Code (the "Code") under Appendix 14 of the Hong Kong +Listing Rules, on 31 May 2016, the Board of Directors of the Bank elected Mr. Yi Huiman as Chairman. Meanwhile, Mr. Yi +Huiman resigned from the position as President of the Bank. Pursuant to the relevant provisions, Mr. Yi Huiman will perform +his duties as President until the new President is elected and the approval from CBRC is obtained. On 27 September 2016, +the Board of Directors of the Bank elected Mr. Gu Shu as President and his qualification was approved by CBRC in October +2016. The Bank has since complied with the requirements of the above Code Provision. +Regarding Code Provision A.5.1 of the Code, on 31 October 2016, the former Independent Non-executive Director Sir +Malcolm Christopher McCarthy left office as his tenure expired. On 13 January 2017, the Board of Directors of the Bank +approved the appointment of Independent Non-executive Director Mr. Yang Siu Shun as member of the Nomination +Committee. The Bank has since complied with the requirements of the above Code Provision. +Save as disclosed above, during the reporting period, the Bank fully complied with the principles, code provisions and the +recommended best practices stipulated in the Code. +Shareholders' Rights +Proposing the convening of an extraordinary general meeting +An extraordinary general meeting should be convened within 2 months from the date when shareholders holding more than +10% of the voting shares of the Bank, either individually or jointly, request to convene in writing. Proposing shareholders +shall have the right to request the board of directors in writing to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders. +The Board of Directors shall make a written response as to whether or not it agrees to convene such a meeting within 10 +days upon receipt of the request in accordance with laws, administrative regulations, rules and the Articles of Association of +the Bank. Reasonable expenses incurred from the case where shareholders convene the meeting by themselves due to the +failure of the Board of Directors to convene the meeting shall be borne by the Bank, and deducted from the payment to +those negligent directors. +(6) For the change of the Bank's directors, supervisors and senior management, please refer to the section headed "Directors, +Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions - Appointment and Removal". +Submitting interim proposals for the Shareholders' General Meeting +Corporate Governance Report +ICBC +During the reporting period, the Bank highlighted the improvement of corporate governance as a key move in responding to +the challenges and opportunities under the new normal in economic development. The Bank accommodated to regulatory +requirements on Global Systemically Important Banks, and constantly improved the structure, mechanism and culture of +corporate governance. It enhanced the enterprise risk management of the Group, and the interaction between the parent +bank and subsidiaries as well as the collaboration between the domestic and overseas institutions, and strove to deliver +better services and sharpen core competitiveness, boosting the healthy and sustainable development of all businesses. There +is neither any material divergence between actual corporate governance of the Bank and applicable regulatory documents +regarding corporate governance issued by CSRC, nor any problem identified by regulatory authorities but remain unresolved +in respect of corporate governance. During the reporting period, the Bank received various important domestic and overseas +corporate governance awards, including the "Hong Kong Corporate Governance Excellence Award" by The Chamber of +Overview of Corporate Governance +Marketing +Management +Departments +Risk +Management +Departments +Supervision +Committee +Comprehensive +Administration +Departments +Supporting +Departments +Profitability +Units +Directly +Controlled +Institutions +Domestic +Institutions +Overseas +Institutions +Note: The above is the corporate governance framework chart as of the end of 2016. +Internal Audit +Bureau +The Bank has made constant efforts to improve the corporate governance and checks and balances mechanism comprising +the Shareholders' General Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Board of Supervisors and the Senior Management featuring +clearly-defined responsibilities and accountability, coordination and effective checks and balances, and to optimize +responsibilities of the authority organ, decision-making organ, supervisory organ and executive organ. As a result, the +corporate governance operation mechanism with scientific decision-making process, effective supervision and steady +operation has been in place. +As the authority organ of the Bank, the Shareholders' General Meeting involves all shareholders. The Shareholders' +General Meeting is responsible for, among others, deciding on business policies and material investment plans of the Bank; +considering and approving the proposals on the annual financial budget, final accounts, profit distribution plans and loss +recovery plans, electing and changing directors, shareholder supervisors and external supervisors; considering and approving +the work report of the Board of Directors and the work report of the Board of Supervisors; adopting resolutions on merger, +division, dissolution, liquidation, change of corporate form, increase or decrease of registered capital, issuance and listing +of corporate bonds or other negotiable securities and repurchase of stocks; and amending the Articles of Association of the +Bank. +Annual Report 2016 +93 +Corporate Governance Report +Responsibilities of the Board of Directors +As the decision-making organ of the Bank, the Board of Directors of the Bank is accountable to, and shall report to, the +Shareholders' General Meeting. The Board of Directors is responsible for, among others, convening the Shareholders' +General Meeting; implementing resolutions of the Shareholders' General Meeting; deciding on business plans, investment +plans and development strategies of the Bank; formulating annual financial budgets and final accounts of the Bank; +formulating profit distribution plans and loss recovery plans; formulating proposals on the increase or decrease of registered +capital of the Bank; formulating fundamental management rules on risk management and internal control, and supervising +the implementation of these rules; appointing or removing the President and the Board Secretary, and based on the +President's nomination, appointing or removing Senior Executive Vice Presidents and other Senior Management members +(except the Board Secretary), and deciding on their remuneration, rewards and sanctions; deciding or authorizing the +President to set up relevant head office departments of the Bank; regularly evaluating and improving corporate governance +of the Bank; managing information disclosure matters of the Bank; and supervising and ensuring effective performance of +management responsibilities of the President and other Senior Management members. +Responsibilities of the Board of Supervisors +As the supervisory organ of the Bank, the Board of Supervisors is accountable to, and shall report to, the Shareholders' +General Meeting. The Board of Supervisors is responsible for, among others, supervising the performance and due diligence +of Directors and Senior Management members; supervising the performance of duties of the Board of Directors and +the Senior Management; conducting audits on retiring or resigning Directors and Senior Management members where +appropriate; examining and supervising the Bank's financial activities; examining financial information such as financial +report, business report and profit distribution plan to be submitted to the Shareholders' General Meeting by the Board of +Directors; examining and supervising business decisions, risk management and internal control of the Bank, and providing +guidance for the internal audit departments of the Bank; formulating performance assessment measures for supervisors, +assessing the performance and conduct of supervisors, and reporting to the Shareholders' General Meeting for approval; +presenting proposals to the Shareholders' General Meeting; proposing to convene extraordinary general meetings, +and convening and presiding over such meetings in case the Board of Directors fails to perform its duty of convening +Shareholders' General Meeting; proposing to convene interim meetings of the Board of Directors. +Responsibilities of the Senior Management +As the executive organ of the Bank, the Senior Management is accountable to the Board of Directors. The Senior +Management is responsible for, among others, carrying out operational management of the Bank; organizing the +implementation of business plan and investment plan approved by the Board of Directors; formulating detailed regulations +and rules for operational management; formulating proposals on remuneration distribution and performance assessment for +heads of internal departments and branches of the Bank; reporting operating results to the Board of Directors and the Board +of Supervisors; preparing the annual financial budget, final accounts, profit distribution plans and loss recovery plans, and +proposals on the increase or decrease of registered capital, issuance or listing of bonds, and making recommendations to the +Board of Directors. +Responsibilities of the Shareholders' General Meeting +3.0 +Construction of the Organizational Framework of Corporate Governance +13.0 +5.5% +0.1% +Doctorate +Other financial businesses +2.8% +Non-banking business +Others +1.3% +15.2% +At the end of 2016, the Bank had a total of 17,200 institutions, representing a decrease of 298 as compared with the end +of the previous year. Among them, there were 16,788 domestic institutions and 412 overseas ones. Domestic institutions +include the Head Office, 31 tier-one branches, five branches directly controlled by the Head Office, 27 banking offices of +tier-one branches, 413 tier-two branches, 3,076 tier-one sub-branches, 13,098 outlets, 29 Head Office-level profitability +units along with their directly controlled institutions and branches, and 108 major subsidiaries and their branches. +1 +Does not include labor dispatched for services totaling 301 persons, of whom 39 were dispatched to major subsidiaries. +Annual Report 2016 +91 +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS, INSTITUTIONS AND EMPLOYEES (As at the end of December 2016) +Assets Percentage +Item +(in RMB millions) +Number of Percentage +(%) institutions +Percentage +(%) +Employees +(%) +3.2% +IT +Master +management +SPECIALIZATIONS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF DOMESTIC EMPLOYEES +520 +As at the end of 2016, the Bank had a total of 461,749 employees', representing a decrease of 4,597 as compared to the +end of the previous year, of whom 5,560 were employees in domestic subsidiaries and 14,662 were local employees in +overseas institutions. +Employee Specialization +Academic Achievements +Personal banking +39.6% +Finance, accounting, treasury +14.7% +operations and operational +Head Office +management +Corporate banking +10.8% +Associate +31.2% +Management +6.7% +Below associate +13.3% +Risk and compliance +5.7% +Bachelor +8,368,773 +49.9% +30 +2,275,456 +9.4 +3,633 +21.1 +93,805 +20.3 +Western China +2,827,331 +11.7 +3,837 +Central China +22.3 +20.6 +1,068,632 +4.4 +1,710 +10.0 +51,136 +3,129,868 +34.7 +11.1 +Overseas and others +94,908 +15.7 +Northeastern China +16.2 +15,666 +Yangtze River Delta +72,712 +5,194,868 +21.5 +2,583 +3.4 +62,541 +0.2 +13.5 +Pearl River Delta +3,096,641 +15.0 +2,790 +12.8 +2,097 +12.2 +50,759 +11.0 +Bohai Rim +15.0 +3,626,559 +Term of Directors +Compensation Committee +The Compensation Committee is mainly responsible for formulating assessment measures on the performance of duties +for directors, organizing the assessment on the performance of duties of Directors, putting forth proposal on remuneration +distribution for Directors, putting forth proposal on remuneration distribution for Supervisors based on the performance +assessment on Supervisors carried out by the Board of Supervisors, formulating and reviewing the assessment measures and +compensation plans for Senior Management members of the Bank and evaluating the performance and behaviors of Senior +Management members. As at the disclosure date of this annual report, the Compensation Committee consisted of five +directors, including Executive Director Mr. Gu Shu; Independent Non-executive Directors Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh, Mr. Or +Ching Fai and Mr. Yang Siu Shun; and Non-executive Director Ms. Wang Xiaoya. Independent Non-executive Director Mr. +Anthony Francis Neoh was the chairman of the committee. +Performance of the Compensation Committee During the reporting period, the Compensation Committee held three +meetings, considered four proposals including the proposals on the revisions to the rules on the assessment of performance +of duties of directors by the Board of Directors, the payment of remuneration to directors, supervisors and Senior +Management members for 2015 and the Senior Management performance evaluation plan for 2016, and heard two reports +on the directors' performance assessment by the Board of Directors for 2015 and the plan for the directors' performance +assessment by the Board of Directors for 2016. The Compensation Committee put forward comments or suggestions on +matters including the revisions to and improvement of the rules and plan on the assessment of performance of duties of +directors by the Board of Directors and the remuneration assessment plan for Senior Management members. +The Compensation Committee organized the performance assessment of directors, and put forth proposal on remuneration +distribution for directors and submitted the same to the Shareholders' General Meeting after the approval of the Board +of Directors. It also formulated and reviewed the assessment measures and compensation plans for Senior Management +members of the Bank and evaluated the performance and behaviors of Senior Management members, results of which +were submitted to the Board of Directors or the Shareholders' General Meeting, if falling into the responsibilities of the +Shareholders' General Meeting, for approval. According to applicable regulations including the Measures on the Assessment +of Performance of Duties of Directors in Commercial Banks (Trial) issued by CBRC, the Articles of Association and the Rules +on the Assessment of Performance of Duties of Directors by the Board of Directors (Trial) of the Bank, the Compensation +Committee organized the performance assessment of directors by the Board of Directors for 2015. +Annual Report 2016 +The Related Party Transactions Control Committee is mainly responsible for identifying the Bank's related parties, examining +major related party transactions, and receiving related party transaction statistics and reporting information of general +related party transactions. As at the disclosure date of this annual report, the Related Party Transactions Control Committee +consisted of four directors, including Executive Director Mr. Wang Jingdong, Independent Non-executive Directors Mr. +Yang Siu Shun, Mr. Or Ching Fai and Mr. Hong Yongmiao. Independent Non-executive Director Mr. Yang Siu Shun was the +chairman of the committee. +Corporate Governance Report +◆Related Party Transactions Control Committee +The Directors of the Bank acknowledged that they are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements of the +Bank. During the reporting period, in strict compliance with relevant provisions, the Bank published the 2015 Annual Report, +the First Quarterly Report, the Interim Report and the Third Quarterly Report of 2016 as scheduled. +Performance of the Related Party Transactions Control Committee During the reporting period, the Related Party +Transactions Control Committee held three meetings, considered two proposals including the proposal on identification of +related parties of the Bank, and heard two reports on the related party transactions in 2015 and the identification of related +parties of the Bank in 2015. The Related Party Transaction Control Committee put forward comments or suggestions on +matters including the improvement of management of related party transactions and inside transactions of the Bank. +◆ Important Comments and Suggestions Put Forward by Special Committees of the Board of Directors +During the reporting period, the Strategy Committee put forward comments or suggestions on matters including the +strategic development planning, strategic capital allocation, annual final accounts and IT development planning of the +Bank. The Audit Committee put forward comments or suggestions on matters including the preparation of regular reports, +the arrangements of internal and external audit and improvement of internal control mechanism. The Risk Management +Committee put forward comments or suggestions on matters including the risk management strategy, the Group's AML +work, the risk management of institutions in USA and the risk of outsourcing business. The Nomination Committee +put forward comments or suggestions on matters including the recommendation and nomination of candidates for +directors, the assessment of the composition of the Board of Directors and the candidates for chairmen and members of +special committees of the Board of Directors. The Compensation Committee put forward comments or suggestions on +matters including the revisions to and improvement of the rules and plan on the assessment of performance of duties of +directors by the Board of Directors and the remuneration assessment plan for Senior Management members. The Related +Party Transaction Control Committee put forward comments or suggestions on matters including the improvement of +management of related party transactions and inside transactions of the Bank. +Responsibilities of Directors in Respect of Financial Statements +104 +The Bank has strictly complied with the exchanges on which the Bank is listed and the Articles of Association of the Bank +that Directors are elected by the Shareholders' General Meeting with a term of three years, and the appointment shall take +effect from the date of approval by CBRC. Directors may be re-appointed through re-election at the Shareholders' General +Meeting after expiry of their term. The term for re-appointment is from the date of approval by the Shareholders' General +Meeting. +103 +Performance of the Nomination Committee During the reporting period, the Nomination Committee held six +meetings, considered 13 proposals including the proposals on the nomination of Mr. Yi Huiman, Mr. Gu Shu and Mr. Wang +Jingdong as candidates for Executive Directors, the nomination of Mr. Shen Si and Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair as candidates +for Independent Non-executive Directors, the appointment of Mr. Li Yunze and Mr. Tan Jiong as Senior Executive Vice +Presidents, the appointment of Mr. Wang Bairong as Chief Risk Officer and the appointment of Mr. Guan Xueqing as Board +Secretary, and heard the report on the composition of the Board of Directors in 2015. The Nomination Committee put +forward comments or suggestions on matters including the recommendation and nomination of candidates for directors, +the assessment of the composition of the Board of Directors and the candidates for chairmen and members of special +committees of the Board of Directors. +The Risk Management Committee is responsible for constantly monitoring and examining the risk management system of +the Bank, and examining the effectiveness of the system at least on an annual basis. Under the enterprise risk management +system structure of the Bank, the Risk Management Committee performed its function of examining the Bank's risk +management system through reviewing and revising the risk strategy, risk management policy, risk appetite and the +enterprise risk management structure, monitoring and evaluating the setup, mode of organization, work procedures and +results of risk management departments, regularly assessing the risk appetite and the enterprise risk management status, +supervising and assessing control activities conducted by the Senior Management members in terms of credit risk, market +risk, operational risk and other risks. The Board of Directors and the Risk Management Committee heard the report made by +the Management on the Group's risk management every half year and examined the Bank's risk management and internal +control system. For details of the risk management, please refer to the section headed "Discussion and Analysis Risk +Management". +Corporate Governance Report +The Audit Committee is responsible for constantly monitoring and examining the internal control system of the Bank, +and examining the effectiveness of the system at least on an annual basis. The Audit Committee performed its function +of examining the Bank's internal control system through reviewing the administrative rules and regulations and their +implementation, and examined and assessed the compliance and effectiveness of major operating activities of the Bank. +The Board of Directors of the Bank is responsible for establishing, improving and effectively implementing internal control +and truthfully disclosing internal control assessment reports according to the standard system for enterprise internal control. +The objective of the internal control of the Bank is to reasonably assure the compliance of its operation and management +with relevant laws, safety of its assets, as well as the authenticity and completeness of its financial reports and relevant +information, in order to enhance operation efficiency and results, and to facilitate the realization of its development strategy. +Due to inherent limitation of internal control, only reasonable assurance can be provided for the aforementioned objectives. +The Board of Directors and the Audit Committee have reviewed and approved the 2016 Internal Control Assessment Report +of the Bank. For details of the Bank's internal control, please refer to "Corporate Governance Report - Internal Control". +Effectiveness of the internal audit function +Examining internal control system +During the preparation and audit of the 2016 financial statements, the Audit Committee set out related matters such as +audit schedule and arrangement through negotiation with external auditors, followed the status of external audit and +conducted supervision over relevant work at appropriate time by means of hearing reports and holding informal discussions, +and reviewed the unaudited and preliminarily audited annual financial statements respectively. The Audit Committee held a +meeting on 28 March 2017, and considered that the annual financial statements truly and completely reflected the financial +position of the Bank. The Audit Committee reviewed the summary of audit work performed by external auditors during the +year and made an overall and objective assessment on its performance and quality of practice. It also approved the renewal +of the engagement of KPMG Huazhen LLP and KPMG as the external auditors of the Bank for 2017 and the engagement +of KPMG Huazhen LLP as the internal control auditors of the Bank for 2017, and presented the proposals to the Board of +Directors for consideration. +The Bank has established a vertical and independent internal audit management system responsible and reporting to +the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors regularly reviews the internal audit plan and hears internal audit reports +on internal audit activities, audit supporting measures, internal audit team building, etc., thus effectively performing the +function of risk management. The Audit Committee examines, monitors and assesses the internal audit work of the Bank, +supervises the internal audit rules and their implementation, and makes assessment of audit procedures and results of the +internal audit department. It is also responsible for urging the Bank to ensure adequate resources for the internal audit +department and coordinating the communication between the internal audit department and external auditors. The internal +audit department is accountable to and reports to the Board of Directors, is guided by the Board of Supervisors and is under +the examination, supervision and assessment of the Audit Committee. For details of the internal control, please refer to +"Corporate Governance Report - Internal Control". +ICBC +Annual Report 2016 +101 +Corporate Governance Report +Committee shall pay attention to the complementarity in terms of expertise, professional competence and experience, +cultural and educational background, gender, etc. of the candidates, to ensure the directors are well equipped, experienced +and have diversified perspectives and views. In order to implement the requirement, the Nomination Committee assesses +the improvement of diversified composition of the Board of Directors in addition to framework, number of directors and +formation on a yearly basis, and discusses and designs measurable goals according to actual conditions. As at the disclosure +date of this annual report, there were five Independent Non-executive Directors, accounting for more than one third of +the total members of the Board of Directors; and there were three female Directors. The Bank attached importance on +diversified sources and backgrounds of directors and continued the efforts to build a professional board, thus underpinning +the effective operation and scientific decision-making of the Board of the Directors. +◆Risk Management Committee +Performance of the Risk Management Committee During the reporting period, the Risk Management Committee +held six meetings, reviewed 12 proposals including the liquidity risk management strategy for 2016, the country risk +concentration limit for 2016-2017, revisions to the Administrative Regulations on Market Risks (2016 Edition) and +functioning of the Risk Management Committee of the Board as the risk committee for institutions in the US. The +Committee also heard 15 reports including the reports on the risk management and the Group's AML work for 2015 and +the first half of 2016 and the business development and risk management of institutions in USA. The Risk Management +Committee put forward comments or suggestions on matters including the risk management strategy, the Group's AML +work and the risk management of institutions in USA. +Examining the risk management system +- +◆ Nomination Committee +The Nomination Committee is mainly responsible for making recommendations to the Board of Directors on candidates for +directors and Senior Management members, nominating candidates for chairmen and members of special committees of +the Board of Directors, and formulating the standards and procedures for selection and appointment of directors and Senior +Management members as well as the training and development plans for Senior Management members and key reserved +talents. The Nomination Committee is also responsible for assessing the structure, size and composition of the Board of +Directors on a yearly basis and making recommendations to the Board of Directors based on the Bank's development +strategy. As at the disclosure date of this annual report, the Nomination Committee consisted of seven directors, including +Executive Director Mr. Gu Shu; Independent Non-executive Directors Mr. Hong Yongmiao, Mr. Or Ching Fai, Mr. Anthony +Francis Neoh and Mr. Yang Siu Shun; Non-executive Directors Ms. Ge Rongrong and Mr. Fei Zhoulin. Independent Non- +executive Director Mr. Hong Yongmiao was the chairman of the committee. +The Articles of Association of the Bank specifies methods and procedures to nominate directors. Please refer to Article +115 of the Articles of Association. During the reporting period, the Bank appointed and renewed the appointments of +directors of the Bank in strict accordance with the Articles of Association of the Bank. The Nomination Committee reviews +the qualifications of candidates for directors based on whether the candidate complies with applicable laws, administrative +rules, regulations and the Articles of Association of the Bank. According to the requirement on diversified composition of +the Board of Directors in the Rules for Recommendation and Nomination of Board Candidates of the Bank, the Nomination +102 +ICBC +The Risk Management Committee is primarily responsible for reviewing and revising the strategy, policy and procedures +of risk management and internal control process of the Bank, and supervising and evaluating the performance of Senior +Management members and risk management department in respect of risk management. It concurrently serves as the +US risk commitee in accordance with the relevant requirements in the Enhanced Prudential Standards on Bank Holding +Companies and Foreign Banking Organisation established by the Federal Reserve Board. As at the disclosure date of this +annual report, the Risk Management Committee consisted of eight directors, including Executive Director Mr. Zhang Hongli; +Independent Non-executive Directors Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh, Mr. Hong Yongmiao and Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair; Non- +executive Directors Ms. Ge Rongrong, Mr. Zheng Fuqing, Mr. Fei Zhoulin and Mr. Cheng Fengchao. Independent Non- +executive Director Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh was the chairman of the committee. +Corporate Governance Report +Special Financing +During the reporting period, the Bank developed the training plan for the Board of Directors, increased training resources, +and encouraged and actively organized the Directors to attend trainings, with the aim of assisting the Directors in continuing +to improve their comprehensive quality and ability to perform their duties. During the reporting period, the Directors of the +Bank complied with relevant regulatory requirements, and attended relevant trainings according to work needs. Besides, +the Directors of the Bank enhanced their professional level by attending forums and seminars as well as conducting on-site +investigations in some domestic and overseas peers and affiliates of the Bank. +Operation Management +• +Risk Management and Asset and Liability Management +• +IT Development +International Banking +Introduction trainings for newly-appointed directors of the Bank: +• +Introduction to Corporate Governance and Operation of the Board of Directors +• +Special Training on Businesses of the Bank +• +Introduction to External Regulatory Requirements and Matters to Note during Tenure of Office +The Audit Committee reviewed financial statements of the Bank on a regular basis, and had reviewed and submitted to +the Board of Directors to approve the annual report, interim report and quarterly reports of the Bank. It also organized and +conducted the internal control assessment for 2015 of the Group and engaged external auditors to audit the assessment +report and procedures of the Bank with respect to the relevant regulatory requirements. Additionally, it enhanced +communication with external auditors, attached importance to the supervision of external auditors and heard several reports +of external auditors concerning audit plan, audit results, and management proposals. +Training of Board Secretary +During the reporting period, the Board Secretary of the Bank attended relevant specialized trainings by SSE and the +Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries, with the training hours over 15 hours, which meets relevant regulatory +requirements. +Independence and Performance of Duties of Independent Non-executive Directors +Retail Banking +Investigation and Training of Directors +• +Corporate Governance +Subject matters of the trainings attended by the Directors of the Bank during the reporting period were mainly as follows: +Trainings held by the regulatory institutions: +• +SSE Training on Qualifications of Independent Directors +• +Beijing Office of CSRC +New Business in the Mobile Internet and Big Data Era +• +Beijing Office of CSRC +• +Beijing Office of CSRC +M&A and Reorganization of Enterprises in the SOE reform +• +Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Integration and Development of Listed Companies in Beijing +The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries Annual Financial Audit and Performance Report +Special business trainings of the Bank: +• +• +• Reviewing periodical reports +Wang Xiquan +Corporate Governance Report +6/6 +6/6 +3/3 +Yang Siu Shun +2/2 +6/6 +3/3 +2/2 +2/2 +Sheila Colleen Bair +Resigned Directors +Jiang Jianqing +4/4 +3/3 +1/1 +2/4 +Fu Zhongjun +5/5 +2/2 +8/8 +Anthony Francis Neoh +2/2 +Or Ching Fai +The qualifications, number and proportion of the Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors comply with regulatory +requirements. The Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors do not have any business or financial interests in the Bank +or its subsidiaries, and they have not assumed any managerial position in the Bank. The Bank has received the annual +confirmation on independence from all Independent Non-executive Directors and considered that they were independent. +During the reporting period, the Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors earnestly attended the meetings of the +Board of Directors and special committees, gave independent opinions during consideration of issues, and provided +recommendations on areas such as strategic management, business transformation, innovative development, corporate +8/8 +3/3 +4/5 +6/6 +2/3 +2/3 +Hong Yongmiao +2/2 +8/8 +3/3 +5/5 +6/6 +6/6 +3/3 +2/2 +8/8 +3/3 +1/2 +0/1 +Notes: (1) "Attendances in person" refers to attending meetings in person or on telephone or by video conference. +(2) +Directors who did not attend the meetings of the Board of Directors and its special committees in person appointed other +directors to attend the meetings and exercise the voting right on their behalf. +(3) For the change of directors, please refer to the section headed "Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and +Institutions Appointment and Removal". +Annual Report 2016 +99 +Corporate Governance Report +Special Committees of the Board of Directors +The Board of Directors of the Bank has established six special committees, namely, the Strategy Committee, the Audit +Committee, the Risk Management Committee, the Nomination Committee, the Compensation Committee and the +Related Party Transactions Control Committee. Except the Strategy Committee, chairmen of all the other committees were +assumed by Independent Non-executive Directors. More than half of the members of the Audit Committee, the Nomination +Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Related Party Transactions Control Committee were Independent Non- +executive Directors. During the reporting period, the performance of duties by the special committees of the Board of +Directors of the Bank is set out below: +Strategy Committee +The Strategy Committee is mainly responsible for considering the Bank's strategic development plan, business and +institutional development plan, major investment and financing plan and other major matters critical to the Bank's +development, making recommendations to the Board, and examining and assessing the soundness of the corporate +governance framework to ensure financial reporting, risk management and internal control are compliant with corporate +governance criteria of the Bank. As at the disclosure date of this annual report, the Strategy Committee consisted of seven +directors, including Executive Directors Mr. Yi Huiman and Mr. Gu Shu; Independent Non-executive Directors Mr. Or Ching +Fai, Mr. Hong Yongmiao and Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair; Non-executive Directors Ms. Wang Xiaoya and Mr. Zheng Fuqing. +Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr. Yi Huiman was the chairman of the committee. +Performance of the Strategy Committee During the reporting period, the Strategy Committee of the Board of Directors +held three meetings, considered seven proposals including the proposals on the Regulations Governing Capital Management +(2016) and the plan for IT development in the 13th Five-Year Plan Period, and heard two reports on topics including capital +replenishment of the domestic and overseas institutions in 2016, merger and acquisition and equity investment and capital +injection plan for institutions to be established. The Strategy Committee put forward comments or suggestions on matters +including the strategic development planning, strategic capital allocation and annual final accounts of the Bank. +◆ Audit Committee +The Audit Committee is mainly responsible for supervising, inspecting and evaluating internal control, financial information +and internal audit of the Bank and assessing mechanisms for the Bank's staff to report misconducts in financial statements, +internal control, etc. and for the Bank to make independent and fair investigations and take appropriate actions. As at the +disclosure date of this annual report, the Audit Committee consisted of six directors, including Independent Non-executive +Directors Mr. Or Ching Fai, Mr. Hong Yongmiao, Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh and Mr. Yang Siu Shun; Non-executive Directors +Mr. Fei Zhoulin and Mr. Cheng Fengchao. Independent Non-executive Director Mr. Or Ching Fai was the chairman of the +committee. +100 +ICBC +0/1 +0/1 +0/2 +0/2 +3/3 +Malcolm Christopher +McCarthy +1/1 +4/7 +2/3 +5/6 +3/6 +Performance of the Audit Committee During the reporting period, the Audit Committee held five meetings, considered +eight proposals including the proposals on the 2016 internal audit plan, the 2015 annual report and revisions to the +Basic Regulations on Internal Control and heard 11 reports including the reports on the 2015 internal audit report and +management suggestions. The Audit Committee put forward comments or suggestions on matters including the preparation +of regular reports, the arrangement of internal and external audit and improvement of internal control mechanism. +3/3 +2/2 +8/8 +5/5 +6/6 +3/3 +3/3 +Yi Xiqun +0/2 +Kenneth Patrick Chung +Annual Report 2016 +Non-executive +Corporate Governance Report +Shareholders' +Risk +Transactions +General +Board of +Directors +Meeting +Directors +Strategy +Committee +Audit Management +Nomination Compensation +Committee Committee Committee Committee +Related Party +Control +Executive Directors +Yi Huiman +8/8 +3/3 +4/6 +2/3 +Gu Shu +Zhang Hongli +2/2 +6/8 +Committee +4/6 +Attendances in person/Number of meetings requiring attendance +Special Committees of the Board of Directors: +assessment by the Board of Directors for 2015, risk management of the Bank and internal and external audits. For major +proposals reviewed by the Board of Directors, please refer to the announcements of the Bank on the websites of SSE and +SEHK or the website of the Bank. In addition, the Board of Directors held a Strategic Seminar. At the Seminar, Directors +assessed the implementation of the strategic development plan for 2015-2017, analyzed the competitive advantages and +shortcomings of the Bank, refined the Bank strategic guidelines and focused on the implementation of the 2017 strategic +development plan by adhering to the theme of "inheritance" and "innovation". +ICBC +108 +There was no factor that affected the assessment conclusion of internal control effectiveness from the benchmark date to +the issuance date of the internal control assessment report. +The Board of Directors of the Bank conducted a self-assessment on the effectiveness of the Group's internal control during +the reporting period in accordance with the Basic Standard for Enterprise Internal Control and its supporting guidelines, +the Guidelines for Internal Control of Listed Companies issued by SSE and relevant regulatory requirements of CBRC. No +material or significant deficiencies were detected in the Bank's internal control system during the assessment. Risks that may +arise from ordinary deficiencies are controllable and corrective actions have been or are being taken, which have no material +impact on the fulfillment of internal control objectives of the Bank. The Bank had maintained effective internal control in all +material aspects in accordance with the standard system for enterprise internal control and relevant rules. +Internal Control Evaluation and Defects +For details of the internal control assessment report of the Bank, please refer to the 2016 Internal Control Assessment Report +of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited published on the websites of SSE, SEHK and the Bank. +While disclosing the annual report, the Bank also disclosed the 2016 Internal Control Assessment Report of Industrial and +Commercial Bank of China Limited in accordance with the requirements of MOF, CSRC and SSE. The report stated that the +Bank had maintained effective internal control over financial reporting in all material aspects in accordance with the standard +system for enterprise internal control and relevant rules as at 31 December 2016 (benchmark date). The Bank engaged +KPMG Huazhen LLP to audit and issue standardized audit report on internal control of the Bank. +Internal Control Evaluation Report and Internal Control Audit +The internal monitoring has remained effective. The Bank actively launched retrospective checks aiming at strengthening +internal control and external supervision and preventing illegal operation and unlawful activities. Efforts were also made +to conduct supervision and inspection of activities, strengthen the mechanism for ensuring accountability, deepen the +verification of risky events in business operation and the application of findings, define the case prevention responsibility and +assess risk on a case by case basis and irregular behavior of employees. +The control activities became more effective. The Bank pressed ahead with credit operation system reform and the +preparation of supporting rules, improved credit calculation model and set reasonable approval procedures. Adhering to the +e-ICBC upgrading strategy, the Bank built a system for prevention and control of Internet-based financial risk based on big +data. It refined the management rules and promoted the application of the management system at all levels of the Bank. +Information communication has been further streamlined. Adhering to the principle of being "true, accurate, complete, +timely and fair", the Bank actively disclosed information and strictly carried out various information disclosure management +policies to ensure that the information disclosure complied with laws and regulations. Focussed on customer marketing, +risk prevention and control and other priorities, the Bank strengthened its mining and analysis of big data and that relevant +application. It promoted the platform for monitoring security and handling information securely, and strengtened the Bank's +capacity to monitor and handle information security issues. +The attendance of each of the Directors in Shareholders' General Meetings and meetings of the Board of Directors and the +special committees of the Board of Directors during the reporting period is set out below: +The enterprise risk management framework has been improved. The Bank continued to monitor, analyze and control the +new and existing loans, and assessed overdue loans and NPLs separately. The liquidity risk measurement and treasury +management system has been improved. The Bank pushed forward economic capital allocation and limit management, +further increasing capital use efficiency and return on capital. +107 +Annual Report 2016 +The internal control environment has been optimized continuously. The Bank issued the new Basic Regulations on Internal +Control, identifying the overall structure of the Group's internal control system in the new era. It also announced the Bank's +compliance culture, i.e. "compliance is the fundamental of responsibility of the entire staff to keep risks under control and +ensure efficient operation". Based on the operation transformation needs, the Bank completed the structural adjustment +of the Head Office, branches and sub-branches as well as staffing, and refined the performance assessment and business +evaluation system. +The Board of Directors is responsible for formulating the basic regulations for internal control and supervising the +implementation of such regulations. The Audit Committee, the Risk Management Committee and the Related Party +Transactions Control Committee of the Board of Directors perform the responsibilities of internal control management +and review the effectiveness of internal control. The Bank has set up the Internal Audit Bureau and the Internal Audit Sub- +bureau, which adopt a hierarchical management system and are responsible to and report to the Board of Directors. The +Head Office and branches have internal control and compliance departments which are responsible for the bank-wide +organization, promotion and coordination of internal control and the assessment of domestic branches. +Internal Control +The Bank manages inside information and insiders in strict accordance with regulatory requirements of the exchanges +on which the Bank is listed and the Bank's rules, and ensures collection, delivery, sorting, preparation and disclosure of +relevant information in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. During the reporting period, the Bank continued +to strengthen inside information confidentiality management, timely organized the completion of insider lists and regularly +conducted insider transaction self-inspections. After self-inspections, none of the insiders of the Bank were found to be +involved in dealings in shares of the Bank who have taken advantage of inside information during the reporting period. +Inside Information Management +105 +Directors +Corporate Governance Report +Corporate Governance Report +Wang Jingdong +2/2 +Wang Xiaoya +The powers of the Board of Directors and the Senior Management are separated in strict compliance with the Articles +of Association and other corporate governance documents of the Bank. During the reporting period, the Bank made an +inspection on the implementation of the plan on authorization of the Board of Directors to the President, and no matter was +found to be beyond the approval authority of the President. +Powers and Functions of the Senior Management +Mr. Gu Shu is the President of the Bank, who is responsible for the daily management of the business operations of the +Bank. The President is appointed by and accountable to the Board of Directors, and performs his responsibilities as stipulated +in the Articles of Association of the Bank and as authorized by the Board of Directors. +Mr. Yi Huiman is the Chairman and legal representative of the Bank, who is responsible for leading the Board of Directors +in considering and formulating business development strategies, risk management, internal control and other significant +matters of the Bank. +Pursuant to Code Provision A.2.1 of the Corporate Governance Code (Appendix 14 to the Hong Kong Listing Rules) and the +Articles of Association of the Bank, the roles of Chairman and President should be separated, and the Chairman shall not +concurrently hold the position of legal representative or chief responsible officer of the controlling shareholder. +Chairman and President +Non-executive Directors +Securities Transactions of Directors and Supervisors +Corporate Governance Report +ICBC +Independent +106 +Supervision Committee +As the day-to-day administrative organ of the Board of Supervisors, the Supervisory Board Office, as entrusted by the Board +of Supervisors, is responsible for supervising and scrutinizing matters such as corporate governance, financial activities, +risk management and internal control of the Bank, and organizing meetings of the Board of Supervisors and its special +committee, preparing meeting documents, and taking minutes of the meetings. +The Board of Supervisors discusses official matters at the meeting of the Board of Supervisors, which includes regular +meetings and special meetings. Regular meetings shall be held at least four times a year and such meetings shall, in +principle, be held before the disclosure of periodical reports. +Operation of the Board of Supervisors +As at the end of the reporting period, the Board of Supervisors of the Bank consisted of six members, including two +Shareholder Supervisors, namely Mr. Qian Wenhui and Mr. Zhang Wei, two Employee Supervisors, namely Mr. Hui Ping and +Mr. Huang Li, and two External Supervisors, namely Mr. Qu Qiang and Mr. Shen Bingxi. +Composition of the Board of Supervisors +Board of Supervisors and Special Committee +For information of performance of duties of Independent Non-executive Directors of the Bank during the reporting period, +please refer to the Work Report of Independent Non-executive Directors for 2016 issued by the Bank on 30 March 2017. +During the reporting period, the Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors did not raise any objection on proposals of the +Board of Directors and special committees of the Board of Directors. +governance, risk management, internal control management and capital management of the Bank. During the adjournment, +Independent Non-executive Directors of the Bank conducted on-site investigations in terms of operation and development +of domestic and overseas institutions, the impacts of changes in international conditions on the operation of overseas +institutions and the implementation of regulatory standards. Additionally, they also proactively exchanged opinions with the +Management during special-topic discussions. During the reporting period, the Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors +put forward comments and suggestions in respect of operation and management and the implementation of the strategies +of the Bank, such as integrating resources for international operation, improving the service structure based on the customer +structure and demands and conducting well management over asset & liability and risk considering the macro economic +conditions. The Bank paid close attention to the comments and suggestions, and organized the implementation thereof +according to the actual conditions. +As the special committee of the Board of Supervisors established pursuant to the Articles of Association of the Bank, the +Supervision Committee operates in accordance with the authorization of the Board of Supervisors and is accountable to +the Board of Supervisors. The Supervision Committee is mainly responsible for formulating plans for the inspection and +supervision of financial activities of the Bank; formulating plans for the audits on retiring or resigning Directors, President +and other Senior Management members; formulating plans for the audits on business policies, risk management and internal +control of the Bank when necessary; providing comments after review of the financial report of the Bank and reporting to +the Board of Supervisors; reviewing the investigation report on significant events in the annual operation and financial status +of the Bank submitted by the Supervisory Board Office, and reporting to the Board of Supervisors; giving comments on the +performance assessment of directors and Senior Management members, and reporting to the Board of Supervisors; giving +opinions on the assessment of the development and implementation of risk management and internal control system, and +reporting to the Board of Supervisors; and other functions and duties as may be authorized by the Board of Supervisors. +The Supervision Committee consists of six Supervisors, including Mr. Qian Wenhui, Mr. Zhang Wei, Mr. Hui Ping, Mr. Huang +Li, Mr. Qu Qiang and Mr. Shen Bingxi. Mr. Qian Wenhui serves as the head member of the Supervision Committee. Daily +operations of the Supervision Committee are conducted by the Supervisory Board Office. +6/6 +The Bank has adopted a set of codes of conduct concerning the securities transactions by directors and supervisors which +are no less stringent than the standards set out in the Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed Issuers, +Appendix 10 to the Hong Kong Listing Rules. After making enquiries with all Directors and Supervisors of the Bank, each +Director and Supervisor confirmed that he/she has complied with the provisions of the aforesaid codes of conduct during the +year ended 31 December 2016. +8/8 +2/2 +8/8 +5/5 +3/3 +Ge Rongrong +2/2 +7/8 +6/6 +5/6 +Zheng Fuqing +2/2 +3/3 +3/3 +8/8 +2/2 +6/6 +6/6 +5/5 +Cheng Fengchao +2/2 +Fei Zhoulin +6/6 +8/8 +Connected Transactions During the reporting period, the connected transactions of the Bank were conducted on normal +commercial terms. The Board of Supervisors did not find any act that infringed upon the interests of the Bank. The approval, +voting, disclosure and implementation of connected transactions complied with applicable laws and regulations and the +Articles of Association of the Bank. +Implementation of Resolutions Passed at the Shareholders' General Meetings During the reporting period, the +Board of Supervisors had no objection to the reports or proposals presented by the Board of Directors to the Shareholders' +General Meetings for consideration. The Board of Directors earnestly implemented the resolutions approved at the +Shareholders' General Meetings. +Material Legal Proceedings and Arbitration The Bank was involved in several legal proceedings in the +ordinary course of business. Most of these legal proceedings were initiated by the Bank for recovering non-performing +loans. In addition, some legal proceedings arose from customer disputes. As at 31 December 2016, the amount of pending +proceedings in which the Bank and/or its subsidiaries acted as defendants totaled RMB5,515 million. The Bank does not +expect any material adverse effect from the above-mentioned pending legal proceedings on the Bank's business, financial +position or operating results. +Internal Control Assessment Report of the Board of Directors The Board of Supervisors reviewed the 2016 Internal +Control Assessment Report of the Board of Directors and had no objection to the report. +Implementation of Information Disclosure Management Rules During the reporting period, the Bank performed its +duty of information disclosure in strict compliance with the regulatory requirement, implemented the information disclosure +management rules in earnest, and disclosed information in a timely and fair manner. Information disclosed during the +reporting period was authentic, accurate and complete. +Save as disclosed above, the Board of Supervisors had no objection to other supervision matters during the reporting period. +Annual Report 2016 +117 +Significant Events +Material Assets Acquisition, Sale and Merger During the reporting period, the Bank had no material assets +acquisition, sale and merger. +Key Audit Issues Key audit issues have been reviewed by the Audit Committee, so it is unnecessary to make a +supplementary explanation. +Implementation of Share Incentive Plan The Fourth Extraordinary General Meeting of 2006 of the Bank held +on 31 July 2006 approved the share appreciation rights plan. As at the end of the reporting period, the Bank did not grant +any share appreciation right. Please refer to "Note 47. to the Financial Statements: Share Appreciation Rights Plan" for +details. +Employee Stock Ownership Plan During the reporting period, the Bank did not implement any employee stock +ownership plan. +Performance of the Poverty Relief Social Responsibility Please refer to the section headed "Social +Responsibility" for the details of the Bank's poverty-relief social responsibility performance during the reporting period. +Material Related Party Transactions +During the reporting period, the Bank did not enter into any material related party transactions. +Please refer to "Note 52. to the Financial Statements: Related Party Disclosures" for details of the related party transactions +defined under the laws, regulations and accounting standards of China. +118 +ICBC +Purchase and Sale of Assets During the reporting period, the Board of Supervisors did not find any insider trading or any +act that contravened the shareholders' interests or caused the loss of the Bank's assets in the process of the Bank's purchase +or sale of assets. +Credit Standing During the reporting period, there has not been any significant court judgment with which the Bank +and its controlling shareholders have not complied, nor has there been any outstanding debt of significant amount. +Use of Proceeds from Fundraising Activities During the reporting period, the use of proceeds from the Bank's +fundraising activities was consistent with the purpose stated in the prospectuses. +Huang Li +Compliant Operation During the reporting period, the Bank continued to operate in compliance with applicable laws +and regulations and improve its internal control system, and the decision-making procedures complied with applicable laws +and regulations and the Articles of Association of the Bank. Members of the Board of Directors and the Senior Management +earnestly performed their duties. The Board of Supervisors did not find any violation of laws and regulations, or any act that +contravened the interests of the Bank in the performance of duties during the reporting period. +5/5 +7/7 +3/3 +5/5 +6/7 +5/5 +7/7 +5/5 +3/3 +7/7 +Attendances in person/Number of meetings that should be attended +Board of Supervisors +Dong Juan +Wang Chixi +Resigned supervisor +Shen Bingxi +Qu Qiang +Hui Ping +Zhang Wei +Supervision Committee +Preparation of Annual Report Preparation and review procedures of this annual report were in compliance with laws, +administrative regulations and regulatory rules. Contents of this report reflected the actual conditions of the Bank truly, +accurately and completely. +2/2 +4/4 +Independent Opinions of the Board of Supervisors on Relevant Issues +researches, participated in relevant training programs, strengthened communication with other banks and made continuous +efforts to improve the duty performance capability. The members of the Board of Supervisors played a constructive role +in strengthening corporate governance, implementing development strategy, propelling business transformation and +promoting reform and development of the Bank. During the reporting period, all external supervisors worked for the Bank +for more than 15 working days. +Report of the Board of Supervisors +ICBC +116 +Strengthening of self-building. The Board of Supervisors completed the re-election of supervisors in a serious manner and +in accordance with the regulatory requirements and corporate governance procedures, and organized the annual assessment +on the supervisors for their performance of duties. The members of the Board of Supervisors could perform their duties +in a diligent and faithful manner, performed all supervision work by utilizing their respective strengths and safeguard the +interests of the Bank, shareholders, employees and other stakeholders. The Supervisors actively attended meetings, earnestly +reviewed proposals, gave opinions on an independent and objective basis, went to relevant institutions for surveys and +Supervision on internal control. The Board of Supervisors strengthened the supervision on internal control of major risk +points of new institutions, new businesses and new products, and surveyed the interface management of third parties. It +paid ongoing attention to the corporate governance, compliance management and anti-money laundering management +of overseas institutions and carried out a survey on operational management of some overseas institutions. The Board of +Supervisors enhanced supervision on the case prevention work, including highlighting the management of behavioral risk +and prompting the case prevention risk of key posts, major business and important institutions. It strengthened supervision +on the implementation of rectification, studied and acted in accordance with the supervisory opinions with due care, and +carried out a special survey on the implementation of rectification based on internal and external inspection findings. The +Board of Supervisors fortified guidance on internal audit, internal control and compliance efforts, promoted the integration +of supervision resources and demonstrated the advantage of collaborated supervision. +Financial supervision. The Board of Supervisors reviewed regular reports in an earnest manner, heard reports on operation +information and audit results, and verified the authenticity of financial information. While monitoring and studying financial +data changes of the Bank, the Board of Supervisors also analyzed such financial issues as credit cost and replacement of +business tax with VAT and promoted the lifting of operational management and profit level. It also strengthened financial +examination and surveys, regularly supervised the making and implementation of important financial decisions, organized +inspections of financial affairs of selected branches, carried out surveys on the fixed operating expenses and the collection +and disposal of NPLs, and procured the Bank to further improve financial management and the effectiveness of financial +resource allocation. The Board of Supervisors was highly concerned with the quality of the work done by external auditors, +reminded them the areas of focus of the audit and oversaw the independence and effectiveness of audit work. +Supervision on risk management. The Board of Supervisors heightened the supervision on the Group's enterprise risk +management, capital management and consolidated management, regularly reviewed the risk management reports, and +made a survey on the uniformity of the Group's risk management mechanism and organizational framework. Highlighting +the Bank's credit risk management, members of the Board of Supervisors conducted surveys and supervision on business +operation and credit asset quality in multiple branches at home and abroad, and also launched a special research into the +optimization of credit risk governance mechanism. The Board of Supervisors improved the supervision on the management +and control of market risk and liquidity risk and made a special survey on the Group's bond business management. In +addition, it strengthened the supervision on risk prevention and control of innovative business, and conducted a research +into the impact of payment business by non-bank payment institutions on the Bank so as to guarantee the healthy and well- +regulated development of innovative business. +3/4 +During the reporting period, the Board of Supervisors, pursuant to relevant laws and regulations of the State, regulatory +requirements and the Articles of Association of the Bank, focused on the key tasks of the Bank, carried out supervision tasks +in depth, did a large number of work and played an important role in promoting the Bank to continuously improve the +corporate governance, implementing the transformation and upgrading and achieving sound and sustainable development. +Supervision on the performance of duties. The Board of Supervisors strengthened supervision on the implementation of +the government's macro-economic policies, regulatory requirements and overall strategies, as well as providing support to +the real economy and service to the supply-side structural reform by the Board of Directors and the Senior Management. It +focused on the adoption of working measures by the Board of Directors and the Senior Management aimed at strengthening +and improving the operational management and promoting the transformation, reform and innovation of operation. The +Board of Supervisors paid ongoing attention to the exercise of functions and powers by the Board of Directors and the +Senior Mnagement in accordance with the law, their performance of duties and faithful obligations, and issues concerning +honesty and self-discipline. It organized and launched the duty performance assessment, conducted individual interviews +with members of the Board of Directors and the Senior Management, and the persons in charge of the related Head Office +departments and profitability units, reviewed the performance assessment report of the Board of Directors and the persons, +and seriously assessed the annual performance of duty of the Board of Directors, the Senior Management and their members +on an objective and impartial basis. +Report of the Board of Supervisors +115 +Annual Report 2016 +For the change of supervisors, please refer to the section headed "Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and +Institutions Appointment and Removal". +(2) +Notes: (1) During the reporting period, supervisors who could not attend the meetings of the Board of Supervisors and the Supervision +Committee in person have appointed other supervisors to attend the meetings and exercise the voting right on their behalf. +3/3 +3/3 +Work of the Board of Supervisors +2/2 +Supervisor +The table below sets out the attendance of Supervisors in meetings of the Board of Supervisors and the meetings of the +Supervision Committee in 2016: +If an investor wishes to enquire any questions related to operation performance of the Bank, please contact: +Telephone: 86-10-66108608 +Facsimile: 86-10-66107571 +E-mail: ir@icbc.com.cn +Address: Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations Department, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, +55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, PRC +Postal code: 100140 +110 +ICBC +Report of the Board of Directors +Principal Business +The principal business of the Bank and its subsidiaries is the provision of banking and related financial services. Please refer +to the section headed "Discussion and Analysis" for the business review of the Bank. +Profits and Dividends Distribution +The profit and financial status of the Bank during the reporting period are presented in the Independent Auditor's Report +and Financial Statements of the Annual Report. +Upon approval at the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2015 held on 24 June 2016, the Bank has distributed cash +dividends of about RMB83,150 million, or RMB2.333 per ten shares (pre-tax), for the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 +December 2015 to the ordinary shareholders whose names appeared on the share register after the close of market on 7 +July 2016. +The Board of Directors of the Bank proposed distributing cash dividends of RMB2.343 (pre-tax) for each ten shares of +356,406,257,089 ordinary shares for 2016, totaling about RMB83,506 million. The distribution plan will be submitted to +the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2016 for approval. Once approved, the above-mentioned dividends will be paid +to the holders of A shares and H shares whose names appeared on the share register of the Bank after the close of market +on 10 July 2017. The Bank will suspend the registration procedures of H share ownership transfer on 5 July 2017 (inclusive) +through 10 July 2017 (inclusive). The holders of H shares of the Bank that desire to receive the proposed cash dividends +but have not registered the ownership transfer documents are requested to hand over their ownership transfer documents +together with the H shares to the Bank's H share registrar Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited that is +located at Room 1712-1716, 17 Floor, Hopewell Center, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong at or before 4:30 +p.m. of 4 July 2017. Pursuant to relevant regulatory requirements and operational rules, dividends on A shares and H shares +will be paid on 11 July 2017 and 2 August 2017, respectively. +- +The Bank had no plan for converting capital reserve to share capital in the recent three years. The table below sets out the +dividend distribution of ordinary shares of the Bank for the recent three years: +Item +Dividend per ten shares (pre-tax, in RMB yuan) +Cash dividends (pre-tax, in RMB millions) +Percentage of cash dividends (1) (%) +2016 +2.343 +2015 +2014 +2.333 +2.554 +83,506 +83,150 +91,026 +30.5 +Investor Enquiries +In 2017, the Bank will further and proactively deepen the communication and exchange with investors to enhance the +investors' understanding and acceptance of the Bank and protect legitimate interests of the investors, and at the same time +expect to arouse more support from, and attention of, the investors. +The Bank made constant and extensive communication with institutional investors and minority investors through press +conference in relation to periodic results, non-transactional road shows, press conferences with large institutions, investor +hotline, investor relations mailbox, investor relations website and the online platform of sseinfo.com, which enhanced +investors' confidence in economic development of China and the operational transformation of the Bank and helped bring +the market value in line with the long-term intrinsic value of the Bank. The Bank improved investor relations information +collection and market information feedback transmission mechanism, strengthened dynamic monitoring of share price +valuation, analyst reports and media public opinions, followed and analyzed spotlight issues of the capital market, and +effectively enhanced the quality of communication with the investors. The Bank actively understood and solicited the +comments and suggestions of the capital market on the Bank, facilitated the timely reaction of the Management with the +help of many operation and communication strategies, and minimized the influence of emergencies on the share price, so as +to continuously strengthen the level of corporate governance and core values of the Bank. +In 2016, the Bank strove to improve the quality of investor relations services and generate stable return to shareholders +following the principle of serving investors in a proactive, detailed, efficient and interactive manner. +Corporate Governance Report +Internal Audit +The Bank established a vertical and independent internal audit management system responsible and reporting to the Board +of Directors. The chart below illustrates the internal audit management and reporting framework of the Bank: +Board of Directors +Audit Committee +Senior Management +Internal Audit Bureau +Board of Supervisors +Beijing +Office +Shenyang +Office +Tianjin +Office +Nanjing +Office +Qian Wenhui +Wuhan +Office +30.3 +Xi'an +Office +Chengdu +Office +Primary reporting line +Secondary reporting line +During the reporting period, the Bank implemented risk-oriented audit activities according to the development strategy +and central tasks of the Bank, and fully accomplished the annual audit plan. The audit activities covered main aspects +of operation and management, such as credit business, financial benefit, financial asset services, Internet-based finance, +information system security, capital management, overseas institutions, Group's consolidated management, consumer +protection and duty performance of Senior Management members in their tenure of office. The audit activities paid +close attention to credit risk, market risk, regional risk and financial innovation risk under the complicated operating +circumstances as well as systematic and strategic risks in the process of diversified and internationalized development. The +audit activities supervised and assessed the effectiveness of the compliance with regulatory requirements, implementation +of major strategies, risk management and internal control by some institutions and in main business areas of the Group. +The audit findings were sufficiently valued and used, and played its due role in pushing the Bank in preventing risk and +improving management. Additionally, the Bank improved project operation process and the distribution of project resources, +promoted IT application in audit, upgraded the audit information system platform, and strengthened the efforts in vocational +qualification education and project training to build a more professional audit team. As a result, the service capacities and +specialized level was constantly enhanced. +Engagement of Auditors +KPMG Huazhen LLP was the domestic auditors of the Bank for the financial statements audit in 2016, and KPMG was the +international auditors of the Bank for the financial statements audit in 2016. KPMG Huazhen LLP was also the auditors of +internal control of the Bank in 2016. +KPMG Huazhen LLP and KPMG have been providers of audit services for the Bank for four consecutive years (2013, 2014, +2015 and 2016). +During the reporting period, the Group paid KPMG and its member institutions a total fee of RMB180 million for the audit +of financial statements (including the audit of financial statements of subsidiaries and overseas branches), of which, RMB136 +million (including fee for internal control audit of RMB11.50 million) was paid by the Bank. +During the reporting period, KPMG and its member institutions provided the Group with non-audit services such as tax +advisory services and the professional services for the bonds issuance, and received RMB10.00 million for such professional +non-audit services. +Annual Report 2016 +109 +Corporate Governance Report +Investor Relations +Overview of Investor Relations Activities in 2016 +Guangzhou Kunming +Office +Office +33.0 +Shanghai +Office +Use of Proceeds from Fundraising Activities +The formulation and implementation of the Bank's cash dividend policy, which has been reviewed and approved by +the Independent Non-executive Directors, accords with the provisions stipulated in the Articles of Association and the +requirements provided in the resolutions of the Shareholders' General Meeting, the dividend distribution standards and +proportion are clear and explicit, and the decision-making procedure and mechanism are complete. Minority shareholders +can fully express their opinions and appeals, to completely safeguard their legitimate rights. +Report of the Board of Directors +111 +Annual Report 2016 +The Articles of Association of the Bank explicitly stipulates that the Bank's profit distribution policy shall maintain its +continuity and stability and meanwhile take account of the long-term interests of the Bank, the overall interests of all +shareholders and the sustainable development of the Bank. It emphasizes the priority to adopt cash dividend as the profit +distribution method and provides that the Bank's adjustment to the profit distribution policy shall be discussed by the Board +of Directors as a special proposal and the grounds for adjustment shall be argued and proved in detail to form a written +argumentative report for Independent Non-executive Directors to issue their opinions, and then the report will be submitted +to the Shareholders' General Meeting for approval as a special resolution. +Formulation and Implementation of Cash Dividend Policy +For details on the distribution of dividends on preference shares of the Bank, please refer to "Details of Changes in Share +Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders - Preference Shares". +Note: (1) Calculated by dividing cash dividends on ordinary shares (pre-tax) by net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders of the parent +company for the period. +and shareholders. Furthermore, the Bank had no connected transaction to be submitted to the Board of Directors or the +Shareholders' General Meeting for review, and all connected transactions occurred complied with the Listing Rules of the +Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Listing Rules on disclosure exemptions. +Please refer to "Note 52. to the Financial Statements: Related Party Disclosures" for particulars of the related party +transactions defined under the laws, regulations and accounting standards of China. +Liability Insurance of Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Pursuant to the Articles of Association of the Bank, where conditions permit, the Bank may establish the professional liability +insurance system of Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members upon approval of the Shareholders' General +Meeting. The Bank will use its own assets to compensate each Director, Supervisor and Senior Management member for +any liability arising during their performance period to the maximum extent permitted by laws and administrative regulations +or within the scope not prohibited by laws and administrative regulations, unless the Directors, Supervisors and Senior +Management members are otherwise proved to have failed to act honestly or in good faith during their duty performance. +During the reporting period, the Bank renewed liability insurance for Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +members. +Relations among Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management Directors, Supervisors and Senior +Management members of the Bank did not relate to one another with respect to finance, business, family, or other material +relations required to be disclosed. +Remuneration Policy for Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management The Bank has clearly +documented the remuneration policy for Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members, and has continuously +improved performance assessment system and incentive & restriction mechanism. From the perspectives of economic benefit, +risk cost control and social responsibilities, the Bank adopted a system composed of balanced scorecard-based indicators +for management and duties allocation based indicators for individuals. The remuneration to the Chairman of the Board +of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and other executives of the Bank has followed the +State's policies relating to the remuneration reform on executives of central enterprises, which consists of basic annual +remuneration, performance-based remuneration and incentive income linked to term appraisal. The remuneration to other +Senior Management members and Shareholder Supervisors consist of basic annual remuneration and performance-based +remuneration, and part of performance-based remuneration is paid in a deferred manner. The Bank has contributed to +statutory retirement programs organized by Chinese governmental organizations at different levels for Directors, Supervisors +and Senior Management members concurrently as the employees of the Bank. Upon obtaining all applicable approvals, the +Bank will implement a long-term incentive program. As at 31 December 2016, the Bank did not grant any share appreciation +rights to any Director, Supervisor, Senior Management member, or other core business personnel designated by the Board of +Directors. +Members of the Board of Directors +Executive Directors: Mr. Yi Huiman, Mr. Gu Shu, Mr. Zhang Hongli and Mr. Wang Jingdong; +Non-executive Directors: Ms. Wang Xiaoya, Ms. Ge Rongrong, Mr. Zheng Fuqing, Mr. Fei Zhoulin and Mr. Cheng Fengchao; +Independent Non-executive Directors: Mr. Or Ching Fai, Mr. Hong Yongmiao, Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh, Mr. Yang Siu Shun +and Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair. +114 +ICBC +By Order of the Board of Directors +Yi Huiman +Chairman +Distributable Reserves Details of the distributable reserves of the Bank as at 31 December 2016 are set out in +"Note 42. to the Financial Statements: Reserves" of this annual report. +Financial Summary The summary of results, assets and liabilities for the five years ended 31 December 2016 is set +out in the section headed "Financial Highlights" of this annual report. +Donations During the reporting period, the Group made external donations of RMB65,295.8 thousand equivalent. +Subsidiaries Particulars of the Bank's major subsidiaries as at 31 December 2016 are set out in the sections headed +"Discussion and Analysis Business Overview Internationalized and Diversified Operation" and "Note 28. to the +Financial Statements: Investments in Subsidiaries" in this annual report. +During the reporting period, the Bank's connected transactions were conducted in accordance with ordinary commercial +terms under conditions that were not more favorable than the similar transactions between non-related parties. The +terms and conditions of the relevant transactions were reasonable and complied with the overall interests of the Bank +In 2016, the Bank carried out standardized management of the Group's connected transactions in strict accordance with +the regulations of CBRC and CSRC as well as listing rules in Shanghai and Hong Kong, and further boosted the Group's +refined management of connected transactions by launching special inspections on connected transactions, optimizing +the information management system for connected transactions and strengthening the risk management and control of +connected transactions. +Connected Transactions +Interests in Shares, Underlying Shares, and Debentures Held by Directors and +Supervisors As at 31 December 2016, Mr. Zhang Hongli, Executive Director and Senior Executive Vice President of +the Bank, held 2,000 H shares of the Bank, and the spouse of Mr. Or Ching Fai, Independent Non-executive Director of +the Bank, held 1,316,040 H shares of the Bank. Save as above, as at 31 December 2016, none of the Directors of the Bank +had any interests or short positions in the shares, underlying shares or debentures of the Bank or any of its associated +corporations (as defined in Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong) which have to be notified to the +Bank and SEHK under Divisions 7 and 8 of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong (including interests +or short positions therein that they shall be deemed to have pursuant to such provisions of the Securities and Futures +Ordinance of Hong Kong), or any interests or short positions which have to be recorded in the register under Section 352 of +the Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong, or any interests or short positions which have to be notified to the Bank +and SEHK pursuant to the Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed Issuers as set out in Appendix 10 to +the Hong Kong Listing Rules. +Directors' and Supervisors' Rights to Acquire Shares or Debentures None of the Bank, its +subsidiaries, its controlling shareholders or subsidiaries of its controlling shareholders entered into any agreement or +arrangement enabling the Directors to acquire benefits by means of the acquisition of shares in or debentures of the Bank or +any other body corporate. +Directors' Interests in Competing Business None of the Bank's Directors held any interests in any business +competes or competed or is or was likely to compete, either directly or indirectly, with the Bank. +Directors' and Supervisors' Interests in Transactions, Agreements or Contracts of +Significance During the reporting period, none of the Directors or Supervisors of the Bank had any material interests, +whether directly or indirectly, in any transaction, arrangement or contract of significance regarding the Bank's business to +which the Bank, its subsidiaries, its controlling shareholders or subsidiaries of its controlling shareholders was a party. None +of the Directors or Supervisors of the Bank have entered into any service contract with the Bank, which is not determinable +by the Bank within one year without payment of compensation (other than statutory compensation). +Administration Contracts During the reporting period, the Bank did not enter into or have any contract regarding +the management and administration of the whole or any important business. +Equity-linked Agreement There is neither any agreement to which the Bank is a party, any options to subscribe +shares, nor any securities convertible to shares of the Bank that requires the Bank to issue shares. In addition, there is no +securities offering holders the right to subscribe shares of the Bank. The employee participation plan and share option plan, +etc. meet the disclosure requirements of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. +For details on the use of funds raised from the issue of preference shares of the Bank, please refer to "Details of Changes in +Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders Preference Shares". +Report of the Board of Supervisors +Report of the Board of Directors +112 +For future planning disclosed in the public disclosure documents such as previous offering prospectuses and fund raising +prospectuses issued by the Bank which has continued during the reporting period, its implementation progress conformed to +the planning as described after verification and analysis. +The funds raised from the Bank's fundraising activities were used for the purposes as disclosed in the prospectuses, namely, +strengthening the capital base to support the ongoing growth of the Bank. +Report of the Board of Directors +Major Customers In 2016, the aggregate interest income and other operating income from top five customers of the +Bank did not exceed 30% of the interest income and other operating income of the Bank during the year. +Pre-emptive Rights The Articles of Association of the Bank does not have any mandatory provision regarding pre- +emptive rights. Pursuant to the Articles of Association, the Bank may increase its registered capital after obtaining approval +of the Shareholders' General Meeting and of relevant authorities, by issuing shares through public or non-public offering, +issuing bonus shares to the existing shareholders, converting capital reserve to share capital or using other methods as +allowed by applicable laws and administrative regulations or approved by relevant authorities. +Purchase, Sale or Redemption of Securities During the reporting period, neither the Bank nor any of its +subsidiaries purchased, sold or redeemed any listed securities of the Bank. +As at the latest practicable date before the publication of this annual report, the Bank has maintained the minimum public +float of 23.45%, based on the publicly available information and to the best knowledge of the Board of Directors of the +Bank. +Changes in the share capital of the Bank for the year ended 31 December 2016 are set out in "Note 40. to the Financial +Statements: Share Capital". +Share Capital and Public Float +ICBC +Meetings of the Board of Supervisors and its Special Committee +Meetings of the Board of Supervisors +During the reporting period, the Board of Supervisors held seven meetings, reviewed and approved 19 proposals including +the 2016 Annual Work Plan of the Board of Supervisors, the 2015 Work Report of the Board of Supervisors, the 2015 +Supervision Report of the Board of Supervisors, the 2015 Annual Report and its Abstract, and nomination of candidates +for shareholder supervisor and external supervisor, and heard 40 reports including the reports on supervision, operating +results, internal audit for 2015 and internal audit plan for 2016, internal control and compliance, and implementation of the +strategic plan in 2015. +Annual Report 2016 +113 +During the reporting period, the Supervision Committee held five meetings, reviewed and approved 10 proposals including +the 2016 Annual Work Plan of the Supervision Committee of the Board of Supervisors and the Implementation Plan on +Supervision and Inspection of the Board of Supervisors for 2016, and heard 18 reports on supervision, special inspections +and surveys, etc. +◆ Meetings of the Supervision Committee +51. Fiduciary Activities +216 +16. Income Tax Expense +173 +52. Related Party Disclosures +216 +17. Profit Attributable to Equity Holders +53. Segment Information +220 +of the Parent Company +213 +225 +55. Fair Value of Financial Instruments +18. Dividends +260 +174 +19. Earnings Per Share +174 +56. Other Important Matters +269 +54. Financial Instruments Risk Management +174 +Loans and Advances to Customers +50. Assets Pledged as Security +10. Net Gain on Financial Investments +166 +11. Other Operating Income, Net +167 +46. +Transferred Financial Assets +213 +12. Operating Expenses +167 +173 +47. Share Appreciation Rights Plan +13. Directors' and Supervisors' Emoluments +168 +48. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities +214 +14. Five Highest Paid Individuals +172 +49. Designated Funds and Loans +216 +15. Impairment Losses on Assets Other Than +214 +216 +We identified assessing the fair value of financial +instruments as a key audit matter because of the degree of +complexity involved in valuing certain financial instruments +and because of the degree of judgement exercised by +management in determining the inputs used in the +valuation models. +Statement +37. Due to Customers +Significant Accounting Judgements and +4. +199 +36. Certificates of Deposit +143 +Summary of Significant Accounting Policies +3. +199 +35. Repurchase Agreements +140 +Basis of Preparation +2. +199 +200 +Institutions +Corporate Information +1. +34. Due to Banks and Other Financial +NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS +198 +Fair Value through Profit or Loss +139 +Statement of Financial Position +Financial Liabilities Designated at +Company: +33. +137 +Cash Flow Statement +197 +140 +20. Cash and Balances With Central Banks +Estimates +38. Debt Securities Issued +166 +45. Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow +Profit or Loss +Designated at Fair Value through +211 +Entities +43. Components of Other Comprehensive Income 210 +44. Involvement With Unconsolidated Structured +Net Loss on Financial Assets and Liabilities +9. +166 +Net Trading Income +8. +208 +Reserves +160 +42. +Net Fee and Commission Income +7. +204 +41. Other Equity Instruments +165 +Net Interest Income +6. +203 +40. Share Capital +International Financial Reporting Standards 161 +203 +39. Other Liabilities +5. Impact of Issued But Not Yet Effective +200 +166 +175 +KPMG +Financial Position +ICBC +126 +assessing the disclosures in the consolidated financial +statements in relation to impairment of loans +and advances to customers with reference to the +requirements of the prevailing accounting standards. +re-calculating the amount of collective impairment +allowances to assess the application of the Group's +methodology; +evaluating the experience, independence, +competence and integrity of the external valuers +engaged by the Group to value certain property +and illiquid collateral. Where possible, we compared +the valuations with externally derived data such as +commodity prices and real estate valuations; +performing credit assessments for the selected +individually impaired corporate loans and advances +by assessing the forecast of recoverable cash flows +through inquiry, applying judgement and our own +research. We evaluated the timing and means +of realisation of collateral and considered other +sources of repayment asserted by management. We +also evaluated the consistency of management's +application of key assumptions and compared them +with our own data sources. Where available, we +made use of post reporting date information to +evaluate credit quality with hindsight; +assessing the impairment allowances for individually +impaired corporate loans and advances by selecting +a risk-based sample for credit review. We analysed +the loan portfolio by industry sector to select +samples in industries vulnerable to the current +economic slowdown. We also focused on loans with +perceived higher risk and selected samples from non- +performing loans, overdue but performing loans and +borrowers with negative warning signs or adverse +press coverage; +• +How the matter was addressed in our audit +We identified assessing impairment of loans and advances +to customers as a key audit matter because of the inherent +uncertainty and management judgement involved and +because of its significance to the financial results and +capital of the Group. +Individual impairment allowances are assessed by +management once objective evidence of impairment +becomes apparent in a corporate loan. Management +exercises judgement in determining the quantum of +loss based on a range of factors. These include available +remedies for recovery, the financial situation of the +borrower, collateral valuation, the seniority of the claim +and the existence and cooperativeness of other creditors. +Whilst the Group appoints external valuers for the +valuation of certain property and other illiquid collateral, +enforceability, timing and means of realisation also affect +the ultimate collectability and thereby the amount of +impairment allowances as at the reporting date. +The key audit matter +Refer to the accounting policies in "Note 3.(6) to the Financial Statements: Impairment of the Financial Assets", "Note 4. +to the Financial Statements: Significant Accounting Judgments and Estimates" and "Note 26. to the Financial Statements: +Loans and Advances to Customers". +Impairment of loans and advances to customers +Key audit matters (continued) +Independent Auditor's Report +125 +Annual Report 2016 +considering, as part of the procedures above, the +nature of and reasons for any revisions to the key +assumptions and input parameters in the models, +the consistency of judgement applied in the use of +economic factors, the loss emergence period and the +observation period for historical losses and assessing +key internal controls over the input of underlying +data into the models. We compared the economic +factors used in the models to market information +to assess whether they were aligned with market +and economic development. We also assessed +the emergence period by tracing the lifecycle of +overdue accounts from the specific credit event to +downgrading the account to a non-performing loan; +historical loss parameters used. +the overdue statistical data for the personal +loan portfolios; and +the accuracy of the loan grading migration +data for the corporate loan portfolios; +economic factors used in the models; +input parameters involving management +judgement; +evaluating the validity of the models used and +assumptions adopted in the Group's calculation of +the collective impairment allowances by critically +assessing: +Independent Auditor's Report +assessing the design, implementation and operating +effectiveness of key internal controls over the +approval, recording, monitoring and restructuring +of loans and advances to customers, the credit +grading process and the measurement of impairment +allowances for individually assessed loans and +advances to customers. In particular, we assessed the +design, implementation and operating effectiveness +of the key internal controls over the classification of +loans by credit quality across all grades; +Key audit matters (continued) +Refer to the accounting policies in "Note 3. (1) to the Financial Statements: Subsidiaries", "Note 4. to the Financial +Statements: Significant Accounting Judgments and Estimates" and "Note 44. to the Financial Statements: Involvement +with Unconsolidated Structured Entities". +The Group has developed its own models to value certain +level 2 and level 3 financial instruments, which also involve +significant management judgement. +The valuation of the Group's financial instruments, held +at fair value, is based on a combination of market data +and valuation models which often require a considerable +number of inputs. Many of these inputs are obtained +from readily available data, in particular for level 1 and +level 2 financial instruments in the fair value hierarchy, the +valuation techniques for which use quoted market prices +and observable inputs, respectively. Where such observable +data is not readily available, as in the case of level 3 +financial instruments, then estimates need to be developed +which can involve significant management judgement. +Financial instruments carried at fair value account for a +significant part of the Group's assets. The effect of fair +value adjustments may impact either the profit or loss or +other comprehensive income. +The key audit matter +Refer to the accounting policies on "Note 3. (5) to the Financial Statements: Financial Instruments", "Note 4. to the +Financial Statements: Significant Accounting Judgments and Estimates" and "Note 55. to the Financial Statements: Fair +Value of Financial Instruments". +Fair value of financial instruments +Key audit matters (continued) +Independent Auditor's Report +127 +Annual Report 2016 +evaluating the disclosures in the consolidated +financial statements in relation to the recognition of +interests in and consolidation of structured entities +with reference to the requirements of the prevailing +accounting standards. +assessing management's judgement over +whether the structured entity should be +consolidated or not; +evaluating management's analysis of the +structured entity, including qualitative +analysis and the calculation of the magnitude +and variability associated with the Group's +economic interests in the structured entity, +to assess management's judgement over the +Group's ability to influence its own returns +from the structured entity; +inspecting the risk and reward structure of +the structured entity, including any capital or +return guarantee, provision of liquidity support, +commission paid and distribution of the returns, +to assess management's judgement as to the +exposure, or rights, to variable returns from the +Group's involvement in such an entity; +inspecting the related contracts, internal +establishment documents and information +disclosed to the investors to understand the +purpose of the establishment of the structured +entity and the involvement the Group has +with the structured entity and to assess +management's judgement over whether the +Group has the ability to exercise power over +the structured entity; +selecting significant structured entities of each +key product type and performing the following +procedures for each structured entity selected: +making enquiries of management and inspecting +documents relating to the judgement process over +whether a structured entity is consolidated or not +to assess whether the Group has a robust process in +this regard; +• +Our audit procedures to assess the recognition of interests +in and consolidation of structured entities included the +following: +How the matter was addressed in our audit +We identified the recognition of interests in and +consolidation of structured entities as a key audit matter +because of the complex nature of certain of these +structured entities and because of the judgement exercised +by management in the qualitative assessment of the terms +and nature of each entity. +In determining whether the Group should retain any partial +interests in a structured entity or should consolidate a +structured entity, management is required to consider the +risks and rewards retained, the power the Group is able +to exercise over the activities of the entity and its ability +to influence the Group's own returns from the entity. +These factors are not purely quantitative and need to +be considered collectively in the overall substance of the +transactions. +The Group may acquire or retain an ownership interest in, +or act as a sponsor to, a structured entity, through issuing +a wealth management product, an investment fund, an +asset management plan, a trust plan, a structured lease +or an asset-backed security. The Group may also retain +partial interests in derecognised assets due to guarantees +or securitisation structures. +Structured entities are generally created to achieve a +narrow and well defined objective with restrictions around +their ongoing activities which include providing investment +services and products to customers and managing the +Group's assets and liabilities. +The key audit matter +Recognition of interests in and consolidation of structured entities +57. Company-Level Statement of +Our audit procedures to assess impairment of loans and +advances to customers included the following: +assessing the design, implementation and operating +effectiveness of key internal controls over the +valuation, independent price verification, front office +and back office reconciliations and model approval +for financial instruments; +123 +Annual Report 2016 +182 +272 +INFORMATION +25. Reverse Repurchase Agreements +177 +24. Derivative Financial Instruments +UNAUDITED SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL +177 +271 +Financial Statements +60. Approval of the Consolidated +23. Financial Assets Designated at Fair Value +through Profit or Loss +271 +59. Comparative Amounts +177 +Other Assets +22. Financial Assets Held for Trading +271 +58. After the Reporting Period Event +176 +Financial Institutions +21. Due From Banks and Other +270 +Independent Auditor's Report +Our audit procedures to assess the fair value of financial +instruments included the following: +How the matter was addressed in our audit +(Incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) +assessing the level 1 fair values, on a sample basis, by +comparing the fair values applied by the Group with +publicly available market data; +engaging our internal valuation specialists to assist us +in performing independent valuations, on a sample +basis, of level 2 and level 3 financial instruments +and comparing our valuations with the Group's +valuations. Our procedures included developing +parallel models, obtaining inputs independently and +verifying the inputs; +engaging our internal valuation specialists to conduct +model validation, on a sample basis, for the valuation +of complex financial instruments; +assessing the appropriate application of Funding +Value, Credit Value and Debit Value Adjustments +("FVA/CVA/DVA") that form an integral part of fair +values, inquiring of management about any changes +in the FVA/CVA/DVA methodology and assessing the +appropriateness of the inputs applied; and +assessing whether the disclosures in the consolidated +financial statements, including fair value hierarchy +information and sensitivity to key inputs, +appropriately reflected the Group's exposure to +financial instrument valuation risk with reference +to the requirements of the prevailing accounting +standards. +128 +ICBC +How the matter was addressed in our audit +The determination of the collective impairment allowances +is heavily dependent on the external macro environment +and internal credit risk management models. The Group's +collective impairment allowances for corporate loans and +advances are derived from estimates including the Group's +historical losses, the historical emergence period for +corporate loans and advances (i.e. the time lapse between +the occurrence of the event causing eventual default to the +actual recording of a loss) and other adjustment factors. +The Group's collective impairment allowances for personal +loans are derived from estimates, including the Group's +historical overdue data, historical loss experience for +personal loans and other adjustment factors. +From the Group's perspective, the portfolios which gave +rise to the greatest uncertainty in determining impairment +allowances for loans and advances to customers were +those where impairments were derived from models and +individual cash flow assessments, where the loans and +advances to customers were unsecured or where the +loans and advances to customers were subject to potential +collateral shortfalls. +Impairment of loans and advances to customers is a +subjective area due to the level of judgement applied by +management in determining impairment allowances. +The key audit matter +Refer to the accounting policies in "Note 3.(6) to the Financial Statements: Impairment of the Financial Assets", "Note 4. +to the Financial Statements: Significant Accounting Judgments and Estimates" and "Note 26. to the Financial Statements: +Loans and Advances to Customers". +Impairment of loans and advances to customers +Key audit matters (continued) +Independent Auditor's Report +ICBC +124 +Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the +consolidated financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the +consolidated financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion +on these matters. +Key audit matters +We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing ("ISAs"). Our responsibilities under those +standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements section +of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the code of Ethics for Professional Accountants issued +by International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants ("the Code") together with any ethical requirements that are +relevant to our audit of the consolidated financial statements in the People's Republic of China, and we have fulfilled our +other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code. We believe that the audit evidence we +have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. +Basis for opinion +In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Bank and of +the Group as at 31 December 2016 and of the Group's financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in +accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRSS") issued by the International Accounting Standards +Board ("IASB") and have been properly prepared in compliance with the disclosure requirements of the Hong Kong +Companies Ordinance. +We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (the "Bank") and +its subsidiaries (the "Group") set out on pages 132 to 271, which comprise the consolidated and the Bank's statements of +financial position as at 31 December 2016, the consolidated statement of profit or loss, the consolidated statement of profit +or loss and other comprehensive income, the consolidated statement of changes in equity and the consolidated cash flow +statement for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. +Opinion +To the shareholders of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited +32. +121 +Statement of Changes in Equity +Financial Approval +Committee +Supervision +Committee +Supervisory Board Office +Board of Supervisors +Head Office Departments, Profitability Units and +Directly Controlled Institutions of the Head Office +Internal Audit Bureau +Internal Audit +Sub-bureau +Asset & Liability +Senior Management +Audit Committee +Compensation +Committee +Strategy +Committee +Nomination +Committee +Risk +Management +Committee +General Meeting +Shareholders' +Related Party +Transactions Control +Committee +Management +Committee +Business and +Product Innovation +Management +Committee +Information +Technology +Comprehensive +JOB +Department +E-banking +Bank Card +Department +(ICBC Peony Card +Center, Consumer +Credit Finance Center) +Settlement & Cash +Management +Department +Institutional Banking +Department +Personal Banking +Department +Marketing +Management +Departments +Corporate +Banking +Department +Domestic Institutions +Operational Risk +Management Committee +Market Risk Management +Committee +Credit Risk Management +Committee +Information Technology +Approval Committee +Risk Management +Committee +Credit Approval +Committee +Management +Committee +Board of Directors +Administration +Departments +Board of Directors' Office +ICBC +As at 31 December 2016, all of the continuing commitments made by the shareholders were properly fulfilled, and were +listed as follows: +Commitments +Significant Events +119 +Annual Report 2016 +Occupation of Fund by Controlling Shareholders and Other Related Parties During the reporting +period, none of the controlling shareholders and other related parties of the Bank occupied any fund of the Bank. The +auditors have issued the Special Explanation on the Occupation of Fund by Controlling Shareholders and Other Related +Parties of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited in 2016. +Entrusted Cash Asset Management During the reporting period, the Bank has not entrusted any other parties to +manage cash assets. +Shareholder +Huijin +Independent Non-executive Directors of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited +Or Ching Fai, Hong Yongmiao, Anthony Francis Neoh, +Yang Siu Shun and Sheila Colleen Bair +In accordance with the Circular Concerning Several Issues on Regulating Fund Transfers between Listed Companies +and Their Related Parties and External Guarantee of Listed Companies (Zheng Jian Fa [2003] No. 56) issued by CSRC +and relevant provisions of SSE, we, in the capacity of Independent Non-executive Directors of the Bank, reviewed +external guarantees of the Bank on the principles of fairness, impartiality and objectivity, and hereby give our specific +explanation and opinions as follows: upon review, external guarantees provided by the Bank mainly focus on issuance +of letters of guarantee, which is part of the ordinary banking services within the business scope of the Bank as +approved by PBC and CBRC. As at 31 December 2016, the balance of letters of guarantee issued by the Bank totaled +RMB432,547 million. +Independent Non-executive Directors' Special Explanation and Independent Opinions +on External Guarantees of the Bank +Material Guarantees The provision of guarantees is in the ordinary course of business of the Bank. During the reporting +period, the Bank did not have any material guarantee that needs to be disclosed except for the financial guarantee services +within the business scope as approved by PBC and CBRC. +Material Trust, Sub-contract and Lease During the reporting period, the Bank had not held on trust to a material extent +or entered into any material sub-contract or lease arrangement in respect of assets of other corporations, which were subject +to disclosure, and no other corporation had held on trust to a material extent or entered into any material sub-contract or +lease arrangement in respect of the Bank's assets, which were subject to disclosure. +Material Contracts and Performance of Obligations thereunder +Significant Events +135 +The Bank has attached great importance to the management of risks arising from such business, formulated strict rules +on the credit ratings of the entities to which the guarantee was provided and on the operation process and review +procedures of provision of guarantee services, and carried out relevant business on such basis. +Type of +Time and term of +commitment +commitment +120 +During the reporting period, neither the Bank nor any of its Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management members and +controlling shareholders was subject to any investigation by competent authorities, coercive measures taken by judicial +authorities or disciplinary inspection departments, transferred to judicial authorities or charged for criminal responsibility, +case filing investigation or administrative penalty by CSRC, restricted access to market, identification as unqualified, major +penalty by other administrative authorities of environmental protection, taxation, safety supervision, etc. or public reprimand +by the stock exchanges. +Investigations, Administrative Penalties by CSRC; Public Reprimand by Stock Exchanges; +and Sanctions Imposed by Other Regulatory and Judicial Authorities During the Reporting +Period +and did not +do anything in +violation of the +commitment. +Fulfillment of +commitment +As at 31 +December 2016, +Huijin strictly +fulfilled the above +commitment +Save as disclosed above, neither the Bank nor any of its other related parties made any commitments. +the laws or listing rules of China or +the listing place of the Bank, Huijin +will not engage in or participate in any +competitive commercial banking business +including but not limited to granting +loans, attracting deposits and providing +settlement, fund custody, bank card +and money exchange services. However, +Huijin can engage in or participate in +some competitive businesses by investing +in other commercial banks. In this regard, +Huijin has committed that it will (1) fairly +treat the investments in commercial +banks and will not make any decision or +judgment that will have adverse impact +on the Bank or be beneficial to other +commercial banks by taking advantage +of the status of being a shareholder of +the Bank or information obtained by +taking advantage of the status of being a +shareholder of the Bank; and (2) perform +the shareholders' rights for the maximum +interests of the Bank. +Provided that Huijin continues to hold +any share of the Bank or is deemed as +the controlling shareholder of the Bank +or the related party of the controlling +shareholder of the Bank according to +Commitment +Prospectus +on A Share +Rights Issue of +Industrial and +Commercial +Bank of China +Limited +term +November 2010/ +No specific +term +October 2006/ +No specific +competition +of non- +Commitment +Annual Report 2016 +Executive Office +Legal document +under which +the commitment +is made +Prospectus of +Industrial and +Commercial +Bank of China +Limited on +Initial Public +Offering +(A Share) +Department +Consolidated: +AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS +INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT +Pages +Pages +CONTENTS +Financial Statements +124 +Auditor's Report and +Primary reporting line +Organizational Chart +Overseas Center +(1) +Overseas Subsidiaries +and their Institutions +(366) +Overseas Branches +and their Institutions +(45) +Overseas Institutions +Department +Secondary reporting line +26. Loans and Advances to Customers +183 +27. Financial Investments +Finance & Accounting +194 +Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities +31. +134 +Statement of Financial Position +193 +Property and Equipment +30. +133 +Other Comprehensive Income +191 +29. Investments in Associates and +Joint Ventures +132 +Statement of Profit or Loss +Statement of Profit or Loss and +28. Investments in Subsidiaries +186 +Pension Business +(Banking Department) +189 +Committee +Product Innovation +Management +Department +Information +Management +Department +Tier-one Sub-branches +(3,076) +Asset Management +Department +Operation +Management +Department +Domestic Branches +(27) +Tier-two Branches +(413) +Banking Departments of +Tier-one Branches +IT Department +Branches Directly Controlled +by the Head Office +(5) +Tier-one +Branches +(31) +Profitability +Units +Supporting +Departments +Corporate Strategy and +Investor Relations +Department +Asset & Liability +Management +Department +Special Financing +Department +Human Resources +Department +Asset Custody +Department +ICBC Bills Discounting +Department +Global Market +Department +Culture +Department +Staff Union Working +Management +Department +Retired Staff +Corporate +(3) +Rural Banks +and their Branches +Domestic Subsidiaries +Outlets +(13,098) +Subsidiaries with Diversified +Operation and their Branches +(105) +Security Department +Private Banking +Department +Precious Metal +Business Department +Discipline +Enforcement +Department +Department +Channel +Management +Department +International +Banking +Investment Banking +Department +Urban Finance +Research Institute +40 +Perpetual bond +Reserves +Retained profits +Non-controlling interests +TOTAL EQUITY +TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES +Including: Preference shares +356,407 +356,407 +Other equity instruments +589,073 +Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company +EQUITY +20,409,261 +22,156,102 +TOTAL LIABILITIES +637,830 +39 +Other liabilities +41 +63,266 +995 +306,622 +Share capital +86,051 +The notes on pages 140 to 271 form part of these financial statements. +79,375 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +52,640 +604 +357,937 +Year ended 31 December 2016 +Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity +ICBC +134 +General Manager of Finance +Zhang Wenwu +Vice Chairman and President +Gu Shu +Chairman +79,375 +Yi Huiman +11,045 +1,800,519 +1,981,163 +24,137,265 +1,789,474 +1,969,751 +11,412 +781,988 +940,663 +571,704 +586,630 +42 +6,676 +79,375 +22,209,780 +38 +28,398 +31 +22,209,780 +24,137,265 +TOTAL ASSETS +458,699 +585,733 +32 +Other assets +21,066 +24,185 +224,426 +31 +Deferred income tax assets +LIABILITIES +246,209 +Property and equipment +30,077 +29 +Investments in associates and joint ventures +4,666,691 +5,006,699 +27 +Financial investments +11,652,812 +12,767,334 +Attributable to equity holders of the parent company +30 +Debt securities issued +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss +Deferred income tax liabilities +Income tax payable +16,281,939 +17,825,302 +37 +Due to customers +183,352 +218,427 +36 +Certificates of deposit +337,191 +545 +589,306 +Repurchase agreements +2,265,860 +2,016,799 +34 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +210 +303,927 +76,826 +89,960 +24 +Derivative financial liabilities +366,752 +33 +35 +Reserves +8 +Issued +13 +26 +8 +8 +6,676 +6,676 +1 +(4,993) +4,993 +4,993 +1 +21 +(26,981) +26,981 +in subsidiaries +Change in share holding +6,676 +equity holders +Capital injection by other +reserve (ii) +Appropriation to general +reserve (i) +Appropriation to surplus +(4,450) +26,981 +(4,450) (4,450) +(i) +shareholders +(i) +135 +Annual Report 2016 +The notes on pages 140 to 271 form part of these financial statements. +Includes the appropriation made by subsidiaries in the amount of RMB 194 million. +(ii) +Includes the appropriation made by overseas branches and subsidiaries in the amounts of RMB84 million and RMB669 million, +respectively. +1,981,163 +11,412 +(221) 586,630 940,663 1,969,751 +1,133 (18,050) (4,645) +Dividends to non-controlling +205,021 251,349 +356,407 +31 December 2016 +Balance as at +27 +27 +(71) +(71) +27 +18 +9 +Others +86,051 152,043 +Foreign +(83,150) +Dividends preference shares +(note 18) +(31,432) +246,356 29,956 +178,040 +equity +Total interests +profits +Subtotal +reserves +reserve +reserve +Total +(3,926) +controlling +Other +hedging +General revaluation translation +reserve reserve +reserve +Surplus +share equity Capital +capital instrument reserve +356,407 79,375 152,026 +Balance as at 1 January 2016 +Non- +Cash flow +Investment currency +Other +Retained +(83,150) (83,150) +684 +Profit for the year +2015 final (note 18) +Dividends ordinary shares +261,591 +425 +278,249 261,166 +(923) (17,083) +(719) +(28,823) 13,382 +Total comprehensive income +(17,515) +(432) +571,704 +(17,083) +(923) +(719) +13,382 +(28,823) +(note 43) +Other comprehensive income +279,106 +857 +1,800,519 +1,789,474 11,045 +781,988 +278,249 278,249 +(17,083) +Loans and advances to customers +0.77 +755,627 +6,457 +8 +Net trading income +143,391 +144,973 +7 +NET FEE AND COMMISSION INCOME +(18,279) +(19,741) +161,670 +164,714 +4,227 +507,867 +(363,912) +(319,634) +871,779 +2015 +2016 +791,480 +6 7 7 +66 +Fee and commission expense +Fee and commission income +NET INTEREST INCOME +471,846 +Interest expense +Net loss on financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value +through profit or loss +(104) +PROFIT FOR THE YEAR +Income tax expense +PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION +Share of profits of associates and joint ventures +OPERATING PROFIT +Others +Loans and advances to customers +Impairment losses on: +(220,835) +(193,112) +12 +9 +668,733 +Operating expenses +OPERATING INCOME +14,281 +13,964 +11 +Other operating income, net +4,920 +4,545 +10 +Net gain on financial investments +(5,953) +641,681 +Attributable to: +Interest income +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The Directors are assisted by the Audit Committee in discharging their responsibilities for overseeing the Group's financial +reporting process. +In preparing the consolidated financial statements, the Directors are responsible for assessing the Group's ability to continue +as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of +accounting unless the Directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative +but to do so. +The Directors are responsible for the preparation of the consolidated financial statements that give a true and fair view in +accordance with IFRSS issued by IASB and the disclosure requirements of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance, and for such +internal control as the Directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that +are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. +Responsibilities of the directors for the consolidated financial statements +Independent Auditor's Report +129 +Annual Report 2016 +If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we +are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. +In connection with our audit of the consolidated financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, +in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the consolidated financial statements or +our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. +Our opinion on the consolidated financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form +of assurance conclusion thereon. +Information other than the consolidated financial statements and auditor's report thereon +The Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises all the information included in the +annual report, other than the consolidated financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. +Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements +assessing the availability and stability of key +operating systems, taking into consideration +the rapid development of businesses types and +transactions volumes as well as IT projects that have +a significant impact on business continuity. +examining the framework of governance over +the Group's IT organisation and the controls over +program development and changes, access to +programs and data and IT operations, including +compensating controls where required; +assessing the design, implementation and +operating effectiveness of key internal controls +over the continued integrity of all major IT systems +fundamental to dealing with the financial data, +particularly financial reporting; +We used our internal IT specialists to perform audit +procedures to assess IT systems and controls over financial +reporting, which included: +How the matter was addressed in our audit +We identified IT systems and controls over financial +reporting as a key audit matter because the Group's +financial accounting and reporting systems are +fundamentally reliant on complex IT systems and control +processes which are driven by significant transaction +volumes caused by the size of the customer base both in +the corporate and the retail banking businesses in China +and globally. +Of particular importance are system calculations, +logic regarding significant accounts, including interest +calculations, interfaces between business management +systems and accounting systems and data migration from +certain legacy systems to new systems. +Automated accounting procedures and IT environment +controls, which include IT governance, controls over +program development and changes, access to programs +and data and IT operations, are required to be designed +and to operate effectively to ensure accurate financial +reporting. +The Group operates one of the largest and most complex +IT systems used by a bank globally. +IT systems and controls over financial reporting +The key audit matter +Key audit matters (continued) +Independent Auditor's Report +evaluating the design, implementation and operating +effectiveness of the significant accounts-related +IT process controls by assessing the operating +effectiveness of IT Application Controls, assessing +the operating effectiveness of certain automated +controls and system calculations which are relevant +to the Group's compliance activities and assessing +the consistency of data transmission and data +migration; +Notes +Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free +from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. This +report is made solely to you, as a body, and for no other purpose. We do not assume responsibility towards or accept liability +to any other person for the contents of this report. +As part of an audit in accordance with ISAS, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism +throughout the audit. We also: +Year ended 31 December 2016 +Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss +131 +Annual Report 2016 +30 March 2017 +Central, Hong Kong +10 Chater Road +8th Floor, Prince's Building +Certified Public Accountants +KPMG +The engagement partner on the audit resulting in this independent auditor's report is Simon John Edward Gleave. +Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs +will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered +material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users +taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements. +From the matters communicated with the Audit Committee, we determine those matters that were of most significance in +the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe +these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in +extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse +consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication. +We communicate with the Audit Committee regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit +and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit. +Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities +within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, +supervision and performance of the Group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion. +Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated financial statements, including the +disclosures, and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a +manner that achieves fair presentation. +Conclude on the appropriateness of the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the +audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant +doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are +required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the consolidated financial statements or, +if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained +up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue +as a going concern. +Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements (continued) +Independent Auditor's Report +ICBC +130 +Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related +disclosures made by the Directors. +Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are +appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Group's +internal control. +Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud +or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient +and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from +fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, +misrepresentations or the override of internal control. +We also provide the Audit Committee with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding +independence and communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on +our independence and, where applicable, related safeguards. +Equity holders of the parent company +Non-controlling interests +PROFIT FOR THE YEAR +Consolidated Statement of Financial Position +133 +Annual Report 2016 +The notes on pages 140 to 271 form part of these financial statements. +298,125 +261,591 +1,101 +297,024 +261,166 +425 +Equity holders of the parent company +Non-controlling interests +Total comprehensive income attributable to: +31 December 2016 +298,125 +Total comprehensive income for the year +20,405 +(17,515) +Subtotal of other comprehensive income for the year +(75) +Others +(5,400) +13,608 +156 +(860) +reclassified subsequently to profit or loss +Foreign currency translation differences +261,591 +Share of the other comprehensive income of investees +accounted for using equity method which may be +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +31 December 2016 31 December 2015 +25 +Reverse repurchase agreements +78,870 +94,452 +24 +Derivative financial assets +210,434 +285,144 +23 +Financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss +132,838 +Notes +189,331 +Financial assets held for trading +683,793 +797,473 +21 +3,059,633 +3,350,788 +20 +220 +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Cash and balances with central banks +ASSETS +22 +(88) +(751) +Effective hedging portion of gains or losses arising from +cash flow hedging instruments +Basic (RMB yuan) +EARNINGS PER SHARE +589 +277,720 +279,106 +857 +277,131 +278,249 +277,720 +279,106 +(85,515) +(84,173) +Diluted (RMB yuan) +16 +363,279 +2,330 +2,604 +360,905 +360,675 +(971) +(86,022) +(86,138) +(1,756) +15 +585 +26 +363,235 +19 +0.77 +0.77 +25,745 +(29,449) +Net (losses)/gains from change in fair value of available-for-sale +financial assets +Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: +(8) +15 +(3) +Others +Share of the other comprehensive income of investees +accounted for using equity method which will not be +reclassified to profit or loss +Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss: +43 +2015 +277,720 +2016 +279,106 +Notes +Other comprehensive income (after tax, net): +Profit for the year +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Year ended 31 December 2016 +Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income +ICBC +132 +The notes on pages 140 to 271 form part of these financial statements. +Details of the dividends declared and paid or proposed are disclosed in note 18 to the financial statements. +Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity +0.77 +19 +996,333 +Year ended 31 December 2016 +and Accounting Department +Attributable to equity holders of the parent company +Reserves +(290,032) +Due to banks and other financial institutions +(421) +(284,962) +63,898 +335 +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss +703,298 +Net increase/decrease) in operating liabilities: +(1,795,252) +(774,096) +(132,697) +Other assets +(924,231) +(1,119,674) +Loans and advances to customers +(1,210,467) +130,224 +Repurchase agreements +(43,766) +(93,318) +239,221 +Income tax paid +1,218,547 +332,539 +Net cash flows from operating activities before tax +1,960,343 +1,664,704 +252,115 +896,426 +Other liabilities +688,632 +1,477,846 +Due to customers +1,136 +23,938 +Certificates of deposit +136,604 +(6,395) +Reverse repurchase agreements +103,856 +Net gain on disposal and overage of property and equipment and +5,953 +104 +9 +through profit or loss +Net loss on financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value +(33) +other assets (other than repossessed assets) +(345) +(4,202) +(4,156) +(5,135) +60% +8 +Net trading gain on equity investments +10 +(4,765) +(181) +(848) +Dividend income +(72,653) +Financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss +(98,020) +(54,153) +Financial assets held for trading +(91,173) +(136,134) +Due from banks and other financial institutions +442,973 +(273,546) +Due from central banks +Net (increase)/decrease in operating assets: +468,671 +463,087 +(155) +(343) +10 +(86,783) +Gain on disposal of available-for-sale financial assets, net +1,131,764 +Annual Report 2016 +(280,497) +NET (DECREASE)/INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS +(36,732) +(50,786) +Net cash flows from financing activities +(8) +(71) +428,071 +Dividends paid to non-controlling shareholders +(4,450) +Dividends paid on preference shares +(91,026) +(83,150) +Dividends paid on ordinary shares +(374) +(94,205) +(2,331) +(854,012) +Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year +994,264 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +ICBC +138 +The notes on pages 140 to 271 form part of these financial statements. +(338,014) +(317,533) +864,899 +1,441,298 +810,718 +1,441,298 +1,189,368 +45 +CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF THE YEAR +NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: +Interest received +18,963 +28,567 +Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents +Interest paid +(10,325) +(13,979) +116,214 +(42,297) +(39,281) +Investments in associates and joint ventures +Proceeds from sale and redemption of financial investments +Purchases of financial investments +(other than repossessed assets) +Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment and other assets +2,850 +(2,492,693) +Purchases of property and equipment and other assets +2015 +2016 +Notes +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Year ended 31 December 2016 +Consolidated Cash Flow Statement +137 +CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES +3,481 +2,059,722 +(2,007,160) +1,378,079 +896,665 +323 +1,520 +45,000 +6,691 +1,094 +(666,961) +(468,932) +1,356 +487 +Acquisition of non-controlling interests +Repayment of debt securities +CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES +Proceeds from issue of other equity instruments +Capital injection by non-controlling shareholders +Proceeds from issuance of debt securities +Interest paid on debt securities +Net cash flows from investing activities +Dividends received +Proceeds from disposal of associates and joint ventures +(158) +(1,373) +The notes on pages 140 to 271 form part of these financial statements. +Accreted interest on impaired loans +Net cash flows from operating activities +14,237 +equity holders +Capital injection by other +reserve (ii) +Appropriation to general +reserve (i) +Appropriation to surplus +(note 18) +44,947 +Dividends preference shares +Dividends ordinary shares +298,125 +1,101 +297,024 +277,131 +19,893 +148 +2014 final (note 18) +Conversion of convertible +bonds +2,912 +Acquisition of subsidiaries +(91,026) +27,288 +(159) +7,761 +(388) +356,407 79,375 +31 December 2015 +Balance as at +Others +of convertible bonds +of equity component +Conversion and redemption +shareholders +Dividends to non-controlling +Capital injection by non- +controlling shareholders +in subsidiaries +Change in share holding +20,405 +(91,026) +512 +19,893 +150,752 221,622 +144,424 +reserve +reserve +Surplus +Capital +share equity convertible +capital instrument bonds +353,495 34,428 +388 +General revaluation translation +reserve reserve reserve +4,809 (26,103) +Balance as at 1 January 2015 +Cash flow +Investment currency +Foreign +component +of +Other +13,349 +Equity +Non- +hedging +Other +Retained +148 +33 +(73) +(5,329) +25,147 +Total comprehensive income +(73) +(5,329) +25,147 +(note 43) +Other comprehensive income +equity +6,445 1,537,304 +589 277,720 +Total +controlling +reserves Subtotal profits Total interests +661 492,312 650,236 1,530,859 +277,131 277,131 +Profit for the year +(3,853) +reserve +19,893 +(91,026) +Issued +(2,331) +19,761 +Depreciation +(2,330) +(2,604) +Share of profits of associates and joint ventures +Adjustments for: +363,235 +18,049 +363,279 +CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES +2015 +2016 +Notes +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Year ended 31 December 2016 +Consolidated Cash Flow Statement +Profit before taxation +Amortisation +12 +2,059 +Interest expense on debt securities issued +(2,331) +(9,282) +Gain on unrealised foreign exchange +971 +1,756 +15 +to customers +Impairment losses on assets other than loans and advances +86,022 +86,138 +26 +Impairment losses on loans and advances to customers +(1,422) +(2,155) +Amortisation of financial investments +2,295 +ICBC +136 +(7,494) +Includes the appropriation made by subsidiaries in the amount of RMB1,303 million. +(339) +(159) +(159) +3,438 +3,438 +10,673 +7,761 +867 +44,947 +(24,734) +24,734 +24,734 +(27,288) +27,288 +(2,331) +The notes on pages 140 to 271 form part of these financial statements. +44,947 +(498) +10,673 +323 +(ii) +323 +11,045 1,800,519 +684 571,704 781,988 1,789,474 +(31,432) (3,926) +29,956 +152,026 178,040 246,356 +(40) +Includes the appropriation made by overseas branches and subsidiaries in the amounts of RMB71 million and RMB890 million, +respectively. +(125) +(125) +. +(125) +(388) +(388) +(8) +85 +IFRS 14, Regulatory deferral accounts +An associate is an entity in which the Group or Bank has significant influence. +(3) Associates and Joint ventures +Changes in the Group's interests in a subsidiary that do not result in a loss of control are accounted for as equity +transactions, whereby adjustments are made to the amounts of controlling and non-controlling interests within consolidated +equity to reflect the change in relative interests, but no adjustments are made to goodwill and no gain or loss is recognised. +Non-controlling interests represent the equity in a subsidiary not attributable directly or indirectly to the Group. +Non-controlling interests are presented in the consolidated statement of financial position within equity, separately from +equity attributable to the equity shareholders of the Bank. Non-controlling interests in the results of the Group are presented +on the face of the consolidated statement of profit or loss and the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other +comprehensive income as an allocation of the total profit or loss and total comprehensive income for the year between non- +controlling interests and the equity shareholders of the Bank. +(2) Non-controlling interests +(1) Subsidiaries +An investment in a subsidiary is consolidated into the consolidated financial statements from the date that control +commences until the date that control ceases. Intra-group balances, transactions and any unrealised profit or loss arising +from intra-group transactions are eliminated in full in preparing the consolidated financial statements. +Subsidiaries are entities controlled by the Group. The Group controls an entity if it is exposed, or has rights, to, variable +returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity. +The Group reassesses whether it has control if there are changes to one or more of the elements of control. This includes +circumstances in which protective rights held (e.g. those resulting from a lending relationship) become substantive and lead +to the Group having power over an entity. +3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +142 +A joint venture is an arrangement whereby the Group or Bank and other parties contractually agree to share control of the +arrangement, and have rights to the net assets of the arrangement. +In the Bank's statement of financial position, its investments in subsidiaries are stated at cost less impairment losses (see note +3(21)). +The Group's investments in associates or joint ventures are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Under +the equity method, an investment in an associate or joint venture is carried in the consolidated statement of financial +position at cost plus post-acquisition changes in the Group's share of the net assets of the associate or joint venture, less any +impairment losses. The consolidated statement of profit or loss reflects the share of the results of operations of the associate +or joint venture. Where there has been a change recognised directly in the equity of the associate or joint venture, the Group +recognises its share of any changes and discloses this, when applicable, in the consolidated statement of changes in equity. +Under the equity method, unrealised profits and losses resulting from transactions between the Group and the associates or +joint ventures are eliminated to the extent of the Group's interests in the associates or joint ventures. +At initial recognition, financial liabilities are classified into two categories: financial liabilities at fair value through profit or +loss and other financial liabilities. +In the Bank's statement of financial position, investments in associates and joint ventures are stated at cost less impairment +losses (see note 3(21)). +Financial assets and financial liabilities are measured initially at fair value. For financial assets and financial liabilities at +fair value through profit or loss, any related directly attributable transaction costs are charged to profit or loss; for other +categories of financial assets and financial liabilities, any related directly attributable transaction costs are included in their +initial costs. +ICBC +At initial recognition, financial assets are classified into four categories: financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, +held-to-maturity financial investments, loans and receivables and available-for-sale financial assets. +Initial recognition of financial instruments +A financial instrument is any contract that gives rise to a financial asset of one entity and a financial liability or equity +instrument of another entity. +(5) Financial instruments +Cash flows arising from transactions in foreign currencies and cash flows of overseas subsidiaries are translated using the +weighted average exchange rates for the year. The effect of exchange rate movements on cash is presented separately in the +statement of cash flows as a reconciling item. +As at the end of the reporting period, the assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated into the presentation +currency of the Bank at the exchange rates ruling at the end of the reporting period. All items within equity except for +retained profits are translated at the exchange rates ruling at the dates of the initial transactions. Income and expenses in +the statement of profit or loss are translated at the weighted average exchange rates for the year. The exchange differences +arising on the above translation are taken to other comprehensive income. On disposal of a foreign operation, the +cumulative amount recognised in other comprehensive income relating to that particular foreign operation is recognised in +profit or loss. +Non-monetary items that are measured at historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rates as at +the dates of the initial transactions. Non-monetary items measured at fair value in a foreign currency are translated using +the exchange rates as at the date when the fair value is determined. Any goodwill arising on the acquisition of a foreign +operation and any fair value adjustments to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities arising on the acquisition are +treated as assets and liabilities of the foreign operation and translated at the rates ruling at the end of the reporting period. +The exchange differences are recognised in profit or loss or in other comprehensive income, depending on the nature of +non-monetary items. +Foreign currency transactions are initially recorded in the functional currency using the exchange rates ruling at the dates +of the transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the functional +currency at the applicable exchange rates ruling at the end of the reporting period. Exchange differences arising on the +settlement of monetary items or on translating monetary items at period end rates are recognised in profit or loss, with the +exception that they are taken directly to other comprehensive income when the monetary items are designated as part of +the hedge of the Bank's net investment of a foreign entity, and the aggregate exchange differences are not recognised in +profit or loss until the disposal of such net investment. Tax charges and credits attributable to exchange differences on those +monetary items are also recorded in other comprehensive income. +The consolidated financial statements are presented in RMB, being the functional and presentation currency of the Bank's +operations in Mainland China. Each entity in the Group determines its own functional currency and the financial statements +of each entity are presented using that functional currency. +(4) Foreign currency translation +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +143 +Annual Report 2016 +If an investment in an associate becomes an investment in a joint venture or vice versa, retained interest is not remeasured. +Instead, the investment continues to be accounted for under the equity method. +The Group does not adopt any issued but not yet effective international financial reporting standards, interpretation and +amendments. +Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 28, Investment entities: Applying the consolidation exception +The amendments clarify the following areas of the accounting requirements of investment entities: +presentation of other comprehensive income items arising from equity-accounted associates and joint ventures. +141 +Annual Report 2016 +The adoption does not have any material impact on the financial position and the financial result of the Group. +using the equity method as described in IAS 28. +• +in accordance with IFRS 9 (or IAS 39); or +• +Notes to the Financial Statements +at cost; +Amendments to IAS 27, Separate financial statements "Equity method in separate financial statements" +The amendments allow an entity to apply the equity method to account for its investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and +associates in its separate financial statements. As a result of the amendments, the entity can choose to account for these +investments either: +The adoption does not have any material impact on the financial position and the financial result of the Group. +Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38, Clarification of acceptable methods of depreciation and amortisation +The amendments introduce a rebuttable presumption to IAS 38 that the use of revenue-based amortisation methods for +intangible assets is inappropriate. This presumption can be overcome only when revenue and the consumption of the +economic benefits of the intangible asset are 'highly correlated', or when the intangible asset is expressed as a measure of +revenue. The amendments also prohibit the use of revenue-based depreciation methods for property, plant and equipment +under IAS 16. +Amendments to IFRS 11, Joint Arrangements "Accounting for acquisitions of interests in joint operations" +The amendments provide new guidance on how to account for the acquisition of an interest in a joint operation that +constitutes a business. Specifically, the amendments require business combination accounting to be applied in this situation. +The adoption does not have any material impact on the financial position and the financial result of the Group. +As an existing IFRS adopter, the new standard is not applicable to the Group. +This interim standard permits first-time adopters of IFRS to continue to use previous GAAP to account for regulatory deferral +account balances while the IASB completes its comprehensive project in this area. +144 +• +The adoption does not have any material impact on the financial position and the financial result of the Group. +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The 2012-2014 cycle of annual improvement contains amendments to four standards with consequential amendments +to other standards and interpretations including IFRS 5 Non-current assets held for sale and discounted operations, IFRS 7 +Financial instruments: disclosures, IAS 19 Employee benefits, IAS 34 Interim financial reporting. +• presentation of sub-totals; and +disaggregation and aggregation; +order of notes; +• +assessment of materiality versus minimum disclosure requirements of a standard; +• +The amendments clarify various presentation issues relating to: +Annual Improvements to IFRSS 2012-2014 Cycle +Amendments to IAS 1, Presentation of financial statements "Disclosure initiative" +An investment entity measuring all of its subsidiaries at fair value is still required to provide the disclosures relating to +investment entities required by IFRS 12, even though it is not preparing consolidated financial statements. +When applying the equity method, a non-investment entity investor is allowed, but not required, to retain the fair +value measurement applied by its investment entity associate or joint venture for their subsidiaries, i.e. the investor can +make a policy choice. +A subsidiary that is itself an investment entity should not be consolidated even if it provides services related to the +parent's investment activities. +Exemption from preparing consolidated financial statements under IFRS 10.4(a) is available to a parent entity that is a +subsidiary of an investment entity, even if the investment entity measures all of its subsidiaries, including that parent +entity, at fair value. +• +• +The adoption does not have any material impact on the financial position and the financial result of the Group. +The adoption does not have any material impact on the financial position and the financial result of the Group. +ICBC +In the case of an equity investment classified as available for sale, if neither a quoted market price in an active market exists +nor its fair value can be reliably measured, it will be measured at cost less any impairment loss. +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +147 +Annual Report 2016 +In the case of equity investments classified as available for sale, objective evidence would include a significant or prolonged +decline in the fair value of the investment below its cost. The Group considers the time period and continuity of the +magnitude of the decline to evaluate whether the decline in fair value is prolonged. More significantly the fair value declines +relative to the cost, the less the volatility moves, and the longer the decline lasts or the more obvious the continuity of the +magnitude of the decline is, the more likely the equity investment impairs. In general, the Group considers the situation +when fair value is less than 40% of the cost as significant decline and that when fair value falls below the cost in a period +over 12 months as prolonged decline. +If there is objective evidence that the financial asset is impaired, the cumulative loss, measured as the difference between the +acquisition cost (net of any principal repayment and amortisation) and the current fair value, less any impairment loss on that +financial asset previously recognised in profit or loss, is removed from other comprehensive income and recognised in profit +or loss. +Available-for-sale financial assets +If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss has been incurred on the financial asset, the amount of impairment +loss, measured as the difference between the carrying amount of that financial asset and the present value of estimated +future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset, is recognised in profit or loss. In +the case of an equity investment, if neither a quoted market price in an active market exists nor its fair value can be reliably +measured, the amount of impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss. Impairment losses on these assets are not reversed. +Financial assets carried at cost +Notes to the Financial Statements +When an item of loans and receivables is uncollectible, it is written off against the related allowance for impairment losses. +Such loans and receivables are written off after all the necessary procedures have been completed and the amount of the +loss has been determined. Subsequent recoveries of the amounts previously written off decrease the amount of the provision +for loan impairment in profit or loss. +Future cash flows of a group of financial assets that are collectively evaluated for impairment are estimated on the basis of +historical loss experience for assets with credit risk characteristics similar to those in the group. Historical loss experience is +adjusted on the basis of current observable data to reflect the impact of current conditions that did not affect the period on +which the historical loss experience is based and to eliminate the impact of historical conditions that do not exist currently. +The methodology and assumptions used for estimating future cash flows are reviewed regularly by the Group. +The Group first assesses whether objective evidence of impairment exists individually for financial assets that are individually +significant, and individually or collectively for financial assets that are not individually significant. If it is determined that no +objective evidence of impairment exists for an individually assessed financial asset, whether significant or not, the asset is +included in a group of financial assets with similar credit risk characteristics and that group of financial assets is collectively +assessed for impairment. Assets that are individually assessed for impairment and for which an impairment loss is or +continues to be recognised are not included in a collective assessment of impairment. +If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on loans and receivables or held-to-maturity investments has been +incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the present value +of estimated future cash flows (excluding future credit losses that have not been incurred) discounted at the financial asset's +original effective interest rate and shall include the value of any relevant collateral. The original effective interest rate is the +rate used to determine the values of financial assets at initial recognition. With respect to floating-rate loans, receivables and +held-to-maturity investments, the discount rate could be the current effective interest rate determined under the contract. +The carrying amount of the asset is reduced through the use of an impairment provision account and the amount of the loss +is recognised in profit or loss. +Financial assets carried at amortised cost +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +If, in a subsequent period, the amount of an impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be attributed objectively to an +event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the previously recognised impairment loss is reversed. Any subsequent +reversal of an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss, to the extent that the carrying value of the assets does not +exceed its amortised cost at the reversal date. +146 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +If, after an impairment loss has been recognised on an available-for-sale debt instrument, the fair value of the debt +instrument increases in a subsequent period and the increase can be objectively related to an event occurring after the +impairment loss was recognised the impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss. An impairment loss recognised for an +investment in an equity instrument classified as available-for-sale is not reversed through profit or loss. The impairment loss +on an investment in unquoted equity instrument whose fair value cannot be reliably measured is not reversed. +The principal effects of adopting these new and amended IFRSS are as follows: +148 +ICBC +The derecognition of financial assets sold on condition of repurchase is determined by the economic substance of the +transaction. If a financial asset is sold under an agreement to repurchase the same or substantially the same asset at a +fixed price or at the sale price plus a reasonable return, the Group will not derecognise the asset. If a financial asset is sold +together with an option to repurchase the financial asset at its fair value at the time of repurchase (in case of transferor sells +such financial asset), the Group will derecognise the financial asset. +Sales of assets on condition of repurchase +As part of its operational activities, the Group securitises financial assets, generally through the sale of these assets to +structured entities which issue securities to investors. Further details on prerequisites for derecognition of financial assets are +set out above. When a securitisation of financial assets does not qualify for derecognition, the relevant financial assets are not +derecognised, and the consideration paid by third parties are recorded as a financial liability; when the securitisation of financial +assets partially qualifies for derecognition, the Group continue to recognise the transferred assets to the extent of its continuing +involvement, derecognise the remaining. The book value of the transferred assets is apportioned between the derecognised +portion and the retained portion based on their respective relative fair values, and the difference between the book value of the +derecognised portion and the total consideration paid for the derecognised portion is recorded in profit or loss. +Securitisation +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Continuing involvement that takes the form of a guarantee over the transferred asset is measured at the lower of the +original carrying amount of the asset and the maximum amount of consideration that the Group could be required to repay. +The Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from the asset; or has retained its rights to receive cash +flows from the asset but has assumed an obligation to pay them in full without material delay to a third party under a +"pass-through" arrangement; and either the Group has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership +of the financial asset; or the Group has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of +ownership of the financial asset, but has transferred control of the asset. +The rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired; or +A financial asset (or, where applicable, a part of a financial asset or part of a group of similar financial assets) is derecognised +when: +Financial assets +(8) Derecognition of financial assets and liabilities +Where possible, the Group seeks to restructure loans rather than to take possession of collateral. This may involve extending +the payment arrangements and the agreement of new loan conditions. Once the terms have been renegotiated, the loan is +no longer considered past due. Management continuously reviews renegotiated loans to ensure that all criteria are met and +that future payments are likely to occur. The loans continue to be subject to individual or collective impairment assessment, +and the provision is calculated using the loan's original effective interest rate. +(7) Renegotiated loans +Where the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset or has retained its rights to receive cash flows +from the asset but has entered into a pass-through arrangement, and has neither transferred nor retained substantially all +the risks and rewards of the asset nor transferred control of the asset, the asset is recognised to the extent of the Group's +continuing involvement in the asset. +An assessment on carrying amount of financial assets is made at the end of each reporting period. Impairment is recognised +if there is objective evidence of impairment of financial assets, i.e., one or more events that occur after the initial recognition +of those assets and have an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial assets or group of financial assets +that can be reliably estimated. Evidence of impairment may include indications that the borrower or a group of borrowers +is experiencing significant financial difficulty, default or delinquency in interest or principal payments, they would probably +enter into bankruptcy or other financial reorganisation and where observable data indicate that there is a measurable +decrease in the estimated future cash flows. +(6) Impairment of the financial assets +Other financial liabilities are carried at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method after initial recognition. +A financial instrument may be designated as a financial asset or financial liability at fair value through profit or loss upon +initial recognition, if it meets any of the criteria set out below: +Financial assets or financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss +Financial assets or financial liabilities held for trading are measured at fair value after initial recognition. Realised or +unrealised income or expenses are recognised in profit or loss. +it is a derivative that is not designated as an effective hedging instrument. +on initial recognition it is part of a portfolio of identified financial instruments that are managed together and for +which there is evidence of a recent actual pattern of short term profit-taking; or +(iii) +(ii) +(i) +it is acquired or incurred principally for the purpose of selling or repurchasing it in the near term; +A financial asset or financial liability is classified as held for trading if: +Financial assets or financial liabilities held for trading +Financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss include financial assets or financial liabilities held for +trading and financial assets or financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss. +Financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss +When measuring fair value, the Group shall take into account the characteristics of the asset or liability if market participants +would take those characteristics into account when pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date (including +the condition and location of the asset; and restrictions, if any, on the sale or use of the asset, etc.), and use valuation +techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data and other information are available to +measure fair value. The adopted valuation techniques mainly include market approach, income approach and cost approach. +Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between +market participants at the measurement date. +Measurement of fair value +(i) +(ii) +(iii) +It eliminates or significantly reduces a measurement or recognition inconsistency that would otherwise arise from +measuring the financial asset or financial liability or from recognising the gains and losses on them on different bases; +Other financial liabilities +Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivative financial assets which are designated as such or are not classified +in any of the three preceding categories. After initial recognition, available-for-sale financial assets are subsequently +measured at fair value. Premiums and discounts on available-for-sale financial assets are amortised using the effective +interest rate method and are taken to the statement of profit or loss as interest income. Changes in fair value of available- +for-sale financial assets are recognised as a separate component of other comprehensive income until the financial asset +is derecognised or determined to be impaired at which time the cumulative gains or losses previously recorded in other +comprehensive income are transferred to profit or loss. Dividend and interest income on available-for-sale financial assets are +recorded in profit or loss. +Available-for-sale financial assets +Discounted bills are granted by the Group to its customers based on the bank acceptance held which has not matured. +Discounted bills are carried at face value less unrealised interest income and the interest income of the discounted bills is +recognised using the effective interest rate method. +Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in +an active market and the Group has no intention of trading the assets immediately or in the near term. After initial +measurement, such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, less any +allowance for impairment losses. Gains and losses are recognised in profit or loss when such assets are derecognised or +impaired, as well as through the amortisation process. +Loans and receivables +If, as a result of a change in intention or ability, it is no longer appropriate to classify an investment as held-to-maturity, it +shall be reclassified as available-for-sale and remeasured at fair value. +Held-to-maturity financial investments are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and a fixed +maturity and which the Group has the positive intention and ability to hold to maturity. After initial measurement, held-to- +maturity financial investments are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, less +any impairment loss. Gains and losses are recognised in profit or loss when the held-to-maturity financial investments are +derecognised or impaired, as well as through the amortisation process. +Held-to-maturity financial investments +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +145 +Annual Report 2016 +Financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss are measured at fair value after initial +recognition. Realised and unrealised income or expenses are recognised in profit or loss. +In the case of an equity investment, if neither a quoted market price in an active market exists nor its fair value can be +reliably measured, it cannot be designated as a financial asset at fair value through profit or loss. +The financial instrument contains one or more embedded derivatives, unless the embedded derivative(s) does not +significantly modify the cash flows or it is clear, with little or no analysis, that it would not be separately recorded. +It applies to a group of financial assets, financial liabilities or both which is managed and its performance evaluated on +a fair value basis, in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy, and where information +about that group of financial instruments is provided internally on that basis to key management personnel; or +Notes to the Financial Statements +Investment entities: Applying the consolidation exception +Presentation of financial statements "Disclosure initiative" +Financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss +Joint Arrangements "Accounting for acquisitions of interests in joint +operations" +Due to banks and other financial institutions +34 +1,920,782 +297,414 +33,144 +2,103,289 +Repurchase agreements +35 +304,987 +58,179 +130,830 +36 +194,503 +150,113 +Due to customers +37 +17,235,587 +15,781,673 +Certificates of deposit +Income tax payable +24 +379 +352,001 +34,242 +30 +124,089 +129,669 +31 +27,334 +20,354 +Derivative financial liabilities +32 +371,556 +22,788,080 +21,046,946 +LIABILITIES +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss +33 +479,196 +34,242 +Debt securities issued +TOTAL LIABILITIES +41 +79,375 +79,375 +79,375 +79,375 +22 +42 +356,407 +601,857 +872,290 +729,783 +1,909,929 +22,788,080 +1,761,746 +21,046,946 +Yi Huiman +Clarification of acceptable methods of depreciation and amortisation +Separate financial statements "Equity method in separate financial +statements" +596,181 +Other liabilities +356,407 +19,285,200 +EQUITY +Share capital +Other equity instruments +Including: Preference shares +Reserves +Retained profits +TOTAL EQUITY +40 +TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES +38 +279,446 +240,175 +39 +481,236 +486,426 +20,878,151 +51,051 +29 +62,136 +102,288 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (the "Bank"), which was previously known as Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China ("ICBC"), used to be a wholly-state-owned commercial bank established on 1 January 1984 based on +the authorisation of the State Council and the People's Bank of China (the "PBOC") of the People's Republic of China +(the "PRC"). On 28 October 2005, with the approval of the State Council, ICBC was restructured and incorporated as +a joint-stock limited company. The joint-stock limited company undertook all the assets and liabilities of ICBC upon the +restructuring. +1. CORPORATE INFORMATION +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +139 +Annual Report 2016 +General Manager of Finance +and Accounting Department +The Bank obtained its finance permit No. B0001H111000001 from the China Banking Regulatory Commission (the "CBRC") +of the PRC. The Bank obtained its business license with unified social credit code 91100000100003962T from the State +Administration for Industry and Commerce of the PRC. The legal representative is Yi Huiman and the registered office is +located at No. 55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, the PRC. +Zhang Wenwu +Vice Chairman and President +Gu Shu +Chairman +Statement of Financial Position +31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +ASSETS +The notes on pages 140 to 271 form part of these financial statements. +Notes +The Bank's A Shares and H Shares are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong +Limited and the stock codes are 601398 and 1398, respectively. The Bank's offshore preference shares are listed on the +Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the stock codes are 4603, 4604 and 84602, respectively. The Bank's domestic +preference shares are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the stock code is 360011. +2. BASIS OF PREPARATION +Regulatory deferral accounts +101,066 +Annual Improvements to IFRSS 2012-2014 Cycle +Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 28 +Amendments to IAS 1 +Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38 +Amendments to IAS 27 +Amendments to IFRS 11 +IFRS 14 +The IASB has issued the following amendments to IFRSS (including International Accounting Standards ("IASS")) and +amendments to standards that are effective in 2016 and relevant to the Group's operation. +The principal activities of the Bank and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the "Group") comprise corporate and +personal banking, treasury operations, investment banking, asset management, trust, financial leasing, insurance and other +financial services. Domestic establishments refer to the Head Office of the Bank, branches and subsidiaries established inside +Mainland China. Overseas establishments refer to branches and subsidiaries established under local jurisdictions outside +Mainland China. +(3) Change in accounting policies +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +140 +The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRSS requires management to make judgements, estimates and +assumptions that affect the application of policies and reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses. +Actual results may differ from these estimates. Judgements made by management in the application of IFRSS that have +significant effect on the financial statements and major sources of estimation uncertainty are discussed in Note 4. +The consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for derivative financial +instruments, financial assets and liabilities held for trading, financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value through +profit or loss and available-for-sale financial assets (unless the fair value cannot be reliably measured) that have been +measured at fair value, as further explained in the respective accounting policies below. +(2) Basis of preparation +(1) Statement of compliance +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +31 December 2016 31 December 2015 +The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards +("IFRSS") and interpretations promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Board (the "IASB") and the disclosure +requirements of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance. +Deferred income tax assets +33,290 +Reverse repurchase agreements +25 +502,296 +792,876 +Loans and advances to customers +26 +62,892 +28 +Financial investments +Investments in subsidiaries +Investments in associates +27 +4,748,376 +Property and equipment +4,450,998 +11,026,476 +24 +12,033,200 +206,282 +Other assets +TOTAL ASSETS +Derivative financial assets +Cash and balances with central banks +20 +3,290,270 +Due from banks and other financial institutions +21 +927,705 +2,991,619 +772,568 +Financial assets held for trading +272,118 +22 +184,074 +115,950 +23 +Estimated +residual +value rate +0%-3% +Annual +depreciation rate +1.94%-20% +14.29%-50% +Office equipment and motor vehicles +(excluding aircraft and vessels) +Leasehold improvements +2-7 years +5-50 years +Over the shorter of the economic useful lives +and remaining lease terms +Properties and buildings +Annual Report 2016 +Depreciation is calculated on the straight-line basis to write off the cost of each item of property and equipment, less any +estimated residual value, over the estimated useful life. The estimated useful life, estimated residual value and the annual +depreciation rate of each item of property and equipment (excluding aircraft and vessels) are as follows: +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +151 +The carrying values of property and equipment are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances +indicate that the carrying values may not be recoverable. +Construction in progress comprises the direct costs of construction during the period of construction and is not depreciated. +Construction in progress is reclassified to the appropriate category of property and equipment when completed and ready +for use. +Property and equipment, other than construction in progress are stated at costs less accumulated depreciation and +any impairment loss. The cost of an item of property and equipment comprises its purchase price, tax and any directly +attributable costs of bringing the asset to its present working condition and location for its intended use. Expenditure +incurred after items of property and equipment have been put into operation, such as repairs and maintenance, is normally +charged to profit or loss in the period in which it is incurred. In situations where the recognition criteria are satisfied, the +expenditure for a major inspection is capitalised in the carrying amount of the asset as a replacement. +The Group records the precious metals received as an asset. A liability to return the amount of precious metals deposited +is also recognised. The precious metals deposited in the Group are measured at fair value both on initial recognition and in +subsequent measurement. +(16) Property and equipment +Estimated +useful life +Equipment under operating leases where the Group is the lessor contains aircraft, aircraft engines and vessels. The estimated +useful lives and depreciation methods are determined according to the real conditions of individual aircraft and vessels. The +residual values are assessed by an independent valuer based on historical data. The estimated useful lives range from 15 to +25 years. +Goodwill is initially measured at cost, being the excess of the aggregate of the consideration transferred, the amount +recognised for non-controlling interests and any fair value of the Group's previously held equity interests in the acquiree over +the net identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. If the sum of this consideration and other items is lower than the +fair value of the net assets of the subsidiary acquired, the difference is, after reassessment, recognised in profit or loss as +gain on bargain purchase. +Where parts of an item of property and equipment have different useful lives, the cost of that item is allocated on a +reasonable basis among the parts and each part is depreciated separately. +Where the contingency involves a single item, the best estimate shall be the most likely outcome. +Precious metals comprise gold, silver and other precious metals. Precious metals that are not related to the Group's precious +metals trading activities are initially measured at acquisition cost and subsequently measured at the lower of cost and +net realisable value. Precious metals acquired by the Group for trading purposes are initially measured at fair value and +subsequent changes in fair value are recorded in the statement of profit or loss. +A provision shall be initially measured at the best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the related present +obligation. When the effect of the time value of money is material, the best estimate shall be determined by discounting the +related future cash outflows. When determining the best estimate, the Group considers factors pertaining to a contingency +such as risks, uncertainties and time of value of money. Where there is a continuous range of the expenditure required, and +each possible outcome in that range is as likely as any other, the best estimate shall be the mid-point of that range. In other +cases, the best estimate shall be determined according to the following circumstances: +Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, and it +is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable +estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation. +(20) Provisions +Where goodwill forms part of a CGU (group of CGUs) and part of the operation within that unit is disposed of, the goodwill +associated with the operation disposed of is included in the carrying amount of the operation when determining the gain or +loss on disposal of the operation. Goodwill disposed of in this circumstance is measured based on the relative values of the +operation disposed of and the portion of the CGU retained. +Impairment is determined by assessing the recoverable amount of the CGU (group of CGUS) to which the goodwill relates. +Where the recoverable amount of the CGU (group of CGUS) is less than the carrying amount, an impairment loss is +recognised. An impairment loss recognised for goodwill is not reversed in a subsequent period. +After initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is tested for +impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may be +impaired. The Group performs its annual impairment test of goodwill as at 31 December. For the purpose of impairment +testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the Group's cash- +generating units ("CGU"), or groups of CGUs, that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, +irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the Group are assigned to those units or groups of units. +Any contingent consideration to be transferred by the acquirer is recognised at fair value at the acquisition date. Subsequent +changes to the fair value of the contingent consideration which is deemed to be an asset or liability, is recognised either in +profit or loss or as change to other comprehensive income. If the contingent consideration is classified as equity, it shall not +be remeasured until it is finally settled within equity. +If the business combination is achieved in stages, the acquisition date fair value of the acquirer's previously held equity +interest in the acquiree is remeasured to fair value as at the acquisition date through profit or loss. +When the Group acquires a business, it assesses the financial assets and liabilities assumed for appropriate classification and +designation in accordance with the contractual terms, economic circumstances and pertinent conditions as at the acquisition +date. This includes the separation of embedded derivatives in host contracts by the acquiree. +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +152 +Business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method. The consideration transferred is measured at +acquisition date fair value which is the sum of the acquisition date fair values of assets transferred by the Group, liabilities +assumed by the Group to the former owners of the acquiree and the equity interests issued by the Group in exchange for +control of the acquiree. Acquisition costs incurred are expensed. +(19) Business combination and goodwill +Repossessed assets are initially recognised at fair value, and are subsequently measured at the lower of the carrying value +and net recoverable amount. If the recoverable amount is lower than the carrying value of the repossessed assets, the assets +are written down to the recoverable amount. +(18) Repossessed assets +Land use rights are recognised at cost, being the fair value at the time of injection from the central government of the PRC +(the "Government") or the consideration paid. The rights are amortised using the straight-line basis over the periods of the +leases. When the prepaid land lease payments cannot be allocated reliably between the land and buildings elements, the +entire lease payments are included in the costs of properties and buildings as finance leases in property and equipment. +(17) Land use rights +An item of property and equipment or any significant part initially recognised is derecognised upon disposal or when no +future economic benefits are expected from its use or disposal. Any gain or loss arising from derecognition of the asset +(calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset) is included in the +statement of profit or loss in the year the asset is derecognised. +Residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at least at each financial +year end. +For an item of impaired fixed assets, the depreciation is calculated based on the carrying value less the cumulative +impairment loss. +(15) Precious metals +Certain derivatives embedded in other financial instruments are treated as separate derivatives when their economic +characteristics and risks are not closely related to those of the host contract and the hybrid instrument is not carried at fair +value through profit or loss. These embedded derivatives are measured at fair value with the changes in fair value recognised +in profit or loss. +Securities borrowing and lending transactions are usually collateralised by securities or cash. The transfer of the securities +to counterparties is only reflected on the statement of financial position if the risks and rewards of ownership are also +transferred. Cash advanced or received as collateral is recorded as an asset or liability. +Hedge accounting +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +149 +Annual Report 2016 +For less complex derivative products, the fair values are principally determined by valuation models which are commonly used +by market participants. Inputs to valuation models are determined from observable market data wherever possible, including +foreign exchange spot and forward rates and interest rate yield curves. For more complex derivative products, the fair values +are mainly determined by quoted prices from dealers. +Any gains or losses arising from changes in fair value on derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting are taken +directly to profit or loss. +Derivative financial instruments are initially recognised at fair value on the date on which a derivative contract is entered +into and are subsequently remeasured at fair value. Derivatives are carried as assets when the fair value is positive and as +liabilities when the fair value is negative. +(11) Derivatives and hedge accounting +Derivatives +At the inception of a hedge relationship, the Group formally designates and documents the hedge relationship to which +the Group wishes to apply hedge accounting and the risk management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedge. +The documentation includes identification of the hedging instrument, the hedged item or transaction, the nature of the risk +being hedged and how the entity will assess the hedging instrument's effectiveness in offsetting the exposure to changes in +the hedged item's fair value or cash flows attributable to the hedged risk. Such hedges are expected to be highly effective +in achieving offsetting changes in fair value or cash flows and are assessed on an ongoing basis to determine that they have +actually been highly effective throughout the financial reporting periods for which they were designated. +Preference shares and perpetual bonds issued that should be classified as equity instruments are recognised in equity based +on the actual amount received. Any distribution of dividends or interests during the instruments' duration is treated as profit +appropriation. When the preference shares and perpetual bonds are redeemed according to the contractual terms, the +redemption price is charged to equity. +At initial recognition, the Group classifies the preference shares, perpetual bonds issued or their components as financial +assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments based on their contractual terms and their economic substance after +considering the definition of financial assets, financial liabilities and equity instruments. +(10) Preference shares and perpetual bonds +If the convertible instrument is converted, the liability component, together with the equity component, is transferred to +equity. If the convertible instrument is redeemed, the consideration paid for the redemption, are allocated to the liability +and equity components. The method used to allocate the consideration and transaction costs is the same as that used +for issuance. After allocating the consideration and transaction costs, the difference between the allocated and carrying +amounts is charged to profit and loss if it relates to the liability component or directly recognised in equity if it relates to the +equity component. +Subsequent to initial recognition, the liability component is measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, +unless it is designated upon recognition at fair value through profit or loss. The equity component is not re-measured. +The initial carrying amount of a compound financial instrument is allocated to its equity and liability components. The +amount recognised in the equity is the difference between the fair value of the instrument as a whole and the separately +determined fair value of the liability component (including the value of any embedded derivatives other than the equity +component). Transaction costs that relate to the issue of a compound financial instrument are allocated to the liability and +equity components in proportion to the allocation of proceeds. +Convertible instruments issued by the Group that can be converted to equity shares, where the number of shares to be +issued and the value of consideration to be received at that time do not vary, are accounted for as compound financial +instruments containing both liability and equity components. +(9) Convertible instruments +A financial liability is derecognised when the obligation under the liability is discharged, cancelled or expires. +Financial liabilities +Where the contingency involves a large population of items, the best estimate shall be determined by weighting all +possible outcomes by their associated probabilities. +Preference shares and perpetual bonds issued containing both equity and liability components are accounted for using the +accounting policy for convertible instruments containing an equity component. Preference shares and perpetual bonds issued +not containing an equity component are accounted for using the accounting policy for other convertible instruments not +containing an equity component. +Certain derivative transactions, while providing effective economic hedges under the Group's risk management positions, +do not qualify for hedge accounting and are therefore treated as derivatives held for trading with fair value gains or losses +recognised in profit or loss. Hedges which meet the strict criteria for hedge accounting are accounted for in accordance with +the Group's accounting policy as set out below. +Fair value hedges +Fair value hedges are hedges of the Group's exposure to changes in the fair value of a recognised asset or liability or an +unrecognised firm commitment, or an identified portion of such an asset, liability or unrecognised firm commitment, that is +attributable to a particular risk and could affect the profit or loss. For fair value hedges, the carrying amount of the hedged +item is adjusted for gains and losses attributable to the risk being hedged, the derivative is remeasured at fair value and the +gains and losses from both are taken to profit or loss. +Conversely, assets purchased under agreements to resell at a specified future date ("reverse repos") are not recognised on +the statement of financial position. The corresponding cash paid, including accrued interest, is recognised on the statement +of financial position as a "reverse repurchase agreement". The difference between the purchase and resale prices is treated +as an interest income and is accrued over the life of the agreement using the effective interest rate method. +Assets sold under agreements to repurchase at a specified future date ("repos") are not derecognised from the statement +of financial position. The corresponding cash received, including accrued interest, is recognised on the statement of financial +position as a "repurchase agreement", reflecting its economic substance as a loan to the Group. The difference between the +sale and repurchase prices is treated as an interest expense and is accrued over the life of the agreement using the effective +interest rate method. +(14) Repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions (including securities borrowing and +lending) +the Group intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the financial asset and settle the financial liability +simultaneously. +• +the Group currently has a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts; and +• +Financial assets and financial liabilities are generally presented separately in the statement of financial position and are not +offset. However, a financial asset and a financial liability are offset and the net amount is presented in the statement of +financial position when both the following conditions are satisfied: +(13) Presentation of financial instruments +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +150 +All regular way purchases and sales of financial assets are recognised at the trade date, which is the date that the Group +commits to purchase or sell the assets. A regular way purchase or sale is the purchase or sale of financial assets that requires +delivery of assets within the time frame generally established by regulation or convention in the marketplace. +(12) Trade date accounting +Hedges of net investments in foreign operations are accounted for similarly to cash flow hedges. Any gain or loss on the hedging +instrument relating to the effective portion of the hedge is recognised directly in other comprehensive income; the gain or loss +relating to the ineffective portion is recognised immediately in the income statement. Gains and losses accumulated in equity are +included in the income statement when the foreign operation is disposed of as part of the gain or loss on the disposal. +Net investment hedge is a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation. +Net investment hedges +When the hedged cash flow affects profit or loss, the gain or loss on the hedging instrument recognised directly in other +comprehensive income is recycled in the corresponding income or expense line of the statement of profit or loss. When +a hedging instrument expires, or is sold, terminated, exercised, or when a hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge +accounting, any cumulative gain or loss existing in other comprehensive income at that time remains in other comprehensive +income until the hedged forecast transaction ultimately occurs. When a forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, +the cumulative gain or loss that was reported in other comprehensive income is immediately transferred to profit or loss. +Cash flow hedges are hedges of the Group's exposure to variability in cash flows that is attributable to a particular risk +associated with a recognised asset or liability or a highly probable forecast transaction and could affect profit or loss. For +designated and qualifying cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the hedging instrument is initially +recognised directly in other comprehensive income. The ineffective portion of the gain or loss on the hedging instrument is +recognised immediately in profit or loss. +Cash flow hedges +When an unrecognised firm commitment is designated as a hedged item, the subsequent cumulative change in the fair value +of the firm commitment attributable to the hedged risk is recognised as an asset or liability with a corresponding gain or loss +recognised in profit or loss. The changes in the fair value of the hedging instrument are also recognised in profit or loss. +The Group discontinues fair value hedge accounting if the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated or exercised, +the hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting or the Group revokes the designation. If the hedged items are +derecognised, the unamortised fair value is recorded in profit or loss. +For hedged items recorded at amortised cost, the difference between the carrying value of the hedged item and the face +value is amortised over the remaining term of the original hedge using the effective interest rate method. +Securities borrowed are not recognised on the statement of financial position, unless they are then sold to third parties, +in which case the obligation to return the securities is recorded as a financial liability held for trading and measured at fair +value with any gains or losses included in profit or loss. +The Group shall review the carrying amount of a provision at the end of reporting period. The carrying amount shall be +adjusted to the current best estimate. +Deferred income tax +153 +Current tax +Income tax comprises current and deferred income tax. Income tax is recognised in profit or loss except that it relates to +items recognised directly in equity, in which case it is recognised in equity. +(27) Income tax +Results arising from trading activities include all gains and losses from changes in fair value for financial assets and financial +liabilities that are held for trading. This includes gains and losses from changes in fair value relating to the ineffective portion +of the hedging arrangements. +Net trading income +Dividend income is recognised when the Group's right to receive payment is established. +Dividend income +The fair value of the award credits granted to the bank card holders is deferred and recognised as fee and commission +income when the award credits are redeemed or expire. +Fees arising from negotiating or participating in the negotiation of a transaction for a third party, such as the +arrangement of the acquisition of shares or other securities or the purchase or sale of businesses, are recognised on +completion of the underlying transaction. Fees or components of fees that are linked to a certain performance are +recognised after fulfilling the corresponding criteria. +Fee income from providing transaction services +Current tax assets and liabilities for the current and prior periods are measured at the amount expected to be recovered from +or paid to the taxation authorities. The tax rates and tax laws used to compute the amount are those that are enacted or +substantively enacted by the end of each reporting period. +These fees mainly include fee income on settlement and clearing business, commission income and fee income on +asset management, custody and other management advisory services. Fee income is recognised on the basis of when +the transaction is completed or on an accrual basis when the service is provided over a period of time. +(ii) +(i) +The Group earns fee and commission income from a diverse range of services it provides to its customers. Fee income can be +divided into the following two categories: +Fee and commission income +Once a financial asset or a group of similar financial assets has been written down as a result of an impairment loss, interest +income is recognised using the rate of interest used to discount the future cash flows for the purpose of measuring the +impairment loss. +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +156 +For all financial instruments measured at amortised cost and interest-generating financial instruments classified as available- +for-sale financial assets, interest income is recorded at the effective interest rate, which is the rate that exactly discounts +estimated future cash payments or receipts through the expected life of the financial instrument or a shorter period, where +appropriate, to the net carrying amount of the financial asset. The calculation takes into account all contractual terms of +the financial instrument (for example, prepayment options) and includes any fees or incremental costs that are directly +attributable to the instrument and are an integral part of the effective interest rate, but not future credit losses. The carrying +amount of the financial asset is adjusted if the Group revises its estimates of payments or receipts. The adjusted carrying +amount is calculated based on the original effective interest rate and the change in carrying amount is recorded in profit or +loss. +Fee income on transactions conducted or from services provided over a period of time +Deferred income tax is provided using the liability method on temporary differences at the end of the reporting period +between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts. +Deferred income tax liabilities are recognised for all taxable temporary differences, except: +(i) +ICBC +158 +Rental payments applicable to operating leases are charged to profit or loss on the straight-line basis over the lease terms. +When the Group is the lessor under operating leases, the assets subject to operating leases are accounted for as the Group's +assets. Rental income is recognised as "other operating income, net” in the statement of profit or loss on the straight-line +basis over the lease term. +Operating leases +When the Group is a lessor under finance leases, an amount representing the minimum lease payment receivables and initial +direct costs is included in the statement of financial position as loans and advances to customers. Any unguaranteed residual +value is also recognised at the inception of the lease. The difference between the sum of the minimum lease payment +receivables, initial direct costs, the unguaranteed residual value and their present value is recognised as unearned finance +income. Unearned finance income is recognised over the period of the lease using the effective interest rate method. +Finance leases +Leases which transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the assets to the lessees are classified as +finance leases. Leases where substantially all the rewards and risks of the assets remain with the lessor are accounted for as +operating leases. +(28) Leases +The carrying amount of deferred income tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the extent +that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable income will be available to allow all or part of the deferred income tax +asset to be utilised. When it is virtually probable that sufficient taxable income will be available, the reduced amount can be +reversed accordingly. Future taxable profits are determined based on business plans for individual subsidiaries in the Group. +Deferred income tax assets and deferred income tax liabilities are offset if a legally enforceable right exists to set off current +tax assets against current tax liabilities and the deferred income taxes relate to the same taxable entity and the same taxation +authority. +Deferred income tax assets and deferred income tax liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply to +the period when the asset is realised or the liability is settled, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or +substantively enacted by the end of each reporting period and reflect the corresponding tax effect. +In respect of deductible temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint +ventures, deferred income tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that the temporary +differences will be reversed in the foreseeable future and taxable profit will be available against which the temporary +differences can be utilised. +Where the deferred income tax asset relating to the deductible temporary differences arises from the initial recognition +of an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, affects +neither the accounting profit nor taxable income or deductible expenses; and +(ii) +(i) +Deferred income tax assets are recognised for all deductible temporary differences, carryforward of unused tax credits +and unused tax losses, to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductible +temporary differences, and the carryforward of unused tax credits and unused tax losses can be utilised, except: +In respect of taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, +where the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences can be controlled and it is probable that the temporary +differences will not be reversed in the foreseeable future. +(ii) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +157 +Annual Report 2016 +Where the deferred income tax liability arises from the initial recognition of goodwill or of an asset or liability in a +transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, affects neither the accounting profit +nor taxable income or deductible expenses; and +Interest income +Annual Report 2016 +Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Group and when the +revenue can be reliably measured. The following specific recognition criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised: +When measuring insurance contract liabilities, the Group classifies insurance contracts whose insurance risks are of similar +nature as a measurement unit. Insurance contract liabilities are measured based on a reasonably estimated amount of +payment that the Group is obliged to pay to fulfill relevant obligations under the insurance contract. At the end of each +reporting period, liability adequacy tests are performed. If the insurance contract liabilities re-calculated with the insurance +actuarial method exceed their carrying amounts on date of the liability adequacy test, an additional provision shall be made +for the respective insurance contract liabilities based on the difference. Otherwise, no adjustment is made to the respective +insurance contract liabilities. +Termination benefits +In addition, employees in Mainland China also participate in a defined contribution retirement benefit plan established by the +Group (the "Annuity Plan"). The Group and its employees are required to contribute a certain percentage of the employees' +previous year basic salaries to the Annuity Plan. The contribution is charged to profit or loss when it is incurred. The Group +pays a fixed contribution into the Annuity Plan and has no obligation to pay further contributions if the Annuity Plan does +not hold sufficient assets to pay all employee benefits. +Pursuant to the relevant laws and regulations of the PRC, the Group participated in a defined contribution basic pension +insurance in the social insurance system established and managed by government organizations. The Group makes +contributions to basic pension insurance plans based on the applicable benchmarks and rates stipulated by the government. +Basic pension insurance contributions are recognised as part of the cost of the assets or charged to profit or loss as the +related services are rendered by the employees. +Post-employment benefits-defined contribution plans +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +154 +All eligible employees outside Mainland China participate in local defined contribution schemes. The Group contributes to +these defined contribution schemes based on the requirements of the local regulatory bodies. +Employee wages or salaries, bonuses, social security contributions such as medical insurance, work injury insurance, +maternity insurance and housing fund, measured at the amount incurred or at the applicable benchmarks and rates, are +recognised as a liability as the employee provides services, with a corresponding charge to profit or loss or included in the +cost of assets where appropriate. +Termination benefits are payable as a result of either the Group's decision to terminate an employee's employment before +the normal retirement date or an employee's decision to accept an offer of benefits in exchange for the termination of +employment. The Group recognise termination benefits in profit or loss at the earlier of: +Short-term employee benefits +(23) Employee benefits +Cash and cash equivalents refer to short term highly liquid assets, which are readily convertible into known amounts of cash +and subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash, unrestricted balances with +central banks, amounts due from banks and other financial institutions and reverse repurchase agreements with original +maturity of less than three months. +(22) Cash and cash equivalents +An assessment is made at the end of each reporting period as to whether there is any indication that previously recognised +impairment losses may no longer exist or may have decreased. If such an indication exists, the recoverable amount is +estimated. A previously recognised impairment loss is reversed only if there has been a change in the estimates used to +determine the asset's recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was recognised. If that is the case, the carrying +amount of the asset is increased to its recoverable amount. That increased amount cannot exceed the carrying amount that +would have been determined, net of any depreciation/amortisation, had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset +in prior years. Any such reversal is recognised in profit or loss. After such a reversal, the depreciation/amortisation charge is +adjusted in future periods to allocate the asset's revised carrying amount, less any residual value, on a systematic basis over +its remaining useful life. +The Group assesses at the end of each reporting period whether there is any indication that an asset may be impaired. If +any such indication exists, or when impairment testing for an asset is required, the Group makes an estimate of the asset's +recoverable amount. An asset's recoverable amount is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use and +is determined on an individual basis, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows that are largely independent of those +from other assets or groups of assets, in which case the recoverable amount is determined for the CGU to which the asset +belongs. Where the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount, the asset is considered to be impaired +and is written down to its recoverable amount. In assessing value in use of an asset, the estimated future cash flows are +discounted to their present values using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of +money and the risks specific to the asset. +Impairment losses on assets except for deferred tax assets, financial assets and goodwill are determined based on the +following: +(21) Asset impairment +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Employee benefits refer to all forms of consideration and other related expenditure given by the Group in exchange for +services rendered by employees. The benefits payable are recognised as liabilities during the period in which the employees +have rendered services to the Group. If the effect of discounting the benefits payable which are payable after one year from +the end of the reporting period is significant, the Group will present them at their present value. +When the Group can no longer withdraw an offer of those benefits; +When the Group has a specific, formal restructure plan involving payment of termination benefits, and the plan has +started or informed each affected party about the influence of the plan, therefore each party formed reasonable +expectations. +Early retirement benefits +Insurance contract liabilities +(iii) Related income can be reliably measured. +The related economic benefits are likely to flow to the Group; +(ii) +(i) The insurance contract is issued, and related insurance risk is undertaken by the Group; +Insurance premium income is recognised when: +Insurance income recognition +Where the insurance risk and other risks cannot be distinguished from each other, or can be distinguished but cannot +be separately measured, an umbrella contract applies and significant insurance risk test shall be performed based on it. +If the insurance risk is significant, the contract is accounted for as an insurance contract; otherwise, it is accounted for +as a non-insurance contract. +Where the insurance risk and other risks can be distinguished from each other and separately measured, the insurance +risk is separated from other risks. The insurance risk is accounted for as an insurance contract and other risks are +accounted for according to the relevant accounting standards; +(ii) +(i) +The Group's insurance subsidiary executes the contract with the policyholder. Where the Group undertakes insurance risk, +which means a risk, rather than a financial risk, transferred from the holder of a contract to the insurance provider and over +time, the combined cost of claims, administration and acquisition of the contract may exceed the aggregate amount of +premiums received and investment income, the contract is classified as an insurance contract; where the Group undertakes +the risks other than insurance risk. The contract is classified as non-insurance contract; and where the Group undertakes +both insurance risk and other risks, forming a contract with mixed risks, the following stipulations are applied: +Insurance contracts classification +(25) Insurance contracts +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +155 +Annual Report 2016 +The asset custody services of the Group refer to the business that the Group as trustee approved by regulatory authorities, +signs custody agreement with clients and takes the responsibility of trustee in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. +The assets under custody are recorded as off-balance sheet items as the Group merely fulfils the responsibility as trustee and +charges fees in accordance with these agreements without retaining any risks or rewards of the assets under custody. +The Group grants entrusted loans on behalf of trustors, which are recorded off-balance sheet. The Group, as a trustee, +grants such entrusted loans to borrowers under the direction of those trustors who fund these loans. The Group has been +contracted by those trustors to manage the administration and collection of these loans on their behalf. Those trustors +determine both the underwriting criteria for and the terms of all entrusted loans including their purposes, amounts, interest +rates, and repayment schedules. The Group charges a commission related to its activities in connection with entrusted loans +which are recognised ratably over the period in which the service is provided. The risk of loss is borne by those trustors. +Where the Group acts in a fiduciary capacity such as custodian or agent, assets arising thereon together with related +undertakings to return such assets to customers are excluded from the statement of financial position. +(24) Fiduciary activities +According to the Bank's policy on early retirement benefits, certain employees are entitled to take leave of absence and +in return receive a certain level of staff salaries and related benefits from the Bank. The salaries and benefit payments are +made from the date of early retirement to the normal retirement date. Differences arising from changes in assumptions and +estimates of the present value of the liabilities are recognised in profit or loss when it is incurred. +(26) Revenue recognition +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +4,687 +2016 +2015 +Staff costs: +Salaries and bonuses +Staff benefits +Post-employment benefits -defined contribution plans (i) +73,348 +72,721 +25,434 +27,563 +14,572 +13,889 +113,354 +114,173 +Premises and equipment expenses: +12. OPERATING EXPENSES +14,281 +13,964 +4,124 +Gain from foreign exchange and foreign exchange products, net +3,204 +1,894 +Leasing income +5,998 +5,866 +Net gain on disposal of property and equipment, repossessed assets and others +Depreciation +1,710 +Sundry bank charge income +270 +212 +Gain on acquisition of subsidiary +487 +Others +3,149 +1,664 +(20,599) +14,660 +Lease payments under operating leases in respect of land and buildings +12,714 +193,112 +220,835 +(i) +The defined contribution plans mainly include contributions to the state pension and the Bank's Annuity Plan. +(ii) Principal auditor's remuneration of RMB190 million for the year (2015: RMB175 million) is included in other +administrative expenses. +Annual Report 2016 +167 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +13. DIRECTORS' AND SUPERVISORS' EMOLUMENTS +Details of the directors' and supervisors' emoluments before tax, as disclosed pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing +of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and Chapter 622 Section 383 of the Hong Kong Companies +Ordinance, are as follows: +Name +Position +11,578 +Others +42,320 +17,319 +7,479 +7,349 +Repairs and maintenance charges +3,808 +3,515 +Utility expenses +2,690 +14,560 +28,414 +Amortisation +2,059 +2,295 +Other administrative expenses (ii) +Taxes and surcharges +20,388 +21,219 +28,114 +YI Huiman(i) +(28,808) +28,441 +8. +NET TRADING INCOME +Debt securities +Equity investments +Derivatives +2016 +2015 +4,450 +4,444 +345 +33 +1,662 +(250) +6,457 +4,227 +Included in personal wealth management and private banking services, corporate wealth management services, asset +custody business and trust and agency services above is an amount of RMB21,639 million (2015: RMB 18,659 million) +with respect to trust and other fiduciary activities. +Net fee and commission income +143,391 +144,973 +Trust and agency services (i) +Others +Fee and commission income +6,893 +5,544 +5,950 +Designation of held-to-maturity investments +The above amounts include gains and losses arising from the buying and selling of, interest income and expense on, and +changes in the fair value of financial assets and liabilities held for trading. +1,907 +3,097 +2,784 +164,714 +161,670 +Fee and commission expense +(19,741) +(18,279) +1,979 +20,633 +9. NET LOSS ON FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES DESIGNATED AT FAIR VALUE +THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS +Financial liabilities +155 +Gain on disposal of available-for-sale financial assets, net +4,202 +4,765 +4,545 +4,920 +166 +ICBC +11. OTHER OPERATING INCOME, NET +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +2016 +2015 +Net premium income +Operating cost of insurance business +343 +Dividend income +30 +173 +2016 +2015 +9,992 +14,320 +(10,096) +(20,273) +(104) +Financial assets +(5,953) +10. NET GAIN ON FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS +2016 +2015 +Dividend income from unlisted investments +170 +125 +Dividend income from listed investments +The above amounts represent gains and losses arising from the buying and selling of, interest income and expense on, +and changes in the fair value of financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss upon initial +recognition. +Guarantee and commitment business +GU Shu(ii) +ZHANG Hongli +WANG Jingdong(ii) +840 +2,983 +7,325 +Note: Since January 2015, the remuneration to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board +of Supervisors and other executives of the Bank has followed the State's policies relating to the remuneration reform on +executives of central enterprises. +The total compensation packages for the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Chairman of the Board of +Supervisors, Executive Directors, and Shareholder Representative Supervisors of the Bank have not been finalised in +accordance with the regulations of the PRC relevant authorities. The remuneration not yet accrued is not expected to have a +significant impact on the Group's and the Bank's 2016 financial statements. The total compensation packages will be further +disclosed when determined by the relevant authorities. +Fees of Mr. Zhang Wei, Mr. Hui Ping and Mr. Huang Li are their allowances obtained as Employee Representative Supervisors +of the Bank, excluding their remuneration with the Bank in accordance with the employee remuneration system. +(i) +On 31 May 2016, the Board of Directors of the Bank appointed Mr. Yi Huiman as Chairman of the Board of Directors of +the Bank, and his qualification was approved by CBRC in June 2016. At the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2015 +of the Bank held on 24 June 2016, Mr. Yi Huiman was appointed as Executive Director of the Bank. The new term of +office of Mr. Yi Huiman took effect from the date of review and approval by the meeting. +168 +ICBC +In the process of applying the Group's accounting policies, management has used its judgements and made assumptions +of the effects of uncertain future events on the financial statements. The most significant use of judgements and key +assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the end of the reporting period that +have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next +financial period are described below. +SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND ESTIMATES +4. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +3,502 +436 +72 +364 +Former Executive Director, Vice President +Former Non-executive Director +Former Independent Non-executive Director +358 +358 +Kenneth Patrick CHUNG(xi) +Former Independent Non-executive Director +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +440 +YI Xiqun(xii) +WANG Chixi(xiii) +DONG Juan(xiv) +Total +Former Independent Non-executive Director +Former Shareholder Representative Supervisor +Former External Supervisor +118 +118 +440 +314 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Annual Report 2016 +the party is an entity where any of the following conditions applies: +is a member of the key management personnel of the Group or of a parent of the Group; +(iii) +(b) +or +has significant influence over the Group; or +(ii) +has control or joint control over the Group; +(i) +the party is a person or a close member of that person's family and that person: +(a) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +A party is considered to be related to the Group if: +(29) Related parties +(i) +the entity and the Group are members of the same group; +(ii) +(iii) +Dividends are recognised as a liability and deducted from equity when they are approved by the Bank's shareholders in +general meetings and declared. Interim dividends are deducted from equity when they are approved and declared, and no +longer at the discretion of the Bank. Dividend for the year that is approved after the end of the reporting period is disclosed +as an event after the reporting period. +(32) Dividends +A contingent liability is a possible obligation that arises from past events and whose existence will only be confirmed by +the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the Group. It +can also be a present obligation arising from past events that is not recognised because it is not probable that an outflow +of economic resources will be required or the amount of obligation cannot be measured reliably. Contingent liabilities are +disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. When a change in the probability of an outflow occurs so that outflow is +probable and can be reliably estimated, it will then be recognised as a provision. +(31) Contingent liabilities +The Group issues financial guarantee contracts, including letters of credit, letters of guarantee and acceptance. These +financial guarantee contracts provide for specified payments to be made to reimburse the holders for the losses they incur +when a guaranteed party defaults under the original or modified terms of a debt instrument, loan or any other obligation. +The Group initially measures all financial contracts at fair value, in other liabilities, being the premium received. This +amount is recognised ratably over the period of the contract as fee and commission income. Subsequently, the liabilities +are measured at the higher of the initial fair value less cumulative amortisation and the best estimate of expenditure being +required to settle any financial obligation arising as a result of the guarantee. Any increase in the liability relating to a +financial guarantee is taken to the statement of profit or loss. +(30) Financial guarantee contracts +(viii) The entity, or any member of a Group of which it is a part, provides key management personnel services to the +Group or to the Group's parent. +159 +a person identified in (a)(i) has significant influence over the entity or is a member of the key management +personnel of the entity (or of a parent of the entity); and +the entity is a post-employment benefit plan for the benefit of employees of either the Group or an entity +related to the Group; +(vii) +(vi) +(v) +(iv) one entity is a joint venture of a third entity and the other entity is an associate of the third entity; +the entity and the Group are joint ventures of the same third party; +one entity is an associate or joint venture of the other entity (or of a parent, subsidiary or fellow subsidiary of the +other entity); +the entity is controlled or jointly controlled by a person identified in (a); +QIAN Wenhui +245 +25 +WANG Xiquan(viii) +FU Zhongjun (ix) +M.C.McCarthy(x) +Independent Non-executive Director +Independent Non-executive Director +Independent Non-executive Director +Independent Non-executive Director +Shareholder Representative Supervisor +Employee Representative Supervisor +Employee Representative Supervisor +External Supervisor +External Supervisor +Former Chairman of the Board of +Directors, Executive Director +Year ended 31 December 2016 +Contributions +Remuneration +to defined +Total +paid +contribution +(before tax) +schemes +Fees +RMB'000 +QU Qiang +SHEN Bingxi(v) +JIANG Jianqing(vii) +HUANG Li(vi) +Anthony Francis Neoh +YANG Siu Shun(iii) +Sheila Colleen Bair(iv) +ZHANG Wei(v) +HUI Ping +HONG Yongmiao +WANG Xiaoya +Chairman of the Board of Directors, +Executive Director +Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, +Executive Director, President +Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +Executive Director, Vice President +Executive Director, Vice President +Non-executive Director +RMB'000 +GE Rongrong +FEI Zhoulin +CHENG Fengchao +Or Ching Fai +Non-executive Director +Non-executive Director +Non-executive Director +Non-executive Director +Independent Non-executive Director +ZHENG Fuqing +280 +RMB'000 +(2) +130 +202 +43 +254 +60 +470 +470 +455 +22522228 +470 +470 +455 +292 +549 +50 +| | | | +394 +543 +543 +(3) +emoluments +before tax +RMB'000 +(4)=(1)+(2)+(3) +484 +107 +591 +448 +107 +(1) +1 +484 +107 +436 +107 +436 +107 +591 +555 +Asset custody business (i) +2,467 +20,440 +IFRS 9 "Financial instruments" +The Group is currently assessing the impact of the standard on its financial position and performance. +IFRS 15 also introduces extensive qualitative and quantitative disclosure requirements which aim to enable users of the +financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from +contracts with customers. Some of these apply to interim financial reports prepared under IAS 34 as well as to annual +financial statements. An entity may adopt IFRS 15 on a full retrospective basis. Alternatively, it may choose to adopt it from +the date of initial application by adjusting opening balances at that date. Transitional disclosures are different depending on +the approach adopted by the entity. +The standard contains a single model that applies to contracts with customers and two approaches to recognising revenue: +at a point in time or over time. The model features a contract-based five-step analysis of transactions to determine whether, +how much and when revenue is recognised. +IFRS 15 "Revenue from contracts with customers" +The Group will modify the disclosure of cash flows according to these amendments. The amendments are expected to have +no impact on the financial position and the financial result. +The amendments require entities to provide disclosures that enable users of financial statements to evaluate changes +in liabilities arising from financing activities, including both changes arising from cash flows and non-cash changes. The +amendments do not prescribe a specific method to fulfil the new disclosure requirements. However, the amendments +indicate that one way is to provide a reconciliation between the opening and closing balances for liabilities arising from +financing activities. +Amendments to IAS 7, Statement of cash flows +The Group is currently assessing the impact of the amendments on its financial position and performance. +The amendments also provide guidance on how an entity should determine future taxable profits to support the recognition +of a deferred tax asset arising from a deductible temporary difference. +The amendments clarify that the existence of a deductible temporary difference depends solely on a comparison of the +carrying amount of an asset and its tax base at the end of the reporting period, and is not affected by possible future +changes in the carrying amount or expected manner of recovery of the asset. +The amendments stemmed from a request to clarify the requirements on recognition of deferred tax assets for unrealized +losses on debt instruments measured at fair value. However, the amendments address a broader area of accounting for +deferred tax assets in general. +Amendments to IAS 12, Income taxes "Recognition of deferred tax assets for unrealised +losses" +Further information about those changes that are expected to affect the Group is as follows: +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +161 +Annual Report 2016 +Effective for annual periods is to be determined, early adoption is permitted. +6 +IFRS 9 will replace the current standard on accounting for financial instruments, IAS 39, Financial instruments: Recognition +and measurement. IFRS 9 introduces new requirements for classification and measurement of financial assets, calculation of +impairment of financial assets and hedge accounting. On the other hand, IFRS 9 incorporates without substantive changes +the requirements of IAS 39 for recognition and derecognition of financial instruments and the classification of financial +liabilities. +162 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Annual Report 2016 +The Group is currently assessing the impact of the amendments on its financial position and performance. +Any difference between the carrying amount of the liability derecognised and the amount recognised in equity at the +modification date is recognised in profit or loss immediately. +The amendments clarify that on such a modification the liability for the original cash-settled share-based payment is +derecognised and the equity-settled share-based payment is measured at its fair value and recognised to the extent +that the goods or services have been received up to that date. +Accounting for a modification of a share-based payment from cash-settled to equity-settled +The amendments introduce an exception so that a share-based payment transaction with net settlement feature +for withholding an amount to cover the employee's tax obligations is classified as equity-settled in its entirety when +certain conditions are met, even though the entity is then required to transfer cash (or other assets) to the tax +authority to settle the employee's tax obligation. +The amendments clarify that the fair value of liabilities for cash-settled share-based payments should be measured +using the same approach as for equity-settled share-based payments - i.e. using the modified grant date method. +Classification of share-based payments settled net of tax withholdings +• +The amendments clarify the accounting for the following classification and measurement issues under IFRS 2: +Measurement of cash-settled share-based payments +Amendments to IFRS 2, Share-based payment "Classification and measurement of share- +based payment transactions" +5 +The Group has established a work stream which involves finance, risk, operations, credit and IT functions. The key +responsibilities of the work steam include analysing IFRS 9 methodology and accounting policy, developing the expected +credit losses model, identifying data and system requirements, and establishing an appropriate operating model and +governance framework. The work stream manages the project governance structure, assures the involvement of the +pertinent responsible teams, and monitors the progress of the implementation work across the Group. +IFRS 9 does not fundamentally change the requirements relating to measuring and recognising ineffectiveness under IAS 39. +However, greater flexibility has been introduced to the types of transactions eligible for hedge accounting. +Hedge accounting +The new impairment model in IFRS 9 replaces the "incurred loss" model in IAS 39 with an "expected credit loss" model. +Under the expected credit loss model, it will no longer be necessary for a loss event to occur before an impairment loss is +recognised. Instead, an entity is required to recognise and measure expected credit losses as either 12-month expected credit +losses or lifetime expected credit losses, depending on the asset and the facts and circumstances. +Impairment +For equity securities, the classification is FVTPL regardless of the entity's business model. The only exception is if the +equity security is not held for trading and the entity irrevocably elects to designate that security as FVTOCI. If an equity +security is designated as FVTOCI then only dividend income on that security will be recognised in profit or loss. Gains +and losses on that security will be recognised in other comprehensive income without recycling. +The classification for debt instruments is determined based on the entity's business model for managing the financial +assets and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the asset. If a debt instrument is classified as FVTOCI then +effective interest, impairments and gains/losses on disposal will be recognised in profit or loss. +• +IFRS 9 contains three principal classification categories for financial assets: measured at (1) amortised cost, (2) fair value +through profit or loss (FVTPL) and (3) fair value through other comprehensive income (FVTOCI) as follows: +Classification and measurement +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The actual impact of adopting IFRS 9 on the Group's consolidated financial statements in 2018 is not known and cannot be +reliably estimated because it will be dependent on the financial instruments that the Group holds and economic conditions +at that time as well as accounting elections and judgements that it will make in the future. +Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019, early adoption is permitted. +Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018 for deferral approach, effective for annual periods +beginning upon initial adoption of IFRS 9 for overlay approach. +Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018 for IFRS 1, 1 January 2018 with early adoption permission +for IAS 28, and 1 January 2017 for IFRS 12. +5. +For further disclosure in respect of unconsolidated investment funds, non-principal guaranteed wealth management +products, segregated asset management plans, trust plans and assets-backed financings in which the Group has an interest +or for which it is a sponsor, see Note 44. +The Group acts as manager to a number of investment funds, non-principal guaranteed wealth management products, +segregated asset management plans, trust plans and assets-backed financings. Determining whether the Group controls +such a structured entity usually focuses on the assessment of the aggregate economic interests of the Group in the entity +(comprising any carried interests and expected management fees) and the decision-making authority of the entity. For all +these structured entities managed by the Group, the Group's aggregate economic interest is in each case not significant +and the decision makers establish, market and manage them according to restricted parameters as set out in the investment +agreements as required by laws and regulations. As a result, the Group has concluded that it acts as agent as opposed to +principal for the investors in all cases, and therefore has not consolidated these structured entities. +Investment funds, non-principal guaranteed wealth management products, segregated asset +management plans, trust plans and asset-backed financings +Certain securitisation vehicles sponsored by the Group under its securitisation programme are run according to +predetermined criteria that are part of the initial design of the vehicles. In addition, the Group is exposed to variability of +returns from the vehicles through its holding of debt securities in the vehicles and outside the day-to-day servicing of the +receivables (which is carried out by the Group under a servicing contract). Key decisions are usually required only when +receivables in the vehicles go into default. Therefore, in considering whether it has control, the Group considers whether it +manages these key decisions that most significantly affect these vehicles' returns. +Securitisation vehicles +Management applies its judgement to determine whether the control indicators set out in Note 3(1) indicate that the Group +controls a securitisation vehicle, an investment fund, a non-principal guaranteed wealth management product, a segregated +asset management plan, trust plans or asset-backed financings. +Determination of control over investees +Impairment losses of loans and advances and amounts due from banks and other financial institutions +The Group determines periodically whether there is any objective evidence that impairment losses have occurred on loans +and advances and amounts due from banks and other financial institutions. If any such evidence exists, the Group assesses +the amount of impairment losses. The amount of impairment losses is measured as the difference between the carrying +amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows. Assessing the amount of impairment losses requires significant +judgement on whether the objective evidence for impairment exists and also significant estimates when determining the +present value of the expected future cash flows. +Impairment losses of available-for-sale and held-to-maturity investments +IMPACT OF ISSUED BUT NOT YET EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL +REPORTING STANDARDS +In determining whether there is any objective evidence that impairment losses have occurred on available-for-sale and held- +to-maturity investments, the Group assesses periodically whether there has been a significant or prolonged decline in the fair +value below its cost or carrying amount, or whether other objective evidence of impairment exists based on the investee's +financial conditions and business prospects, including industry environment, change of technology as well as operating and +financing cash flows. This requires a significant level of judgement, which would affect the amount of impairment losses. +The Group determines whether goodwill is impaired at least on an annual basis and when circumstances indicate that the +carrying value may be impaired. This requires an estimation of the recoverable amount of the CGU or groups of CGUS to +which the goodwill is allocated. Estimating the recoverable amount requires the Group to make an estimate of the expected +future cash flows from the CGU or groups of CGUS and also to choose a suitable discount rate in order to calculate the +present value of those cash flows. +Income tax +Determining income tax provisions requires the Group to estimate the future tax treatment of certain transactions. The +Group carefully evaluates tax implications of transactions in accordance with prevailing tax regulations and makes tax +provisions accordingly. In addition, deferred income tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that future +taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary differences can be utilised. This requires significant +estimation on the tax treatments of certain transactions and also significant assessment on the probability that adequate +future taxable profits will be available for the deferred income tax assets to be recovered. +Fair value of financial instruments +If the market for a financial instrument is not active, the Group establishes fair value by using a valuation technique. +Valuation techniques include using recent arm's length market transactions between knowledgeable and willing parties, +if available, reference to the current fair value of another instrument that is substantially the same, discounted cash flow +analysis and option pricing models. To the extent practicable, valuation technique makes maximum use of market inputs. +However, where market inputs are not available, management needs to make estimates on such unobservable market +inputs. +160 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +18,305 +Impairment of goodwill +163 +The Group has not applied the following new and revised IFRSS and IASS that have been issued but are not yet effective, in +these financial statements. +IAS 7 Amendments +4 +3 +Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018, early adoption is permitted. +2 +Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2017, early adoption is permitted. +1 +Sale or contribution of assets between an investor and its associate or joint venture +Insurance contracts +Leases +IFRS 10 and IAS 28 Amendments +IFRS 16 +IAS 12 Amendments +IFRS 4 Amendments +Investment Property +Share-based payment +Financial instruments +Revenue from contracts with customers +Statement of cash flows' +Income taxes' +IAS 40 Amendments +IFRS 2 Amendments +IFRS 9 +IFRS 15 +Annual Improvements to IFRSS 2014-2016 Cycle³ +Notes to the Financial Statements +Non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturity are classified as held-to-maturity +investments when the Group has the positive intention and ability to hold the investments to maturity. Accordingly, in +evaluating whether a financial asset shall be classified as a held-to-maturity investment, significant management judgement +is required. If the Group fails correctly to assess its intention and ability to hold the investments to maturity and the Group +sells or reclassifies more than an insignificant amount of held-to-maturity investments before maturity, the Group would +reclassify the whole held-to-maturity investment portfolio as available for sale. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The above interest income and expense were related to financial instruments which are not at fair value through profit or +loss. +Net interest income +507,867 +471,846 +(363,912) +(319,634) +(16,101) +(17,470) +(49,801) +(44,314) +(i) +(298,010) +Debt securities issued +Due to banks and other financial institutions +Due to customers +Interest expense on: +871,779 +791,480 +36,538 +31,285 +Due from banks and other financial institutions +47,867 +(257,850) +44,678 +Included in interest income on loans and advances to customers for the year is an amount of RMB5,135 million (2015: +RMB4, 156 million) with respect to the accreted interest on impaired loans. +Included in interest income on financial investments for the year is an amount of RMB15 million (2015: RMB28 million) +with respect to interest income on impaired debt securities. +Corporate wealth management services (i) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +26,791 +25,024 +Investment banking business +27,986 +26,108 +Settlement, clearing business and cash management +35,910 +Personal wealth management and private banking services (i) +(ii) +37,684 +Bank card business +2015 +2016 +(i) +NET FEE AND COMMISSION INCOME +7. +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +165 +Annual Report 2016 +37,670 +Due from central banks +37,625 +177,298 +IFRS 16, "Leases" +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +164 +The Group is currently assessing the impact of the amendments on its financial position and performance. +All companies that issue insurance contracts may choose to recognise in other comprehensive income, rather than +profit or loss, the volatility that could arise when IFRS 9 is applied before the new insurance contracts standard is +issued. +Overlay approach +Companies whose activities are predominantly connected with insurance may choose to defer the application of IFRS 9 +until 2021. +Deferral approach - Temporary exemption from IFRS 9 +In January 2016, the IASB issued IFRS 16, "Leases", which replaces the current guidance in IAS 17. The new standard +requires the companies to bring leases on-balance sheet for lessees. The new standard also makes changes in accounting +over the life of the lease, and introduces a stark dividing line between leases and service contracts. +The amendments address concerns arising from the different effective dates of IFRS 9 and the forthcoming insurance +contracts standard. The amendments introduce the following two approaches: +The Group is currently assessing the impact of the annual improvements on its financial position and performance. +The 2014-2016 cycle of annual improvements contains amendments to three standards including IFRS 1 First-time adoption +of International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRS 12 Disclosure of interests in other entities and IAS 28 Investments in +associates and joint ventures. +Annual Improvements to IFRSS 2014-2016 Cycle +The retrospective approach, but only if it does not involve the use of hindsight. +or +The prospective approach, and also reassess the classification of property assets held at the date of initial application; +A company has a choice on transition to apply: +Amendments to IAS 40, Investment property +170,833 +The IASB has amended the requirements in IAS 40 Investment property to clarify that a property asset is transferred to, or +from, investment property when and only when there is an actual change in use. A change in management intention alone +does not support a transfer. +Amendments to IFRS 4, Insurance contracts "Applying IFRS 9 Financial instruments with IFRS +4 Insurance contracts" +Under IFRS 16 there is no longer a distinction between finance leases and operating leases so far as lessees are concerned. +Instead, subject to practical expedients, a lessee recognises all leases on-balance sheet by recognising a right-of-use (ROU) +asset and lease liability. +The Group is currently assessing the impact of the amendments on its financial position and performance. +i.e. lessors continue to classify leases as finance and operating leases. +Lessor accounting is substantially unchanged +22,800 +174,503 +160,106 +355,313 +616,541 +538,219 +Financial investments (ii) +Discounted bills +Personal loans +- Corporate loans and advances +421,877 +2015 +However, there are a number of changes in the details of lessor accounting. For example, lessors apply the new definition of +a lease, sale-and-leaseback guidance, sub-lease guidance and disclosure requirements. +Loans and advances to customers (i) +The Group is currently assessing the impact of the standard on its financial position and performance. +Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28, Sale or contribution of assets between an investor and +its associate or joint venture +The amendments introduce new requirements on loss of control over assets in a transaction with an associate or joint +venture. These requirements require the full gain to be recognised when the assets transferred meet the definition of a +"business" under IFRS 3, Business combination. +20,161 +The Group is currently assessing the impact of the amendments on its financial position and performance. +6. NET INTEREST INCOME +Interest income on: +2016 +46,270 +Other financial institutions operating in +Mainland China +301,776 +284,335 +318,119 +307,762 +Banks and other financial institutions +operating outside Mainland China +119,959 +582,331 +(118) +132,563 +266,373 +527,533 +472,273 +687,336 +102,844 +440 +228,299 +(326) +105,798 +88,702 +45,502 +86,828 +(39) +270,385 +211,888 +240,810 +190,599 +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +(327) +(329) +(329) +270,058 +211,559 +240,484 +190,270 +Placements with banks and other financial +institutions: +Banks operating in Mainland China +55,375 +(115) +257 +527,415 +111 +329 +39 +368 +(2) +79 +77 +327 +118 +445 +Bank +At 1 January 2015 +Charge for the year +At 31 December 2015 and 1 January 2016 +(Reversal)/charge for the year +At 31 December 2016 +45,430 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +13 +(33) +98 +231 +472,234 +687,221 +582,298 +797,473 +683,793 +927,705 +772,568 +As at 31 December 2016, the amount of the placements from the Group with non-principal guaranteed wealth +management products sponsored by the Group is RMB94,914 million (31 December 2015: RMB123,397 million). During the +year of 2016, the maximum exposure of the placements from the Group with non-principal guaranteed wealth management +products sponsored by the Group is RMB163,062 million (2015: RMB199,316 million). The transactions were conducted in +the ordinary course of business under normal terms and conditions and at market rates. +Movements of the allowance for impairment losses during the year are as follows: +Group +At 1 January 2015 +Charge for the year +At 31 December 2015 and 1 January 2016 +(Reversal)/charge for the year +At 31 December 2016 +176 +ICBC +Due from +banks and other +financial institutions +Placements with +banks and other +financial institutions +Total +26 +Banks and other financial institutions +operating outside Mainland China +291,537 +944 +Unrestricted balances with central banks of +overseas countries or regions +105,981 +91,897 +91,346 +197,678 +180,069 +174,968 +81,631 +512 +64,915 +147,058 +Mandatory reserves with the PBOC (ii) +2,793,933 +2,539,660 +2,782,756 +Fiscal deposits with the PBOC +238,604 +238,604 +2,535,503 +291,537 +Restricted balances with central banks: +80,548 +3,074 +2,946 +7,125 +ICBC +Due from +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Diluted earnings per share was computed from dividing the profit attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent +company (after adjusting for interest expense on the convertible bonds) by the weighted average number of ordinary shares +outstanding. As of the end of the financial reporting period, the balance of outstanding convertible bonds of the Bank is nil. +20. CASH AND BALANCES WITH CENTRAL BANKS +Group +Bank +2016 +2015 +2016 +2015 +Cash and unrestricted balances with +central banks: +Cash on hand +84,572 +85,226 +Surplus reserves with the PBOC (i) +Other restricted balances with the PBOC (ii) +Mandatory reserves with central banks of +1,358 +77,570 +77,570 +21. DUE FROM BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS +Group +Bank +2016 +2015 +2016 +2015 +Due from banks and other financial +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +institutions: +223,884 +121,745 +194,364 +102,413 +Other financial institutions operating in +Mainland China +1,071 +1,441 +Banks operating in Mainland China +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +175 +11,054 +overseas countries or regions (ii) +43,003 +37,313 +16,372 +6,467 +3,153,110 +2,879,564 +3,115,302 +2,844,561 +3,350,788 +3,059,633 +3,290,270 +2,991,619 +(i) +(ii) +Surplus reserves with the PBOC include funds for the purpose of cash settlement and other kinds of unrestricted +deposits. +The Group is required to place mandatory reserve deposits and other restricted deposits with the PBOC and certain +central banks of overseas countries or regions where it has operations. Mandatory reserve deposits with central banks +and other restricted deposits are not available for use in the Group's daily operations. Mandatory reserve deposits +mainly consist of deposits placed with the PBOC. As at 31 December 2016, the mandatory deposit reserve ratios of +the domestic branches of the Bank in respect of customer deposits denominated in RMB and foreign currencies were +consistent with the requirement of the PBOC. The amounts of mandatory reserve deposits placed with the central +banks of those countries or regions outside Mainland China are determined by local jurisdictions. +Annual Report 2016 +11,054 +Placements with +4,508 +banks and other +financial institutions +33,722 +Option contracts purchased +(58,600) +56,972 +3,130,760 +4,383 +115,797 +1,433,229 +69,728 +1,577,351 +Exchange rate contracts: +Liabilities +Assets +Total +five years +five years +one year +Over +Forward and swap contracts +3,444 +125 +107,019 +180,059 +683,648 +279,975 +195,268 +Swap contracts +Interest rate contracts: +(60,217) +58,278 +3,323,179 +122,302 +1,548,083 +1,648,286 +(1,617) +85,400 +3,061 +45,126 +37,213 +Option contracts written +1,306 +but within +1,338,950 +Over +one year +three +months +3,250 +206,974 +274,993 +9,920 +210 +231 +210 +231 +Unlisted +615 +Listed outside Hong Kong +Analysed into: +206,282 +272,118 +210,434 +285,144 +177,973 +205,811 +174 +Listed in Hong Kong +563 +271,272 +205,509 +Within +Fair values +Notional amounts with remaining life of +Over three +2016 +Group +In accordance with accounting policy of offsetting, the Group offsets derivative assets and derivative liabilities which meet +the criteria for offsetting, and presents net amount in the financial statements. As at 31 December 2016, derivative assets +and derivative liabilities which meet the criteria for offsetting were RMB49,379 million and RMB51,628 million respectively, +and the net derivative assets and net derivative liabilities were RMB30,074 million and RMB32,323 million respectively. +At the end of the reporting period, the Group and the Bank had derivative financial instruments as follows: +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +177 +Annual Report 2016 +Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in any orderly transaction between +markets participates at measured date. +The notional amount of a derivative represents the amount of an underlying asset upon which the value of the derivative is +based. It indicates the volume of business transacted by the Group but does not reflect the risk. +A derivative is a financial instrument, the value of which changes in response to the change in a specified interest rate, +financial instrument price, commodity price, foreign exchange rate, index of prices or rates, credit rating or credit index, or +other similar variables. The Group uses derivative financial instruments including forwards, swaps and options. +24. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS +206,282 +272,118 +210,434 +285,144 +months +but within +banks and other +financial institutions +20,456 +Forward contracts +183,315 +132,465 +135,774 +2015 +115,950 +Equity investments +6,016 +373 +48,300 +Debt securities +189,331 +184,074 +115,950 +Debt securities analysed into: +Listed in Hong Kong +Listed outside Hong Kong +Unlisted +1,248 +687 +132,838 +2016 +2015 +2016 +Total +231 +26 +257 +98 +7 +105 +329 +33 +362 +(3) +82 +79 +326 +115 +441 +22. FINANCIAL ASSETS HELD FOR TRADING +Group +Bank +7,598 +(20,196) +14,848 +174,469 +218,565 +181,910 +1,046 +1,390 +Option contracts written +109 +9,340 +167 +6,300 +6,626 +1,390 +Option contracts purchased +(212) +44 +416,891 +161,887 +138,559 +116,445 +1,157 +25,706 +6,300 +25,706 +116,930 +133,957 +115,950 +183,315 +132,465 +135,774 +115,950 +23. FINANCIAL ASSETS DESIGNATED AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS +Group +Bank +2016 +2015 +Debt securities +40,873 +22,224 +2016 +40,601 +2015 +22,009 +Other debt instruments: +Banks and other financial institutions +Others +387 +1,430 +0.77 +38 +356,027 +Anthony Francis Neoh (vi) +Independent Non-executive Director +330 +330 +༄༄ཤྩ ༔,་་་་ཚུུརྦྷཡཿབྷུཥྞ +430 +440 +470 +470 +463 +463 +330 +Shareholder Representative Supervisor +467 +887 +296 +1,650 +356 +1,294 +DONG Juan +QU Qiang(vii) +ZHANG Wei +HUI Ping(viii) +WANG Chixi +External Supervisor +463 +YI Xiqun(v) +(viii) In July 2016, Mr. Wang Xiquan resigned from the position of Executive Director of the Bank due to change of job. +In May 2016, Mr. Jiang Jianqing resigned from the positions of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive +Director citing his age. +On 23 June 2016, the Bank appointed Mr. Huang Li as Employee Representative Supervisor of the Bank at the Interim +Employees' Congress, and his term of office took effect from the date of review and approval by the Employees' +Congress. +The Bank appointed Mr. Zhang Wei and Mr. Shen Bingxi as Shareholder Representative Supervisor and External +Supervisor of the Bank respectively at the 2015 Annual General Meeting on 24 June 2016, and their terms of office +took effect from the date of review and approval by the meeting. On 23 June 2016, Mr. Zhang Wei ceased to act as +Employee Representative Supervisor of the Bank due to change of job. +At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2016 held on 29 November 2016, Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair was appointed +as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank, and her qualification was approved by CBRC in March 2017. +At the Second Extraordinary General Meeting of 2015 held on 21 December 2015, Mr. Yang Siu Shun was appointed +as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank, and his qualification was approved by CBRC in April 2016. +At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2016 held on 29 November 2016, Mr. Gu Shu and Mr. Wang Jingdong +were appointed as Executive Directors of the Bank. The qualifications of Mr. Gu Shu and Mr. Wang Jingdong were +approved by CBRC in December 2016. +(vii) +(vi) +(v) +Independent Non-executive Director +(iv) +(ii) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +Independent Non-executive Director +470 +470 +HONG Yongmiao +Independent Non-executive Director +470 +470 +(iii) +(ix) +External Supervisor +Employee Representative Supervisor +272 +LI Mingtian (xiii) +Former Employee Representative Supervisor +38 +12,216 +38 +3,102 +1,888 +2,816 +1,345 +272 +9,151 +8,795 +Note: Since January 2015, the remuneration to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board +of Supervisors and other executives of the Bank has followed the State's policies relating to the remuneration reform on +executives of central enterprises. +The remuneration before tax payable to Directors and Supervisors for 2015 set out in the table above represents the total +amount of annual remuneration for each of these individuals, which includes the amount disclosed in the 2015 Annual +Report. +Pursuant to the PRC relevant regulations, a portion of the discretionary bonus payments for the Chairman of the Board +of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Executive Directors and other senior management +members are deferred based on the future performance. +Fees of Employee Representative Supervisors Mr. Zhang Wei, Mr. Hui Ping, and Mr. Li Mingtian are their allowances obtained +as Employee Representative Supervisors of the Bank, excluding their remuneration with the Bank in accordance with the +employee remuneration system. +(i) +The Bank appointed Mr. Qian Wenhui as Shareholder Representative Supervisor of the Bank at the 2014 Annual +General Meeting on 19 June 2015, and his term of office took effect from the date of review and approval by the +meeting. The Bank appointed Mr. Qian Wenhui as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Bank at a meeting of +the Board of Supervisors. +170 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +356 +8 +272 +428 +50 +Employee Representative Supervisor +13 +8 +50 +13 +8 +50 +13 +LI Jun(ix) +428 +Former Non-executive Director +Former Independent Non-executive Director +118 +118 +118 +ZHAO Lin(xi) +MENG Yan(xii) +Former Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +Former External Supervisor +138 +188 +102 +WONG Kwong Shing, Frank(x) +(x) +(xi) +(xii) +178 +338 +249 +719 +719 +175 +313 +231 +861 +861 +765 +208 +376 +277 +Executive Director, Vice President +WANG Xiquan(iii) +ZHANG Hongli(ii) +QIAN Wenhui(i) +Executive Director, Vice President +Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +Executive Director, President +Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, +16 +Executive Director +765 +338 +440 +Independent Non-executive Director +Kenneth Patrick CHUNG +430 +430 +Independent Non-executive Director +M-C-McCarthy +Non-executive Director +CHENG Fengchao(iv) +Non-executive Director +249 +FEI Zhoulin(iv) +ZHENG Fuqing(iv) +Non-executive Director +FU Zhongjun +Non-executive Director +Non-executive Director +GE Rongrong +WANG Xiaoya +765 +765 +178 +Non-executive Director +Chairman of the Board of Directors, +YI Huiman +JIANG Jianqing +Of which: +Total +emoluments +plans, housing +Discretionary +Remuneration +and welfare +to social +insurance +the employer +Year ended 31 December 2015 +Contribution by +Position +deferred +Name +Notes to the Financial Statements +169 +Annual Report 2016 +(xiv) On 24 June 2016, Ms. Dong Juan ceased to act as External Supervisor of the Bank due to expiration of the term of +office. +On 23 June 2016, Ms. Wang Chixi resigned from the position of Shareholder Representative Supervisor of the Bank +citing her age. +In October 2015, the Board of Directors of the Bank reviewed and approved the resignation of Mr. Yi Xiqun as +Independent Non-executive Director due to work reasons, which became effective upon approval by CBRC of the +qualification of the new Independent Non-executive Director in April 2016. +In March 2017, due to expiration of the term of office, Mr. Kenneth Patrick Chung ceased to act as Independent Non- +executive Director of the Bank. +In October 2016, due to expiration of the term of office, Sir Malcolm Christopher McCarthy ceased to act as +Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank. +In January 2017, due to expiration of the term of office, Mr. Fu Zhongjun ceased to act as Non-executive Director of the +Bank. +(xiii) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Actual +amount of +remuneration +Fees +RMB'000 +paid +861 +861 +208 +376 +277 +(7)=(5)-(6) +(6) +(5)=(1)+(2)+(3)+(4) +(4) +(3) +(2) +(1) +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +paid (pre-tax) +payment +before tax +allowance, etc. +bonuses +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(ii) +(iii) +(iv) +(651) +(582) +Adjustment in respect of income tax of prior years +(3,052) +(1,232) +Others +3,099 +1,513 +Income tax expense +84,173 +Profits attributable to associates and joint ventures +85,515 +The non-deductible expenses mainly represent non-deductible impairment provision and write-offs. +(ii) +The non-taxable income mainly represents interest income arising from the PRC government bonds, which is exempted +from income tax. +Annual Report 2016 +173 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +17. PROFIT ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY HOLDERS OF THE PARENT COMPANY +The consolidated profit attributable to equity holders of the parent company for the year ended 31 December 2016 includes +a profit of RMB261,218 million (2015: RMB262,322 million) which has been dealt with in the financial statements of the +Bank (Note 42). +(i) +18. DIVIDENDS +(10,256) +Non-taxable income (ii) +85,746 +90,616 +(3,052) +(1,232) +1,479 +(3,869) +84,173 +85,515 +(b) Reconciliation between income tax and accounting profit +PRC income tax has been provided at the statutory rate of 25% in accordance with the relevant tax laws in Mainland China +during the year. Taxes on profits assessable elsewhere have been calculated at the applicable rates of tax prevailing in the +countries/regions in which the Group operates, based on existing legislation, interpretations and practices in respect thereof. +A reconciliation of the income tax expense applicable to profit before taxation at the PRC statutory income tax rate to +income tax expense at the Group's effective income tax rate is as follows: +(15,783) +2016 +363,279 +2015 +363,235 +Tax at the PRC statutory income tax rate +90,820 +90,809 +Effects of different applicable rates of tax prevailing in other countries/regions +Non-deductible expenses (i) +(773) +(511) +10,513 +5,774 +Profit before taxation +2016 +2015 +Dividends on ordinary shares declared and paid: +0.77 +356,027 +0.77 +Basic earnings per share was calculated as the profit for the year attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent +company divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue. +The calculation of diluted earnings per ordinary share is based on the following: +Earnings: +2016 +2015 +Profit for the year attributable to equity holders of the parent company +Less: Profit for the year attributable to other equity holders of the parent company +Profit for the year attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent company +Add: Interest expense on convertible bonds (net of tax) +278,249 +356,407 +277,131 +(2,331) +273,799 +274,800 +13 +Profit used to determine diluted earnings per share +273,799 +274,813 +Shares: +Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (in million shares) +Diluted earnings per share (RMB yuan) +356,407 +(4,450) +Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue (in million shares) +Basic earnings per share (RMB yuan) +274,800 +273,799 +Final ordinary shares dividends for 2015: RMBO.2333 per share +(2014: RMBO.2554 per share) +83,150 +91,026 +Dividends on preference shares declared and paid: Dividends +4,450 +2,331 +2016 +2015 +Dividends on ordinary shares proposed for approval +(not recognised as at 31 December): +Final ordinary shares dividends for 2016: RMBO.2343 per share +(2015: RMB0.2333 per share) +83,506 +83,150 +19. EARNINGS PER SHARE +The calculation of basic earnings per share is based on the following: +2016 +2015 +Earnings: +Profit for the year attributable to equity holders of the parent company +Less: Profit for the year attributable to other equity holders of the parent company +Profit for the year attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent company +Shares: +278,249 +277,131 +(4,450) +(2,331) +2,238 +0.77 +3,000 +1,952 +The five highest paid individuals of the Group are employees of the Bank's subsidiaries. Their emoluments were determined +based on the prevailing market rates in the respective countries/regions where the subsidiaries are operating. None of them +are directors, supervisors or key management personnel of the Bank whose emoluments are disclosed in notes 13 and 52(e) +to the financial statements. Details of the emoluments in respect of the five highest paid individuals are as follows: +Group +2016 +RMB'000 +2015 +RMB'000 +Salaries and allowances +Discretionary bonuses +Contributions to defined contribution plans +Compensation for terminating contract +Others +14,862 +14. FIVE HIGHEST PAID INDIVIDUALS +13,770 +61,608 +937 +394 +2,458 +441 +2,789 +74,832 +81,019 +The number of these individuals whose emoluments fell within the following bands is set out below. +Number of employees +2016 +58,592 +2015 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +(v) +(vi) +(vii) +At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2014 held on 15 April 2014, Mr. Zhang Hongli was appointed as +Executive Director of the Bank, and his qualification has been approved by CBRC in June 2015. +At the Annual General Meeting for the Year of 2014 held on 19 June 2015, Mr. Wang Xiquan was appointed as +Executive Director of the Bank, and his qualification has been approved by CBRC in June 2015. +At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2015 held on 23 January 2015, Mr. Zheng Fuqing was appointed as Non- +executive Director of the Bank and his qualification was approved by CBRC in February 2015. Mr. Fei Zhoulin and Mr. +Cheng Fengchao were appointed as Non-executive Directors of the Bank, and their qualifications were approved by +CBRC in March 2015. +In October 2015, the Board of Directors of the Bank reviewed and approved the resignation of Mr. Yi Xiqun from +Independent Non-executive Director due to work reasons, which will become effective upon approval of new +independent non-executive director's qualification by CBRC. +At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2015 held on 23 January 2015, Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh was appointed +as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank, and his qualification has been approved by CBRC in April 2015. +On 21 December 2015, the Bank appointed Mr. Qu Qiang as External Supervisor of the Bank at the Second +Extraordinary General Meeting of 2015, and his term of office took effect from the date of review and approval by the +meeting. +(viii) On 25 September 2015, the Bank appointed Mr. Hui Ping as Employee Representative Supervisor of the Bank at the +Interim Employees' Congress, and his term of office took effect from the date of review and approval by the Employees' +Congress. +(ix) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(x) +(xii) +In March 2015, due to expiration of the term of office, Mr. Li Jun ceased to act as Non-executive Director of the Bank. +In April 2015, due to expiration of the term of office, Mr. Wong Kwong Shing, Frank ceased to act as Independent +Non-executive Director of the Bank. +On 19 June 2015, Mr. Zhao Lin resigned from the posts of Supervisor and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors due to +his age. +On 21 December 2015, Mr. Meng Yan ceased to act as External Supervisor of the Bank due to expiration of the term of +office. +(xiii) On 23 July 2015, the term of office of Employee Representative Supervisor Mr. Li Mingtian expired, and he continued +to perform the Supervisor's responsibilities up to 25 September 2015 according to the Articles of Association of the +Bank. +The Non-executive Directors of the Bank who were recommended by Huijin received emoluments from Huijin in respect of +their services during the year. +During the year, there was no arrangement under which a Director or a Supervisor waived or agreed to waive any +remuneration (2015: Nil). +During the year, no emolument was paid by the Group to any of the Directors or Supervisors as an inducement to join or +upon joining the Group or as a compensation for loss of office (2015: Nil). +Annual Report 2016 +171 +(xi) +RMB12,000,001 Yuan to RMB12,500,000 Yuan +RMB12,500,001 Yuan to RMB13,000,000 Yuan +RMB13,000,001 Yuan to RMB13,500,000 Yuan +RMB14,000,001 Yuan to RMB14,500,000 Yuan +RMB14,500,001 Yuan to RMB15,000,000 Yuan +RMB15,000,001 Yuan to RMB15,500,000 Yuan +RMB17,000,001 Yuan to RMB17,500,000 Yuan +RMB19,500,001 Yuan to RMB20,000,000 Yuan +RMB21,500,001 Yuan to RMB22,000,000 Yuan +1 +1 +Other +27(d) +27(c)(i),(d) +6 +(25) +581 +(4) +1,092 +889 +1,756 +971 +Available-for-sale financial assets +16. INCOME TAX EXPENSE +Current income tax expense: +Mainland China +Hong Kong and Macau +Overseas +Adjustments in respect of income tax of prior years +Deferred income tax expense +2016 +2015 +80,794 +86,541 +(a) Income tax +Held-to-maturity investments +Financial investments: +111 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +15 +1 +5 +During the year, no emoluments were paid by the Group to any of these non-director and non-supervisor individuals as an +inducement to join or upon joining the Group (2015: Nil). +172 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +15. IMPAIRMENT LOSSES ON ASSETS OTHER THAN LOANS AND ADVANCES TO +CUSTOMERS +Notes +2016 +2015 +Charge/(reversal) of impairment losses on: +Due from banks and other financial institutions +21 +77 +1,837 +17 +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +(62) +28 +5,386 +Option contracts purchased +(111) +119 +(28,079) +26,769 +1,391,192 +585,736 +322,529 +193,918 +69,289 +Forward contracts +161,450 +647,015 +373,438 +209,289 +Swap contracts +Interest rate contracts: +(38,925) +36,607 +2,874,855 +4,290 +140,121 +8,059 +13,473 +101 +Option contracts written +14,669 +ICBC +178 +(76,826) +78,870 +(9,665) +15,274 +1,003,663 +5,881,704 +(28,236) +26,989 +2,003,186 +1,428,182 +161,466 +1,460 +167,216 +12,785 +16 +7,383 +984,986 +44,352 +1,169,459 +2,262,389 +2,282,640 +266,823 +691,028 +Commodity derivatives and others +567,384 +289,350 +5,386 +(46) +1,302,262 +Or Ching Fai +(37,722) +Over +Over three +Fair values +Notional amounts with remaining life of +2015 +(89,960) +94,452 +(9,273) +15,565 +959,290 +6,062,319 +3,283 +188,034 +Within +50,171 +1,036,850 +2,595,024 +273,591 +632,245 +Commodity derivatives and others +(20,470) +20,609 +1,779,850 +180,243 +864,377 +420,737 +314,493 +2,242,411 +months +(1,203) +three +months +one year +106,099 +104,389 +283 +53,240 +778 +65,470 +39,851 +50,866 +Option contracts written +Option contracts purchased +2,664,367 +4,290 +139,060 +35,533 +1,074 +1,211,545 +Forward and swap contracts +Exchange rate contracts: +Liabilities +Assets +Total +Over +five years +five years +one year +but within +but within +1,309,472 +Individually +Collectively +assessed +- impairment allowances charged +-impairment allowances transferred +Total +At 1 January 2015 +Impairment loss: +assessed +Group +12,767,334 +11,026,476 +12,033,200 +11,652,812 +reversal of impairment allowances +(272,556) +(279,610) +(280,654) +(289,512) +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +11,299,032 +Movements of allowance for impairment losses during the year are as follows: +Accreted interest on impaired loans (note 6) +86,022 +216,336 +229,155 +51,499 +At 31 December 2015 and 1 January 2016 +(60,296) +1,089 +(9,931) +368 +721 +Recoveries of loans and advances previously written off +(50,365) +414 +88 +41,245 +(4,156) +12,312,810 +902 +(29,052) +(4,156) +326 +Write-offs +Acquisition of subsidiaries +226,140 +134,262 +91,878 +22,294 +63,728 +257,581 +(140,118) +(902) +(111,066) +Discounted bills +13,056,846 +but within +Over +months +one year +five years +five years +Total +Assets +Liabilities +Exchange rate contracts: +but within +Forward and swap contracts +1,385,943 +67,355 +3,743 +3,015,528 +52,417 +(53,871) +Option contracts purchased +20,693 +61,999 +2,069 +1,558,487 +11,933,466 +three +one year +511,707 +708,339 +522,052 +719,993 +3,471,539 +7,315,786 +7,496,031 +4,108,440 +7,869,552 +3,541,862 +4,196,169 +8,140,684 +280,654 +Personal loans +Bank +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +2016 +Notional amounts with remaining life of +Fair values +Over three +Over +Within +months +Corporate loans and advances +Impairment loss: +Notes to the Financial Statements +83,966 +861 +83,971 +259,554 +149,603 +109,951 +Accreted interest on impaired loans +reversal of impairment allowances +― impairment allowances charged +-impairment allowances transferred +799 +83,172 +Impairment loss: +272,556 +224,682 +47,874 +At 31 December 2015 and 1 January 2016 +1,080 +(4,144) +(60,028) +(9,867) +359 +721 +Recoveries of loans and advances previously written off +(50,161) +Write-offs +(27,640) +(861) +(147,943) +(175,583) +Write-offs +80,418 +177,163 +reversal of impairment allowances +- impairment allowances charged +Impairment loss: +At 1 January 2015 +Total +Personal loans +loans and +advances and +discounted bills +Corporate +(4,144) +Group +279,610 +218,152 +1,928 +706 +1,222 +61,458 +(5,111) +(73,734) +(8,035) +(5,111) +(65,699) +At 31 December 2016 +Recoveries of loans and advances previously written off +Movements of allowance for impairment losses during the year analysed into those attributable to corporate loans and +advances and discounted bills and personal loans are as follows: +Accreted interest on impaired loans +(139,423) +(110,879) +1,999 +289,512 +223,955 +65,557 +At 31 December 2016 +773 +1,226 +Recoveries of loans and advances previously written off +(74,144) +(8,145) +(65,999) +Annual Report 2016 +Write-offs +(5,135) +Accreted interest on impaired loans (note 6) +(176,431) +(865) +(148,540) +262,569 +151,577 +110,992 +865 +(27,891) +reversal of impairment allowances +86,138 +2,172 +(5,135) +― impairment allowances charged +-impairment allowances transferred +183 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(28,544) +(890) +890 +223,909 +133,877 +90,032 +84,486 +22,108 +62,378 +251,162 +84,761 +212,082 +reversal of impairment allowances +― impairment allowances charged +-impairment allowances transferred +Impairment loss: +At 1 January 2015 +Total +assessed +assessed +Collectively +Individually +Bank +39,080 +918 +21,294 +23,234 +2016 +Notional amounts with remaining life of +Fair values +Over three +Over +Within +months +one year +three +but within +but within +Over +months +one year +five years +five years +Total +Assets +Liabilities +Interest rate swap contracts +4,213 +Group +Among the above derivative financial instruments, those designated as hedging instruments in cash flow hedges are set out +below. +The Group's cash flow hedges consist of interest rate swap contracts, currency swap contracts, currency forward contracts +and equity derivatives that are used to protect against exposures to variability of future cash flows. +Cash flow hedges +1,676 +(1,860) +Commodity derivatives and others +38,407 +54,475 +439 +299 +93,620 +3,711 +(1,002) +9,415 +1,079,702 +174,649 +21,123 +2,633,063 +33,290 +(33,144) +Annual Report 2016 +179 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +1,357,589 +305,880 +2,108 +245 +2015 +Notional amounts with remaining life of +Fair values +Over three +Over +Within +months +one year +three +but within +but within +Over +months +one year +five years +five years +Total +Assets +Liabilities +Interest rate swap contracts +265 +(2,282) +271 +52,164 +2,108 +(20) +Currency swap contracts +211 +35,304 +748 +36,263 +10 +(2,257) +Currency forward contracts +4 +15,736 +4 +Equity derivative +64 +53 +44 +161 +14 +(5) +275 +39,574 +10,207 +2 +18,354 +95,726 +137,193 +1,479 +(1,396) +Commodity derivatives and others +75,301 +110,358 +33 +185,692 +8,078 +(1,707) +1,765,195 +1,706,582 +190,756 +25,037 +3,687,570 +62,892 +(58,179) +2015 +Notional amounts with remaining life of +Fair values +Over three +Over +338,233 +257,581 +119,323 +110,136 +38,146 +1,976 +63,356 +(1,205) +1,602,414 +1,486,088 +71,400 +3,743 +3,163,645 +53,335 +Within +(55,076) +Swap contracts +87,480 +110,136 +119,323 +21,294 +338,233 +1,479 +(1,396) +Forward contracts +87,480 +Interest rate contracts: +months +one year +three +months +51,917 +(623) +986,688 +1,165,921 +78,484 +2,470 +2,233,563 +27,903 +(30,282) +Interest rate contracts: +238 +Swap contracts +54,607 +134,907 +95,726 +18,354 +303,594 +1,676 +(1,860) +2,286 +2,286 +54,607 +Forward contracts +Option contracts written +29,184 +Option contracts written +but within +but within +one year +five years +Over +five years +Total +Assets +Liabilities +Exchange rate contracts: +Forward and swap contracts +22,495 +951,232 +78,220 +2,470 +2,125,748 +Option contracts purchased +12,961 +42,911 +26 +55,898 +27,457 +446 +(29,659) +1,093,826 +63,752 +93,167 +86,022 +Listed outside Hong Kong +Listed in Hong Kong +Analysed into: +2,813,091 +2,876,081 +2,870,353 +2,973,042 +(27) +2,813,118 +2,876,120 +(39) +2,870,448 +(95) +(107) +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +2,973,149 +Debt securities +2015 +2016 +2015 +2016 +Bank +Group +Unlisted +Group +Bank +2016 +14,868 +Market value of listed debt securities +61,790 +2,813,091 +2,876,081 +2,870,353 +57,116 +2,973,042 +111,326 +2,798,223 +2,814,291 +2,813,237 +Held-to-maturity investments are stated at amortised cost and comprise the following: +2,861,716 +55,102 +35,798 +86,594 +3,830 +6,688 +21,318 +24,732 +2015 +2016 +2015 +11,038 +(b) Held-to-maturity investments +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +Analysed into: +338,839 +263,456 +352,143 +291,370 +145,652 +84,207 +158,956 +112,121 +(iii) +Listed outside Hong Kong +Unlisted +Others +85,000 +85,000 +85,000 +Special government bond +108,187 +94,249 +108,187 +94,249 +Huarong bonds +2015 +85,000 +For the year ended 31 December 2016, the total carrying amount of held-to-maturity investments the Group disposed prior +to their maturity with remaining maturity more than three months was RMB19,446 million (31 December 2015: RMB14,019 +million), which accounted for 0.65% (31 December 2015: 0.49%) of the total amount of the Group's held-to-maturity +investments. +Group +2016 +ICBC +186 +The special government bond represents a non-negotiable bond with a nominal value of RMB85,000 million issued by +the MOF to the Bank in 1998. The bond will mature in 2028 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 2.25% per annum. +Others include financial and corporate bonds, debt investment plans, asset backed securities, asset management plans +and wealth management products with fixed or determined payments. They will mature from January 2017 to July +2027 and bear interest rates ranging from 3.00% to 9.50% per annum. During the reporting period, the amounts +which have been matured have been repaid without overdue history. +The Huarong bonds are a series of long term bonds issued China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd ("Huarong") +in the year of 2000 and 2001 to the Bank, with an aggregate amount of RMB312,996 million. The proceeds from the +issuance of the bonds were used to purchase non-performing loans of the Bank. The bonds are non-negotiable, with a +tenure of 10 years and bear interest at a fixed rate of 2.25% per annum. In 2010, the Bank received a notice from the +Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China (the "MOF") that the maturity dates of the Huarong bonds were +extended for another ten years and the interest rate remains unchanged. Additionally, the MOF will continue providing +funding in support of the repayment of the principal and interest of the bonds. As at 31 December 2016, the Bank +received early repayments amounting to RMB218,747 million accumulated. +(iii) +(ii) +(i) +338,839 +263,456 +352,143 +Bank +291,370 +232,174 +297,243 +257,589 +54,900 +31,282 +54,900 +33,781 +2015 +2016 +2015 +283,939 +2016 +Annual Report 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +2,451 +508 +677 +Unlisted +Listed outside Hong Kong +Listed in Hong Kong +Equity investments analysed into: +1,296,903 +1,532,327 +1,402,673 +1,720,630 +116,895 +1,158,238 +1,407,443 +1,189,131 +1,488,281 +97,517 +169,180 +169,339 +21,770 +27,367 +44,362 +6,730 +762 +9,725 +6,691 +ICBC +188 +Certain available-for-sale unlisted equity investments which do not have any quoted market prices and whose fair +values cannot be measured reliably are stated at cost less any impairment losses. There is no active market for these +investments and it is the Group's intention to dispose of them as opportunities arise. During the year, the Group did +not dispose of these equity investments (2015: RMB Nil). +When impairment of an available-for-sale investment measured at fair value occurs, any impairment loss recognised is +recorded in the carrying amount directly. As at 31 December 2016, the available-for-sale financial assets measured at +fair value include impaired debt securities whose carrying amount was RMB70 million (31 December 2015: RMB141 +million), and impaired equity investments whose carrying amount was RMB65 million (31 December 2015: RMB264 +million), with the accrual of impairment loss recognised in profit or loss for the year of RMB419 million (2015: +reversal of impairment loss of RMB37 million) on available-for-sale debt securities; and the accrual of impairment +loss recognised in profit or loss for the year of RMB162 million (2015: RMB33 million) on available-for-sale equity +investments. +(ii) +(i) +140,098 +1,433 +762 +125,646 +138,665 +63,010 +124,884 +3,128 +235,477 +Equity investments +232,349 +Debt securities +Market value of listed securities: +1,433 +732 +2,165 +76,512 +13,929 +12,853 +75,750 +213,542 +7,238 +220,780 +Unlisted +Listed outside Hong Kong +Listed in Hong Kong +75,874 +13,091 +11,452 +At fair value (i) +Equity investments: +27,593 +8,804 +Other debt instruments, at fair value +1,296,903 +1,532,327 +1,433 +1,402,673 +Debt securities, at fair value (i) +2015 +2016 +2015 +2016 +Bank +Group +Available-for-sale financial assets comprise the following: +(c) Available-for-sale financial assets +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +1,720,630 +187 +At cost (ii) +838 +Debt securities analysed into: +1,299,068 +1,608,839 +1,444,195 +1,742,287 +(606) +(606) +(673) +(678) +Less: Allowance for impairment losses of +equity investments, at cost +1,401 +277 +448 +1,106 +Others +1,061 +967 +1,063 +973 +Debt for equity swaps +732 +638 +277 +2015 +2016 +Bank +- reversal of impairment allowances +223,909 +54,422 +169,487 +84,486 +22,153 +62,333 +251,162 +79,723 +171,439 +- impairment allowances charged +Impairment loss: +At 1 January 2015 +Total +Personal loans +loans and +advances and +discounted bills +Corporate +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +Bank +ICBC +(107,154) +(32,269) +(139,423) +Accreted interest on impaired loans +259,554 +70,133 +189,421 +― impairment allowances charged +83,971 +12,835 +71,136 +Impairment loss: +272,556 +92,368 +184 +180,188 +1,080 +359 +721 +Recoveries of loans and advances previously written off +(60,028) +(9,867) +(50,161) +Write-offs +(4,144) +(4,144) +At 31 December 2015 and 1 January 2016 +289,512 +98,883 +190,629 +At 31 December 2015 and 1 January 2016 +1,089 +368 +721 +Recoveries of loans and advances previously written off +(60,296) +(9,931) +(50,365) +Write-offs +414 +187,487 +42 +Acquisition of subsidiaries +(4,156) +(4,156) +Accreted interest on impaired loans (note 6) +(140,118) +(32,299) +(107,819) +226,140 +54,569 +171,571 +372 +reversal of impairment allowances +Currency swap contracts +Impairment loss: +At 31 December 2016 +1,999 +(74,144) +(8,145) +773 +1,226 +Recoveries of loans and advances previously written off +(65,999) +Write-offs +(5,135) +(5,135) +280,654 +Accreted interest on impaired loans (note 6) +(57,424) +(119,007) +reversal of impairment allowances +262,569 +70,512 +192,057 +- impairment allowances charged +86,138 +13,088 +73,050 +(176,431) +(118,285) +(57,298) +(175,583) +2016 +Bank +Group +27. FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +185 +Annual Report 2016 +1.54% +1.67% +2015 +173,857 +179,518 +1.50% +211,801 +1.62% +Percentage of impaired loans and advances +Identified impaired loans and advances +11,026,476 +82,501 +10,943,975 +92,727 +11,940,473 +12,033,200 +11,652,812 +12,767,334 +84,281 +11,568,531 +205,133 +12,672,422 +2016 +Receivables +Group +The receivables are stated at amortised cost and comprise the following: +(a) Receivables +4,450,998 +4,748,376 +4,666,691 +5,006,699 +1,299,068 +1,608,839 +1,444,195 +2015 +1,742,287 +Available-for-sale financial assets +2,813,091 +2,876,081 +2,870,353 +2,973,042 +Held-to-maturity investments +338,839 +263,456 +352,143 +291,370 +(c) +22,270 +Collectively assessed +Individually assessed +impairment losses are: +Loans and advances for which allowance for +2015 +2016 +2015 +2016 +Bank +Group +279,610 +97,874 +Individually assessed +181,736 +1,928 +(73,734) +(8,035) +706 +1,222 +Recoveries of loans and advances previously written off +(65,699) +Write-offs +(5,111) +(5,111) +Accreted interest on impaired loans +At 31 December 2016 +94,912 +160,469 +12,896,377 +allowance for impairment losses are: +Net loans and advances for which +(272,556) +(279,610) +(280,654) +(289,512) +(224,682) +(218,152) +(229,155) +(223,955) +Collectively assessed +Collectively assessed +(61,458) +(51,499) +(65,557) +Individually assessed +Less: Allowance for impairment losses: +11,299,032 +130,375 +11,168,657 +154,185 +12,158,625 +12,312,810 +135,780 +11,797,686 +11,933,466 +13,056,846 +(47,874) +2,347 +Currency forward +10,406 +2016 +2015 +2016 +Bank +Group +The credit risk-weighted assets in respect of the above derivatives of the Group and the Bank as at the end of the reporting +date are as follows: +For the year ended 31 December 2016, a net loss from the hedging instrument of RMB75 million was recognised in "Other +comprehensive income" on net investment hedges (2015: Nil), and there was no ineffectiveness in profit or loss that arises +from the net investment hedges for the current year (2015:Nil). +The Group's consolidated statement of financial position is affected by exchange differences between the functional +currency of the Bank and functional currencies of its branches and subsidiaries. The Group hedges such exchange exposures +only in limited circumstances. Hedging is undertaken using deposits taken in the same currencies as the functional currencies +of related branches and subsidiaries which are accounted for as hedges of certain net investment in foreign operations. +Net investment hedges +Liabilities +(99) +73 +18,360 +2,626 +Assets +Total +five years +five years +15,290 +2015 +282 +Counterparty credit default +61,333 +2 +75 +25 +Credit derivatives +769 +1,699 +3,819 +6,149 +Interest rate derivatives +17,616 +24,625 +24,281 +32,381 +Currency derivatives +26,194 +38,569 +45,372 +risk-weighted assets +162 +one year +months +14,696 +1,302 +Interest rate swap contracts +one year +months +Over +one year +but within +months +but within +three +Within +Over +Over three +Fair values +Notional amounts with remaining life of +2016 +Bank +(133) +five years +12,956 +five years +4,222 +Total +33,176 +Assets +176 +Over +but within +but within +three +one year +months +Within +Over +Commodity derivatives and others +Over three +Notional amounts with remaining life of +2015 +Interest rate swap contracts +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +181 +Annual Report 2016 +Liabilities +(127) +Fair values +311 +10,843 +9,408 +counterparty: +Banks +338,797 +569,932 +333,410 +561,954 +Other financial institutions +361,483 +373,419 +168,886 +230,922 +700,280 +943,351 +502,296 +792,876 +Reverse repurchases analysed by collateral: +Securities +Reverse repurchases analysed by +511,254 +792,876 +52,982 +996,333 +503 +1,018 +42,269 +(i) +The credit risk-weighted assets represent the counterparty credit risk associated with derivative transactions and are +calculated with reference to Regulation Governing Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional) promulgated by the +CBRC, which includes counterparty credit default risk-weighted assets and credit value adjustment. +25. REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS +Reverse repurchase agreements comprise reverse repurchases of securities, bills and cash advanced as collateral on securities +borrowing. +Group +Bank +2016 +Reverse repurchases (i) +700,280 +2015 +943,351 +2016 +502,296 +2015 +792,876 +Cash advanced as collateral on securities +borrowing +55,347 +755,627 +502,296 +638,863 +305,265 +483,892 +2016 +2015 +57,757 +65,704 +92,874 +16,075 +19,188 +20,332 +31,541 +Credit value adjustment +2,268 +2,835 +9,990 +11,935 +risk-weighted assets +Netting settled credit default +5,541 +2015 +2016 +Bank +Group +Bills +189,026 +304,488 +197,031 +308,984 +700,280 +943,351 +502,296 +7,207 +792,876 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(i) +(ii) +In accordance with master repurchase agreements and related supplementary agreements, the Group offsets +reverse repurchase agreements and repurchase agreements which meet the criteria for offsetting (note 3(13)), and +presents net positive (or negative) amounts as reverse repurchase agreements (or repurchase agreements) in the +financial statement. As at 31 December 2016, reverse repurchase agreements and repurchase agreements which +meet the criteria for offsetting were RMB633,828 million and RMB659,969 million respectively (31 December +2015: RMB572,560 million and RMB597,258 million respectively), and the net reverse repurchase agreements and +net repurchase agreements were RMB177,649 million and RMB203,790 million, respectively (31 December 2015: +RMB137,066 million and RMB161,764 million, respectively). +As at 31 December 2016, the amount of the placements through reverse repurchase agreements from the Group with +non-principal guaranteed wealth management products sponsored by the Group is RMB126,706 million (31 December +2015: RMB18,760 million). During the year of 2016, the maximum exposure of the placements through reverse +repurchase agreements from the Group with non-principal guaranteed wealth management products sponsored by +the Group is RMB126,706 million (2015: RMB33,184 million). The transactions were conducted in the ordinary course +of business under normal terms and conditions and at market rates. +26. LOANS AND ADVANCES TO CUSTOMERS +182 +22,342 +(2,108) +18,828 +2015 +(2,108) +22 +36,405 +232 +950 +35,223 +4 +2 +4 +10 +35,418 +748 +34,670 +10 +983 +232 +Notional amounts with remaining life of +202 +Fair values +Over +220 +2,081 +2,081 +Currency swap contracts +758 +Liabilities +Assets +Total +Over +five years +245 +five years +513 +Interest rate swap contracts +one year +months +one year +but within +but within +three +months +Within +Over three +Liabilities +Assets +Total +1,605 +2,689 +(60) +265 +104 +84 +77 +Equity derivative +(30) +20 +4,155 +790 +(32) +201 +13,366 +2,192 +2,896 +11,300 +2,192 +17,786 +221 +Over +five years +five years +one year +549 +months +but within +but within +three +one year +220 +months +Over +Over three +Fair values +Notional amounts with remaining life of +Currency swap contracts +Interest rate swap contracts +Bank +(122) +Within +513 +2016 +2,301 +3,059 +Over +Over three +Fair values +Notional amounts with remaining life of +2015 +(147) +777 +54,438 +6,620 +31,715 +14,801 +1,302 +(147) +Liabilities +Assets +777 +54,438 +6,620 +Within +months +three +but within +279 +339 +245 +(133) +Liabilities +Assets +311 +22,342 +2,896 +31,715 +18,828 +279 +Interest rate swap contracts +Total +five years +one year +months +Over +one year +but within +339 +14,801 +five years +Interest rate swap contracts +91 +452 +2015 +2016 +Group +Hedged items attributable to the hedged risk +Hedging instruments +Gain/(loss) arising from fair value hedges, net: +(446) +The effectiveness of hedges based on changes in fair value of the derivatives and the hedged items attributable to the +hedged risk recognised in profit or loss during the year is presented as follows: +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +180 +1,302 +4 +20 +There is no ineffectiveness recognised in profit or loss that arises from the cash flow hedge for the current year (2015: Nil). +24 +Fair value hedges +(73) +Fair value hedges are used by the Group to protect against changes in the fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities +due to movements in market interest rates. Interest rate swaps are used as hedging instruments to hedge the interest risk of +financial assets and financial liabilities. +18 +one year +6 +five years +Total +months +Over +five years +one year +months +but within +but within +Within +Over +Fair values +Notional amounts with remaining life of +Over three +Among the above derivative financial instruments, those designated as hedging instruments in fair value hedges are set out +below: +three +2016 +Group +restructuring +Investment in bonds related to +4.02 +166,399 +3.71 +173,106 +3.94 +4,664,712 +Investment in bonds not related to +4,136,085 +restructuring (2) +2.25 +4,192 +2.20 +197,117 +4,434 +Due from central banks(3) +2,915,005 +44,678 +1.53 +3,161,562 +170,833 +47,867 +1.51 +190,871 +4,333,202 +Average +balance +177,298 +Discussion and Analysis +Due from banks and other financial +Net Interest Income +In 2016, net interest income was RMB471,846 million, RMB36,021 million or 7.1% lower than that of last year, accounting +for 73.5% of the Bank's operating income. Interest income dropped by RMB80,299 million or 9.2% to RMB791,480 million +and interest expenses decreased by RMB44,278 million or 12.2% to RMB319,634 million. Net interest spread and interest +margin came at 2.02% and 2.16%, 28 basis points and 31 basis points lower than those of the previous year, respectively. +During the reporting period, net interest income dropped, due to multiple factors such as the emerging influence of the five +interest rate cuts and the removal of deposit interest caps by PBC in 2015, the fall of interest rates and the complete launch +of the pilot programme in the financial sector with regard to the policy of "replacement of business tax with VAT" by MOF +on 1 May 2016. +AVERAGE YIELD OF INTEREST-GENERATING ASSETS AND AVERAGE COST OF INTEREST-BEARING LIABILITIES +In RMB millions, except for percentages +2016 +2015 +Interest +Interest +Item +Assets +income/ Average yield/ +Average +income/ Average yield/ +expense +cost (%) +balance +expense +cost (%) +Loans and advances to customers +Investment +12,658,686 +538,219 +4.25 +11,607,327 +616,541 +5.31 +4,855,583 +3.65 +institutions (4) +17,470 +31,285 +44,314 +1.71 +2,744,339 +49,801 +1.81 +Debt securities issued +521,697 +435,460 +16,101 +3.70 +Total interest-bearing liabilities +19,996,202 +2,595,974 +319,634 +18,759,070 +363,912 +1.94 +Non-interest-bearing liabilities +Total Liabilities +1,363,841 +21,360,043 +1,383,096 +20,142,166 +Net interest income +471,846 +507,867 +Net interest spread +15 +1.60 +institutions (4) +Due to banks and other financial +1.91 +2.22 +1,448,398 +36,538 +2.52 +Total interest-generating assets +21,841,527 +791,480 +3.62 +20,550,489 +871,779 +4.24 +Non-interest-generating assets +1,708,483 +1,515,899 +Allowance for impairment losses +(290,892) +(273,612) +Total assets +23,259,118 +21,792,776 +Liabilities +Deposits +16,878,531 +257,850 +1.53 +15,579,271 +298,010 +1,412,253 +Annual Report 2016 +ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS +268 +President: Gu Shu +30 March 2017 +Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Qian Wenhui +Annual Report 2016 +13 +Discussion and Analysis +2.02 +The world economy maintained a grueling recovery in 2016, despite the impacts of a series of events, including Britain's +severance from the EU, the US presidential election and Italy's constitutional referendum. The US realized a steady economic +growth, the European economy recovered moderately and emerging market economies stabilized and improved, with Japan +still mired in economic recession. International financial markets convulsed violently, with the dollar remaining strong, global +stock markets collectively rising, commodity prices picking up generally, and bond markets falling in choppy trading. +In 2016, the Chinese economy registered a slower but stable performance with good momentum for growth. China's gross +domestic product (GDP), consumer price index (CPI), retail sales of consumer goods, fixed asset investment and industrial +added value of above-scale enterprises rose by 6.7%, 2.0%, 10.4%, 8.1% and 6.0% respectively, while total imports and +exports fell by 0.9%. +PBC continued to follow a prudent monetary policy while keeping the policy moderate and flexible, creating an appropriate +monetary and financial climate for the task of stabilizing growth and supply-side structural reform. First, it further enhanced +the purposefulness and effectiveness of prudent monetary policy through applying open market operations to keep liquidity +moderate. Second, it effectively facilitated the innovation, opening up and standardization of financial markets by improving +the bond market maker management regulations and issuing administrative measures for bill transactions. Third, it pressed +ahead with the risk prevention of cross-border capital flows and trade and investment facilitation. +Money supply maintained stable growth in 2016. At the end of December, the M2 balance was RMB155.01 trillion, +representing an increase of 11.3%. The outstanding RMB loans reached RMB106.6 trillion, representing an increase of +13.5%. The balance of RMB deposits registered RMB150.59 trillion, up 11.0%. The social financing scale was RMB17.8 +trillion in 2016, RMB2.4 trillion more than the previous year. Stock indexes swung up and down at the beginning of the +year, then steadied in general and declined at the end of the year, with a decline of 12.3% and 19.6% in the Shanghai +Composite Index and the Shenzhen Component Index respectively. The capitalization of the free float stocks on the +Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets decreased by 5.9%. The accumulative issuance amount of bonds in the bond market +reached RMB35.6 trillion, up 55.5%. The central parity of RMB against the US dollar was RMB6.9370, representing a +depreciation of 6.39% from the end of the previous year. +Asset scale of the banking industry grew steadily, with the quality of credit assets remaining stable overall. At the end +of 2016, the total assets of banking financial institutions (corporate) in China were RMB232.25 trillion, representing an +increase of 15.8%. The balance of NPLs of commercial banks reached RMB1,512.3 billion; NPL ratio was 1.74%; allowance +to NPL was 176.40%; core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio (CAR), tier 1 CAR and CAR were 10.75%, 11.25% and 13.28% +respectively. +// ind +谷 +Looking ahead to 2017, the world economy will grow at a slow pace at large, with greater uncertainty. The improving +US economy is likely to keep leading developed markets, while the European and Japanese economies will subject to +higher downward pressure. Emerging markets should guard against the impacts of capital flight and trade protectionism. +International financial markets will remain turbulent as a result of brewing political risks in developed countries and a +persistently weak recovery of the world economy. 2017 is a critical year for the implementation of China's "13th Five-Year +Plan", as well as for deepening of the supply-side structural reform. The Chinese central bank will maintain a prudent and +neutral monetary policy, ensure fundamentally steady liquidity by employing various types of monetary policy instruments, +implement the monetary policy in optimizing credit structure, and guide financial institutions to provide further support to +key sectors and weak areas. In the meantime, it will continue to conduct the supply-side structural reform of the financial +services sector, offer greater support to the government's major strategies including the initiative to cut overcapacity, +promoting "mass entrepreneurship and innovation" and strategic emerging industries, and adhere to differentiated housing +credit policies. It will practically prevent and eliminate financial risks and stay clear of systemic risks. +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis +FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS +Income Statement Analysis +In 2016, in response to a severe external business environment, with a focus on serving the real economy and meeting +the financial requirements of consumers, the Bank committed to seeking progress while ensuring stability, adhered to +inheritance while striving for innovation, worked to increase income while cutting expenditure, implemented strict risk +prevention and control and achieved a stable performance in making profit. In 2016, the Bank realized a net profit of +RMB279,106 million, representing an increase of RMB1,386 million or 0.5% as compared to the previous year. Return on +average total assets stood at 1.20%, and return on weighted average equity was 15.24%. Operating income amounted +to RMB641,681 million, representing a decrease of 4.0%. This was mainly due to the decrease of net interest income by +7.1% to RMB471,846 million as affected by the fall of interest margin. Non-interest income reached RMB169,835 million, +representing an increase of 5.6%. Operating expenses amounted to RMB193,112 million, representing a decrease of 12.6%, +and the cost-to-income ratio was 27.40%. Allowance for impairment losses was RMB87,894 million, representing an +increase of 1.0%. Income tax expense reduced by 1.6% to RMB84,173 million. +CHANGES OF KEY INCOME STATEMENT ITEMS +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Item +Net interest income +Non-interest income +Operating income +2016 +14 +ist +ICBC +12 +Chairman's Statement +enhanced our competitiveness, developing capability, and sustainable profit growth. We earnestly carried out the "two +focus" strategy to guide and support branches in key cities to become better and stronger and focus on winning key +markets of competition. We perfected the operating and management system at profitability units, consolidated their +capability of professional operation, value creation and profit contribution, and fully invigorated transformation and +development at all levels and in all fields. +We achieved new breakthroughs in reform and innovation. The Bank deliberated and implemented reform and +innovation measures in such areas as governance structure, management system, operating mechanism and information +technology. We fully realized that FinTech innovation is reshaping the operating and developing model of banks and +their competition landscape. Spearheading industrial revolution with technological innovation has been the traditional +advantage of the Bank and the key to our successful transformation. We set up "seven innovation labs" covering internet- +based finance, big data and artificial intelligence, cloud computing, block chain and biological identification, established +the corporate-level data application system across the board, and optimized the IT architecture from a high starting point, +striving to build more open, flexible and powerful technological systems. We accelerated the combination of technology +and business, strongly promoted the e-ICBC internet-based finance strategy, and ramped up efforts on building the three +platforms of ICBC Mobile, ICBC Mall and ICBC Link, the online financing center and the payment product line. We renovated +our outlets to be more intelligent and lighter at a faster speed, formed an online-offline integrated service system, and raised +our service capability through technological and service model innovations. We launched a series of reform measures in a +coordinated way, including the institutional and mechanism reform of credit operation and management, bills and interbank +business reform, optimization of personnel structure, and the "last mile" of performance assessment. With these efforts, +we established a new structure and new mechanism which are conducive to enhancing our competitiveness and developing +capability, strengthening enterprise risk management, raising resource allocation efficiency, and motivating innovation and +creativity. +2016 was a tough year after our joint-stock reform and listing. Despite the complex situations, the Bank maintained a +stable performance with good momentum for high-quality growth, which responded to concerns expressed by others and +stabilized market expectations. The Bank was ranked the 1st place among the Top 1000 World Banks by The Banker and +the Global 2000 listed by Forbes, and topped the sub-list of commercial banks of the Global 500 in Fortune for the fourth +consecutive year, indicating a big advancement on our international competitiveness and market image. +2016 was also a year that oversaw substantial changes in the composition of the Bank's Board of Directors and the Senior +Management. Several board members and senior management members joined the Bank in 2016 and the transitional +progress was smooth, maintaining a scientific and efficient level of operation within the corporate governance structure of +the Bank. +Only those who try will know how hard things can be; only those who travel will know how dangerous the path is. Standing +at a new historical starting point, we are fully aware that the way ahead will not be easy. Compared with our joint-stock +reform and listing in the past, the reform and development today is equally pioneering, arduous and complicated albeit +significant changes in the environment, conditions and tasks. Only the persistent innovators and practical achievers will +embrace a bright future. We will observe the laws governing the operation of commercial banks, adhere to our strategy, +fulfill our responsibilities and progress with a view to overcoming different challenges ahead. With new visions, new +measures and new agendas, we will take our transformation and development efforts into a new realm and write a proud +and glorious chapter in the new year. +Chairman: Yi Huiman +30 March 2017 +Annual Report 2016 +9 +President's Statement +President Gu Shu +10 +ICBC +President's Statement +In 2016, ICBC focused on its principal businesses, defended the bottom line and maintained a solid and steady development +in spite of complicated changes in both internal and external environments. Our net profit for the year reached RMB279.1 +billion, showing an increase of 0.5% as compared with the previous year. Return on weighted average equity, basic earnings +per share and cost-to-income ratio met the targets set by the Board of Directors in its operation plan. Those results did not +come easily. In particular, there are three encouraging developments. +First, the decline in net interest margin (NIM) was well contained. The Group's NIM was 2.16%, showing a decrease of 21 +bps from last year if the replacement of business tax with VAT is not factored into the same. The decrease is basically the +same as that of last year. That result is attributable mainly to our proactive efforts to improve the asset and liability structure, +to enhance pricing management and to increase the efficiency of fund operation, which suppressed the decreasing trend in +net interest income to a certain degree and ensured profit stability. Second, income structure was improved continuously. +Net fee and commission income was RMB145.0 billion, showing an increase of 4.7% if the replacement of business tax with +VAT is not factored into the same, accounting for 22.6% of operating income, an increase of 1.15 percentage points. Third, +new driving forces became stronger. Domestic mega retail sector contributed RMB196.1 billion to the operating income, +occupying 39.66% of the domestic institutions' revenue, which is an increase of 0.67 percentage points. Mega asset +management and mega investment banking saw their driving forces becoming stronger, with income growth rate of asset +custody, asset management and pension business exceeding or coming close to 10%. Overseas institutions and domestic +comprehensive subsidiaries generated RMB21.13 billion of net profit, accounting for 7.6% of the Group's net profit, an +increase of 0.7 percentage points. This gives a steady and strong impetus to profit growth of the Group. +Last year, we encountered grave challenges as evidenced by the number of problems and interwoven risks that were +involved in operating the business, coupled with interest rate liberalization, financial disintermediation and cross-sector +competition. Pursuant to the strategic objectives and tasks set by the Board of Directors and adhering to the general +principle of making progress while stablising performance, the Management transformed the development model on the +one hand and guarded against risk on the other hand in a bid to enhance the steadiness, coordinateness and sustainability +of development. +We were better positioned to proactively cater for the new normal in economic development and made +continuous improvement on the quality of financing development. The Bank upholds the fundamental logic of +adaptation, seizing the opportunity, and steering the new normal in economic development throughout our business +development and the Bank focused our efforts on supporting economic transformation and upgrading the supply-side +structural reform. We endeavored to transform the credit expansion mode by relying more on re-allocation of existing +credit assets and increasing the turnover of assets to seize structural opportunities and prevent and control structural risks. +Domestic branches granted RMB3 trillion of loans in 2016, of which new loans amounted to RMB844.6 billion and relending +of recovered loans reached RMB2.16 trillion. In terms of lending structure, RMB946.6 billion of project loans were granted +accumulatively, representing an increase of RMB129.8 billion year-on-year. This was mainly applied to key fields such as +transportation, public facilities, functional upgrading of key cities, high-quality government-purchased services and advanced +manufacturing. Retail loans, which are less capital intensive, grew faster. Domestic residential mortgages have increased by +RMB717.0 billion, representing an increase of 28.8%. Loans to small and micro enterprises have also increased by RMB150.8 +billion, growing faster than all other types of loans in the same period. In terms of geographical mix, large and medium- +sized cities had a faster growth in loans, with first-tier cities and provincial capital cities contributing 69% of total new +loans. USD23.5 billion of loans were granted to countries or regions along the "Belt and Road", showing an increase of +35.8%. Non-credit financing continued to expand. As at the end of the year, the balance of enterprise bond investment, +equity financing, wealth management investment and entrusted loans amounted to RMB2.5 trillion. The increase in non- +credit financing and new local government bond investment together were 1.17 times total new loans. Signed framework +agreements on cooperation in debt-for-equity swap amounted to RMB55.0 billion. The integrated credit and non-credit +financing services have improved our structure and quality of financing and met the diverse needs for funding caused by +development of the real economy. +We were more responsive to changes in market and customer needs through faster business transformation. In +a new and changing situation, sustainable banking cannot go without keeping pace with the market and customers and +making demand-oriented moves. Riding on the trend of cross-market integrated development in the context of financial +disintermediation and the trend of growing diversity of customer needs, we made full use of the Group's licenses and +synergies to continuously improve the full-value-chain service and create greater market room for transformation of the +conventional driving forces and growth of the new ones. In the mega retail field, financial assets of individual customers +broke the mark of RMB12 trillion, maintaining a leading position in the market; 120 million credit cards were also issued. In +the fields of mega asset management and mega investment banking, balance of wealth management products was RMB2.7 +Annual Report 2016 +11 +President's Statement +trillion and income from asset custody was RMB6.89 billion, representing an increase of 24.3%. Both products were leading +in their respective market segments. Investment banking business income was RMB25.0 billion, with the M&A financial +advisory service having a leading position in the Asia Pacific region. Meanwhile, we maintained our leading position in +strategic and fundamental businesses. As always, we have treated deposits as our fundamental resources for development +transformation and domestic new RMB deposits was RMB1,280.2 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of RMB610.2 +billion, hence achieving the highest of the last three years. +We broadened innovative service with greater farsightedness in the trends of financial technology development. +We continued to deepen the big data and informatization strategy, consolidated technological innovation resources and +launched nearly one thousand application innovation projects to accelerate integrated innovation in technology and +business. In particular, e-ICBC Internet-based finance was advanced in such dimensions as products, scenarios and channels. +As at the end of 2016, the open online banking platform ICBC Mobile had 253 million customers, including 66.05 million +active mobile terminal users, representing an increase of 64.2%. The e-commerce platform ICBC Mall reached an annual +transaction volume of RMB1.27 trillion. The instant messaging platform ICBC Link had 66.49 million customers, 12.4 times +that at the beginning of the year. Internet financing increased by RMB105.7 billion to RMB629.3 billion, making us the +largest internet financing bank. In addition, we combined our strengths in technological innovation with our strengths in +offline outlet services, improved our efforts to optimize the network of smarter and smaller outlets and established a system +of integrated online and office services in an effort to enhance service capabilities and create greater value for customers at +lower costs. +We pressed further ahead with comprehensive risk management to ensure all risks are under control. Risk +management is the largest variable affecting our profit growth, and places the biggest pressure on business development. +Challenged by the ongoing pressure on asset quality and interwoven risks, we put substantive emphasis on the core of risk +management, governed loans with an iron hand, strengthened credit risk prevention and control, and strictly controlled +the floodgate for new loans. We strengthened efforts to monitor outstanding loans and resolve non-performing loans +(NPLs) and created a mechanism for NPL recovery and disposal to ensure stability of asset quality. As at the end of 2016, +the Group's NPL ratio was 1.62%, representing an increase of 0.12 percentage points from the end of last year and a +year-on-year decrease of 0.25 percentage points. The divergence between overdue loans and NPLs fell by RMB18.9 billion, +representing a year-on-year decrease of RMB86.0 billion. Credit risk management showed signs of positive changes. We +strengthened global market research, developed early risk prevention strategy and mitigation plan and focused on enhancing +the management of off-balance-sheet risk, liquidity risk and foreign exchange risk. Risk preventions were better targeted +and more effective. We strengthened internal control and compliance management, improved risk management in key +areas and, in particular, intensified the compliance and anti-money laundering management of overseas institutions. We +also established an information technology-assisted, automatic and smart risk management platform with the big data +technology that identified and blocked 63,400 telecom frauds and protected customer funds worth of RMB930 million +from risk. Thanks to these efforts, we have not only safeguarded customer funds and our own reputation, but we have also +fulfilled the responsibility for fostering a sound financial ecosystem as a large bank. +With growing grasses, one can tell spring is not far away. Faced with the increasingly complex economic situation and +business environment at home and abroad, the Management will stay true to the development strategy set by the Board +of Directors and keep to the ultimate mission of serving the real economy with diligence. By expanding our market share +via transformation and innovation, and deriving value from risk management, we will spare no efforts to pursue healthy, +sustainable development of ICBC while delivering better services to our customers and creating greater return to our +shareholders and the society. +2015 +45.5 +Increase/ +(decrease) +(%) +274 +11.8 +Profit before taxation +363,279 +363,235 +44 +0.0 +Less: Income tax expense +84,173 +85,515 +(1,342) +(1.6) +2,330 +Profit for the year +277,720 +1,386 +0.5 +Attributable to: Equity holders of the parent +company +278,249 +277,131 +1,118 +0.4 +Non-controlling interests +857 +589 +279,106 +2,604 +joint ventures +Shares of profits of associates and +471,846 +507,867 +(36,021) +(7.1) +169,835 +160,866 +8,969 +5.6 +641,681 +668,733 +(27,052) +(4.0) +Less: Operating expenses +193,112 +220,835 +(27,723) +(12.6) +Less: Impairment losses +87,894 +86,993 +901 +1.0 +Operating profit +360,675 +360,905 +(230) +(0.1) +Growth rate +2.30 +balance +2.16 +Annual Report 2016 +17 +Discussion and Analysis +♦ Interest Income on Investment +Interest income on investment was RMB177,298 million, RMB6,465 million or 3.8% higher than that of the previous year. +Specifically, interest income on investment in bonds not related to restructuring was RMB173,106 million, representing an +increase of RMB6,707 million or 4.0%, mainly because the Bank increased bond investment during the reporting period, +resulting in a rise of RMB528,627 million in the average balance of investment in bonds not related to restructuring. In 2016 +the market interest rate declined, and the average yield of investment in bonds not related to restructuring dropped by 31 +basis points. +Interest income on investment in bonds related to restructuring arrived at RMB4,192 million, down RMB242 million or 5.5% +from the previous year, mainly because advance repayment of part of the Huarong bonds resulted in a decrease in the +average balance during the reporting period. +♦ Interest Income on Due from Central Banks +Interest income on due from central banks was RMB44,678 million, RMB3,189 million or 6.7% lower than that of the +previous year, mainly because PBC cut deposit reserve ratio many times in 2015 and the daily average balance of due from +central banks reduced by RMB246,557 million. +♦ Interest Income on Due from Banks and Other Financial Institutions +Interest income on due from banks and other financial institutions was RMB31,285 million, representing a decrease of +RMB5,253 million or 14.4% as compared to that of last year, principally due to the drop of 30 basis points in the average +yield of due from banks and other financial institutions as affected by the fall of interest rates during the reporting period. +Interest Expense +♦ Interest Expense on Deposits +5.31 +Interest expense on deposits amounted to RMB257,850 million, representing a decrease of RMB40,160 million or 13.5% as +compared to that of last year, principally due to PBC lowering the RMB benchmark deposit interest rates five times in 2015, +resulting in a decrease of 38 basis points in the average cost. +2016 +2015 +Item +Average +balance +Interest +expense +Average cost +Average +(%) +balance +Interest +expense +Average cost +(%) +ANALYSIS OF AVERAGE DEPOSIT COST BY PRODUCTS +Corporate deposits +616,541 +4.25 +(%) +5.58 +Discounted bills +678,019 +22,107 +3.26 +432,191 +19,593 +4.53 +Personal loans +3,786,442 +156,658 +11,607,327 +4.14 +171,894 +5.32 +Overseas business +1,117,216 +35,502 +3.18 +886,517 +30,755 +3.47 +Total loans and +advances to customers 12,658,686 +538,219 +3,228,124 +Time deposits +3,674,017 +91,153 +10,439 +0.33 +Subtotal +7,703,869 +125,110 +1.62 +7,205,641 +143,403 +1.99 +Overseas business +693,038 +9,732 +3,131,445 +1.40 +9,071 +1.50 +Total deposits +16,878,531 +257,850 +1.53 +15,579,271 +298,010 +1.91 +Note: (1) Includes outward remittance and remittance payables. +18 +ICBC +604,019 +0.31 +10,597 +3,440,581 +2.48 +3,655,043 +115,366 +3.16 +Demand deposits (¹) +4,807,607 +31,855 +0.66 +4,114,568 +30,170 +0.73 +Subtotal +8,481,624 +123,008 +1.45 +7,769,611 +145,536 +1.87 +Personal deposits +Time deposits +4,263,288 +114,513 +2.69 +4,074,196 +132,964 +3.26 +Demand deposits +Average yield +Interest +income +394,299 +7,060,495 +4.58 +(99) +(242) +Due from central banks +(3,821) +632 +(3,189) +Due from banks and other financial institutions +(908) +(4,345) +(5,253) +Changes in interest income +59,373 +(143) +(139,672) +Liabilities +Deposits +19,041 +(59,201) +(40,160) +Due to banks and other financial institutions +(2,743) +(2,744) +(5,487) +Debt securities issued +2,893 +(1,524) +(80,299) +Investment in bonds related to restructuring +6,707 +(12,822) +2.47 +Notes: (1) The average balances of interest-generating assets and interest-bearing liabilities represent their daily average balances. The +average balances of non-interest-generating assets, non-interest-bearing liabilities and the allowance for impairment losses +represent the average of the balances at the beginning of the year and that at the end of the year. +(2) Investment in bonds related to restructuring includes Huarong bonds and special government bond. Please see "Note 27. (a) to +the Financial Statements: Receivables" for details. +(3) Due from central banks mainly includes mandatory reserves and surplus reserves with central banks. +(4) +Due from banks and other financial institutions includes the amount of reverse repurchase agreements, and due to banks and +other financial institutions includes the amount of repurchase agreements. +16 +ICBC +ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN INTEREST INCOME AND EXPENSE +Item +Assets +Discussion and Analysis +In RMB millions +Comparison between 2016 and 2015 +Increase/(decrease) due to +Volume +Interest rate +Net increase/ +(decrease) +Loans and advances to customers +44,716 +(123,038) +(78,322) +Investment +19,386 +(12,921) +6,465 +Investment in bonds not related to restructuring +19,529 +1,369 +Net interest margin +Changes in interest expenses +(63,469) +4.57 +7,662,872 +440,293 +5.75 +Total loans and +advances to customers +12,658,686 +538,219 +4.25 11,607,327 +616,541 +5.31 +ANALYSIS OF THE AVERAGE YIELD OF LOANS AND ADVANCES TO CUSTOMERS BY BUSINESS LINE +393,870 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +2015 +Average +Item +balance +Interest +income +Average yield +Average +(%) +balance +Corporate loans +7,077,009 +323,952 +2016 +8,614,976 +loans +Medium to long-term +(44,278) +Impact on net interest income +40,182 +(76,203) +(36,021) +Note: Changes in volume are measured by the changes in average balances, while the changes in interest rate are measured by the changes +in average interest rates. Changes resulted from the combination of volume and interest rate have been allocated to the changes +resulted from business volume. +Interest Income +♦ Interest Income on Loans and Advances to Customers +Interest income on loans and advances to customers was RMB538,219 million, RMB78,322 million or 12.7% lower than +those of the previous year. The interest rates of new loans and repriced existing loans during the reporting period were +largely lower than those of last year, as affected by the fact that PBC cut benchmark interest rates on RMB loans five times +in 2015. The policy of "replacement of business tax with VAT" launched on 1 May 2016 also resulted in the decrease of +interest income on loans and advances to customers as the VAT of interest income is detached from the selling price. +ANALYSIS OF THE AVERAGE YIELD OF LOANS AND ADVANCES TO CUSTOMERS BY MATURITY STRUCTURE +In RMB millions, except for percentages +2016 +2015 +Average +Item +balance +Short-term loans +4,043,710 +Interest +income +144,349 +Average yield +Average +(%) +3.57 +3,944,455 +Interest +income +176,248 +Average yield +(%) +4.47 +19,191 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +3.35 +ICBC +78,814 +64,508 +Group's effective interest +20.08% +20.08% +Group's share of net assets of the associate +15,825 +Gross amounts of net assets of the associate attribute to the parent company +12,954 +10,726 +8,788 +Carrying amount of the Group's interest in Standard Bank +in the consolidated financial statements +26,551 +21,742 +(!!) +Goodwill +The following tables illustrate the summarised financial information of the associates that are not individually material +to the Group: +Reconciled to the Group's interests in the associate +5,579 +993,396 +827,561 +902,225 +753,045 +91,171 +74,516 +48,603 +4,950 +42,950 +11,197 +(5,512) +826 +Total comprehensive income +5,296 +12,023 +Dividends received from the associate +10,808 +2016 +2015 +Aggregate amounts of the Group's share of those associates: +Interest in associates in the consolidated financial statements +27,443 +22,095 +All of the above associates are accounted for using the equity method in the consolidated financial statements. +(b) Interest in joint ventures +The Group has interests in a number of individually immaterially joint ventures. The following tables illustrate the +summarised financial information of the joint ventures that are not individually material to the Group: +2016 +(348) +2015 +in the consolidated financial statements +Aggregate amounts of the Group's share of those joint ventures: +Profit from continuing operations +Other comprehensive income +2,634 +2,090 +405 +Aggregate carrying amount of individually immaterial joint ventures +(348) +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +701 +Profit from continuing operations +Other comprehensive income +Total comprehensive income +29 +22 +306 +335 +22 +Reconciliation of carrying amounts to the Group's total interests in the associates: +2016 +2015 +Carrying amount of material associates +Standard Bank +26,551 +21,742 +Carrying amount of individually immaterial associates +1,240 +Other comprehensive income +Profit from continuing operations +Revenue +Net assets +24,185 +Group +2016 +2015 +Share of net assets +Goodwill +19,663 +30,077 +15,709 +8,824 +30,425 +24,533 +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +(348) +(348) +30,077 +10,762 +2,090 +2,634 +(b) +These subsidiaries incorporated in Mainland China are all limited liability companies. +The above table lists the principal subsidiaries of the Bank. To give details of other subsidiaries would, in the opinion of the +management, result in particulars of excessive length. +There is no subsidiary of the Group which has material non-controlling interests during the reporting period. +190 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +29. INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURES +Investment in associates and joint ventures comprise the following: +Interest in associates +Interest in joint ventures +Group +2016 +2015 +(a) +27,443 +22,095 +24,185 +59 +Shares listed outside Hong Kong, at cost +(i) +Republic of +South Africa +(i) +Standard Bank, a listed commercial bank in Republic of South Africa and a strategic partner for the Group, enables the +Group to widen its customer base in Africa. +The market value of the Group's investment in Standard Bank amounts to RMB25,067 million as at 31 December 2016 (31 +December 2015: RMB15,362 million). +Annual Report 2016 +191 +Johannesburg, Commercial banking +Notes to the Financial Statements +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The summarised financial information of Standard Bank, being consistent with the Group's accounting policies, and +reconciled to the carrying amounts using equity method in the Group's consolidated financial statements. +Gross amounts of the associate +2016 +2015 +Assets +Liabilities +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +20.08 +20.08 +Principal +activities +Particulars of the Group's only material associate is as follows: +Name +Standard Bank Group Limited +("Standard Bank") (i) +Percentage of +equity interest % +31 December 31 December +2016 +20.08 +Bank +2016 +34,242 +2015 +34,242 +Voting +rights % +Place of +31 December +incorporation/ +2015 +2016 +registration +(a) Interest in associates +Banking +21 +426 +Disposals +(281) +(108) +(2,231) +(658) +(3,278) +At 31 December 2015 and 1 January 2016 +286 +45,667 +50,103 +7,022 +109,418 +Depreciation charge for the year +5,646 +1,067 +7,947 +6,585 +5,101 +97 +Acquisition of subsidiaries +At 1 January 2015 +40,197 +41 +5,620 +44,312 +3,867 +94,037 +189 +Depreciation charge for the year +1,073 +7,925 +3,489 +18,049 +Impairment charge for the year +324 +324 +5,562 +19,761 +Impairment charge for the year +492 +224,426 +At 31 December 2016 +89,024 +22,968 +2,590 +20,396 +111,231 +85,763 +246,209 +Office +equipment +Properties and +buildings +Construction +in progress +Leasehold +improvements +and motor +vehicles +Total +Bank +21,072 +2,924 +26,101 +492 +Disposals +(499) +(169) +(2,453) +(1,339) +(4,460) +At 31 December 2016 +50,814 +41 +7,483 +55,597 +11,276 +125,211 +Net carrying amount: +At 31 December 2015 +88,566 +Accumulated depreciation and impairment: +371,420 +122,507 +75,993 +24,845 +8,662 +65,573 +66,824 +293,317 +1,909 +12,305 +127,413 +1,001 +31,782 +54,527 +CIP transfer in/(out) +5,920 +(10,658) +188 +4,550 +7,530 +Additions +At 1 January 2015 +Cost: +59 +All of the above joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method in the consolidated financial statements. +192 +ICBC +30. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT +Group +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Properties and +buildings +Construction +Leasehold +Office +equipment +and motor +in progress +improvements +vehicles +Aircraft and +vessels +Total +Acquisition of subsidiaries +Total comprehensive income +319 +479 +CIP transfer in/out) +5,359 +(9,741) +404 +3,978 +Disposals +(830) +53,850 +(241) +(2,497) +(12,508) +(16,274) +At 31 December 2016 +139,838 +23,009 +10,073 +(198) +38,252 +6,911 +762 +Disposals +(1,328) +(350) +(154) +(2,276) +(10,371) +(14,479) +At 31 December 2015 and 1 January 2016 +134,233 +26,142 +9,509 +71,175 +92,785 +333,844 +Additions +1,076 +6,849 +160 +London, +United Kingdom +USD680 million +USD1,083 million +100 +100 +00 +100 +HKD4,882 million +HKD4,882 million +Hong Kong, the PRC +ICBC International Holdings Limited +Investment +banking +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +100 +00 +100 +00 +100 +("ICBC International") +KZT8,933 million +banking +Commercial +Name +2016 +2015 +2016 +2016 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +100 +(Asia) Limited ("ICBC Asia") +100 +HKD36,379 million +invested +by the Bank +HKD46,930 million +registration +Principal +and operations +activities +Hong Kong, the PRC +100 +KZT8,933 million +Almaty, Kazakhstan +(Almaty) Joint Stock Company +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Europe) S.A. +100 +100 +10 +100 +EUR437 million +EUR437 million +management +Luxembourg +banking +PT. Bank ICBC Indonesia (" ICBC Indonesia") +98.61 +98.61 +98.61 +IDR2,692.2 billion +USD286 million +Commercial +Co., Ltd. * +Fund +banking +ICBC (London) PLC ("ICBC London") +100 +00 +100 +00 +100 +USD200 million +USD200 million +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management +80 +80 +80 +80 +RMB200 million +RMB433 million +London, +United Kingdom +Beijing, the PRC +Commercial +banking +Commercial +Amount +issued share/ +paid-in capital +Percentage of equity interest % Voting rights % +Nominal value of +Charge for the year +Reversals +(25) +(25) +Disposals +(30) +(30) +630 +Others +3 +11 +| | 3 +3 +At 31 December 2015 +and 1 January 2016 +95 +8 +606 +24 +812 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(d) Movements of allowance for impairment losses of held-to-maturity investments and +available-for-sale equity investments measured at cost during the year are as follows: +At 1 January 2015 +Group +Available- +Held-to- +for-sale +maturity +investments +equity +investments +Total +Held-to- +maturity +investments +Bank +Available- +for-sale +equity +investments +Total +142 +670 +Charge for the year +Bank ICBC (Joint stock company) +13 +Disposals +606 +645 +28. INVESTMENTS IN SUBSIDIARIES +Unlisted investments, at cost +Bank +2016 +2015 +39 +102,288 +Annual Report 2016 +189 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Particulars of the Group's principal subsidiaries as at the end of the reporting period are as follows: +Place of +incorporation/ +101,066 +785 +678 +107 +Others +125 +S36 +673 +768 +27 +606 +633 +13 +13 +13 +(2) +(2) +At 31 December 2016 +11 +1 +1 +Reversals +100 +00 +100 +80 +ARS1,345 million +ARS3,505 million +New York, +United States +Buenos Aires, +Insurance +Commercial +banking +Commercial +(Argentina) S.A.("ICBC Argentina") +ICBC PERU BANK +100 +80 +100 +100 +USD50 million +USD50 million +Argentina +Lima, Peru +banking +Commercial +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Brasil) S.A. +100 +10 +80 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(USA) NA +100 +USD50 million +USD50.25 million +0 +ICBC-AXA Assurance Co., Ltd. * +60 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +80 +68 +60 +60 +80 +80 +RMB8,705 million +USD309 million +RMB5,700 million +USD258 million +Delaware and +New York +United States +Shanghai, the PRC +Broker dealer +80 +100 +100 +100 +Mexico City, Mexico +Commercial +Mexico S.A. +ICBC Turkey Bank Anonim Şirketi +92.8169 +92.8169 +TRY420 million +MXN664 million +USD309 million +banking +Commercial +("ICBC Turkey") +banking +ICBC Standard Bank PLC ("ICBC Standard") +60 +60 +60 +Istanbul, Turkey +MXN664 million +100 +100 +Real202 million +Real202 million +Sao Paulo, Brazil +banking +Commercial +and investment +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +100 +100 +10 +100 +NZD145 million +NZD145 million +(New Zealand) Limited +Auckland, +New Zealand +banking +Commercial +banking +("ICBC New Zealand") +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +100 +100 +Cost: +100 +("ICBC Thai") +Zhejiang Pinghu ICBC Rural Bank Co., Ltd. +Chongqing Bishan ICBC Rural Bank +Co., Ltd. * +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Canada) +89.33 +89.33 +89.33 +MOP589 million +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +MOP12,064 million +Commercial +* +60 +60 +60 +60 +60 +Macau, the PRC +("ICBC Leasing") +(Macau) Limited ("ICBC Macau") +Leasing +10 +100 +RUB2,310 million +RUB2,310 million +Jakarta, +Indonesia +Moscow, Russia +Commercial +banking +Commercial +banking +ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. * +100 +100 +10 +100 +RMB11,000 million +RMB11,000 million +Tianjin, the PRC +RMB200 million +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +Financial Services LLC +RMB120 million +80 +Commercial +banking +100 +00 +100 +MYR833 million +MYR833 million +Toronto, Canada +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +97.86 +97.86 THB20,132 million +THB23,711 million +Kuala Lumpur, +Malaysia +Bangkok, Thailand +Commercial +banking +Commercial +(Thai) Public Company Limited +banking +97.86 +CAD178.66 million +CAD158 million +80 +100 +00 +100 +RMB100 million +RMB100 million +Zhejiang, the PRC +Chongqing, the PRC +banking +Commercial +banking +Commercial +banking +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Malaysia) Berhad +100 +80 +10 +80 +50 +80 +100 +At 1 January 2015 +92.8169 +17,792 +Acquisition +At +of +31 December +2015 +Deferred income tax assets: +2015 +profit or loss +in equity +subsidiaries +2015 +Allowance for impairment losses +25,807 +2,636 +28,443 +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +financial assets +(1,341) +(8,329) +(9,670) +Change in fair value of financial instruments +at fair value through profit or loss +(602) +gains +recorded +(188) +recorded in +(losses) +(1,595) +(2,385) +Accrued staff costs +7,174 +(148) +7,026 +Others +(4,091) +175 +30 +(3,886) +21,066 +(1,395) +8,727 +28,398 +Annual Report 2016 +195 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Total +gains/ +Total +(losses)/ +At +1 January +(790) +(790) +6,448 +2016 +Allowance for impairment losses +(296) +(69) +(365) +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +financial assets +595 +(475) +120 +Others +696 +153 +849 +995 +84 +(475) +604 +Total +At +1 January +2015 +Deferred income tax liabilities: +equity +Accrued staff costs +profit or loss +Deferred income tax liabilities: +726 +7,174 +Others +(5,554) +695 +733 +35 +(4,091) +24,758 +3,869 +(7,596) +35 +21,066 +Total +Total +At +1 January +gains/(losses) +recorded in +(gains) +At +recorded in +31 December +2016 +2016 +2015 +at fair value through profit or loss +(973) +3,368 +2,304 +696 +2,471 +604 +4,009 +995 +Bank +2016 +2015 +Deductible/ +(taxable) +temporary +Deferred +income +tax assets/ +Deductible/ +(taxable) +Deferred +income +differences +(liabilities) +temporary +differences +tax assets/ +(liabilities) +Deferred income tax assets: +Allowance for impairment losses +112,098 +Others +28,066 +595 +120 +(deductible) +temporary +differences +2015 +Deferred +Taxable/ +income tax +(deductible) +liabilities/ +temporary +(assets) +differences +Deferred +income tax +liabilities/ +(assets) +Deferred income tax liabilities: +Allowance for impairment losses +(1,460) +(365) +(1,143) +(296) +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +financial assets +563 +2,848 +Change in fair value of financial instruments +112,204 +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +2016 +Deferred income tax assets: +Total +At +gains/ +(losses) +Total +1 January +recorded in +gains +recorded +At +31 December +2016 +profit or loss +in equity +2016 +Allowance for impairment losses +28,443 +173 +28,616 +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +financial assets +(9,670) +8,697 +Group +28,054 +(b) Movements of deferred income tax +81,534 +financial assets +(2,816) +(680) +(37,275) +(9,343) +Change in fair value of financial instruments +at fair value through profit or loss +(9,552) +(2,388) +(3,191) +(798) +Accrued staff costs +28,104 +7,026 +28,696 +7,174 +Others +(18,813) +(4,690) +(18,900) +(4,733) +109,021 +27,334 +20,354 +Taxable/ +(gains)/losses +recorded in +profit or loss +At +9,480 +8,956 +Repossessed assets +8,273 +6,808 +8,099 +6,624 +Others +23,529 +15,102 +8,713 +6,726 +585,733 +458,699 +479,196 +371,556 +Annual Report 2016 +197 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(i) +Goodwill arising from business combinations has been allocated to the Group's CGU, which is not larger than the reportable +segment of the Group, for impairment testing. +Goodwill (i) +The recoverable amount of the CGU is determined based on the discounted future cash flows of the CGU. The cash +flow projections are based on financial forecasts approved by management of the subsidiaries. The average growth +rates are projected based on the similar rates which do not exceed the long term average growth rate for the business +in which the CGU operates. The discount rate is the pre-tax rate and reflects the specific risk associated with the CGU. +428 +141,516 +173,241 +2015 +Interest receivable +112,298 +108,907 +2016 +104,463 +2015 +103,613 +Precious metals +220,091 +114,619 +189,722 +92,967 +Land use rights +19,264 +19,756 +19,198 +19,682 +Advance payments +10,680 +11,310 +391 +Settlement accounts +182,118 +148,610 +2016 +As indicated by the impairment tests, goodwill arising from business combinations is not impaired and thus, no +impairment loss was recognised. +Group +13,311 +8,496 +Other +5,555 +6,508 +Total +366,752 +303,927 +352,001 +297,414 +(1) +(2) +The principal guaranteed wealth management products issued by the Group and the financial assets invested in by the +aforementioned products form part of a group of financial instruments that are together managed on a fair value basis, +and are classified as financial liabilities and financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss, respectively. The +fair value of the wealth management products was RMB510 million higher than the amount that the Group would be +contractually required to pay to the holders of the wealth management products upon maturity as at 31 December 2016 (31 +December 2015: RMB1,496 million higher). +Structured deposits, certain financial liabilities related to precious metals and debt securities have been matched with +derivatives or precious metals as part of a documented risk management strategy of the group to mitigate market risk, +such as interest rate risk. An accounting mismatch would arise if these financial liabilities were accounted for at amortised +cost, whereas the related derivatives or precious metals were measured at fair value with movements in the fair value taken +through profit or loss. By designating these financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, the movement in their fair +values is recorded in the statement of profit or loss. +(a) +(b) +(c) +As at 31 December 2016, the fair value of structured deposits was approximately the same as the amount that the +Group would be contractually required to pay to the holders of these structured deposits upon maturity (31 December +2015: RMB159 million higher). +As at 31 December 2016, the fair value of the financial liabilities related to precious metals was approximately the same +as the amount that the Group would be contractually required to pay to the holders (31 December 2015: approximately +the same). +The debt securities including notes issued by Singapore Branch in 2012 and 2014 at fixed rates, notes issued by London +Branch in 2015 at fixed rate and in 2016 at floating rate, 3 notes at floating rates and 8 notes at fixed rates issued +by Sydney Branch in 2016 and equity-linked note issued by ICBC Asia in 2016 were classified as financial liabilities +designated at fair value through profit or loss. The fair value of the debt securities is lower than the amount that the +Group would be contractually required to pay to the holders of these debt securities upon maturity as at 31 December +2016 by RMB555 million (31 December 2015: RMB383 million lower). +There were no significant changes in the credit spread of the Group and therefore the amounts of changes in fair value +of the financial liabilities that were attributable to changes in credit risk were considered not significant during the year of +2016 and 2015 cumulatively. The changes in fair value of the financial liabilities were mainly attributable to changes in other +market factors. +198 +125,479 +8,496 +33. FINANCIAL LIABILITIES DESIGNATED AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS +13,377 +Debt securities +Bank +2016 +2015 +Wealth management products +(1) +270,831 +205,531 +2016 +270,831 +2015 +205,531 +Structured deposits +(2)(a) +17,797 +27,521 +8,674 +27,521 +Financial liabilities related to +precious metals +(2)(b) +59,192 +55,871 +59,185 +55,866 +(2)(c) +Total +losses +recorded in +Bank +32. OTHER ASSETS +Total +Total +At +1 January +2016 +gains/(losses) +recorded in +profit or loss +gains/(losses) +recorded in +equity +At +31 December +2016 +Allowance for impairment losses +28,054 +12 +28,066 +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +financial assets +(9,343) +8,663 +(680) +Change in fair value of financial instruments +at fair value through profit or loss +Accrued staff costs +(798) +(1,590) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(2,388) +Notes to the Financial Statements +2016 +31 December +equity +2015 +Allowance for impairment losses +(68) +(228) +(296) +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +financial assets +70 +525 +595 +Others +449 +247 +696 +451 +19 +525 +995 +196 +ICBC +Bank +Deferred income tax assets: +Group +7,174 +7,026 +financial assets +(1,110) +(8,233) +(9,343) +Change in fair value of financial instruments +at fair value through profit or loss +(601) +(197) +(798) +Accrued staff costs +6,448 +726 +7,174 +Others +(5,860) +378 +749 +(4,733) +23,899 +3,939 +(7,484) +20,354 +The Group and the Bank did not have significant unrecognised deferred income tax assets or liabilities at the end of the +reporting period. +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +(148) +28,054 +25,022 +Others +(4,733) +45 +(4,690) +20,354 +(1,681) +8,661 +27,334 +2015 +Deferred income tax assets: +Total +Total +At +1 January +2015 +gains/(losses) +recorded in +profit or loss +(losses)/gains +At +recorded in +31 December +equity +2015 +Allowance for impairment losses +3,032 +2016 +849 +Notes to the Financial Statements +100,337 +Depreciation charge for the year +5,594 +987 +7,713 +14,294 +Disposals +(475) +(68) +(2,448) +(2,991) +At 31 December 2016 +50,095 +41 +49,143 +7,096 +111,640 +Net carrying amount: +At 31 December 2015 +At 31 December 2016 +86,838 +19,690 +2,566 +20,575 +129,669 +87,188 +16,675 +2,199 +18,027 +124,089 +54,408 +6,177 +41 +44,976 +404 +Disposals +(785) +(193) +(82) +(2,487) +(3,547) +At 31 December 2016 +137,283 +16,716 +9,295 +72,435 +235,729 +Accumulated depreciation and impairment: +At 1 January 2015 +39,810 +41 +At 31 December 2015 and 1 January 2016 +(2,473) +(2,108) +(89) +(276) +Disposals +Annual Report 2016 +14,219 +994 +5,442 +Depreciation charge for the year +88,591 +43,468 +5,272 +7,783 +193 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +305 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +152 +66 +Held overseas +640 +602 +37 +8 +71,424 +71,366 +70,523 +70,405 +Short term leases (less than 10 years): +Held in the PRC (other than Hong Kong) +Held in Hong Kong +3,034 +2,822 +3,034 +Held overseas +26 +85 +9 +68 +3,096 +89,024 +316 +2,941 +2,924 +88,566 +87,188 +34 +36 +2,822 +3,079 +(5,722) +Held in Hong Kong +70,334 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The carrying value of the Group's and the Bank's properties and buildings is analysed based on the remaining terms of the +land leases as follows: +Long term leases (over 50 years): +Group +Bank +2016 +2015 +2016 +2015 +Held in the PRC (other than Hong Kong) +Held in Hong Kong +13,119 +13,044 +13,115 +13,044 +644 +615 +295 +70,459 +70,468 +Held in the PRC (other than Hong Kong) +Medium term leases (10 to 50 years): +13,509 +13,586 +70,331 +14,259 +172 +176 +600 +741 +Held overseas +293 +14,504 +5,318 +CIP transfer in/out) +9,270 +financial assets +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +28,443 +113,845 +28,616 +114,765 +Allowance for impairment losses +tax assets/ +(liabilities) +Deferred +income +Deductible/ +(taxable) +temporary +differences +(4,005) +Deferred +income +tax assets/ +(liabilities) +temporary +Deductible/ +(taxable) +2015 +2016 +Deferred income tax assets: +Group +31. DEFERRED INCOME TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES +(a) Analysed by nature +As at 31 December 2016, the net carrying value of aircraft and vessels owned by the Group that have been pledged as +security for due to banks and other financial institutions was RMB34,174 million (31 December 2015: RMB22,850 million). +As at 31 December 2016, the net carrying value of aircraft and vessels leased out by the Group under operating leases was +RMB111,231 million (31 December 2015: RMB85,763 million). +As at 31 December 2016, the process of obtaining the title for the Group's properties and buildings with an aggregate net +carrying value of RMB13,342 million (31 December 2015: RMB11,852 million) was still in progress. Management is of the +view that the aforesaid matter would neither affect the rights of the Group to these assets nor have any significant impact +on the business operation of the Group. +differences +(973) +(38,283) +(9,670) +Group +ICBC +194 +21,066 +84,206 +28,398 +113,473 +(4,091) +(16,886) +(3,886) +(15,847) +Others +7,174 +28,696 +7,026 +28,104 +Accrued staff costs +(790) +(3,166) +(2,385) +(9,544) +at fair value through profit or loss +Change in fair value of financial instruments +86,838 +34 +36 +(6,105) +64,235 +Additions +1,655 +8,353 +880 +CIP transfer in/(out) +5,918 +7,953 +7,424 +187 +215,459 +18,312 +Disposals +(309) +(90) +(1,238) +(3,765) +4,800 +634 +2,900 +(2,128) +Additions +230,006 +936 +8,743 +19,731 +131,814 +At 31 December 2015 and 1 January 2016 +69,718 +(million +Financial instrument +outstanding +Issue date +Accounting +classification +Dividend +currency +356,407 +Conversion +rate +4,843 +Issue price +shares) +In RMB +In original +Amount +(a) Preference shares outstanding at the end of the year +H shares of RMB1 Yuan each +A shares of RMB1 Yuan each +356,407 +2015 +Number +of shares +(millions) +Nominal +value +Number +of shares +Issued and fully paid: +(millions) +86,795 +86,795 +86,795 +86,795 +269,612 +269,612 +269,612 +269,612 +Nominal +value +356,407 +40. SHARE CAPITAL +There was no overdue payment for staff salaries, bonuses, allowances, subsidies payables as at 31 December 2016 (31 +December 2015: Nil). +(1) Preference shares +41. OTHER EQUITY INSTRUMENTS +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +203 +Annual Report 2016 +Except for the dividends for H shares which are payable in Hong Kong dollars, all of the ordinary A shares and H shares rank +pari passu with each other in respect of dividends. +356,407 +As at 31 December 2016, the amount of other liabilities due within one year was RMB514,673 million (31 December 2015: +RMB518,166 million). +Others +92,327 +36,496 +34,145 +637,830 +589,073 +481,236 +486,426 +(ii) +132,850 +2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Amount +Redemption +f. +Upon the occurrence of a Non-Viability Trigger Event (Earlier of the two situations: (1) CBRC has determined that the Group +would become non-viable if there is no conversion or write-down of capital; or (2) the relevant authorities have determined +that a public sector injection of capital or equivalent support is necessary, without which the Group would become non- +viable), the Group shall have the right to convert all Preference Shares into H shares. If Preference Shares were converted to +H shares, they may not be converted to Preference Shares again. +Upon the occurrence of an Additional Tier 1 Capital Trigger Event (Core Tier 1 Capital Adequacy Ratio of the Group falling +to 5.125% or below), the Group shall have the right to convert all or part of the Preference Shares into H shares, in order +to restore the Core Tier 1 Capital Adequacy Ratio of the Group to above 5.125%; If Preference Shares were converted to H +shares, they may not be converted to Preference Shares again. +Mandatory conversion trigger events +e. +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +(million) Maturity +Under the premise of obtaining the approval of the CBRC and condition of redemption, the Group has right to redeem +all or some of overseas preference shares in first call date and subsequent any dividend payment date. The first call date +after issuance and subsequent any dividend payment date (redemption price is equal to issue price plus accrued dividend in +current period). +204 +Order of distribution and liquidation method +d. +If the Group cancels all or part of the dividends to the Preference Shareholders, the Group shall not make any dividend +distribution to ordinary shareholders before the Group pays the dividends for the current dividend period to the Preference +Shareholders in full. +Dividend stopper +C. +The Group could pay dividends while the Group still has distributable after-tax profit after making up previous years' losses, +contributing to the statutory reserve and making general provisions, and the Group's capital adequacy ratio meets regulatory +requirements. Preference shareholders of the Group are senior to the ordinary shareholders on the right to dividends. The +Group may elect to cancel any dividend, but such cancellation will require a shareholder's resolution to be passed. +Conditions to distribution of dividends +b. +Dividends will be paid annually. +The Fixed Spread will be equal to the spread between the dividend rate at the time of issuance and the benchmark rate. The +Fixed Spread will remain unchanged throughout the term of the Preference Shares. +The USD, EUR and RMB Preference Shareholders as well as the Domestic Preference Shareholders will rank equally for +payment. The Preference Shareholders will be subordinated to the depositors, ordinary creditors, holders of subordinated +debt, holders of convertible bonds, holders of Tier 2 capital bonds and holders of other Tier 2 capital instruments of the +Group, but will be senior to the ordinary shareholders. +USD Preference Shares: the First Redemption Date is five years after issuance +EUR Preference Shares: the First Redemption Date is seven years after issuance +RMB Preference Shares: the First Redemption Date is five years after issuance +g. +Dividend setting mechanism +The Domestic Preference Shareholders as well as Overseas Preference Shareholders will rank equally for payment. The +Preference Shareholders will be subordinated to the depositors, ordinary creditors, holders of subordinated debt, holders of +convertible bonds, holders of Tier 2 capital bonds and holders of other Tier 2 capital instruments of the Group, but will be +senior to the ordinary shareholders. +Order of distribution and liquidation method +d. +If the Group cancels all or part of the dividends to the Preference Shareholders, the Group shall not make any dividend +distribution to ordinary shareholders before the Group pays the dividends for the current dividend period to the Preference +Shareholders in full. +Dividend stopper +C. +The Group could pay dividends while the Group still has distributable after-tax profit after making up previous years' +losses, contributing to the statutory reserve and making general provisions, and the Group's capital adequacy ratio meets +regulatory requirements. The paying order of domestic preference shares is equal to overseas preference shares. Preference +shareholders of the Group are senior to the ordinary shareholders on the right to dividends. The Group may elect to cancel +any dividend, but such cancellation will require a shareholder's resolution to be passed. +Conditions to distribution of dividends +b. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +205 +Annual Report 2016 +Dividends will be paid annually. +The Fixed Spread will be equal to the spread between the dividend rate at the time of issuance and the benchmark rate. The +Fixed Spread will remain unchanged throughout the term of the Preference Shares. +Dividend reset every 5 years thereafter to the sum of the benchmark rate and the Fixed Spread. +Fixed rate for a certain period (5 years) after issuance. +Dividend +a. +(2) Domestic preference shares +The Group could pay dividends while the Group still has distributable after-tax profit after making up previous years' losses, +contributing to the statutory reserve and making general provisions, and the Group's capital adequacy ratio meets regulatory +requirements. Preference shareholders of the Group are senior to the ordinary shareholders on the right to dividends. +The Group shall distribute dividends for the Preference Shares in cash, based on the total amount of the issued and +outstanding Preference Shares on the corresponding times (i.e. the product of the issue price of preference shares and the +number of the issued and outstanding preference shares). Interest method of the Preference Shares of the Group is once a +year. +Non cumulative dividend is a dividend on preference shares which does not cumulate upon omission of payment so as to +require payment of a passed or omitted dividend of one year out of earnings of a following year. After receiving dividend +at agreed dividend rate, preference shareholders of the Group will not participate the distribution of residual profits with +ordinary shareholders. +Dividend reset every 5 years thereafter to the sum of the benchmark rate and the Fixed Spread. +Fixed rate for a certain period (5 years for USD and RMB tranche and 7 years for EUR tranche) after issuance. +Dividend +a. +6.00% 100RMB/Share +Mandatory +4,558 None +600 +40 +Mandatory +None +17,991 +2,940 +བ༦ +15EUR/Share +6.00% +147 +6.00% 20USD/Share +2014-12-10 Equity +2014-12-10 Equity +Equity +2014-12-10 +RMB +EUR +USD +Shares in: +Overseas Preference +condition Conversion +1,258 +120 +e. +12,000 +None +(1) Overseas preference shares +(b) Main Clauses +79,375 +Book value +174 +Less: Issue fees +79,549 +757 +Total +Mandatory No +None +45,000 +45,000 +450 +4.50% 100RMB/Share +Equity +2015-11-18 +RMB +Shares in: +Domestic Preference +No +2 2 2 +Mandatory +12,000 +Mandatory conversion trigger events +Upon the occurrence of an Additional Tier 1 Capital Trigger Event (Core Tier 1 Capital Adequacy Ratio of the Group falling +to 5.125% or below), the Group shall have the right to convert all or part of the Preference Shares into A shares, in order +to restore the Core Tier 1 Capital Adequacy Ratio of the Group to above 5.125%; If Preference Shares were converted to A +shares, they may not be converted to Preference Shares again. +Upon the occurrence of a Non-Viability Trigger Event (Earlier of the two situations: (1) CBRC has determined that the Group +would become non-viable if there is no conversion or write-down of capital; or (2) the relevant authorities have determined +that a public sector injection of capital or equivalent support is necessary, without which the Group would become non- +viable), the Group shall have the right to convert all Preference Shares into A shares. If Preference Shares were converted to +A shares, they may not be converted to Preference Shares again. +(b) Main Clauses +Note: USD perpetual bond was issued by ICBC Asia, a subsidiary of the Bank. +6,676 +Book value +15 +Less: Issue fees +6,691 +1 +Total +No +None +None +6,691 +1,000 +Conversion +Conversion +condition +(million) Maturity +(million) +pieces) +Issue price +1,000USD/Piece +4.25% +Interest rate +classification +Equity +On 21 July 2016, ICBC Asia issued Basel III-compliant Non-Cumulative Subordinated Additional Tier 1 Capital Securities +(hereinafter referred to as "Perpetual Bond") in the aggregate amount of US$1 billion (equivalent to approximately +RMB6,676 million net of related issuance costs). Fixed rate for the first 5 years after issuance of the bond is 4.25%. If +perpetual bonds are not called, distribution will be reset based on the then prevailing 5-year USA national bonds yield plus a +fixed initial spread (3.135 percent. Per annum) every 5 years. +2016-07-21 +The distribution shall be payable semi-annually, with the first distribution payment date being 21 January 2017. ICBC +Asia has the right to cancel distribution payment (subject to the requirement as set out in the terms and conditions of the +perpetual bond) and the distribution cancelled shall not be cumulative. +(1) +In RMB +currency +Amount +In RMB +In original +31 December 2016 +Increase during the year +In original +In original +currency +(million) +(million pieces) +outstanding +Amount +instrument +Financial +1 January 2016 +(c) Changes in perpetual bond outstanding +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +207 +Annual Report 2016 +the amendment of the maturity, distribution payment date and/or the distribution amount of the perpetual bond. +ICBC Asia has a call option to redeem all the outstanding perpetual bond from 21 July 2021 or any subsequent distribution +payment date thereafter. +the conversion of all or a part of the principal and/or distribution of the perpetual bond into shares of ICBC Asia or +another person; and/or +reduction or cancellation of all or a part of the principal and/or distribution of the perpetual bond; +(3) +(2) +The perpetual bond will be written off up to the amount as directed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (hereinafter +referred to as "HKMA") if the HKMA notifies ICBC Asia that in the opinion of the HKMA or a relevant government body, +ICBC Asia would become non-viable if there is no written off of the principal. The perpetual bond also contain Hong Kong +Bail-in Power. Each holder of the perpetual bond shall be subject to the exercise by the Hong Kong Resolution Authority to +any or a combination of the following: +currency +USD Perpetual bond +outstanding +RMB +EUR +40 +147 +Amount(million shares) +1 January 2016 +USD +Financial instrument outstanding +Preference shares +Overseas +(c) Changes in preference shares outstanding +The Group shall distribute dividends for the Preference Shares in cash, based on the total amount of the issued and +outstanding Preference Shares on the corresponding times (i.e. the product of the issue price of preference shares and the +number of the issued and outstanding preference shares). Interest method of the Preference Shares of the Group is once a +year. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(million) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +206 +The Group could pay dividends while the Group still has distributable after-tax profit after making up previous years' losses, +contributing to the statutory reserve and making general provisions, and the Group's capital adequacy ratio meets regulatory +requirements. Preference shareholders of the Group are senior to the ordinary shareholders on the right to dividends. +Non cumulative dividend is a dividend on preference shares which does not cumulate upon omission of payment so as to +require payment of a passed or omitted dividend of one year out of earnings of a following year. After receiving dividend +at agreed dividend rate, preference shareholders of the Group will not participate the distribution of residual profits with +ordinary shareholders. +Dividend setting mechanism +g. +Five years after the first redemption date of issuance (18 November 2015) under the premise of obtaining the approval of +the CBRC and meets regulatory requirements, the Group has right to redeem all or some of domestic preference shares. The +redemption period of preference shares ranges the start date from the date of redemption to conversion of all (redemption +price is equal to book value plus accrued dividend in current period). +Redemption +f. +Domestic +RMB +Issue date +Total +450 +In RMB +currency +(million +Accounting +Financial instrument +In original +Amount +(a) Perpetual bond outstanding at the end of the year +(2) Perpetual Bond +79,549 +45,000 +12,000 +4,558 +17,991 +N/A +45,000 +12,000 +600 +2,940 +In original currency(million) +In RMB (million) +31 December 2016 +and +757 +120 +5,052 +Luxembourg Branch issued notes amounting to RMB17,858 million denominated in USD with maturities between +2017 and 2019 at fixed or floating interest rates. Of which, in 2016, Luxembourg Branch issued notes amounting to +RMB13,689 million denominated in USD with maturities in 2017 and 2019 at fixed or floating interest rates. +Promissory notes +10 ICBC 02 Bond +(i) +20/08/2009 +20/07/2024 +20/07/2009 +4.00% +24,000 +24,000 +100 Yuan +16/07/2009 +09 ICBC 02 Bond +(million) +(million) +Circulation date Notes +10/09/2010 +Maturity date +rate +(In RMB) +(In RMB) +(In RMB) +Issue date +Name +Coupon +Ending +balance +Amount +Issue Price +As approved by the PBOC and the CBRC, the Bank issued callable subordinated bonds through open market bidding in +2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014. Approved by the PBOC, these subordinated bonds were traded in the bond market +among banks. The relevant information on these subordinated bonds is set out below: +The Bank: +(1) Subordinated bonds and Tier 2 Capital Notes +As at 31 December 2016, the amount of debt securities issued due within one year was RMB28,277 million (31 December +2015: RMB38,723 million). +Value date +100 Yuan +16,200 +16,200 +4.99% +20,000 +20,000 +100 Yuan +11/06/2012 +12 ICBC 01 Bond +14 ICBC 01 Bond +(iv) +17/01/2012 +30/12/2026 +30/12/2011 +5.50% +50,000 +50,000 +100 Yuan +29/12/2011 +11 ICBC 02 Bond +(iii) +4.10% +14/09/2010 +14/09/2025 +03/11/2010 +(ii) +11 ICBC 01 Bond +240,175 +29/06/2011 +38,000 +38,000 +5.56% +30/06/2011 +30/06/2031 +30/08/2011 +100 Yuan +13/06/2012 +279,446 +357,937 +15,781,673 +17,235,587 +16,281,939 +17,825,302 +243,721 +236,366 +243,811 +236,501 +Others +4,134,525 +4,321,056 +4,210,600 +4,419,907 +3,645,906 +38. DEBT SECURITIES ISSUED +3,865,570 +4,176,834 +Corporate customers +Personal customers +Time deposits: +3,344,216 +3,655,850 +3,390,514 +3,720,374 +Personal customers +4,413,305 +5,156,745 +4,507,661 +5,271,686 +Corporate customers +3,929,353 +Group +Bank +2016 +59,083 +97,447 +111,069 +163,126 +51,986 +65,679 +Subsidiaries +59,083 +97,447 +59,083 +97,447 +The Bank +Other debt securities issued by +181,092 +181,999 +195,553 +194,811 +2015 +2016 +2015 +Subordinated bonds and Tier 2 +Capital Notes issued by +(1) +306,622 +The Bank +181,092 +181,999 +181,092 +Subsidiaries +12,812 +14,461 +181,999 +2,438 +13/06/2027 +(v) +ICBC Indonesia issued a medium-term note amounting to RMB119 million denominated in IDR with maturity in 2017 +at a fixed interest rate. +ICBC New Zealand issued medium-term bonds and notes amounting to RMB502 million denominated in AUD, NZD +and USD with maturities between 2017 and 2020 at fixed or floating interest rates. Of which, in 2016, ICBC New +Zealand issued medium-term bonds amounting to RMB41 million denominated in NZD with maturity in 2020 at fixed +interest rates and in AUD with maturity in 2020 at a floating interest rate. +ICBC International issued medium-term bonds amounting to RMB9,339 million denominated in USD with maturity in +2017 and 2019 at a fixed interest rate. Of which, in 2016, ICBC International issued medium-term bonds amounting +to RMB4,825 million denominated in USD with maturity in 2019 at fixed interest rates. +ICBC Thai issued debt securities amounting to RMB5,669 million denominated in THB with maturities between 2017 +and 2026 at fixed interest rates. Of which, in 2016, ICBC Thai issued debt securities of RMB1,629 million denominated +in THB with maturities between 2017 and 2026 at fixed interest rates. +Hai Jiao 1400 limited, which is controlled by the Group, issued a private placement bond amounting to RMB1,275 +million denominated in USD with maturity in 2025 at a fixed interest rate. The bond was guaranteed by The Export- +Import Bank of Korea. +(vi) +(v) +(iv) +(iii) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +202 +ICBCIL Finance Co., Ltd., which is controlled by the Group, issued medium-term debt securities and short-term notes +amounting to RMB42,473 million denominated in RMB and USD, with maturities between 2017 and 2026 at fixed or +floating interest rates. Of which, in 2016, ICBCIL Finance Co., Ltd. issued medium-term debt securities amounting to +RMB20,284 million denominated in USD, with maturities between 2018 and 2026 at fixed interest rates. By satisfying +certain conditions, ICBCIL Finance Co., Ltd. has the option to redeem all of the debt securities at any time. Above debt +securities were guaranteed by ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. and listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and the Stock +Exchange of Hong Kong Limited respectively. In 2016, ICBCIL Finance Co., Ltd. issued short-term notes amounting to +RMB3,926 million denominated in USD with maturity in 2017. +(vii) ICBC Argentina issued a medium-term note amounting to RMB89 million denominated in ARS with maturities in 2017 +at a floating interest rate. +ICBC Financial Leasing issued debt securities and notes amounting to RMB47,979 million denominated in RMB and +USD with maturities between 2017 and 2026 at fixed or floating interest rates. Of which, Skysea International Capital +Management Limited ("Skysea International"), which is controlled by the Group, issued guaranteed notes of USD750 +million with a fixed interest rate of 4.875% in 2011. As at 31 December 2016, Skysea International has redeemed +USD139 million and the carrying amount of the Notes were RMB4,231 million. The Notes were guaranteed by +Hong Kong Branch and were issued at the price fixed at 97.708% of the nominal amount with maturities due on 7 +December 2021. By satisfying certain conditions, Skysea International has the option to redeem all of the notes at any +time. The Notes were listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. +(ii) +(i) +Subsidiaries: +The Head Office issued debt securities in London amounting to RMB698 million denominated in RMB with maturities +in 2018 at fixed interest rates. +(ix) +(viii) The Head Office issued debt securities in Hong Kong amounting to RMB501 million denominated in RMB with maturity +in 2019 at fixed interest rates. +(vii) In 2016, Hong Kong Branch issued debt securities amounting to RMB3,459 million denominated in USD with maturity +in 2019 at floating interest rate. +Dubai (DIFC) Branch issued debt securities amounting to RMB7,851 million denominated in USD with maturities +between 2019 and 2021 at fixed or floating interest rates. Of which, in 2016, Dubai (DIFC) Branch issued debt +securities amounting to RMB4,391 million denominated in USD with maturities in 2019 and 2021 at fixed or floating +interest rates. +In RMB +New York Branch issued notes amounting to RMB36,953 million denominated in USD with maturities between +2017 and 2021 at fixed or floating interest rates. Of which, in 2016, New York Branch issued notes amounting to +RMB14,548 million denominated in USD with maturities in 2017 and 2021 at fixed interest rates. +In 2016, Tokyo Branch issued notes amounting to RMB1,921 million denominated in JPY and RMB with maturities in +2017 and 2019 at fixed interest rates. +Singapore Branch issued notes amounting to RMB15,889 million denominated in RMB and USD with maturities +between 2018 and 2021 at fixed interest rates. Of which, in 2016, Singapore Branch issued notes amounting to +RMB10,618 million denominated USD and RMB with maturity in 2018 and 2019 at fixed rates. +Sydney Branch issued debt securities amounting to RMB12,211 million denominated in AUD, CHF, RMB, EUR, HKD +and USD with maturities between 2017 and 2024 at fixed or floating interest rates. Of which, in 2016, Sydney Branch +issued debt securities amounting to RMB4,486 million denominated in AUD at floating interest rates and in RMB at +fixed interest rates with maturity in 2018 and 2019. +(vi) +ICBC Asia issued notes amounting to RMB852 million denominated in HKD and RMB with maturities between 2017 +and 2020 at fixed interest rates. Of which, in 2016 ICBC Asia issued interbank deposits amounting to RMB1,236 +million denominated in RMB with maturities in 2017 at fixed interest rates. +39. OTHER LIABILITIES +(i) +Group +11,455 +10,552 +11,968 +10,916 +Sundry tax payables +4,716 +2,739 +4,716 +2,739 +Early retirement benefits +22,085 +22,923 +23,748 +24,924 +subsidies payables (i) +Salaries, bonuses, allowances and +158,757 +Bank +2016 +2015 +2016 +2015 +Interest payable +(v) +243,064 +237,369 +250,425 +Settlement accounts +220,899 +196,320 +169,899 +254,942 +13/07/2012 +(iv) +(ii) +Issue Price +Issue date Currency +Name +(Original +Ending +balance +Amount +In 2015, the Bank issued Tier 2 Capital Notes denominated in USD. Approved by the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited +for listing and dealing, the Notes are listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The relevant information is set out +below: +The Bank has the option to redeem all of the bonds on 13 June 2022 upon the approval of the relevant regulatory authorities. +The Bank has the option to redeem all of the bonds on 5 August 2019 upon the approval of the relevant regulatory +authorities +The Bank has the option to redeem all of the bonds on 30 June 2026 upon the approval of the relevant regulatory authorities. +The Bank has the option to redeem all of the bonds on 30 December 2021 upon the approval of the relevant regulatory +authorities. +The Bank has the option to redeem all of the bonds on 14 September 2020 upon the approval of the relevant regulatory +authorities. +The Bank has the option to redeem all or part of the bonds at face value on 20 July 2019. If the Bank does not exercise this +option, the annual coupon rate will increase by 300 basis points thereafter. +(vi) +(v) +(iv) +Currency) +(million) +(iii) +(i) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +200 +(vi) +24/09/2014 +05/08/2024 +05/08/2014 +5.80% +20,000 +20,000 +100 Yuan +04/08/2014 +(ii) +(In RMB) +Coupon +rate +Value date +(i) +The Bank: +As at 31 December 2016, the Group's other debt securities issued mainly include: +(2) Other debt securities issued +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +201 +Annual Report 2016 +The above subordinated bonds and notes are separately listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited, the +Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the London Stock Exchange Plc. ICBC Asia, ICBC Macau and ICBC Standard have +not had any defaults of principal or interest or other breaches with respect to the subordinated bonds and notes during the +period (2015: Nil). +On 2 December 2009, ICBC Standard issued a subordinated bond with an amount of USD500 million, bearing a fixed +interest rate of 8.125% per annum and with maturity due on 2 December 2019. +On 10 September 2014, ICBC Macau issued a subordinated bond with an aggregate nominal amount of USD320 million, +bearing a floating interest rate. The bond was issued at the price fixed at 99.298% of the nominal amount with maturity due +on 10 September 2024. +On 10 October 2013, ICBC Asia issued a subordinated bond with an aggregate nominal amount of USD500 million, bearing +a fixed interest rate of 4.50% per annum. The bond was issued at the price fixed at 99.463% of the nominal amount with +maturity due on 10 October 2023. +On 30 November 2010, ICBC Asia issued a subordinated bond with an aggregate nominal amount of USD500 million, +bearing a fixed interest rate of 5.125% per annum. The bond was issued at the price fixed at 99.737% of the nominal +amount with maturity due on 30 November 2020. +Subsidiaries: +The Bank has not had any defaults of principal or interest or other breaches with respect to the subordinated bonds during +the period (2015: Nil). +On 15 September 2015, the Bank issued Tier 2 Capital Notes with an aggregate nominal amount of USD2,000 million, +bearing a fixed interest rate of 4.875% per annum. The listing and permission to deal in the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong +Limited became effective on 22 September 2015. The Notes were issued at the price fixed at 99.189% of the nominal amount +with maturity due on 21 September 2025 and cannot be redeemed before maturity. +Maturity date +Circulation date Notes +(million) +15 USD +Tier 2 Capital Notes +15/09/2015 +(iii) +USD +2,000 +13,896 4.875% +21/09/2015 +21/09/2025 +22/09/2015 (vii) +(vii) +99.189 +(million) +2015 +(million) +securities lending +Cash received as collateral on +2015 +130,830 +2016 +304,987 +313,306 +561,031 +28,275 +Repurchases (note 25(i)) +2016 +Bank +Group +Repurchase agreements comprise repurchases of securities, bills and cash received as collateral on securities lending. +35. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS +2,103,289 +2015 +23,885 +589,306 +337,191 +313,306 +561,031 +9,410 +400 +132,625 +194,647 +Other financial institutions +121,420 +304,587 +180,681 +366,384 +Banks +Repurchases analysed by counterparty: +130,830 +304,987 +1,920,782 +2,265,860 +2,016,799 +381,540 +1,673,179 +1,437,462 +Banks and other financial institutions +operating in Mainland China +Banks and other financial institutions +operating outside Mainland China +Deposits: +2015 +2016 +2015 +2016 +Bank +Group +34. DUE TO BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +Demand deposits: +(million pieces) +1,431,325 +304,987 +1,653,551 +1,516,692 +449,243 +477,593 +500,107 +306,590 +419,098 +291,804 +365,371 +74,950 +30,145 +134,736 +Banks and other financial institutions +operating in Mainland China +Banks and other financial institutions +operating outside Mainland China +Money market takings: +68,198 +1,721,749 +40,214 +1,471,539 +115,088 +1,788,267 +79,230 +130,830 +185,789 +Securities +1 January +2016 +31 December +2016 +1 +2. +Total equity attribute to equity holders of the parent company +(1) Equity attribute to ordinary equity holders of the parent company +(2) Equity attribute to other equity holders of the parent company +Total equity attribute to non-controlling interests +Equity instrument +1,789,474 +1,710,099 +1,883,700 +79,375 +86,051 +11,045 +11,412 +1,969,751 +(3) Interests attribute to equity instruments' holders +6,691 +1,000 +(million) +Repurchases analysed by collateral: +(million pieces) +(million) +(million) +USD Perpetual bond +1 +1,000 +6,691 +1 +1,000 +6,691 +Total +1,000 +1 +(1) Equity attribute to non-controlling interests of ordinary shares +11,045 +6,691 +(2) Equity attribute to non-controlling interests of other equity instruments +Annual Report 2016 +Certificates of deposit issued by Hong Kong Branch, Tokyo Branch, Singapore Branch, Luxembourg Branch, Seoul Branch, +Doha Branch, New York Branch, Sydney Branch, London Branch, Dubai (DIFC) Branch, ICBC Asia, ICBC Macau, ICBC New +Zealand and ICBC Standard were recognised at amortised cost. +36. CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT +130,830 +304,987 +313,306 +9,465 +7,753 +121,365 +297,234 +303,841 +9,465 +11,412 +7,753 +Bills +553,278 +199 +Notes to the Financial Statements +561,031 +37. DUE TO CUSTOMERS +(b) Surplus reserves +(a) Capital reserve +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(i) Statutory surplus reserve +The Bank is required to appropriate 10% of its profit for the year pursuant to the Company Law of the People's Republic of +China and the Articles to the statutory surplus reserve until the reserve balance reaches 50% of its registered capital. +Capital reserve mainly includes share premium arising from the issuance of new shares at prices in excess of par value. +Pursuant to the resolution of the board of directors' meeting held on 30 March 2017, the total surplus reserve of the Bank +was RMB26,312 million (2015: RMB26,398 million), among which an appropriation of 10% of the profit of the Bank for the +year determined under the generally accepted accounting principles of PRC ("PRC GAAP") to the statutory surplus reserve, +in the amount of RMB26,228 million (2015: RMB26,327 million) was approved and the total surplus reserve made by some +overseas branches was RMB84 million (2015: RMB71 million) pursuant to the requirements of local authorities. +208 +Subject to the approval of the shareholders, the statutory surplus reserve may be used to offset accumulated losses of the +Bank, if any, and may also be converted into capital of the Bank, provided that the balance of the statutory surplus reserve +after such capitalisation is not less than 25% of the registered capital immediately before capitalisation. +42. RESERVES +ICBC +2016 +2015 +2016 +Bank +Group +Derivative financial assets +Loans and advances to customers +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Debt securities purchased +Derivative financial liabilities +Balances at end of the year: +Huijin has equity interests in certain other banks and financial institutions under the direction of the Government. The +Group enters into transactions with these banks and financial institutions in the ordinary course of business under normal +commercial terms. Management considers that these banks and financial institutions are competitors of the Group. +Significant transactions during the year conducted with these banks and financial institutions, and the corresponding +balances as at 31 December 2016 are as follows: +Due to banks and other financial institutions +3.16 to 4.20 +0.01 to 2.99 +146 +% +% +515 +662 +569 +722 +621 +Credit commitments +2016 +2015 +3.16 to 4.20 +0.01 to 2.00 +2016 +Transactions during the year: +781,753 +2016 +5,000 +Loans and advances to customers +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Debt securities purchased +Interest rate ranges during the year are as follows: +Interest expense on amounts due to banks and other financial institutions +Interest income on amounts due from banks and other financial institutions +Interest income on loans and advances to customers +Interest income on debt securities purchased +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +217 +Annual Report 2016 +814 +158,662 +833 +14,945 +2,533 +13,530 +140,601 +2,329 +2,366 +76,449 +59,283 +702 +870,280 +2015 +21 +29,169 +200 +22,765 +ICBC +216 +2.10 to 6.15 +Interest rate ranges during the year are as follows: +Bond investments +Redemption of the PRC government bonds +Interest income on the PRC government bonds +% +% +31,006 +89,719 +127,314 +48,340 +225,366 +2015 +2016 +834,549 +847,923 +2015 +2016 +Subscription of the PRC government bonds +Transactions during the year: +2015 +2.16 to 6.34 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +As at 31 December 2016, the Group holds a series of long term bonds issued by Huarong, which is under the control of +the MOF, with an aggregate amount of RMB94,249 million (31 December 2015: RMB108,187 million). The details of the +Huarong bonds are included in note 27. +18,322 +16,897 +16,786 +200 +2015 +2016 +Due to customers +Debt securities purchased +Interest rate ranges during the year are as follows: +Net loss on financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss +Interest income on debt securities purchased +59 +Interest expense on due to customers +Financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss +Interest payable +Due to customers +Debt securities purchased +Interest receivable +Balances at end of the year: +As at 31 December 2016, the Huijin Bonds held by the Bank are of an aggregate face value of RMB16.91 billion (31 +December 2015: RMB16.91 billion), with terms ranging from 3 to 30 years and coupon rates ranging from 3.16% to 4.20% +per annum. The Huijin Bonds are government-backed and the Bank's subscription of the Huijin Bonds was conducted in the +ordinary course of business, in compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and the corporate governance of the Bank. +The Group entered into banking transactions with Huijin in the ordinary course of business under normal commercial terms +and at the market rates. Details of the material transactions are as follows: +As at 31 December 2016, Central Huijin Investment Ltd ("Huijin") directly owned approximately 34.71% (31 December +2015: approximately 34.71%) of the issued share capital of the Bank. Huijin is a state-owned investment company +established on 16 December 2003 under the Company Law of the PRC. Huijin has total registered and paid-in capital of +RMB828,209 million. Huijin is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Investment Corporation, and in accordance with the +authorisation by the State, Huijin makes equity investments in the key state-owned financial institutions, and shall, to the +extent of its capital contribution, exercise the rights and perform the obligations as an investor on behalf of the State in +accordance with applicable laws, to achieve the goal of preserving and enhancing the value of state-owned financial assets. +Huijin does not engage in other business activities, and does not intervene in the day-to-day business operations of the key +state-owned financial institutions it controls. +(ii) Huijin +Other related party transactions between the Group and enterprises under the control or joint control of the MOF are +disclosed in note 52(g) "transactions with state-owned entities in the PRC". +Transactions during the year: +28,746 +0.73 to 4.50 +0 to 8.00 +0.05 to 6.46 +0.01 to 9.00 +130 +The material balances and transactions with subsidiaries have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. +The PRC government bonds and the special government bond +0 to 20.00 +0.72 to 4.50 +-0.12 to 60.00 +0.70 to 6.61 +% +% +881 +1,285 +106 +350 +616 +917 +91 +314 +779 +955 +55 +135 +2015 +2016 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +(c) +Associates and affiliates +Balances at end of the year: +Due from banks and other financial institutions +66 +2,003 +305 +43 +941 +7 +11,957 +8,588 +2,242 +1,151 +329 +1,802 +Loans and advances to customers +1,062 +2015 +2016 +ICBC +218 +Credit commitments +Derivative financial liabilities +Due to customers +Due to banks and other financial institutions +Derivative financial assets +Loans and advances to customers +1,714 +32,756 +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Interest rate ranges during the year are as follows: +2016 +Credit commitments +Financial investments +Repurchase agreements +Reverse repurchase agreements +Derivative financial liabilities +Due to banks and other financial institutions +Derivative financial assets +Loans and advances to customers +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Debt securities purchased +Balances at end of the year: +(b) Subsidiaries +The interest rates disclosed above vary across product groups and transactions depending on the maturity date, credit risk +of counterparty and currency. In particular, given local market conditions, the spread of certain significant or long dated +transactions can vary across the market. +Due to banks and other financial institutions +0.50 to 6.50 +0 to 6.20 +0.70 to 3.80 +0 to 5.45 +0.12 to 6.80 +0 to 15.00 +1.33 to 6.50 +0 to 6.95 +16 +1,666 +% +% +31 +1,051 +263 +2015 +25,971 +19,827 +427,149 +Net fee and commission income +Interest expense on amounts due to banks and other financial institutions +Net trading expense +Interest income on amounts due from banks and other financial institutions +Interest income on loans and advances to customers +Interest income on debt securities purchased +Transactions during the year: +109,424 +103,473 +12,500 +3,599 +11,689 +Debt securities purchased +21,328 +18,456 +1,893 +3,643 +385,187 +435,283 +3,169 +8,757 +31,906 +15,442 +362,556 +4,496 +Balances at end of the year: +27,148 +The MOF +9,034 +11,093 +9,899 +Over one year but within five years +4,965 +4,922 +5,516 +5,455 +Within one year +2015 +2016 +2015 +2016 +Bank +Group +At the end of the reporting period, the Group and the Bank leased certain office properties under operating lease +arrangements, and the total future minimum lease payments in respect of non-cancellable operating leases were as follows: +Operating lease commitments — Lessee +(b) Operating lease commitments +3,962 +4,097 +22,800 +10,030 +28,368 +Over five years +2,369 +37,331 +39,463 +39,092 +10,198 +10,046 +2015 +2016 +Group +ICBC +214 +Over five years +Over one year but within five years +Within one year +At the end of the reporting period, the Group leased certain aircraft and vessels to third parties under operating lease +arrangements, and the total future minimum lease receivables in respect of non-cancellable operating leases with its tenants +were as follows: +Operating lease commitments — Lessor +17,089 +16,000 +18,978 +17,620 +2,094 +2,044 +2,266 +3,261 +3,602 +701 +7,107 +71,025 +25,160 +100,309 +63,834 +75,081 +7,107 +liabilities +assets +7,191 +25,160 +25,228 +liabilities +assets +associated +Carrying +amount of +31 December 2015 +Carrying +amount of +transferred +Carrying +amount of +associated +transferred +31 December 2016 +Carrying +amount of +Securities lending agreements +Repurchase agreements +Securitisation transactions +The Group enters into securitisation transactions in the normal course of business by which it transfers credit assets to +structured entities which issue asset-backed securities to investors. +As the Group neither transfers nor retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset and it +has retained control of them, those financial assets are recognised on the statement of financial position to the extent of +the Group's continuing involvement. The extent of the Group's continuing involvement is the extent to which the Group is +exposed to changes in the value of the transferred assets. As at 31 December 2016, loans with an original carrying amount +of RMB45,290 million (31 December 2015: RMB29,527 million) had been securitised by the Group under arrangements in +which the Group retains a continuing involvement in such assets in the form of subordinated tranches. As at 31 December +2016, the carrying amount of assets that the Group continues to recognise was RMB2,107 million (31 December 2015: +RMB1,310 million). +Annual Report 2016 +495 +719 +22,081 +27,833 +Contracted, but not provided for +535 +Authorised, but not contracted for +2015 +2016 +2015 +2016 +39,344 +Bank +At the end of the reporting period, the Group and the Bank had capital commitments as follows: +(a) Capital commitments +48. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES +The Bank's share appreciation rights plan was approved in 2006, which allows share appreciation rights to be granted to +eligible participants including directors, supervisors, senior management and other key personnel designated by the board of +directors. The share appreciation rights will be granted and exercised based on the price of the Bank's H shares and will be +valid for 10 years. As at the approval date of these financial statements, no share appreciation rights have been granted. +47. SHARE APPRECIATION RIGHTS PLAN +With respect to the securitisation of financial assets that do not qualify for derecognition, the relevant financial assets are +not derecognised, and the consideration paid by third parties are recorded as a financial liability. As at 31 December 2016, +the Group does not have carrying amount of transferred assets that did not qualify for derecognition and carrying amount of +their associated liabilities (31 December 2015: RMB122 million and RMB17 million respectively). +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +213 +Group +The MOF is a ministry under the State Council of the PRC, primarily responsible for, among others, state fiscal revenues, +expenses and taxation policies. As at 31 December 2016, the MOF directly owned approximately 34.60% (31 December +2015: approximately 34.60%) of the issued share capital of the Bank. The Group enters into banking transactions with the +MOF in its normal course of business, including the subscription and redemption of government bonds issued by the MOF. +Details of the material transactions are as follows: +86,469 +Notes to the Financial Statements +(f) Underwriting obligations +The MOF will not provide funding for the early redemption of these government bonds on a back-to-back basis but is +obliged to repay the principal and the respective interest upon maturity. +As an underwriting agent of the Government, the Bank underwrites certain PRC government bonds and sells the bonds +to the general public. The Bank is obliged to redeem these bonds at the discretion of the holders at any time prior to +maturity. The redemption price for the bonds is based on the nominal value of the bonds plus any interest accrued up to +the redemption date. As at 31 December 2016, the Bank had underwritten and sold bonds with an accumulated amount of +RMB97,646 million (31 December 2015: RMB97,477 million) to the general public, and these government bonds have not +yet matured nor been redeemed. Management expects that the amount of redemption of these government bonds through +the Bank prior to maturity will not be material. +(e) Redemption commitments of government bonds +In the opinion of management, the Group and the Bank have made adequate allowance for any probable losses based on +the current facts and circumstances, and the ultimate outcome of these lawsuits will not have a material impact on the +financial position or operations of the Group and the Bank. +As at 31 December 2016, there were a number of legal proceedings outstanding against the Bank and/or its subsidiaries +with a claimed amount of RMB5,515 million (31 December 2015: RMB4,715 million). +(d) Legal proceedings +(i) Internal Ratings-Based approach was adopted to calculate the credit risk-weighted assets according to the scope +approved by the CBRC, and others were calculated by weighted approach. +1,042,388 +1,194,507 +1,071,193 +1,231,376 +2015 +2016 +2015 +2016 +Bank +Group +credit commitments(i) +Credit risk-weighted assets of +2,289,444 +As at 31 December 2016, the Group and the Bank had no unexpired securities underwriting obligations (31 December 2015: +Nil). +2,713,875 +Annual Report 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +(i) +(a) Shareholders with significant influence +In addition to the transactions detailed elsewhere in these financial statements, the Group had the following transactions +with related parties during the year: +52. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES +The Group provides custody, trust and asset management services to third parties. Revenue from such activities is included in +"net fee and commission income" set out in note 7 above. Those assets held in a fiduciary capacity are not included in the +Group's consolidated statement of financial position. +51. FIDUCIARY ACTIVITIES +Financial assets of the Group including securities, bills and loans have been pledged as collateral for liabilities or contingent +liabilities, mainly the repurchase agreements and derivative contracts. As at 31 December 2016, the carrying value of the +financial assets of the Group pledged as collateral amounted to approximately RMB341,593 million (31 December 2015: +RMB144,813 million). +50. ASSETS PLEDGED AS SECURITY +The designated loans represent the loans granted to specific borrowers designated by the trustors on their behalf according +to the entrusted agreements signed by the Group and the trustors. The Group does not bear any risk. +Transferred financial assets that do not qualify for derecognition mainly include debt securities held by counterparties as +collateral under repurchase agreements and debt securities lent to counterparties under securities lending agreements. +The counterparties are allowed to sell or repledge those securities sold under repurchase agreements in the absence of +default by the Group, but has an obligation to return the securities at the maturity of the contract. If the securities increase +or decrease in value, the Group may in certain circumstances require or be required to pay additional cash collateral in +certain circumstance. The Group has determined that it retains substantially all the risks and rewards of these securities and +therefore has not derecognised them. In addition, it recognises a financial liability for cash received as collateral. +The designated funds represent the funding that the trustors have instructed the Group to use to make loans to third parties +as designated by them. The credit risk remains with the trustors. +1,012,587 +1,013,303 +2015 +1,169,979 +1,170,264 +2016 +Group +Designated loans +Designated funds +49. DESIGNATED FUNDS AND LOANS +215 +2,297,884 +2,778,412 +527,533 +Non-financing letters of guarantees +110,738 +175,554 +61,839 +137,076 +Financing letters of guarantees +Guarantees issued: +336,461 +2015 +2016 +265,625 +2015 +339,494 +271,691 +Bank acceptances +2016 +Bank +Group +The contractual amounts of credit commitments by category are set out below. The amounts disclosed in respect of loan +commitments and undrawn credit card limit are under the assumption that the amounts will be fully advanced. The amounts +for bank acceptances, letters of credit and guarantees represent the maximum potential losses that would be recognised at +the end of the reporting period had the counterparties failed to perform as contracted. +The Group provides letters of credit and financial guarantees to guarantee the performance of customers to third parties. +Bank acceptances comprise undertakings by the Group to pay bills of exchange drawn on customers. The Group expects +most acceptances to be settled simultaneously with the reimbursement from the customers. +At any given time, the Group has outstanding commitments to extend credit. These commitments are in the form of +approved loans and undrawn credit card limits. +(c) Credit commitments +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +295,471 +281,804 +301,898 +295,055 +620,680 +538,709 +647,448 +691,737 +1,011,280 +727,316 +1,064,189 +91,546 +159,962 +102,375 +89,005 +173,392 +Loan commitments: +210,786 +135,910 +219,199 +143,393 +Usance letters of credit and other commitments +25,588 +42,966 +45,752 +Sight letters of credit +With an original maturity of under one year +With an original maturity of one year or over +Undrawn credit card limit +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Repurchase transactions and securities lending transactions +(43) +1,761,746 +261,218 261,218 +(26,055) 1,364 +(672) +(81) +(25,444) +(26,055) +1,364 +(672) +(81) +(25,444) +261,218 +235,774 +2015 final (note 18) +Dividends-preference shares (note 18) +Appropriation to surplus reserve (i) +(83,150) (83,150) +729,783 +(4,450) +596,181 +(1,601) +23,431 +(23,431) +(3) +(3) +(3) +Balance as at 31 December 2015 +and 1 January 2016 +Profit for the year +Other comprehensive income +Total comprehensive income +Dividends - ordinary shares +356,407 +79,375 +156,195 +175,668 +241,509 +28,489 +(4,079) +23,431 +(4,450) +26,312 +Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss: +2016 +2015 +Share of the other comprehensive income of the investees accounted for +using equity method which will not be reclassified to profit or loss +Others +15 +(3) +Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: +Net (losses)/gains from change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets +(37,375) +36,956 +Less: Transfer to profit or loss arising from disposal/impairment +Income tax effect +(1,246) +(2,357) +9,172 +(8,854) +(29,449) +25,745 +43. COMPONENTS OF OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME +26,312 +Includes the appropriation made by overseas branches in the amount of RMB84 million (2015: RMB71 million). +1,909,929 +(26,312) +Appropriation to general reserve +Others +Balance as at 31 December 2016 +4,799 +4,799 +(4,799) +9 +9 +9 +356,407 +79,375 +156,204 201,980 246,308 +2,434 +(237) +(4,751) +(81) 601,857 872,290 +(i) +Others +Appropriation to general reserve +(26,398) +Annual Report 2016 +209 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The statement of changes in equity of the Bank during the year are set out below. +Reserves +Other +Equity +component +of +Foreign +Balance as at 1 January 2015 +Issued +share equity convertible Capital Surplus General revaluation translation +capital instrument bonds reserve reserve reserve +353,495 34,428 +388 148,437 149,270 218,078 +Investment currency +Cash flow +hedging +Other +reserve +The Bank's distributable profits are based on the retained profits of the Bank as determined under PRC GAAP and IFRSS, +whichever is lower. The amount that the Bank's subsidiaries can legally distribute is determined by reference to their profits +as reflected in their financial statements prepared in accordance with the accounting regulations and principles promulgated +by the local regulatory bodies of the respective countries/regions. These profits may differ from those dealt with in these +financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with IFRSS. +reserve +(h) Distributable profits +(g) Other reserves +The following table analyses the carrying amount of the above mentioned financial assets transferred to third parties that did +not qualify for derecognition and their associated financial liabilities: +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(ii) Discretionary surplus reserve +After making the appropriation to the statutory surplus reserve, the Bank may also appropriate its profit for the year +determined under PRC GAAP to the discretionary surplus reserve upon approval by the shareholders in general meetings. +Subject to the approval by the shareholders, the discretionary surplus reserve may be used to offset accumulated losses of +the Bank, if any, and may be converted into capital. +(iii) Other surplus reserve +The Bank's overseas entities appropriate their profits to the surplus reserve in accordance with the relevant regulations +promulgated by the local regulatory bodies. +(c) General reserve +From 1 July 2012, the Bank is required by the MOF to maintain a general reserve within equity, through the appropriation of +profit, which should not be less than 1.5% of the year end balance of its risk assets. +The Bank's subsidiaries appropriate their profits to the general reserve according to the applicable local regulations. +The general reserve balance of the Bank as at 31 December 2016 amounted to RMB246,308 million (2015: RMB241,509 +million), which has reached 1.5% of the year end balance of the Bank's risk assets. +(d) Investment revaluation reserve +The investment revaluation reserve records the fair value changes of available-for-sale financial assets. +(e) Foreign currency translation reserve +The foreign currency translation reserve is used to record exchange differences arising from the translation of the financial +statements of the subsidiaries and branches incorporated outside Mainland China. +(f) Cash flow hedge reserve +The cash flow hedge reserve comprises the effective portion of the gain or loss on the hedging instrument. +Other reserves represent reserves of subsidiaries and share of reserves of associates and joint ventures other than the items +listed above. +reserve +reserves +Retained Total +Subtotal profits equity +44,947 +Convertible bonds +2,912 +(388) +88 +7,761 +7,761 +10,285 +Dividends - ordinary shares +2014 final (note 18) +(91,026) +(91,026) +Dividends preference shares (note 18) +Appropriation to surplus reserve (i) +(2,331) (2,331) +26,398 +26,398 +44,947 +Capital injection by other equity holders +287,013 +262,322 +3,852 +(1,698) +(4,036) +513,903 610,647 1,512,861 +Profit for the year +- +262,322 +262,322 +Effective hedging portion of gains or losses arising from cash flow +Other comprehensive income +97 +24,691 +24,691 +Total comprehensive income +24,637 +97 +(43) +24,691 +24,637 +hedging instruments: +(25,444) +Less: Income tax effect +designated +Available- +Held-to +maturity +investments +for-sale +financial +at fair value +assets +through +profit or loss +Receivables +5,679 +27,593 +200 +181,376 +34,128 +3,657 +306 +306 +6,480 +39,752 +306 +assets +90 +Financial +Group +179 +9,367 +619 +1,049 +179 +25,241 +208,582 +48,253 +Annual Report 2016 +211 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Investment funds +Wealth management products +Segregated asset management plans +Trust plans +Asset-backed securities +31 December 2015 +181,682 +38,075 +The maximum exposures to loss in the above investment funds, wealth management products, segregated asset +management plans, trust plans and asset-backed securities are the amortised cost or fair value of the assets held by the +Group at the reporting date in accordance with the line items of these assets recognised in the statement of financial +positions. +20 +113,106 +94,843 +Nostro accounts with banks and other financial institutions with +original maturity of three months or less +86,312 +122,082 +Placements with banks and other financial institutions with +original maturity of three months or less +249,296 +235,904 +Reverse repurchase agreements with original maturity of +three months or less +656,082 +903,243 +1,189,368 +1,441,298 +46. TRANSFERRED FINANCIAL ASSETS +The Group enters into transactions in the normal course of business by which it transfers recognised financial assets to third +parties or to structured entities. In some cases where these transfers may give rise to full or partial derecognition of the +financial assets concerned. In other cases where the transferred assets do not qualify for derecognition as the Group has +retained substantially all the risks and rewards of these assets, the Group continued to recognise the transferred assets. +85,226 +84,572 +20 +20 +(2) Structured entities sponsored by the Group which the Group did not consolidate but +held an interest +The types of unconsolidated structured entities sponsored by the Group include non-principal-guaranteed wealth +management products and investment funds. The nature and purpose of these structured entities are to generate fees +from managing assets on behalf of investors. These structured entities are financed through the issue of notes to investors. +Interest held by the Group includes investments in notes issued by these structured entities and fees charged by providing +management services. As at 31 December 2016, the carrying amounts of the investments in the notes issued by these +structured entities and fee receivables being recognised were not material in the statement of financial positions. +As at 31 December 2016, the amount of assets held by the unconsolidated non-principal-guaranteed wealth management +products and investment funds, which are sponsored by the Group, were RMB2,423,950 million (31 December 2015: +RMB2,385,200 million) and RMB1,127,964 million (31 December 2015: RMB936,220 million) respectively. +(3) Unconsolidated structured entities sponsored by the Group during the year which the +Group does not have an interest in 31 December 2016 +During the year of 2016, the amount of fee and commission income received from such category of non-principal- +guaranteed wealth management products by the Group was RMB2, 169 million (2015: RMB6,076 million). +During the year of 2016, the amount of income received from such category of investment funds was RMB1 million. (2015: +RMB57 million). +The aggregated amount of the non-principal-guaranteed wealth management products sponsored and issued by the Group +after 1 January 2016 but matured before 31 December 2016 was RMB252,931 million (The aggregated amount of the non- +principal-guaranteed wealth management products sponsored and issued by the Group after 1 January 2015 but matured +before 31 December 2015 was RMB821,477 million). +The aggregated amount of the investment funds sponsored and issued by the Group after 1 January 2016 but matured +before 31 December 2016 was RMB5,244 million (The aggregated amount of the investment funds sponsored and issued by +the Group after 1 January 2015 but matured before 31 December 2015 was RMB57,936 million). +12,560 +212 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Loss during the year +45. NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT +Analysis of balances of cash and cash equivalents +Note +2016 +2015 +Cash on hand +Balances with central banks other than restricted deposits +ICBC +31,080 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +4,679 +The following table sets out an analysis of the carrying amounts of interests held by the Group as at 31 December 2016 in +the structured entities sponsored by third party institutions: +Group +31 December 2016 +Carrying +Maximum +31 December 2015 +Carrying +Maximum +amount +exposure +amount +exposure +Investment funds +8,570 +8,570 +5,679 +5,679 +Wealth management products +6,189 +6,189 +The Group holds an interest in some structured entities sponsored by third party institutions through investments in the +notes issued by these structured entities. Such structured entities include investment funds, wealth management products, +segregated asset management plans, trust plans and asset-backed securities and the Group does not consolidate these +structured entities. The nature and purpose of these structured entities are to generate fees from managing assets on behalf +of investors and are financed through the issue of notes to investors. +(1) Structured entities sponsored by third party institutions in which the Group held an +interest +44. INVOLVEMENT WITH UNCONSOLIDATED STRUCTURED ENTITIES +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +207,963 +(781) +(88) +30 +(751) +(88) +Share of the other comprehensive income of investees accounted for +using equity method which may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss +Foreign currency translation differences +27,793 +(860) +13,608 +(5,400) +Others +(75) +(17,515) +ICBC +210 +Notes to the Financial Statements +156 +27,793 +20,405 +243,722 +Trust plans +Asset-backed securities +Group +31 December 2016 +Financial +Available- +assets +designated +at fair value +Held-to +maturity +investments +assets +through +profit or loss +Receivables +7,070 +1,500 +Segregated asset management plans +Trust plans +4,125 +2,064 +Segregated asset management plans +Wealth management products +for-sale +financial +The following table sets out an analysis of the line items in the statement of financial position as at 31 December 2016 in +which assets were recognised relating to the Group's interests in structured entities sponsored by third parties: +215,504 +215,504 +243,722 +Investment funds +12,560 +12,560 +3,657 +Asset-backed securities +11,214 +3,657 +7,182 +259,815 +259,815 +7,182 +282,255 +282,255 +11,214 +18,472 +Including: Investments in associates and joint ventures +Property and equipment +24,185 +89,197 +24,185 +Other non-current assets (ii) +9,073,983 +22,209,780 +Segment liabilities +69,444 +7,148 +7,843,009 +119,123 +1,189 +3,587,372 +8,427,930 +Segment assets +As at 31 December 2015 +57,501 +10,394 +20,045 +25,873 +35,629 +64 +2,295 +Capital expenditure +10,075,355 +30,156 +The distribution of the geographical areas is as follows: +5,077 +the HO business division (including institutions directly controlled by the HO and their offices); +including Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ningbo; +including Guangdong, Shenzhen, Fujian and Xiamen; +474 +Northeastern China: +Overseas and others: +Western China: +Central China: +Bohai Rim: +Pearl River Delta: +Head Office ("HO"): +Yangtze River Delta: +Mainland China (Head Office and domestic branches): +The Group operates principally in Mainland China, and also has branches and subsidiaries operating outside Mainland China +(including: Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Seoul, Tokyo, London, Almaty, Jakarta, Moscow, Doha, +Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sydney, Toronto, Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi, Bangkok, New York, Karachi, Mumbai, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, +Lima, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Auckland, Kuwait City, Mexico City, Yangon, Riyadh and Istanbul, etc.). +(b) Geographical information +(ii) Including long term receivables, intangible assets, goodwill, long term deferred expenses and other non-current assets. +Including net trading income, net loss on financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss, net gain +on financial investments and other operating income (net). +(i) +2,297,884 +538,709 +1,759,175 +Credit commitments +Other segment information: +20,409,261 +112,712 +3,379,557 +41,780 +11,083 +224,426 +704 +(17,966) +14,560 +Others +(86,022) +(22,270) +(63,752) +Loans and advances to customers +Impairment losses on: +(220,835) +(6,110) +(100,962) +(95,797) +Operating expenses +668,733 +5,762 +92,612 +244,445 +325,914 +Operating income +17,475 +5,762 +5,519 +15 +6,179 +Other income, net (i) +143,391 +including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong and Qingdao; +(200) +(202) +(568) +(971) +292 +2,625 +5,109 +6,534 +277,720 +Amortisation +Depreciation +Other segment information: +Profit for the year +(85,515) +Income tax expense +363,235 +1,053 +1,414 +121,212 +166,165 +Profit before taxation +2,330 +2,330 +Share of profits of associates and joint ventures +360,905 +(916) +74,444 +121,212 +166,165 +Operating profit/(loss) +74,444 +including Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Jiangxi and Hainan; +Including long term receivables, intangible assets, goodwill, long term deferred expenses and other non-current assets. +including Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Dalian. +(193,112) +22 +(17,196) +(12,744) +(33,374) +(29,630) +(31,807) +(21,877) +(30,480) +(16,026) +Operating expenses +641,681 +(22) +28,451 +97,032 +79,703 +123,491 +79,974 +113,430 +70,287 +Operating income +24,862 +13,163 +209 +1,534 +Impairment (losses)/reversal on: +611 +Loans and advances to customers +(15,477) +471 +47,199 +39,510 +73,386 +45,486 +67,388 +46,345 +Operating profit +(1,756) +(1,095) +(14) +(75) +(74) +(104) +(333) +(85) +24 +Others +(86,138) +(2,827) +(2,549) +(16,384) +(10,489) +(18,194) +(12,278) +(7,940) +6,342 +1,294 +923 +207,530 +External net interest income +Total +Eliminations +Overseas and +others +China +China +China +Rim +River Delta +River Delta +Head Office +Northeastern +Western +Central +Bohai +Pearl +Yangtze +Mainland China (HO and domestic branches) +Year ended 31 December 2016 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +222 +ICBC +branches located outside Mainland China, domestic and overseas subsidiaries, and investments in +associates and joint ventures. +44,617 +41,865 +21,868 +43,602 +786 +Other income, net (i) +144,973 +(22) +7,600 +6,068 +20,293 +19,993 +24,919 +23,417 +38,348 +4,357 +including Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, +Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Tibet; and +Net fee and commission income +7,796 +7,927 +15,497 +70,362 +13,398 +29,542 +(142,386) +Internal net interest (expense)/income +471,846 +30,708 +14,378 +67,278 +(2,136) +64,709 +In the opinion of management, the transactions between the Group and the aforementioned parties were conducted in the +ordinary course of business under normal terms and conditions and at market rates. +Net fee and commission income +Others +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +220 +The treasury operations segment covers the Group's treasury operations which include money market transactions, +investment securities, foreign exchange transactions and the holding of derivative positions, for its own accounts or on +behalf of customers, etc. +Treasury operations +The personal banking segment covers the provision of financial products and services to individual customers. The products +and services include personal loans, deposit-taking activities, card business, personal wealth management services and +various types of personal intermediary services, etc. +Personal banking +The corporate banking segment covers the provision of financial products and services to corporations, government agencies +and financial institutions. The products and services include corporate loans, trade financing, deposit-taking activities, +corporate wealth management services, custody activities and various types of corporate intermediary services, etc. +Corporate banking +For management purposes, the Group is organised into different operating segments, namely corporate banking, personal +banking and treasury operations, based on internal organisational structure, management requirement and internal +reporting system. +(a) Operating segments +53. SEGMENT INFORMATION +Management considers that transactions with state-owned entities are activities conducted in the ordinary course of business, +and that the dealings of the Group have not been significantly or unduly affected by the fact that the Group and those state- +owned entities are ultimately controlled or owned by the Government. The Group has also established pricing policies for +products and services and such pricing policies do not depend on whether or not the customers are state-owned entities. +The Group operates in an economic environment predominated by enterprises directly or indirectly owned and/or controlled +by the Government through its authorities, affiliates or other organizations (collectively the "state-owned entities"). During +the year, the Group entered into extensive banking transactions with these state-owned entities including, but not limited +to, lending and deposit taking, taking and placing of interbank balances, entrusted lending and the provision of intermediary +services, the sale, purchase, underwriting and redemption of bonds issued by other state-owned entities, and the sale, +purchase, and leasing of properties and other assets. +(g) Transactions with state-owned entities in the PRC +Apart from the obligations for defined contributions to the Annuity Fund, Annuity Fund does not hold any share or bond +issued by the Group as at 31 December 2016 (31 December 2015: Nil). +(f) Annuity Fund +13,144 +The aggregated balance of loans and credit card overdraft to the person which are considered as related parties according +to the relevant rules of Shanghai Stock Exchange was RMB28.58 million as at 31 December 2016 (31 December 2015: +RMB6.86 million). +There were no other material transactions and balances with key management personnel on an individual basis for the +year ended 31 December 2016. The Group enters into banking transactions with key management personnel in the normal +course of business. +Loans +2,693 +2015 +RMB'000 +This segment covers the Group's assets, liabilities, income and expenses that are not directly attributable or cannot be +allocated to a segment on a reasonable basis. +RMB'000 +Management monitors the operating results of the Group's business units separately for the purpose of making decisions +about resources allocation and performance assessment. Segment information is prepared in conformity with the accounting +policies adopted for preparing and presenting the financial statements of the Group. +Segment revenues, expenses, results, assets and liabilities include items directly attributable to a segment as well as those +that can be allocated on a reasonable basis. The basis for allocation is mainly based on occupation of or contribution to +resources. Income taxes are managed on a group basis and are not allocated to operating segments. +14,193 +(403) +6,410 +Other income/(expense), net (i) +144,973 +79 +65,882 +79,012 +Net fee and commission income +(128,765) +142,221 +(13,456) +Internal net interest (expense)/income +Total +471,846 +198,981 +30,433 +242,432 +External net interest income +Others +Treasury +operations +banking +banking +Personal +Corporate +Year ended 31 December 2016 +Transactions between segments mainly represent the provision of funding to and from individual segments. These +transactions are conducted on terms determined with reference to the average cost of funding and have been reflected +in the performance of each segment. Net interest income and expenses arising on internal fund transfer are referred to +as "internal net interest income/expense". Net interest income and expenses relating to third parties are referred to as +"external net interest income/expense". +4,662 +2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Due to customers +Balances at end of the year: +(d) Joint ventures and affiliates +The major transactions between the Group and the associates and their affiliates mainly comprised due from banks and +other financial institutions, loans and advances to customers and due to banks and other financial institutions and the +corresponding interest income and interest expense. In the opinion of management, the transactions between the Group +and the associates and their affiliates were conducted under normal commercial terms and conditions. +0 to 0.45 +1.61 to 2.69 +0 to 4.51 +0 to 8.99 +% +129 +0 to 9.81 +1.77 to 2.11 +0 to 4.92 +0 to 0.30 +% +65 +552 +163 +104 +57 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +Due to customers +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Loans and advances to customers +Interest rate ranges during the year are as follows: +Interest expense on amounts due to banks and other financial institutions +Interest income on amounts due from banks and other financial institutions +Interest income on loans and advances to customers +Transactions during the year: +2015 +2016 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +2016 +Companies or corporations, in which the key management of the Group or their close relatives are shareholders or key +management personnel who are able to exercise control directly or indirectly are also considered as related parties of the Group. +The transactions between the Group and the aforementioned parties for the year are as follows: +2015 +16 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +219 +Annual Report 2016 +The total compensation packages for senior management of the Bank for the year ended 31 December 2016 have not +been finalised in accordance with the regulations of the PRC relevant authorities. The remuneration not yet accrued is not +expected to have a significant impact on the Group's and the Bank's 2016 financial statements. The total compensation +packages will be further disclosed when determined by the relevant authorities. +Note: The above remuneration before tax payable to key management personnel for 2015 represents the total amount of annual +remuneration, which includes the amount disclosed in the 2015 Annual Report. +6,944 +2,824 +6,699 +245 +2015 +RMB'000 +2016 +RMB'000 +2,665 +159 +Short term employment benefits +Post-employment benefits +The aggregate compensation for the year, other than those for the personnel disclosed in note 13 above, is as follows: +The key management personnel are those persons who have the authority and responsibility to plan, direct and control +the activities of the Group, directly or indirectly, including members of the board of directors, the supervisory board and +executive officers. +(e) Key management personnel +In the opinion of management, the transactions between the Group and the aforementioned parties were conducted in the +ordinary course of business under normal terms and conditions and at market rates. +0.35 to 1.15 +% +% +0 to 1.30 +2 +Interest rate ranges during the year are as follows: +Due to customers +Interest expense on due to customers +Transactions during the year: +2015 +2016 +227 +78,211 +24,862 +314,398 +22,156,102 +154,447 +3,536,514 +42,943 +11,390 +4,547 +246,209 +27,476 +39,045 +79,878 +7,189 +8,376,975 +10,088,166 +Segment liabilities +99,810 +19,817 +Other non-current assets (ii) +Property and equipment +30,077 +30,077 +Including: Investments in associates and joint ventures +24,137,265 +136,798 +10,840,773 +4,245,097 +8,914,597 +Segment assets +As at 31 December 2016 +Other segment information: +55,384 +Credit commitments +647,448 +(107,145) +152,758 +(45,613) +Internal net interest (expense)/income +507,867 +193,767 +26,963 +287,137 +External net interest income +Total +Others +Treasury +operations +banking +banking +Personal +Corporate +Year ended 31 December 2015 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +221 +Annual Report 2016 +(ii) +Including net trading income, net loss on financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss, net gain +on financial investments and other operating income (net). +(i) +2,778,412 +2,130,964 +Operating income +1,131 +19,758 +(2,341) +66,856 +131,327 +164,833 +Operating profit/(loss) +(1,756) +(669) +(1,004) +(83) +Others +(86,138) +(13,088) +(73,050) +Loans and advances to customers +Impairment losses on: +(193,112) +(6,334) +(16,628) +(93,718) +(76,432) +Operating expenses +641,681 +4,662 +84,488 +238,133 +360,675 +9,716 +Share of profits of associates and joint ventures +2,604 +24,779 +Capital expenditure +2,059 +57 +397 +657 +948 +14,660 +293 +2,578 +5,254 +6,535 +279,106 +Amortisation +Depreciation +Other segment information: +Profit for the year +(84,173) +Income tax expense +363,279 +263 +66,856 +131,327 +164,833 +Profit before taxation +2,604 +28,217 +49,335 +Share of profits of associates and +2,819,807 +2,216,719 +3,633,597 +3,366,173 +4,862,465 +9,142,237 +Assets by geographical areas +Total +Eliminations +Overseas and +others +China +Northeastern +Western +China +Central +China +Bohai +Rim +Pearl +River Delta +Yangtze +River Delta +Head Office +Mainland China (HO and domestic branches) +As at 31 December 2015 +(i) +Including net trading income, net loss on financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss, net gain +on financial investments and other operating income (net). +(i) +57,501 +38,487 +1,069,622 +1,137 +2,450,563 +22,188,714 +Unallocated assets +41,780 +3,970 +1,318 +7,209 +5,610 +4,031 +3,086 +5,839 +10,717 +Other non-current assets (i) +224,426 +95,089 +10,771 +24,329 +19,906 +18,844 +11,843 +29,480 +14,164 +Property and equipment +24,185 +24,185 +joint ventures +Including: Investments in associates and +(7,372,469) +21,066 +3,649 +1,906 +14,533 +53,771 +40,815 +82,649 +35,314 +57,305 +51,634 +2,330 +2,330 +Profit for the year +Income tax expense +Profit before taxation +joint ventures +Share of profits of associates and +360,905 +24,884 +14,533 +53,771 +40,815 +82,649 +35,314 +57,305 +51,634 +Operating profit +(971) +27,214 +2,727 +363,235 +277,720 +1,081 +6,026 +2,488 +Capital expenditure +2,295 +300 +68 +372 +261 +144 +104 +267 +779 +Amortisation +14,560 +380 +1,117 +2,968 +2,528 +2,131 +1,435 +2,178 +1,823 +Depreciation +Other segment information: +(85,515) +Total assets +22,209,780 +Liabilities by geographical areas +• +Objective evidence of impairment losses on a collective basis consists of observable data indicating a measurable decrease in +the estimated future cash flows from a portfolio of loans since the initial recognition of those loans, including: +For the purpose of collective assessment, assets are grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics that are +indicative of the debtors' ability to pay all amounts due according to the contractual terms. +All loans for which no impairment can be identified individually, either due to the absence of any loss events or due to +an inability to measure reliably the impact of potential loss events on future cash flows. +. +• +Loans that are assessed for impairment losses on a collective basis include the following: +Homogeneous groups of loans, including all personal loans; and +Collectively assessed loans +It may not be possible to identify a single, discrete event that caused the impairment, but it may be possible to identify +impairment through the combined effect of several events. The impairment losses are evaluated at the end of each reporting +period, unless unforeseen circumstances require more careful attention. +The timing of the expected cash flows. +• +The availability of other financial support and the realisable value of collateral; and +• +Projected receipts and the expected payout should bankruptcy ensue; +• +The borrower's ability to improve performance once a financial difficulty has arisen; +. +The sustainability of the counterparty's business plan; +• +If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on a loan or advance has incurred on an individual basis, the amount of +the loss is measured as the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash +flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. The allowance for impairment loss is deducted in the carrying +amount. The impairment loss is recognised in the statement of profit or loss. In determining allowances on an individual +basis, the following factors are considered: +(a) Credit risk (continued) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +226 +Adverse changes in the payment status of borrowers in the group of loans; and +All corporate loans and discounted bills are individually reviewed for objective evidence of impairment and classified based +on a five-tier classification system. Corporate loans and discounted bills that are classified as substandard, doubtful or loss +are assessed individually for impairment. +. +Homogenous groups of loans not considered individually significant +ICBC +228 +It is the Group's policy to dispose of repossessed assets in an orderly manner. In general, the Group does not occupy +repossessed assets for business use. +Management monitors the market value of collateral periodically and requests additional collateral in accordance with the +underlying agreement when it is considered necessary. +Although collateral can be an important mitigation of credit risk, the Group grants loans based on the assessment of the +borrowers' ability to meet obligations out of their cash flow, instead of the value of collateral. The necessity of a collateral +is dependent on the nature of the loan. In the event of default, the Group might sell the collateral for repayment. The fair +value of collateral of past due but not impaired loans and impaired loans are disclosed in note 54(a)(iii). +The Group prefers more liquid collateral with relatively stable market value and does not accept collateral that is illiquid, +with difficulties in registration or high fluctuations in market value. The value of collateral should be assessed and confirmed +by the Group or valuation agents identified by the Group. The value of collateral should adequately cover the outstanding +balance of loans. The loan-to-value ratio depends on types of collateral, usage condition, liquidity, price volatility and +realisation cost. All collateral has to be registered in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations. The credit officers +inspect the collateral and assess the changes in the value of collateral regularly. +Retail loans are mainly collateralised by residential properties. As at 31 December 2016, the carrying value of retail loans +covered by collateral amounted to RMB4, 196,169 million (31 December 2015: RMB3,541,862 million), of which credit +exposure of retail loans covered by collateral amounted to RMB3,666,608 million (31 December 2015: RMB3,027,428 +million). +Corporate loans are mainly collateralised by properties or other assets. As at 31 December 2016, the carrying value +of corporate loans and discounted bills covered by collateral amounted to RMB8,860,677 million (31 December 2015: +RMB8,391,604 million), of which credit exposure of corporate loans covered by collateral amounted to RMB3,771,915 +million (31 December 2015: RMB3,712,124 million). +Reverse repurchase business is mainly collateralised by bills, loans or investment securities. As part of the reverse repurchase +agreements, the Group has received securities that it is allowed to sell or repledge in the absence of default by their owners. +Fair value of collateral is shown in note 25. +The amount and type of collateral required depend on the assessment of the credit risk of the counterparty. Guidelines are +in place specifying the types of collateral and valuation parameters which can be accepted. +Collateral +As soon as information that specifically identifies objective evidence of impairment on individual assets in a pool is available, +those assets are excluded and individually assessed. Assets that are individually assessed for impairment and for which an +impairment loss is or continues to be recognised are not included in a collective assessment for impairment. +The current economic and credit environment and, whether these, in management's experience, indicate that the +actual level of incurred but not yet identified losses is likely to be greater or less than that suggested by historical +experience. +• +Historical loss experience in portfolios of similar risk characteristics; and +• +Individually assessed loans with no objective evidence of impairment are grouped together in portfolios of similar credit +risk characteristics for the purpose of assessing a collective impairment loss. The collective impairment loss is assessed after +taking into account: +Individually assessed loans with no objective evidence of impairment +(a) Credit risk (continued) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +360,675 +Notes to the Financial Statements +227 +Annual Report 2016 +For homogeneous groups of loans, the Group uses a collective assessment approach for impairment losses. The approach +analyses historical trends of probability of default and the amount of the consequential loss, as well as evaluates current +economic conditions that may have a consequential impact on inherent losses in the portfolio. +National or local economic conditions that correlate with defaults on assets in the portfolio of loans. +Individually assessed loans +The main considerations for the loan impairment assessment include whether any payments of principal or interest are +overdue or whether there are any liquidity problems of counterparties, credit rating downgrades, or infringement of the +original terms of the contract. The Group addresses impairment assessment in two areas: individually assessed impairment +and collectively assessed impairment. +Impairment assessment +2,297,884 +263,163 +54,608 +207,604 +149,897 +415,973 +250,410 +398,045 +558,184 +Credit commitments +Other segment information: +Total liabilities +20,409,261 +64,261 +Unallocated liabilities +20,345,000 +(7,372,469) +810,582 +1,024,661 +2,732,706 +2,289,592 +4,799,262 +3,497,543 +4,995,033 +7,568,090 +Including long term receivables, intangible assets, goodwill, long term deferred expenses and other non-current assets. +224 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Credit risk is often greater when counterparties are concentrated in one single industry or geographical location or have +comparable economic characteristics. +Risk concentration +The Group will normally sign an International Swaps and Derivatives Association ("ISDA") Master Agreement, a China +Interbank Market Financial Derivatives Master Agreement ("NAFMII master agreement") with its counterparties for +documenting over-the-counter derivative activities. Each of these master agreements provides the contractual framework +within which derivative dealing activities are conducted. Under each of these master agreements, close-out netting shall be +applied across all outstanding transactions covered by the agreement if either party defaults. +In addition to the credit risk exposures on credit-related assets and amounts due from or lending to banks and other +financial institutions, credit risk also arises in other areas. For instance, credit risk exposure also arises from derivative +financial instruments which is, however, limited to those with positive fair values, as recorded in the statement of financial +position. In addition, the Group also makes available to its customers' guarantees which may require the Group to make +payments on their behalf. Such payments are collected from customers based on the terms of the agreements signed. They +expose the Group to similar risks as loans and these are mitigated by the same control processes and policies. +To enhance the credit risk management practices, the Group also launches training programs periodically for credit officers +at different levels. +Information management systems designed to enable a real time risk monitoring. +Stringent qualification system for the loan approval officers; and +• +Risk management rules and procedures that focus on risk control throughout the entire credit business process, +including customer investigation and credit rating, granting of credit limits, loan evaluation, loan review and approval, +granting of loan and post-disbursement loan monitoring; +Centralised credit management policies and procedures; +. +The principal features of the Group's credit risk management function include: +(443) +Credit risk is the risk of loss arising from a borrower's or counterparty's inability to meet its obligations. Credit risk can also +arise from operational failures that result in an unauthorised or inappropriate guarantee, commitment or investment of +funds. The Group is exposed to credit risk primarily due to loans, guarantees and other credit related commitments. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +225 +Annual Report 2016 +The Bank maintains a dual-reporting line structure at the branch level for risk management purposes. Under this structure, +the risk management departments of the branches report to both the corresponding risk management departments at the +Head Office and management of the relevant branches. +The Group has also assigned departments monitoring financial risks within the Group, including the Credit Management +Department to monitor credit risk, the Risk Management Department together with the Asset and Liability Management +Department to monitor market and liquidity risks, and the Internal Control and Compliance Department to monitor +operational risk. The Risk Management Department is primarily responsible for coordinating and establishing a +comprehensive risk management framework, preparing consolidated reports on credit risk, market risk and operational risk +and reporting directly to the Chief Risk Officer. +The President supervises the risk management strategies and reports directly to the Board. He chairs two management +committees including the Risk Management Committee and the Asset and Liability Management Committee. These two +committees formulate and make recommendations in respect of risk management strategies and policies through the +President to the Risk Management Committee of the Board. The Chief Risk Officer assists the President to supervise and +manage various risks. +The board of directors (the "Board") has the ultimate responsibility for risk management and oversees the Group's risk +management functions through the Risk Management Committee and the Audit Committee of the Board. +A description and an analysis of the major risks faced by the Group are as follows: +54. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS RISK MANAGEMENT +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(a) Credit risk +(2) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(7) +17,791 +11,072 +28,803 +13,020 +Property and equipment +30,077 +30,077 +joint ventures +24,108,867 +Total +Eliminations +(5,479,261) +3,129,868 +1,068,632 +2,827,331 +2,275,456 +3,626,559 +3,096,641 +5,194,868 +8,368,773 +Overseas and +others +China +Northeastern +Western +China +Central +China +Bohai +Rim +19,263 +Pearl +River Delta +23,418 +122,451 +Unallocated liabilities +22,102,859 +(5,479,261) +517,154 +1,074,621 +5,242,654 2,384,189 2,771,987 +3,318,068 +5,453,036 +6,820,411 +Liabilities by geographical areas +24,137,265 +Total assets +28,398 +Unallocated assets +42,943 +4,417 +1,358 +7,563 +5,691 +3,985 +3,557 +5,811 +10,561 +Other non-current assets (i) +246,209 +10,391 +53,243 +Yangtze +River Delta +Mainland China (HO and domestic branches) +2,566 +2,198 +1,412 +2,074 +1,841 +Depreciation +information: +Other segment +279,106 +(84,173) +363,279 +30,821 +13,144 +47,199 +73,386 +45,486 +67,388 +46,345 +2,604 +2,604 +Profit for the year +Income tax expense +Profit before taxation +joint ventures +(21) +3,010 +Head Office +1,161 +14,660 +As at 31 December 2016 +Including: Investments in associates and +Assets by geographical areas +Including net trading income, net loss on financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss, net gain +on financial investments and other operating income (net). +(i) +55,384 +17,556 +4,236 +8,948 +7,328 +5,339 +3,458 +4,747 +3,772 +Capital expenditure +2,059 +218 +77 +389 +263 +93 +187 +235 +597 +Amortisation +398 +Total liabilities +39,510 +Other segment information: +42,305 +30,897 +104,258 +84,447 +131,004 +81,307 +117,661 +76,960 +Operating income +17,475 +11,072 +(131) +1,811 +227 +6,209 +1,082 +(649) +(2,146) +Other (expense)/income, net (i) +143,391 +(106) +8,167 +5,751 +20,588 +21,179 +(106) +24,685 +668,733 +(19,094) +(24) +22,156,102 +(176) +(113) +(185) +Others +(86,022) +(1,616) +(10,984) +(9,080) +(11,034) +(20,546) +(24,946) +(6,047) +Loans and advances to customers +Impairment losses on: +(220,835) +106 +(15,362) +(14,593) +(39,482) +(34,545) +(37,297) +(25,271) +(35,297) +Operating expenses +22,685 +(1,769) +4,639 +Overseas and +Northeastern +Western +Central +Bohai +Pearl +Yangtze +Mainland China (HO and domestic branches) +Year ended 31 December 2015 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +223 +Annual Report 2016 +397,963 +67,703 +249,912 +158,583 +485,726 +(i) +441,169 +662,510 +2,778,412 +Including long term receivables, intangible assets, goodwill, long term deferred expenses and other non-current assets. +Credit commitments +35,803 +Head Office +River Delta +314,846 +Rim +River Delta +(1,440) +8,185 +3,182 +76,079 +10,207 +26,121 +(135,954) +Internal net interest (expense)/income +507,867 +24,506 +17,092 +13,620 +Net fee and commission income +78,677 +China +China +others Eliminations +Total +External net interest income +China +210,421 +56,386 +47,333 +24,031 +49,421 +Due to central banks +59,151 +22,209,780 +30 +160 +210 +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +through profit or loss +Liabilities: +20 +17,170 +122,790 +22,124 +17,267 +1,213 +Derivative financial liabilities +512 +11,467 +3,044,624 +6,232 +12,890 +28,555 +81,382 +303,927 +53,048 +5,485,073 +14,069 +1,194,931 +4,666,691 +Investments in associates and joint ventures +24,185 +24,185 +Property and equipment +224,426 +224,426 +Others +5,387,465 +270,430 +9,188 +23,629 +33,018 +39,157 +479,765 +Total assets +1,018,365 +2,021,133 +1,153,259 +4,099,861 +51,295 +76,826 +17,054 +1,541,535 +Others +Total liabilities +287,242 +77,754 +73,697 +143,495 +64,250 +6,896 +653,334 +10,404,186 +1,698,538 +1,694,145 +4,073,614 +2,288,046 +250,732 +20,409,261 +Net liquidity gap +(9,385,821) +322,595 +2,344,194 +(540,886) +26,247 +3,197,027 +306,622 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +195,745 +11,789 +590,578 +178,260 +210,401 +45,149 +37,128 +2,603,051 +Certificates of deposit +35,579 +53,158 +77,938 +16,234 +443 +183,352 +Due to customers +8,515,746 +891,898 +1,241,541 +3,574,017 +2,055,662 +3,075 +16,281,939 +Debt securities issued +9,880 +72,154 +808,375 +months +97,632 +1,981,163 +(*) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and bond investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more than +one month. +Annual Report 2016 +237 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(b) Liquidity risk (continued) +3,334,636 +31 December 2015 +Cash and balances with central banks +Due from banks and +Overdue/ +repayable +One to +Three +Less than +three +months to +One to +on demand +Assets: +6,499,529 +3,363,860 +22,156,102 +136,514 +13,953 +5,136,733 +193,146 +357,937 +Others +Total liabilities +300,535 +72,155 +60,357 +11,426,910 +1,868,675 +1,802,366 +Net liquidity gap +(10,391,326) +43,004 +(490,413) +135,012 +4,281,516 +(378,127) +70,885 +52,130 +691,074 +2,466,028 +310,607 +one month +one year +five years +More than +five years +9,211 +174,786 +13,665 +4,437 +210,434 +Derivative financial assets +681 +11,116 +12,841 +31,758 +18,134 +4,340 +78,870 +Loans and advances to customers +68,278 +755,892 +739,152 +2,918,622 +2,881,766 +4,139,152 +149,950 +11,652,812 +Financial investments +6,750 +207,490 +1,051 +through profit or loss +Undated +(***) +Total +471,606 +2,588,027 +3,059,633 +other financial institutions (*) +Financial assets held for trading +206,836 +1,091,447 +153,808 +197,090 +30,904 +41 +1,680,126 +12,700 +24,030 +81,757 +11,660 +2,318 +373 +132,838 +Financial assets designated at fair value +534 +3,044,624 +During the year, the Group took possession of collateral held as security with a carrying amount of RMB2, 106 million (2015: +RMB3,690 million). Such collateral mainly comprises land and buildings, equipment and others. +(*) +The fair values of collateral that the Group and the Bank hold relating to loans individually determined to be impaired as +at 31 December 2016 amounted to RMB42,046 million (31 December 2015: RMB43,771 million) and RMB40,477 million +(31 December 2015: RMB42,196 million), respectively. The collateral mainly consists of land and buildings, equipment and +others. +Impaired loans and advances are defined as those loans and advances having objective evidence of impairment as a result of +one or more events that occured after initial recognition and that event has an impact on the estimated future cash flows +of loans and advances that can be reliably estimated. These loans and advances include corporate loans and personal loans +which are graded as "Substandard", "Doubtful" or "Loss". +Impaired +179,870 +63,324 +116,546 +164,290 +65,137 +99,153 +Fair value of collateral held +Renegotiated loans and advances to customers +145,475 +113,177 +127,030 +31,959 +95,071 +Total +38,315 +9,616 +28,699 +43,027 +9,760 +32,298 +The Group has formulated a set of loan restructuring policies to renegotiate the contractual terms with customers, to +maximise the collectability of loans and to manage customer relationships. +The carrying amount of renegotiated loans and advances to customers is as follows: +Group +(a) Credit risk (continued) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +234 +Collateral repossessed +1,905 +1,652 +1,942 +2,085 +customers included in above +Including: Impaired loans and advances to +4,441 +5,052 +4,557 +5,541 +customers +Renegotiated loans and advances to +2015 +2016 +2015 +2016 +Bank +33,267 +(iv) Debt securities +Two to three months +7,544 +Bank +(a) Credit risk (continued) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +233 +Annual Report 2016 +184,267 +65,453 +118,814 +171,034 +2016 +67,707 +Fair value of collateral held +154,502 +33,425 +121,077 +139,029 +34,617 +104,412 +Total +8,318 +39,741 +103,327 +2015 +Corporate +Corporate +21,964 +20,225 +7,237 +12,988 +One to two months +77,652 +15,138 +62,514 +63,778 +14,962 +48,816 +Less than one month +Past due for: +Total +loans +advances +Total +loans +advances +Personal +loans and +Personal +loans and +29,508 +The credit risk of debt securities mainly arises from the risk that the issuer might default on a payment or go into liquidation. +Debt securities by different types of issuers are generally subject to different degrees of credit risk. +The following tables present an analysis of the Group's total credit risk exposures of debt securities by types of issuers and +investments: +Group +521 +427 +453 +427 +26 +68 +68 +8$ +Less: Individual allowance for +Corporate entities +impairment losses +Banks and other financial institutions +5,161,955 +40,873 +183,315 +1,720,560 +2,973,042 +244,165 +Subtotal +(13) +(13) +impairment losses +Impaired (*) +Subtotal +Total +(94) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and bond investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more than +one month. +238 +ICBC +Financial +assets held +for trading +for-sale +financial +assets +Receivables investments +Held-to- +maturity +designated +Available- +Financial +assets +31 December 2015 +5,162,025 +40,873 +183,315 +1,720,630 +2,973,042 +244,165 +70 +70 +(451) +(357) +Less: Collective allowance for +5,161,968 +40,873 +183,315 +4,548 +334,477 +969,849 +Policy banks +2,542,487 +14,188 +545,382 +1,897,917 +85,000 +Governments and central banks +Neither past due nor impaired +Total +profit or loss +for trading +assets +through +Financial +assets +designated +at fair value +Financial +assets held +financial +Available- +for-sale +Held-to- +maturity +investments +Receivables +31 December 2016 +10,576 +1,800,519 +1,319,450 +2,200 +1,720,560 +2,973,055 +244,165 +Subtotal +439,559 +6,808 +45,678 +329,358 +35,329 +22,386 +Corporate entities +681,481 +21,277 +107,963 +369,938 +47,724 +134,579 +Banks and other financial institutions +178,991 +2,212 +10,938 +141,405 +22,236 +Public sector entities +6,006 +Total for loans and advances to customers +17,825,302 +2,876,094 +1,532,257 +135,774 +40,601 +4,831,492 +Less: Collective allowance for +impairment losses +(13) +(13) +Subtotal +246,766 +246,766 +1,532,257 +135,774 +40,601 +4,831,479 +Impaired (*) +Corporate entities +26 +195 +221 +26 +2,876,081 +Subtotal +355,989 +6,536 +275,427 +1,095 +10,576 +1,231,184 +Public sector entities +2,200 +20,023 +137,463 +1,207 +2,212 +163,105 +Banks and other financial institutions +137,180 +45,435 +314,156 +103,133 +21,277 +621,181 +Corporate entities +22,386 +7,525 +297,021 +22,521 +195 +944,086 +221 +impairment losses +for trading +profit or loss +Total +Neither past due nor impaired +Governments and central banks +85,000 +1,607,344 +153,413 +842 +1,846,599 +assets +Policy banks +1,149,092 +323,325 +1,609 +9,970 +1,499,086 +Public sector entities +1,500 +16,671 +90,748 +4,272 +15,090 +through +at fair value +designated +(26) +(125) +(151) +Subtotal +Total +70 +70 +246,766 +2,876,081 +1,532,327 +135,774 +40,601 +4,831,549 +31 December 2015 +Financial +Available- +Held-to- +for-sale +Receivables +maturity +investments +financial +Financial +assets held +assets +Less: Individual allowance for +Policy banks +2,460,033 +7,818 +637,043 +40,572 +32,244 +442,169 +38,635 +10,208 +563,828 +Subtotal +314,159 +2,870,356 +1,139 +1,402,532 +22,224 +4,741,736 +Less: Collective allowance for +impairment losses +(3) +Subtotal +314,159 +2,870,353 +1,402,532 +132,465 +132,465 +82,320 +360,194 +21,393 +9,642 +Neither past due nor impaired +Governments and central banks +Policy banks +85,000 +15,090 +1,639,828 +179,759 +5,512 +1,910,099 +1,159,165 +327,141 +1,726 +9,970 +1,513,092 +Public sector entities +1,500 +17,726 +93,269 +4,272 +907 +117,674 +Banks and other financial institutions +Corporate entities +171,997 +22,224 +4,741,733 +Impaired (*) +Banks and other financial institutions +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(a) Credit risk (continued) +Bank +31 December 2016 +Available- +Financial +assets +designated +at fair value +Held-to- +for-sale +maturity +financial +Financial +assets held +through +Receivables investments +assets +for trading +profit or loss +Total +Neither past due nor impaired +Governments and central banks +85,000 +1,859,025 +508,190 +Notes to the Financial Statements +907 +235 +Impaired debt securities above are mainly determined based on individual assessments. In determining whether a debt security +is impaired, the Group considers the evidence of a loss event and the decreases in estimated future cash flows. No collateral +was held by the Group as security of the impaired debt securities. +92 +92 +Corporate entities +Less: Individual allowance for +impairment losses +Subtotal +Total +(*) +434 +434 +92 +434 +526 +(92) +(293) +(385) +314,159 +2,870,353 +141 +1,402,673 +141 +132,465 +22,224 +4,741,874 +Annual Report 2016 +114,098 +Banks and other financial institutions +171,997 +5,144,336 +156,404 +12,767,334 +Financial investments +70,726 +185,303 +610,237 +2,534,397 +1,593,183 +12,853 +2,970,082 +5,006,699 +30,077 +30,077 +Property and equipment +246,209 +246,209 +Others +377,080 +44,195 +28,506 +Total assets +Investments in associates and joint ventures +2,785,447 +774,633 +874,345 +8,134 +6,016 +189,331 +Financial assets designated at fair value +through profit or loss +1,448 +206 +14,260 +36,078 +205,253 +23,791 +4,108 +285,144 +Derivative financial assets +254 +14,989 +20,320 +39,732 +14,489 +4,668 +94,452 +Loans and advances to customers +62,087 +1,035,584 +1,911,679 +1,311,953 +53,039 +3,903,389 +89,960 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +1,283,492 +816,224 +191,175 +239,314 +24,320 +51,580 +2,606,105 +Certificates of deposit +29,968 +67,031 +103,774 +17,201 +453 +218,427 +Due to customers +9,783,195 +859,223 +1,286,200 +3,705,472 +2,185,850 +5,362 +5,698 +935 +15,687 +21,143 +33,428 +5,829,888 +35,983 +6,810,136 +41,900 +614,131 +3,334,636 +24,137,265 +Liabilities: +Due to central banks +118 +427 +545 +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +through profit or loss +59,279 +75,000 +168,142 +46,949 +15,144 +2,238 +366,752 +Derivative financial liabilities +409 +10,099 +36,924 +Debt securities issued +102,658 +46,100 +115,950 +22,009 +4,562,051 +Impaired (*) +Banks and other financial institutions +24 +24 +Corporate entities +Less: Individual allowance for +impairment losses +1,296,842 +Subtotal +(*) +107 +107 +24 +107 +131 +(24) +(46) +(70) +61 +Total +2,813,091 +314,159 +Subtotal +28,169 +324,828 +76,100 +1,104 +602,198 +Corporate entities +40,572 +11,818 +404,528 +33,127 +10,028 +500,073 +Subtotal +314,159 +2,813,094 +1,296,842 +115,950 +22,009 +4,562,054 +Less: Collective allowance for +impairment losses +(3) +(3) +61 +314,159 +2,813,091 +1,296,903 +one year +One to five +years +More than +five years +Undated +(***) +Total +Assets: +Cash and balances with central banks +436,282 +11,639 +18,517 +47,281 +2,837,069 +3,350,788 +Due from banks and +other financial institutions (*) +158,433 +849,479 +244,926 +228,917 +71,304 +41 +1,553,100 +Financial assets held for trading +Three +months to +25,488 +One to +three +months +on demand +115,950 +22,009 +4,562,112 +Impaired debt securities above are mainly determined based on individual assessments. In determining whether a debt security +is impaired, the Bank considers the evidence of a loss event and the decreases in estimated future cash flows. No collateral +was held by the Bank as security of the impaired debt securities. +236 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(b) Liquidity risk +Liquidity risk is the risk that funds will not be sufficient or will not be raised at a reasonable cost in a timely manner to meet +the need of asset growth or repayment of debts due, although remaining solvent. This may arise from amount or maturity +mismatches of assets and liabilities. +The Group manages its liquidity risk through the Asset and Liability Management Department and aims at: +• +• +• +optimising the structure of assets and liabilities; +maintaining the stability of the deposit base; +projecting cash flows and evaluating the level of current assets; and +in terms of liquidity of the branches, maintaining an efficient internal fund transfer mechanism. +(i) Analysis of the remaining maturity of the assets and liabilities +The Group and the Bank's expected remaining maturity of its financial instruments may vary significantly from the following +analysis. For example, demand deposits from customers are expected to maintain a stable or increasing balance although +they have been classified as repayable on demand in the following tables. +Group +31 December 2016 +Overdue/ +repayable +Less than +one month +30,099 +Total maximum credit risk exposure +9,856 +2,746 +17,758 +Derivative financial assets +210,434 +5,053 +12 +50 +19 +204,917 +42 +1,347 +64 +through profit or loss +Financial assets designated at fair value +132,465 +16,515 +95 +115,855 +Financial assets held for trading +683,793 +242,776 +362 +277 +1,726 +238 +206 +5,508 +484 +635 +327,410 +- Receivables +Financial investments +11,652,812 +1,039,389 +654,867 +2,129,451 +1,636,115 +1,970,272 +1,513,330 +2,237,047 +472,341 +Loans and advances to customers +996,333 +207,953 +788,380 +Reverse repurchase agreements +78,870 +54,006 +843 +1,256 +4,260 +1,471 +592 +The compositions of each geographical distribution above are set out in note 53(b). +26,237,544 +3,058,697 +784,459 +2,626,160 +2,032,899 +2,778,412 +397,963 +67,703 +249,912 +31 December 2015 +158,583 +314,846 +2,134,888 +441,169 +2,964,567 +662,510 +9,415,215 +Total +Credit commitments +23,459,132 +2,660,734 +716,756 +2,376,248 +1,874,316 +485,726 +3,220,659 +North +Head +Office +Balances with central banks +4,210 +411,713 +other financial institutions +Due from banks and +Total +2,974,407 +135,801 +22,002 +30,432 +16,509 +84,112 +72,786 +Overseas +and others +China +China +China +Bohai Rim +Delta +eastern +Western +Central +Pearl River +Yangtze +River Delta +66,674 +2,546,091 +21,413 +302 +240 +13,304 +and others +China +China +China +Bohai Rim +Delta +Delta +Office +Overseas +eastern +Total +Western +Pearl River +River +Head +North +Yangtze +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +31 December 2016 +Bank +Credit risk (continued) +Central +Balances with central banks +2,860,191 +44,528 +through profit or loss +Financial assets designated at fair value +135,775 +135,775 +Financial assets held for trading +927,705 +259,221 +162 +1,220 +1,990 +543 +5,282 +13,308 +645,979 +other financial institutions +Due from banks and +3,209,722 +107,719 +9,372 +29,242 +23,158 +84,806 +50,706 +(a) +ICBC +230 +The compositions of each geographical distribution above are set out in note 53(b). +136,643 +Others +1,430,266 +186,545 +2,642 +20,394 +19,189 +237,336 +34,253 +54,154 +875,753 +- Available-for-sale financial assets +2,870,353 +99,122 +9,607 +28,973 +11,844 +13,469 +21,454 +42,541 +2,643,343 +-Held-to-maturity investments +352,143 +19,021 +2,734,933 +10,966 +11,813 +2,297,884 +263,163 +2,321,257 23,952,537 +54,608 +748,360 +2,431,921 +1,851,355 +207,604 +149,897 +2,058,094 21,654,653 +693,752 +2,224,317 +1,701,458 +2,559,122 +415,973 +2,975,095 +1,655,254 +250,410 +1,905,664 +398,045 +2,825,137 +558,184 +8,893,748 +Total maximum credit risk exposure +Credit commitments +2,427,092 +8,335,564 +272,777 +57,630 +3,177 +13,253 +20,274 +119 +1,820,042 +8,752,705 +2,713,875 +2,297,884 +2,778,412 +26,237,544 +Total maximum credit risk exposure +Credit commitments +20,526,211 +22,068,516 +21,654,653 +23,459,132 +219,948 +2,289,444 +252,944 +315,725 +1,296,903 +1,532,327 +1,430,266 +1,729,434 +― Available-for-sale financial assets +Others +338,839 +2,813,091 +2,876,081 +2,870,353 +2,973,042 +272,777 +23,952,537 +24,782,391 +22,815,655 +Bohai Rim +Delta +Overseas +eastern +Western +Central +River Pearl River +Delta +Office +Head +North +Yangtze +31 December 2016 +Group +The following tables set out the breakdown of the Group's and the Bank's maximum credit risk exposure without taking +account of any collateral and other credit enhancements, as categorised by geographical distribution: +By geographical distribution +(a) Credit risk (continued) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +229 +Annual Report 2016 +Credit risk is often greater when counterparties are concentrated in one single industry or geographic location or have +comparable economic features. In addition, different geographic areas and industrial sectors have their unique characteristics +in terms of economic development, and could present a different credit risk. +(ii) Risk concentrations +Held-to-maturity investments +China +263,456 +291,370 +772,568 +927,705 +683,793 +797,473 +institutions +Due from banks and other financial +2,909,988 +3,209,722 +2,974,407 +3,266,216 +Financial assets held for trading +Balances with central banks +2016 +2015 +2016 +Bank +Group +As at the end of the reporting period, the maximum credit risk exposure of the Group and of the Bank without taking +account of any collateral and other credit enhancements is set out below: +(i) Maximum exposure to credit risk without taking account of any collateral and other credit +enhancements +(a) Credit risk (continued) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +2015 +183,315 +132,465 +135,775 +Receivables +Financial investments +11,026,476 +12,033,200 +792,876 +502,296 +996,333 +11,652,812 +12,767,334 +755,627 +Loans and advances to customers +Reverse repurchase agreements +33,290 +62,892 +78,870 +94,452 +Derivative financial assets +206,282 +272,118 +210,434 +285,144 +through profit or loss +Financial assets designated at fair value +115,950 +352,143 +China +China +and others +35,640 +2,678,442 +-Held-to-maturity investments +291,370 +47,514 +240 +312 +3,800 +2,756 +494 +17,402 +153 +- Receivables +Financial investments +12,767,334 +1,315,696 +691,375 +2,264,366 +1,783,466 +2,112,523 +1,704,380 +2,361,303 +236,101 +16,551 +27,706 +39,190 +315,725 +67,478 +3,130 +14,371 +13,000 +18,327 +13,374 +15,449 +170,596 +Others +1,729,434 +286,761 +2,408 +26,833 +20,845 +227,690 +29,902 +51,435 +1,083,560 +- Available-for-sale financial assets +2,973,042 +148,504 +9,607 +534,225 +Loans and advances to customers +755,627 +272,307 +Financial assets held for trading +797,473 +251,359 +162 +1,089 +1,970 +449 +1,347 +11,524 +529,573 +other financial institutions +Due from banks and +3,266,216 +164,213 +9,372 +29,242 +23,158 +84,806 +50,706 +44,528 +2,860,191 +Balances with central banks +Total +135,775 +2,523,398 +47,540 +Financial assets designated at fair value +483,320 +Reverse repurchase agreements +94,452 +45,419 +416 +640 +285,144 +13,943 +46 +205 +2015 +178 +1,634 +2,255 +3,107 +40,803 +Derivative financial assets +193 +270,197 +182 +259 +119 +through profit or loss +183,315 +259 +182 +270,197 +213,570 +195,771 +226,619 +212,450 +Construction +164,422 +173,701 +198,069 +251,733 +Finance +Science, education, culture and sanitation +261,988 +280,556 +274,273 +Mining +463,172 +520,598 +472,791 +536,718 +public utility management +Water, environment and +453,665 +244,543 +136,799 +137,497 +127,104 +4,196,169 +Subtotal for personal loans +712,843 +673,362 +730,574 +699,059 +Others +2,758,696 +3,435,078 +2,811,288 +3,497,110 +Personal mortgage and business loans +7,315,786 +7,496,031 +7,869,552 +8,140,684 +Subtotal for corporate loans +326,232 +320,923 +409,583 +397,951 +Others +128,682 +495,609 +3,541,862 +562,917 +821,903 +2016 +2015 +2016 +Bank +Group +The credit risk exposures of the Group mainly comprise loans and advances to customers and investments in securities. +Details of the composition of the Group's investments in debt securities are set out in note 54(a)(iv) to the financial +statements. The composition of the Group's and of the Bank's gross loans and advances to customers by industry is analysed +as follows: +By industry distribution +(a) Credit risk (continued) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +2015 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Annual Report 2016 +The compositions of each geographical distribution above are set out in note 53(b), except that "overseas and others" does +not include domestic and overseas subsidiaries. +985,703 22,815,655 +751,149 +2,436,311 +2,289,444 +192,852 +57,204 +211,347 +20,526,211 +231 +Transportation, storage and postal services +1,640,498 +1,551,248 +723,799 +866,779 +776,739 +696,444 +792,786 +724,246 +828,686 +Real estate +Wholesale and retail +Leasing and commercial services +799,646 +860,182 +835,616 +891,870 +heating, gas and water +Production and supply of electricity, +1,527,906 +1,487,718 +1,603,631 +1,550,544 +Manufacturing +1,458,156 +1,553,297 +642,423 +4,108,440 +3,471,539 +Discounted bills +Group +The following tables present the ageing analysis of each type of loans and advances to customers of the Group and the Bank +that are subject to credit risk which are past due but not impaired as at the end of the reporting period: +Past due but not impaired +36,398 3,172,254 +118,830 1,471,205 +184,160 4,886,116 +30,412 1,450,125 +369,800 10,979,700 +58,996 3,435,130 3,135,856 +136,101 1,690,207 1,352,375 +215,490 5,307,521 4,701,956 +26,290 1,547,789 1,419,713 +436,877 11,980,647 10,609,900 +1,521,499 +11,543,770 +Pledged loans +5,092,031 +Loans secured by mortgages +1,554,106 +2016 +Guaranteed loans +Unsecured loans +Total +2015 +Special +mention +Pass +Total +Special +mention +Pass +2016 +Bank +38,155 3,247,379 +119,735 1,545,605 +189,839 5,321,025 +31,306 1,485,437 +379,035 11,599,446 +3,376,134 +2015 +Corporate +loans and +Personal +33,458 +Two to three months +29,922 +7,870 +22,052 +20,851 +7,437 +13,414 +One to two months +84,839 +15,913 +68,926 +74,864 +17,324 +57,540 +Less than one month +Past due for: +Total +Personal +loans +Corporate +loans and +advances +Total +loans +advances +3,209,224 +60,195 3,505,264 +137,312 1,813,621 1,425,870 +227,619 5,789,252 5,131,186 +27,175 1,597,879 1,454,131 +452,301 12,706,016 11,220,411 +12,253,715 +1,570,704 +10,979,700 +11,980,647 +127,030 +205,133 +12,312,810 +(279,610) +12,033,200 +11,599,446 +154,502 +179,518 +11,933,466 +(280,654) +11,652,812 +12,767,334 +(289,512) +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +13,056,846 +12,706,016 +139,029 +211,801 +Impaired +Past due but not impaired +Neither past due nor impaired +2015 +2016 +2015 +2016 +Bank +Group +The total credit risk exposures of loans and advances to customers are summarised as follows: +(iii) Loans and advances to customers +511,707 +11,299,032 +708,339 +12,312,810 +522,052 +11,933,466 +719,993 +13,056,846 +145,475 +792,851 +173,857 +(272,556) +Pledged loans +5,561,633 +Loans secured by mortgages +1,676,309 +Guaranteed loans +3,445,069 +Unsecured loans +Total +2015 +Special +mention +Pass +Total +Special +mention +Pass +2016 +Group +The balance of loans and advances to customers of the Group and the Bank that are neither past due nor impaired analysed +by five-tier classification and by collateral are as follows: +Neither past due nor impaired +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +(a) Credit risk (continued) +ICBC +232 +11,026,476 +11,299,032 +43,314 +693,945 +1,701,750 +155,694 +1,857,444 +329,705 +2,153,682 +1,823,977 +2,525,882 +454,359 +2,980,241 +8,922,323 +664,711 +9,587,034 +Total maximum credit risk exposure +Credit commitments +252,944 +4,626 +3,130 +14,371 +1,085,954 +275,895 2,713,875 +1,361,849 24,782,391 +13,000 +13,374 +15,449 +170,667 +Others +1,532,327 +89,157 +2,408 +26,833 +20,845 +227,690 +18,327 +The compositions of each geographical distribution above are set out in note 53(b), except that "overseas and others" does +not include domestic and overseas subsidiaries. +2,742,909 +1,874,336 +66,674 +2,546,091 +Balances with central banks +Overseas +eastern +Western +Central +River Pearl River +Delta +Office +Head +North +Yangtze +31 December 2015 +786,600 +2,629,746 +2,042,613 +69,844 +253,367 +168,277 +497,717 +3,240,626 +22,068,516 +716,756 +2,376,379 +29,902 +Delta +72,786 +51,435 +-Available-for-sale financial assets +2,362,003 +534,225 +Loans and advances to customers +502,296 +520 +501,776 +Reverse repurchase agreements +62,892 +6,742 +416 +1,704,380 +640 +1,634 +2,255 +3,107 +47,920 +Derivative financial assets +272,118 +917 +46 +205 +193 +178 +2,120,405 +1,783,466 +2,264,366 +2,876,081 +44,072 +9,607 +39,190 +27,706 +16,551 +17,402 +35,640 +2,685,913 +-Held-to-maturity investments +263,456 +240 +312 +3,800 +2,756 +494 +153 +255,701 +- Receivables +Financial investments +12,033,200 +572,980 +691,375 +1,084,057 +2,224,964 +Bohai Rim +China +38,125 +9,607 +28,973 +11,844 +13,469 +21,454 +42,541 +2,647,078 +-Held-to-maturity investments +338,839 +240 +302 +4,260 +5,508 +484 +635 +327,410 +- Receivables +Financial investments +11,026,476 +405,176 +654,867 +2,130,405 +2,813,091 +1,636,115 +-Available-for-sale financial assets +54,154 +2,566,066 +432,707 +2,998,773 +1,659,795 +268,690 +1,928,485 +2,427,147 +412,366 +2,839,513 +8,459,693 +558,584 +9,018,277 +Total maximum credit risk exposure +Credit commitments +219,948 +4,776 +3,177 +13,253 +11,813 +20,274 +10,966 +19,021 +136,668 +Others +1,296,903 +53,182 +2,642 +20,394 +19,189 +237,336 +34,253 +875,753 +China +1,977,195 +2,237,047 +95 +115,855 +Financial assets held for trading +772,568 +212,041 +555 +949 +1,763 +21,434 +5,133 +115,950 +4,265 +other financial institutions +Due from banks and +2,909,988 +Total +and others +71,382 +22,002 +30,432 +16,509 +84,112 +China +526,428 +1,513,330 +Financial assets designated at fair value +277 +472,341 +Loans and advances to customers +792,876 +792,876 +Reverse repurchase agreements +33,290 +7,268 +843 +206 +238 +through profit or loss +1,726 +2,746 +18,916 +Derivative financial assets +206,282 +901 +12 +50 +19 +204,917 +42 +64 +1,347 +at fair value +through +profit or loss +(b) Liquidity risk (continued) +Bank +119 +Undated +More than +five years +five years +one year +months +one month +One to +months to +three +Less than +repayable +on demand +Three +One to +Overdue/ +31 December 2015 +(***) +(b) Liquidity risk (continued) +Total +Financial assets: +23,960 +12,102 +Financial assets held for trading +1,576,747 +2,500 +22,038 +228,150 +1,014,641 181,145 +128,273 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +2,995,051 +2,553,024 +3,432 +438,595 +Cash and balances with central banks +Non-derivative cash flows: +78,395 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +243 +20,752,996 +247,108 +2,389,059 +191,278 +3,311 +1,403 +164 +1,547,794 3,996,689 +1,477,495 +11,094,851 +386,052 +237,300 +122,264 +17,392,308 +6,017 +2,227,466 +Derivative cash flows: +Notes to the Financial Statements +Derivative financial instruments settled on net basis +(99) +Annual Report 2016 +Includes repurchase agreements. +(*) +8,582 +(3,473,190) +3,481,772 +1,644 +(1,804) +(160) +808,559 999,032 1,605,798 66,739 +(807,068) (997,897) (1,599,245) (67,176) +1,491 1,135 +6,553 +(437) +- Cash outflow +- Cash inflow +Derivative financial instruments settled on gross basis: +(137) +(39) +102 +(214) +113 +2,396 +802 +117,655 +22,046 +123,150 +81,489 +425,997 127,520 +1,500,891 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (*) +55,866 +through profit or loss +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +Financial liabilities: +Non-derivative cash flows: +Total +Undated +More than +five years +five years +One to +17,829 +Three +months to +one year +164,771 +300,380 +2,244,378 +1,242 +2,377 +1,301,993 1,459,130 +175,509 +10,105,152 +Others +Debt securities issued +15,936,042 +3,441 +2,099,811 +153,249 +522 +16,214 +70,933 +24,723 40,857 +766,165 1,159,609 3,534,130 +8,372,886 +Due to customers +Certificates of deposit +25,199 +One to +three +months +Less than +one month +on demand +814,824 +181,205 +Others +Financial investments +787,695 840,412 +66,217 +Loans and advances to customers (**) +13,689 +171,009 +9,404 +6,802 +1,065 +534 +through profit or loss +Financial assets designated at fair value +84,740 202,449 +24,743 +255 +1,924,986 1,258,455 4,337,552 +3,248,159 +772,957 +487 +4,125,373 +5,669,778 +Overdue/ +repayable +31 December 2015 +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and bond investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more than +one month. +(**) The maturity profile of the renegotiated loans' contractual undiscounted cash flows is determined according to the negotiated +terms. +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +2,789,206 24,650,961 +196,812 +6,893,090 +1,192 207,892 +2,227 4,580,716 +1,206,316 +5 +5 +2,312,027 +206,940 +14,965,960 +4,437 +228,326 +6,632,848 +7,894 +100 +480 +2,229,691 +Overdue/ +repayable +on demand +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +31 December 2016 +Bank +(b) Liquidity risk (continued) +3,632 +(1,141) +2,790 +5,093 +(3,934,091) +3,937,723 +35,759 +(36,900) +267,045 +(264,255) +1,592,386 +(1,587,293) +One to +752,515 +(754,756) +(2,241) +Three +three +months +3,294,049 +2,799,261 +47,281 +22,296 +11,639 +413,572 +Cash and balances with central banks +Financial assets: +Non-derivative cash flows: +Total +(***) +More than Undated +five years +five years +One to +months to +one year +Less than +one month +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +(992) +55,558 1,234,460 +(55,435) (1,235,452) +276,855 +30,908 +34,126 +3,387 +2,497 +405,868 +250,514 +106,603 +25,980 +12,784 +9,987 +9,825 +196,112 +Others +Debt securities issued +16,438,661 +10,313,633 1,622,796 +123 +1,637,363 3,978,219 +20,229,097 +519 +37 +67 +(37) +(105) +557 +ICBC +242 +Includes repurchase agreements. +(*) +- Cash outflow +- Cash inflow +Derivative financial instruments settled on gross basis: +Derivative financial instruments settled on net basis +Derivative cash flows: +323,782 +66,701 +763,079 +295,868 +379 +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities: +Non-derivative cash flows: +Total +Undated +More than +five years +five years +One to +Three +months to +one year +One to +three +months +Less than +one month +on demand +Overdue/ +repayable +31 December 2016 +379 +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and bond investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more than +one month. +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +59,185 +4,436 +356,476 +15,752 +36,934 +75,114 169,491 +645,735 141,531 191,340 +27,104 56,790 +95,079 +725,189 1,178,132 3,651,288 +1,686 21,491 +557 +1,042 +184,801 +Others +3,311 +Debt securities issued +9,604,216 +Due to customers +Certificates of deposit +1,246,649 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (*) +through profit or loss +(**) The maturity profile of the renegotiated loans' contractual undiscounted cash flows is determined according to the negotiated +terms. +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +1,297 +through profit or loss +Financial assets designated at fair value +186,203 +48,300 +895 +2,189 +79,141 +13,020 +42,658 +Financial assets held for trading +1,443,636 +4,814 +58,529 +254,645 +219 +14,536 +31,574 +Loans and advances to customers (**) +4,108 275,157 +20,178 +7,210,629 257,043 16,885,364 +1,569,467 76,512 4,898,235 +1,425 336,781 +3,186,649 27,319,425 +8,805,983 +7,102,874 +842,940 1,805,746 1,387,549 4,187,684 +203,245 +4,425,087 +2,413,765 +59 +600,938 +242 +17,359 +174,177 +119 +311,382 +Others +63,376 +Financial investments +3,173,863 +901,221 867,533 +49,988 +23,554 +3,457 +16,240 +727 +229,869 +Effect on +equity +income +(8,885) +RMB +Currency +Increased by 100 basis points +Effect on +net interest +Group +2016 +The effect of the net interest income is the effect of the assumed changes in interest rates on the net interest income, +arising from the financial assets and financial liabilities held at year end that are subject to repricing within the coming year, +including the effect of hedging instruments. The effect of equity is the effect of the assumed changes in interest rates on +other comprehensive income, calculated by revaluing fixed rate available-for-sale financial assets held at year end, including +the effect of any associated hedges. +The following tables demonstrate the sensitivity to a reasonably possible change in interest rates, with all other variables held +constant, of the Group's and the Bank's net interest income and equity. +revenue. +A principal part of the Group's management of interest rate risk is to monitor the sensitivity of projected net interest income +under varying interest rate scenarios (simulation modeling). The Group aims to mitigate the impact of prospective interest +rate movements which could reduce future net interest income, while balancing the cost of such hedging on the current +managing the deviation of the pricing of interest-generating assets and interest-bearing liabilities from the PBOC +benchmark interest rates. +optimising the differences in timing between contractual repricing (maturities) of interest-generating assets and +interest-bearing liabilities; and +• +regularly monitoring the macroeconomic factors that may have impact on the PBOC benchmark interest rates; +• +Decreased by 100 basis points +Effect on +net interest +The Group manages its interest rate risk by: +Effect on +equity +467 +Others +8 +(139) +(8) +139 +HKD +4,453 +178 +(4,450) +(178) +USD +50,242 +8,885 +(46,604) +income +(635) +The Group's interest rate risk mainly arises from the mismatches between the repricing dates of interest-generating assets +and interest-bearing liabilities. The Group's interest-generating assets and interest-bearing liabilities are mainly denominated +in RMB. +(c) Market risk (continued) +17 +13 +34 +141 +64 +63 +21 +72 +46 +55 +Lowest +Highest +Average +31 December 2015 +2015 +41 +(ii) Interest rate risk +4 +90 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +246 +VaR relies heavily on historical data to provide information and may not clearly predict the future changes and +modifications of the risk factors, especially those of an exceptional nature due to significant market moves. +Even though positions may change throughout the day, VaR only represents the risk of the portfolios at the close of +each business day, and it does not account for any losses that may occur beyond the 99% confidence level; and +VaR does not reflect liquidity risk. In the VaR model, a one-day holding period assumes that it is possible to hedge or +dispose of positions within that period without restriction, the price of the financial instruments will fluctuate in the +specified range, and the correlation between these market prices will remain unchanged. This may not fully reflect +the market risk arising at times of severe illiquidity, when a one-day holding period may be insufficient to liquidate or +hedge all positions fully; +(3) +(2) +(1) +Although VaR is an important tool for measuring market risk under normal market environment, the assumptions on which +the model is based do give rise to some limitations, mainly including the following: +VaR. +VaR for each risk factor is the derived largest potential loss due to fluctuations solely in that risk factor. As there is a +diversification effect due to the correlation amongst the risk factors, the individual VaR does not add up to the total portfolio +60 +156 +81 +(467) +635 +Total +347 +(185) +(347) +185 +(8,660) +8 +186 +(8) +(186) +1,727 +(250) +(1,726) +250 +45,581 +8,909 +(42,723) +(44,804) +(8,909) +8,660 +Increased by 100 basis points +248 +ICBC +The interest rate sensitivities set out in the tables above are for illustration only and are based on simplified scenarios. The +figures represent the effect of the pro forma movements in net interest income and equity based on the projected yield +curve scenarios and the Group's and the Bank's current interest rate risk profile. This effect, however, does not incorporate +actions that would be taken by management to mitigate the impact of interest rate risk. The projections above also assume +that interest rates of all maturities move by the same amount and, therefore, do not reflect the potential impact on net +interest income and equity in the case where some rates change while others remain unchanged. +36,791 +equity +6,348 +income +Effect on +equity +(34,323) +(6,348) +income +Total +Effect on +Effect on +net interest +Effect on +net interest +Decreased by 100 basis points +47,663 +equity +income +equity +41,729 +Effect on +equity +income +5,926 +Decreased by 100 basis points +Effect on +net interest +Effect on +equity +(38,609) +(5,926) +income +Effect on +net interest +Increased by 100 basis points +Total +2015 +55,338 +8,457 +(51,697) +(8,457) +Annual Report 2016 +247 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +income +Effect on +Effect on +net interest +Effect on +Decreased by 100 basis points +Increased by 100 basis points +Effect on +net interest +2015 +Total portfolio VaR +Total +HKD +USD +RMB +Currency +2016 +Bank +(c) Market risk (continued) +Others +67,818 +Commodity risk +76 +Total +More than +five years +five years +One to +months to +one year +three months +one month +One to +Less than +Repayable +on demand +Three +31 December 2015 +Credit commitments +31 December 2016 +Group +756,778 +Management expects that not all of the commitments will be drawn before the expiry of the commitments. +105,676 +611,356 +151,167 +719,327 +Credit commitments +Total +More than +five years +five years +one year +One to +Three +months to +One to +three months +Less than +one month +Repayable +on demand +2,778,412 +313,218 +760,743 +230,641 +249,287 +(iii) Analysis of credit commitments by contractual expiry date +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(68) +(19) +(87) +(127) +256 +Derivative financial instruments settled on net basis +Derivative cash flows: +19,140,525 +237,784 +2,227,619 +3,808,847 +183,413 +3,952 +748 +323,063 +(45) +(b) Liquidity risk (continued) +Derivative financial instruments settled on gross basis: +- Cash outflow +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +244 +Includes repurchase agreements. +(*) +254 +(56) +776 +3,984 +2,458,099 +(2,457,845) +(1,488) +(77,517) +1,432 +78,293 +707,203 458,376 1,212,795 +(709,123) (460,906) (1,208,811) +(1,920) (2,530) +- Cash inflow +480,940 +554,572 +142,591 +Lowest +Highest +Average +31 December 2016 +2016 +A summary of VaR by risk type of the Bank's trading portfolios is as follows: +VaR analysis is a statistical technique which estimates the potential maximum losses that could occur on risk positions taken +due to movements in interest rates, foreign exchange rates or prices over a specified time horizon and at a specified level +of confidence. The Bank adopts a historical simulation model to calculate and monitor trading portfolio VaR with 250 days' +historical market data (with a 99% confidence level, and one-day holding period) on a daily basis. +(i) VaR +The Group considers the market risk arising from stock price fluctuations in respect of its investment portfolios as immaterial. +Sensitivity analysis, interest rate repricing gap analysis and currency risk concentration analysis are the major market risk +management tools used by the Group. The Bank monitors market risk separately in respect of trading and other non- +trading portfolios. The Bank adopts VaR analysis as the major tool for calculating and monitoring the market risk of trading +portfolios. The following sections include a VaR analysis by risk type of the Group's trading portfolios of the parent company +and a sensitivity analysis based on the Group's interest rate risk exposure and currency risk exposure (both trading and non- +trading portfolios). +(c) Market risk (continued) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +245 +Annual Report 2016 +The Group's currency risk mainly results from the risk arising from exchange rate fluctuations on its foreign exchange +exposures. Foreign exchange exposures include the mismatch of foreign exchange assets and liabilities, and off-balance +sheet foreign exchange positions arising from derivative transactions. +Interest rate risk +The Group is primarily exposed to structural interest rate risk arising from commercial banking and position risk arising from +treasury transactions. Interest rate risk is inherent in many of its businesses and largely arises from mismatches between the +repricing dates of interest-generating assets and interest-bearing liabilities. +66 +76 +328 +204 +258 +4 +54 +18 +12 +65 +325 +189 +240 +Total portfolio VaR +Commodity risk +Currency risk +38 +58 +Market risk is the risk of loss, in respect of the Group's on and off-balance sheet activities, arising from adverse movements +in market rates including interest rates, foreign exchange rates, commodity prices and stock prices. Market risk arises from +both the Group's trading and non-trading businesses. +(c) Market risk +2,289,444 +748,492 +Total +More than +five years +One to +five years +one year +Three +months to +One to +three months +Less than +one month +Repayable +on demand +Credit commitments +31 December 2015 +Credit commitments +31 December 2016 +Bank +2,297,884 +91,832 +225,685 +620,022 +727,543 +136,900 +557,562 +490,244 +249,381 +142,472 +712,885 +Total +Interest rate risk +Currency risk +More than +five years +one year +Three +months to +One to +three months +Less than +one month +Repayable +on demand +2,713,875 +300,301 +One to +five years +2,128,421 +2,353,304 +893,282 +Financial assets designated at fair value +796 +1,844 +2,118 +20,299 +115,950 +1,565,444 +2,991,619 +2,553,024 +Total +(***) +Undated +More than +five years +five years +one year +through profit or loss +months +534 +6,750 +731,234 +65,032 +Loans and advances to customers +33,290 +752 +1,897 +18,098 +5,689 +6,854 +Derivative financial assets +206,282 +4,437 +13,665 +170,851 +8,994 +1,051 +708,366 +month +One to +Cash and balances with central banks +Assets: +31 December 2015 +(b) Liquidity risk (continued) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +239 +Annual Report 2016 +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and bond investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more than +one month. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +1,909,929 +3,372,603 +20,878,151 +Due from banks and +on demand +438,595 +128,273 +months to +three +than one +repayable +Three +One to +Less +Overdue/ +77,365 +23,854 +12,091 +Financial assets held for trading +222,886 +179,239 +1,012,629 +other financial institutions (*) +2,785,871 2,616,127 +3,973,504 +146,342 +2,234,119 +23,136 +160,226 +125,601 +424,289 +1,500,867 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +33,144 +931 +2,004 +14,665 +7,140 +8,404 +Derivative financial liabilities +297,414 +Certificates of deposit +15,840 +1,264,680 3,632,057 +69,614 +219,042 +Others +1,240 +Debt securities issued +15,781,673 +3,062 +2,027,537 +3,476,619 +1,136,934 +765,431 +8,372,090 +Due to customers +150,113 +443 +15,264 +40,220 +21,682 +122,646 +81,380 +129,669 +129,669 +Property and equipment +135,308 +135,308 +Investments in subsidiaries and associates +4,450,998 +2,227 +1,176,355 +2,245,551 +745,343 +197,508 +84,014 +Financial investments +11,026,476 +Others +211,640 +38,449 +7,730 +55,866 +through profit or loss +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +Liabilities: +21,046,946 +2,998,444 +5,199,869 +532,287 +391,910 +32,679 +22,751 +5,079,320 +51,224 +3,909,781 +1,129,136 +1,886,322 +844,074 +Total assets +27,437 +6,553 +279,446 +183,734 +4,108 +19,820 +201,682 +30,745 +14,260 +206 +1,297 +through profit or loss +Financial assets designated at fair value +184,074 +48,300 +838 +1,783 +77,676 +12,889 +272,118 +42,588 +Derivative financial assets +16,639 +61,974 +Financial investments +12,033,200 +153,920 +4,904,653 +2,682,913 +2,675,726 +725,987 +840,779 +49,222 +Loans and advances to customers +62,892 +787 +1,749 +30,743 +12,974 +Financial assets held for trading +1,430,001 +4,002 +repayable +Three +One to +Less +Overdue/ +47,281 +18,517 +11,639 +413,572 +Due from banks and +Cash and balances with central banks +Assets: +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +31 December 2016 +than one +three +on demand +month +56,690 +248,963 +292,443 +761,207 +66,696 +other financial institutions (*) +3,290,270 +168,848 +2,799,261 +(***) +Undated +More than +five years +five years +One to +months to +one year +months +Total +57,126 +580,312 +1,526,334 +93,721 +56,391 +27,002 +Certificates of deposit +2,225,769 +4,401 +189,312 +141,150 +644,608 +1,246,298 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +58,179 +983 +2,210 +27,813 +16,936 +18,411 +453 +Due to customers +80,530 +10,832 +128,418 +58,133 +4,078,089 2,331,863 197,085 +(336,998) 2,972,815 6,293,817 +3,308 +1,042 +226,524 +59,374 +53,285 +11,135,303 1,542,494 1,593,317 +227,551 (334,995) +(10,284,864) +Net liquidity gap +Total liabilities +Others +Debt securities issued +17,235,587 +5,362 +2,155,589 +3,591,901 +1,154,911 +724,528 +9,603,296 +194,503 +8,762 +Derivative financial liabilities +352,001 +850,439 +Total assets +49,645 +8,739 +38,678 +319,652 +Others +124,089 +124,089 +Property and equipment +136,530 +136,530 +Investments in subsidiaries and associates +4,748,376 +76,512 +1,770,045 1,258,322 +3,741,091 +25,465 +5,304,678 +34,468 +13,685 +36,092 +168,127 +74,912 +59,185 +through profit or loss +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +2,334,396 +379 +Due to central banks +Liabilities: +22,788,080 +3,372,603 +6,490,902 +506,530 +29,883 +379 +Total liabilities +24,572 +1,362,442 +Financial assets: +Non-derivative cash flows: +Total +(***) +Undated +One to More than +five years +five years +months to +one year +months +one month +three +Less than +repayable +on demand +Three +One to +Cash and balances with central banks +Overdue/ +471,606 +2,588,027 +4,916 +13,790 +83,231 +24,225 +12,729 +Financial assets held for trading +1,692,809 +50 +34,250 +202,647 +155,711 +1,093,314 +206,837 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +3,063,113 +3,480 +373 +31 December 2015 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +- Cash outflow +- Cash inflow +Derivative financial instruments settled on gross basis: +Derivative financial instruments settled on net basis +Derivative cash flows: +22,094,768 +335,867 +10,383 +332,546 +13,900 +2,567,975 +476,151 +245,210 +186,995 +18,058,961 +6,017 +2,305,827 +15,916 +(15,820) +(b) Liquidity risk (continued) +96 +10,147,865 +Notes to the Financial Statements +241 +Annual Report 2016 +Includes repurchase agreements. +(*) +(73) +182 +115 +(181) +(137) +(52) +23,398 +4,046,269 +(4,022,871) +171,304 17,675 +(166,880) (17,001) +4,424 +674 +3,399 +4,125 +139,264 +Financial assets designated at fair value +through profit or loss +19,300 +22,503 +123,294 +81,491 +59,200 +through profit or loss +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +211 +160 +31 +20 +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities: +Non-derivative cash flows: +Total +1,240 +Undated +307,028 +1,541,557 +8,516,764 +Due to customers +186,841 +522 +17,207 +79,441 +53,905 +35,766 +Certificates of deposit +2,613,633 +37,141 +47,487 +214,820 +180,183 +592,445 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (*) +More than +five years +five years +One to +212,512 835,939 +5,282 +7,374 +1,286,570 4,546,050 +2,054,345 +971,379 +33,767 +222,918 +Others +98,461 +Financial investments +878,558 +815,009 +69,484 +Loans and advances to customers (**) +6,802 +1,065 +534 +9,776 +3,407,083 4,481,120 +2,414,570 +5,815 +7,124,489 +174,944 +13,689 +4,437 +Three +months to +one year +One to +three +months +Less than +one month +on demand +Overdue/ +repayable +31 December 2015 +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and bond investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more than +one month. +220,889 +(**) The maturity profile of the renegotiated loans' contractual undiscounted cash flows is determined according to the negotiated +terms. +(*) +2,242 277,906 +2,844,939 25,975,994 +7,148,222 +508 +235,756 15,790,542 +14,104 4,801,113 +5,903,532 +1,225,527 +211,247 +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +480 +1,009,201 1,107,223 1,724,950 +(1,005,076) (1,103,824) (1,714,270) +10,680 +105,233 +158,439 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +3,354,618 +2,837,069 +47,281 +22,347 +11,639 +436,282 +Cash and balances with central banks +Financial assets: +Non-derivative cash flows: +Total +Undated +(***) +More than +five years +five years +851,293 +One to +17,590 +74,923 +14,536 +219 +1,448 +through profit or loss +Financial assets designated at fair value +199,626 +6,016 +13,085 +3,398 +105,143 +25,796 +46,188 +Financial assets held for trading +1,568,507 +50 +235,908 +36,907 +months to +one year +one month +(*) +1,761,746 +2,998,444 +19,285,200 +195,141 +5,004,728 +548,562 +6,689 +240,175 +184,016 +38,850 +8,872 +139,405 +57,009 +3,891,083 2,179,640 +18,698 2,899,680 +7,197 +69,291 +1,509,029 +(379,893) +523,880 +(9,303,791) +Net liquidity gap +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +months +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +(ii) +on demand +three +Less than +Three +One to +Overdue/ +repayable +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +31 December 2016 +Group +(b) Liquidity risk (continued) +ICBC +240 +The tables below summarise the maturity profile of the Group's and of the Bank's financial instruments based on the +contractual undiscounted cash flows. The balances of some items in the tables below are different from the balances on +the statement of financial position as the tables incorporate all cash flows relating to both principal and interest. The Group +and the Bank's expected cash flows on these instruments may vary significantly from the following analysis. For example, +demand deposits from customers are expected to maintain a stable or increasing balance although they have been classified +as repayable on demand in the following tables. +Maturity analysis of contractual undiscounted cash flows +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and bond investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more than +one month. +206,982 +247,894 +4,108 +1,283,844 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (*) +59,943 +through profit or loss +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +546 +427 +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities: +Non-derivative cash flows: +Total +Undated +More than +five years +One to +five years +Three +months to +one year +75,114 +817,628 +One to +three +months +24,149 +16,141 +30,075 67,511 +861,958 1,316,461 3,777,425 +9,400 +28,511 +8,894 4,237 5,340 +1,799,704 1,759,288 4,207,082 +293,113 +11,428,173 +Others +6,035 +Debt securities issued +9,791,273 +Due to customers +Certificates of deposit +2,631,028 +68,179 +27,095 +192,176 242,106 +371,326 +2,277 +48,348 +Less than +one month +169,503 +Overdue/ +repayable +Others +2,621,704 +632,463 +191,060 +72,261 +Financial investments +263,899 +373,172 +7,560,269 +3,313,707 +924,671 +937,939 +62,950 +Loans and advances to customers (**) +288,349 +on demand +4,824,943 +27,824 +17,888,378 +4,295 +31 December 2016 +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and bond investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more than +one month. +(**) The maturity profile of the renegotiated loans' contractual undiscounted cash flows is determined according to the negotiated +terms. +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +9,240,148 +7,738,564 +4,377,470 +3,249 421,631 +3,127,194 28,893,629 +1,947,363 +1,032,291 +12,853 5,172,520 +1,642,179 +416 +6,614 +6,061 +1,430,599 +65,244 +102,259 +41 +30,457 +1,553,100 +Financial assets held for trading +73,827 +4,126 +203,561 +6,016 +189,331 +Financial assets designated at +fair value through profit or loss +16,157 +40,807 +19,063 +175,706 +3,103 +1,281,652 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Due from banks and +5,556 +Notes to the Financial Statements +(c) Market risk (continued) +The tables below summarise the contractual repricing or maturity dates, whichever is earlier, of the Group's assets and +liabilities: +31 December 2016 +Less than +three +months +Three +months to +one year +Non- +other financial institutions (*) +One to +five years +interest- +bearing +Total +Assets: +Cash and balances with central banks +2,950,175 +400,613 +3,350,788 +More than +five years +63,124 +44,820 +Debt securities issued +7,506,073 +4,240,147 +106,364 +86,977 +93,639 +12,033,200 +Loans and advances to customers +Financial investments +600,860 +2,210,827 +1,508,705 +76,512 +4,748,376 +Investments in subsidiaries and +351,472 +associates +62,892 +Derivative financial assets +56,958 +76,803 +1,706 +307 +48,300 +184,074 +62,892 +Financial assets designated at +16,157 +31,502 +199,990 +19,063 +5,406 +272,118 +fair value through profit or loss +Financial assets held for trading +136,530 +Property and equipment +247,029 +36,092 +9,695 +59,185 +352,001 +Derivative financial liabilities +fair value through profit or loss +58,179 +Due to banks and +other financial institutions (**) +2,029,768 +184,154 +2,755 +9,092 +58,179 +136,530 +Financial liabilities designated at +379 +124,089 +124,089 +Others +506,530 +506,530 +Total assets +379 +11,990,939 +2,573,554 +1,615,052 +1,463,057 +22,788,080 +Liabilities: +Due to central banks +5,145,478 +2,225,769 +1,430,001 +54,667 +Debt securities issued +Others +33,046 +3,371 +16,674 +150 +63,223 +193,679 +16,281,939 +306,622 +Total liabilities +12,998,022 +3,903,910 +2,154,253 +623 +204,625 +648,573 +1,148,451 +617 +653,334 +345,463 +2,052,611 +234,978 +13,113 +6,805 +15,457 +2,603,051 +Certificates of deposit +3,075 +107,758 +8,576 +443 +183,352 +Due to customers +10,316,969 +3,563,821 +66,575 +12,570 +20,409,261 +(1,481,484) +One to +five years +More than +five years +interest- +bearing +Total +Assets: +Non- +Cash and balances with central banks +396,589 +3,290,270 +Due from banks and +other financial institutions (*) +1,166,598 +196,166 +2,893,681 +Interest rate mismatch +Three +months to +one year +31 December 2016 +1,588,520 +399,606 +1,119,599 +N/A +N/A +(*) +Less than +three +months +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +250 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(c) Market risk (continued) +The tables below summarise the contractual repricing or maturity dates, whichever is earlier, of the Bank's assets and +liabilities: +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +Certificates of deposit +104,292 +83,427 +2,060,875 +1,161,171 +2,165 +4,450,998 +Investments in subsidiaries and +associates +806,570 +135,308 +Property and equipment +129,669 +129,669 +Others +391,910 +391,910 +135,308 +Total assets +420,217 +11,026,476 +9,122 +169,119 +13,665 +4,971 +206,282 +Derivative financial assets +Financial investments +33,290 +Loans and advances to customers +6,457,483 +4,218,448 +130,127 +120,707 +99,711 +33,290 +9,405 +10,843,015 +2,381,853 +23,556 +Certificates of deposit +83,033 +58,563 +8,074 +443 +1,894 +2,234,119 +150,113 +10,051,225 +3,463,631 +2,027,361 +3,061 +236,395 +15,781,673 +Due to customers +5,332,737 +179,112 +other financial institutions (**) +1,298,457 +1,190,884 +21,046,946 +Liabilities: +Financial liabilities designated at +fair value through profit or loss +2,029,557 +204,026 +15,840 +Derivative financial liabilities +55,866 +33,144 +297,414 +33,144 +Due to banks and +21,682 +fair value through profit or loss +Financial assets designated at +115,950 +532,287 +Total liabilities +13,654,701 +3,906,413 +Interest rate mismatch +(1,663,762) +532,287 +1,239,065 +189,549 +1,425,503 +890,401 +20,878,151 +N/A +N/A +(*) +2,237,087 +336,467 +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +Others +183,734 +6,331 +453 +194,503 +Due to customers +11,251,659 +3,591,913 +279,446 +2,154,995 +231,658 +17,235,587 +Debt securities issued +21,953 +10,827 +62,932 +5,362 +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +Annual Report 2016 +251 +2,991,619 +Due from banks and +other financial institutions (*) +1,311,681 +221,232 +20,299 +383,746 +2,118 +1,565,444 +Financial assets held for trading +36,356 +77,365 +1,433 +796 +10,114 +2,607,873 +Cash and balances with central banks +Assets: +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(c) Market risk (continued) +31 December 2015 +Less than +three +months +Three +Non- +months to +one year +One to +More than +interest- +five years +five years +bearing +Total +2,332,698 +17,189 +other financial institutions (**) +76,826 +252,894 +Others +129,669 +210 +9 +255 +35,499 +129,195 +135,308 +285,144 +Derivative financial assets +94,452 +94,452 +Loans and advances to customers +Property and equipment +8,042,786 +5,174 +391,910 +Derivative financial liabilities +297,414 +55,866 +8,496 +233,052 +through profit or loss +98,343 +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +21,046,946 +361,871 +100,883 +938,826 +19,645,366 +Total assets +Liabilities: +25,202 +4,331,521 +139,700 +9,294 +12,777,175 +209 +5,287,662 +604,628 +614,131 +2,802,885 +1,739,968 +Total assets +1,529,575 +Liabilities: +Due to central banks +118 +427 +545 +Financial liabilities designated at +24,137,265 +154,613 +Others +246,209 +98,714 +12,767,334 +Financial investments +403,284 +637,160 +2,375,341 +246,209 +1,578,061 +5,006,699 +Investments in associates and +joint ventures +30,077 +30,077 +Property and equipment +12,853 +fair value through profit or loss +5,255 +33,144 +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +2,289,444 +75,742 +10,982 +377,739 +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +1,824,981 +1,761,746 +112,774 +34,737 +45,601 +1,568,634 +Net position +Credit commitments +19,285,200 +Annual Report 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +258 +The capital adequacy ratios and related components of the Group are calculated in accordance with the statutory financial +statements of the Group prepared under PRC GAAP. During the year, the Group has complied in full with all its externally +imposed capital requirements. +The Group calculates the following core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio, tier 1 capital adequacy ratio and capital adequacy ratio +in accordance with Regulation Governing Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional) and relevant requirements promulgated +by the CBRC. The requirements pursuant to these regulations may have certain differences comparing to those applicable in +Hong Kong and other jurisdictions. +The CBRC requires commercial banks to meet the requirements of capital adequacy ratios by the end of 2018 in accordance +with Regulation Governing Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional). For systemically important banks, CBRC requires +minimum core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio, tier 1 capital adequacy ratio and capital adequacy ratio of 8.50%, 9.50% and +11.50%, respectively. For non-systemically important banks, CBRC requires corresponding minimum ratios of 7.50%, 8.50% +and 10.50%, respectively. In addition, overseas entities are directly regulated by local banking regulatory commissions, and +the requirements of capital adequacy ratios differ by countries. +From 1 January 2013, the Group commenced to calculate the capital adequacy ratios in accordance with Regulation +Governing Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional) and other relevant regulations promulgated by the CBRC. In April 2014, +CBRC officially approved the Bank to adopt advanced capital management approaches. Within the scope of the approval, +the foundation internal ratings-based (IRB) approach is adopted to corporate credit risk, the IRB approach to retail credit +risk, the internal model approach (IMA) to market risk, and the standardized approach to operational risk meeting regulatory +requirements. +The Group's Management monitors the capital adequacy ratios regularly based on regulations issued by the CBRC. The +required information is respectively filed with the CBRC by the Group and the Bank semi-annually and quarterly. +257 +The Group manages its capital structure and makes adjustments in light of changes in economic conditions and the risk +profile of its activities. In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group may adjust its profit distribution +policy, issue or repurchase own shares, qualifying other tier 1 capital instruments, qualifying tier 2 capital instruments and +convertible bonds, etc. +Adopt the advanced measurement approaches, improve the internal capital adequacy assessment process (ICAAP), +disclose information on capital management, cover all types of risks, and ensure the stable operation of the Group; +Integrate the quantified results of various risks into daily management, establish a bank value management system +with economic capital as the core tool, improve the policy, process and application management system, strengthen +the capital constraint and incentive mechanism, enhance the product pricing and decision-making capabilities, and +improve the capital allocation efficiency; and +Maintain reasonable capital adequacy ratio to continuously meet regulatory requirements on capital. Keeping stable +capital base to ensure the Group's business growth and the implementation of business development and strategic +plan in order to achieve comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development; +• +The Group's objectives on capital management are: +(d) Capital management +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Make reasonable use of various capital instruments, continuously enhance capital strengths, refine capital structure, +improve capital quality, reduce capital cost, and maximize shareholder returns. +2,687 +249,097 +893,225 +15,361,944 +Due to customers +150,113 +25,626 +1,974 +86,173 +360,613 +36,340 +2,234,119 +106,173 +47,131 +348,135 +1,732,680 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +Certificates of deposit +66,146 +12,466 +15,781,673 +18,076,732 +548,562 +4,738 +2,677 +34,326 +506,821 +46,650 +Total liabilities +240,175 +7,357 +1,898 +50,227 +180,693 +Debt securities issued +Others +247,084 +45,217 +9,870 +210,434 +Derivative financial assets +78,870 +78,870 +Loans and advances to customers +6,897,524 +4,971 +4,333,873 +130,887 +102,328 +11,652,812 +Financial investments +447,620 +869,374 +188,200 +2,158,378 +13,665 +9,339 +27,608 +41 +16,811 +1,680,126 +Financial assets held for trading +41,451 +173,054 +82,154 +2,241 +373 +132,838 +Financial assets designated at +fair value through profit or loss +9,405 +6,619 +197,465 +1,177,390 +4,666,691 +Due to central banks +20 +30 +160 +210 +Financial liabilities designated at +Liabilities: +fair value through profit or loss +21,682 +15,953 +62,132 +303,927 +Derivative financial liabilities +76,826 +204,160 +13,929 +22,209,780 +1,324,224 +Investments in associates and +joint ventures +24,185 +24,185 +Property and equipment +224,426 +1,322,729 +224,426 +Total assets +10,045 +11,516,538 +225 +5,492,430 +469,495 +479,765 +2,553,859 +Others +1,438,201 +other financial institutions (*) +Due from banks and +Due to customers +11,660,480 +3,705,066 +2,166,979 +5,362 +287,415 +218,427 +17,825,302 +Others +34,242 +8,569 +16,039 +382 +116,722 +Total liabilities +14,354,621 +Debt securities issued +4,130,911 +453 +93,236 +Derivative financial liabilities +64,581 +89,960 +366,752 +89,960 +Due to banks and +other financial institutions (**) +6,331 +2,285,839 +12,912 +10,200 +26,301 +2,606,105 +Certificates of deposit +118,407 +270,853 +2,264 +2,315,505 +Interest rate mismatch +(1,577,446) +Non- +months to +one year +One to +More than +interest- +five years +Three +five years +Total +Assets: +Cash and balances with central banks +2,672,292 +387,341 +3,059,633 +bearing +Less than +three +months +31 December 2015 +(c) Market risk (continued) +1,156,751 +487,380 +190,934 +1,584 +208,533 +1,531,435 +357,937 +678,275 +1,146,532 +N/A +691,074 +22,156,102 +N/A +(*) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +Annual Report 2016 +249 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Due to banks and +ICBC +8,872 +184,016 +USD +HKD +(equivalent +RMB +to RMB) +(equivalent +to RMB) +31 December 2016 +Others +(equivalent +to RMB) +Assets: +Cash and balances with central banks +3,069,074 +179,180 +7,264 +34,752 +Total +3,290,270 +Bank +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +98,864 +1,800,519 +Credit commitments +1,840,354 +355,858 +25,449 +(c) Market risk (continued) +76,223 +(*) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +Annual Report 2016 +255 +Notes to the Financial Statements +2,297,884 +(7,552) +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +291,929 +3,942 +62,892 +Loans and advances to customers +11,284,741 +643,173 +9,155 +2 +96,131 +Financial investments +4,554,549 +132,229 +14,757 +46,841 +4,748,376 +12,033,200 +1,020,638 +18,623 +Derivative financial assets +73,128 +44,306 +1,430,001 +Financial assets held for trading +182,281 +1,543 +40,325 +250 +Financial assets designated at fair value +though profit or loss +271,781 +231 +106 +272,118 +184,074 +98,444 +1,610,763 +Net position +50 +160 +210 +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +through profit or loss +233,169 +Due to central banks +11,249 +303,927 +Derivative financial liabilities +26,349 +34,905 +7,610 +7,962 +59,509 +76,826 +Liabilities: +474,852 +83,631 +688 +1,347 +224,426 +Others +274,586 +22,209,780 +95,968 +100,182 +479,765 +Total assets +19,938,352 +1,556,278 +240,298 +9,029 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +1,829,716 +624,804 +17,743 +306,622 +Others +Total liabilities +564,520 +73,183 +2,485 +5,548 +653,334 +18,327,589 +1,457,834 +247,850 +375,988 +20,409,261 +10,083 +89,408 +196,986 +Debt securities issued +22,891 +125,640 +2,603,051 +Certificates of deposit +40,813 +108,770 +7,211 +26,558 +183,352 +Due to customers +15,435,986 +515,515 +202,105 +128,333 +16,281,939 +Investments in subsidiaries and associates +138,760 +17,353 +44,820 +Assets: +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +RMB +USD +(equivalent +to RMB) +HKD +31 December 2015 +(equivalent +to RMB) +Total +Cash and balances with central banks +2,884,990 +61,956 +1,698 +42,975 +Others +(equivalent +to RMB) +2,991,619 +(c) Market risk (continued) +256 +1,591,675 +110,388 +27,632 +180,234 +1,909,929 +Credit commitments +ICBC +2,096,950 +4,868 +97,777 +2,713,875 +(*) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +514,280 +Net position +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +223,412 +10,440,810 +514,733 +5,614 +65,319 +11,026,476 +Financial investments +Loans and advances to customers +4,325,530 +657 +37,195 +4,450,998 +Investments in subsidiaries and associates +17,352 +10,012 +87,616 +1,246,867 +33,290 +5,133 +42,911 +52,254 +1,565,444 +Financial assets held for trading +115,950 +115,950 +1,888 +Financial assets designated at fair value +205,509 +210 +563 +206,282 +Derivative financial assets +26,269 +though profit or loss +20,878,151 +298,804 +122,007 +479,038 +22,788,080 +Liabilities: +Due to central banks +379 +379 +149,639 +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +279,504 +12,512 +59,985 +352,001 +Derivative financial liabilities +20,119 +through profit or loss +31,911 +1,328,810 +Total assets +64,346 +136,530 +Property and equipment +123,613 +249 +9 +20,830,593 +218 +Others +266,238 +51,642 +504 +188,146 +506,530 +124,089 +2 +6,147 +58,179 +177,971 +94,553 +723 +6,199 +279,446 +Others +Debt securities issued +Total liabilities +52,601 +795 +7,095 +532,287 +19,238,918 +1,218,422 +471,796 +17,235,587 +79,918 +12,709 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +1,623,678 +401,106 +97,087 +103,898 +2,225,769 +Certificates of deposit +25,667 +122,962 +10,691 +35,183 +194,503 +Due to customers +16,640,183 +502,777 +10,011 +30,098 +Property and equipment +22,094 +195,520 +17,442 +56,117 +3,350,788 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +1,023,286 +3,081,709 +483,688 +38,569 +1,553,100 +Financial assets held for trading +180,632 +5,732 +2,967 +7,557 +189,331 +Cash and balances with central banks +Others +(equivalent +to RMB) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(c) Market risk (continued) +A breakdown of the assets and liabilities analysed by currency is as follows: +Group +31 December 2016 +Total +Assets: +HKD +(equivalent +(equivalent +RMB +to RMB) +to RMB) +USD +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial assets designated at fair value +271,780 +240,949 +20,374 +70,534 +5,006,699 +Investments in associates and joint ventures +660 +4,674,842 +875 +26,915 +30,077 +Property and equipment +131,354 +112,653 +758 +1,627 +though profit or loss +Financial investments +192,646 +9,536 +272 +3,556 +285,144 +Derivative financial assets +41,478 +12,767,334 +32,020 +12,379 +94,452 +Loans and advances to customers +11,490,448 +863,960 +220,280 +8,575 +1,444 +253 +While the tables above indicates the effect on profit before taxation and equity of 1% depreciation of USD and HKD, there +will be an opposite effect with the same amount if the currencies appreciate by the same percentage. +(*) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +252 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +N/A +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(iii) Currency risk +The Group conducts its businesses mainly in RMB, with certain transactions denominated in USD, HKD and, to a lesser +extent, other currencies. Transactions in foreign currencies mainly arise from the Group's treasury operations, foreign +exchange dealings and overseas investments. +The exchange rate of RMB to USD is managed under a floating exchange rate system. The HKD exchange rate has been +pegged to USD and therefore the exchange rate of RMB to HKD has fluctuated in line with the changes in the exchange rate +of RMB to USD. +The Group manages its currency risk through various methods, including limitation management and risk hedging to hedge +currency risk, and performing currency risk sensitivity analysis and stress testing regularly. +The tables below indicate a sensitivity analysis of exchange rate changes of the currencies to which the Group had significant +exposure on its monetary assets and liabilities and its forecasted cash flows. The analysis calculates the effect of a reasonably +possible movement in the currency rates against RMB, with all other variables held constant, on profit before taxation and +equity. A negative amount in the table reflects a potential net reduction in profit before taxation or equity, while a positive +amount reflects a potential net increase. This effect, however, is based on the assumption that the Group's foreign exchange +exposures as at the year end are kept unchanged and, therefore, have not incorporated actions that would be taken by the +Group to mitigate the adverse impact of this currency risk. +Group +(c) Market risk (continued) +Currency +N/A +298,586 +240,175 +Others +548,562 +Total liabilities +12,385,030 +3,731,860 +1,110,937 +2,083,267 +897,523 +548,562 +19,285,200 +Interest rate mismatch +(1,542,015) +1,600,877 +187,520 +Annual Report 2016 +Change in +currency rate +Effect on equity +USD +HKD +Change in +currency rate +Effect on profit +before taxation +2016 +2015 +Effect on equity +2016 +Currency +2015 +78 +188 +49 +152 +(27) +(22) +(19) +(14) +-1% +-1% +Effect on profit +before taxation +Bank +(929) +2016 +2015 +2016 +2015 +USD +-1% +(795) +66 +(313) +(280) +HKD +-1% +275 +402 +75 +24,185 +246,209 +293,855 +to RMB) +to RMB) +Total +Cash and balances with central banks +2,892,981 +72,522 +to RMB) +19,253 +3,059,633 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +1,226,502 +373,998 +14,612 +65,014 +74,877 +1,680,126 +RMB +HKD +(equivalent +126,362 +2,778,412 +(*) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +254 +Others +(equivalent +ICBC +31 December 2015 +Assets: +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +USD +(equivalent +(c) Market risk (continued) +30,896 +Financial assets held for trading +11,654 +714,769 +171,499 +137,421 +11,652,812 +Financial investments +4,423,990 +10,629,123 +165,656 +60,377 +4,666,691 +Investments in associates and joint ventures +231 +352 +1,508 +16,668 +116,092 +Loans and advances to customers +8,015 +139 +4,953 +132,838 +Financial assets designated at fair value +though profit or loss +209,444 +78,870 +252 +572 +210,434 +Derivative financial assets +26,643 +37,476 +6,736 +166 +Others +500,612 +Credit commitments +13,949 +63,565 +366,752 +Derivative financial liabilities +19,889 +46,150 +289,238 +13,210 +89,960 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +1,729,007 +723,289 +35,485 +118,324 +10,711 +2,606,105 +through profit or loss +545 +125,161 +4,261 +190,854 +614,131 +Total assets +21,190,044 +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +2,070,094 +595,981 +24,137,265 +Liabilities: +Due to central banks +30 +515 +281,146 +2,120,542 +Certificates of deposit +137,310 +6,335 +11,873 +691,074 +19,553,185 +1,866,559 +304,446 +93,117 +431,912 +Net position +1,636,859 +203,535 +(23,300) +164,069 +1,981,163 +22,156,102 +30,154 +579,749 +Others +13,330 +37,633 +218,427 +Due to customers +16,722,751 +699,543 +Total liabilities +235,360 +17,825,302 +Debt securities issued +182,367 +153,201 +726 +21,643 +357,937 +167,648 +(d) Capital management (continued) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +valuation techniques which use inputs which have a significant effect on the recorded fair value that are not +based on observable market data. +The capital adequacy ratios calculated after implementation of the advanced capital management approaches are as follows: +Notes to the Financial Statements +31 December 2016 +31 December 2015 +Core tier 1 capital +1,707 +324 +57,336 +519 +58,179 +12,836 +2 +396,825 +410,180 +Annual Report 2016 +263 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +519 +(a) Financial instruments recorded at fair value (continued) +1,705 +1,396 +| | +270,831 +270,674 +59,185 +13,311 +352,001 +Derivative financial liabilities +Commodity derivatives and others +Exchange rate contracts +54,586 +166 +55,076 +Interest rate contracts +1,045 +351 +324 +339,489 +31 December 2015 +Level 2 +Financial liabilities which are measured at +fair value on a recurring basis: +115,950 +115,950 +115,950 +115,950 +773 +Debt securities +21,236 +6,300 +6,300 +534 +177,439 +177,973 +773 +22,009 +Level 1 +Equity investments +Commodity derivatives and others +Level 3 +Total +Financial assets which are measured at +fair value on a recurring basis: +Financial assets held for trading +Debt securities +Available-for-sale financial assets +Financial assets designated at fair value +Debt securities +Other debt instruments +Others +Derivative financial assets +Exchange rate contracts +Interest rate contracts +through profit or loss +12,512 +799 +12,512 +919 +117,407 +153,792 +272,118 +Derivative financial assets +Exchange rate contracts +205,811 +136 +166 +53,335 +Interest rate contracts +1,128 +351 +1,479 +53,033 +Commodity derivatives and others +153,792 +Others +48,300 +135,774 +184,074 +48,300 +135,774 +184,074 +52,019 +through profit or loss +Other debt instruments +919 +39,682 +40,601 +25,706 +25,706 +Debt securities +8,076 +2 +8,078 +1,904,587 +154,512 +2,127,285 +Financial liabilities which are measured at +fair value on a recurring basis: +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +68,186 +through profit or loss +Structured deposits +270,831 +8,674 +Financial liabilities related to +precious metals +59,185 +Debt securities issued +Wealth management products +1,608,201 +201 +1,540,869 +136 +62,237 +519 +62,892 +Available-for-sale financial assets +Equity investments +Debt securities +831 +75,043 +75,874 +66,300 +1,465,826 +201 +1,532,327 +67,131 +28,070 +Financial assets designated at fair value +177,439 +| | || +Interest rate contracts +quoted (unadjusted) prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; +(21) +Commodity derivatives and others +101 +(13) +72 +1,044 +5235 +15 +(3) +(27) +35 +320 +38 +(139) +228 +As at 31 +December 2016 +Derivative financial assets +Total +Total gains +recorded +As at +1 January +gains/(losses) +recorded in +Exchange rate contracts +in other +profit or loss +comprehensive +income +Additions +Disposals +Settlements +Transfer out of +Level 3 +2016 +Financial assets: +(179) +412 +7,258 +11,659 +(13,493) +(29,504) +157,296 +Available-for-sale financial assets +181,376 +Debt securities +10 +(38) +239 +(900) +(3,567) +1,264 +5,520 +34 +through profit or loss +191 +33 +(8) +(46) +67 +50 +(150) +Financial assets designated at fair value +(252) +799 +Financial assets held for trading +96 +497 +(92) +(310) +69 +Group +The following table shows a reconciliation of the opening and closing balance of level 3 financial assets and liabilities which +are recorded at fair value and the movement during the year: +(b) Movement in level 3 financial instruments measured at fair value +72,950 +1,224,821 +565 +1,298,336 +73,723 +1,401,356 +1,296,903 +178,779 +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +through profit or loss +Wealth management products +205,531 +Structured deposits +27,521 +1,653,858 +Financial liabilities related to +565 +71,517 +27,695 +208 +27,903 +1,146 +530 +1,676 +1,224,821 +3,674 +3,711 +32,515 +775 +33,290 +1,433 +1,433 +37 +precious metals +55,866 +Debt securities issued +530 +1,860 +986 +16 +1,002 +32,390 +1,330 +754 +1,947 +327,857 +754 +330,558 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +33,144 +30,282 +208 +30,074 +1,947 +6,549 +1,947 +295,467 +Derivative financial liabilities +Exchange rate contracts +Interest rate contracts +Commodity derivatives and others +264 +ICBC +205,531 +27,521 +55,866 +8,496 +297,414 +206,282 +Debt securities +Equity investments +Financial assets held for trading +fair value on a recurring basis: +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +through profit or loss +Wealth management products +270,831 +270,831 +Financial liabilities which are measured at +Structured deposits +17,797 +Financial liabilities related to +precious metals +59,192 +59,192 +Other debt securities issued +17,797 +12,512 +2,309,813 +1,720,630 +8,804 +1,740,886 +94,452 +Available-for-sale financial assets +Equity investments +11,114 +338 +11,452 +159,550 +Debt securities +1,635,493 +1,264 +Other debt instruments +94,987 +110,942 +8,804 +1,644,635 +2,039,321 +1,264 +83,873 +799 +865 +Others +20,470 +Commodity derivatives and others +5,239 +3,861 +173 +9,273 +1,308 +5,566 +1,791 +89,960 +18,443 +434,377 +3,892 +456,712 +82,603 +13,377 +19,161 +Interest rate contracts +365 +3,089 +2,101 +5,555 +12,877 +351,774 +1 +2,101 +Derivative financial liabilities +Exchange rate contracts +326 +59,581 +310 +60,217 +366,752 +87,773 +5,880 +15,565 +Financial assets which are measured at +Level 1 +Level 2 +Level 3 +Total +fair value on a recurring basis: +31 December 2016 +Financial assets held for trading +Debt securities +6,016 +6,016 +3,140 +179,984 +191 +Equity investments +183,315 +Group +(a) Financial instruments recorded at fair value +The Group has established policies and internal controls with respect to the measurement of fair values, specify the +framework of fair value measurement of financial instrument, fair value measurement methodologies and procedures. Fair +value measurement policies specify valuation techniques, parameter selection and relevant concepts, models and parameter +solutions. Operating procedures specify measurement operating procedures, valuation date, market parameter selection +and corresponding allocation of responsibilities. In the process of fair value measurement, front office is responsible for +daily transactions management. Financial Accounting Department plays a lead role of developing accounting policies of fair +value measurement, valuation methodologies and system implementation. Risk Management Department is responsible for +verifying trade details and valuation models. +The following is a description of the fair value of the financial instruments recorded at fair value which are determined using +valuation techniques. These incorporate the Group's estimate of assumptions that a market participant would make when +valuing the instruments. +Financial investments +Financial investments valued using valuation techniques consist of debt securities and asset-backed securities. The Group +values such securities in use of a discounted cash flow analysis which incorporates either only observable data or both +observable and non-observable data. Observable inputs include assumptions regarding current interest rates; unobservable +inputs include assumptions regarding expected future default rates, prepayment rates and market liquidity discounts. +A majority of the debt securities classified as level 2 are RMB bonds. The fair value of these bonds are determined based on +the valuation results provided by China Central Depository & Clearing Co., Ltd., which are determined based on a valuation +technique for which all significant inputs are observable market data. +Derivatives +The following tables show an analysis of financial instruments recorded at fair value by level of the fair value hierarchy: +Derivatives valued using a valuation technique with market observable inputs are mainly interest rate swaps, foreign +exchange forwards, swaps and options, etc.. The most frequently applied valuation techniques include discounted cash flow +model and Black-Scholes model. The models incorporate various inputs including foreign exchange spot and forward rates, +foreign exchange rate volatility, interest rate yield curves, etc.. +Other liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss +For unquoted other liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss, the discounted cash flow model is used based +on current yield curve appropriate for the remaining term to maturity adjusted for market liquidity and credit spreads; and +Heston model is applied based on yield curves, foreign exchange forward rates, foreign exchange rate volatilities, etc., which +is calibrated by active market quotes of standard European options with the same underlying. +260 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Structured products are mainly valued using dealer's quotations. +9,156 +179,984 +191 +Exchange rate contracts +188 +57,770 +320 +58,278 +Interest rate contracts +Derivative financial asset +30 +412 +20,609 +Commodity derivatives and others +5,662 +9,836 +67 +20,167 +285,144 +157,296 +126,929 +189,331 +Financial assets designated at fair value +through profit or loss +Debt securities +919 +39,954 +40,873 +Other debt instruments +25,706 +25,706 +Others +61,269 +157,296 +218,565 +919 +Annual Report 2016 +261 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +55,871 +Other debt securities issued +1,947 +6,549 +8,496 +Others +55,871 +144 +2,211 +6,508 +2,091 +299,625 +2,211 +303,927 +4,153 +Derivative financial liabilities +precious metals +27,521 +1,443,357 +167,566 +1,509,367 +188,566 +1,865,499 +through profit or loss +Financial liabilities related to +Financial liabilities which are measured at +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +Wealth management products +205,531 +205,531 +Structured deposits +27,521 +fair value on a recurring basis: +Exchange rate contracts +116 +38,575 +380,753 +262 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(a) Financial instruments recorded at fair value (continued) +4,681 +Bank +Level 1 +Level 2 +Level 3 +Total +Financial assets which are measured at +fair value on a recurring basis: +31 December 2016 +367,618 +8,454 +76,826 +234 +38,925 +Interest rate contracts +3 +26,052 +2,181 +28,236 +Commodity derivatives and others +6,244 +3,366 +55 +9,665 +6,363 +67,993 +2,470 +6,146 +Equity investments +1,294,439 +27,593 +Other debt instruments +373 +132,465 +132,838 +824 +21,400 +Debt securities +22,224 +6,300 +Others +534 +181,376 +181,910 +824 +6,300 +28,234 +through profit or loss +117,657 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(a) Financial instruments recorded at fair value (continued) +31 December 2015 +Level 1 +Level 2 +Level 3 +Financial assets designated at fair value +Total +fair value on a recurring basis: +Financial assets held for trading +Debt securities +373 +14,808 +117,657 +15,181 +Financial assets which are measured at +181,376 +210,434 +Derivative financial assets +Available-for-sale financial assets +Equity investments +12,331 +Debt securities +130,441 +1,266,712 +78,870 +Other debt instruments +134 +626 +13,091 +5,520 +1,402,673 +27,593 +- +1,044 +69,037 +8,789 +Exchange rate contracts +102 +36,277 +228 +36,607 +Interest rate contracts +25 +26,249 +715 +26,989 +Commodity derivatives and others +8,662 +6,511 +101 +15,274 +142,772 +626 +(316) +(310) +Fair value +Level 1 +Level 2 +Level 3 +Financial assets +Held-to-maturity investments +Carrying +amount +2,973,042 +3,440 +Receivables +291,370 +291,577 +2,992,779 +56,753 +422 +2,996,641 +234,824 +2016 +The following table summarises the carrying amounts, the fair value and the analysis by level of the fair value hierarchy of +held-to-maturity investments, receivables, subordinated bonds and tier 2 capital notes: +Due to changes in market conditions for certain securities, quoted prices in active markets were no longer available for +these securities. However, there was sufficient information available to measure the fair values of these securities based on +observable market inputs. Therefore, these securities were transferred from level 1 to level 2 of the fair value hierarchy on +the balance sheet date. +During the year, the transfers between level 1 and level 2 of the fair value hierarchy for financial assets and liabilities of the +Group were immaterial. +(ii) Transfers between level 2 and level 3 +On the balance sheet date, certain financial instruments were transferred out from level 3 to level 2 of the fair value +hierarchy for financial assets and liabilities when significant inputs used in their fair value measurements, which was +previously unobservable became observable. +During the year, certain derivatives financial instruments were transferred out from level 3 to level 2 of the fair value +hierarchy when significant inputs used in their fair value measurements such as market price volatility, which was previously +unobservable became observable. +(d) Valuation of financial instruments with significant unobservable inputs +Group +Financial instruments valued with significant unobservable inputs are primarily certain structured derivatives, certain debt +securities and asset-backed securities. These financial instruments are valued using cash flow discount model. The models +incorporate various non-observable assumptions such as discount rate and market rate volatilities. +Annual Report 2016 +267 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(e) Fair value of financial assets and liabilities not carried at fair value +As at 31 December 2016, the effects of changes in significant unobservable assumptions to reasonably possible alternative +assumptions were immaterial. +Due to changes in market conditions for certain securities, quoted prices in active markets were available for these securities. +Therefore, these securities were transferred from level 2 to level 1 of the fair value hierarchy on the balance sheet date. +Subtotal +3,288,218 +Financial assets +Held-to-maturity investments +2,870,353 +2,944,661 +56,841 +2,654,913 +Level 3 +232,907 +352,143 +353,223 +109,005 +244,218 +Subtotal +3,222,496 +Receivables +3,264,412 +Level 2 +Fair value +3,440 +3,049,532 +235,246 +Financial liabilities +Subordinated bonds and Tier 2 Capital Notes +194,811 +Level 1 +202,034 +Subtotal +194,811 +202,034 +202,034 +2015 +Carrying +amount +202,034 +(i) Transfers between level 1 and level 2 +(c) Transfers between levels +8,033 +(721) +176 +Commodity derivatives and others +(34) +13 +(2,018) +Interest rate contracts +183 +ICBC +100 +(208) +11 +4 +(530) +266 +5 +(6) +Exchange rate contracts +200 +(218) +(4,988) +565 +144,684 +7,850 +(1,263) +16 +(49,310) +(5,861) +(140) +178,779 +Financial liabilities: +Derivative financial liabilities +81,540 +(16) +977 +104 +2,101 +Total +7,162 +2015 +Total gains for the year +Realised +6,754 +Group +Unrealised +5,061 +Total +Bank +Unrealised +Total +1,420 +8,174 +6,483 +1,550 +Realised +8,142 +2,840 +5,302 +(754) +---961 +| | || +| | | | +| | | +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(b) Movement in level 3 financial instruments measured at fair value (continued) +Gains or losses on level 3 financial instruments included in the statement of profit or loss for the year comprise: +2016 +Realised +Group +Unrealised +Total +Realised +Bank +Unrealised +Total gains for the year +3,297,884 +56,841 +2,763,918 +477,125 +192 +419 +Valid portion of minority interests +79,375 +79,375 +Additional tier 1 capital instruments and related premium +Net tier 1 capital +79,567 +Additional tier 1 capital +1,701,495 +1,874,976 +Net core tier 1 capital +5,700 +5,700 +79,794 +Investment in core tier 1 capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are under control but not subject to consolidation +1,954,770 +Tier 2 capital +13,600 +5,600 +Tier 2 capital deductions +1,001 +4,236 +Valid portion of minority interests +1,781,062 +63,398 +Surplus provision for loan impairment +180,242 +154,861 +Valid portion of tier 2 capital instruments and related premium +244,641 +178,292 +19,195 +(3,869) +(4,618) +that are not fair valued on the balance sheet +246,356 +251,349 +General reserve +178,040 +205,021 +Surplus reserve +Retained profits +151,963 +Valid portion of capital reserve +356,407 +356,407 +1,713,160 +1,886,536 +Paid-in capital +151,998 +940,237 +781,853 +Valid portion of minority interests +Cash flow hedge reserves that relate to the hedging of items +1,356 +1,477 +Other intangible assets other than land use rights +8,478 +9,001 +Goodwill +11,665 +11,560 +(5,799) +(21,640) +4,340 +3,164 +Core tier 1 capital deductions +Others +Significant minority investments in tier 2 capital instruments issued by +16 +financial institutions that are not subject to consolidation +13,600 +Receivables +Subtotal +Financial liabilities +Subordinated bonds and Tier 2 Capital Notes +181,999 +188,693 +Held-to-maturity investments +Subtotal +188,693 +2,876,081 +2,899,455 +2,388 +263,456 +263,698 +181,999 +3,139,537 +Financial assets +Level 2 +Financial liabilities +Subordinated bonds and Tier 2 Capital Notes +195,553 +215,581 +Subtotal +195,553 +Level 3 +215,581 +215,581 +Bank +2016 +Carrying +amount +Fair value +Level 1 +215,581 +3,163,153 +2,388 +2,897,067 +75,189 +2,972,256 +14.61% +Capital adequacy ratio +13.48% +13.42% +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +12.87% +15.22% +12.87% +13,216,687 +14,564,617 +Risk-weighted assets (i) +2,012,103 +2,127,462 +Net capital base +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +(i) +Refers to risk-weighted assets after capital floor and adjustments. +Annual Report 2016 +188,509 +188,509 +188,693 +188,693 +268 +ICBC +Level 3: +Level 2: +Level 1: +Fair value estimates are generally subjective in nature, and are made as of a specific point in time based on the characteristics +of the financial instruments and relevant market information. The Group uses the following hierarchy for determining and +disclosing the fair value of financial instruments: +55. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Notes to the Financial Statements +259 +5,600 +valuation techniques for which all inputs which have a significant effect on the recorded fair value are +observable, either directly or indirectly; and +(62) +Debt securities +1,044 +Financial assets designated at fair value +through profit or loss +139,004 +8,411 +83,053 +(110) +(49,092) +Available-for-sale financial assets +Debt securities +13,852 +334 +48 +4,172 +181,376 +(218) +(864) +(3) +(113) +121 +32 +38 +བྷངཿཝཱ +34 +101 +(228) +(855) +(53) +228 +(6) +(57) +715 +304 +770 +(12,668) +Equity investments +Exchange rate contracts +(1,319) +173 +(205) +1,012 +105 +Derivative financial liabilities +Interest rate contracts +(746) +(725) +14 +152 +(234) +(2,181) +(726) +5,520 +(2,211) +202 +304 +322 +626 +155,102 +8,517 +370 +(2,413) +87,529 +(13,532) +(110) +188,566 +Financial liabilities: +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +through profit or loss +(49,310) +149 +(153) +ཤྲུཎྜབྷྲ +Interest rate contracts +(2,181) +736 +Commodity derivatives and others +(55) +(39) +(24) +(4,681) +12 +92 +(83) +22 +(2,101) +(9) +740 +(3) +(234) +Derivative financial liabilities +188,566 +7,402 +(38) +12,445 +(14,951) +(4,129) +Exchange rate contracts +(29,745) +Financial liabilities: +Financial liabilities designated at fair value +through profit or loss +(2,211) +67 +1 +159,550 +36 +(76) +(310) +2015 +profit or loss +in other +comprehensive +income +Additions +Disposals +Settlements +Total gains +recorded +Transfer out of +Level 3 +Financial assets: +Derivative financial assets +Exchange rate contracts +1,140 +Interest rate contracts +Commodity derivatives and others +1,942 +As at 31 +December 2015 +Total +(losses)/gains +recorded in +1 January +As at +(2) +147 +26 +(34) +(1,308) +(134) +6 +48 +1 +(173) +(133) +242 +27 +(87) +(3,892) +Commodity derivatives and others +(34) +28 +(378) +| | || +(166) +(351) +(519) +As at +1 January +| | | | +2015 +Total gains +recorded +in other +comprehensive +Transfer out of +income +Additions +Disposals +Total +gains/(losses) +recorded in +profit or loss +Settlements +| | || +241 +Financial liabilities: +Derivative financial liabilities +Exchange rate contracts +(208) +44 +Interest rate contracts +(6) +(530) +Commodity derivatives and others +(16) +16 +| | | +(2) +(754) +181 +Level 3 +As at 31 +December 2015 +Financial assets: +Derivative financial assets +(3) +37 +(873) +(140) +775 +| +530 +Financial assets designated at fair value +137,116 +8,075 +81,340 +(49,092) +177,439 +Available-for-sale financial assets +through profit or loss +(57) +---(6) +208 +Exchange rate contracts +1,149 +6 +Interest rate contracts +770 +(177) +Commodity derivatives and others +32 +8 +1,951 +(163) +| | || +| | | +(864) +(83) +154,512 +5,617 +(29,504) +11,487 +Total gains +recorded +in other +comprehensive +2016 +profit or loss +income +Additions +Disposals +Total +gains/(losses) +recorded in +Settlements +Level 3 +As at 31 +December 2016 +Financial assets: +Derivative financial assets +Exchange rate contracts +208 +Transfer out of +(44) +1 January +(b) Movement in level 3 financial instruments measured at fair value (continued) +Bank +329 +- +(55) +(2,079) +(343) +(3,721) +As at +1,355 +(4,681) +Annual Report 2016 +265 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +107 +Interest rate contracts +530 +(181) +(12,796) +(29,504) +153,792 +Available-for-sale financial assets +Debt securities +565 +11,481 +11 +6,921 +ΞΕ +(17) +(358) +-- 201 +(17) +178,779 +7,172 +177,439 +through profit or loss +Commodity derivatives and others +37 +(37) +775 +(262) +| | || +-2---1 166 +2 +6 +| | | +| | || +351 +.. +2 +519 +Financial assets designated at fair value +(13,154) +715 +Equity investments +0.45% +21,046,946 +22,788,080 +TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES +1,761,746 +1,909,929 +TOTAL EQUITY +729,783 +872,290 +Retained profits +596,181 +601,857 +42 +22 +Reserves +79,375 +79,375 +Including: Preference shares +79,375 +79,375 +41 +Other equity instruments +270 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +31 December +As at +Average for +the year +ended +31 December +2016 +35.81% +2016 +35.72% +31 December +As at +Foreign currency current assets to foreign +currency current liabilities +RMB current assets to RMB current liabilities +(b) Liquidity ratios +There are no differences between the profit attributable to equity holders of the parent company under PRC GAAP and +IFRSS for the year ended 31 December 2016 (2015: no differences). There are no differences between the equity attributable +to equity holders of the parent company under PRC GAAP and IFRSS as at 31 December 2016 (31 December 2015: no +differences). +356,407 +(a) Illustration of differences between the financial statements prepared under IFRSS and +those prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +271 +Annual Report 2016 +The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board of directors on 30 March 2017. +60. APPROVAL OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS +Certain comparative amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current year's presentation. +59. COMPARATIVE AMOUNTS +A final dividend of RMB0.2343 per share after the appropriation of statutory surplus reserve and general reserve, was +approved at the board of directors' meeting held on 30 March 2017, and is subject to the approval of the Bank's +shareholders at the forthcoming annual general meeting. Based on the number of ordinary shares issued as at 31 December +2016, the final dividend amounted to approximately RMB83,506 million. The dividend payable was not recognised as a +liability as at 31 December 2016. +58. AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD EVENT +The profit distribution plan +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +2015 +35.50% +356,407 +486,426 +19,285,200 +TOTAL LIABILITIES +Other liabilities +Debt securities issued +Income tax payable +Due to customers +Certificates of deposit +Repurchase agreements +Due to banks and other financial institutions +Derivative financial liabilities +Financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss +Due to central banks +LIABILITIES +21,046,946 +22,788,080 +TOTAL ASSETS +371,556 +479,196 +32 +20,354 +27,334 +31 +EQUITY +Share capital +33 +24 +20,878,151 +481,236 +39 +240,175 +279,446 +38 +62,136 +51,051 +15,781,673 +17,235,587 +40 +37 +194,503 +36 +130,830 +2,103,289 +33,144 +297,414 +379 +352,001 +58,179 +1,920,782 +304,987 +35 +32 mm 3 m +34 +150,113 +129,669 +82.28% +98.12% +69,622 +(3,464) +(200) +24,373 +21,629 +23,620 +Net structural position +Net long position +58 +(3,322) +Net option position +(1,878,649) +1,845,791 +Total +2,161,808 +(2,055,864) +Others +451,411 +(375,988) +528,589 +(579,439) +(21,979) +(1,277,231) +Forward sales +53,298 +1,263,904 +Forward purchases +(247,850) +58,175 +2,196 +23,441 +83,812 +Asia Pacific +Total +Others +sector +sector +Non-bank +private +Official +Banks and +other +financial +institutions +31 December 2016 +A country or geographical area is reported where it constitutes 10% or more of the aggregate amount of international +claims, after taking into account any risk transfers. Risk transfers are only made if the claims are guaranteed by a party in a +country which is different from that of the counterparty or if the claims are on an overseas branch of a bank whose Head +Office is located in another country. +(1,432,026) +International claims refer to the sum of cross-border claims in all currencies and local claims in foreign currencies, including +loans and advances to customers, balances with central banks, amounts due from banks and other financial institutions and +debt investments. +investments in overseas subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures. +. +capital and statutory reserves of overseas branches; and +• +property and equipment, net of depreciation charges; +The net option position is calculated using the delta equivalent approach required by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. +The net structural position of the Group includes the structural positions of the Bank's overseas branches, banking +subsidiaries and other subsidiaries substantially involved in foreign exchange. Structural assets and liabilities include: +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +ICBC +272 +(d) International claims +94.37% +Spot liabilities +1,472,295 +173,932 +2,797,668 +Forward purchases +(2,572,008) +2,802,949 +Total +Others +567,622 +(431,912) +(303,924) +(1,836,172) +Spot liabilities +31 December 2016 +HKD +278,761 +1,956,566 +Spot assets +USD +(c) Foreign currency concentrations +The Group prepares the liquidity ratios on a semi-annual basis and the disclosed average liquidity ratio is the arithmetic mean +of two consecutive liquidity ratios as at 30 June and 31 December. +The above liquidity ratios are calculated in accordance with the formula promulgated by the CBRC and based on the +financial information prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP. +103.42% +35.58% +2015 +Average for +the year +ended +31 December +1,007,928 +3,979,528 +Forward sales +(2,887,047) +Spot assets +HKD +USD +31 December 2015 +113,363 +28,359 +1,863 +83,141 +Net structural position +53,526 +238,102 +21,368 +(12,251) +Net (short)/long position +(42,825) +(102) +543 +(43,266) +Net option position +(4,114,118) +(1,122,168) +(104,903) +44,409 +350,812 +124,089 +34,242 +Shortfall of provision for loan impairment +12 +X20 +(3,869) +(4,618) +Deferred tax assets that rely on future profitability +excluding those arising from temporary differences +Cash flow hedge reserves that relate to the hedging of +items that are not fair valued on the balance sheet +11 +10 +X16 +X14-X15 +1,356 +1,477 +Other intangible assets other than land use rights (net of +deferred tax liabilities) +8,478 +9,001 +Goodwill (net of deferred tax liabilities) +Prudential valuation adjustments +184 +7 +Core tier 1 capital: Regulatory adjustments +9 +1,713,160 +13 +Gain on sale related to asset securitization +14 +Unrealized gains and losses due to changes in own credit +risk on fair valued liabilities +Subtotal of corporate loans +N/A N/A +ICBC +1 capital instruments issued by financial institutions +that are not subject to consolidation and undeducted +portion of deferred tax assets arising from temporary +differences +Deductible amount exceeding the 15% threshold for +significant minority capital investments in core tier +Deductible amount in deferred tax assets arising from +temporary differences +Deductible amount of significant minority investment +in core tier 1 capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are not subject to consolidation +Mortgage servicing rights +278 +22 +21 +1,886,536 +20 +investment in core tier 1 capital instruments issued +by financial institutions that are not subject to +consolidation +-- +Deductible amount of non-significant minority +18 +banks or between banks and other financial institutions +Directly or indirectly holding in own ordinary shares +Reciprocal cross-holdings in core tier 1 capital between +17 +16 +Defined-benefit pension fund net assets (net of related +deferred tax liabilities) +15 +19 +Notes to the Financial Statements +X25 +3,164 +2c +X22 +246,356 +251,349 +General reserve +2b +X21 +178,040 +205,021 +Surplus reserve +2a +1,206,249 +1,396,607 +Retained earnings +2 +X18 +356,407 +356,407 +Index +2015 +31 December +Retained profits +940,237 +781,853 +X23 +Core tier 1 capital before regulatory adjustments +Valid portion of minority interests +56 +Fill in 0 for joint stock banks) +period (only applicable to non-joint stock companies. +Valid portion to core tier 1 capital during the transition +4 +X24 +(5,799) +(21,640) +4,340 +Others +X19 +151,963 +151,998 +Capital reserve +За +public reserves) +146,164 +130,358 +Accumulated other comprehensive income (and other +3 +3b +34,242 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Carrying +29 +Investments in associates +Investments in subsidiaries +Financial investments +Loans and advances to customers +25 +Reverse repurchase agreements +Derivative financial assets +Financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss +Financial assets held for trading +21 +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Cash and balances with central banks +ASSETS +2015 +31 December +31 December +2016 +Notes +57. COMPANY-LEVEL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 +Property and equipment +Deferred income tax assets +Other assets +22222222023 ≈≈ +101,066 +102,288 +28 +4,450,998 +4,748,376 +27 +11,026,476 +12,033,200 +26 +792,876 +Notes to the Financial Statements +502,296 +62,892 +24 +206,282 +272,118 +115,950 +184,074 +772,568 +927,705 +2,991,619 +3,290,270 +33,290 +2015 +269 +On 23 March 2016, the MOF issued "Notice of Overall Implementation of Pilot Program for Value Added Tax Replacing +Business Tax" (Cai Shui [2016] No. 36). Pursuant to the Notice, value added tax replacing the existing business tax has been +levied for certain pilot industries, including financial industry, since 1 May 2016 on a national-wide basis, the applicable tax +rate for the Bank is 6%. Value added tax and related underlying value of the invoice for value added taxable income and +expenses shall be stated and accounted for separately. Such changes had impacts on both the Group's consolidated financial +statements and related financial indicators. +2,759,198 +19,943 +3,227,754 +3,151,930 +Subtotal +218,613 +230,000 +2,637,893 +121,305 +339,918 +338,839 +Receivables +19,943 +2,887,836 +2,813,091 +Held-to-maturity investments +Financial assets +Level 3 +Level 2 +Level 1 +Fair value +amount +448,613 +Financial liabilities +Subordinated bonds and Tier 2 Capital Notes +Subtotal +181,092 +The impact of value added tax replacing business tax +56. OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS +Due to customers +Other financial liabilities +Due to banks and other financial institutions +Repurchase agreements +Liabilities +Other financial assets +Loans and advances to customers +Reverse repurchase agreements +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Balances with central banks +Annual Report 2016 +Assets +All of the above-mentioned assumptions and methods provide a consistent basis for the calculation of the fair values of +the Group and the Bank's assets and liabilities. However, other institutions may use different assumptions and methods. +Therefore, the fair values disclosed by different financial institutions may not be entirely comparable. +(iii) Available-for-sale equity investments measured at cost were all non-listed shares. The fair values are estimated on the +basis of pricing models or discounted cash flows. The fair value was approximately the same with its book value and +classified in fair value hierarchy level 3. +The fair values of held-to-maturity investments, subordinated bonds and tier 2 capital notes are determined with +reference to the available market values. If quoted market prices are not available, then fair values are estimated on +the basis of pricing models or discounted cash flows. +The receivables are not quoted in an active market. The fair values of those receivables relating to the restructuring +of the Bank are estimated on the basis of the stated interest rates and the consideration of the relevant special +clauses of the instruments evaluated in the absence of any other relevant observable market data, and the fair values +approximate to their carrying amounts. The fair values of receivables other than those relating to the restructuring of +the Bank are estimated on the basis of pricing models or discounted cash flows. +(i) +Subject to the existence of an active market, such as an authorised securities exchange, the market value is the best +reflection of the fair value of financial instruments. As there is no available market value for certain of the financial assets +and liabilities held and issued by the Group, the discounted cash flow method or other valuation methods described below +are adopted to determine the fair values of these assets and liabilities: +192,431 +192,431 +192,431 +192,431 +181,092 +Those financial instruments for which their carrying amounts are the reasonable approximations of their fair values because, +for example, they are short term in nature or repriced at current market rates frequently, are as follows: +31 December +2016 +180,831 +73,934 +1,995 +5,229 +9,762 +425,061 +724,246 +Leasing and commercial services +15,116 +13,654 +1,462 +2,341 +2,726 +161,857 +835,616 +gas and water +Production and supply of electricity, heating +30,150 +13,403 +16,747 +48,829 +83,422 +433,413 +11,782 +13,777 +Real estate +562,917 +5,767 +4,532 +1,235 +4,008 +9,313 +43,415 +280,556 +Mining +7,881 +7,742 +866,779 +139 +1,685 +249,396 +472,791 +Water, environment and public utility management +11,841 +9,119 +2,722 +6,434 +17,653 +398,193 +286 +Construction +Wholesale and retail +25,349 +and advances +Gross loans +Loans and +* +31 December 2015 +Please see section (e) (iii) for the definition of overdue loans and advances to customers. +Uncovered portion of overdue loans and advances * +* +205,435 +140,692 +Covered portion of overdue loans and advances * +302,018 +the covered portion of overdue loans and advances * +Current market value of collateral held against +289,512 +223,955 +344 +44 +300 +65,557 +160,469 +346,127 +to customers +Loans and +advances +covered by +collateral +Overdue +loans and +advances +advances +individually +assessed to +1,817 +4,262 +11,537 +437,972 +1,551,248 +Transportation, storage and postal services +46,837 +25,390 +21,447 +54,124 +27,166 +94,341 +1,603,631 +Manufacturing +Total +assessed +assessed +be impaired +to customers +Collectively +Individually +Allowance for impairment losses +644,478 +7,438,523 +226,619 +10,064 +Total loans and advances to customers +522,052 +11,933,466 +522,052 +717 +524 +264 +9,254 +9,518 +6,739,552 +332,698 +135,780 +51,499 +229,155 +280,654 +Current market value of collateral held against +the covered portion of overdue loans and advances * +300,497 +Covered portion of overdue loans and advances * +146,208 +Uncovered portion of overdue loans and advances * +Please see section (e) (iii) for the definition of overdue loans and advances to customers. +Discounted bills +93,167 +93,167 +77,602 +7,869,552 +3,190,072 +254,379 +135,256 +51,235 +126,734 +177,969 +Personal mortgage and business loans +2,811,288 +2,745,301 +186,490 +48,487 +73,950 +Others +730,574 +282,127 +29,115 +19,217 +19,217 +Subtotal of personal loans +3,541,862 +3,027,428 +73,950 +96,557 +274 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +Others +2,441 +2,244 +197 +576 +1,024 +44,063 +137,497 +Science, education, culture and sanitation +4,610 +3,615 +995 +3,599 +7,964 +147,758 +224,215 +Lodging and catering +5,129 +3,659 +1,470 +3,304 +383,437 +107,909 +4,888 +2,264 +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The amount of new impairment loss charged to the consolidated statement of profit or loss and the amount of impaired +loans and advances written off during the year are set out below: +2016 +2015 +New +Write-offs +New +Write-offs +impairment +loss +ICBC +of impaired +loans +loss +of impaired +loans +Transportation, storage and postal services +10,232 +1,395 +24,724 +1,148 +7,254 +6,245 +1,009 +impairment +928,700 +598 +719,993 +assessed +be impaired +Collectively +Individually +Allowance for impairment losses +individually +assessed to +advances +Loans and +loans and +advances +Overdue +Loans and +advances +covered by +collateral +to customers +to customers +Gross loans +and advances +31 December 2016 +Analysis by industry sector +(i) +(e) Loans and advances to customers +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +assessed +Total +Transportation, storage and postal services +1,640,498 +12,983 +241 +511 +1,518 +166,134 +891,870 +gas and water +Production and supply of electricity, heating +51,809 +27,168 +273 +24,641 +100,133 +596,535 +1,550,544 +Manufacturing +26,206 +24,707 +1,499 +3,588 +11,629 +402,876 +63,253 +13,224 +Annual Report 2016 +73,426 +Non-bank +private +Official +Banks and +other +financial +31 December 2015 +1,819,318 +83,266 +1,053,262 +281,452 +401,338 +285,041 +9,332 +124,562 +100,621 +50,526 +370,270 +69,083 +262,675 +16,904 +21,608 +of which attributed to Hong Kong +North and South America +1,534,277 +institutions +sector +sector +Others +971,996 +185,864 +344,654 +229,929 +7,706 +79,366 +64,007 +78,850 +North and South America +351,431 +1,575,940 +55,769 +18,258 +20,074 +of which attributed to Hong Kong +1,346,011 +65,720 +892,630 +121,857 +265,804 +Asia Pacific +Total +257,330 +1,728 +Leasing and commercial services +432,921 +3,051,922 +8,140,684 +Subtotal of corporate loans +8,257 +6,568 +1,689 +5,549 +12,397 +207,188 +397,951 +Others +2,257 +1,987 +270 +687 +927 +42,783 +136,799 +Science, education, culture and sanitation +5,364 +3,394 +258,650 +159,871 +65,257 +125,028 +719,993 +13,056,846 +Total loans and advances to customers +Discounted bills +98,883 +98,883 +85,749 +3,666,608 +4,196,169 +Subtotal of personal loans +16,473 +1,970 +16,473 +207,874 +699,059 +Others +82,410 +82,410 +53,022 +3,458,734 +3,497,110 +Personal mortgage and business loans +190,285 +32,727 +828,686 +4,396 +80,341 +13,238 +9,155 +4,083 +9,556 +22,288 +423,175 +642,423 +Real estate +37,540 +12,875 +24,665 +59,057 +80,928 +349,761 +776,739 +Wholesale and retail +14,396 +12,146 +2,250 +5,103 +9,836 +Water, environment and public utility management +536,718 +228,496 +2,068 +212,450 +Construction +1,010 +976 +34 +50 +879 +78,695 +251,733 +Finance +6,434 +8,921 +3,672 +6,819 +9,613 +43,017 +274,273 +Mining +8,063 +7,820 +243 +1,302 +5,249 +Paid-in capital +0.39% +10,551 +Pearl River Delta +37,747 +10,675 +27,693 +(i) Capital composition +27,327 +52,983 +Yangtze River Delta +36,473 +12,668 +28,178 +12,241 +26,498 +64,688 +47,815 +Western China +12,073 +36,058 +12,043 +35,970 +77,630 +46,341 +518 +1,205 +518 +1,205 +19,725 +Bohai Rim +Head Office +losses +31,426 +losses +29,414 +29,901 +223,955 +65,557 +160,469 +63,446 +156,345 +346,127 +Total +7,139 +4,486 +7,555 +3,459 +6,998 +19,601 +Overseas and others +13,571 +11,386 +8,452 +3,665 +8,363 +16,716 +Northeastern China +28,049 +7,628 +21,427 +7,398 +20,570 +46,969 +Central China +25,394 +13,798 +3,711 +be impaired +losses +be impaired +844 +Wholesale and retail +51,328 +23,754 +37,653 +22,265 +Real estate +10,168 +1,955 +2,619 +377 +Water, environment and public utility +management +5,764 +21,818 +430 +17 +Mining +6,375 +1,492 +1,737 +572 +Finance +1,393 +2 +209 +30 +Construction +6,559 +1,528 +132 +1,073 +11,037 +Leasing and commercial services +Gross amount +impairment +impairment +allowance for +assessed +Collectively +Individually +assessed +allowance for +Individually +assessed to +impairment +Individually +assessed +allowance for +Individually +assessed to +Impaired loans +and advances to customers +Overdue loans +and advances to customers +(iv) Overdue and impaired loans and advances to customers by geographical distribution +31 December 2016 +Loans and advances with a specific repayment date are classified as overdue when the principal or interest is overdue. +For loans and advances repayable by regular instalments, if part of the instalments is overdue, the whole amounts of these +loans and advances would be classified as overdue. +The definition of overdue loans and advances to customers is set out as follows: +1.36% +163 +20,114 +803 +6,422 +gas and water +Production and supply of electricity, heating, +31 December 2015 +22,354 +30,920 +73,061 +Manufacturing +0.91% +0.65% +1.48% +38,239 +Overdue loans +and advances to customers +Impaired loans +(0.01%) +(1,570) +(0.01%) +(1,398) +overdue for more than three months +0.04% +4,557 +0.04% +5,541 +Less: Renegotiated loans and advances +Renegotiated loans and advances +advances +advances +loans and +Renegotiated loans and advances overdue +loans and +% of total +31 December 2015 +31 December 2016 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(v) Renegotiated loans and advances to customers +ICBC +276 +229,155 +51,499 +135,780 +50,296 +133,732 +332,698 +Total +% of total +for less than three months +4,143 +0.03% +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +277 +Annual Report 2016 +In addition to those disclosed above, exposures to other non-bank counterparties outside Mainland China to which credit is +granted for use in Mainland China are considered insignificant to the Group. +51,127 +64,183 +16,303,053 +17,855,024 +14,033,030 +2,270,023 +2,764,365 +15,090,659 +2015 +2016 +Individually assessed allowance for impairment losses +Off-balance sheet exposure +2,987 +0.03% +(f) Overdue placements with banks and other financial institutions +2016 +2015 +The Group's gross placements with banks and other financial institutions which +have been overdue with respect to either principal or interest for a period of: +Over 12 months +5,422 +16 +As a percentage of total gross placements with banks and other +financial institutions: +Over 12 months +0.00% +0.01% +(g) Exposures to Mainland China non-bank entities +On-balance sheet exposure +16 +3,396 +3,768 +3,090 +24,800 +63,411 +Western China +36,233 +10,111 +28,627 +9,980 +27,867 +67,431 +68,270 +476 +598 +476 +600 +8,783 +20,288 +losses +losses +be impaired +impairment +impairment +allowance for +Collectively +assessed +Individually +assessed +allowance for +Individually +assessed to +Individually +assessed +allowance for +impairment +losses +be impaired +Gross amount +Individually +assessed to +and advances to customers +Head Office +Yangtze River Delta +25,265 +8,870 +32,952 +5,829 +16,028 +Overseas and others +10,401 +3,304 +6,038 +3,215 +5,997 +15,109 +Northeastern China +24,669 +7,352 +18,673 +7,335 +18,294 +39,890 +Central China +Bohai Rim +58,973 +25,973 +8,304 +26,305 +8,431 +5,664 +28,325 +51,568 +24,372 +9,113 +24,610 +9,187 +22,883 +Pearl River Delta +960 +Science, education, culture and sanitation +1,776 +Total for loans and advances to customers +262,569 +74,144 +226,140 +60,296 +(ii) Analysis by location of the counterparties +10,299 +Mainland China +of which attributed to Hong Kong +Europe +Africa +North and South America +2016 +2015 +Asia Pacific (excluding Mainland China) +12,053,041 +69 +9,931 +Personal mortgage and business loans +27,336 +3,531 +26,211 +7,156 +Others +Discounted bills +43,176 +28,358 +2,775 +Subtotal for personal loans +70,512 +8,145 +54,569 +4,614 +11,207,140 +622,803 +510,034 +24,128 +31,177 +Between 6 and 12 months +51,422 +53,631 +Over 12 months +Between 3 and 6 months +119,462 +195,012 +162,796 +As a percentage of the total gross loans and advances to customers: +Between 3 and 6 months +0.18% +0.26% +Between 6 and 12 months +Over 12 months +77,988 +Gross loans and advances to customers of the Group which have been overdue +with respect to either principal or interest for periods of: +2015 +2016 +449,217 +363,267 +112,985 +81,203 +115,371 +37,533 +152,646 +97,556 +13,056,846 +11,933,466 +Annual Report 2016 +275 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(iii) Overdue loans and advances to customers +50,365 +(h) Correspondence between balance sheet in published financial statements and capital +composition +The disclosure of correspondence between balance sheet in published financial statements and capital composition is based +on CBRC Notice on issuing regulatory documents on capital regulation for Commercial Banks (Yin Jian Fa, No. 33, 2013) +Appendix 2 Notice on Enhancing Disclosure Requirements for Composition of Capital. +65,999 +Core tier 1 capital: +Item +1 +161,272 +191,988 +Subtotal for corporate loans +1,448 +2,573 +7,873 +Others +187 +2,924 +74 +7,707 +Core tier 1 capital +Tier 2 capital +Core tier 1 capital +Regulation Governing Capital of +N/A +ICBC +Tier 2 capital +N/A +Tier 2 capital +Par value of instrument (in millions) +Commercial Banks (Provisional) +Including: Eligible to +the parent company/group level +Instrument type +Amount recognized in regulatory capital +(in millions, as at the latest reporting date) +ICBC +Accounting treatment +Tier 2 capital +ICBC +capital instrument +write-down trigger(s) +No +Write-down feature +shares (Domestic) +shares (Offshore) +Preference +Preference +Preference +shares (Offshore) +shares (Offshore) +ICBC +(H share) +Ordinary shares +Ordinary shares +(A share) +Original date of issuance +Main features of regulatory +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +full or partial +Including: If write-down, +Preference +Perpetual or dated +Parent company +/Group +Tier 2 capital instrument +RMB20,005 +Issuer call (subject to prior supervisory approval) +Including: Optional call date, contingent +call dates and redemption amount +Including: Subsequent call dates, if applicable +Coupons/dividends +Mandatory +No +Cumulative +5 August 2019, +in full amount +N/A +Fixed +5.80% +No +Fully discretionary +No +Cumulative +N/A +Fixed +4.875% +No +Mandatory +No +Cumulative +288 +ICBC +No +Fixed +4.50% +N/A +10 October 2018, +in full amount +Including: Fixed or floating dividend/coupon +Including: Coupon rate and any related index +Including: Existence of a dividend stopper +Including: Fully discretionary, partially +discretionary or mandatory cancellation of +coupons/dividends +Including: Redemption incentive mechanism +Including: Non-cumulative or cumulative +Tier 2 capital instrument +RMB equivalent 1,834 +USD500 +Group +No +RMB20,000 +10 October 2013 +Dated +Including: Original maturity date +Debt securities issued +4 August 2014 +Dated +5 August 2024 +USD2,000 +Debt securities issued +21 September 2015 +Dated +21 September 2025 +Yes +No +N/A +Debt securities issued +10 October 2023 +Yes +Parent company +/Group +Tier 2 capital instrument +RMB equivalent 13,753 +No +No +No +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +Including: If yes, specify +features +No +No +No +No +No +No +Non-compliant transitioned +with the holders of +Parity Obligations +in the same +liquidation order +with the holders of +Parity Obligations +in the same +liquidation order +with the holders of +Parity Obligations +Parity Obligations +with the holders of +in the same +liquidation order +in the same +liquidation order +N/A +non-compliant features +Annual Report 2016 +287 +Including: Transition arrangement of +Regulation Governing Capital of +Commercial Banks (Provisional) +Including: Post-transition arrangement of +Regulatory treatment +The Notes and the Fiscal +Agency Agreement shall be +governed by, and shall be +construed in accordance with, +New York law, except that the +provisions of the Notes relating +to subordination shall be +governed by, and construed in +accordance with, PRC law +USY39656AC06 +Regulation S ISIN: +US455881AD47 +Rule 144A ISIN: +Securities Law of the People's +Republic of China/China +The Notes and any non- +contractual obligations arising +out of or in connection with +the Notes will be governed +by, and shall be construed in +accordance with English law, +except that the provision of the +Notes relating to Subordination +shall be governed by, and +construed in accordance with, +the laws of Hong Kong +Tier 2 capital bonds +or guaranteed +by the Bank +ranking senior +to the Domestic +Preference Shares, +Tier 2 capital bonds +ICBC +1428009 +Tier 2 capital bonds +ICBC (Asia) +ICBC +Governing law(s) of the instrument +Unique identifier +Issuer +capital instrument +Main features of regulatory +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +ISIN: XS0976879279 +BBGID:BBG005CMF4N6 +Tier 2 capital +After all liabilities +of the Bank and +instruments issued +After all liabilities +of the Bank and +instruments issued +description of write-up +N/A +N/A +Including: If temporary write-down, +permanent or temporary +N/A +N/A +Including: If write-down, +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +Including: If write-down, +No +mechanism +Position in subordination +After depositor, +After depositor, +After all liabilities +of the Bank and +instruments issued +or guaranteed +by the Bank +ranking senior +to the Offshore +Preference Shares, +ranking senior +to the Offshore +Preference Shares, +After all liabilities +of the Bank and +instruments issued +or guaranteed +by the Bank +creditor of the +subordinated +debts, and +preference +shareholders +creditor of the +subordinated +debts, and +preference +shareholders +N/A +N/A +N/A +름름름 +N/A +or guaranteed +by the Bank +ranking senior +to the Offshore +Preference Shares, +N/A +Tier 2 capital +N/A +N/A +름름 +instrument) +immediately senior to +(specify instrument type +general creditor, +general creditor, +hierarchy in liquidation +N/A +N/A +4604 +69 +39 +38 +37 +Additional tier 1 capital: Regulatory adjustments +adjustments +79,567 +79,794 +Additional tier 1 capital before regulatory +36 +Directly or indirectly holding additional tier 1 capital of +the Bank +Including: Invalid portion to additional tier 1 capital +after the transition period +X26 +192 +419 +Valid portion of minority interests +34 +transition period +Invalid instruments to additional tier 1 capital after the +33 +Including: Portion classified as liabilities +35 +32 +Reciprocal cross-holdings in additional tier 1 capital +between banks or 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the People's +Republic of China, +Guidance of the +State Council on +Launch of Preference +Shares Pilot, Trial +Administrative +Measures on +Preference Shares, +People's Republic +Company Law of the +to them are +governed by, and +shall be construed in +accordance with, +PRC law +obligations) attached +Preference Shares +and the rights and +obligations (including +non-contractual +rights and +The creation and +issue of the Offshore +accordance with, +PRC law +the Issuance of +Preference Shares of +Commercial Banks +to Replenish Tier 1 +Capital/China +Non-controlling interests +Other equity +RMB269,612 +Share capital, +Capital reserve +306,622 +Deferred income tax liabilities +604 +327 +995 +Other liabilities +594,049 +508,235 +Total liabilities +22,156,102 +No maturity date +Preference +shares(Domestic) +545,388 +20,409,261 +754 +496,583 +20,353,795 +Equity +Share capital +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +306,622 +Other equity instruments +357,937 +Debt securities issued +218,427 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+151,998 +Certificates of deposit +11,412 +1,981,163 +154,861 +X17 +Share capital +356,407 +X18 +Other equity instruments +86,051 +Including: Preference shares +79,375 +X28 +Capital reserve +151,998 +X19 +Other comprehensive income +(21,640) +X24 +Reserve for changes in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets +1,152 +Reserve for cash flow hedging +Including: Valid portion of tier 2 capital instruments and their premium +(4,645) +357,937 +10,023 +Including: land use rights +Other receivables +Goodwill +consolidation +Index +353,794 +111,301 +20,742 +X14 +19,265 +X15 +190,083 +9,001 +X16 +Long-term deferred and prepaid expenses +4,370 +Repossessed assets +8,274 +Others +Debt securities issued +Including: Cash flow hedge reserves that relate to the hedging of +items that are not fair valued on the balance sheet +(4,618) +X20 +ICBC +(iv) Main features of eligible capital instruments +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Main features of regulatory +capital instrument +Ordinary shares +(A share) +Ordinary shares +(H share) +Preference +shares (Offshore) +Preference +shares (Offshore) +Issuer +Unique identifier +Governing law(s) of the instrument +ICBC +601398 +Securities Law of the +People's Republic +of China/China +ICBC +ICBC +ICBC +1398 +Securities and Futures +Ordinance of +4603 +284 +X27 +4,236 +Including: Valid portion to tier 2 capital +Changes in share of other owners' equity of associates and joint ventures +Foreign currency translation reserve +(322) +(17,825) +Surplus reserve +205,021 +X21 +General reserve +251,349 +X22 +Intangible assets +Retained profits +X23 +Minority interests +7,372 +Including: Valid portion to core tier 1 capital +3,164 +X25 +Including: Valid portion to additional tier 1 capital +419 +X26 +940,237 +Total equity +Interest receivable +Item +22,504 +X01 +5,697 +X02 +Less: Provision for loan impairment under the Internal +Ratings-Based Approach +267,008 +X03 +Including: Valid cap of provision for loan impairment to +tier 2 capital under the Internal Ratings-Based Approach +13,498 +X04 +Available-for-sale financial assets +1,708,102 +Bond investment measured at fair value +1,612,679 +Including: Non-significant minority investments in tier 2 capital +instruments issued by financial institutions +that are not subject to consolidation +tier 2 capital under the weighted approach +Other debt instrument investment measured at fair value +Less: Provision for loan impairment under the weighted approach +Including: Valid cap of provision for loan impairment to +Total loans and advances to customers +1,969,423 +7,372 +1,976,795 +1,789,474 +11,045 +1,800,519 +1,788,195 +6,647 +1,794,842 +(i) +Prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP. +282 +ICBC +(iii) Description of related items +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +31 December 2016 +Under +regulatory +scope of +Item +Loans and advances to customers +consolidation +Index +12,766,888 +13,056,400 +Equity investment +Including: Undeducted portion of non-significant minority investments +in capital instruments issued by financial institutions +that are not subject to consolidation +Including: Undeducted portion of significant minority investments +in capital instruments issued by financial institutions +that are not subject to consolidation +Including: Undeducted portion of non-significant minority investments +in capital instruments issued by financial institutions +that are not subject to consolidation +Including: Undeducted portion of significant minority investments +in capital instruments issued by financial institutions +that are not subject to consolidation +5,600 +X10 +35,777 +5,700 +X11 +100 +X12 +26,769 +X13 +Annual Report 2016 +283 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +31 December 2016 +Under +regulatory +scope of +issued by financial institutions that are under control +but not subject to consolidation +Including: Investment in core tier1 capital instruments +Long term equity investments +Including: Significant minority investments in tier 2 capital +instruments issued by financial institutions that +are not subject to consolidation +5,947 +X05 +91,337 +4,086 +610 +X06 +Held-to-maturity investments +90 +X07 +Other assets +2,972,444 +instruments issued by financial institutions +that are not subject to consolidation +2,100 +X08 +Receivables +245,221 +Including: Non-significant minority investments in tier 2 capital +instruments issued by financial institutions that +are not subject to consolidation +28,292 +X09 +Including: Non-significant minority investments in tier 2 capital +329,896 +337,191 +579,651 +Fixed to floating +Fixed to floating +Fixed to floating +Fixed to floating +Floating +Floating +Including: Fixed or floating +Coupons/dividends +Preference +shares (Domestic) +Preference +shares (Offshore) +Preference +shares (Offshore) +Preference +shares (Offshore) +Ordinary shares +(H share) +(A share) +capital instrument +Ordinary shares +Main features of regulatory +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +dividend/coupon +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +Including: Coupon rate and +N/A +Partially +discretionary +Partially +discretionary +Partially +discretionary +Partially +discretionary +discretionary +discretionary +Fully +Fully +Including: Fully discretionary, +dividend stopper +Yes +4.50% (dividend +rate) before 18 +November 2020 +6% (dividend +rate) before 10 +December 2019 +Yes +6% (dividend +rate) before 10 +December 2021 +Yes +6% (dividend +rate) before 10 +December 2019 +Yes +N/A +N/A +Including: Existence of a +any related index +N/A +286 +285 +Annual Report 2016 +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +Capital adequacy ratio +5% +5% +6% +6% +8% +8% +280 +ICBC +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Item +Amounts below the thresholds for deduction +72 +73 +Undeducted amount of non-significant minority +investments in capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are not subject to consolidation +Undeducted amount of significant minority investments +in capital instruments issued by financial institutions +that are not subject to consolidation +Mortgage servicing rights (net of deferred tax liabilities) +74 +75 +Deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences +(net of deferred tax liabilities) +71 +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +70 +Yes +all the Domestic +Preference Shares +or conversion of +2020) and ends +on the completion +date of redemption +2020, in full or +partial amount +Commences on the +First Redemption +Date (18 November +is 18 November +The First +Redemption Date +Date +is 10 December +2019, in full or +partial amount +10 December in +each year after the +First Redemption +The First +Redemption Date +partially discretionary or +Date +The First +Redemption Date +2019, in full or +partial amount +10 December in +each year after the +First Redemption +Date +N/A +is 10 December +The First +Redemption Date +MA +N/A +if applicable +Including: Subsequent call dates, +is 10 December +2021, in full or +partial amount +10 December in +each year after the +First Redemption +Valid caps of surplus provision for loan impairment to +mandatory cancellation of +Including: Redemption +The initial +occurs +Preference +shares(Offshore) +Fully or partially +convertible when +an Additional Tier +1 Capital Trigger +Event occurs; fully +convertible when +a Tier 2 Capital +Trigger Event +issuance plan +Mandatory +2014, the date of +publication of the +Board resolution +in respect of the +20 trading days +preceding 25 July +Bank for the +is equal to the +average trading +price of the H +shares of the +conversion price +The initial +occurs +Preference +shares(Offshore) +convertible when +a Tier 2 Capital +Trigger Event +Fully or partially +convertible when +an Additional Tier +1 Capital Trigger +Event occurs; fully +Capital Trigger +issuance plan +Mandatory +is equal to the +average trading +price of the H +shares of the +Bank for the +20 trading days +preceding 25 July +2014, the date of +publication of the +Board resolution +in respect of the +The initial +conversion price +shares(Offshore) +occurs +Preference +conversion price +Event or Tier 2 +Capital Trigger +Event +Fully or partially +convertible when +an Additional Tier +1 Capital Trigger +Event occurs; fully +convertible when +a Tier 2 Capital +Trigger Event +is equal to the +average trading +price of the H +shares of the +Bank for the +2014, the date of +publication of the +Board resolution +in respect of the +ICBC +instrument it converts into +specify issuer of +Including: If convertible, +specify instrument +type convertible into +N/A +Including: If convertible, +N/A +Including: If convertible, +mandatory or optional +conversion +20 trading days +preceding 25 July +2014, the date of +publication of the +Board resolution +in respect of the +issuance plan +Mandatory +Bank for the +is equal to the +average trading +price of the A +Shares of the +conversion price +The initial +Preference +shares(Domestic) +occurs +Fully or partially +convertible when +an Additional Tier +1 Capital Trigger +Event occurs; fully +convertible when +a Tier 2 Capital +Trigger Event +Event +issuance plan +Mandatory +20 trading days +preceding 25 July +N/A +conversion rate +N/A +No +No +Non-cumulative +Non-cumulative +No +No +Non-cumulative +Non-cumulative +No +No +Non-cumulative +No +Non-cumulative +No +conversion trigger(s) +Including: If convertible, +Convertible or non-convertible +Including: Non-cumulative +incentive mechanism +Yes +Yes +Yes +Yes +Ordinary +shares(H share) +shares(A share) +N/A +Including: If convertible, +capital instrument +Ordinary +Main features of regulatory +fully or partially +N/A +NAG +coupons/dividends +N/A +Additional Tier 1 +Capital Trigger +Event or Tier 2 +Capital Trigger +Additional Tier 1 +Capital Trigger +Event or Tier 2 +Capital Trigger +Event +Event +Event or Tier 2 +Additional Tier 1 +Capital Trigger +Capital Trigger +Additional Tier 1 +N/A +N/A +Including: If convertible, +31 December +31 December +2016 +24,185 +29,885 +Fixed assets +220,651 +220,609 +195,401 +195,357 +Construction in progress +22,968 +22,968 +26,101 +26,101 +Deferred income tax assets +28,398 +28,398 +21,066 +21,066 +Other assets +368,232 +35,777 +Total assets +30,077 +326,339 +1,742,287 +94,452 +755,557 +12,766,888 +1,708,102 +78,870 +78,870 +996,333 +996,333 +11,652,812 +11,652,264 +1,444,195 +1,421,231 +Held-to-maturity investments +2,973,042 +2,972,444 +2,870,353 +2,869,642 +Receivables +291,370 +245,221 +352,143 +Long term equity investments +24,137,265 +353,794 +24,039,536 +347,004 +Placements from banks and other financial +institutions +500,107 +500,107 +477,593 +477,593 +Financial liabilities at fair value through +profit or loss +Derivative financial liabilities +Repurchase agreements +366,752 +366,740 +303,927 +303,916 +89,960 +89,960 +76,826 +76,826 +589,306 +210 +1,788,267 +210 +1,788,267 +545 +1,516,692 +1,516,692 +337,210 +22,209,780 +22,148,637 +(i) +Prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP. +Annual Report 2016 +281 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Available-for-sale financial assets +31 December 2016 31 December 2016 31 December 2015 31 December 2015 +Under +regulatory +scope of +consolidation (i) +Balance sheet +as in published +financial +statements (i) +Under +regulatory +scope of +consolidation (i) +Liabilities +Due to central banks +545 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +Balance sheet +as in published +financial +statements (i) +12,767,334 +Loans and advances to customers +755,627 +267,008 +262,825 +X03 +79 +Valid cap of provision for loan impairment to tier 2 +capital under the internal ratings-based approach +13,498 +58,017 +X04 +80 +Capital instruments subject to phase-out arrangements +Valid cap to core tier 1 capital instruments for the current +period due to phase-out arrangements +81 +Excluded from core tier 1 capital due to cap +82 +Valid cap to additional tier 1 capital instruments for the +current period due to phase-out arrangements +83 +Excluded from additional tier 1 capital due to cap +84 +85 +Provision for loan impairment under the internal ratings- +based approach +78 +X02 +5,381 +2015 +Index +37,049 +48,007 +X05+X06+ +X08+X09+X12 +26,859 +21,669 +X07+X13 +N/A +Valid cap to tier 2 capital instruments for the current +period due to phase-out arrangements +Excluded from tier 2 capital for the current period due to +cap +28,072 +tier 2 capital +76 +Provision for loan impairment under the weighted +approach +22,504 +17,829 +X01 +77 +Valid cap of provision for loan impairment to tier 2 +capital under the weighted approach +5,697 +N/A +20,313 +Hong Kong +/Hong Kong, China +121,710 +26,547 +220,091 +220,091 +114,619 +114,619 +Placements with banks and +other financial institutions +527,415 +527,415 +472,234 +472,234 +Financial assets at fair value through profit +or loss +474,475 +474,450 +343,272 +343,246 +Derivative financial assets +94,452 +Reverse repurchase agreements +Precious metals +204,607 +211,559 +262,582 +15,311 +(ii) +Consolidated financial statements +Balance sheet +as in published +financial +statements (i) +Under +regulatory +scope of +consolidation (i) +31 December 2016 31 December 2016 31 December 2015 31 December 2015 +144,158 +Balance sheet +as in published +financial +statements (i) +Assets +Cash and balances with central banks +Due from banks and other financial +institutions +3,350,788 +3,350,788 +3,059,633 +3,059,633 +270,058 +Under +regulatory +scope of +consolidation (i) +22,062,741 +or cumulative +100.0 +1 to 5 years +Over 5 years +At 31 December 2016 +Percentage +Percentage +Amount +(%) +Amount +(%) +150 +0.0 +141 +0.0 +328,648 +3 to 12 months +6.6 +7.3 +729,375 +14.6 +873,122 +19.2 +2,415,432 +48.5 +2,243,337 +49.3 +1,509,171 +30.3 +1,101,913 +24.2 +4,982,776 +330,174 +100.0 +Less than 3 months +Remaining maturity +Percentage +Percentage +Amount +(%) +Amount +(%) +2,399,463 +48.1 +1,468,674 +32.3 +58,024 +1.2 +356,425 +7.8 +Undated (1) +1,319,450 +1,513,092 +33.3 +1,205,839 +24.2 +1,210,496 +26.6 +4,982,776 +100.0 +4,548,687 +100.0 +In terms of distribution by issuers, government bonds increased by RMB930,789 million or 63.4%; central bank bills +decreased by RMB298,401 million or 83.7%; policy bank bonds went down by RMB193,642 million or 12.8%; and other +bonds dropped by RMB4,657 million or 0.4%. The Bank stepped up the investment in local government bonds and treasury +bonds in order to support the development of real economy under the influence of changes in normal maturity of bonds +and supply structure of the bond market, the balances of central bank bills, policy bank bonds and other bonds declined by +different extent during the reporting period. +DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT IN BONDS NOT RELATED TO RESTRUCTURING BY REMAINING MATURITY +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2015 +26.5 +At 31 December 2016 +4,548,687 +Total +Discussion and Analysis +In terms of currency structure, RMB-denominated bonds rose by RMB351,017 million or 8.2%; USD-denominated bonds +increased by the equivalent of RMB69,668 million or 39.4%; and other foreign currency bonds increased by an equivalent of +RMB13,404 million or 16.4%. During the reporting period, the Bank adjusted the currency structure of its foreign currency +bond portfolios, increased the percentage of USD-denominated bonds and enhanced the liquidity. +DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT BY HOLDING PURPOSE +Item +At 31 December 2016 +Amount +Percentage +(%) +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2015 +Amount +Percentage +(%) +Financial assets at fair value through +profit or loss (1) +25 +474,475 +343,272 +6.9 +Available-for-sale financial assets (2) +1,742,287 +31.8 +1,444,195 +28.8 +Held-to-maturity investments(2) +2,973,042 +54.2 +2,870,353 +57.3 +Receivables(2) +291,370 +8.7 +100.0 +Annual Report 2016 +4,548,687 +Note: (1) Refers to impaired bonds. +In terms of remaining maturity structure, bonds not related to restructuring within 1-year maturity decreased by +RMB145,264 million from the end of the previous year and their percentage decreased by 5.2 percentage points; and bonds +not related to restructuring beyond 5-year maturity increased by RMB407,258 million or 6.1 percentage points. This is mainly +due to the increase of medium and long term bonds resulted from the relatively longer maturity of new investment in local +government bonds. +DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT IN BONDS NOT RELATED TO RESTRUCTURING BY CURRENCY +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2016 +At 31 December 2015 +Percentage +Percentage +Item +Amount +(%) +RMB-denominated bonds +4,641,121 +93.1 +100.0 +Amount +4,290,104 +94.3 +USD-denominated bonds +246,275 +5.0 +176,607 +3.9 +Other foreign currency bonds +95,380 +1.9 +81,976 +1.8 +Total +4,982,776 +100.0 +(%) +Total +Other bonds +Policy bank bonds +100.0 +7,869,552 +100.0 +Corporate loans rose by RMB271,132 million or 3.4% from the end of last year. In terms of product type, working capital +loans reduced by RMB34,344 million, mainly because of the decrease in enterprises' credit demands for working capital +as affected by economic structural adjustment and industry transformation and upgrading and decrease in import and +export values. Project loans increased by RMB273,323 million or 6.9%, mainly due to the continuous support for national +key programs and significant projects and the strengthened support for development of real economy and industry +transformation and upgrading. +Discounted bills rose by RMB197,941 million or 37.9% compared with the end of last year, principally because the Bank +moderately increased its asset allocation to discounted bills to satisfy the management requirements of asset-liability +portfolios. +Annual Report 2016 +23 +Discussion and Analysis +DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL LOANS BY PRODUCT LINE +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2015 +At 31 December 2016 +Percentage +Percentage +8,140,684 +Item +(%) +Amount +(%) +Residential mortgages +3,240,838 +77.2 +2,516,197 +71.1 +Personal consumption loans +247,020 +5.9 +311,075 +8.8 +Personal business loans +Amount +256,272 +Total +478,804 +100.0 +DISTRIBUTION OF CORPORATE LOANS BY PRODUCT LINE +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2015 +At 31 December 2016 +Percentage +Percentage +Item +Amount +(%) +Amount +(%) +Working capital loans +3,420,387 +6.1 +42.0 +43.9 +Including: Trade finance +601,526 +7.4 +670,325 +8.5 +Project loans +4,209,340 +51.7 +3,936,017 +50.0 +Property loans +510,957 +6.3 +3,454,731 +6.1 +295,091 +8.3 +90.8 +Investment in bonds related to restructuring +179,249 +3.3 +193,187 +3.9 +Other debt instruments +34,510 +0.6 +33,893 +0.6 +Equity instruments and others +284,639 +5.2 +4,548,687 +234,196 +Total +5,481,174 +100.0 +5,009,963 +100.0 +Investment in bonds not related to restructuring amounted to RMB4,982,776 million, representing an increase of +RMB434,089 million or 9.5% as compared to the end of last year. Investment in bonds related to restructuring amounted +to RMB179,249 million, representing a decrease of RMB13,938 million, mainly due to advance repayment of part of the +Huarong bonds. For details of the investment in bonds related to restructuring, please refer to "Note 27.(a) to the Financial +Statements: Receivables". +24 +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis +DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT IN BONDS NOT RELATED TO RESTRUCTURING BY ISSUERS +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2015 +Item +Government bonds +Central bank bills +4.7 +90.9 +4,982,776 +restructuring +Credit card overdrafts +452,039 +10.8 +419,499 +11.8 +Total +4,196,169 +100.0 +3,541,862 +100.0 +Personal loans increased by RMB654,307 million or 18.5% than that at the end of last year. Specifically, residential +mortgages grew by RMB724,641 million or 28.8%, mainly because the Bank actively supported the citizens' borrowing +need for owner-occupied houses in line with the adjustment of governmental property policy. Personal consumption +loans dropped by RMB64,055 million or 20.6%, principally because the Bank strengthened management on the purposes +of personal consumption loans and personal consumption financing demand declined as Internet-based finance was +becoming more competitive. Personal business loans declined by RMB38,819 million or 13.2%, mainly dragged down +by the decreasing demand of some small and micro business owners for effective financing. Credit card overdrafts grew +by RMB32,540 million or 7.8%, primarily attributable to a stable growth in the number of credit cards issued and their +consumption volume as well as the development of credit card installment business. +Please see "Discussion and Analysis - Risk Management" for detailed analysis of the Bank's loans and their quality. +Investment +In 2016, the Bank continued to improve the bond portfolio investment structure, strongly supported the development of real +economy, and appropriately expanded its investment scale on the basis of guaranteeing liquidity and controllable risk. As at +the end of 2016, investment amounted to RMB5,481,174 million, RMB471,211 million or 9.4% higher compared with the +end of the previous year. +INVESTMENT +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2015 +Investment in bonds not related to +95.3 +(%) +Percentage +4,775,767 +94.8 +5.3 +Amount +Percentage +At 31 December 2016 +5,196,535 +Amount +Debt instruments +Item +(%) +352,143 +7.0 +Total +Note: (1) Includes outward remittance and remittance payables. +DISTRIBUTION OF DUE TO CUSTOMERS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA +At 31 December 2016 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2015 +Percentage +Percentage +Item +Amount +(%) +Amount +(%) +Head Office +69,210 +100.0 +0.4 +0.5 +Yangtze River Delta +3,456,697 +19.4 +3,185,840 +19.5 +Pearl River Delta +2,397,059 +13.4 +2,086,992 +12.8 +Bohai Rim +4,795,528 +26.9 +74,081 +4,339,841 +16,281,939 +17,825,302 +29.6 +4,507,661 +27.7 +Subtotal +9,448,520 +53.0 +8,437,014 +51.8 +Personal deposits +Time deposits +Demand deposits +Subtotal +Other deposits (1) +Total +100.0 +4,419,907 +4,210,600 +25.9 +3,720,374 +20.9 +3,390,514 +20.8 +8,140,281 +45.7 +7,601,114 +46.7 +236,501 +1.3 +243,811 +1.5 +24.8 +26.6 +Central China +2,561,772 +At 31 December 2015 +At 31 December 2016 +Percentage +Percentage +Amount +(%) +Amount +(%) +9,783,195 +54.9 +8,515,746 +52.3 +2,145,423 +12.0 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +2,133,439 +3,705,472 +20.8 +3,574,017 +22.0 +2,185,850 +12.3 +2,055,662 +12.6 +5,362 +0.0 +3,075 +0.0 +17,825,302 +100.0 +13.1 +ICBC +28 +Note: (1) Includes time deposits payable on demand. +14.4 +2,374,052 +14.6 +Western China +2,881,274 +16.2 +2,717,941 +16.7 +Northeastern China +986,703 +5.5 +938,199 +5.8 +Overseas and others +677,059 +3.8 +564,993 +Total +Over 5 years +1 to 5 years +3 to 12 months +Less than 3 months +Demand deposits(1) +5,271,686 +Remaining maturity +100.0 +16,281,939 +100.0 +17,825,302 +Total +3.5 +DISTRIBUTION OF DUE TO CUSTOMERS BY REMAINING MATURITY +7,869,552 +Demand deposits +3,929,353 +4.04% +Policy bank bonds 2010 +11,050 +3.51% +Policy bank bonds 2012 +10,993 +3.76% +25 June 2022 +27 July 2020 +13 July 2019 +Policy bank bonds 2011 +10,505 +4.62% +22 February 2021 +Policy bank bonds 2014 +11,300 +10,410 +14 January 2019 +Impairment +loss +1 Financial bonds refer to the debt securities issued by financial institutions on the bond market, including bonds issued by policy banks, +banks and non-bank financial institutions but excluding debt securities related to restructuring and central bank bills. +26 +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis +Liabilities +As at the end of 2016, total liabilities of the Bank amounted to RMB22,156,102 million, RMB1,746,841 million or 8.6% +higher than that at the end of the previous year. +LIABILITIES +At December 31, 2016 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At December 31, 2015 +Percentage +Percentage +5.75% +Item +Policy bank bonds 2012 +3.94% +5,481,174 +100.0 +5,009,963 +100.0 +Notes: (1) Includes finanical assets held for trading and financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss. +(2) Please see "Note 27. to the Financial Statements: Financial Investments" for details. +As at the end of 2016, the Group held RMB2,000,925 million of financial bonds', including RMB1,319,450 million of policy +bank bonds and RMB681,475 million of bonds issued by banks and non-bank financial institutions, accounting for 65.9% +and 34.1% of financial bonds, respectively. +TOP 10 FINANCIAL BONDS HELD BY THE BANK +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Nominal +Debt securities +value +Annual +interest rate +Maturity +Policy bank bonds 2007 +21 August 2019 +17,300 +29 November 2017 +Policy bank bonds 2008 +16,228 +4.95% +Policy bank bonds 2011 +14,018 +4.49% +11 March 2018 +25 August 2018 +Policy bank bonds 2011 +11,430 +4.25% +24 March 2018 +Policy bank bonds 2012 +11,420 +5.07% +Amount +(%) +Due to customers +3,309 +81,403 +76,011 +71,886 +94,485 +84,370 +80,371 +2014 +2015 +2016 +Corporate deposits Personal deposits +Other deposits +Annual Report 2016 +27 +2,438 +Discussion and Analysis +Item +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2015 +At 31 December 2016 +Percentage +Amount +(%) +Amount +Percentage +(%) +Corporate deposits +Time deposits +4,176,834 +23.4 +DISTRIBUTION OF DUE TO CUSTOMERS BY BUSINESS LINE +2,365 +Unit: RMB100 millions +Composition of Due to Customers +17,825,302 +80.5 +Amount +16,281,939 +(%) +79.8 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +2,016,799 +9.1 +2,265,860 +11.1 +Repurchase agreements +589,306 +2.7 +337,191 +1.7 +Debt securities issued +357,937 +Due to customers is the Bank's main source of funds. As at the end of +2016, due to customers was RMB17,825,302 million, RMB1,543,363 +million or 9.5% higher than that at the end of the previous year. In terms +of customer structure, the balance of corporate deposits increased by +RMB1,011,506 million or 12.0%; and the balance of personal deposits +increased by RMB539,167 million or 7.1%. In terms of maturity structure, +the balance of time deposits increased by RMB456,788 million or 5.6%, +while the balance of demand deposits increased by RMB1,093,885 million +or 13.8%. +Due to Customers +100.0 +20,409,261 +100.0 +5.9 +24.1 +1,217,649 +1,366,758 +22,156,102 +Total liabilities +Others +1.5 +306,622 +1.6 +6.1 +16,281,939 +100.0 +Total +0.9 +5,762 +0.7 +4,662 +13.8 +92,612 +13.2 +84,488 +36.6 +244,445 +37.1 +238,133 +48.7 +325,914 +49.0 +314,398 +(%) +Amount +(%) +Amount +Percentage +Percentage +2015 +2016 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Total operating income +Others +641,681 +Treasury operations +100.0 +100.0 +81,307 +12.5 +79,974 +Pearl River Delta +17.6 +117,661 +17.7 +113,430 +Yangtze River Delta +11.5 +76,854 +11.0 +70,265 +Head Office +(%) +Amount +(%) +Amount +Item +Percentage +Percentage +2015 +2016 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +SUMMARY GEOGRAPHICAL SEGMENT INFORMATION +Business Overview" for the details on the development of +Please refer to the section headed "Discussion and Analysis +each of these operating segments. +668,733 +12.2 +Personal banking +♦ Interest Expense on Due to Banks and Other Financial Institutions +26,791 +(1,767) +(6.6) +Corporate wealth management services +20,440 +8,140,684 +2,135 +11.7 +Asset custody business +6,893 +5,544 +1,349 +24.3 +Guarantee and commitment business +5,950 +4,687 +1,263 +26.9 +Trust and agency services +1,907 +1,979 +(72) +(3.6) +Others +3,097 +2,784 +313 +25,024 +Discussion and Analysis +Investment banking business +(1,878) +Interest expense on due to banks and other financial institutions was RMB44,314 million, RMB5,487 million or 11.0% lower +than the previous year, principally attributable to a decrease of RMB148,365 million in average balance of due to banks and +other financial institutions. +♦ Interest Expense on Debt Securities Issued +Interest expense on debt securities issued was RMB17,470 million, RMB1,369 million or 8.5% higher than that of last year, +mainly attributable to the increase in the issuance of corporate bonds and bills by overseas institutions. Please refer to "Note +38. to the Financial Statements: Debt Securities Issued" for the debt securities issued by the Bank. +Non-interest Income +The Bank actively optimized income structure. In 2016, the Bank realized non-interest income of RMB169,835 million, +RMB8,969 million or 5.6% higher than that of the previous year. The non-interest income took up 26.5% of the operating +income, up 2.4 percentage points. Specifically, net fee and commission income grew by 1.1% to RMB144,973 million, and +other non-interest income grew by 42.3% to RMB24,862 million. +NET FEE AND COMMISSION INCOME +Item +2016 +2015 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Increase/ +(decrease) +Growth rate +(%) +Bank card business +37,670 +37,684 +(14) +0.0 +Personal wealth management and +private banking services +37,625 +35,910 +1,715 +4.8 +Settlement, clearing business and +cash management +26,108 +27,986 +(6.7) +Bohai Rim +123,491 +19.2 +7,200 +30,635 +35,419 +41,962 +Unit: RMB100 millions +Composition of Loan +In 2016, in response to the changes in macroeconomic environment and +financial regulatory requirements, the Bank actively implemented national +policies, further supported the supply-side structural reform, continued +to improve the credit structure and worked hard to enhance its quality +and efficiency in serving the real economy. The Bank continued to bolster +the government's key programs and significant construction projects, and +proactively aligned with the national development strategies on the "four +regions" (western regions, northeastern regions, eastern regions and +central regions) and the "three supporting belts" (the "Belt and Road" +initiative, the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region +and the development of the Yangtze River Economic Zone). In addition, +it strove to promote the innovative small and micro enterprises financial +service model and took initiatives to back up the citizens' reasonable credit +requirement and consumption upgrading. As at the end of 2016, total +loans amounted to RMB13,056,846 million, RMB1,123,380 million or +9.4% higher compared with the end of the previous year, of which, RMB- +denominated loans of domestic branches were RMB11,442,941 million, +RMB844,905 million or 8.0% higher than that at the end of 2015. +Loan +100.0 +22,209,780 +100.0 +3.6 +807,246 +4.1 +984,869 +24,137,265 +4.5 +996,333 +3.1 +755,627 +Total assets +Others +Reverse repurchase agreements +3.1 +683,793 +3.3 +797,473 +13.8 +5,221 +3,059,633 +3,503 +81,407 +7,869,552 +62.4 +8,140,684 +(%) +Amount +(%) +Amount +Percentage +Percentage +At 31 December 2016 +At 31 December 2015 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Discussion and Analysis +Total +Personal loans +Discounted bills +Corporate loans +Item +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS BY BUSINESS LINE +ICBC +22 +Personal loans +Discounted bills +2016 +2015 +Corporate loans +2014 +78,696 +76,126 +13.9 +3,350,788 +Cash and balances with central banks +Due from banks and other financial +institutions +100.0 +668,733 +100.0 +641,681 +Total operating income +6.3 +42,305 +7.7 +49,335 +Overseas and others +4.6 +30,897 +4.4 +28,451 +Northeastern China +15.6 +104,258 +15.1 +97,032 +Western China +12.6 +84,447 +12.4 +79,703 +Central China +19.6 +131,004 +Note: Please see "Note 53. to the Financial Statements: Segment Information" for the Bank's classification of geographic regions. +Balance Sheet Analysis +In 2016, the Bank timely adjusted its business strategy based on the external macroeconomic environment, improved the +asset and liability structure, maintained coordinated development of deposit and loan business, and enhanced the efficiency +of resource allocation for assets and liabilities. Taking development needs of the real economy into account, the Bank +reasonably controlled the aggregate amount, direction and pace of lending. Closely monitoring the trends of the domestic +and international financial markets, the Bank appropriately expanded its investment scale and optimized the structure of +investment portfolios. Furthermore, the Bank actively adopted measures to promote steady growth in due to customers, and +refined the liability period structure, thereby ensuring a stable and sustainable growth of funding sources. +Annual Report 2016 +22.5 +5,009,963 +22.7 +5,481,174 +Investment +52.5 +11,652,812 +52.9 +12,767,334 +Loans and advances to customers, net +280,654 +289,512 +Less: Allowance for impairment losses on +loans +11.2 +Percentage +(%) +Percentage +(%) +13,056,846 +Amount +Total loans and advances to customers +Item +At 31 December 2015 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2016 +ASSETS DEPLOYMENT +As at the end of 2016, total assets of the Bank amounted to RMB24,137,265 million, RMB1,927,485 million or 8.7% higher +than that at the end of the previous year. Specifically, total loans and advances to customers (collectively referred to as "total +loans") increased by RMB1,123,380 million or 9.4%, investment increased by RMB471,211 million or 9.4%, and cash and +balances with central banks increased by RMB291,155 million or 9.5%. In terms of structure, net loans and advances to +customers accounted for 52.9% of total assets; investment accounted for 22.7%; and cash and balances with central banks +accounted for 13.9%. +Assets Deployment +Discussion and Analysis +21 +Amount +11,933,466 +Fee and commission income +18,305 +161,670 +33,933 +(1,967) +(5.8) +Total +193,112 +220,835 +(27,723) +(12.6) +The Bank continued to exercise strict cost control and management. Operating expenses recorded at RMB193,112 million, +RMB27,723 million or 12.6% lower than that of the previous year. Specifically, taxes and surcharges dropped by RMB25,001 +million, principally because the Bank replaced the business tax with VAT since 1 May 2016, resulting in the decrease of +business tax expense. Staff costs decreased by 0.7% to RMB113,354 million. Other operating expenses decreased by 5.8% +to RMB31,966 million, mainly because the tax originally included in the operating expenses was adjusted to taxes and +surcharges and expenses on electricity, printing, purchase of low-value consumables and other items dropped relatively +significantly. +Impairment Losses +In 2016, the Bank set aside an allowance for impairment losses of RMB87,894 million, an increase of RMB901 million or +1.0% as compared to that of last year. Specifically, the allowance for impairment losses on loans was RMB86,138 million, +indicating an increase of RMB116 million or 0.1%. Please refer to "Note 26. to the Financial Statements: Loans and +Advances to Customers" and "Note 15. to the Financial Statements: Impairment Losses on Assets Other than Loans and +Advances to Customers" for details. +Income Tax Expense +Income tax expense was RMB84,173 million, RMB1,342 million or 1.6% lower than that of the previous year. The effective +tax rate stood at 23.17%. Please see "Note 16. to the Financial Statements: Income Tax Expense" for the reconciliation of +income tax expense applicable to profit before tax at the PRC statutory income tax rate and the effective income tax rate. +20 +ICBC +31,966 +Discussion and Analysis +(10.3) +2,295 +(819) +(0.7) +Premises and equipment expenses +28,414 +28,114 +300 +1.1 +Taxes and surcharges +17,319 +42,320 +(25,001) +(59.1) +Amortisation +Others +2,059 +(236) +114,173 +Segment Information +SUMMARY OPERATING SEGMENT INFORMATION +Item +Amount +(%) +Amount +(%) +Short-term corporate loans +2,729,873 +33.5 +2,885,948 +36.7 +Medium to long-term corporate loans +5,410,811 +66.5 +4,983,604 +63.3 +Percentage +164,714 +Percentage +At 31 December 2016 +Item +Corporate banking +65.9 +719,993 +5.5 +522,052 +4.4 +4,196,169 +13,056,846 +32.1 +100.0 +3,541,862 +11,933,466 +29.7 +100.0 +DISTRIBUTION OF CORPORATE LOANS BY MATURITY +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2015 +113,354 +The Bank's principal operating segments include corporate banking, personal banking and treasury operations. The Bank +adopts the MOVA (Management of Value Accounting) to evaluate the performance of each of its operating segments. +Total +N/A +(104) +Staff costs +(%) +Growth rate +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Increase/ +(decrease) +2015 +2016 +Item +OPERATING EXPENSES +Operating Expenses +Other non-interest related gain was RMB24,862 million, RMB7,387 million or 42.3% higher than that of the previous year. +Specifically, net loss on financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss declined by RMB5,849 +million, mainly because of a decrease in the Bank's expenses in payment to customers related to structural deposits due to +the changes of wealth management product structure. Net trading income increased by RMB2,230 million, mainly driven by +the increasing income from derivative valuation. +42.3 +7,387 +17,475 +24,862 +(5,953) +(2.2) +(317) +14,281 +13,964 +Other operating income, net +(7.6) +(375) +4,920 +4,545 +Net gain on financial investments +loss +Net loss on financial assets and liabilities +designated at fair value through profit or +5,849 +2,230 +OTHER NON-INTEREST RELATED GAIN +Discussion and Analysis +19 +Annual Report 2016 +Income from settlement, clearing business and cash management services and investment banking business was lowered +compared to the previous year because of a series of factors, including voluntary lowering or exemption of certain business +fees in order to reduce fees and share profits with the real economy and consumers, greater discounts for settlement +business, lowered income from personal RMB settlement business, as well as decreased income from international +settlement business and investment banking advisory services due to external economic environment. +Continuously centered on customer demands, the Bank promoted innovation in products, services and channels, offered +greater discounts for settlement business, and propelled strategic transformation and development of retail, asset +management, investment banking and other businesses. In 2016, the Bank realized fee and commission income of +RMB164,714 million, RMB3,044 million or 1.9% higher than that of the previous year. Specifically, income from personal +wealth management and private banking services increased by RMB1,715 million, mainly due to the increase of income +from personal insurance brokerage business. Income from corporate wealth management services rose by RMB2,135 +million, mainly due to the increase in investment management fee of corporate wealth management products, income from +corporate foreign exchange business and income from agency bond issuance and underwriting. Income from asset custody +business increased by RMB1,349 million, mainly because of the increase of custody assets. Income from guarantee and +commitment business recorded an increase of RMB1,263 million, mainly due to the growth of income from commitment +business. +1.1 +1,582 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +143,391 +Net fee and commission income +8.0 +1,462 +18,279 +19,741 +Less: Fee and commission expense +1.9 +3,044 +144,973 +52.8 +Item +2015 +Increase/ +(decrease) +Growth rate +(%) +Net trading income +4,227 +6,457 +2016 +Pudong New District, +Shanghai, China +Postcode: 200120 +Tel: 021-58885888 +Address: North Block Financial +Center, No. 5055 +Tel: 0755-82246400 +Fax: 0755-82062761 +Postcode: 518015 +SICHUAN PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 35 Zongfu Road, +Jinjiang District, Chengdu +City, Sichuan Province, +China +Postcode: 610016 +Tel: 028-82866000 +Fax: 028-82866025 +Shennan East Road, Luohu +District, Shenzhen City, +Guangdong Province, +China +SHENZHEN BRANCH +Tel: 022-28400648 +Postcode: 300074 +SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL BRANCH +Address: No. 9 Pudong Avenue, +Fax: 022-28400123/28400647 +XIAMEN BRANCH +Address: No. 17 Hubin North +Road, Xiamen City, Fujian +Province, China +Postcode: 361012 +Tel: 0592-5292000 +Fax: 0592-5054663 +XINJIANG AUTONOMOUS +REGION BRANCH +Address: No. 231 Remin Road, +Tianshan District, Urumqi, +Xinjiang Autonomous +Region, China +Postcode: 830002 +Tel: 0991-5981888 +Fax: 0991-2337527 +TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION +BRANCH +TIANJIN MUNICIPAL BRANCH +Address: No. 123 Weidi Road, Hexi +District, Tianjin, China +Fax: 029-87602999 +Tel: +84-462698888 +Postcode: 710004 +Fax: 0574-87361190 +NINGXIA AUTONOMOUS +REGION BRANCH +Address: No. 901 Huanghe East +Road, Jinfeng District, +Yinchuan City, Ningxia +Autonomous Region, +China +Postcode: 750002 +Tel: 0951-5029200 +Fax: 0951-5042348 +QINGDAO BRANCH +Address: No. 25 Shandong Road, +Shinan District, Qingdao +City, Shandong Province, +China +Postcode: 266071 +Tel: 0532-85809988-621031 +Fax: 0532-85814711 +QINGHAI PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 2 Shengli Road, Xining +City, Qinghai 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Development +Zone, Tianjin +Tel: 010-66583333 +Postcode: 100033 +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset +Management Co., Ltd. +Address: Tower A, Xinsheng Plaza, +No. 5 Financial Street, +Xicheng District, Beijing, +China +Fax: 0571-87808207 +Tel: 0571-87803888 +Postcode: 310009 +ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 150 Zhonghe Middle +Road, Hangzhou City, +Zhejiang Province, China +Tel: 0871-65536325/65536313 +Fax: 0871-63134637 +Postcode: 650021 +Fax: 010-66583158 +Zhejiang Pinghu ICBC Rural +Bank Co., Ltd. +Address: No.258 Chengnan West +Road, Pinghu, Zhejiang +Email: icbctokyo@icbc.co.jp +0005, Japan +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Tokyo Branch +Address: 2-1 Marunouchi 1-Chome, +Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo, 100- +Fax: +65-65381370 +SWIFT: ICBKSGSG +Tel: +65-65381066 +Email: icbcsg@sg.icbc.com.cn +Address: 6 Raffles Quay #12-01, +Singapore 048580 +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Singapore +Branch +Fax: +852-25881160 +SWIFT: ICBKHKHH +Tel: +852-25881188 +Email: 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+Best Non-USD Trading Member Award +National Interbank Funding Center +Best Clearing Agent of Foreign Institutions +The Most Influential Institution +The Best Market Maker in Interbank Bond Market +Outstanding Contribution Award in Interbank CDs +Award for Innovation in the Money Market +Award for Development of Bond Borrowing Business +Shanghai Gold Exchange +First Award for Excellent Financial Institution Members +Award for Outstanding Contribution to Enquiry Business +First Award for Outstanding Commercial Banks in Leasing +China Gold Association +Outstanding Contribution Award for CSR in China's Gold Sector +Award for Honest Operation in China's Gold Sector +Special Contribution Award of the China Gold Congress +China UnionPay +Advanced Group in Online Competition of the Chinese Banking +Sector about Consumer Protection Knowledge +Outstanding Contribution Award in Civilized and Standard +Services of the Chinese Banking Sector +Outstanding Contribution Award in UnionPay Card Promotion +Outstanding Contribution Award in UnionPay Card Cross-bank +Transaction +Best Effect Award for “Popularizing Financial Knowledge" +Series in Chinese Banking Industry +Best Growth Award for Pension Service +Award for Best Foreign Card Merchant Development +DOMESTIC AWARDS +PBC +PBC Technological Development Award +CBRC +Award for Excellent Performance in the "Popularizing Financial +Knowledge" Service Promotion Month +Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China +Electronics Chamber of Commerce +Best Call Center of the Year +ICBC +292 +2016 Ranking and Awards +China Banking Association +Best Social Responsibility Financial Institution Award +Best CSR Management Award +Best Social Responsibility Special Contribution Outlet Award +Best Performance Award for Syndicated Loans +Best Management Award for Syndicated Loans +Best Project Award for Syndicated Loans +Excellent Service Award +Top 50 Financial Products for Serving Micro and Small-sized +Enterprises +The 1st 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Social Platform (ICBC Link) +Chinese Financial Brand Bauhinia Award +_ +Most Influential Financial Brand (ICBC Mobile) +Chinese Financial Brand Bauhinia Award Best 10 Social +Marketing Cases of the Chinese Banking Industry +(Selection of ICBC Smart Girls) +Global Compact Network China +Postcode: 130022 +Organizing Committee of China Gold Congress +Excellent Award for Implementation of UnionPay Card +Technical Standards +Most Reputed Financial Service of the Year +ICBC Mobile +Outstanding Contribution Award in Expansion of UnionPay +Online Acquiring Business +Award for Excellent Cooperation in and Promotion of UnionPay +Card Product +Outstanding Contribution Award in UnionPay Card Cross-bank +Transaction Quality +Award for Excellent Performance in Acquiring Cooperation of +Mobile Internet Business +China Committee of Corporate Citizenship of China Association +of Social Workers +Most Responsible Enterprise +Chinese Association for Public Companies, Shanghai Stock +Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange +Top 20 Boards of Supervisors of Listed Companies - +Best Practice +Social Responsibility Committee of The Chinese Institute of +Business Administration, Beijing Rongzhi Corporate Social +Responsibility Institute +Model of Transparency to the Public +China Council for Brand Development +The 1st place in Best Chinese Brands +China Financial Industry Call Center Development League +Operation and Management Elite Team Award +China Financial Certification Authority +Best Social Marketing Platform of the Chinese Banking Industry +― WeChat Public Account of ICBC Mobile +Best 10 Social Marketing Cases of the Chinese Banking +Industry Call for Smart Heroes of ICBC Mobile +Best E-banks in China - Best Personal Internet Banking +Best E-banks in China - Best Internet Banking +Internet Society of China, China Electronic Finance Industry +Alliance, Internet Finance Work Committee of Internet Society +of China +Internet-based Finance Innovation Award in China - +Organizing Committee of China International Financial +Exhibition +JCB +Best Product Design Award - ICBC-Shangri-La Co-brand Card +Award for Best Fraud Risk Control +MasterCard Worldwide +The 1st place among the Global 2000 +Ranking in terms of combination of sales, profit, +assets and market value +The Banker +The 1st place among the Top 1000 World Banks +Ranking in terms of tier 1 capital of a bank +Fortune +The 15th place among the Global 500 +(The 1st place on the sub-list of commercial banks) +Ranking in terms of operating income +Brand Finance +The 1st place among the Top 500 Banking Brands rankings +Ranking in terms of brand value of a bank +Millward Brown +The 27th place among the Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands +(The 2nd place among the brands of financial institutions) +Ranking in terms of brand value +China Enterprise Confederation +The 4th place among the Top 500 Enterprises of China +Ranking in terms of operating income +2016 Awards +OVERSEAS AWARDS +Global Finance +World's Best Emerging Markets Bank +Forbes +Best Bank in China +2016 Ranking +291 +20 +Total cash inflows +3,595,891 +2,366,021 +Total adjusted +value +21 +Total HQLA +22 +Total net cash outflows +23 +4,803,766 +3,439,602 +Liquidity coverage ratio (%) +Data of the above table are all the simple arithmetic means of the month-end figures of the recent quarter. +139.75% +Annual Report 2016 +2016 Ranking and Awards +Best Corporate Bank in China +Best Consumer Credit Card Program in China +Best Precious Metals Broker in China +Golden Award for Best RMB Internationalization Service +(Greater China) +Financial Times +Precious Metal Trading Bank in China +The Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies +Hong Kong Corporate Governance Excellence Award +Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group +Most Influential Leader +Listed Companies +Best Listed Company +Chairman Yi Huiman: +Asia Pacific Contact Centre Association Leaders +Recognition of Performance Excellence 9th APCCAL Awards +Visa Inc. +Visa Cross-border Promotion +Visa Best 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570203 +HAINAN PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 54 Heping South +Road, Haikou City, Hainan +Province, China +Tel: 0851-88620004/88620018 +Fax: 0851-85963911 +Postcode: 550001 +GUIZHOU PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 200 Zhonghua North +Road, Guiyang City, +Guizhou Province, China +Fax: 0771-5316617/2806043 +Tel: 0771-5316617 +Postcode: 530022 +Address: No. 15-1 Jiaoyu Road, +Nanning City, Guangxi +Autonomous Region, +China +China Internet Banking Union +E-banking Innovation Award of the Year: Best Practices in +Financial Internet +E-banking Innovation Award of the Year: Best Innovation in +Marketing Service +Taihe Consulting +Best Employer in China (Comprehensive Award in Financial +Industry) +ChinaHR +Best Employers for University Students +Best Employers for University Students - Best Employer in +Financial Industry +Tel: 0898-65303138/65342829 +Fax: 0898-65303138 +Zhaopin.com +HEBEI PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: Tower B, Zhonghua +Postcode: 050051 +Address: No. 9559 Renmin Avenue, +Changchun City, Jilin +Province, China +JILIN PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Tel: 0731-84428833/84420000 +Fax: 0731-84430039 +Postcode: 410011 +HUNAN PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 619 Furong Middle +Road Yi Duan, Changsha +City, Hunan Province, +China +Tel: 027-69908676/69908658 +Fax: 027-69908040 +Postcode: 430071 +HUBEI PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 31 Zhongbei Road, +Wuchang District, Wuhan +City, Hubei Province, +China +Tel: 0451-84668023/84668577 +Fax: 0451-84698115 +Postcode: 150010 +China +Address: No. 218 Zhongyang Street, +Daoli District, Harbin City, +Heilongjiang Province, +HEILONGJIANG PROVINCIAL +BRANCH +Tel: 0371-65776888/65776808 +Fax: 0371-65776889/65776988 +Postcode: 450011 +HENAN PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 99 Jingsan Road, +Zhengzhou City, Henan +Province, China +Tel: 0311-66001999/66000001 +Fax: 0311-66001889/66000002 +Shangwu Tower, No. 188 +Zhongshan West Road, +Shijiazhuang City, Hebei +Province, China +Best Employer in China +Best Employer in China — Employer Mostly Concerned by +Women +2016 Ranking and Awards +Tel: 0411-82378888/82378000 +Fax: 0411-82808377 +GUANGXI AUTONOMOUS +REGION BRANCH +FUJIAN PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 108 Gutian Road, +Fuzhou City, Fujian +Province, China +Postcode: 350005 +Tel: 0591-88087810/88087819/ +88087000 +Fax: 0591-83353905/83347074 +GANSU PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 408 Qingyang Road, +Chengguan District, +Lanzhou City, Gansu +Province, China +Postcode: 730030 +Tel: 0931-8434172 +Fax: 0931-8435166 +GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL +BRANCH +Address: No. 123 Yanjiangxi +Road, Guangzhou City, +Guangdong Province, +China +Postcode: 510120 +Postcode: 116001 +Address: No. 5 Zhongshan Square, +Dalian City, Liaoning +Province, China +DALIAN BRANCH +Fax: 023-62918059 +Annual Report 2016 +295 +List of Domestic and Overseas Branches and Offices +Domestic Institutions +ANHUI PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 189 Wuhu Road, +Hefei City, Anhui Province, +China +Postcode: 230001 +Tel: 0551-62869178/62868101 +eStar Best E-commerce Platform Award (ICBC Mall) +Fax: 0551-62868077 +Address: Tower B, Tianyin Mansion, +No. 2 Fuxingmen South +Street, Xicheng District, +Beijing, China +Postcode: 100031 +Tel: 010-66410579 +Fax: 010-66410579 +CHONGQING MUNICIPAL +BRANCH +Address: No. 9 Jiangnan Road, +Nan'an District, +Chongqing, China +Postcode: 400060 +Tel: 023-62918002 +BEIJING MUNICIPAL BRANCH +1,032,815 +eStar Best Mobile Banking Award +Consumer Satisfaction Awards: Internet Banking Service +Excellent Mobile Banking +Excellent Credit Card Brand +The Chinese Banker +The 1st place in the Ranking of National Commercial Banks in +Core Competitiveness +Top 10 Internet-based Finance Innovation Award — +ICBC Mobile +Top 10 Financial Products (Corporate Banking) +Top 10 Innovative Financial Products (Account-based FX) +Top 10 Innovative Wealth Management +Best Financial Innovation Award +Best Risk Management Bank +Best FinTech Bank +Information Times +Best Customer Service Center of the Year +Investor Journal Weekly +Best Internet-based Credit Card Bank of the Year +Leading Credit Card Bank of the Year +Trade Finance +Best Cash Management Bank +Financial Money +National Business Daily +"Golden Pixiu" Awards +The 1st place in the List of Chinese State-owned Listed +Companies on Corporate Social Responsibilities +Best Internet Innovation Bank in China (ICBC Mobile) +Best Private Banking Brand in China +Organizing Committee of the 21st Century Asian Finance +Annual Conference +Excellent Private Bank of the Year +The Economic Observer +Excellent Banker of the Year Chairman Yi Huiman +Most Respectable Enterprise +Financial News, Institute of Finance and Banking, Chinese +Academy of Social Sciences +Best Commercial Bank of the Year +Top Ten Innovative Institutions in Internet-based Finance +of the Year +21st Century Business Herald +Best Commercial Bank in Asia +Banker of the Year Chairman Yi Huiman +Excellent Board of Directors of China's Strategic Listed +Companies +Best Asset Management Bank 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Finet Group Limited +Top 100 Hong Kong Stocks +Caishiv.com +Underwriter of Innovative Bond Product with the Largest +Market Influence +Most Innovative Underwriter of Medium and Long-term Bond +Bankrate.com.cn +ICBC +294 +Most Reputable Banking Innovation Award +Poverty Alleviation Award of the Year +10th Anniversary Leading Enterprise Award in CSR of +the People's Daily +Award for Outstanding Contribution to Technological +Innovation in the Financial Industry ― Contribution to +Operation and Maintenance Innovation +Hurun Report +Best Local Private Bank in China +Directors & Boards +Best Board +China Business Network +Best Banker Group +Risk Control Bank of the Year +Analysys +Treasury China +Best Global Cash Management Bank +Best Treasury Innovation Product +Wealth Plus +Best Private Bank in China +Best Private Bank in China - Best Asset Management Award +10 Most Popular Investment Products +CAAC Inflight Magazine, Civil Aviation Management +Platinum Credit Card Most Popular among Frequent Travelers +People.cn +Best Cash Management Bank +1,037,439 +Other cash inflows +19 +debts +No +N/A +N/A +After depositor and general +creditor, in the same liquidation +order with other subordinated +debts +No +After depositor and general +creditor, in the same liquidation +order with other subordinated +N/A +289 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(i) Disclosure of Leverage Ratio +The following information is disclosed in accordance with the CBRC Administrative Measures for Leverage Ratio of +Commercial Banks (Revised) (CBRC No.1, 2015) Appendix 3 Disclosure Templates of Leverage Ratio. +Annual Report 2016 +N/A +No +debts +The occurrence of the earlier +of either: (i) the CBRC having +decided that a write-off is +necessary, without which the +Issuer would become non- +viable; or (ii) any relevant +authority having decided that +a public sector injection of +capital or equivalent support is +necessary, without which the +Issuer would become non-viable +Full write-down +Permanent write-down +Including: If write-down, full or partial +Including: If write-down, +permanent or temporary +Including: If temporary write-down, +description of write-up mechanism +Position in subordination hierarchy in liquidation +(specify instrument type immediately +senior to instrument) +Non-compliant transitioned features +Including: If yes, specify non-compliant features +Full write-down +Permanent write-down +Full write-down +Permanent write-down +N/A +N/A +After depositor and general +creditor, in the same liquidation +order with other subordinated +Comparison of Regulatory Leverage Ratio Items and Accounting Items +Yes +S/N +1 +7 +Other adjustments +8 +Balance of adjusted on-and off-balance sheet assets +93,733 +35,523 +Adjustment for off-balance sheet items +57,298 +1,725,526 +1,602,642 +(11,560) +25,904,533 +(11,665) +23,813,992 +Leverage Ratio, Net Tier 1 Capital, Balance of Adjusted On-and Off-balance Sheet Assets and Related +Information +38,855 +6 +Adjustment for securities financing transactions +5 +Total consolidated assets as per published financial statements +2 +31 December +2016 +31 December +2015 +24,137,265 +22,209,780 +Consolidated adjustments for accounting purposes but outside the scope of +regulatory consolidation +(97,729) +(61,143) +3 +Adjustments for fiduciary assets +Tel: 020-81308130/81308123 +Adjustments for derivative financial instruments +Item +S/N Item +of the Bank +Non-viability of +ICBC (Asia) or the Bank +Province, China +JIANGXI PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 233, Fuhe North Road, +Nanchang City, Jiangxi +Tel: 025-52858000 +Fax: 025-52858111 +Postcode: 210006 +South Road, Nanjing City, +Jiangsu Province, China +JIANGSU PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 408 Zhongshan +Postcode: 330008 +Fax: 0431-88923808 +Convertible or non-convertible +Including: If convertible, conversion trigger (s) +Including: If convertible, fully or partially +Including: If convertible, conversion rate +Including: If convertible, mandatory or +optional conversion +Including: If convertible, specify instrument +Main features of regulatory +capital instrument +Tel: 0791-86695682/86695018 +Fax: 0791-86695230 +LIAONING PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 88 Nanjing North +Road, Heping District, +Tel: 0574-87361162 +Postcode: 315010 +Address: No. 218 Zhongshan +West Road, Ningbo City, +Zhejiang Province, China +NINGBO BRANCH +Fax: 0471-6940096 +Tel: 0471-6940297 +Postcode: 010060 +Address: No. 10 East 2nd Ring +Road, Hohhot City, Inner +Mongolia Autonomous +Region, China +AUTONOMOUS REGION +BRANCH +INNER MONGOLIA +List of Domestic and Overseas Branches and Offices +ICBC +296 +Postcode: 110001 +Tel: 024-23491600 +Fax: 024-23491609 +Shenyang City, Liaoning +Province, China +type convertible into +Non-viability +Including: If convertible, specify issuer of +Write-down feature +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +§ +N/A +Yes +Yes +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +Including: If write-down, +write-down trigger(s) +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Tier 2 capital bonds +Tier 2 capital bonds +Tier 2 capital bonds +3 3 3 3 3 3 3 += +No +No +N/A +N/A +N/A +instrument it converts into +1 +4 +56 +2 3 4 +10,631,454 +3,611,221 +Operational deposits (excluding those generated from correspondent +banking activities) +6,164,123 +1,496,351 +884,896 +7 +4,306,537 +1,954,076 +8 +Unsecured debt +160,794 +160,794 +Non-operational deposits (all counterparties) +8,848,961 +Less stable deposits +5,983 +High-quality liquid assets +Fourth-quarter 2016 +Total +un-weighted +value +Total +weighted +value +1 +Total high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) +4,803,766 +Cash outflows +23 456 +Retail deposits and deposits form small business customers, of which: +9,016,067 +890,879 +Stable deposits +167,106 +9 +S/N Item +Secured funding +10 +750,628 +17,328 +16 +Total cash outflows +5,805,623 +Cash inflows +Other contingent funding obligations +17 +1,131,364 +403,992 +18 +Inflows from fully performing exposures +1,427,088 +929,214 +Secured lending (including reverse repos and securities borrowing) +15 +42,207 +42,344 +Additional requirements, of which: +3,123,497 +1,199,033 +11 +Outflows related to derivative exposures and other collateral requirements +1,024,266 +1,024,266 +12 +Outflows related to loss of funding on debt products +13 +Credit and liquidity facilities +2,099,231 +174,767 +14 +Other contractual funding obligations +44,955 +Quantitative Information Disclosure of Liquidity Coverage Ratio Using Advanced Approaches +Unsecured wholesale funding, of which: +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +Effective notional amount of written credit derivatives +58,813 +56,396 +10 +11 +Less: Adjusted effective notional deductions for written credit derivatives +Total derivative exposures +9 +(27,517) +188,185 +114,393 +12 +Gross SFT assets (with no recognition of netting), after adjusting for sale +accounting transactions +511,185 +691,845 +(20,409) +(10,325) +(14,896) +Less: Exempted CCP leg of client-cleared trade exposures +On-balance sheet items (excluding derivatives and SFTs, but including +collateral) +Less: Asset amounts deducted in determining Basel III Tier 1 capital +Balance of adjusted on-balance sheet assets (excluding derivatives and SFTs) +Replacement cost associated with all derivatives transactions (ie net of +eligible cash variation margin) +31 December +2016 +31 December +2015 +23,433,899 +(11,560) +23,422,339 +21,377,922 +(11,665) +21,366,257 +113,669 +39,582 +58,116 +49,149 +7 +For the year ended 31 December 2016 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +8 +13 +Less: Netted amounts of cash payables and cash receivables of gross SFT +assets +Add-on amounts for PFE associated with all derivatives transactions +Gross-up for derivatives collateral provided where deducted from the +balance sheet assets pursuant to the operative accounting framework +Less: Deductions of receivables assets for cash variation margin provided in +derivatives transactions +CCR exposure for SFT assets +Net tier 1 capital +1,954,770 +1,781,062 +21 +Balance of adjusted on-and off-balance sheet assets +25,904,533 +23,813,992 +22 +Leverage ratio +7.55% +7.48% +290 +ICBC +(j) +14 +20 +1,602,642 +Fax: 020-81308789 +Balance of adjusted off-balance sheet assets +1,725,526 +57,298 +38,855 +15 +Agent transaction exposures +Total securities financing transaction exposures +568,483 +17 +16 +3,435,098 +730,700 +3,027,744 +18 +Less: Adjustments for conversion to credit equivalent amounts +(1,709,572) +(1,425,102) +19 +Off-balance sheet exposure at gross notional amount +Tel: +52-5541253388 +SWIFT: ICBKMXMM +Email: info@icbkus.com +Tel: +1-2129937300 +Fax: +1-2129937349 +SWIFT: ICBKUS33FIN, ICBKUS3F +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Mexico S.A. +Address: Paseo de la Reforma +250, Piso 18, Col. +Juarez, C.P.06600, 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Bank ICBC Indonesia +Address: 32nd TCT ICBC Tower, +JI. MH. Thamrin No.81, +Jakarta Pusat 10310, +Indonesia +Email: cs@ina.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +62-2123556000 +Fax: +62-2131996010 +SWIFT: ICBKIDJA +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Thai) Public Company +Limited +Address: 622 Emporium Tower +11th-13th Fl., Sukhumvit +Road, Khlong Ton, Khlong +Toei, Bangkok, Thailand +Tel: +66-26295588 +Fax: +66-26639888 +SWIFT: ICBKTHBK +299 +Annual Report 2016 +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Almaty) Joint Stock +Company +Address: 150/230, Abai/Turgut +Ozal Street, Almaty, +Kazakhstan. 050046 +No.55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, PRC +Fax: +7-7272377070 +SWIFT: ICBKKZKX +Tel: +7-7272377085 +List of Domestic and Overseas Branches and Offices +Tel: +853-28555222 +ICBC +34 +At the end of 2016, the balance of stock wealth management products increased by 3.3% compared with the +previous year end to RMB2,702,944 million, remaining the largest in the industry. +Financial Asset Services +At the end of 2016, the Bank issued 830 million bank cards, representing an increase of 81.45 million cards from the +end of the previous year. Bank card business generated a fee income of RMB37,670 million. +Seizing the opportunities arising from customers' wealth increase and capital market growth, the Bank made efforts to +establish a mega asset management business system across the whole value chain and enhance its specialized operating +capabilities on the strength of the Group's asset management, custody, pension and precious metal businesses, and the +functions of its comprehensive subsidiaries specialized in fund, insurance, leasing and investment banking. Thus, the Bank +rendered diversified and integrated financial asset services for its customers. +Wealth Management Services +By upgrading product forms, re-arranging maturities and developing net worth-based transformation of products, the +Bank has been continuously innovating in wealth management products and marketing models to meet the diverse +demand of customers and further consolidate the customer base. +By leveraging the big data techniques, the Bank created multi-dimensional customer profiles for wealth management +customers. The Bank also conducted precise marketing strategies and appropriately allocated asset based on the +preferences of different customer segments regarding their habits of consumption, investment, purchase channels and +product choices, thereby effectively enlarging the size of wealth management customers and lifting the sales of wealth +management products. +The Bank was awarded the "Best Consumer Credit Card in China" by Global Finance, the "Best Credit Card of the +Year" by Sina.com, the "Excellent Credit Card Brand" by National Business Daily and the "Gold Credit Card Bank of +the Year" by Financial Money. +Discussion and Analysis +The Bank actively carried out financing pledged with precious metals, satisfying enterprises' financial and hedging +demands and effectively supporting the transformation and upgrade of industries. +The Bank developed a sound asset custody product and service system and remained a market leader in respect of +custody products, e.g. securities investment funds, insurance, banking wealth management, enterprise annuities, +special fund accounts and global assets. +The Bank successfully obtained the custody qualification for national basic pension insurance and Korean Securities +Depository (KSD). +The Bank was awarded the "Custodian Bank of the Year in China" by The Asian Banker. +At the end of 2016, total net value of assets under the Bank's custody increased by 22.6% from the previous year end +to RMB14.1 trillion. +The Bank comprehensively improved the bank card security management, actively implemented classified management +of accounts, and issued the first physical Type II debit card in China. It further adjusted the product structure, and +promoted the issuing of native cipher algorithm-based cards and single chip cards. The chip debit cards issued +accounted for 59.5% of all the debit cards. +Pension Services ++ +Pension services witnessed a steady growth in scale and continuously higher comprehensive benefits. The Bank actively +launched innovative products, continued to enrich the service contents, promoted automatic and self-services and +made the customer service quality better. +At the end of 2016, the pension funds under the Bank's trusteeship amounted to RMB96.2 billion; the Bank managed +16.67 million individual pension accounts, and the pension funds under the Bank's custody totaled RMB446.7 billion. +The Bank led other banks in terms of the scale of enterprise annuity funds under the Bank's trusteeship, number of +individual enterprise annuity accounts and enterprise annuity funds under the Bank's custody. +Precious Metal Business ++ ++ +In view of the hot spots in the market, the Bank improved the physical goods sales models. Seizing the opportunities +arising from the opening of the first Disney Resort in China, the Bank sold more than 1 million sets of Disney themed +products in the off season. As the first bank to attempt brand cooperation, the Bank obtained support from third-party +enterprises to develop "Good Luck Year" products for the traditional hot season. +Asset Custody Services +The Bank kept enriching the mobile payment products and service system and covered all the online, offline and 020 +payment scenarios. +The Bank promoted its speedy development of overseas private banking centers. The Bank built a Hong Kong Private +Banking and Wealth Management Product Center, enhanced the building of its global wealth management funds and +sales network, and successfully issued the second sub-fund of the global wealth management fund. ++ +The Bank optimized the functions of Salary Premium No. 1, Jie Jie Gao No. 2 and CDs for personal customers by +releasing the paper-based CDs and Jie Jie Gao deposit and adding the real-time limit inquiry function of CDs to drive +the swift growth of innovative deposit products. +The Bank actively backed the citizens' reasonable demand of funding for owner-occupied houses and better houses, +propelled the optimization of the business management mechanism for residential mortgages, ameliorated policies +and procedures, and rolled out innovative products such as loans for discharging mortgages and subsidized loans for +change of housing provident fund loans to commercial loans. The customer experience became increasingly better. +Grasping the opportunities arising from personal consumption +upgrade, the Bank further promoted self-service loans pledged with +personal financial assets under the guidance of internet thinking. +It accelerated the system integration and innovation of mortgage +loans for consumption and released the integrated consumption loan +mortgaged with personal properties. +At the end of 2016, personal financial assets totaled RMB12.20 +trillion, representing an increase of RMB0.61 trillion compared with +the end of last year and making the Bank remain the largest holder +of personal financial assets. Meanwhile, the Bank had 530 million +personal customers, including 11.33 million personal loan customers, +representing an increase of 33.02 million and 0.89 million from the +end of the previous year respectively. The personal loans stood at +RMB4,196,169 million, representing an increase of RMB654,307 +million or 18.5%. The personal deposits arrived at RMB8,140,281 +million, representing an increase of RMB539,167 million or 7.1%. +Growth of Personal Loans +Unit: RMB100 millions +30,635 +The Bank took the lead in offering and promoting a variety of innovative retail banking products including the +introduction of Type II and III accounts, information verification and multiple ways of transfer and remittance. It also +established the bank-wide uniform personal customer labeling, researched, developed and released the customer +profile marketing system for personal customers and created the multi-dimensional personel customer profiles with +their characteristics so as to develop tailored and integrated recommendation of products and services for individual +customers and automatically assess the investment behaviors and risk appetites of customers. +35,419 +41,962 +2014 +2015 +2016 +Private Banking ++ ++ +The Bank proactively adjusted the strategies on product offering and investment. It increased the offering of wealth +management products for privileged private banking customers and modified the fundamental off-the-shelf products +on a value only basis. Besides, it accelerated the expansion of innovative businesses, conducted agency investment +services on a pilot basis for pledged financial assets, FOF equity funds, etc. It also promoted and implemented its pilot +family wealth management business. +Annual Report 2016 +33 +Discussion and Analysis ++ +The Bank was awarded the "Best Private Bank in China" by The Asset again, the "Best Private Bank in China" and +the "Best Private Bank for Global Investment Exposure" by Asiamoney, and the "Best Private Bank Brand in China" by +Securities Times. +At the end of 2016, the Bank maintained 70,100 private banking customers, representing an increase of 7,700 or +12.3% from the end of the previous year. Assets under management amounted to RMB1.21 trillion, growing by +RMB146.8 billion or 14.2% from the end of the previous year. +Bank Card Business ++ +The Bank was the first bank in China to establish a merchant development center for full-scale implementation of +the merchant development strategies which are integrated online and offline, organization and facilitation of the +marketing and promotion among all the merchants of the Bank and establishment and improvement of a payment +acceptance environment. +The Bank integrated into the international mainstream commodity markets at a faster pace. It became a participant +of the electronic auction process which sets the gold benchmark price at the London Intercontinental Exchange, and +gradually accumulated market making experience in the main international gold markets. In the meanwhile, the Bank +was among the first group of price setters of "Shanghai Gold", a gold pricing product denominated in RMB, at the +Shanghai Gold Exchange, and actively engaged in the market making business. +ICBC Link +In 2016, the sum of precious metal business transactions was RMB1.69 trillion, up 35.2% from the end of last year. +The Bank cleared RMB406.6 billion on behalf of the Shanghai Gold Exchange, ranking No. 1. +Financing ++ +In line with its fund operation and liquidity management needs, the Bank rationally arranged the scale and structure +of its active liabilities including interbank borrowing from the interbank market, short-term time deposits with other +banks, interbank CDs and large-value CDs in order to enhance the supporting capacity of diverse liabilities to asset +business growth. +For details on the Bank's CDs and debt securities issued, please refer to "Notes to the Financial Statements: 36. +Certificates of Deposit; 38. Debt Securities Issued". +Annual Report 2016 +37 +Discussion and Analysis +Internet-based Finance +The Bank advanced its internet-based finance development strategies on all fronts, played a guiding role in leading +innovation, upgraded and improved the overall architecture of internet-based finance with the e-commerce platform ICBC +Mall, the instant communication platform ICBC Link and the open-ended online banking platform ICBC Mobile as the main +pillars and covering financial services, e-commerce, payment and social life. In line with its customer-centric concept, the +Bank improved its risk prevention and control system to inject new vigor into the business transformation of the Bank. +ICBC Mall ++ +4 +In 2016, the transaction volume of RMB bonds and foreign currency bonds in the trading book scored RMB1,010.5 +billion and USD9.8 billion respectively. +The e-commerce platform "ICBC Mall" helps the Bank gather together customers and merchants, connect trading and +financing, innovate in the new-typed customer relationships featuring the integration of finance and commerce, and +improve the customer viscosity and activeness. +The Bank accelerated the development of mobile end of ICBC Mall with the transactions concluded on the mobile end +accounting for half of all the transactions. It pushed forward with applications in various sectors by making Shanghai +Disney Resort tickets and air tickets of major airlines available on ICBC Mall. +In 2016, ICBC Mall achieved an accumulative transaction amount of over RMB1 trillion. ++ ICBC Link aims at becoming an interactive platform for instant information exchange, business consultancy, +communication and sharing between the Bank and its customers, customer managers and customers and among the +customers, and developing a new financial service model featuring socialized finance and interactive marketing. ++ +4 +The Bank explored new application areas, created featured service accounts, and seamlessly connected ICBC Link with +financial services, campus finance, daily life and other application scenarios. +The Bank developed China's first free anti-telecom fraud inquiry software, "ICBC e-Security Public Welfare Version" +which enabled the public to check the safety of related accounts before any transfer and remittance to protect the +safety of their properties. In 2016, it accumulatively identified and blocked over 60 thousand telecom frauds, involving +more than RMB900 million. +The Bank completed the shift from ICBC Messenger and identified targeted customers by data mining to conduct +precision marketing. +In 2016, the number of ICBC Link customers exceeded 60 million. +38 +ICBC +The Bank was the first in the banking industry to debut the "ICBC Cloud Manager" special service which provides +online financial services covering information access, product promotion, inquiry and online reservation via ICBC Link, +telephone, SMS and other means. Besides, an internet bank-hospital service platform was also established. +Capitalizing on its credit financing, bonus point consumption and other advantageous banking services, the Bank +focused on attracting merchants from the real estate and automobile industries that were closely connected to +finance. The Bank also introduced fast moving consumer goods and local specialties that customers are more loyal to +and are suited to bonus point consumption. +The Bank was awarded the "Best Precious Metal Trading Bank in China" by Euromoney for five consecutive years and +the "Best Precious Metals Broker in China" by Global Finance for the first time. +The Bank strengthened active management of foreign currency bond portfolios and their duration and invested more +in bonds with floating rates to guard against the interest rate risk. The Bank became more capable of seizing market +opportunities and earned higher spread income. +Investment +Annual Report 2016 +35 +Discussion and Analysis +Franchise Treasury Business +The Bank continuously improved its ability to serve personal customers in foreign exchange trading and increased its +coverage, reinforced the improvement of electronic channels and marketing initiatives. It kept enriching convertible +currencies, developed RMB foreign exchange option business and RMB foreign exchange currency swap business. The +volume of franchise foreign exchange trading hit USD390 billion in 2016. +The foreign exchange-related products were more diversified. The Bank initiated the foreign currency trading business +among the currencies of 80 emerging countries along the "Belt and Road". This move made foreign exchange +business cover all the countries along the "Belt and Road". The volume of franchise foreign exchange trading stood at +USD227.6 billion, up 72.0% over last year. +The Bank innovatively launched paper natural gas and paper precious metal index products, further diversifying the +paper trading products, and rolled out paper crude oil successive trading products, which met customers' long-term +investment demands for crude oil. The size of the paper trading increased by 56.0% compared with the previous year +to RMB505.6 billion. +The Bank practiced inclusive finance. It issued innovative OTC bond products on a regular basis, and completed the +issuance of 58 OTC treasury bonds and six OTC bonds of China Development Bank. +Asset Securitization Business ++ +In 2016, in order to diversify the asset and capital management approaches and expand the NPA disposal channels, +the Bank, as the issuer and facility provider, issued four tranches of asset securitization programs totaling RMB15,763 +million, three of which are NPA-backed securities, one residential mortgage-backed securities. +Agency Sales +The Bank strengthened research on the trend of market interest rate, effectively balancing the relationship between +increasing portfolio return and preventing the risk of middle and long-term interest rate rebound. It continued to +refine the system for tracking and assessing credit risk, comprehensively sorted out the credit debt portfolio to lower +the overall credit risk of investment portfolios. It actively invested in local government bonds, corporate bonds and +green bonds, effectively bolstering the development of the real economy. ++ Following the changes in demands of customers and markets, the Bank actively tracked and adjusted the product +structure and sales strategies of investment and wealth management businesses. Sales of funds under agency +arrangement totaled RMB488.9 billion in 2016. +Considering the characteristics of treasury bond products' yields, the Bank made efforts to attract customers preferring +low risk levels. Sales of treasury bonds under agency arrangement amounted to RMB73.8 billion. +The Bank further pushed the transformation and development of installment-based insurance under agency +arrangement, achieving structural improvement and size enlargement. It further sharpened its edge in E-banking after +adopting product segmentation and differentiated marketing approaches. The amount of insurance under agency +sales registered RMB336 billion, representing an increase of 101.4%. +36 +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis +Treasury Operations +In 2016, the Bank duly adjusted its investment and trading strategies, reasonably arranged the investment products and +structures and took multi-pronged measures in alignment with the trends in financial markets and the needs of liquidity +management so as to make treasury operations more profitable. +Money Market Activities ++ +The Bank stepped up market research and customer marketing, provided a good mix of products with reasonable +maturity according to the market situation and its own capital position to increase the efficiency of fund operation. It +dynamically adjusted the trading volume and direction of short-term financing products to ensure its liquidity. +The Bank increasingly attracted non-bank financial institution customers. While prudently engaging in local and +foreign currency interbank borrowing and lending business with non-bank financial institutions, it innovatively +launched the foreign-currency interbank lending business, thereby further expanding the channels for its operations in +foreign currency. +In 2016, domestic trading amount in the interbank market was RMB37.29 trillion, of which lending amounted to +RMB34.66 trillion. The transaction volume in foreign exchange money markets recorded USD285.2 billion. +4 ++ +Water, environment and public ++ +41,768 +39,294 +Production and supply of +11.9% +electricity, heat, gas and water +39,023 +Wholesale and retail +9.0% +Leasing and commercial services +10.7% +7.5% +utility management +Real estate +6.2% +postal services +52,717 +41,348 +Mining +3.3% +Construction +2.7% +Lodging and catering industry +1.8% +2014 +2015 +2016 +Science, education, culture +1.8% +and sanitation +Demand deposits +45,077 +Time deposits +21.8% +20.4% +4 +Discussion and Analysis +In terms of the currency structure, the balance of RMB deposits amounted to RMB16,722,751 million, which accounted for +93.8% of the total balance of due to customers, RMB1,286,765 million or 8.3% higher than that at the end of the previous +year. The balance of foreign currency deposits was equivalent to RMB1,102,551 million, an increase of RMB256,598 million +or 30.3%. +Repurchase Agreements +Repurchase agreements were RMB589,306 million, representing an increase of RMB252,115 million or 74.8% from the +end of the previous year, mainly because the Bank appropriately increased funds raised from the public market based on its +internal and external liquidity status. +Shareholders' Equity +As at the end of 2016, shareholders' equity amounted to RMB1,981,163 million in aggregate, RMB180,644 million or +10.0% higher than that at the end of the previous year. Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company +recorded an increase of RMB180,277 million or 10.1% to RMB1,969,751 million. Please refer to the "Financial Statements: +Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity" for details. +For details on off-balance sheet items, please refer to "Note 48. to the Financial Statements: Commitments and Contingent +Liabilities; Note 49. to the Financial Statements: Designated Funds and Loans". +Analysis on Statement of Cash Flows +Net cash inflows from operating activities amounted to RMB239,221 million, representing a decrease of RMB892,543 million +as compared to the previous year, mainly due to the cash outflows as a result of lower deposits from banks and other +financial institutions instead of cash inflows in the previous year and cash outflows caused by increased cash and balances +with central banks instead of cash inflows in the previous year. Specifically, net cash outflows of operating assets increased +by RMB584,785 million and net cash inflows of operating liabilities dropped by RMB295,639 million. +Net cash outflows from investing activities amounted to RMB468,932 million. Specifically, cash inflows were RMB2,064,415 +million, representing an increase of RMB681,761 million, mainly due to the increased proceeds from the recovery of +investment assets; and cash outflows were RMB2,533,347 million, representing a growth of RMB483,732 million from the +previous year, mainly due to the increase in cash payment generated from bond investment. +Net cash outflows from financing activities amounted to RMB50,786 million, of which, cash inflows were RMB904,876 +million, mainly due to the issuance of debt securities by overseas institutions; and cash outflows were RMB955,662 million, +mainly due to the repayment of debt securities. +Annual Report 2016 +29 +Transportation, storage and +Discussion and Analysis +Corporate Banking +Facing the new normal of economic development, the Bank strove to develop its corporate banking business by continuing +to support the growth of the real economy and facilitate the supply-side structural reform. Through innovation, the Bank +tapped into new markets. ++ ++ ++ +In line with the national strategies such as the "three supporting belts" and the "four regions", the Bank supported +national key construction projects as a priority and also actively supported vital industries including infrastructure +construction, transportation and logistics, modern services and energy, thereby facilitating the economic restructuring +and upgrade. +In response to the tendency of financial disintermediation, the Bank attached great importance to restructuring +and reasonably deployed overall financing. With moderate growth in financing aggregate, it optimized the tenure +arrangement and the investment strategies in terms of regions, industries, in- and off-balance sheet businesses and +other products. +For global development, the Bank pooled efforts from all dimensions and served cross-border customers with +global syndicated loans and cross-border project pool. Capitalizing on the opportunities in overseas bond issuing, it +successfully underwrote bonds in USD and EUR for a number of major customers via its marketing initiatives. +To tackle with the impact from the internet, the Bank sped up the expansion of internet financing. It rolled out two +types of products, "Quick Loan" and "Micro Loan" and launched such innovative products as internet unsecured loan +for corporate customers, financing pledged with the assets in the online bill pool of corporate customers and online +issuing of acceptance drafts under E-banking. +The Bank was awarded the title of the "Best Corporate Bank in China" by Global Finance for seven years in a row. It +was ranked first in the Asia Pacific region in terms of the aggregated amount of syndicated loans as lead arranger by +Thomson Reuters. +At the end of 2016, the number of the Bank's corporate customers increased by 463 thousand over the end of the +previous year to 5,784 thousand. The balance of corporate loans reached RMB8,140,684 million, representing an +increase of RMB271,132 million or 3.4% over the end of the previous year. The balance of corporate deposits hit +RMB9,448,520 million, representing an increase of RMB1,011,506 million or 12.0%. +Breakdown of Corporate Loans by Industry +Unit: RMB100 millions +Manufacturing +BUSINESS OVERVIEW +Others +Growth of Corporate Deposits +Note: Domestic operations data. +Institutional Banking ++ +The Bank gave impetus to innovation via cooperation with other financial institutions. The Bank kept leading the +market in the amount of funds under custody for seven consecutive years. +The Bank ranked first in the banking industry in terms of the amount of central finance and the number of +government business cards issued under agency service, the amount of payments from pooled social security funds, as +well as the number and investment volume of local government bonds for which it was the underwriter. +The Bank stepped up efforts to promote the electronic systems for payment of cross-province traffic fines and +centralized payment of local national treasury, with the business volume and transaction amount at the top of its +peers. Moreover, it launched the electronic collection and payment of local non-tax revenue, making it the only pilot +bank which launched all the payment channels at one go. +Settlement and Cash Management ++ +Exploring internet-based finance, the Bank actively rolled out new products and services. It expanded the customer size +and cemented customer base via five platforms, namely, Industrial and Commercial Enterprise Link, Small and Micro +Enterprise Platform, ICBC e-Trade, ICBC e-Payment and Large-amount Fund Monitoring. +The Bank innovated global cash management services in an effort to help Chinese enterprises go global. It actively +marketed comprehensive financial solutions for cash management. In line with the policy on centralized operation of +cross-border RMB and foreign exchange of multinational companies and the policy on financial reform pilot zones, +the Bank provided customers with a full package of financial solutions covering six business lines, namely, account +information, collection and payment, liquidity management, investment and financing and risk management. +Annual Report 2016 +31 +Discussion and Analysis +At the end of 2016, the Bank maintained 6,960 thousand corporate settlement accounts, representing an increase +of 8.8% over the end of the previous year, and the volume of settlements reached RMB2,430 trillion, up 7.3% over +the previous year. The Bank maintained its leading position in the business size. The number of cash management +customers grew by 12.7% to 1,431 thousand, including 5,764 global cash management customers, representing an +increase by 17.3% from last year. +International Settlement and Trade Finance +(2) Small and micro enterprises loans include loans granted to small and micro enterprises, loans to privately or individually-owned +business and loans to small and micro enterprise owners. ++ Against the backdrop of ongoing sluggish foreign trade and more volatile RMB exchange rate, the Bank expanded its +export business through product innovation, credit policies, approval procedures, green channels and other methods. +The Bank kept enlarging the pilot coverage of the Bolero electronic document presentation business and signed +a headquarter-level cooperation agreement with ESS DOCS. It also further diversified its cross-border remittance +products. ++ ++ +The Bank promoted its equity financing businesses in funds portfolio, government investment funds, mixed ownership +reform, public-private-partnership (PPP) projects, industry funds and market-based funds, successfully operated +influential fund businesses including China Government-Enterprise Cooperation Fund, China Internet Investment Fund, +Guizhou Poverty Alleviation Fund and SDIC Advanced Manufacturing Investment Fund, and offered equity financing +advisory service for almost 100 companies. +The Bank actively expanded its merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory business. It engaged in various domestic and +overseas M&A projects including Sunac China's acquisition of Raycom's equities, Yunnan City Investment's acquisition +of Chengdu New International Convention and Exhibition Center, Joyson Electronics' acquisition of KSS, the fourth +largest global producer of automotive security systems, Biostime's acquisition of Swisse, a leading health care brand in +Australia and Midea Group's acquisition of German KUKA Roboter GmbH. +The Bank developed a new business line of investment banking debt advisory service, with focus on infrastructure +and emerging industries and other important industries, and engaged in a number of structured financing projects +with Yunnan Provincial Railway Investment Corporation, Transport Department of Shanxi Province, China Reform +Investment, Jiangsu Tianpu Hongxin Scientific Park and Chengdu Financing Holding Group, etc. +The Bank actively expanded its bond underwriting business and underwrote various debt financing instruments with +a total value of RMB1,522.4 billion as the lead underwriter throughout 2016. Implementing the concept of "green +finance", the Bank supported financing of projects via bond underwriting and other direct financing products in areas +such as energy conservation and environment protection, pollution prevention and control, resource conservation and +recycling. The volume of the green bonds it underwrote amounted to RMB38.3 billion, making the Bank the largest +green bond underwriter in China. +In 2016, fee income from investment banking was RMB25,024 million. +32 +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis +Personal Banking +With the mega retail strategy in mind, the Bank actively explored the integration of the internet, big data, artificial +intelligence and other new technologies with the traditional banking services, focused on creating value with information, +and advanced the transformation of marketing models and innovation of customer services and products. +2.9% ++ +Investment Banking +"Percentage" refers to the proportion against domestic branch loans. +In 2016, domestic branches disbursed an aggregate of USD70.2 billion in international trade finance. International +settlements registered USD2.5 trillion, of which USD897.3 billion were handled by overseas institutions. +17.3 +Item +Percentage +Percentage +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2015 +At 31 December 2016 +The Bank was honored with the "SME Business Bank with Excellent Competitiveness" by China Business Journal. The +"ICBC Small and Micro Enterprise Banking" brand won the "Excellent Banking Service Award of the Year" in the +China International Financial Exhibition. +Amount +The Bank constantly innovated new products. It launched the petty secured loan to micro customers, the fixed asset +procurement and construction loan to small and micro enterprises, the unsecured loan for tax payment of small and +micro enterprises and the start-up secured loan, among other new products. Besides, it put more efforts to market +the Government Subsidies loan, petty unsecured loan to small and micro enterprises, business property loan, standard +plant mortgage loan and other key products. ++ +Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Business +Discussion and Analysis +Notes: (1) +ICBC +30 +The Bank promoted its specialized business model of micro and small enterprise banking centers, and established 198 +such centers. The centers boasted higher efficiency and better service quality with their batch-based, standardized and +one-stop services. +(%) +LOANS TO DOMESTIC SMALL (MICRO) AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES +26.2 +2,034,043 +Small and micro enterprises +2,855,622 +23.7 +1,883,208 +17.3 +2,769,684 +43.5 +(%) +Amount +4,738,830 +41.0 +4,803,727 +Medium-sized enterprises +Loans to small (micro) and medium-sized enterprises +1 +Doha Branch (Qatar)--------- +institutions +Abu Dhabi Branch (UAE). +Yangon Branch (Myanmar) - +1 +1 +Phnom Penh Branch (Cambodia) ---- 1 +3 +1 +E +1 +Seoul Branch (South Korea): +Busan Branch (South Korea) +Hanoi Branch (Vietnam)---- +Vientiane Branch (Lao PDR)- +3 +1 +Riyadh Branch (Saudi Arabia)- +1 +1 +ICBC (Malaysia) (Malaysia) - +ICBC (Indonesia) (Indonesia) +1 +(country/region) +ICBC (Mexico) (Mexico) +Institution +23 +5 +institutions +Number of +Dubai (DIFC) Branch (UAE)- +E +3 +Karachi Branch (Pakistan). +Mumbai Branch (India) +(country/region) +Hong Kong and Macau +Institution +Africa +1 +Kuwait Branch (Kuwait) +1 +Number of +ICBC (London) (UK)----- +1 +(country/region) +Institution +America +135,988 +48 +ICBC Turkey (Turkey)- +3 +Number of +Bank ICBC (JSC) (Russia)- +Brussels Branch (Belgium) -----2 +2 +(the Netherlands)- +Amsterdam Branch +2 +Milan Branch (Italy)-- +Number of +institutions +1 +institutions +New York Branch (USA)- +1 +ICBC (Brazil) (Brazil) +ICBC (Argentina) (Argentina) --107 +Tokyo Branch (Japan)- +Singapore Branch (Singapore)-------11 +Hong Kong and Macau) +Asia-Pacific Region (except +(country/region) +Institution +E +** +10 +ICBC (Canada) (Canada) +1 +ICBCFS (USA) +14 +ICBC (USA) (USA)- +(2) +ICBC (Peru) (Peru)-- +ICBC (Asia) (Hong Kong, China) 73 +ICBC (Mexico), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank in Mexico, has a paid-up capital of MXN664 million. Holding a full- +functional commercial banking license, ICBC (Mexico) offers corporate deposit, loan, international settlement, trade finance, +foreign exchange trading and other services. At the end of 2016, ICBC (Mexico) recorded total assets of USD46 million and +net assets of USD26 million. +22 +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (CANADA) +Discussion and Analysis +45 +Annual Report 2016 +ICBCFS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank in the United States, has a paid-up capital of USD50.00 million. It mainly +specializes in securities clearing business in Europe and America, and offers securities brokerage services including securities +clearing and financing for institutional customers. At the end of 2016, ICBCFS recorded total assets of USD36,260 million +and net assets of USD139 million. It generated a net profit of USD24.75 million during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC +ICBC (USA), a controlled subsidiary of the Bank in the United States, has a paid-up capital of USD309 million, in which the +Bank holds an 80% stake. Holding a full-functional commercial banking license registered in the UFIQAC, ICBC (USA) is a +member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, providing corporate and retail banking services such as deposit, loan, +settlement and remittance, trade finance, cross-border settlement, cash management, E-banking and bank card services. At +the end of 2016, ICBC (USA) recorded total assets of USD2,229 million and net assets of USD321 million. It generated a net +profit of USD7.03 million during the year. +ICBC (Canada) is a subsidiary of the Bank in Canada with a paid-up capital of CAD158.00 million, in which the Bank holds +an 80% stake. Holding a full-functional commercial banking license, ICBC (Canada) is the RMB clearing bank in North +America and provides various corporate and retail banking services such as deposit, loan, settlement, remittance, trade +finance, foreign exchange trading, funds clearing, cross-border RMB settlement, RMB currency notes, cash management, +E-banking, bank card and investment and financing information consulting service. At the end of 2016, ICBC (Canada) +recorded total assets of USD1,249 million and net assets of USD166 million. It generated a net profit of USD12.57 million +during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (USA) NA +BANK ICBC (JOINT STOCK COMPANY) +ICBC (Europe), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, was incorporated in Luxembourg with a paid-up capital of EUR437 +million. Paris Branch, Amsterdam Branch, Brussels Branch, Milan Branch, Madrid Branch and Warsaw Branch are structured +under ICBC (Europe), which mainly offers corporate and retail banking services such as remittance, settlement, loan, trade +finance, treasury, investment banking, custody, franchise wealth management. At the end of 2016, ICBC (Europe) recorded +total assets of USD7,760 million and net assets of USD630 million. It generated a net profit of USD34.41 million during the +year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (EUROPE) S.A. +ICBC (London), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, was incorporated in the United Kingdom with a paid-up capital of +USD200 million, It provides banking services such as deposit and exchange, loan, trade finance, international settlement, +funds clearing, agency, foreign exchange trading and retail business. At the end of 2016, ICBC (London) recorded total +assets of USD2,723 million and net assets of USD378 million. It generated a net profit of USD20.59 million during the year. +ICBC (LONDON) PLC +ICBC (New Zealand), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank in New Zealand, has a paid-up capital of NZD145.46 million. +ICBC (New Zealand) provides corporate and personal banking services such as account management, transfer and +remittance, international settlement, trade finance, corporate credit, residential mortgages and credit card business. At the +end of 2016, ICBC (New Zealand) recorded total assets of USD628 million and net assets of USD98 million. It generated a +net profit of USD830 thousand during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (NEW ZEALAND) LIMITED +Bank ICBC (JSC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, was incorporated in Russia with a share capital of RUB2,310 +million. Saint Petersburg Branch, a tier-2 branch, is structured under it. It mainly provides a full spectrum of corporate +banking services including corporate and project loan, trade finance, deposit, settlement, securities brokerage, custody, +franchise treasury business and securities trading, foreign currency exchange, global cash management, investment banking +and corporate financial consulting, as well as personal banking services. Bank ICBC (JSC) is a RMB clearing bank in Russia +designated by PBC, a RUB clearing bank for RMB trading against RUB on China Foreign Exchange Trade System, important +market maker and RMB clearing bank for RMB trading against RUB on MICEX-RTS. At the end of 2016, Bank ICBC (JSC) +recorded total assets of USD821 million and net assets of USD95 million. It generated a net profit of USD22.52 million +during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (ARGENTINA) S.A. +ICBC (Argentina), a controlled subsidiary of the Bank in Argentina, has a share capital of ARS1,345 million, in which the +Bank holds an 80% stake. With the full-functional commercial banking license, ICBC (Argentina) provides a full range of +commercial banking services including deposit, loan and settlement. Its major businesses include working capital loan, +syndicated loan, structured financing, trade finance, personal loan, auto loan, spot/forward foreign exchange trading, +financial markets, cash management, investment banking, bond underwriting, asset custody, leasing, international +settlement, E-banking, credit card and asset management. At the end of 2016, ICBC (Argentina) recorded total assets of +USD4,876 million and net assets of USD596 million. It generated a net profit of USD183 million during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (BRASIL) S.A. +2 +ICBC Leasing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, has a paid-up capital of RMB11.0 billion. It mainly engages in financial +leasing of large-scale equipment in key fields such as aviation, shipping, energy and power, rail transit and equipment +manufacturing and provides a variety of financial and industrial services including retail assignment, investment funds, +securitization of investment assets, assets transactions and management. It has become a financial leasing company with the +strongest comprehensive strength in China. At the end of 2016, ICBC Leasing recorded total assets of RMB300.6 billion and +net assets of RMB26.2 billion. It generated a net profit of RMB3.42 billion during the year. +ICBC FINANCIAL LEASING CO., LTD. +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management, a subsidiary of the Bank, has a paid-up capital of RMB200 million, in which the Bank +holds an 80% stake. It mainly engages in fund placement, fund distribution, asset management and such other businesses +as approved by CSRC, and owns many business qualifications including public fund, QDII, enterprise annuity, specific asset +management, domestic and overseas investment manager of social security fund, RQFII, insurance asset management, +special asset management, occupational annuity, manager of basic pension insurance investment. It is one of the fund +companies with "full-qualification" in the industry. ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management (International) and ICBC Credit +Suisse Investment are structured under ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management. At the end of 2016, ICBC Credit Suisse Asset +Management managed a total of 99 public funds and nearly 600 enterprise annuity accounts and special accounts as well as +special portfolios, with the assets under management amounting to RMB1.13 trillion, and recorded total assets of RMB5,754 +million and net assets of RMB4,471 million. It generated a net profit of RMB1,641 million during the year. +ICBC CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. +◆ Major Domestic Subsidiaries +ICBC Standard Bank, a subsidiary of the Bank in the United Kingdom, has an issued share capital of USD1,083 million, +in which the Bank holds a 60% stake directly. ICBC Standard Bank mainly provides global commodity trading businesses +covering base metals, precious metals, bulk commodities and energy and global financial markets services such as exchange +rate, interest rate, unsecured products and equities. With its headquarters in London as the major business entity, ICBC +Standard Bank has ICBC Standard Resources (China) Ltd., ICBC Standard NY Holdings Inc., ICBC Standard Securities Inc. and +ICBC Standard Resources (America) Inc., as well as four branches in Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Dubai, and Shanghai +Representative Office under it. At the end of 2016, ICBC Standard Bank recorded total assets of USD20,187 million and net +assets of USD957 million. +ICBC STANDARD BANK PLC +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +46 +ICBC (Turkey), the first Chinese commercial bank in Turkey, has a share capital of TRY420 million in which the Bank holds a +92.8169% stake. It holds commercial banking, investment banking and asset management licenses, and provides corporate +customers with a basket of local and foreign currency-denominated financial services including RMB deposit, project loan, +syndicated loan, trade finance, small and medium-sized enterprise loan, investment and financing advisory, securities +brokerage and asset management, and renders personal customers with versatile local and foreign currency-denominated +financial services such as RMB deposit, remittance, personal consumption loan, residential mortgages, credit card and +E-banking. At the end of 2016, ICBC (Turkey) recorded total assets of USD2,344 million and net assets of USD172 million. It +generated a net profit of USD5.48 million during the year. +ICBC TURKEY BANK ANONIM ŞIRKETI +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA MEXICO S.A. +ICBC (Peru), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank in Peru, has a paid-up capital of USD50.00 million. Holding a full- +functional commercial banking license, ICBC (Peru) offers corporate deposit, loan, financial leasing, international settlement, +trade finance, foreign exchange trading, offshore finance, E-banking and other services. At the end of 2016, ICBC (Peru) +recorded total assets of USD122 million and net assets of USD28 million. +ICBC PERU BANK +ICBC (Brasil), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank in Brazil, has a paid-up capital of BRL202 million. ICBC (Brasil) offers +commercial banking and investment banking services such as deposit, loan, trade finance, international settlement, fund +transaction, franchise wealth management and financial advisory. At the end of 2016, ICBC (Brasil) recorded total assets of +USD215 million and net assets of USD66 million. It generated a net profit of USD1.63 million during the year. +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC (Thai) (Thailand). +ICBC +ICBC (Almaty), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, was incorporated in Kazakhstan with a share capital of KZT8,933 +million. It principally engages in commercial banking services such as deposit, loan, international settlement and trade +finance, foreign currency exchange, guarantee, account management, internet banking and bank card service. At the end +of 2016, ICBC (Almaty) recorded total assets of USD155 million and net assets of USD51 million. It generated a net profit of +USD7.25 million during the year. +1 +(New Zealand)-- +.9 +(Hong Kong, China). +African Representative Office +(South Africa)- +ICBC (New Zealand) +ICBC International +1 +(South Africa) +Sydney Branch (Australia) -- +2 +(Hong Kong, China). +Investments in Standard Bank +1 +ICBC (Almaty) (Kazakhstan) +Hong Kong Branch +4 +ICBC (Macau) (Macau, China) -- 24 +Europe +Annual Report 2016 +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (ALMATY) JOINT STOCK COMPANY +ICBC (Thai), a subsidiary of the Bank in Thailand, has a share capital of THB20,132 million, in which the Bank holds a +97.86% stake. ICBC (Thai) holds a comprehensive banking license and provides various services including deposit, loan, trade +finance, remittance, settlement, leasing and consulting. At the end of 2016, ICBC (Thai) recorded total assets of USD5, 196 +million and net assets of USD735 million. It generated a net profit of USD41.05 million during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (THAI) PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED +ICBC (Indonesia) is a full-licensed commercial banking subsidiary of the Bank registered in Indonesia, with a paid-up capital +of IDR2.69 trillion, in which ICBC holds a 98.61% stake. ICBC (Indonesia) mainly specializes in financial services such as +deposit, loan, trade finance, settlement, agency services, interbank borrowing and lending and foreign exchange. At the end +of 2016, ICBC (Indonesia) recorded total assets of USD3,535 million and net assets of USD333 million. It generated a net +profit of USD41.44 million during the year. +PT. BANK ICBC INDONESIA +ICBC (Malaysia) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank established in Malaysia. With a paid-up capital of MYR833 million, +it is able to provide a full range of commercial banking services. At the end of 2016, ICBC (Malaysia) recorded total assets of +USD906 million and net assets of USD212 million. It generated a net profit of USD7.5 million during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (MALAYSIA) BERHAD +ICBC (Macau) is the largest local legal banking entity in Macau. It has a share capital of MOP589 million, in which the Bank +holds an 89.33% stake. ICBC (Macau) mainly engages in comprehensive commercial banking services such as deposit, loan, +trade finance and international settlement. At the end of 2016, ICBC (Macau) recorded total assets of USD26,200 million +and net assets of USD2,339 million. It generated a net profit of USD282 million during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (MACAU) LIMITED +ICBC International, a licensed investment bank in Hong Kong that is wholly owned by the Bank, has a paid-up capital of +HKD4,882 million. It mainly renders a variety of investment banking services, including investment banking, investment +management, sales transaction and asset management. At the end of 2016, ICBC International recorded total assets of +USD4,672 million and net assets of USD966 million. It generated a net profit of USD79 million during the year. +ICBC INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED +ICBC (Asia) is a wholly owned Hong Kong registered bank by the Bank, and has an issued share capital of HKD36,379 +million. It provides comprehensive commercial banking services and the major businesses include commercial credit, trade +finance, investment service, retail banking, E-banking, custody, credit card, receiving bank services for IPOs and dividend +distribution. At the end of 2016, ICBC (Asia) recorded total assets of USD103,087 million and net assets of USD10,818 +million. It generated a net profit of USD954 million during the year respectively. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (ASIA) LIMITED +♦ Overseas Subsidiaries +Controlled Subsidiaries and Major Equity Participating Company +Discussion and Analysis +43 +44 +Madrid Branch (Spain)- +ICBC Leasing worked faster to secure professional, differentiated, featured and international development, and strove +to shift from growth in size to that in quality and benefits. +Warsaw Branch (Poland). +STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMITED +Standard Bank is the largest commercial bank in Africa. Its scope of business covers commercial banking, investment +banking, life insurance business and other areas. The Bank holds 20.08% ordinary shares of Standard Bank, and the two +banks engage in cooperative and communication activities frequently. In 2016, in line with the spirit of cooperation for +mutual beneficial and win-win outcomes, the Bank and Standard Bank continued their positive cooperation in a slew of +areas including corporate banking, investment banking, financial market business, international clearing and settlement +and information technology. The two sides also concluded the Main Framework Agreement on Cooperation in Respect of +the Staff Exchange Program, giving a new boost to the bilateral strategic cooperation. At the end of 2016, Standard Bank +recorded total assets of ZAR1,954,290 million and net assets of ZAR179,359 million. It generated a net profit of ZAR22,206 +million during the year. +Annual Report 2016 +47 +Discussion and Analysis +IT-based Banking Development +The Bank continued to enhance the production and operation service system. Under the new architecture of "three +centers in two cities" which was already in normal operation, the Bank launched an 84-day local operation takeover, +completed local switch at peak hours during the day for the first time and kept the impact of switch and switchback on +business operations within one minute, promoted the intelligent monitoring platform to improve business operation level +and continued to enhance disaster recovery technologies and business continuity management system, thus remarkably +enhancing the information systems' continued operation capacity. +The Bank continued to perfect the customer information security protection system and stepped up its efforts to popularize +network security awareness. Services such as one Type I account for each customer, delayed crediting of transfer via ATM +and control over the amount and sum of transfers were launched successfully. The Bank launched diversified financial +services for Type II & III accounts through mobile banking and established a long-effective mechanism to prevent telecom +frauds. The Bank released Rong'an e Messenger the first risk information service product in the banking sector. The Bank +also established a security monitoring and handling platform to enhance the sensitivity to internal and external threats. +The Bank actively pushed forward innovative services that cover all customers, all channels and all products. It participated in +the establishment of the bill trading platform, supported the Bill Exchange to open for business, and improved the efficiency +of bill trading. The Bank successfully completed the "replacement of business tax with VAT". A series of fresh products +such as loan for discharging mortgages, online unsecured loan of corporate customers, paper natural gas and paper crude +oil were made debut. The Bank continued to push forward the development of systems for internationalized and diversified +operations and successfully launched such systems in ICBC (Mexico), Zurich Branch and Prague Branch. The Bank improved +ICBC Quick Remittance and realized cross-border direct remittance with Standard Bank of South Africa. It also continued to +optimize the new-generation core insurance business system for individuals and the insurance asset management system of +ICBC-AXA. +In 2016, the Bank obtained 52 patents from the State Intellectual Property Office, and the total number of patents owned +by the Bank increased to 456. The Bank had eight scientific and technological achievements that won the Technological +Development Award of PBC, of which, the "three centers in two cities" project won the outstanding award as the only +project to be so honored in the 2016 Technological Development Award. The Bank became the only commercial bank rated +2A by the information technology supervision of CBRC for three consecutive years. +Human Resources Management +Majority Equity Participation Company +In line with the strategic needs of bank-wide information-based, internationalized and diversified development, the Bank +carried forward innovation in concepts, methodology, system and mechanism of the Group's human resources management. +It continued to strengthen the talent team building, broadened the career growth of employees, optimized staffing, +improved management over organizations and institutions, pressed forward with innovation in organizational models and +reinforced the incentives and restrictive roles of remuneration. The increasingly higher efficiency and effectiveness of human +resources management offered solid organizational guarantee and talent support for the reform and development of the +Bank. +The Bank continually promoted its corporate culture building. It carried out in-depth culture building activities, including the +Ten Advanced Units Selection of "ICBC Cohesion" Corporate Culture Building, and the showcase of "Further Prospering +ICBC through Five Years' Cultural Building and Pooling Our Force in Accomplishing Ten Events". The Bank also intensified +the sub-culture building by publishing the compliance culture concepts of "Compliance principle, All accountable, Risk +controllable, Efficiency sustainable" and the "Customer-centric, Satisfactorily served, Employee-based and Consistently +honest" service cultural concepts and carrying forward the transmission and instilling of integrity culture. What's more, the +Bank established a diversified and three-dimensional cultural transmission system by opening WeChat official account, ICBC +Link service account, and capitalizing on external platforms, in an effort to enhance cultural communication with external +parties and cultural display. +48 +ICBC +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management seized the opportunities from the policies and the market, further improved +its functions as an all-round asset management platform, and kept enriching its products. The assets under its +management exceeded RMB1 trillion. +1 +4 ++ +◆ Diversified Operation +As at the end of 2016, total assets of overseas institutions (including overseas branches, subsidiaries and investments +in Standard Bank) of the Bank were USD306,450 million, an increase of USD26,620 million or 9.5% from the end of +the previous year, and they accounted for 8.8% of the Group's total assets. Total loans amounted to USD175,871 +million, rising by USD31,811 million or 22.1%, and total deposits were USD97,223 million, increasing by USD10,465 +million or 12.1%. Profit before tax during the reporting period was USD3,247 million, increasing by 2.6% compared +with the previous year and representing 6.2% of the Group's profit before tax. +4 +In line with the reform and development strategy and the new requirements on transformation and upgrading, the Bank +advanced the establishment of the six systems for "ICBC College", conduced innovative training in all respects and ushered +into new areas of education and training. By combining training with practice, the Bank realized coordinated planning and +systemic advancement in training professionals. It reinforced the Party school training and highlighted the advantages of +research-based learning. Besides, the Bank sharpened its ability in cross-cultural management, cross-border operation and +local operation of overseas personnel, and set up a training system for overseas employees. It created a pragmatic and +efficient mobile learning system, and intensified the timely transmission of business strategies and products. It implemented +the optimization project of professional qualification certification and linked the certification with the business authorization +and appointment of employees on all fronts. In 2016, the Bank organized 51 thousand sessions of training for 5.09 million +employees, averaged to approximately 9.63 days of training per employee. +Note: (1) The assets represent the balance of the Bank's investment in Standard Bank and the profit before tax represents the Bank's gain +on investment recognized by the Bank during the reporting period. +ICBC-AXA, a subsidiary of the Bank, has a paid-up capital of RMB8,705 million, in which the Bank holds a 60% stake. It +engages in a variety of insurance businesses such as life insurance, health insurance and accident insurance, and re-insurance +of these businesses, businesses in which use of insurance capital is permitted by laws and regulations of the State, and other +businesses approved by CIRC. At the end of 2016, ICBC-AXA recorded total assets of RMB104.85 billion and net assets of +RMB8,926 million. It generated a net profit of RMB503 million during the year. +ICBC-AXA made more efforts to realize installment-based payment transformation. Its high-speed growth in premium +income fueled the increase of investment assets and the investment income was improved significantly. +4 +The network of tier-2 institutions was expanded in the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia and Australia, and the regional +service capability was remarkably enhanced. +Bank ICBC (JSC) in Moscow was authorized by PBC as the RMB clearing bank, which is the seventh overseas RMB +clearing bank of the Bank in the global market. This further improved the around-the-clock RMB clearing network of +the Bank and further expanded the service coverage. +The Bank provided a full range of cross-border financial services for RMB asset allocation by overseas sovereign +institution customers, and has gradually become the first choice for overseas sovereign institutions to access the +Chinese market. It has aslo launched "ICBC Integrated Financial Solutions for Cross-border E-commerce", building a +distinctive cross-border e-commerce brand. In 2016, the Bank's cross-border RMB business volume reached RMB3.89 +trillion. +As at the end of 2016, the Bank established 412 institutions in 42 countries and regions and indirectly covered +20 African countries as a shareholder of Standard Bank Group. The Bank also established correspondent banking +relationships with 1,507 overseas banking institutions in 143 countries and regions, making its service network +covering six continents and important international financial centers around the world. The Bank maintained 127 +institutions in 18 countries and regions along the "Belt and Road". +Annual Report 2016 +41 +Discussion and Analysis +MAJOR INDICATORS FOR OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS +Assets +ICBC-AXA ASSURANCE CO., LTD. +Profit before tax +(in USD millions) +At the end At the end +Number of institutions +At the end At the end +Item +of 2016 +of 2015 +2016 +2015 +Hong Kong and Macau +(in USD millions) ++ +404 +3,166 +78 +80 +58 +140 +56,089 +58,317 +Europe +84 +87 +783 +America +567 +69,935 +Macau) +(except Hong Kong and +Asia-Pacific Region +107 +of 2015 +108 +of 2016 +1,543 +1,646 +67,323 +412 +64,723 +582 +346 +312 +3,247 +3,295 +279,830 +3,771 +306,450 +Total +Investment in Standard +Bank(1) +404 +412 +2,820 +2,935 +55,853 +276,535 +Subtotal +(38,718) +(49,741) +Eliminations +1 +1 +African Representative Office +134 +136 +436 +302,679 ++ +159,445 +The Bank steadily advanced global network layout channel building, and extended the presence network of overseas +institutions. Overseas institutions further improved their capabilities for localized operation and sustainable development. A +slew of global key product lines involving investment banking, cash management, financial markets, asset management and +asset custody were developed in depth and breadth in a bid to sharpen competitive edges and influence on the international +market. Leveraging on the investment and financing product lines such as global financing, investment banking and +financial leasing, the Bank served the "Belt and Road" initiative and the cooperation in international production capacity +and supported the "Going Global" drive of Chinese-funded enterprises. Comprehensive subsidiaries delivered stronger profit +contributions and strategic synergies to the Group. ++ +ICBC Mobile +Discussion and Analysis ++ ++ +♦ Internationalized Operation +39 +In respect of standardized small loan service with symmetrical information, the Bank utilized the internet and big data +for risk control modeling, improved the products and processes, and realized self-service online operation, automatic +business processing and accurate risk monitoring, which enhanced the customer experience. +To facilitate the business handling of corporate customers, the Bank premiered a number of services including online +unsecured loans for corporate customers, financing pledged with the assets in the online bill pool and online issuing of +acceptance drafts under E-banking. ++ +Annual Report 2016 +Payment +The Bank improved the functions of its payment products, enriched application scenarios, made debut QR payment +and promoted one-key payment. Thanks to these efforts, the number of "ICBC e-Payment" customers went beyond +100 million. +The Bank diversified the service items under "ICBC e-Bill Payment" for the convenience of the public such as water, +electricity and gas bills and also other characteristic items such as traffic fines, ETC top-up. The Bank supported bill +payment of non-ICBC customers at the mobile end, and handed out red pockets online to attract new users. +The Bank was the first bank to conduct Apple Pay online business, and released the mobile payment products such as +Samsung Pay, Huawei Pay and Mi Pay. +ICBC International, a licensed investment bank of the Group, accelerated its transformation and development, put +equal emphasis on traditional investment banking business, asset management and investment business, thereby +steadily enhancing its sustainability. +ICBC +42 +DISTRIBUTION MAP OF OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS +呂® +The campaign of "the daily interest of each RMB 10,000 loan is just RMB1" earned the Bank a good reputation for its +high limit, favorable price and quick disbursement. ++ +The brand, functions and services of ICBC Mobile were wholly upgraded to make it more open, intelligent and +individualized. +The Bank pressed forward with product innovation, conducted R&D of products to improve user experience, and rolled +out new functions such as withdrawing money by scanning QR code, registering for hospital for friends and relatives +and remitting money to foreign banks. +Discussion and Analysis +Channel Development and Service Enhancement +Channel Development +◆ The Bank promoted layout optimization of offline channels and transformation of business models. ++ ++ +The Bank controlled the total number of physical outlets, optimized outlet layout, and used light outlets as an effective +way of making presence in emerging and blank areas. It established and enhanced outlet renovation standards, +strengthened the internal layout planning of outlets and further improved the operation efficiency and marketing +service capacity of outlets. +The Bank merged the public processing procedures of multiple transactions, realized information sharing and solved +the problems that the customers had to complete multiple forms, sign their names many times and enter passwords +again and again. +The Bank promoted the intelligent outlet services and enhanced the functions of intelligent services. It launched +services such as application for credit card, change of mobile phone number and exemption of annual fee. +The Bank analyzed the operation of self-service channels and customer data, enhanced the operation efficiency of +self-service channels and strengthened the functional complementation and coordinated development with physical +outlets. +At the end of 2016, the Bank had 16,429 physical outlets and 29,385 self-service banks. The number of ATMs was +100,083 and their transaction volume reached RMB13,265.7 billion. +◆ The Bank accelerated the strategic layout and functional +improvement of online channels. ++ +The open-ended personal internet banking was rolled out with +optimized pages and transaction procedures so that even non- +ICBC customers can also have access to the Bank's financial services +online. +The intelligent robot "ICBC Intellectual" was made available via SMS, +WeChat, online customer service and ICBC Link to realize intelligent +interaction with customers and offer intelligent suggestions. +The E-banking transaction amount hit RMB599 trillion; the number +of E-banking transactions accounted for 92.0% of total transactions +of the Bank, rising by 1.8 percentage points from the last year. +Proportion of E-banking Business +In 2016, the number of ICBC Mobile customers surpassed 250 million. +% +The Bank actively carried out various socialized marketing campaigns by utilizing live broadcasting video and other new +platforms. +Discussion and Analysis +Internet Financing +Institution +(country/region) +86.0 +2014 +92.0 +90.2 +2015 +2016 +Service Enhancement ++ +The Bank optimized outlet service experience. It solicited comments +2013 +Note: The proportion of E-banking business refers to the number of +E-banking transactions against the total number of transactions +of the Bank. +The service culture system was put in place. The Bank managed to shorten the customers' waiting time, diversify the +products and improve the services and employees' attitude. The Bank created a brand with the unique features of +ICBC's service culture becoming an important part of the corporate culture. +The Bank integrated the competitive edge of payment, loan and other key product lines and set up an efficient team +based on the integration of technology and business. It utilized participation of user experience staff over the internet +and set up the UI design team to enhance user experience. +ICBC +40 +Discussion and Analysis +Consumer Protection +The Bank enhanced the consumer protection policy framework, refined the working mechanisms and established +supporting regulations, enabling the consumer protection work to be more systemized, standardized and +institutionalized. The Bank attached importance to the integrated management of a full-process consumer protection, +constantly strengthened consumer protection, enhanced financial products and services from the perspective of +consumer protection, and promoted coordinated development of business operation and consumer protection and +created a more harmonious market environment for financial consumers. +The Bank fulfilled its duty for handling of consumer complaints, efficiently and properly solved consumer +appeals, enhanced consumer experience by management and prevention in early stage and constantly improved +standardization of service charge management. The Bank further expanded promotion channels to consumers, +launched targeted financial knowledge propagandas in a routine and centralized manner for constantly enhancing the +consumers' awareness of financial risks and ability to identify frauds. +Internationalized and Diversified Operation +and suggestions from customers across multiple channels and launched special campaigns to enhance the services. +Customer experience indices covering multiple areas such as calibration, satisfaction and standardization were +developed to precisely assess the service quality. +80.2 ++ +ICBC (Europe) (Luxembourg)-----1 +1 +ICBC Standard (UK)---- +10 +Number of +Paris Branch (France)· +1 +London Branch (UK) +Investment and Wealth Management +The Bank improved the investment and trading system for individual investors. ICBC e-Investment covers a variety of +products such as paper precious metals, paper crude oil and Gold Accumulation. Paper natural gas, paper base metals +and paper agricultural products were added into it. The investment and wealth management product line registered a +transaction amount of more than RMB500 billion in 2016. +Frankfurt Branch (Germany) - +1 +(Luxembourg) +Luxembourg Branch +institutions ++ +-----5 +179,518 +ICBC +52 +Non-performing corporate loans stood at RMB159,871 million, increasing by RMB24,615 million from the end of the +previous year, and the NPL ratio was 1.96%. This was mainly due to default of loan as some enterprises suffered from +the lack of funding, and trade enterprises and SMEs in traditional industries encountered operating difficulties in the face +of economic structural adjustment and industry transformation and upgrading. Non-performing personal loans stood at +RMB51,332 million, increasing by RMB7,594 million, and the NPL ratio was 1.22%, which was mainly due to the increase in +NPL amount of personal loans as a result of the decrease of operating income or the decrease of salaries of some borrowers. +1.50 +Discussion and Analysis +100.0 +Loss +Percentage +Loan +Item +NPLratio +Percentage +NPLratio +Percentage +At 31 December 2015 +At 31 December 2016 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Percentage +DISTRIBUTION OF CORPORATE LOANS AND NON-PERFORMING CORPORATE LOANS OF DOMESTIC BRANCHES BY +INDUSTRY +Special mention +NPLs +Substandard +Doubtful +11,933,466 +Total +At 31 December 2016 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2015 +Pass +1.62 +719,993 +100.0 +0.63 +60,512 +0.51 +19,862 +52,127 +14,201 +0.12 +13,056,846 +100.00 +11,933,466 +100.00 +Loan quality remained stable overall. As at the end of 2016, according to the five-category classification, pass loans +amounted to RMB12,261,034 million, representing an increase of RMB1,027,578 million when compared with the end +of the previous year and accounting for 93.91% of total loans. Special mention loans amounted to RMB584,011 million, +representing an increase of RMB63,519 million and accounted for 4.47% of the total. NPLs amounted to RMB211,801 +million, showing an increase of RMB32,283 million, and the NPL ratio was 1.62%. Under the new normal where economic +growth slows down, structural adjustment deepens and industrial transformation accelerates, some industries and +enterprises suffered capital chain tension which led to worsening solvency of some enterprises. Hence, the Bank faced +mounting pressure in controlling the credit asset quality. +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AND NPLS BY BUSINESS LINE +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2016 +82,505 +0.87 +104,805 +0.84 +Amount +(%) +12,261,034 +93.91 +Amount +11,233,456 +(%) +94.14 +At 31 December 2015 +584,011 +520,492 +4.36 +211,801 +1.62 +179,518 +1.50 +109,434 +4.47 +Item +Loan +Percentage +(%) +0.08 +522,052 +4.4 +524 +0.10 +Personal loans +4,196,169 +598 +32.1 +1.22 +3,541,862 +29.7 +43,738 +1.23 +Total +13,056,846 +51,332 +211,801 +5.5 +1.72 +NPL ratio +NPLs +(%) +Loan +Percentage +(%) +NPL ratio +NPLs +Discounted bills +(%) +8,140,684 +62.4 +159,871 +1.96 +7,869,552 +65.9 +135,256 +Corporate loans +0.15 +97,733 +1,296 +3.5 +11,796 +4.88 +254,497 +3.7 +8,566 +3.37 +Machinery +212,649 +3.1 +8,308 +241,712 +3.91 +3.4 +7,996 +3.39 +Metal processing +154,493 +2.2 +9,635 +6.24 +171,065 +2.5 +7,138 +235,873 +4.17 +Chemical industry +51,353 +(%) +NPLs +(%) +Loan +(%) +NPLs +(%) +Transportation, storage +and postal services +1,516,089 +21.8 +3.43 +3,022 +1,429,697 +20.7 +3,985 +0.28 +Manufacturing +1,414,408 +20.4 +60,639 +4.29 +1,496,241 +21.6 +0.20 +2.41 +Textiles and apparels +1.8 +Transportation +equipment +92,572 +1.3 +4,080 +4.41 +91,944 +1.3 +4,710 +5.12 +Non-metallic mineral +0.92 +65,051 +2,455 +3.77 +69,875 +1.0 +1,756 +2.51 +Petroleum processing, +coking and +nuclear fuel +53,706 +0.8 +0.9 +124,729 +1,043 +113,841 +7,201 +5.77 +140,369 +2.0 +6,644 +4.73 +Computer, +telecommunications +Item +equipment, and +other electronic +1.6 +equipment +1.7 +1,718 +1.45 +1.4 +1,064 +1.09 +Iron and steel +108,554 +1.6 +509 +0.47 +118,588 +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS BY FIVE-CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION +Transportation, storage and postal services +Transportation, storage and postal services +Credit Risk Analysis +1,610,680 +Pledged loans +21.1 +2,516,196 +24.8 +3,237,427 +Including: Residential mortgages +46.1 +(%) +Amount +5,499,003 +45.9 +5,986,629 +12.3 +Loans secured by mortgages +Amount +Item +Percentage +Percentage +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2015 +At 31 December 2016 +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS BY COLLATERAL +As at the end of 2016, the allowance for impairment losses on loans stood at RMB289,512 million, a year-on-year increase +of RMB8,858 million. Allowance to NPL was 136.69%; allowance to total loans was 2.22%. +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +54 +1,999 +289,512 +(%) +223,955 +1,505,144 +Including: Discounted bills +Over 3 years +1 to 3 years +3 months to 1 year +Less than 3 months +Overdue periods +OVERDUE LOANS +Loans secured by mortgages stood at RMB5,986,629 million, representing an increase of RMB487,626 million or 8.9% from +the end of the previous year. Pledged loans amounted to RMB1,610,680 million, representing an increase of RMB105,536 +million or 7.0% from the end of the previous year. Guaranteed loans amounted to RMB1,867,424 million, representing an +increase of RMB225,054 million or 13.7% from the end of the previous year. Unsecured loans amounted to RMB3,592,113 +million, representing an increase of RMB305,164 million or 9.3% from the end of the previous year. +100.0 +11,933,466 +100.0 +13,056,846 +Total +12.6 +27.5 +27.5 +3,592,113 +Unsecured loans +13.8 +1,642,370 +14.3 +1,867,424 +Guaranteed loans +4.4 +522,052 +5.5 +719,993 +3,286,949 +Total +65,557 +(5,135) +(74,144) +211,801 +100.0 +13,056,846 +0.56 +5,920 +8.8 +1,048,579 +0.60 +7,939 +10.2 +1,327,321 +Overseas and others +Total +1.62 +1.27 +5.6 +668,572 +1.64 +11,571 +5.4 +706,472 +Northeastern China +1.50 +32,472 +18.2 +2,171,273 +1.63 +8,518 +Balance at the end of the year +11,933,466 +179,518 +(8,145) +773 +1,226 +Recoveries of loans and advances previously written off +(65,999) +Write-offs +(5,135) +Accrued interest on impaired loans +(176,431) +(865) +(148,540) +(27,891) +Reversal of impairment allowances +86,138 +262,569 +100.0 +151,577 +Total +280,654 +229,155 +assessed +Collectively +Individually +assessed +51,499 +83,966 +110,992 +865 +Impairment allowances transferred +Including: Impairment allowances charged +Charge for the year +Balance at the beginning of the year +In RMB millions +CHANGES IN ALLOWANCE FOR IMPAIRMENT LOSSES ON LOANS +1.50 +2,172 +At 31 December 2016 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2015 +In 2016, the Bank focused on adopting steady and prudent interest rate risk appetite. It comprehensively utilized +interest rate limit system management, term structure management, internal and external pricing management, hedging +management and other instruments to effectively control the Group's interest rate risk, taking interest rate risk management +strategies and the business development conditions into consideration. +The Bank's interest rate risk management is aimed at maximizing the risk-adjusted net interest income within the tolerable +level of interest rate risk under its risk management and risk appetite. The Bank adheres to the prudence principle in interest +rate risk management of the banking book. The department in charge of interest rate risk management of the banking +book and business departments jointly monitor and forecast interest rate trends and manage the interest rate risk based on +monitoring results, so as to maximize the risk-adjusted income. +Interest rate risk is defined as the risk of loss in the overall gain and economic value of the banking book arising from +adverse movements in interest rate and term structure, etc. Interest rate risks mainly include repricing risk, yield curve risk, +benchmark rate risk and option risk, of which, repricing risk and benchmark rate risk are the Bank's primary interest rate +risks. +♦ Interest Rate Risk Management +Market Risk Management of the Banking Book +In order to take more effective market risk management measures and accurately measure regulatory capital arising from +market risk, the Bank categorized all on- and off-balance sheet assets and liabilities into its trading book and banking book +according to the nature and characteristics of different books. The trading book includes tradable financial instruments and +commodity positions held by the Bank for the purposes of trading or hedging the risks of other items in the trading book, +whereas all other positions are included in the banking book. +Banking Book and Trading Book +In 2016, the Bank continued to strengthen consolidated management of market risk and persistently enhanced the +management and measurement of market risk at the Group's level. It further improved the Group's market risk management +rules and regulations, and implemented institution classified management and delicacy management of institutions. It +strengthened management of the Group's market risk limit, optimized limit management plan and strengthened limit +monitoring and analysis. It pushed forward the overseas expansion of the Global Market Risk Management (GMRM) system +and pressed ahead with the core application of the system in risk measurement, limit monitoring and stress testing. +The Bank strictly complies with the Guidelines on Market Risk Management of Commercial Banks issued by CBRC and +other related regulatory requirements, implemented an independent, centralized and coordinated market risk management +model, and formed a management organizational structure featuring the segregation of the front office, the middle office +and the back office in the financial market business. The Board of Directors assumes the ultimate responsibility for the +implementation and monitoring of market risk management. The Senior Management is responsible for executing the +strategies, overall policy and system regarding market risk management approved by the Board of Directors. The Market +Risk Management Committee of the Senior Management is the reviewing and decision-making organ of the Bank in +respect of market risk management, and is responsible for reviewing important matters of market risk management, and +performs its duty in accordance with the Working Regulations for the Market Risk Management Committee. The market +risk management departments at different levels are responsible for coordinating the market risk management at respective +levels, and the business departments play their roles in implementing market risk management policies and standards in +respective business areas. +Market risk management is the process of identifying, measuring, monitoring, controlling and reporting market risk for +the purposes of setting up and enhancing the market risk management system, specifying responsibilities and process, +determining and standardizing the measurement approaches, limit management indicators and market risk reports, +controlling and mitigating market risk and improving the level of market risk management. The objective of market risk +management is to control market risk exposures within a tolerable level and maximize risk-adjusted return according to the +Bank's risk appetite. +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +Annual Report 2016 +56 +Market Risk +In 2016, the Bank continued to reinforce the risk management of financial asset service business. It continuously improved +the basic management system for financial asset service business and optimize the management system regarding innovative +products, upgraded the differentiating risk management system of agency investment and took the initiative to strengthen +the credit risk management of non-standardized creditor's rights business, expanded the scope of investment products and +built a differentiated management system in line with characteristics of market risk focusing on factors such as growth of +underlying value for investment, bettered functions of the financial asset service business management system, enhanced the +coverage and data quality of the non-standardized business system and elevated system management level. +The sources of the Bank's risks in financial asset service business are mainly the credit risk of financing customers, +management risk of partner institutions and market risk of price fluctuation of underlying assets. The Bank, as the service +supplier, is entrusted by investors to manage their wealth and does not bear investment risk of investors. The Bank took +more active risk management measures to provide better and more efficient financial asset services, including managing +access according to different business natures and risk management requirements of financial asset services, and performing +access approval process in terms of investment customers, financing customers, partner institutions, new businesses, new +products and domestic and overseas affiliates of financial asset service businesses according to applicable access standards, +incorporating business authorization into unified authorization management of the Bank, and establishing a risk limit +management system. +Risk Management of Financial Asset Service Business +2.2 +283,629 +0.1 +16,300 +0.1 +16,329 +0.1 +16,470 +Market risk is defined as the risk of loss to the Bank's on- and off-balance sheet activities caused by adverse movements in +market rates (including interest rates, exchange rates, and stock price and commodity prices). The Bank is primarily exposed +to interest rate risk and currency risk (including gold). +0.1 +57 +◆ Currency Risk Management +ICBC +58 +In 2016, the Bank closely watched the changes in external market and internal funds, actively took a combination of +management measures such as price leverage to adjust and optimize the aggregate amount and structure of foreign +exchange assets and liabilities, and strengthened assets and liabilities currency structure management and capital fund +preservation management of overseas institutions. The currency risk of the Bank was under control. +◆ Currency Risk Analysis +For interest rate sensitivity analysis, please refer to "Note 54. (c)(ii) to the Financial Statements: Interest Rate Risk”. +Note: Please refer to "Note 54.(c)(ii) to the Financial Statements: Interest Rate Risk". +1,119,599 +1,531,435 +Over 5 years +1 to 5 years +487,380 +399,606 +3 months to +1 year +1,156,751 +1,588,520 +(1,577,446) +(1,481,484) +Discussion and Analysis +3 months +In RMB millions +At 31 December 2015 +At 31 December 2016 +INTEREST RATE RISK EXPOSURE +As at the end of 2016, the Bank had a negative cumulative interest rate sensitivity exposure within one year of RMB420,695 +million, representing a decrease of RMB527,731 million from the end of the previous year, mainly caused by the decrease of +bond investment and due from banks and other financial institutions repriced or matured within one year and the increase +of due to customers. Cumulative interest rate sensitivity positive exposure over one year stood at RMB2,018,815 million, +representing an increase of RMB499,610 million, mainly due to the increase in bond investment matured over one year. +In 2016, by proactively responding to interest rate liberalization, the Bank reasonably examined and studied the trend of +macroeconomics and market interest rate trends, and moderately guided the term structure of assets and liabilities. Properly +grasping the term structure of interest rates, it effectively controlled the duration gap of assets and liabilities and interest +rate sensitivity gap to ensure the realization of interest rate risk management objectives. +♦ Interest Rate Risk Analysis +Market Risk Analysis +The Bank continued to improve risk measurement and product control of the trading book by adopting multiple methods +including Value at Risk (VAR), sensitivity analysis and exposure analysis to measure and manage products in the trading +book. The Bank also optimized the market risk limit management system based on trading portfolios, improved the three- +tier limit approval mechanism consisting of the Board of Directors, the Market Risk Management Committee and business +departments. In addition, it optimized limit setting in a scientific manner and realized fast and flexible limit monitoring and +dynamic adjustment relying on the Global Market Risk Management (GMRM) system. For VaR of the trading book of the +Bank, please refer to "Note 54. (c)(i) to the Financial Statements: Value at Risk (VaR)". +Market Risk Management of the Trading Book +The Bank's objective of currency risk management is to control the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on the Bank's +financial position and shareholders' equity within a tolerable extent. The Bank mitigates such risk principally by limit +management and hedging of risks. The Bank carries out sensitivity analysis and stress test of currency risk on a quarterly +basis, and submits currency risk reports to the Senior Management and the Market Risk Management Committee. +Currency risk is the risk of adverse movements of exchange rate resulting in losses on the foreign currency exposure, which +is due to the currency structure's mismatch between foreign currency assets and liabilities. +Less than +16,811 +0.1 +17,650 +Overdue loans stood at RMB346,127 million, representing an increase of RMB13,429 million from the end of the previous +year. Among which, loans overdue for over 3 months amounted to RMB 195,012 million, representing an increase of +RMB32,216 million. +Note: Loans and advances to customers are deemed overdue when either the principal or interest is overdue. For loans and advances to +customers repayable by installments, the total amount of loans is deemed overdue if part of the installments is overdue. +2.79 +332,698 +2.65 +346,127 +0.13 +15,205 +0.13 +17,546 +0.53 +62,783 +RENEGOTIATED LOANS +0.78 +0.71 +84,808 +0.58 +75,550 +% of total +loans +1.42 +169,902 +1.16 +151,115 +Amount +loans +Amount +% of total +101,916 +Renegotiated loans and advances amounted to RMB5,541 million, representing an increase of RMB984 million as compared +to the end of the previous year. Renegotiated loans and advances overdue for over three months amounted to RMB1,398 +million, representing a decrease of RMB172 million. +Annual Report 2016 +55 +Transportation, storage and postal services +Transportation, storage and postal services +Transportation, storage and postal services +Transportation, storage and postal services +Transportation, storage and postal services +Borrower G +Borrower H +Borrower I +Borrower J +Total +Borrower F +0.1 +18,600 +Information transmission, software and information technology services +Borrower E +0.2 +19,720 +Transportation, storage and postal services +Borrower D +0.3 +32,301 +Transportation, storage and postal services +0.3 +32,453 +0.8 +96,995 +At the end of 2016, the Bank's maximum exposure to credit risk, without taking into account any collateral and other credit +enhancements, was RMB26,237,544 million, showing an increase of RMB2,285,007 million when compared with the end +of the previous year. Please refer to "Note 54. (a)(i) to the Financial Statements: Details of the Bank's Maximum Exposure +to Credit Risk Without Taking Account of Any Collateral and Other Credit Enhancements". For mitigated risk exposures of +credit risk asset portfolio of the Bank, please refer to "Credit Risk" of the 2016 Capital Adequacy Ratio Report of Industrial +and Commercial Bank of China Limited. +Amount +Industry +Borrower +Borrower A +Borrower B +Borrower C +% of total +In RMB millions, except for percentages +The total amount of loans granted by the Bank to the single largest customer and top ten single customers accounted for +4.5% and 13.3% of the Bank's net capital respectively. The total amount of loans granted to the top ten single customers +was RMB283,629 million, accounting for 2.2% of total loans. The table below shows the details of the loans granted to the +top ten single borrowers of the Bank as at the end of 2016. +BORROWER CONCENTRATION +Discussion and Analysis +37,623 +17.7 +loans +Western China +9.5 +652,956 +0.67 +4,938 +10.7 +736,921 +commercial service +Leasing and +0.19 +1,494 +11.3 +780,370 +4,906 +0.06 +11.9 +820,692 +gas and water +electricity, heat, +Production and supply of +4.54 +12,196 +3.9 +268,917 +5.63 +13,641 +3.5 +501 +242,354 +0.75 +625,488 +6,293 +6.2 +427,306 +2.19 +9,367 +6.2 +426,999 +Real estate +0.06 +278 +6.7 +461,542 +Wholesale and retail +0.25 +7.5 +517,542 +management +and public utility +Water, environment +6.60 +48,522 +10.7 +734,994 +9.28 +58,029 +9.0 +1,302 +Others +0.46 +240 +◆ Credit Risk Management of Treasury Operations +The Bank improved credit-extension system for credit card. It utilized the way of thinking and data of the Internet into +building a multi-dimensional customer evaluation system, with special attention paid to precise credit extension of credit +card customers, and strictly implemented the differentiating dynamic management of credit-extension. The Bank conducted +active screening and investigation of potential risk customers, and reinforced the application of internal rating and scoring +approach in potential risk identification. It continuously improved centralized approval control functions of the personal +credit approval system, upgraded the functions of post-lending management system and improved the collection system. +Efforts were made to strengthen the asset quality monitoring and notification of credit card loans, so as to timely identify +potential risks and take differentiated control measures. Besides, the Bank actively carried out securitization of non- +performance assets relating to credit card, and further expanded disposal channels of non-performing assets. +◆ Credit Risk Management of Credit Card Business +The Bank improved its credit risk management system for personal loans, optimized review and approval process of personal +loan, strengthened specialized management of partner institutions which granted personal loans, and strictly prevent the +spreading of risk. It also strengthened the differentiated management of percentage area concerning personal residential +mortgages with an eye to changes in the real estate market. A differentiated interest rate pricing mechanism for regions, +projects and customers of personal residential mortgages was implemented and risk pricing capability of personal residential +mortgage business was enhanced. The Bank strengthened the access management of real estate enterprises, mortgage +projects, partner institutions and borrowers and stringently reviewed the authenticity of the down payment to prevent all +forms of false mortgage, zero down payment and false trading fraud risk. Moreover, the Bank strictly selected cooperative +projects of personal commercial housing loans, raised the down payment ratio of such loans, and strengthened phased +guarantee management. +◆ Credit Risk Management of Personal Loans +The Bank strengthened credit risk management of small enterprises. It continued to improve the development model of +financial business for small and micro enterprises, increased the number of small and micro enterprise banking centers and +enabled the small and micro enterprise banking to be more intensive and professional. It also established independent rating +and credit systems regarding small enterprises, strengthened associated credit line approval and access management of new +small enterprises. Moreover, the Bank reinforced the tracking of risk trend, enhanced risk screening on existing loans and +drew up risk mitigation and disposal plan for customers with potential risk. On the basis of effective risk control, the Bank +actively used the existing policy to solve the credit need of small and micro enterprise customers with normal operation, and +increased support to small and micro enterprises in real economy. +The Bank strengthened risk management in relation to trade finance. It refined the trade finance product management rules, +adjusted the structure of trade finance credit products and promoted the integration of trade finance and working capital +loans. It also strengthened risk screening over key products and key regions and fortified the risk management of off line +supply chain finance. +The Bank strengthened risk management of the real estate industry. It adjusted and refined the city-specific management +of real estate loans, and prudently granted new housing development loans to tier-3 and tier-4 cities with long de-stocking +period and high risks, strictly controlled loans to commercial housing development, and steadily advanced loan granting for +shantytown renovation as a part of the government's service procurement. +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +50 +The Bank focused on serving the real economy and the supply-side structural reform, constantly adjusted and improved +industrial credit policy in accordance with the macroeconomic policy, the prevailing trends of industrial policy and the +characteristics of the operation of the industry as well as the important strategic initiatives of the country. Conforming +to the industrial policy system of "18 segments + key sub-industries", the Bank strengthened the industrial investment +layout, highlighted strategies of key areas and quality customers. While supporting leading industrial enterprises and their +transformation and upgrading demands, it continuously improved and adjusted industrial credit structure, further stressed +the strategic functions of credit policy, and promoted the guidance, practicality and operability of industrial credit policy. +According to the national regional development strategic plan and the Bank's credit strategy orientation, the Bank supported +the three "supporting belts" development strategy the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration initiative, the Yangtze Economic +Belt initiative, and the "Belt and Road" initiative, and backed the development strategies for such regions as the Pearl River +Delta and the Northeastern China. It improved differentiating regional credit policies for business authorization, product +policy and access standards, intensified differentiating instructions for regional credit markets and prioritized the support to +key municipal branches to accelerate the expansion of urban functions and improve the field-leading credit markets. +The Bank's treasury operations are exposed to credit risk mainly as a result of bonds investment and trading, interbank +offering, bills with reverse repurchase agreements and RMB bonds borrowing. Credit risk management measures adopted +by the Bank in relation to treasury operations mainly comprised defining customers' entry criteria, controlling credit limit, +controlling investment limit (scale), strict margin management, rating management and controlling authorization limit for +single transactions. The Bank has set financing limits for each interbank offering and adopted the principle of management +for both credit and authorization. +The Bank continued to strengthen the formation of the credit rule framework and improve credit system. The Bank +intensified the implementation of uniform credit extension and standardized cross-regional credit business management. It +further standardized collateral management rules, reinforced guarantee and collateral management and elevated the access +requirements for eligible guarantee. It also clarified the key areas of review, strengthened the capability of substantial risk +mitigation of collateral, and put more efforts on preventing credit risk in guarantee services. +According to the regulatory requirement on loan risk classification, the Bank implemented five-category classification +management in relation to loan quality and classified loans into five categories: pass, special mention, substandard, doubtful +and loss, based on the possibility of collecting the principal and interest of loans. In order to implement sophisticated +management of credit asset quality and improve risk management, the Bank implemented the twelve-category internal +classification system for corporate loans. The Bank applied five-category classification management to personal credit assets +and ascertained the category of the loans based on the number of months for which the lender is in default, anticipated loss +rate, credit rating, collaterals and other quantitative and qualitative factors. +The Bank's credit risk management has the following characteristics: (1) standardized credit management processes are +implemented throughout the Bank; (2) the principles and processes of risk management focus on the entire process of credit +business, covering customer investigation, credit rating, loan evaluation, loan review and approval, loan payment and post- +lending monitoring; (3) special organization is set up to supervise the entire process of credit business; (4) the qualification +of the employees who are responsible for credit review and approval is strictly reviewed; and (5) a series of information +management systems are designed to reinforce monitoring on the risks. +The Bank strictly adheres to the guidance from CBRC regarding credit risk management and other regulatory requirements, +diligently fulfills established strategies and objectives under the leadership of the Board of Directors and the Senior +Management, and implements an independent, centralized and vertical credit risk management mode. The Board of +Directors assumes the ultimate responsibility for the effectiveness of the implementation and monitoring of credit risk +management. The Senior Management is responsible for executing the strategies, overall policy and system regarding credit +risk management approved by the Board of Directors. The Credit Risk Management Committee of the Senior Management +is the reviewing and decision-making organ of the Bank in respect of credit risk management, is responsible for reviewing +material and important affairs of credit risk management, and performs its duty in accordance with the Working Regulations +for the Credit Risk Management Committee. The credit risk management departments at different levels undertake the +responsibility of coordinating credit risk management at respective levels, and the business departments play their roles in +implementing credit risk management policies and standards in respective business areas. +The Bank is primarily exposed to credit risk. Credit risk is the risk that loss is caused to banking business when the borrower +or counterparty fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Bank's credit risks mainly originate from loans, treasury +operations (including due from banks, placements with banks, reverse repurchase agreements, corporate bonds and financial +bonds investment), receivables and off-balance sheet credit business (including guarantees, commitments and financial +derivatives trading). +Credit Risk Management +Credit Risk +Discussion and Analysis +At the level of Board +of Directors +At the level of Head Office +49 +Annual Report 2016 +2,313,507 +◆ Credit Risk Management of Corporate Loans +In 2016, the Bank continued to strengthen credit risk management of treasury operations. It further improved credit risk +monitoring and analysis mechanism for treasury operations, proactively upgraded the structure of bond investment portfolio +in line with current trends on domestic and international financial markets, continued to maintain investment in government +bonds and high-quality unsecured bonds, shorten the term of unsecured bonds and other investment as appropriate, +increase the R&D and investment in innovative products, and strive to mitigate the credit risk of bond investment portfolio. +Annual Report 2016 +51 +0.8 +RISK MANAGEMENT +Discussion and Analysis +Enterprise Risk Management System +Enterprise risk management is a process where the Board of Directors, the Senior Management and other employees of the +Bank perform their respective duties and responsibilities to take effective control of all the risks at various business levels +in order to provide reasonable guarantee to the achievement of objectives of the Bank. The principles of risk management +include matching return with risk, internal check and balance with consideration as to efficiency, risk diversification, +combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis, dynamic adaptability adjustments and gradual improvement, etc. +The Bank's organizational structure of risk management comprises the Board of Directors and its special committees, the +Senior Management and its special committees, the Risk Management Department, the Internal Audit Department, etc. The +risk management organizational structure is illustrated below: +Senior Executive +Vice Presidents +Board of Directors +President +Credit and Investment +Management Department +Internal Control & +Compliance Department +Risk Management Committee +of the Board of Directors +Risk Management +Committee +Asset & Liability +Management Committee +Chief Risk Officer +Operational Risk +Risk Management +Department +Market Risk +Asset & Liability +Management Department +Liquidity Risk +Management of Branches +Risk Management +Departments of Branches +Primary reporting line +Secondary reporting line. +Note: Substantial risks including country risk and reputational risk have been incorporated into the enterprise risk management system. +At the level of branches +In 2016, the Bank further improved the enterprise risk management system, continuously upgraded risk management +technologies and methods, enhanced the capacity of risk pre-judgment and dynamic control, so as to push the enterprise +risk management to a new level. It also promoted the implementation of the latest international and domestic regulatory +requirements, improved the basic policies for enterprise risk management and better managed related work of G-SIB. In +addition, the Bank strengthened consolidated risk management in the Group, intensified the management of risk limits for +non-banking subsidiaries, and organized the risk assessment of the subsidiaries. It advanced country risk management by +strengthened monitoring analysis, reporting and limit management, and enhanced sovereign risk control capability. The Bank +reinforced the management of the Group's market risk, strengthened the market risk management of overseas institutions +and continued perfecting its product control. It further implemented the advanced capital management approaches, and +continued to refine the measurement system concerning credit risk, market risk and operational risk and strengthen the +monitoring, improvement, validation and management application of the risk measurement system. +Discussion and Analysis +1.47 +Mining +Credit Risk +3.3 +2,283,391 +1.47 +35,325 +18.4 +2,409,725 +Yangtze River Delta +1.67 +9,053 +4.5 +541,087 +2.37 +13,758 +225,505 +4.5 +Head Office +(%) +NPLs +(%) +Loan +(%) +NPLs +(%) +Loan +Item +NPL ratio +At 31 December 2015 +Percentage +581,084 +NPL ratio +39,297 +Pearl River Delta +1.42 +23,707 +14.0 +1,668,136 +1.57 +28,575 +13.9 +1,819,143 +Central China +1.52 +30,605 +16.8 +1.72 +2,007,028 +41,097 +16.5 +2,156,022 +Bohai Rim +1.94 +29,946 +13.0 +1,545,400 +2.06 +35,913 +13.4 +1,743,572 +1.91 +Percentage +19.1 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +4,425 +1.96 +246,541 +3.6 +3,722 +1.51 +Construction +187,363 +2.7 +4,222 +2.25 +210,294 +3.0 +3,047 +1.45 +Science, education, +145,175 +2.25 +2,742 +1.8 +122,117 +Lodging and catering +0.46 +575 +1.8 +124,542 +0.55 +675 +1.8 +At 31 December 2016 +122,294 +culture and sanitation +2.38 +3,453 +2.1 +2.9 +2,456 +1.25 +191,430 +2.8 +1,967 +1.03 +Total +6,912,537 +197,119 +100.0 +2.20 +6,901,088 +100.0 +129,595 +1.88 +Annual Report 2016 +53 +Discussion and Analysis +In 2016, the Bank actively followed major national development strategies, and strove to satisfy the loan demand of +investment projects in national key areas. The Bank prioritized the service to the sub-industries in traditional sector which +satisfied the state policies and showed good prospect, and showed support to the leading industrial enterprises and their +transformation and upgrading, so as to continuously adjust the industrial credit structure. Loans to the transportation, +storage and postal services showed an increase of RMB86,392 million, which is an increase of 6.0%, and this was +mainly used to support high-quality national transportation infrastructure construction projects. Loans to the leasing and +commercial services also showed an increase of RMB83,965 million, which is an increase of 12.9%, and this was mainly due +to the rapid growth of loans to investment and asset management and other commercial services. As a result of support +for construction projects for infrastructure facilities, loans to water, environment and public utility management showed +an increase of RMB56,000 million, which is an increase of 12.1%. Loans to the production and supply of electricity, heat, +gas and water industry rose by RMB40,322 million, which is an increase of 5.2%, and this was mainly due the support to +meeting the demand of loan in urban infrastructure construction, public utilities construction and the clean energy sector. +The balance of NPLs of the wholesale and retail industry and the manufacturing industry had a relatively higher increase. The +increase of NPLs in wholesale and retail was mainly caused by growing loan default of some wholesale and retail enterprises +as a result of non-substantial improvement seen in the supply and demand structure of the trade market, the continued +downward trend of goods circulation, import and export trades, year-by-year decrease of the total retail sales of consumer +goods, and the impact of E-commerce platforms on the traditional retail industry. Increase in NPLs of the manufacturing +industry was largely attributable to loan default of some manufacturing enterprises encountering difficulties in operation and +lack of funding caused by over-supply in the industry and the lack of efficient market demand. +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AND NPLS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA +152,318 +Others +5,600 +1,001 +by financial institutions that are not subject to consolidation +4,236 +Valid portion of minority interests +63,398 +19,195 +Surplus provision for loan impairment +180,242 +154,861 +Valid portion of tier 2 capital instruments and related premium +5,600 +178,292 +Tier 2 capital +1,781,062 +1,954,770 +Net tier 1 capital +192 +419 +Valid portion of minority interests +79,375 +79,567 +13,600 +Significant minority investments in tier 2 capital instruments issued +Tier 2 capital deductions +244,641 +Net core tier 1 capital +Additional tier 1 capital instruments and related premium +781,853 +940,237 +246,356 +251,349 +178,040 +205,021 +151,963 +151,998 +3,164 +356,407 +1,713,160 +1,886,536 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December +2015 +2016 +Core tier 1 capital deductions +Others +Valid portion of minority interests +Retained profits +356,407 +4,340 +(21,640) +(5,799) +Additional tier 1 capital +1,701,495 +1,874,976 +13,600 +5,700 +5,700 +Investments in core tier 1 capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are under control but not subject to consolidation +(3,869) +(4,618) +that are not fair valued on the balance sheet +Cash flow hedge reserves that relate to the hedging of items +1,356 +1,477 +Other intangible assets other than land use rights +8,478 +9,001 +Goodwill +11,665 +11,560 +79,794 +79,375 +Net capital base +At +2,012,103 +23,813,992 +24,599,374 +25,309,554 +7.30% +7.57% +7.55% +Leverage ratio +7.54% +25,357,448 +off-balance sheet assets +Balance of adjusted on- and +Net tier 1 capital +1,781,062 +1,854,320 +1,847,634 +25,904,533 +7.48% +Note: Please refer to "Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information" for details on disclosed leverage ratio information. +Capital Financing Management +General reserve +68 +2017 is a critical year for China's implementation of the "13th Five-Year Plan" and the final year of the Bank's fourth +Three-Year Plan. The Bank will, based on the changes in external environment, adhere to strategic heritage, transformation +and innovation, and focus on stabilization of quality, adjustment of structure and pursuit of innovation, to ensure that +enhancement of quality and efficiency can be achieved in a sustainable manner. +The Bank will also face the following major challenges: First, potential financial risks will increase, with frequent occurrence +and intertwined evolution of primary, imported and cross-cutting risks, thus further testing banks' capabilities in risk +prevention and control and quality management. Second, the tightening capital constraints will not only impose pressure +on business development cost of banks, but also put forward higher requirements for building a capital intensive business +model. Third, the reform of interest rate liberalization will enter into a deepening period with the establishment of a market- +oriented interest rate formation and control mechanism, narrowing banks' interest spread. In response, banks must further +promote the optimization and adjustment of business structure, and speed up the construction of a new profit growth +pattern with a variety of supporting points and different sources of driving forces. Fourth, the development of FinTech will +change the traditional competitive landscape of banks, and promote banks to optimize operational quality and pattern and +rebuild their service models. +In 2017, global economy will maintain the overall trend of downturn, weakness, differentiation and turbulence. China's +economy will improve steadily at a slower pace. Driven by economic restructuring and upgrading as well as replacement of +old drivers of growth with new ones, the quality and efficiency of economic development is expected to improve steadily. +The Bank will embrace the following opportunities. First, the supply-side structural reform will stimulate the endogenous +driving force for China's economic growth, unleash market vitality and innovative power, and play a stronger role in +boosting economic development, thus creating a healthier, more efficient and more sustainable operating environment +for the banking sector. Second, the new urbanization, made in China 2025, consumption upgrade, "Internet plus" and +other major strategic projects will be deployed and implemented in an all-around manner, which will generate a huge +demand for financial services in different areas such as people's livelihood, new energy, new technology, Internet of things, +energy saving and environmental protection, culture and tourism, hence providing certain room for banks' credit layout +and business transformation. Third, the implementation of the government's cross-regional systematic projects including +the "Belt and Road" initiative, coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and Yangtze River Economic +Zone will produce a large number of high-quality investment opportunities, and create sizable demands for cross-regional +interconnected financial services, which will provide favorable business development opportunities for the banking sector. +Fourth, the new wave of technological revolution in the economic and financial fields has offered an opportunity for banks +to build online business channels, innovate the internet-based financial services and establish new business relationships with +customers, thus the consequent individualization and diversification of customer demand will bring enormous potentials for +financial innovation. +OUTLOOK +Discussion and Analysis +67 +Annual Report 2016 +In 2016, the Bank further improved its economic capital management in terms of measurement, allocation and assessment, +intensified the capital constraint mechanism, and strictly implemented the measures for quota management to enhance the +capital management efficiency and vigorously pushed forward operational management and business front-line application +of economic capital. The Bank constantly carried out the optimization of economic capital, collated and analyzed the +high occupation of capital, inefficient utilization of capital and waste of capital in all products, prepared the schemes for +optimization and enhancement, promoted and explored the capital-intensive development mode. The Bank further improved +its economic capital measurement policy and optimized its economic capital measurement standards and system. Moreover, +the Bank upgraded the economic capital measurement and appraisal policy of credit business and proactively facilitated the +adjustment of its credit structure. +Economic capital management of the Bank includes three major aspects: measurement, allocation and application. Economic +capital indicators include Economic Capital (EC), Risk-Adjusted Return on Capital (RAROC) and Economic Value-added +(EVA). All of the above are applied in credit resource allocation, quota management, performance assessment, expenditure +allocation, product pricing and customer management, etc. +Allocation and Management of Economic Capital +_ +For details on relevant fundraising activities, please refer to "Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of +Substantial Shareholders - Details of Securities Issuance and Listing". +The Bank proactively carried out external capital replenishment and constantly promoted the issuance of new capital +instruments on the basis of achieving capital replenishment by retained profits. The Board of Directors of the Bank convened +a meeting in March 2016 to review and approve the proposal on the new issuance of write-down eligible tier 2 capital +instruments up to RMB88.0 billion equivalent by the end of 2017. The same resolution was proposed and passed in the +Shareholders' General Meeting in June 2016. Please refer to the announcements published by the Bank on the websites of +SEHK and SSE. +1,919,729 +2,127,462 +31 December +2015 +2016 +(2) +Notes: (1) Please refer to "Note 54.(d) to the Financial Statements: Capital management". +15.22% +14.61% +13.48% +13.42% +Refers to risk-weighted assets after capital floor and adjustments. +Capital adequacy ratio +12.87% +12.87% +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +13,216,687 +14,564,617 +Risk-weighted assets (2) +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +66 +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis +2016 +30 June +30 September +At +At +At +In RMB millions, except for percentages +1,954,770 +2016 +31 December +At +Item +LEVERAGE RATIO +At the end of 2016, the leverage ratio which was calculated according to the Administrative Measures for Leverage Ratio of +Commercial Banks (Revised) promulgated by CBRC in 2015 was 7.55%, a slight increase of 0.07 percentage point from the +end of the previous year, meeting the regulatory requirement. +Please refer to the 2016 Capital Adequacy Ratio Report of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited issued by the +Bank for further information on capital measurement. +31 March +2016 +Surplus reserve +3,197,027 +Paid-in capital +At 31 December 2016 (10,391,326) +1 to 3 3 months to +months +1 year +Less than +1 month +demand +on +Overdue/ +repayable +In RMB millions +LIQUIDITY EXPOSURE ANALYSIS +At 31 December 2015 +The Bank also assessed the liquidity risk status by using liquidity exposure analysis. As at the end of 2016, the positive +liquidity exposure for the less than 1 month category decreased, which was mainly due to the decrease of due from and +placements with banks and other financial institutions and the increase of due to and placements from banks and other +financial institutions with corresponding term. The liquidity exposure for the 3 months to 1 year category turned from +positive to negative, mainly due to the decrease in investments in bonds with corresponding term, and loans and advances +to customers as well as the increase in customer deposits. The positive liquidity exposure for the 1 to 5 years and over 5 +years categories edged, which was mainly due to increase in investments in bonds with corresponding term and loans and +advances to customers. Deposits maintained steady growth with a high deposition rate, and at the same time the Bank +made major investment in central bank bills, treasury bonds and other high-liquidity assets, and possessed sufficient liquidity +reserves. Therefore, the overall liquidity of the Bank maintained at a safe level. +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +60 +_ +The deposit and loan businesses of the Bank maintained coordinating development, and liquidity risk management ability +was further strengthened. As at the end of 2016, RMB liquidity ratio and foreign currency liquidity ratio of the Bank were +35.7% and 82.3%, respectively, meeting the regulatory requirements. Loan-to-deposit ratio was 70.9%. Please refer to +"Discussion and Analysis - Other Information Disclosed Pursuant to Regulatory Requirements" for details. +In respect of foreign currencies, the Bank closely observed the changes in external markets and funds, adjusted foreign +currency liquidity management strategy and internal and external fund prices in a flexible manner and maintained the +coordinated development of foreign currency assets and liabilities business while ensuring a safe liquidity level. +In 2016, the Bank paid close attention to changes in the macroeconomic and monetary policy, dynamically adjusted its +RMB fund operation strategy in accordance with the Bank's assets and liabilities development and fund management +characteristics in different periods, and took various measures to ensure a safe and stable liquidity level. The Bank further +consolidated the deposit business, optimized deposit structure, and promoted the steady and balanced growth of each +type of deposits, which effectively enhanced the stability of liabilities. It also intensified the efforts in treasury business +term structure management, taking funds liquidity, security and profitability into consideration. In addition, the Bank +strengthened the development of its liquidity risk management mechanism and managed liquidity on and off balance sheet +and of domestic and overseas institutions in a coordinated way, which further raised funds operation and liquidity risk +prevention and control capability of the Group. +Liquidity Risk Analysis +Liquidity coverage ratio at the end of each month in the fourth quarter of 2016 attained an average of 139.75%, 6.61 +percentage points higher than the previous quarter. This was because high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) maintained rapid +growth, medium-term and short-term asset reserves were moderately increased and fund inflow due less than one month +also climbed up. HQLA cover cash, available central bank reserve under stress and primary and secondary bond assets +that can be included in the liquidity coverage ratio under the regulatory requirements. For the quantitative information +for liquidity coverage ratio based on the Administrative Measures for Liquidity Coverage Ratio of Commercial Banks +promulgated by CBRC, please refer to "Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information". +Following the prudence principle, the Bank employs the scenario analysis and the sensitivity analysis to perform stress test on +liquidity risk. The Bank has taken full consideration of various macroscopic and microscopic factors that may influence the +Bank's liquidity status to set stress scenarios against those products, businesses and institutions with concentrated liquidity +risk in line with the characteristics and complexity of the Bank's businesses. The Bank performs stress tests on a quarterly +basis. Where necessary, the Bank may carry out temporary and special stress tests at a particular time in light of changes in +the external operating environment and regulatory requirements. +(9,385,821) +(490,413) +In 2016, in accordance with latest regulatory requirements for banks concerning operational risk and the trends of +operational risk, the Bank effectively conducted the refined and scientific management of operational risk, and further +enhanced the operational risk management of the Group. The Bank rolled out the special risk governance campaign +regarding ten key areas and links orderly starting from institution, process, system, mechanism, and employee management. +It strengthened the IT risk control and external fraud risk management, launched the Group's anti-fraud platform to +have full-process control covering ex-ante warning, in-process intervention and post-event monitoring, and enhanced +the capability to withstand external risk. The Bank also took the initiative to focus on and effectively reveal business risk, +strengthening risk control in credit, bills, interbank business and other areas. Annual case-based risk investigation was +carried out to improve the case prevention mechanism. The Bank improved the regulations on managing the use of labor +and abnormal employee behaviors, and optimized the management procedure for business outsourcing. It upgraded the +operational risk loss event management system, and continued to enhance the application of operational risk management +instruments and control over data quality. It applied the operational risk limit management, monitored key operational +risk indicators, and completed the self-assessment of operational risk and control. In addition, the Bank strengthened the +management and control over operational risk of overseas institutions and subsidiaries, and pushed forward the function +extension and application of the operational risk measurement system. During the reporting period, the operational risk +management system of the Bank operated smoothly and the operational risk was controllable on the whole. +The Bank strictly followed the requirements of the Guidance to the Operational Risk Management of Commercial Banks +issued by CBRC. The Bank adopted the operational risk control mode of "integrated management, classified control". The +Board of Directors assumes relevant responsibility for the effectiveness of the operational risk management according to the +Articles of Association, and the Senior Management is responsible for implementing the strategy, overall policy and system +for operational risk management approved by the Board of Directors. The Operational Risk Management Committee under +the Senior Management, as the organizer and coordinator of operational risk management of the Bank, is responsible for +reviewing and approving significant matters related to operational risk management according to the Working Regulations +for the Operational Risk Management Committee. Marketing and product departments at all levels form the first line of +defense of operational risk management, which assume direct responsibility for operational risk management in each +business line. Internal control and compliance departments at various levels are comprehensive management departments for +operational risk in institutions at various levels and assume the duty of operating the second line of defense of operational +risk management, which are responsible for the overall management of operational risks of institutions at various levels +and for the arrangement and organization for the establishment and implementation of operational risk management +system at each level; discipline enforcement, security, human resources, IT, finance and accounting, legal affairs, operation +management, credit management and risk management departments at all levels are classification control departments +for operational risk in institutions at various levels, which are responsible for management and control on specific types +of operational risk. These departments, together with comprehensive management departments, form the second line +of defense of operational risk management. The internal audit departments at all levels are responsible for auditing and +evaluating the operation of the operational risk management system, and form the third line of defense. +Discussion and Analysis +61 +Annual Report 2016 +Operational risk is defined as the risk of loss resulting from insufficient or problematic internal processes, employees and +IT systems or from external events, including legal risk, but excluding strategic and reputational risk. There are seven major +types of operational risks faced by the Bank, including internal fraud, external fraud, employment system and workplace +safety, customers, products and business activities, damage to physical assets, IT system, execution and delivery and process +management. Among these, external fraud, execution and delivery and process management constitute major sources of +operational risk losses of the Bank. +Operational Risk Management +Operational Risk +43,004 +322,595 +Note: Please refer to "Note 54. (b) to the Financial Statements: Liquidity Risk". +Total +1,981,163 +Undated +3,334,636 +3,044,624 +years +6,499,529 +5,136,733 +26,247 +(540,886) +Over 5 +1 to 5 +years +3,363,860 +(378,127) +1,800,519 +◆ Stress Test +The mode of liquidity risk management of the Bank is consolidated liquidity risk management based on management +of liquidity risk at the bank level. The Head Office manages the liquidity risk of the Bank in a unified and centralized +manner and ensures liquidity security of the Bank through dynamic adjustment of the aggregate and structure of assets +and liabilities, whereas the affiliates assume primary responsibilities concerning liquidity risk management of respective +institution, and undertake corresponding responsibilities as required by the leading liquidity risk management departments +of the Head Office. +Liquidity Risk Management Mode +Exposure of off-balance sheet foreign +29,222 +189,756 +49,554 +344,304 +exchange items, net +Exposure of on-balance sheet foreign +USD +equivalent +exchange items, net +RMB +RMB +Item +USD +At 31 December 2015 +At 31 December 2016 +In RMB (USD) millions +Discussion and Analysis +FOREIGN EXCHANGE EXPOSURE +equivalent +Total foreign exchange exposure, net +(177,415) +166,889 +(25,535) +Formulated taking into account the liquidity risk appetite, the liquidity risk management strategy, policy and procedure cover +all businesses on and off the balance sheet, all domestic and overseas business departments and branches that are likely to +deliver a material impact on the liquidity risk, and contain the liquidity risk management under normal and stress scenarios. +The liquidity risk management strategy specifies the overall objective and management mode of liquidity risk management +and lists major policies and procedures for liquidity risk management. Important policies for liquidity risk management are +formulated in accordance with external and macro operating environments and business development of the Bank, with a +view to striking an effective balance among security, liquidity and profitability. +Objective of liquidity risk management: By establishing and improving the liquidity risk management system, the Bank aims +at realizing complete identification, accurate measurement, continuous monitoring and effective control of the liquidity +risk at the Group level, the Bank, the branches and the business lines, and ensuring the liquidity demand is satisfied at a +reasonable cost in time under the normal business scenario and the stress scenario. +Objective, Strategy and Important Policy of Liquidity Risk Management +Discussion and Analysis +59 +Annual Report 2016 +In respect of liquidity risk management, the Bank's governance structure embodies the decision-making system comprising +the Board of Directors and its special committees as well as the Asset and Liability Management Committee and the Risk +Management Committee of the Head Office; the supervision system comprising the Board of Supervisors, the Internal Audit +Bureau and the Internal Control and Compliance Department; and the execution system comprising the Asset and Liability +Management Department, leading management departments of on and off-balance sheet businesses, the Information +Technology Department, operation management departments of the Head Office and relevant departments of branches. +Each of these systems performs corresponding decision making, supervision and execution functions according to division of +responsibilities. +The Bank's liquidity risk management system conforms to the overall development strategy and the entire risk management +system of the Bank, and is commensurate with the business scale, business nature, complexity and other aspects of +the Bank. The system includes the following fundamental elements: effective governance structure for liquidity risk +management; sound strategy, policy and procedures for liquidity risk management; effective identification, measurement, +monitoring and control procedures for liquidity risk and a complete management information system. +Liquidity Risk Management System and Governance Structure +In 2016, the Bank constantly improved its liquidity risk management system following changes in the macroeconomic +environment and financial regulatory requirements, and upgraded liquidity risk management mechanism, thus effectively +enhancing the liquidity risk management quality of the Group. The Bank continued to implement steady and prudent +liquidity management, kept a close eye on impact arising from internal and external factors on the Bank's liquidity, and +better and timely arranged the Group's consolidated management strategy in line with liquidity risk characteristics of items +on and off balance sheet, in both domestic and overseas institutions, and in local and foreign currencies. The Bank furthered +the overall management of the Group's assets and liabilities, highlighting market liberalization, and optimized the limit +management plan of overseas institutions. It strengthened the management of overseas debt capital market instruments +and improved financing capacity. The Bank actively implemented relevant regulatory requirements concerning the degree of +dependence on the Group's debts and strengthened the management of fund transactions within the Group. +Liquidity Risk Management +Liquidity risk is the risk that the Bank is unable to raise funds on a timely basis or at a reasonable cost to settle liabilities +as they fall due, perform other payment obligations and satisfy other funding demands of normal business development. +Liquidity risk may arise from the following events or factors: withdrawal of customers' deposits, drawing of loans by +customers, overdue payment of debtors, mismatch between assets and liabilities, difficulties in assets realization, operating +losses, derivatives trading risk and risk associated with its affiliates. +Liquidity Risk +Please refer to "Note 54. (c)(iii) to the Financial Statements: Currency Risk" for the exchange rate sensitivity analysis. +23,629 +153,434 +24,019 +(5,593) +(36,322) +Legal Risk +Valid portion of capital reserve +Legal risk is the risk of incurring legal sanctions, regulatory penalties, financial losses, reputational losses or other negative +consequences that arises out of or in connection with the failure of the Bank to comply with relevant laws, regulations, +administrative rules, regulatory provisions and requirements of other relevant rules during the Bank's operation; the +unfavorable legal defects that exist in products, services or information provided to clients, transactions engaged in, and +contracts, agreements or other documents executed by the Bank; legal disputes (litigation or arbitration proceedings) +between the Bank and its clients, counterparties and stakeholders; important changes in relevant laws and regulations, +administrative rules, regulatory provisions and other relevant rules; and other relevant legal events that occur internally and +externally. +ICBC +14.67% +14.61% +Capital adequacy ratio +13.53% +13.48% +13.49% +13.42% +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +15.22% +12.88% +12.90% +12.87% +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +1,869,237 +2,012,103 +1,960,840 +2,127,462 +Net capital base +12.87% +1,650,778 +15.32% +regulations: +Core tier 1 capital +Item +At 31 December +CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO +As at the end of 2016, the core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio, tier 1 capital adequacy ratio and capital adequacy ratio +calculated by the Bank in accordance with the Capital Regulation stood at 12.87%, 13.42% and 14.61%, respectively, +complying with regulatory requirements. +Discussion and Analysis +65 +Annual Report 2016 +Calculated in accordance with the Regulation Governing Capital Adequacy of Commercial Banks and related +14.67% +14.26% +14.29% +Capital adequacy ratio +12.09% +11.83% +11.96% +11.71% +Core capital adequacy ratio +14.75% +1,781,062 +1,803,214 +1,954,770 +In 2016, the Bank strictly abode by regulatory requirements and, with consideration of its business development needs, +continued to strengthen country risk management. The Bank continuously improved country risk management policies, and +optimized the management process, closely observed changes in country risk exposures, constantly tracked, monitored and +reported country risk, and timely updated and adjusted the country risk rating and limits. It further strengthened forward- +looking early warning mechanism for country risk, proactively conducted stress testing on country risk and effectively +controlled country risk while pushing ahead with the internationalization strategy. +The Bank strictly observes the Guidelines on the Management of Country Risk by Banking Financial Institutions and other +regulatory requirements of CBRC. The Board of Directors assumes the ultimate responsibility for the effectiveness of country +risk management. The Senior Management is responsible for executing the country risk management policies approved by +the Board of Directors. The Risk Management Committee of the Head Office is responsible for reviewing matters regarding +country risk management. The Bank manages and controls country risk through a series of management tools, including +country risk assessment and rating, country risk limits for the entire group and continuous statistics, analysis and monitoring +of country risk exposure, as well as country risk assessment using stress tests. The Bank reviews the country risk rating and +limits at least once every year. +Country risk is the risk incurred to a bank arising from the inability or refusal by the borrower or debtor to repay bank +debt, losses suffered by the Bank or its commercial presence in such country or region and other losses due to economic, +political and social changes and events in a country or a region. Country risk may be triggered by deterioration of economic +conditions, political and social turmoil, asset nationalization or expropriation, government's refusal to pay external debt, +foreign exchange control or currency depreciation in a country or a region. +Country Risk +In 2016, the Bank continued to strengthen reputational risk management, proactively prevented reputational risk and +enhanced the reputational risk management level and prevention ability across the Bank. According to the latest regulatory +requirements, changes in external situation and the Bank's management practices, the Bank amended the measures +for reputational risk management, improved the reputational risk management working mechanism, and launched the +reputational risk management system. The Bank also carried out the identification, evaluation, monitoring, control, +mitigation and assessment of reputational risk in an in-depth manner and strengthened the consolidated management of +reputational risk. It conducted reputational risk assessment on new businesses and products, and investigated all potential +reputational risk. It organized stress tests and emergency response drill on reputational risk and reinforced the prevention +control and mitigation of reputational risk. It made active response to concerns from society and effectively communicated +with the stakeholders and the public. During the reporting period, the Bank's reputational risk was controllable with no +material reputational risk event occurred. +As the highest decision-making body of the Bank's reputational risk management, the Board of Directors is responsible for +formulating strategies and policies concerning reputational risk management that are in line with the strategic objective of +the Bank. The Senior Management is responsible for implementing such strategies and policies established by the Board +of Directors and leading reputational risk management of the Bank. The Bank has established a special reputational risk +management team to take charge of the daily management of reputational risk. +Reputational risk management of the Bank refers to the process and method for ensuring the achievement of the overall +objective of reputational risk management based on the objective and planning for reputational risk management, including +the establishment and improvement of the reputational risk management system through the identification, assessment, +monitoring and handling of reputational risk factors and reputational events. The Bank adheres to the prevention oriented +principle and incorporates reputational risk management into each aspect of operational management of the Bank and +every customer service process, with a view to controlling and mitigating reputational risk at its source and minimizing the +possibility of occurrence of and influence from reputational events. +Reputational risk is defined as the risk of negative assessment or comments on a commercial bank from stakeholders as a +result of its operation, management and other behaviors or external events. Reputational risk may arise in any part of the +Bank's operation and management, and usually co-exists and correlates with credit risk, market risk, operational risk and +liquidity risk. +64 +Reputational Risk +63 +Annual Report 2016 +Adhering to the anti-money laundering management model of "centralized, specialized and systematic management", the +Bank constantly pushed forward anti-money laundering processing to be more intensive and professional. It deepened the +construction of an Anti-money Laundering Center at the Head Office level, adjusted the anti-money laundering management +organization structure and enhanced the allocation of anti-money laundering resources. Special attention was given to +strengthening the anti-money laundering management of overseas institutions, optimizing their anti-money laundering +information system, and simultaneously enriching the reserves of anti-money laundering personnel in overseas institutions, +hence comprehensively enhancing the IT application, specialization and delicacy management of the Group's anti-money +laundering work. The Bank focused on conducting customer identification and due diligence, and continued to improve +the quality and efficiency of suspicious transaction reporting. It stepped up efforts in assessing money-laundering risk of +products and customers, strengthened money laundering risk prevention and control concerning key business areas. Taking +the opportunity of the tenth anniversary of the implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering Law of the People's Republic +of China, the Bank launched extensive anti-money laundering publicity, strengthened the cultivation and qualification +certification of anti-money laundering talents, and improved the compliance awareness, professional competence and +performance capability of anti-money laundering personnel. The Bank was ranked top in the 2016 comprehensive evaluation +of anti-money laundering conducted by PBC. +In strict compliance with applicable laws and regulations concerning anti-money laundering, the Bank sincerely implemented +the "risk-based" regulatory requirements in respect of anti-money laundering, steadily fulfilled the legal obligations and +social duties concerning anti-money laundering, and kept enhancing the Group's management level regarding anti-money +laundering and anti-terrorist financing. +Anti-Money Laundering +In 2016, the Bank continued to strengthen legal risk management, by improving the risk prevention and control capacity +in legal risk management, ensuring the legal and compliant operation, healthy business development and overall business +stability of the Group. The Bank improved both the vertical linkage and horizontal coordination mechanism between the +Head Office and branches. By embedding legal risk prevention and control into business negotiations, product design, +contract signing and other links, the Bank prevented legal risk in advance and made the legal risk prevention and control +more prospective, initiative and targeted. The Bank further improved the cross-border coordination and management +for legal work and strengthened the legal risk management of overseas institutions, actively responding to cross-border +legal issues emerging in the development of international operations. It applied multiple legal means to improve debt +efficiency. Moreover, the Bank pragmatically strengthened the risk management and control of lawsuit-related risks, thereby +preventing and mitigating lawsuit-related risks and losses. It assisted with the online judicial inquiry and enforcement, which +highly improved the efficiency of inquiries and enforcements. The Bank further standardized contract text management +and reinforced authorization management, related party management, trademark management and intellectual property +protection. +Based on the objective to ensure legal and compliant operation, the Bank always attaches great importance to establishing +a sound legal risk management system, forming a full-process legal risk prevention and control mechanism to support +and secure business innovation and market competition, and to prevent and eliminate various potential or practical legal +risks. The Board of Directors is responsible for reviewing and determining the strategy and policy relating to legal risk +management, and assumes the ultimate responsibility of legal risk management. The Senior Management is responsible for +executing the strategy and policy relating to legal risk management, examining and approving relevant important affairs. The +Legal Affairs Department of the Head Office is in charge of legal risk management across the Group, with relevant business +departments providing related support and assistance on legal risk prevention and control. The affiliates, domestic and +overseas branches undertakes the responsibility of legal risk management of their respective institutions. +Discussion and Analysis +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +CAPITAL MANAGEMENT +Discussion and Analysis +Net tier 1 capital +1,571,403 +1,701,495 +1,723,839 +1,874,976 +Net core tier 1 capital +Calculated in accordance with the Capital Regulation: +Parent +Company +Group +Parent +Company +At 31 December 2016 +Group +Item +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2015 +RESULTS OF CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO CALCULATION OF THE GROUP AND PARENT COMPANY +The Bank calculated its capital adequacy ratios in accordance with the Capital Regulation. According to the scope of +implementing the advanced capital management approaches as approved by CBRC, the foundation internal ratings-based +(IRB) approach was adopted for corporate credit risk, the IRB approach for retail credit risk, the internal model approach +(IMA) for market risk, and the standardized approach for operational risk meeting regulatory requirements. The weighted +approach was adopted for credit risk uncovered by the IRB approach and the standardized approach for market risk +uncovered by the IMA approach. +Capital Adequacy Ratio and Leverage Ratio +In 2016, the Bank reformed and improved capital management by further streamlining the capital management system +and mechanism. It strove to promote the optimization of bank-wide capital utilization, intensified the rigid constraint of +economic capital on risk-weighted assets across the Bank and continued to elevate the capital use efficiency and return on +capital. The Bank attached importance to the supplementation of endogenous capital and further consolidated the bank- +wide capital base to reinforce its capacity in supporting the real economy development. Moreover, the Bank coordinated, +allocated and utilized various capital resources to satisfy capital supplement requirements of subsidiaries. In 2016, all capital +indicators performed well, of which capital adequacy ratio was kept at a sound level, fully showing its good reputation of +strong capital base and prudent and sustainable operation. +The Bank implements a group-based capital management mechanism, and takes capital as the object and an instrument +for its management activities, including planning, measurement, allocation, application and operation. The Bank's capital +management aims at maintaining appropriate capital adequacy ratio and continuously meeting capital supervisory +regulations and policies; ceaselessly consolidating and enhancing the bank-wide capital base and supporting business +growth and implementation of strategic planning; establishing a value management system focusing on economic capital, +reinforcing capital constraint and incentive mechanism and improving capital allocation efficiency; innovating and expanding +capital replenishment channels, raising capital quality and optimizing capital structure. The Bank's capital management +covers various operating entities in the Group, and its contents include capital adequacy ratio management, economic capital +management, capital investment and financing management. +62 +ICBC ++ Focus on the origin of real economy and enhance the quality and level of financial services. In connection +with the "13th Five-Year Plan", the Bank will actively support the implementation of major national strategies such as +the "four regions" and the "three supporting belts" and key construction projects, and enhance the cooperation with +green industries, strategic emerging industries, modern service industry and the internet sector, with the optimization +of asset allocation structure; by focusing on major arrangements including the five tasks of "cutting overcapacity, +destocking, deleveraging, reducing costs and identifying growth areas" and the mixed ownership reform. The Bank +will rely on the cross-market and integrated operating platforms to provide enterprises with more flexible and diverse +financial service options. Besides, it will exert the advantages in global integrated services and the linkage function at +home and aboard, serve the "Going Global" drive of enterprises by closely following the construction of "Belt and +Road" initiative, and expand the cooperation on international production capacity and equipment manufacturing. +Including: Rural transport facilities +Changes in Ordinary Shares +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of +Substantial Shareholders +73 +Annual Report 2016 +For more details on the Bank's social responsibilities, please refer to the ICBC Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2016 +(Environment, Society and Governance) published on its official website. +In terms of credit support, the Bank will further increase credit resources for poverty relief and prioritize the financing +need for poverty reduction through the loan program management. In terms of financing policies, the Bank will +balance the commercial needs against the social needs and focus on meeting the financing demand of the registered +poor households, and enterprises or key projects which could assist with or serve the registered poor households. In +terms of product innovation, the Bank will support local institutions to innovate financing products based on local +conditions so as to meet the specific need of poverty reduction finance. In terms of service channel, the Bank will +optimize outlet layout in poor areas, increase the number of self-service facilities, promote system interconnection +with financial institutions in those areas, and extend financial service networks and payment and settlement services to +them. +Subsequent targeted poverty relief plan +Note: The "targeted poverty relief" refers to the poverty alleviation efforts in Tongjiang County, Nanjiang County, Jinyang County +and Wanyuan City in Sichuan Province. +"Annual Poverty Alleviation Award" of the 11th People +Enterprise Social Responsibility of people.com.cn +253,036 +34,752 +Awards +Including: Number of registered poor people +Number of beneficiaries +Including poverty relief village infrastructure construction +and conducting planting & breeding and poor households +aiding programs +2,626.75 +4,975 +23,217 +160.00 +570.50 +1,269.50 +2,000.00 +148,003.00 +529,256.83 +162,007.38 +3,689,888.85 +6,099,917.36 +1,601,312.28 +9,300,978.68 +In RMB10,000 +DETAILS OF CHANGES IN SHARE CAPITAL +Projects +At 31 December 2015 +Percentage +(%) +86,794,044,550 +75.65 +269,612,212,539 +100.00 +356,406,257,089 +Percentage +(%) +Number of shares +At 31 December 2016 +Unit: Share +Increase/decrease +during the +reporting period +100.00 +356,406,257,089 +III. Total number of shares +overseas +24.35 +86,794,044,550 +2. Foreign shares listed +ordinary shares +75.65 +269,612,212,539 +RMB-denominated +1. +restrictions on sales +100.00 +356,406,257,089 +Shares not subject to +II. +restrictions on sales +I. Shares subject to +Number of shares +24.35 +Amount of donations +Including: Number of registered poor people +Being Environment-friendly, Building up a Green Bank +The Bank accelerated to promote the building of a "bank of customer satisfaction", innovated in services. It focused +on improvements in the customer experience regarding onsite service, multi-channel service and the meeting of service +demands to comprehensively lift service quality and innovate the forms and contents of financial services. It actively +implemented the "Belt and Road" initiative, refined the strategic layout of overseas business, and sharpened its ability and +competitiveness in delivering global financial services. +Making Contributions to the Society, Building up a Brand Bank +To meet the diversified needs for financial services amid the supply-side structural reform and the shift of impetus for +economic growth, the Bank channeled credit to where it was needed, strictly controlled asset quality, accelerated financial +innovation and improved service efficiency. It supported the development of the real economy, pushed ahead with industry +restructuring and facilitated a more balanced regional structure. It stepped up efforts to support small and micro enterprises +and agriculture, rural areas and farmers, contributed to improving people's livelihood, and endeavored to realize inclusive +finance. +Serving the Real Economy, Becoming Value Creator +Taking the social responsibility objective of "Excellence for You Excellent services to clients, Maximum returns to +shareholders, Real success for our people, Great contribution to society", the Bank is committed to serving the common +interests of various stakeholders in economic and social development and promoting sustainable economic development and +social progress. Thanks to these efforts, the Bank won wide recognition from various social sectors and such awards as the +"Best Social Responsibility Financial Institution Award", the "Annual Poverty Alleviation Award", and "The 1st place in the +List of Chinese State-owned Listed Companies on Corporate Social Responsibilities" and the "Most Responsible Enterprise". +Social Responsibility +ICBC +70 +1,260,948 +1,577,428 +1,222,353 +1,489,643 +159,550 +Cross-jurisdictional liabilities +Cross-jurisdictional claims +Level 3 assets +475,562 +442,830 +Trading and available-for-sale securities +4,049,645 +4,970,872 +Notional amount of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives +1,192,434 +1,649,713 +Underwritten transactions in debt and equity markets +11,507,109 +14,061,641 +345,214,765 +The Bank stayed committed to green finance. Upholding the principle of controllable risk and business sustainability, it +proactively promoted green, recycling and low-carbon development, made green finance a key topic of B20 summit and +promoted green finance development. Besides, it continued to launch new products and services on internet banking, +mobile banking and telephone banking at a faster pace and advance information-based construction to innovate emission +reduction and beautify the homeland environment with concrete acts. +The Group poverty relief donations apart from targeted poverty relief +Building up an Honorable Bank with Internal and External Safeguard +Annual Report 2016 +Number of beneficiaries of targeted poverty relief +Poverty relief through healthcare +Poverty relief through education +Poverty relief through industry development +Amount of targeted poverty relief input +Rural water conservancy facilities +Rural education loan +Upgrading of rural power network +Including: Loan of industry targeted poverty relief +Loan of project targeted poverty relief +Balance of loans +Finance-backed targeted poverty relief +Targeted Poverty Relief Achievements +Social Responsibility +ICBC +◆ Poverty relief through healthcare. The Bank improved the medical services for local people and public +hygence and reduced the cases of local residents falling below the poverty line or returning to poverty due to illnesses, +by offering free medical assistance and providing medical and health facilities. +◆ Poverty relief through education. The Bank enhanced local education levels and the self-development +capability of local people by means of charitable donations, rewards to teachers, financial assistance to students and +paired-up assistance. +◆ Poverty relief through green industries. By supporting local governments and the public to explore ways +of developing green and cyclic economy, the Bank led to the development of characteristic industries including green +planting and breeding, forestry, traditional handicraft industry and village tourism, and combined ecological protection +with increasing the income of local people. +◆ Poverty relief through finance. The Bank supported local enterprises and infrastructure construction through +credit funds, concessional loans, and agriculture-oriented credit products, and by improving the payment service and +the credit system. It also developed inclusive finance and improved financial services to precisely meet the diverse +financing needs of poor areas. +◆ Mechanism for poverty relief. The Bank established a working group for poverty relief headed by Chairman +Yi Huiman with several bank officials as deputy heads and 14 business departments as members. The group is +responsible for coordinating and improving poverty alleviation work mechanism. The Bank also stipulated guideline +documents for poverty alleviation, such as the Opinion on Comprehensively Advancing Finance-backed Poverty +Alleviation Work and the Targeted Poverty Alleviation Work Plan of ICBC, to urge the efforts in this respect. +Summary of targeted poverty relief in 2016 +◆ Poverty relief planning and objective. The Bank will increase credit support to poor areas, carry out +targeted poverty alleviation programs to integrate resources at poor areas, and assist the poor in improving production +and living conditions by means of education, healthcare, industry and disaster relief, supporting them to achieve +poverty reduction goals on time. +Targeted Poverty Relief Planning +The Bank continues to be dedicated to poverty relief and has improved its working mechanism and supporting +policies. Based on the principle of business sustainability, it has fully utilized its characteristic advantages as a +commercial bank, and actively performed its social responsibilities of a large state-owned bank. +Targeted Poverty Relief +72 +The Bank strikes the balance between economic benefits and social benefits. In addition to creating value for shareholders, +customers and employees, the Bank made continuous efforts to create a corporate culture that attaches great importance to +public welfare and develop ICBC into a brand known for its humanitarian efforts. It led its staff to participate in charitable +activities tailored to local needs, and take actions and perform social duties across the world. +Advocating Public Undertakings, Building a Charitable Brand +Committed to a "People-oriented" concept, the Bank strove to protect employee's legitimate rights and interests, improved +career development paths for employees. It called on a committed performance culture with employees highly involved, +deeply explored the building of "ICBC University", facilitated the common growth of employees and the Bank, and +promoted the integration of diversified cultures. Besides, the Bank valued employee's health and safety. It offered health +checks to employees on a regular basis, organized various recreational and sport activities, and promoted healthy lifestyles. +Managing with Love, Building a Harmonious Bank +Social Responsibility +71 +Through educating the public about financial knowledge, managing the pricing of services, and protecting customers' +rights, the Bank actively built a long-standing and stable mechanism for consumer protection. It complied with laws and +regulations, enhanced self-discipline in the Bank, proactively participated in the building and refinement of a society of +integrity and punishment against dishonesty. The Bank increased public's awareness of AML-related crimes, and practically +safeguarded financial security. +374,432,043 +356,406,257,089 +Note: "Foreign shares listed overseas", namely H shares, are within the same meaning as defined in the "No. 5 Standards on the Content +and Format of Information Disclosure of Companies with Public Offerings Content and Format of the Report of Change in +Corporate Shareholding" (Revision 2007) of CSRC. +118,006,174,032 +Long +position +43.77 +Huijin (2) +Beneficial owner +124,731,774,651 +Long +position +46.26 +Percentage of +total ordinary +shares (%) +33.11 +35.00 +Notes: (1) According to the register of shareholders of the Bank as at 31 December 2016, MOF held 123,316,451,864 shares in the Bank. +(2) According to the register of shareholders of the Bank as at 31 December 2016, Huijin held 123,717,852,951 shares in the Bank, +while Central Huijin Asset Management Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Huijin, held 1,013,921,700 shares in the Bank. +HOLDERS OF H SHARES +Number of +Name of substantial +shareholder +Temasek Holdings +(Private) Limited +Capacity +H shares held +(share) +Nature of +interests +Percentage of +H shares (%) +Percentage of +total ordinary +shares (%) +Interest of +8,682,954,081 +National Council for +Social Security Fund +BlackRock, Inc. +controlled +corporations +Beneficial owner +Long +position +10.00 +2.44 +Percentage of A +shares (%) +8,663,703,234 +Nature of +interests +Capacity +Beneficial owner +33.29 +16 +China Investment Securities Co., Ltd. +100.00 +17 +Jiantou CITIC Asset Management Co., Ltd. +70.00 +18 +Guotai Junan Investment Management Co., Ltd. +14.54 +Notes: (1) A represents A share listed company, while H represents H share listed company. +(2) +On 4 November 2016, Huijin and CICC entered into a share transfer agreement. According to the agreement, CICC would carry +out a rights issue to Huijin in order to purchase all the shares of China Investment Securities. As at the end of 2016, relevant +procedures were being handled. After the completion of the above-mentioned transaction, Huijin will hold a 58.58% stake +directly in CICC and China Investment Securities will be wholly owned by CICC. +(3) China Securities exercised an over-allotment option on 30 December 2016 and the share transfer was wrapped up on 5 January +2017. Afterwards, the direct holding of Huijin in China Securities was changed to 32.93%. +(4) Except the above-mentioned controlling or equity participating enterprises, Huijin also has a wholly-owned subsidiary - Central +Huijin Asset Management Co., Ltd. Central Huijin Asset Management Co., Ltd. was incorporated in November 2015 in Beijing. +With a registered capital of RMB5 billion, the company runs an asset management business. +The second single largest shareholder of the Bank is MOF, which held approximately 34.60% shares of the Bank as at 31 +December 2016. MOF is a department under the State Council, and is responsible for overseeing the State's fiscal revenue +and expenditure, formulating the financial and taxation policies, and supervising State finance at a macro level. +76 +ICBC +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +◆ Particulars of Other Corporate Shareholders Holding 10% Shares or More (Excluding HKSCC Nominees +Limited) +None. +◆ Particulars of the De Facto Controller +None. +Interests and Short Positions Held by Substantial Shareholders and Other Persons +Substantial Shareholders and Persons Having Notifiable Interests or Short Positions +Pursuant to Divisions 2 and 3 of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong +Kong +As at 31 December 2016, the Bank received notices from the following persons about their interests or short positions held +in the Bank's shares and underlying shares, which were recorded in the register pursuant to Section 336 of the Securities +and Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong as follows: +Interests or short positions of ordinary shares of the Bank: +HOLDERS OF A SHARES +Name of substantial +shareholder +MOF(1) +Number of A +shares held +(share) +100.00 +Long +position +2.43 +EUR15 +40,000,000 +RMB preference +shares +84602 +6% +RMB12,000,000,000 +RMB100 +120,000,000 +The Bank privately issued 450 million preference shares in domestic market on 18 November 2015 upon the approval by +CBRC pursuant to Yin Jian Fu [2015] No. 189 and by CSRC pursuant to Zheng Jian Xu Ke [2015] No. 1023. Each domestic +preference share had a nominal value of RMB100 and was issued at nominal value. The coupon rate, as determined by +benchmark rate plus a fixed spread, shall remain unchanged for the first 5 years commencing from the issuance date. +Subsequently, the benchmark rate shall be readjusted once every 5 years during which the coupon rate shall remain +unchanged. The coupon rate for the Domestic Preference Shares is determined at 4.50% through price discovery. Upon +approval by SSE pursuant to Shang Zheng Han [2015] No. 2391, the domestic preference shares were listed on the +integrated trading platform of SSE for transfer as of 11 December 2015 (stock name: ICBC Preference Share 1, stock code: +360011). Total proceeds from the issuance amounted to RMB45.0 billion, net proceeds from the issuance amounted to +around RMB44.95 billion. All proceeds after deduction of the expenses relating to the issuance will be used to replenish +additional tier 1 capital. +For particulars of the Bank's issue of domestic and offshore preference shares, please refer to the announcements of the +Bank on the websites of SSE, SEHK and the Bank. +Changes in Preference Shares +As at the end of the reporting period, the Bank had 28 preference shareholders (or proxies), including two offshore +preference shareholders (or proxies) and 26 domestic preference shareholders. As at the end of the month immediate before +the release day of the Annual Report (28 February 2017), the Bank had 28 preference shareholders (or proxies), including +two offshore preference shareholders (or proxies) and 26 domestic preference shareholders. +78 +ICBC +Name of shareholder +Increase/ +Unit: Share +PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING OF THE TOP 10 ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS OF THE BANK (The following data are +based on the register of shareholders as at 31 December 2016) +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +ICBC +74 +As at the end of the reporting period, the Bank had a total number of 573,596 ordinary shareholders and no holders of +preference shares with voting rights restored, including 133,081 holders of H shares and 440,515 holders of A shares. As +at the end of the month immediate before the release day of the Annual Report (28 February 2017), the Bank had a total +number of 553,187 ordinary shareholders and no holders of preference shares with voting rights restored. +Number of Shareholders and Particulars of Shareholding +The Bank did not have any employee shares. +For information on other securities issued by the Bank and its subsidiaries, please refer to "Note 38. to the Financial +Statements: Debt Securities Issued; Note 41. To the Financial Statements: Other Equity Instruments" for details. +For details on the issuance of preference shares of the Bank, please refer to "Details of Changes in Share Capital and +Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders- -Particulars of Preference Shares". +The Bank did not conduct any rights issue or issue any convertible bonds during the reporting period. +Details of Securities Issuance and Listing +EUR600,000,000 +9.98 +6% +shares +Interest of +controlled +5,152,636,652 +Long +position +5.94 +1.45 +corporations +Annual Report 2016 +77 +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +Preference Shares +◆ Issuance and Listing of Preference Shares in Latest Three Years +Upon approval by CBRC pursuant to Yin Jian Fu [2014] No. 801 and by CSRC pursuant to Zheng Jian Xu Ke [2014] No. +1229, the Bank privately offered non-cumulative, non-participating and perpetual offshore preference shares in U.S. dollar, +Euro and Renminbi on 10 December 2014 (please see the table below for details). The offshore preference shares issued by +the Bank were listed on SEHK on 11 December 2014. Each offshore preference share had a nominal value of RMB100. The +USD offshore preference shares, EUR offshore preference shares and RMB offshore preference shares were fully paid and +issued in U.S. dollar, Euro and Renminbi. The offshore preference shares had no maturity. They had no less than six qualified +placees. They were offered to professional investors only rather than retail investors and transferred privately in the OTC +market only. +In accordance with the reference price of RMB exchange rate on 10 December 2014 published by the China Foreign +Exchange Trade System, total proceeds from the issuance of offshore preference shares amounted to approximately +RMB34.55 billion. After deduction of commissions and offering expenses, net proceeds from the issuance amounted to +around RMB34.43 billion. All proceeds, after deduction of the expenses relating to the issuance will be used to replenish +additional tier 1 capital and increase capital adequacy ratio. +Type of offshore +preference share +Dividend +Full amount of +proceeds per +Stock code +rate +Total amount +share +Number of +issued shares +USD preference +shares +4603 +6% +USD2,940,000,000 +USD20 +147,000,000 +EUR preference +4604 +Payments settled via payment systems or correspondent banks +Assets under custody +188,566 +2,719,376 +1,420,781,042 +None +Central Huijin Asset Management State-owned +Co., Ltd. (4) +legal person +A share +0.28 +1,013,921,700 +None +Anbang Life Insurance Co., Ltd. +- Conservative investment +portfolio +Other entities A share +0.11 +390,487,231 +None +China Life Insurance Company +Limited +Traditional +- Ordinary insurance +products +005L-CT001 Hu Other entities A share +0.09 +317,038,927 +None +100 +Guotai Junan +Investment Management +State-owned +Co., Ltd. +0.40 +legal person +A share +Co., Ltd. +34.60 +123,316,451,864 +None +HKSCC Nominees Limited/ +Hong Kong Securities +Clearing Company Limited (3) +H share +24.14 +Foreign legal +person +86,051,725,196 +Unknown +-7,832,417 +A share +0.13 +464,460,581 +None +156,136,404 +2,338,163 +State-owned +legal person +A share +1.28 +4,562,235,995 +None +187,975,909 +Ping An Life Insurance Company +of China, Ltd. Traditional +-Ordinary insurance products Other entities A share +Sycamore Investment Platform +1.21 +4,322,828,137 +None +State-owned +legal person +A share +0.07 +247,694,769 +6 +China Everbright Group Ltd. +55.67 +7 +China Everbright Bank Company Limited (A; H) +21.96 +8 +China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation +73.63 +9 +China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation (H) +71.56 +10 +New China Life Insurance Company Limited (A; H) +31.34 +11 +China Jianyin Investment Limited +100.00 +12 +China Galaxy Financial Holdings Company Limited +78.57 +13 +Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co., Ltd. (A) +25.03 +14 +China International Capital Corporation Limited (H) +28.45 +15 +China Securities Co., Ltd. (H) +57.11 +China Construction Bank Corporation (A; H) +5 +64.02 +None +-2,091,100 +Notes: (1) +Particulars of shareholding of H shareholders were based on the number of shares set out in the Bank's register of shareholders +maintained at the H share registrar. +(2) +The Bank had no shares subject to restrictions on sales. +(3) HKSCC Nominees Limited held 86,051,725,196 H shares and Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited held 464,460,581 +A shares. +(4) Central Huijin Asset Management Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huijin. Save as disclosed above, the Bank is not aware +of any connected relations or concert party action among the afore-mentioned shareholders. +Particulars of Substantial Shareholders +During the reporting period, the Bank's controlling shareholders and de facto controller remained unchanged. +Annual Report 2016 +75 +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +◆ Controlling shareholders +State-owned A share +The largest single shareholder of the Bank is Huijin, whose full name is Central Huijin Investment Ltd. Huijin is a state-owned +company founded by the State according to the Company Law on 16 December 2003. Its registered capital is equal to its +paid-in capital at RMB828,209 million. Its registered address is New Poly Plaza, 1 Chaoyangmen North Street, Dongcheng +District, Beijing, its unified social credit code is 911000007109329615, and its legal representative is Ding Xuedong. Huijin +is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Investment Corporation. It, in accordance with authorization by the State Council, +makes equity investments in major state-owned financial enterprises, and shall, to the extent of its capital contribution, +exercise the rights and perform the obligations as an investor on behalf of the State in accordance with applicable laws, to +achieve the goal of preserving and enhancing the value of state-owned financial assets. Huijin does not engage in any other +business activities, and does not intervene in the day-to-day business operations of the key state-owned financial institutions +it controls. +No. +1 +2 +Company name +China Development Bank Corporation +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (A; H) +Huijin's shareholding +percentage (%) +34.68 +34.71 +3 +Agricultural Bank of China Limited (A; H) +40.03 +4 +Bank of China Limited (A; H) +As at 31 December 2016, Huijin held approximately 34.71% shares of the Bank. It held shares directly in the institutions +listed below: +MOF +China Securities Finance Co., Ltd. +period +4.4 +3.4 +14.9 +13.3 +13.3 +4.8 +4.2 +4.5 +<=10.0 +Special mention +Substandard +Doubtful +Pass +None +customers (%) +Percentage of loans to top 10 +customer (%) +Percentage of loans to single largest +68.4 +71.4 +70.9 +currency +RMB and foreign +Loan-to-deposit ratio (%) (2) +91.1 +98.1 +82.3 +>=25.0 +Foreign currency +33.2 +35.5 +2.7 +35.7 +23.5 +17.2 +Securities and other financing instruments issued +2,368,335 +2,131,194 +Intra-financial system liabilities +1,453,661 +1,602,223 +Intra-financial system assets +25,904,533 +Balance of adjusted on- and off-balance sheet assets +2016 +Indicator +23,813,992 +2015 +In RMB millions +Global Systemically Importance Assessment Indicators of Commercial Banks +The Bank did not issue any corporate bonds that were offered at the stock exchanges. +Corporate Bonds +In respect of the financial statements of the Bank prepared under PRC GAAP and those under IFRSS, net profit attributable to +equity holders of the parent company for the year ended 31 December 2016 and equity attributable to equity holders of the +parent company as at the end of the reporting period have no differences. +Reconciliation of Differences between the Financial Statements Prepared under PRC +GAAP and those under IFRSS +(3) Please refer to the section headed "Discussion and Analysis ― Risk Management" for liquidity coverage ratio indicator +information. +CBRC adjusted the loan-to-deposit ratio from a regulatory indicator to a monitoring indicator in 2015. +(2) +Notes: (1) The regulatory indicators in the table are calculated in accordance with related regulatory requirements, definitions and +accounting standards applicable to the current period. The comparative figures are not adjusted and restated. +5.2 +10.5 +7.4 +37.4 +38.9 +36.8 +29.6 +>=25.0 +Loan migration ratio (%) +Liquidity ratio (%) +shares held +123,717,852,951 +34.71 +State-owned A share +Huijin +Total number of +decrease of +shares during +Number of +Shareholding +percentage +(%) +Class of +shares +Nature of +shareholder +RMB +pledged or +locked-up shares +Discussion and Analysis ++ +the reporting +Accelerate innovation and reform and build new advantages in competitive development. The Bank will +actively promote a series of reforms such as the strategies of mega retail, mega asset management, big data and +information technology as well as credit system, enhancement of competitiveness of key city branches and adjustment +of personnel structure, and build a business operation system that will be conducive to the elevation of development +quality and efficiency, improvement of resource allocation efficiency and stimulation of innovative vitality. With a focus +on the integration of finance and technology, the Bank will deepen the development of internet-based finance and +keep strengthening the Bank's three major platforms (i.e. ICBC Mall, ICBC Mobile and ICBC Link) and three product +lines (i.e. internet payment, financing and investment & wealth management) to consolidate the Bank's leading +position among its peers in the sector of internet-based finance. Besides, it will actively promote the application of +FinTech in the business management, develop highly-integrated and customer-oriented information systems, and +build a new service marketing model which integrates online and offline channels to push forward the business model +reform and service upgrading on all fronts. +Annual Report 2016 +Discussion and Analysis +OTHER INFORMATION DISCLOSED PURSUANT TO +REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS +Major Regulatory Indicators +Regulatory +69 +Enhance risk prevention and mitigation capability and consolidate the development foundation. The +Bank will improve its risk monitoring and early warning system by relying on the big data technology, speed up the +reduction of overdue and at-risk loans based on strict quality control for newly granted loans, intensify the collection +and disposal of non-performing loans, and strengthen the risk control for agency investment, bond underwriting +and bond investment, to reduce credit risk and prevent loan quality from deteriorating. It will also coordinate the +management of operational risk, liquidity risk, cross-sector and cross-market risk and overseas compliance risk, to +prevent cross-infection and superimposed resonance of various risks. In addition, the Bank will always keep a close +eye on case prevention by fortifying the rectification in key areas and processes, strengthening internal control and +building firm lines of defense. +criteria +2016 +2015 +Item +2014 +Male +Independent Non-executive Director +Kenneth Patrick Chung +McCarthy +December 2009-October 2016 +(3) +Independent Non-executive Director +Malcolm Christopher +59 +December 2013-January 2017 +72 +Male +Yi Xiqun +Independent Non-executive Director +(2) The current terms of Mr. Yi Huiman, Mr. Gu Shu, Mr. Zhang Hongli and Mr. Wang Jingdong as Executive Directors of the Bank +are set out in the above table and their terms as Senior Management members of the Bank are specified in the section headed +"Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions Biographies of Directors, Supervisors and Senior +Management". Mr. Yi Huiman has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank since June 2016. +Notes: (1) Please refer to the section headed "Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions - Appointment and +Removal". +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +ICBC +82 +August 2006-July 2016 +61 +May 2009-June 2016 +64 +Female +Male +Chief Risk Officer +Wei Guoxiong +External Supervisor +Dong Juan +October 2005-June 2016 +Female +Shareholder Supervisor +Wang Chixi +December 2013-April 2016 +69 +Male +December 2009-March 2017 +61 +November 2015- +54 +Jiang Jianqing +Chairman of the Board of Directors, +Male +63 +October 2005-May 2016 +Executive Director +Wang Xiquan +Executive Director, +Male +56 +June 2015-July 2016 +Senior Executive Vice President +Fu Zhongjun +Non-executive Director +59 +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management Leaving Office +July 2016- +53 +Male +Senior Executive Vice President +Male +46 +Mr. Hu Hao ceased to act as Board Secretary of the Bank concurrently from July 2016; Mr. Zhang Wei ceased to act as Employee +Supervisor of the Bank from June 2016. +October 2016- +Senior Executive Vice President +Male +Male +50 +Wang Bairong +Chief Risk Officer +Male +54 +July 2016- +Guan Xueqing +Board Secretary +January 2017- +(4) According to the Articles of Association, before the newly elected directors take office, the current directors shall continue to act +as directors. +◆ Restoration of Voting Rights of Preference Shares +(6) During the reporting period, the Bank did not implement any share incentives. None of the existing directors of the Bank or those +who left office during the reporting period, except Mr. Zhang Hongli who held 2,000 H shares of the Bank, held shares or share +options or were granted restricted shares of the Bank, and there was no change during the reporting period. +Mr. Shen has served as External Supervisor of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since June 2016. He +previously served as the Vice Chief of the Financial Market Division of the Financial System Reform Department, Chief of +the System Reform Division of the Policy Study Office, and Chief of the Monetary Policy Research Division of the Research +Bureau of the PBC, Chief Representative of the PBC Representative Office in Tokyo, Deputy Director-general and Director- +level Inspector of Financial Market Department of the PBC, and Non-executive Director of Agricultural Bank of China. Mr. +Shen is currently guest professor of Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University. Mr. Shen graduated from Renmin University +of China, and received a Doctorate degree in Economics. He is a research fellow. +Shen Bingxi, External Supervisor +Mr. Qu has served as External Supervisor of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since December 2015. +Currently, he is a professor and tutor for PhD students of Renmin University of China, Director of China Fiscal and Financial +Policy Research Center (a key research center of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education), Deputy Director +of Financial and Securities Institute of Renmin University of China, a council member of China Finance Society, a member of +China Finance 40 Forum and External Expert of China Development Bank. He was Head of the Applied Finance Department +of the School of Finance, Renmin University of China. Currently, he is also External Supervisor of Bank of Beijing. Mr. Qu +graduated from Renmin University of China, and received a Doctorate degree in Economics. +Qu Qiang, External Supervisor +Mr. Huang has served as Employee Supervisor of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since June 2016. He +joined ICBC in 1994 and is currently the General Manager of Internal Audit Bureau of ICBC. He served as Deputy General +Manager and General Manager of the Banking Department as well as Deputy Head and Head of Guizhou Branch of ICBC +from December 1998 to June 2015. Mr. Huang graduated from The University of Hong Kong with an MBA degree. He is a +senior economist. +Huang Li, Employee Supervisor +Mr. Hui has served as Employee Supervisor of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since September 2015. He +joined ICBC in 1984 and has served as Deputy Secretary of the Party Discipline Committee and concurrently as Director of +the Discipline Enforcement Department since 2015. He was Deputy Head and Head of Shaanxi Branch and General Manager +of the Internal Control and Compliance Department of ICBC. Mr. Hui graduated from Xiamen University and received a +Doctorate degree in Finance. He is a senior economist. +Hui Ping, Employee Supervisor +Mr. Zhang has concurrently served as Shareholder Supervisor and Director of the Board of Supervisors' Office of Industrial +and Commercial Bank of China Limited since June 2016. He joined ICBC in 1994, and has served as Employee Supervisor +of the Board of Supervisors, General Manager of the Legal Affairs Department and Chief of Consumer Protection Office of +ICBC. He graduated from Peking University with a Doctorate degree in Law and is a research fellow. +Zhang Wei, Shareholder Supervisor +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +ICBC +86 +Ms. Bair has served as Independent Non-executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since March +2017. Previously, she served as the Research Director, Deputy Counsel and Counsel to Robert Dole. She was a Commissioner +of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, later served as a senior vice president for government relations at the New +York Stock Exchange, and then as Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She +was the Dean's Professor of Financial Regulatory Policy at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Chair of the Federal +Deposit Insurance Corporation, Senior Advisor to The Pew Charitable Trusts, and Director of Paros Trust Company. She +is the current President of Washington College and Chair Emeritus of the Systemic Risk Council. She is a founding board +member of The Volcker Alliance, a non-profit organization. She is a director of Thomson Reuters Corp., Host Hotels & Resort +Inc. and Avant Inc. She also serves on the International Advisory Council to China Banking Regulatory Commission and the +International Advisory Board for Santander. She received a Bachelor's Degree in philosophy from the University of Kansas, +and a juris doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Law. She holds honorary doctorates from Amherst College, +Drexel University, the University of Kansas, and the University of Massachusetts. +Sheila Colleen Bair, Independent Non-executive Director +Wang Lin, Secretary of Party Discipline Committee +Mr. Wang has served as Secretary of Party Discipline Committee of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since +July 2015. He began his career in 1987. Prior to joining ICBC, he once served as Director of Fund Supervision Department +and Director of Securities and Fund Institution Supervision Department of CSRC. Mr. Wang graduated from Tsinghua +University, and received a Doctorate degree in Management. +Annual Report 2016 +87 +During the reporting period, the Bank did not redeem or convert any preference share. +ICBC +88 +None of the directors, supervisors and Senior Management members of the Bank, whether they are incumbent or have left +office during the reporting period, have been punished by the securities regulator in the past three years. +Ms. Wang Xiaoya, Ms. Ge Rongrong, Mr. Zheng Fuqing, Mr. Fei Zhoulin and Mr. Cheng Fengchao were recommended by +Huijin to serve as Non-executive Directors of the Bank. Huijin holds interests in shares of the Bank. Please refer to the section +headed "Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders Interests and Short Positions +Held by Substantial Shareholders and Other Persons" for further details. +Mr. Guan has served as Board Secretary of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since July 2016. He joined +ICBC in 1984 and served as Head of Suining Branch in Sichuan, Representative of Frankfurt Representative Office and +Deputy General Manager of Frankfurt Branch, Deputy Head of Sichuan Branch, Deputy Head of Sichuan Branch and General +Manager of Banking Department of Sichuan Branch, and Head of Hubei Branch and Sichuan Branch. Previously Mr. Guan +was also General Manager of Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations Department of Industrial and Commercial Bank of +China Limited. He graduated from the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and obtained a Doctorate degree +in Economics. He is a senior economist. +Guan Xueqing, Board Secretary +Mr. Yang has served as Independent Non-executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since April +2016. He previously served as Chairman and Principal Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong, Executive Chairman +and Principal Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong, member of five-people leading group +of global leadership committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Asia-Pacific region. +Mr. Yang currently serves as a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative +Conference, a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Monetary Authority, a member of the +board of directors of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Vice Chairman of the Council of the Open University of Hong Kong, +director and chairman of Audit Committee of Hang Seng Management College, and an independent non-executive director +of the Tencent Holdings Limited. Mr. Yang graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He holds +the qualification of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, and is a senior member of the Institute of Chartered +Accountants in England and Wales, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Chartered Institute of +Management Accountants. +Mr. Wang has served as Chief Risk Officer of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since July 2016. He began +his career in 1986. He joined ICBC in 1991 and previously served as Assistant to Head of Zhejiang Branch and Head of +Shaoxing Branch, Deputy Head of Zhejiang Branch and General Manager of the Banking Department of Zhejiang Branch, +and Deputy Head (person in charge) and Head of Chongqing Branch. Mr. Wang graduated from the Party School of the +Central Committee of C.P.C. and obtained a Master's degree in Economics. He is a senior economist. +Mr. Tan has served as Senior Executive Vice President of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since January +2017. He joined Bank of China (BOC) in June 1988. He previously served as Deputy General Manager (person in charge) and +General Manager of Tibet Branch, and General Manager of Yunnan Branch of BOC, Chairman of Bank of China Investment +Management Co., Ltd. and General Manager of Guangdong Branch of BOC. Mr. Tan graduated from Wuhan University and +obtained a Doctorate degree in Economics. He is a senior economist. +Tan Jiong, Senior Executive Vice President +Mr. Li has served as Senior Executive Vice President of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since October +2016. He joined China Construction Bank in 1993 and held several positions including Deputy General Manager of Tianjin +Branch, Deputy General Manager of Planning and Finance Department and General Manager of Strategic Planning & +Equity Investment Department of the Head Office, and General Manager of Chongqing Branch. Mr. Li graduated from +Tianjin University. He obtained a Master's degree in Executive Business Administration from Peking University. He is a senior +economist. +Li Yunze, Senior Executive Vice President +Mr. Hu has served as Senior Executive Vice President of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since November +2015. Mr. Hu joined ICBC in 1984, serving successively as Deputy General Manager of the Industrial and Commercial +Credit Department, Deputy General Manager of the Credit Management Department, General Manager of the Institutional +Banking Department, General Manager of the International Banking Department, President of Chinese Mercantile Bank and +Chairman of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Luxembourg S.A. Besides, he once served as Deputy Director-General +of Construction and Administration Bureau of South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route Project, a Director of Taiping +General Insurance Company Limited, Taiping Life Insurance Co., Ltd. and Xiamen International Bank, General Manager of +Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations Department and Board Secretary of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +Limited. Mr. Hu graduated from Hunan University, and received a Doctorate degree in Economics from the Graduate School +of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is a senior economist. +Hu Hao, Senior Executive Vice President +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +Wang Bairong, Chief Risk Officer +Male +Yang Siu Shun, Independent Non-executive Director +Mr. Neoh has served as Independent Non-executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since April +2015. He previously served as Chief Advisor to CSRC, a member of the International Consultation Committee of CSRC, +a member of the Basic Law Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under the Standing Committee +of the National People's Congress of People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures +Commission. He was Chairman of the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions, a +Non-executive Director of Global Digital Creations Holdings Limited. He was an Independent Non-executive Director of Link +Management Limited, which is the Manager of Link Real Estate Investment Trust. He was also an Independent Non-executive +Director of China Shenhua Energy Company Limited, Bank of China Limited and China Life Insurance Company Limited. Mr. +Neoh currently serves as an Independent Non-executive Director of CITIC Limited and New China Life Insurance Company +Limited. He graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor's degree in Law. He is Honorary Doctorate of Law of +Chinese University of Hong Kong and Open University of Hong Kong and Honorary Doctorate of Social Sciences of Lingnan +University. He was elected Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Securities Institute and Academician of the International Euro- +Asian Academy of Sciences. Mr. Neoh was appointed as Senior Counsel in Hong Kong. He is a barrister of England and +Wales. He was admitted to the State Bar of California. +Ms. Wang has served as Non-executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since January 2012. +She has joined Central Huijin Investment Ltd. since 2012. She joined the Research Bureau of the People's Bank of China +in 1997 where she served as Deputy Chief of division, Chief of division and Deputy Director and served as Deputy Mayor +of Tongliao City in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at the same time. Ms. Wang was a researcher and a Member of +the Post Doctoral Academic Committee and a Post-Doctoral Co-mentor at the People's Bank of China Research Institute of +Finance. Currently, she is a member of the Academic Committee of the China Institute for Rural Studies, Tsinghua University, +a mentor at the Tsinghua PBC School of Finance and an invited professor at the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of +Social Sciences. Ms. Wang graduated from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and received a +Doctorate degree in Economics. +Wang Xiaoya, Non-executive Director +Mr. Wang has served as Executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since December 2016, and +Senior Executive Vice President since December 2013. He joined China Development Bank in 1994 and served as Deputy +Head of Heilongjiang Branch, Deputy Director of the Human Resources Department of the Head Office, Head of Project +Appraisal Department III of the Head Office, Head of Beijing Branch and Head of Human Resources Department of the Head +Office. Mr. Wang graduated from Huazhong Agricultural University with a Bachelor's degree in Agronomy. He is a senior +engineer. +Wang Jingdong, Executive Director, Senior Executive Vice President +Mr. Zhang has served as Executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since June 2015, and Senior +Executive Vice President since May 2010. He worked as Financial Manager at the headquarters of Hewlett-Packard, Director +and Head of the China operations of Schroders PLC, Executive Director of Goldman Sachs Asia and Chief Representative of +Goldman Sachs (China) LLC Beijing Representative Office, and Head of Deutsche Bank Investment Banking Greater China, +Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank Asia and Chairman of Deutsche Bank China, member of the Global Banking Management +Committee and Head of Asia - Pacific of Deutsche Bank Global Banking and Chairman of Deutsche Bank (China) Co., +Ltd. He was concurrently Chairman of ICBC International Holdings Limited and Chairman of Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China (Brasil) S.A., and once served as Vice Chairman of Standard Bank Group Limited and Chairman of Industrial +and Commercial Bank of China (USA) NA. Mr. Zhang received a Bachelor's degree from Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural +University and a Master's degree in Genetics from the University of Alberta, Canada, as well as a Master's degree in Business +Administration (MBA) from the Santa Clara University in California, USA, and a Doctorate degree in Management Science +and Engineering from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. +Zhang Hongli, Executive Director, Senior Executive Vice President +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +Ge Rongrong, Non-executive Director +83 +Mr. Qian has served as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since +June 2015. He was appointed as Executive Vice President of Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. (BOCOM) in October 2004 +and became Executive Director and Executive Vice President of BOCOM as of August 2007. During his tenure at China +Construction Bank, he served as Deputy Head of Shanghai Branch, General Manager of the Asset and Liability Management +Department and Director of the Restructuring and Reform Office. Besides, Mr. Qian has served in several other positions, e.g. +Senior Vice President of BOCOM and concurrently Head of BOCOM Shanghai Branch, Chairman of BOCOM Life Insurance +Company and Chairman of BOCOM Schroder Fund Management Co., Ltd. He graduated from Shanghai University of +Finance and Economics with an MBA degree. He is a senior economist. +Qian Wenhui, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +Mr. Gu has served as Vice Chairman and Executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since +December 2016, and President since October 2016. He joined ICBC in 1998, where he served as Deputy General Manager +of Accounting and Settlement Department, Deputy General Manager of the Planning and Finance Department, and General +Manager of Finance and Accounting Department. Since July 2008, he had served as Board Secretary and General Manager +of Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations Department, Head of Shandong Branch and Senior Executive Vice President of +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited. He is now concurrently Vice Chairman of Standard Bank Group Limited, +Chairman of ICBC (London) PLC and Chairman of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina) S.A. Mr. Gu obtained +a Doctorate degree in Economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Master's degree in Economics from +Dongbei University of Finance and Economics and Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is +a senior accountant. +Gu Shu, Vice Chairman, Executive Director, President +Mr. Yi has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +Limited since June 2016. He joined ICBC in 1985, and had previously served in several positions including Deputy Head of +ICBC Zhejiang Branch, and Head of ICBC Jiangsu Branch and ICBC Beijing Branch. Mr. Yi has served as a member of Senior +Management, Senior Executive Vice President, President, Vice Chairman and Executive Director of Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited since October 2005. He obtained a Master's degree in Executive Business Administration from +Guanghua School of Management of Peking University. +Yi Huiman, Chairman, Executive Director +Biographies of Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Annual Report 2016 +(5) According to the regulations of CSRC, the day of first appointment of a re-elected director shall be the commencement date of +his/her tenure as indicated in the above table. +Ms. Ge has served as Non-executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since January 2012. She +has worked at Huijin since 2005 and is now Deputy Officer of Banking Institutions Department I of Huijin. Previously she +served as Deputy Officer and Officer of CCB Share Management Division of the Banking Department and an Employee +Supervisor of Huijin. Ms. Ge previously served as Lecturer at the Economics Management College of Beijing University of +Industry in 1994, and subsequently served as Assistant Researcher at China Eagle Securities Company and staff member +of the Department of Public Offering and Supervision at China Securities Regulatory Commission. Ms. Ge graduated from +China University of Technology and received a Doctorate degree in Management. Ms. Ge also received a Bachelor's degree +in Engineering from Zhejiang University and a Master's degree in Economics from Beijing Normal University. She is a senior +economist. +Mr. Zheng has served as Non-executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since February 2015. He +joined MOF in 1989, and served as Deputy Head and Head of Shanxi Finance Ombudsman Office, and Assistant Ombudsman +and Associate Counsel of Shanxi Finance Ombudsman Office. Mr. Zheng graduated from the Party School of the Central +Committee of C.P.C. majoring in law theory. He is an economist. +Anthony Francis Neoh, Independent Non-executive Director +launched by the Ministry of Education, an honorary professor of the School of Economics and Management at University of +Chinese Academy of Sciences and a senior editor in economics for the Journal of Management Science and Engineering, an +English magazine published by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He is also an editorial board member of +Economic Research Journal of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and an academic board member of China Economic +Quarterly published by Peking University. He acts as Independent Non-Executive Director of Xiamen Bank Co., Ltd. as well. +Mr. Hong graduated from Xiamen University with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master's degree in Economics, and +obtained his Doctorate degree in Economics from the University of California San Diego. +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +85 +Annual Report 2016 +Mr. Hong has served as Independent Non-executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since +August 2012. Mr. Hong was previously in charge of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Overseas Young Scholars +supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and acted as President of the Chinese Economists Society +in North America. He is currently an academician of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World and a professor +of Economics and International Studies at Cornell University in the United States. He has been enrolled as one of the first +participants of the "Thousand Talents Plan" and serves as Vice Chairman of the Steering Committee of Economics Teaching +at Institutions of Higher Learning under the Ministry of Education and Director of the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies +in Economics and the School of Economics at Xiamen University. He is a lecture professor of the "Changjiang Scholars" +Hong Yongmiao, Independent Non-executive Director +Zheng Fuqing, Non-executive Director +Mr. Or has served as Independent Non-executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since May +2012. Mr. Or previously served as General Manager and Director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation +Limited, Chairman of HSBC Insurance Limited, Chief Executive and Vice Chairman of Hang Seng Bank Limited, Chairman +of Hang Seng Insurance Company Limited and Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited, Director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, +and Director of Hutchison Whampoa Limited. He was Chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Banks, Vice President and +a Council Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, Chairman of the Financial Services Advisory Committee and a +member of the Services Promotion Program Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, a member of the +Risk Management Committee of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, a member of the Aviation Development +Advisory Committee, Chairman of Executive and Campaign Committee of the Community Chest of Hong Kong, Acting +Chairman of the Council of City University of Hong Kong, a Council Member of The University of Hong Kong, and an +Adviser of the Employers' Federation of Hong Kong. Mr. Or currently acts as Chairman, CEO and Executive Director of China +Strategic Holdings Limited, Chairman and Independent Non-executive Director of Esprit Holdings Limited, Vice Chairman +and Independent Non-executive Director of G-Resources Group Limited, Vice Chairman and Non-executive Director of Aquis +Entertainment Limited, Independent Non-executive Director of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited, Television Broadcasts +Limited and Regina Miracle International Ltd., and Vice Patron of the Board of the Community Chest of Hong Kong. Mr. +Or graduated from The University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Psychology. He is an Honorary +Doctorate of Social Science of City University of Hong Kong. Mr. Or was awarded a Silver Bauhinia Star from the Hong Kong +Special Administrative Region and Honorary University Fellowships from The University of Hong Kong in 2009. He is a Justice +of the Peace. +Mr. Cheng has served as Non-executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since March 2015. +He joined Huijin in 2009, and served as Deputy Director of Finance Bureau of Pingquan County in Hebei Province, Deputy +Director of Finance Office of Hebei Province, Head of Hebei Certified Public Accountants, Vice Chairman and Secretary +of Hebei Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Deputy General Manager of Shijiazhuang Office, General Manager of +Evaluation Management Department, General Manager of Tianjin Office and General Manager of Development Research +Department of China Great Wall Asset Management Corporation, and Non-executive Director of Agricultural Bank of China +Limited. Currently, he acts as guest professor of Peking University HSBC Business School, tutor to PhD students of Hunan +University, graduate supervisor for Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Central University of Finance and +Economics and Capital University of Economics and Business, and member of the Expert Advisory Committee for Mergers, +Acquisitions and Restructurings of CSRC. He obtained Doctorate degree in management from Hunan University. Currently, +he is a researcher in financial science, senior accountant, PRC Certified Public Accountant and China's Certified Public +Valuer. +Cheng Fengchao, Non-executive Director +Mr. Fei has served as Non-executive Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since March 2015. He +joined MOF in 1995, and served as Deputy Head of General Division and Head of Business Division II of Shaanxi Finance +Ombudsman Office, Assistant Ombudsman and Vice Ombudsman of Shaanxi Finance Ombudsman Office, and Ombudsman +of Ningxia Finance Ombudsman Office. Mr. Fei graduated from the Correspondence Institute of the Party School of the +Central Committee of C.P.C. in economic management. +Fei Zhoulin, Non-executive Director +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +ICBC +84 +Or Ching Fai, Independent Non-executive Director +Senior Executive Vice President +Non-executive Director +Li Yunze +Domestic non-state- +Ping An Life Insurance +None +7.8 +35,000,000 +preference shares +Domestic +person +State-owned legal +China Life Insurance +Company Limited +None +11.1 +50,000,000 +Domestic +preference shares +Domestic +Company of China, Ltd. +owned legal person +preference shares +owned legal person +Domestic +Domestic non-state- +BOCOM Schroders Asset +Management Co., Ltd. +China Resources +None +3.3 +15,000,000 +preference shares +person +Domestic +State-owned legal +CCB Trust Co., Ltd. +None +6.7 +30,000,000 +Other entities +China National Tobacco +Corporation +None +44.4 +Increase/ +decrease +during the +reporting +Nature of +shareholder +Name of shareholder +Unit: Share +PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING OF THE TOP 10 DOMESTIC PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE BANK (The +following data are based on the register of domestic preference shareholders as at 31 December 2016) +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +79 +Annual Report 2016 +(4) "Shareholding percentage" refers to the percentage of offshore preference shares held by preference shareholders in total +number of offshore preference shares. +As the issuance was private offering, the register of preference shareholders presented the information on proxies of placees. +(3) The Bank is not aware of any connected relations or concert party action among the aforementioned preference shareholders +and among the afore-mentioned preference shareholders and top 10 ordinary shareholders. +(2) +Notes: (1) Particulars of shareholding of preference shareholders were based on the number of shares set out in the Bank's register of +preference shareholders maintained. +Unknown +13.0 +40,000,000 +Number +of shares +preference shares +Number of +Shareholding +200,000,000 +Domestic +preference shares +Other entities +Corporation +China Mobile Communications +locked-up +shares +on sales +(%) +restrictions +percentage +at the end of +the period +period +Class of shares +pledged or +subject to +Shares held +EUR offshore +preference shares +15,000,000 +None +Dividend +distributed +Dividend +distributed +2015 +2016 +Recent distribution of dividends on preference shares by the Bank is shown as follows: +The above-mentioned preference share dividend distribution plans have been fulfilled. For particulars of the Bank's +distribution of dividends on preference shares, please refer to the announcements of the Bank on the websites of SSE, SEHK +and the Bank. +Dividend +Dividends on the Bank's offshore preference shares are paid annually in cash, and calculated based on the aggregate +value of the offshore preference shares. Dividends on the Bank's offshore preference shares are non-cumulative. Holders +of offshore preference shares are only entitled to dividends at the prescribed dividend rate, but are not entitled to any +distribution of residual profits of the Bank together with the holders of ordinary shares. According to the dividend +distribution plan in the offshore preference share issuance proposal, the Bank distributed a dividend of USD196,000,000, +EUR40,000,000 and RMB800,000,000 on the offshore preference shares (tax-inclusive), aggregating to RMB2,425 million +at the rate on dividend declared date. In practice, the dividend was distributed in the currency of the preference share. +According to relevant laws, when the Bank distributes dividends for offshore preference shares, the enterprise income tax +shall be withheld by the Bank at a rate of 10%. According to the requirements of the terms and conditions of the offshore +preference shares, the Bank will pay the relevant taxes, in addition to the dividends for offshore preference shares. +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +ICBC +80 +As per the resolution and authorization of the General Meeting, the Bank reviewed and approved the Proposal on +Distribution of Dividends for Preference Shares at the meeting of its Board of Directors on 28 October 2016, permitting the +Bank to distribute the dividends on the Bank's domestic preference shares for the first time on 23 November 2016 and on +the offshore preference shares on 12 December 2016. +◆ Dividend Distribution of Preference Shares +(3) "Shareholding percentage" refers to the percentage of domestic preference shares held by preference shareholders in total +number of domestic preference shares. +Dividends on the Bank's domestic preference shares are paid annually in cash, and calculated based on the aggregate +value of the issued domestic preference shares. Dividends on the Bank's domestic preference shares are non-cumulative. +Holders of domestic preference shares are only entitled to dividends at the prescribed coupon rate, but are not entitled +to any distribution of residual profits of the Bank together with the holders of ordinary shares. According to the dividend +distribution plan in the domestic preference share issuance proposal, the Bank distributed a dividend of RMB2,025,000,000 +on the domestic preference shares (tax-inclusive) at the coupon rate of 4.5% +Type of preference shares +rate +(pre-tax, +in RMB +millions) +◆ Redemption or Conversion of Preference Shares +2,331 +6.0% +2,425 +6.0% +Offshore preference shares +4.5% +2,025 +4.5% +Domestic preference shares +millions) +rate +in RMB +Dividend +(pre-tax, +(2) China National Tobacco Corporation Shandong Branch and China National Tobacco Corporation Heilongjiang Branch are both +wholly-owned subsidiaries of China National Tobacco Corporation. Save as disclosed above, the Bank is not aware of any +connected relations or concert party action among the afore-mentioned preference shareholders and among the aforementioned +preference shareholders and top 10 ordinary shareholders. +Notes: (1) Particulars of shareholding of preference shareholders were based on the number of shares set out in the Bank's register of +preference shareholders maintained. +None +2.2 +None +3.3 +15,000,000 +preference shares +owned legal person +Domestic +Domestic non-state- +None +3.3 +15,000,000 +preference shares +person +SZITIC Trust Co., Ltd. +BOC International (China) +Limited +Domestic +State-owned legal +China National Tobacco +Corporation +Shandong Branch +3.3 +China National Tobacco +Corporation +Heilongjiang Branch +Domestic +10,000,000 +preference shares +Tan Jiong +Domestic non-state- +owned legal person +Company of China Ltd. +None +2.2 +10,000,000 +Domestic +preference shares +Other entities +None +2.2 +10,000,000 +preference shares +Other entities +Ping An Property & +Casualty Insurance +Foreign legal person- +Domestic +39.1 +Male +67 +May 2012-June 2018 +Hong Yongmiao +Independent Non-executive Director +Male +Independent Non-executive Director +52 +Anthony Francis Neoh +Independent Non-executive Director +Male +70 +April 2015-April 2018 +Yang Siu Shun +August 2012-December 2018 +Or Ching Fai +March 2015-March 2018 +57 +Non-executive Director +Female +48 +January 2012-January 2018 +Zheng Fuqing +Fei Zhoulin +Non-executive Director +Male +53 +February 2015-February 2018 +Male +58 +March 2015-March 2018 +Cheng Fengchao +Non-executive Director +Male +Independent Non-executive Director +Male +61 +April 2016-April 2019 +Male +50 +December 2015-December 2018 +Shen Bingxi +External Supervisor +Male +64 +June 2016-June 2019 +Wang Lin +Secretary of Party Discipline Committee +Male +51 +July 2015- +Hu Hao +Unknown +External Supervisor +Ge Rongrong +June 2016-June 2019 +Male +Sheila Colleen Bair +Independent Non-executive Director +Female +62 +March 2017–March 2020 +Zhang Wei +Hui Ping +Huang Li +Qu Qiang +Shareholder Supervisor +Male +54 +June 2016-June 2019 +Employee Supervisor +Male +56 +Employee Supervisor +52 +January 2012-January 2018 +September 2015-September 2018 +Female +Shareholding +percentage +at the end of +Shares held +Number of +Number +of shares +Increase/ +decrease +during the +reporting +Nature of +shareholder +Name of shareholder +Unit: Share +PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING OF THE TOP 10 OFFSHORE PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS (OR PROXIES) OF THE +BANK (The following data are based on the register of offshore preference shareholders as at 31 December 2016) +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +During the reporting period, the Bank did not restore any voting right of preference share. +◆ Accounting Policy Adopted for Preference Shares and Rationale +- +_ +subject to +According to the Accounting Standard for Business Enterprises No. 22 Recognition and Measurement of Financial +Instruments, the Accounting Standard for Business Enterprises No. 37 Presentation of Financial Instruments and the +Rules for Distinguishing Financial Liabilities and Equity Instruments and Relevant Accounting Treatment (Cai Kuai [2014] +No. 13) promulgated by MOF as well as the International Accounting Standard 39 - Financial Instruments: Recognition +and Measurement and the International Accounting Standard 32 - Financial Instruments: Presentation promulgated +by International Accounting Standards Board and other accounting standards and main issuance clauses of the Bank's +preference shares, issued and existing preference shares of the Bank excluded contractual obligations of cash on delivery +or other financial assets and contractual obligations of settlement by delivering variable equity instruments, and shall be +calculated as other equity instruments. +pledged or +Class of shares +120,000,000 +52 +RMB offshore +preference shares +Depository (Nominees) Limited +The Bank of New York +Unknown +47.9 +147,000,000 +USD offshore +preference shares +Foreign legal person +Cede & Co. +locked-up +shares +(%) +the period +period +restrictions +Annual Report 2016 +on sales +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and +Institutions +54 +June 2015-June 2018 +Zhang Hongli +Wang Jingdong +Executive Director, +Male +51 +June 2015-June 2018 +Executive Director, +Male +54 +December 2016–December 2019 +Senior Executive Vice President +81 +Non-executive Director +Wang Xiaoya +Male +Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +Senior Executive Vice President +December 2016-December 2019 +Name +Qian Wenhui +Basic Information on Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Gender +Age +Tenure +Position +Chairman of the Board of Directors, +Executive Director +Yi Huiman +52 July 2013-June 2019 +Gu Shu +Vice Chairman, Executive Director, +President +Male +49 +Male +SSE +SEHK +Securities and Futures Ordinance of +Hong Kong +Standard Bank +State Council +The Bank/The Group +The Guiding Opinions on Regulating the Asset Management Business of Financial +Institutions jointly promulgated by PBC, CBIRC, CSRC and State Administration +of Foreign Exchange in 2018 and relevant rules +PRC GAAP +The People's Bank of China +Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises promulgated by MOF +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited; or Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited and its subsidiaries +The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited +Shanghai Stock Exchange +Standard Bank Group Limited +The State Council of the People's Republic of China +Annual Report 2018 +3 +Important Notice +The Board of Directors, the Board of Supervisors, Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members of Industrial +and Commercial Bank of China Limited undertake that the information in this report contains no false record, misleading +statement or material omission, and assume individual and joint and several liability for the authenticity, accuracy and +completeness of the information in this report. +PBC +The 2018 Annual Report of the Bank and its abstract have been considered and approved at the meeting of the Board of +Directors of the Bank held on 28 March 2019. All directors of the Bank attended the meeting. +The 2018 financial statements prepared by the Bank in accordance with PRC GAAP and IFRSS have been audited by KPMG +Huazhen LLP and KPMG in accordance with Chinese and International Standards on Audit respectively, with standard +unqualified auditors' reports being issued. +The Board of Directors of the Bank proposed distributing cash dividends for ordinary shares of RMB2.506 (pre-tax) for each +ten shares for 2018. The distribution plan will be submitted for approval to the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2018. +The Bank did not convert capital reserve to share capital. +Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) +New Rules on Asset Management +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (New Zealand) Limited +International Financial Reporting Standard 9 Financial Instruments that was +promulgated by International Accounting Standards Board and became +effective on 1 January 2018 as well as Accounting Standard for Business +Enterprises No. 22 Recognition and Measurement of Financial Instruments, +Accounting Standard for Business Enterprises No. 23 Transfer of Financial +Assets, Accounting Standard for Business Enterprises No. 24 - Hedging and +Accounting Standard for Business Enterprises No. 37 — Presentation of Financial +Instruments that were promulgated by MOF and became effective on +1 January 2018 +ICBC-AXA +The Board of Directors of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited +ICBC Standard Bank +ICBCFS +IFRSS +MOF +New Financial Instrument Standards +2 +ICBC +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Malaysia) Berhad +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Mexico S.A. +Definitions +ICBC PERU BANK +ICBC Turkey Bank Anonim Şirketi +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (USA) NA +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Co., Ltd. +ICBC International Holdings Limited +ICBC Financial Asset Investment Co., Limited +ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. +ICBC Standard Bank PLC +ICBC-AXA Assurance Co., Ltd. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services LLC +The International Financial Reporting Standards promulgated by the International +Accounting Standards Board, which comprise the International Accounting +Standards +Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Thai) Public Company Limited +28 March 2019 +17-18/F, East Tower, World Financial Center, 1 East 3rd Ring +Middle Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China +The report contains forward-looking statements on the Bank's financial position, business performance and development. +The statements are based on existing plans, estimates and forecasts, and bear upon future external events or the +Group's future finance, business or performance in other aspects, and may involve future plans which do not constitute +substantive commitment to investors. Hence, investors and persons concerned shall be fully aware of the risks and +understand the difference between plans, estimates and commitments. +www.sse.com.cn +The "HKEXnews" website of SEHK for publication of +the annual report in respect of H shares +www.hkexnews.hk +Legal advisors +Mainland China +King & Wood Mallesons +Haiwen & Partners +20/F, Fortune Financial Center, 5 East 3rd Ring Middle Road, +Chaoyang District, Beijing, China +Hong Kong, China +Allen & Overy +9/F, Three Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong +Linklaters +the annual report in respect of A shares +10/F, Alexandra House, Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong +A Share +China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited, +Shanghai Branch +3/F China Insurance Building, 166 Lujiazui Dong Road, +Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China +Telephone: 86-4008058058 +H Share +Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited +17M Floor, Hopewell Center, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, +Hong Kong +Telephone: 852-28628555 +ICBC Leasing +Facsimile: 852-28650990 +Share Registrars +Mr. Gu Shu, Vice Chairman, President and President in charge of finance of the Bank, and Mr. Zhang Wenwu, General +Manager of the Finance and Accounting Department of the Bank, hereby represent and warrant that the financial +statements contained in the Annual Report are authentic, accurate and complete. +Website designated by CSRC for publication of +Selected media for information disclosure +The Bank is primarily exposed to credit risk, market risk, interest rate risk in the banking book, liquidity risk, operational +risk, reputational risk and country risk. The Bank has actively adopted measures to effectively manage various types of +risks. Please refer to the section headed "Discussion and Analysis - Risk Management" for detailed information. +(This report is prepared in both Chinese and English. In the case of discrepancy between the two versions, the Chinese +version shall prevail.) +ICBC +4 +Corporate Information +Legal name in Chinese +中國工商銀行股份有限公司(“中國工商銀行") +Legal name in English +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED ("ICBC") +Registered address and office address +55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, China +Postal code: 100140 +China Securities Journal, Shanghai Securities News, Securities Times, +Securities Daily +Telephone: 86-10-66106114 +Website: www.icbc.com.cn, www.icbc-ltd.com +Principal place of business in Hong Kong +33/F, ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong +Authorized representatives +Gu Shu and Guan Xueqing +Board Secretary and Company Secretary +Guan Xueqing +Address: 55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, China +Telephone: 86-10-66108608 +Facsimile: 86-10-66107571 +E-mail: ir@icbc.com.cn +Business enquiry and complaint hotline: 86-95588 +ICBC Investment +· Other Information Disclosed Pursuant to +Regulatory Requirements +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management +Business Overview +27 +Risk Management +47 +― Capital Management +64 +Outlook +67 +68 +Social Responsibility +70 +Details of Changes in Share Capital and +Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +74 +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, +Employees and Institutions +82 +Corporate Governance Report +91 +Report of the Board of Directors +108 +Report of the Board of Supervisors +112 +12 +― Financial Statements Analysis +11 +Regulatory Environments +Location where copies of this annual report are kept +ICBC (E +H +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED +(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) +Stock Code: 1398 +USD Preference Shares Stock Code: 4603 +EUR Preference Shares Stock Code: 4604 +RMB Preference Shares Stock Code: 84602 +Annual Report 2018 +Company Profile +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was +established on 1 January 1984. On 28 October 2005, +the Bank was wholly restructured to a joint-stock +limited company. On 27 October 2006, the Bank was +successfully listed on both Shanghai Stock Exchange +and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. +Significant Events +Through its continuous endeavor and stable +development, the Bank has developed into the leading +bank in the world, possessing an excellent customer +base, a diversified business structure, strong innovation +capabilities and market competitiveness. The Bank +regards service as the very foundation to seek further +development and adheres to creating value through +services while providing a comprehensive range of +financial products and services to 7,033 thousand +corporate customers and 607 million personal +customers. The Bank has been consciously integrating +the social responsibilities with its development strategy +and operation and management activities, and gaining +wide recognition in the aspects of promoting inclusive +finance, supporting targeted poverty relief, protecting +environment and resources and participating in public +welfare undertakings. +The Bank was ranked the 1st place among the Top 1000 +World Banks by The Banker, ranked 1st place in the +Global 2000 listed by Forbes and topped the sub-list of +commercial banks of the Global 500 in Fortune for the +sixth consecutive year, and took the 1st place among +the Top 500 Banking Brands of Brand Finance for the +third consecutive year. +CONTENTS +Definitions +Important Notice +Corporate Information +Financial Highlights +8 +245600 = +President's Statement +Discussion and Analysis +11 +Economic, Financial and +The Bank always keeps in mind its underlying mission +of serving the real economy with its principal business, +and along with the real economy it prospers, suffers +and grows. Taking a risk-based approach and never +overstepping the bottom line, it constantly enhances its +capability of controlling and mitigating risks. Besides, +the Bank remains steadfast in understanding and +following the business rules of commercial banks to +strive to be a century-old bank. It also stays committed +to seeking progress with innovation while maintaining +stability, continuously enhances the strategy of mega +retail, mega asset management, mega investment +banking as well as international and comprehensive +development, and actively embraces the internet. The +Bank unswervingly delivers specialized services, and +pioneers a specialized business model, thus making it +"a craftsman in large banking". +115 +Organizational Chart +118 +China Securities Regulatory Commission +Former China Banking Regulatory Commission +Banks undertaking key functions with global features in the financial markets as +released by the Financial Stability Board +Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited +Central Huijin Investment Ltd. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Almaty) Joint Stock Company +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina) S.A. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited +ICBC (Austria) +ICBC (Brasil) +ICBC (Canada) +ICBC (Europe) +ICBC (Indonesia) +Company Law of the People's Republic of China +ICBC (London) +ICBC (Malaysia) +ICBC (Mexico) +ICBC (New Zealand) +ICBC (Peru) +ICBC Austria Bank GmbH +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Brasil) S.A. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Canada) +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Europe) S.A. +PT. Bank ICBC Indonesia +ICBC (London) PLC +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau) Limited +ICBC (Thai) +ICBC (Turkey) +ICBC (USA) +ICBC (Macau) +ICBC International +China Investment Corporation +Regulation Governing Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional) promulgated by +the former CBRC in June 2012 +Auditor's Report and Financial Statements +120 +2018 Ranking and Awards +319 +List of Domestic and +Overseas Branches and Offices +323 +Definitions +In this report, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings set out below: +Articles of Association +Bank ICBC (JSC) +China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission +Capital Regulation +CIC +Company Law +CSRC +Former CBRC +Global Systemically Important Banks +Hong Kong Listing Rules +Huijin +ICBC (Almaty) +ICBC (Argentina) +ICBC (Asia) +The Articles of Association of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited +Bank ICBC (Joint stock company) +CBIRC +Board of Directors' Office of the Bank +Asset quality (%) +A Share +Net profit attributable to equity 78,802 81,640 79,185 58,049 +holders of the parent +company +Net cash flows from operating +activities +62,160 +124,372 696,370 (158,769) 109,306 237,236 370,254 54,068 +Annual Report 2018 +7 +President's Statement +President Gu Shu +ICBC +19.96 +17.10 +15.24 +14.35 +13.79 +Return on weighted average equity(2) +1.40 +168,553 169,526 169,389 +75,786 77,209 75,004 58,050 +1.30 +168,186 +178,117 +(6) Calculated by dividing operating expenses (less taxes and surcharges) by operating income. +(7) Calculated by dividing the balance of NPLs by total balance of loans and advances to customers. +(8) Calculated by dividing allowance for impairment losses on loans by total balance of NPLs. +(9) Calculated by dividing allowance for impairment losses on loans by total balance of loans and advances to customers. +(10) Calculated in accordance with the Capital Regulation. +Quarterly Financial Data +(In RMB millions) +Operating income +2018 +2017 +Q1 +183,185 +Q2 +Q3 +Q4 +Q1 +Q2 +Q3 +Q4 +178,578 185,241 +(5) Calculated by dividing net profit by the average balance of risk-weighted assets at the beginning and at the end of the +reporting period. +1.20 +1.11 +27.40 +A +A1 +A +Moody's (4) +S&P(4) +Credit rating +0.78 +0.77 +0.77 +0.79 +0.82 +Diluted earnings per share +0.78 +0.77 +0.77 +0.79 +A +1.14 +A +A1 +Return on average total assets(1) +Profitability (%) +2014 +2015 +2016 +2017 +2018 +Financial Highlights +Financial Indicators +ICBC +(4) The rating results are in the form of "long-term foreign currency deposits rating". +(3) Calculated by dividing equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company after deduction of other equity instruments at +the end of the reporting period by the total number of ordinary shares at the end of the reporting period. +(2) +6 +Notes: (1) Calculated by adding impairment losses of loans and advances to customers measured at amortised cost with impairment losses of +loans and advances to customers measured at fair value through other comprehensive income. +Calculated in accordance with the Capital Regulation. +A1 +A +A1 +(4) Calculated by dividing net interest income by the average balance of interest-generating assets. +(3) Calculated by the spread between yield on average balance of interest-generating assets and cost on average balance of +interest-bearing liabilities. +Calculated by dividing net profit by the average balance of total assets at the beginning and at the end of the reporting period. +Calculated in accordance with the Rules for the Compilation and Submission of Information Disclosure by Companies that Offer +Securities to the Public No. 9 - Calculation and Disclosure of Return on Net Assets and Earnings per Share (Revision 2010) +issued by CSRC. +Net interest margin (4) +2.46 +2.30 +2.02 +2.10 +2.16 +Net interest spread(3) +27.93 +Non-performing loans ("NPLs") ratio (7) +1.52 +1.55 +1.62 +1.50 +1.13 +Allowance to NPLs (8) +175.76 +154.07 +2.30 +136.69 +2.22 +2.47 +26.45 +25.71 +Cost-to-income ratio (6) +to operating income +20.87 +21.44 +22.59 +20.67 +20.04 +Ratio of net fee and commission income +2.26 +2.16 +2.01 +1.89 +1.81 +Return on risk-weighted assets (5) +2.66 +2.16 +Place where shares are listed, and their names and +codes +156.34 +206.90 +14.61 +15.22 +14.53 +Total equity to total assets ratio +8.47 +8.21 +8.21 +8.11 +7.46 +Risk-weighted assets to total assets +62.06 +60.96 +60.34 +59.51 +60.53 +ratio +Notes: (1) +(2) +15.14 +15.39 +Capital adequacy ratio (10) +12.19 +Allowance to total loans ratio (9) +2.68 +2.39 +2.22 +2.35 +2.34 +Capital adequacy (%) +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio (10) +0.82 +12.98 +12.87 +12.87 +11.92 +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio (10) +13.45 +13.27 +13.42 +13.48 +12.77 +Basic earnings per share +A1 +4.80 +Profit before taxation +359,455 +360,905 +360,675 +361,691 +369,324 +Operating profit +56,729 +86,993 +87,894 +127,769 +161,594 +218,674 +220,835 +193,112 +186,194 +194,203 +Impairment losses +Operating expenses +634,858 +668,733 +372,413 +364,641 +363,279 +363,235 +Total assets +As at the end of reporting period (in RMB millions) +201,457 +1,131,764 +239,221 +770,864 +724,133 +Net cash flows from operating activities +of the parent company +275,811 +641,681 +277,131 +286,049 +297,676 +Net profit attributable to equity holders +276,286 +277,720 +279,106 +287,451 +298,723 +Net profit +361,612 +278,249 +27,699,540 +675,654 +Operating income +CPAs (Practicing): Li Li and He Qi +District, Beijing, China +8/F, Tower E2, Oriental Plaza, 1 East Chang'an Avenue, Dongcheng +KPMG Huazhen LLP +Domestic auditors +Name and office address of auditors +Stock code: 360011 +Shanghai Stock Exchange +Stock name: I +Domestic Preference Share +Stock code: 84602 +Stock name: ICBC CNHPREF1-R +Stock name: ICBC EURPREF1 +Stock code: 4604 +Stock code: 4603 +The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited +Stock name: ICBC USDPREF1 +Offshore Preference Share +Stock code: 1398 +The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited +Stock name: ICBC +H Share +Stock code: 601398 +Stock name: 工商銀行 +Shanghai Stock Exchange +International auditors +KPMG +8/F, Prince's Building, 10 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong +Annual Report 2018 +132,497 +143,391 +144,973 +139,625 +145,301 +Net fee and commission income +493,522 +507,867 +471,846 +522,078 +725,121 +572,518 +Annual operating results (in RMB millions) +2014 +2015 +2016 +2017 +2018 +Financial Data +(Financial data and indicators in this annual report are prepared in accordance with IFRSS and, unless otherwise specified, are +consolidated amounts of the Bank and its subsidiaries and denominated in Renminbi.) +Financial Highlights +5 +Net interest income +4.23 +Total loans and advances to customers +15,419,905 +413,177 +2,030,108 +2,232,033 +Net core tier 1 capital (2) +353,495 +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +Share capital +of the parent company +1,530,859 +1,789,474 +1,969,751 +2,127,491 +2,330,001 +Equity attributable to equity holders +1,539,239 +2,265,860 +2,016,799 +16,086,368 +16,514,992 +1,874,976 +1,701,495 +1,486,733 +Net tier 1 capital (2) +5.29 +5.73 +6.30 +Net asset value per share(3) +Per share data (in RMB yuan) +12,475,939 +13,216,687 +14,564,617 +15,902,801 +17,190,992 +19,072,649 +Risk-weighted assets (2) +2,012,103 +2,127,462 +2,406,920 +2,644,885 +Net capital base(2) +1,521,233 +1,781,062 +1,954,770 +2,110,060 +2,312,143 +1,812,137 +Allowance for impairment losses +20,409,261 +26.69 +4,433,237 +5,009,963 +Due to banks and other financial +institutions +Due to customers +Total liabilities +Investment +6,754,692 5,756,704 5,481,174 +25,354,657 23,945,987 22,156,102 +21,408,934 19,562,936 18,113,931 +1,814,495 1,706,549 +257,581 +280,654 +11,026,331 +22,209,780 20,609,953 +11,933,466 +24,137,265 +13,056,846 +289,512 +26,087,043 +14,233,448 +340,482 +on loans (1) +Corporate Governance Report +91 +Annual Report 2018 +As the organ of power of the Bank, the Shareholders' General Meeting involves all shareholders. The Shareholders' General +Meeting is responsible for, among others, deciding on business policies and significant investment plans of the Bank; +examining and approving the Bank's annual financial budget, final account proposals, plans for profit distribution and +loss make-up; electing and replacing directors, supervisors appointed from the shareholder representatives and external +supervisors; examining and approving work report of the Board of Directors and work report of the Board of Supervisors; +adopting resolutions on merger, division, dissolution, liquidation, change of corporate form, increase or decrease of the +Bank's registered capital, issuance of corporate bonds or other securities and public listing, repurchase of the shares and +issuance of preference shares; and amending the Articles of Association of the Bank. +Note: The above is the corporate governance framework chart as of the end of 2018. +The Bank has made constant efforts to improve the corporate governance and checks and balances mechanism comprising +the Shareholders' General Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Board of Supervisors and the Senior Management featuring +clearly-defined responsibilities and accountability, coordination and effective checks and balances, and to optimize +responsibilities of the authority organ, decision-making organ, supervisory organ and executive organ. As a result, the +corporate governance operation mechanism with scientific decision-making process, effective supervision and steady +operation has been in place. +Overseas +Institutions +Responsibilities of the Board of Directors +Responsibilities of the Shareholders' General Meeting +Proposing the convening of an extraordinary general meeting +Shareholders' Rights +As the supervisory organ of the Bank, the Board of Supervisors is accountable to, and shall report its work to, the +Shareholders' General Meeting. The Board of Supervisors is responsible for, among others, supervising the performance +and due diligence of Directors and Senior Management members; supervising the performance of duties by the Board +of Directors and the Senior Management; conducting exit audits on Directors and Senior Management members when +necessary; inspecting and supervising financial activities of the Bank; examining financial information such as financial report, +business report and profit distribution plan to be submitted to the Shareholders' General Meeting by the Board of Directors; +inspecting and supervising the business decision-making, risk management and internal control of the Bank and guiding +the internal audit department of the Bank; supervising the engagement, dismissal, reengagement and audit of the external +auditor as well as the audit work progress of the Bank; formulating the remuneration plans and performance evaluation +measures of supervisors, conducting the performance evaluation on supervisors, and reporting to the Shareholders' General +Meeting for approval; presenting proposals to the Shareholders' General Meeting; proposing to convene an extraordinary +general meeting, and convening and presiding over the extraordinary general meeting in case the Board of Directors fails +to perform its duty of convening Shareholders' General Meeting; proposing to convene an interim meeting of the Board of +Directors. +During the reporting period, the Bank fully complied with the principles, code provisions and recommended best practices +stipulated in the Corporate Governance Code (Appendix 14 to the Hong Kong Listing Rules). +Compliance with the Corporate Governance Code +During the reporting period, the Bank revised the Plan on Authorization of the Shareholders' General Meeting to the +Board of Directors of ICBC and the Plan on Authorization of the Board of Directors to the President of ICBC, providing an +institutional guarantee for strengthening asset quality, gaining efficiency in asset write-off and disposal, and increasing +donations for fighting against poverty. +Development of Corporate Governance Regulations +Corporate Governance Report +93 +Annual Report 2018 +The Bank continuously increased the level of transparency across the Group. It disclosed information in a legal and compliant +manner, and conducted voluntary information disclosure in an orderly manner. Besides, it earnestly protected the right to +information of investors and other stakeholders. It also actively improved the group-wide significant information transmission +mechanism, and strengthened the building of teams of professional talents constantly. All of these efforts led to increasingly +better management of the Group over information disclosure. +The Bank strengthened enterprise risk management and capital management, and intensified internal control, audit and +supervision. It continued to improve the enterprise risk management policies, and took multiple measures to enhance +the Group's risk management capacity; stepped up the capital management, liquidity management and interest rate +management, with the capital adequacy ratio (CAR) remained stabilized overall; and reinforced the group-wide compliance +management, kept optimizing the internal control environment, and continued enhancing the auditing service capacity and +the related supervision and inspection standards. +The Bank put the supervisory function of the Board of Supervisors into good use. The Board of Supervisors continuously +improved its working mechanism in accordance with the priorities of the Bank, deepened the contents and methods of its +supervision over performance of the Board of Directors and the Senior Management and earnestly conducted the annual +performance assessment. Financial supervision and supervision over risk management and internal control of the Bank were +enhanced. The Board of Supervisors effectively fulfilled its important role to corporate governance and promoted the legal +and compliant operation and sustainable and stable development of the Bank. +Responsibilities of the Board of Supervisors +The Bank put into good use the key role of the Board of Directors in strategic decision-making and corporate governance. +Centering on the objectives of driving sustainable growth in corporate value and creating value for customers and +shareholders, the Board of Directors forged ahead as guided by strategies, sought progress without compromising stability +and inherited and innovated in development philosophy, strengthened the enterprise risk management and internal control, +actively promoted the operational transformation and structural adjustment, kept track of how the strategies, plans and +decisions were implemented continuously, and made sure the robust operation and healthy development of the Group. +Supporting rules and regulations for performance standards of the Board of Directors were established and improved to +ensure the Board of Directors fulfill its duties in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. +During the reporting period, the Bank appointed and re-appointed some directors and changed the chairman and members +of some special committees of the Board of Directors to ensure the Bank operated in compliance with laws and regulations. +The Bank continued to improve the structure of the Board of Directors and further promoted the role of the special +committees of the Board of Directors in supporting decision-making. Besides, the Bank stepped up efforts in the Group's +corporate governance, and kept refining the management and control and collaboration mechanism of the Group as well as +the corporate governance framework, institutional system and working mechanism of its subsidiaries. +Construction of the Organizational Framework of Corporate Governance +During the reporting period, the Bank took improving corporate governance as a primary measure to enhance its core +competitiveness, continued to optimize its modern corporate governance framework, mechanism and culture, and brought +the corporate governance and risk management capacities of the Group to a higher level. There is neither any material +divergence between actual corporate governance of the Bank and applicable regulatory documents regarding corporate +governance issued by CSRC, nor any problem identified by regulatory authorities but remain unresolved in respect of +corporate governance. During the reporting period, the Bank actively took part in the corporate governance award selection +activities at home and abroad, and received a series of corporate governance awards from many Chinese and foreign +authoritative institutions and news media, including the "2018 CCTV China's Top 10 Listed Companies Award" from the +2018 CCTV Financial Forum & Chinese Listed Companies Summit, the "Golden Round Table Awards Enterprise Excellent +in Corporate Governance" from the magazine Directors & Boards and the "Corporate Award - Platinum Award" from the +Hong Kong magazine The Asset. +Overview of Corporate Governance +Corporate Governance Report +ICBC +Domestic +Institutions +92 +As the executive organ of the Bank, the Senior Management is accountable to the Board of Directors. The Senior +Management is responsible for, among others, the operation and management of the Bank; organizing the implementation +of operation and investment plans approved by the Board of Directors; formulating specific rules and regulations of the +Bank; determining plans for compensation distribution and performances evaluation of persons in charge of internal +departments and branches of the Bank (except the internal audit department); truthfully reporting to the Board of Directors +or the Board of Supervisors on the business performance; drafting the annual financial budget plan, final account plan, profit +distribution plan and loss make-up plan, plans for increase or reduction of the registered capital, the issuance of bonds or +other securities and listing, and making suggestions in that respect to the Board of Directors. +Responsibilities of the Senior Management +Construction of the Corporate Governance Mechanism +As the decision-making organ of the Bank, the Board of Directors of the Bank is accountable to, and shall report its +work to, the Shareholders' General Meeting. The Board of Directors is responsible for, among others, convening the +Shareholders' General Meeting; implementing the resolutions of the Shareholders' General Meeting; deciding on the +business plans, investment proposals and development strategies of the Bank; formulating annual financial budget and +final accounts of the Bank; formulating plans for profit distribution and loss recovery of the Bank; formulating plans for +the increase or decrease of the Bank's registered capital, capital replenishment and financial restructuring of the Bank; +formulating basic management systems of the Bank such as risk management system and internal control system, and +supervising the implementation of such systems; appointing or removing President and the Board Secretary, and appointing +or removing Senior Executive Vice Presidents and other senior management members (except the Board Secretary) who +shall be appointed or removed by the Board of Directors under relevant laws according to the nomination of the President +and deciding on their compensation, bonus and penalty matters; deciding on or authorizing the President to decide on +the establishment of relevant offices of the Bank; regularly evaluating and improving corporate governance of the Bank; +managing information disclosure of the Bank; and supervising and ensuring the President and other Senior Management +members to perform their management duties effectively. +11.0 +Supporting +Departments +14.8 +2,727 +16.2 +70,780 +15.7 +Central China +2,758,294 +10.0 +3,530 +21.0 +89,233 +19.9 +Western China +3,530,531 +12.7 +3,758 +22.3 +91,609 +20.4 +Northeastern China +1,120,364 +4.0 +1,663 +9.9 +46,898 +10.4 +Overseas and others +4,085,516 +3,695,699 +An extraordinary general meeting should be convened within two (2) months from the date when shareholders holding +more than ten percent (10%) of the voting shares of the Bank, either individually or jointly, request to convene in writing. +Proposing shareholders shall have the right to request the Board of Directors in writing to convene an extraordinary general +meeting. The Board of Directors shall make a written response as to whether or not it agrees to convene such a meeting +within ten (10) days upon receipt of the request in accordance with laws, administrative regulations, rules and the Articles +of Association of the Bank. Reasonable expenses incurred from the case where shareholders convene the meeting by +themselves due to the failure of the Board of Directors to convene the meeting shall be borne by the Bank, and deducted +from the payment to those negligent directors. +12.1 +Item +(in RMB millions) +Number of +(%) institutions +Percentage +(%) +Number of +employees +Percentage +(%) +Head Office +9,803,222 +35.4 +30 +0.2 +17,047 +3.8 +Yangtze River Delta +5,860,977 +21.2 +2,519 +15.0 +61,834 +13.8 +Pearl River Delta +Bohai Rim +3,700,969 +13.4 +2,037 +49,548 +13.3 +556 +3.3 +Audit Committee +Management +Corporate +Banking +Promotion +Committee +Retail Banking +Promotion +Committee +Banking +Promotion +Committee +Investment +Banking +Promotion +Committee +Financial +Assets Service +Management +Committee +Asset & Liability +Management +Committee +Risk +Management +Committee +Internet Finance +Promotion +Committee +Financial +Technology +Development +Committee +Inclusive +Finance +Promotion +Committee +Profitability +Units +Risk +Management +Department +Internal Audit +Bureau +Internal Audit +Sub-bureau +Comprehensive +Administration +Departments +Related Party +Transactions Control +Committee +Compensation +Committee +Nomination +Committee +Board of +Supervisors +22,347 +5.0 +Eliminated and +(6,856,032) +(24.8) +undistributed assets +Total +27,699,540 +100.0 +16,820 +100.0 +449,296 +100.0 +Directly +Controlled +Institutions +Note: Overseas and other assets include investments in associates and joint ventures. +ICBC +Corporate Governance Report +Corporate Governance Framework +Shareholders' +General Meeting +Board of +Directors +Strategy +Committee +Risk Management +Committee +Marketing +Management +Departments +Senior +Primary reporting line +Secondary reporting line +90 +Submitting interim proposals for the Shareholders' General Meeting +Cheng Fengchao +Putting forward suggestions and reviewing documents +Shen Si +2/2 +10/10 +6/6 +8/8 +3/3 +Nout Wellink +7/8 +0/1 +Yi Huiman +2/2 +10/10 +5/7 +Zhang Hongli +1/1 +4/5 +Directors Leaving Office +7/7 +9/10 +2/2 +6/6 +3/3 +Anthony Francis Neoh +2/2 +10/10 +5/6 +8/8 +5/6 +2/3 +Yang Siu Shun +2/2 +10/10 +5/6 +5/6 +2/3 +2/3 +Sheila Colleen Bair +5 --3/5 - +8/8 +Wang Jingdong +6/7 +(4) Mr. Nout Wellink was appointed as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank in December 2018. +Special Committees of the Board of Directors +The Board of Directors of the Bank has established six special committees, namely, the Strategy Committee, the Audit +Committee, the Risk Management Committee, the Nomination Committee, the Compensation Committee and the +Related Party Transactions Control Committee. Except the Strategy Committee, chairmen of all the other committees were +assumed by Independent Non-executive Directors. More than half of the members of the Audit Committee, the Nomination +Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Related Party Transactions Control Committee were Independent +Non-executive Directors. During the reporting period, the performance of duties by the special committees of the Board of +Directors is set out below: +Annual Report 2018 +97 +Corporate Governance Report +◆ Strategy Committee +For the change of directors, please refer to the section headed "Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and +Institutions Appointment and Removal". +The Strategy Committee is mainly responsible for considering the Bank's strategic development plan, risk events that bear +material influence on the overall situation, business and institutional development plan, major investment and financing +plan, green credit strategy, consumer protection strategy, fulfillment of social responsibilities in terms of environment, +community and governance and other aspects, and other major matters critical to the Bank's development, making +recommendations to the Board of Directors, and examining and assessing the soundness of the corporate governance +framework to ensure financial reporting, risk management and internal control are compliant with corporate governance +criteria of the Bank. As at the disclosure date of the results, the Strategy Committee consisted of nine directors, including +Executive Director Mr. Gu Shu; Independent Non-executive Directors Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair, Mr. Hong Yongmiao, +Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh and Mr. Nout Wellink; Non-executive Directors Mr. Zheng Fuqing, Ms. Mei Yingchun, Mr. +Dong Shi and Mr. Ye Donghai. Independent Non-executive Director Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair was Vice Chairman of the +Committee. +◆ Audit Committee +The Audit Committee is mainly responsible for constantly overseeing the Bank's internal control system, and supervising, +inspecting and evaluating financial information and internal audit of the Bank and assessing mechanisms for the Bank's +staff to report misconducts in financial statements, internal control, etc., and assessing the mechanism for the Bank to +conduct independent and fair investigations and take appropriate actions in relation to the reported matters. As at the +disclosure date of the results, the Audit Committee consisted of seven directors, including Independent Non-executive +Directors Mr. Shen Si, Mr. Hong Yongmiao, Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh, Mr. Yang Siu Shun and Mr. Nout Wellink; +Non-executive Directors Mr. Cheng Fengchao and Mr. Ye Donghai. Independent Non-executive Director Mr. Shen Si was +Chairman of the Committee. +Performance of the Audit Committee During the reporting period, the Audit Committee held six meetings, +considered 11 proposals including the proposals on the Bank's periodic reports and the Plan for Internal Audit Projects in +2018, and heard 14 reports including the 2017 Internal Audit Report and the report on internal control audit results. The +Audit Committee put forward comments or suggestions on matters including the arrangement of internal and external +audits and development plan, impact of the implementation of new accounting standards, and construction of internal audit +system and mechanism. +Reviewing periodic reports +The Audit Committee periodically reviewed the financial reports of the Bank. It had reviewed and submitted to the Board +of Directors to approve the annual report, interim report and quarterly reports of the Bank. It also organized and conducted +an internal control assessment of the Group for 2017 and engaged external auditors to audit the assessment report and +procedures of the Bank in accordance with the relevant regulatory requirements. Additionally, it enhanced communication +with external auditors, attached importance to the supervision of external auditors and heard several reports of external +auditors concerning audit plan, audit results, and management proposals. The Audit Committee also concerned with the +compliant development of overseas institutions and heard related branches' reports on internal audit work. It strengthened +field surveys by investigating credit asset quality, credit mechanism and cultural development at branches. +98 +ICBC +Performance of the Strategy Committee During the reporting period, the Strategy Committee of the Board of Directors +held seven meetings, considered 19 proposals including the proposals on the 2018-2020 Strategic Development Plan +and the 2018-2020 Capital Plan, and heard reports on topics including the capital replenishment of the domestic and +overseas institutions in 2018, merger and acquisition and equity investment and capital injection plan for institutions to be +established. The Strategy Committee put forward comments or suggestions on matters including Strategic Development +Plan, capital management, annual final accounts, assessment plan of the Inclusive Finance Department and consumer +protection policy. +Directors who did not attend the meetings of the Board of Directors and its special committees in person appointed other +directors to attend the meetings and exercise the voting right on their behalf. +(3) +(2) +2/2 +Fei Zhoulin +1/1 +7/7 +5/5 +7/7 +5/5 +Or Ching Fai +1/1 +8/8 +7/7 +6/6 +5/5 +3/3 +3/3 +Notes: (1) +"Attendances in person" refers to attending meetings in person or on telephone or by video conference. +1/1 +Shareholders who hold more than three percent (3%) of shares of the Bank, either individually or jointly, may prepare +an interim proposal and submit it in writing to the Board of Directors ten (10) days before the Shareholders' General +Meetings convened. The Board of Directors shall issue a supplementary notice for the Shareholders' General Meeting within +two (2) days upon receipt of the proposal and submit such proposal to the Shareholders' General Meeting for approval. +6/6 +10/10 +The Board of Directors of the Bank earnestly and fully implemented the resolutions adopted by the Shareholders' General +Meeting during the reporting period. +Board of Directors and Special Committees +Composition of the Board of Directors +The Bank formulated relatively complete procedures for nominating and electing Directors. With diversified backgrounds, +the Directors complemented each other on one hand with regard to their expertise, professional competence and experience +and expressed professional and diversified perspectives and views, which ensured scientific decision-making of the Board of +Directors. As at the disclosure date of the results, the Board of Directors of the Bank consisted of 12 directors, including one +Executive Director: Mr. Gu Shu; five Non-executive Directors: Mr. Cheng Fengchao, Mr. Zheng Fuqing, Ms. Mei Yingchun, +Mr. Dong Shi and Mr. Ye Donghai; and six Independent Non-executive Directors: Mr. Hong Yongmiao, Mr. Anthony Francis +Neoh, Mr. Yang Siu Shun, Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair, Mr. Shen Si and Mr. Nout Wellink. Mr. Gu Shu was Vice Chairman of the +Board of Directors. The Executive Director has worked in the areas of banking and management for a long time, possesses +extensive professional expertise and experience in those areas and is familiar with operation and management of the +Bank. Non-executive Directors have worked in the fiscal, economic and financial sectors for many years, and they have rich +practical experience and relatively high level of understanding of policies and theories. All of the Independent Non-executive +Directors are prestigious Chinese or foreign experts in their respective areas, e.g. economy, finance, audit and law, and they +are familiar with Chinese and foreign regulatory rules and have a good knowledge of corporate governance, finance and +bank management. The number of Independent Non-executive Directors of the Bank accounted for more than one third of +the total members of the Board of Directors, complying with relevant regulatory requirements. +Meetings of the Board of Directors +During the reporting period, the Board of Directors of the Bank held ten meetings, considered 79 proposals including the +proposals on the 2017 Work Report of the Board of Directors, amendment of the Plan on Authorization of the Shareholders' +General Meeting to the Board of Directors and the Plan on Authorization of the Board of Directors to the President, +nomination of candidates for Directors, and issuance of domestic and offshore preference shares, and heard 34 reports +including the reports on the 2018 Work Plan of the Board of Directors, the Directors' performance assessment by the Board +of Directors for 2017, the details on internal audits, and the summary of external audits. For major proposals reviewed by +the Board of Directors, please refer to the announcements of the Bank on the websites of SSE and SEHK or the website of +the Bank. In addition, the Board of Directors held an Analytical Meeting on Implementing the Strategic Development Plan for +2018-2020. At the meeting, Directors studied and discussed the implementation of the Plan in 2018 and deliberated on the +next-step measures for optimization. +96 +Implementation of Resolutions of the Shareholders' General Meeting by the Board +of Directors +ICBC +The attendance of each of the Directors in Shareholders' General Meetings and meetings of the Board of Directors and the +special committees of the Board of Directors during the reporting period is set out below: +Attendances in person/Number of meetings that should be attended +Special Committees of the Board of Directors: +Shareholders' +Risk +Related Party +Transactions +Directors +Percentage +Corporate Governance Report +During the reporting period, the Bank convened the 2017 Annual General Meeting on 26 June 2018 and the First +Extraordinary General Meeting of 2018 on 21 November 2018. The afore-mentioned Shareholders' General Meetings were +convened and held in strict compliance with relevant laws and regulations and the Articles of Association of the Bank. The +Bank made announcements on the resolutions and disclosed legal opinions in a timely manner in accordance with regulatory +requirements. For details of the above meetings, please refer to the announcements of the Bank dated 26 June 2018 and +21 November 2018 respectively on the websites of SSE and SEHK, or the website of the Bank. +Shareholders' General Meeting +Corporate Governance Report +Shareholders are entitled to supervise business operation of the Bank and put forward suggestions or inquiries accordingly. +Shareholders are entitled to review the information of the Bank such as the Articles of Association, the register of +shareholders, documents on status of share capital and minutes of Shareholders' General Meetings, etc. +Special provisions on rights of preference shareholders +In the following circumstances, preference shareholders of the Bank have the right to attend the Shareholders' General +Meeting and exercise voting rights: (1) amendments to the Articles of Association which relate to preference shares; (2) the +reduction of the registered capital of the Bank by more than 10% (either separately or in aggregate); (3) merger, division +and dissolution or change of corporate form of the Bank; (4) issuance of preference shares; and (5) other events specified +in the Articles of Association that will change or abrogate the rights of preference shareholders. If any of the above +circumstances occurs, the notice of a Shareholders' General Meeting shall be given to preference shareholders in accordance +with the notification procedures applicable to ordinary shareholders as specified in the Articles of Association. +94 +ICBC +Corporate Governance Report +In the event that the Bank failed to pay the agreed dividend to preference shareholders for three years in aggregate or for +two consecutive years, from the next day following the date of approval of the proposal not paying the agreed dividend +for the current year by the Shareholders' General Meeting, preference shareholders shall be entitled to attend and vote +(together with ordinary shareholders) at the Shareholders' General Meeting. For preference shares the dividend of which is +non-cumulative, the voting rights shall be temporarily restored until the full payment of the agreed dividend for the current +year by the Bank. +Other rights +Ordinary shareholders of the Bank have the right to collect dividends and other forms of benefits distributed on the basis of +the number of shares held by them; preference shareholders shall be entitled to rights to dividends in priority to payment of +dividends to ordinary shareholders. Shareholders have other rights conferred by laws, administrative regulations, rules and +the Articles of Association of the Bank. +Effective Communication with Shareholders +The Bank has strictly complied with laws, regulations, regulatory requirements and fundamental regulations of corporate +governance, and has taken various measures such as improving information disclosure management, strengthening investor +relations management and optimizing the operations mechanism of the Shareholders' General Meeting, with a view to +safeguarding the rights of all shareholders, especially minority investors, and increasing communication and exchange +among shareholders. +The Bank actively strengthened the information disclosure management, continued to improve the group-wide information +transmission mechanism, and fulfilled the information disclosure obligations in compliance with the applicable laws and +regulations. On the basis, in order to meet the information needs of investors and other stakeholders, the Bank steadily +promoted the voluntary information disclosure, continued to expand the width and depth of information disclosure, +improved the Bank's level of transparency, thereby effectively safeguarding the right to information of the stakeholders. +The Bank improved various communication channels for investors through organizing press conferences in relation to +periodic results, domestic and overseas road shows and reverse road shows, and attending famous investment forums at +home and abroad during the reporting period. The Bank took full advantage of the communication platforms including the +investor interactive platform of SSE, investor relations column on the website of the Group, investor hotline and investor +email of the Bank, to understand investors' needs and provide sufficient information feedback in a timely manner. +During the reporting period, convening, holding, notices, announcements, proposals, voting and other procedures of the +Shareholders' General Meetings of the Bank strictly complied with the relevant provisions of the Company Law and the +Articles of Association of the Bank, ensuring that shareholders could exercise their right of participation in the Shareholders' +General Meetings smoothly. Since it was listed, in order to treat A and H minority shareholders fairly, the Bank has held +the Annual General Meeting in Beijing and Hong Kong concurrently by satellite and set up registration offices of A and +H shareholders both in Beijing and Hong Kong to facilitate the voting of shareholders. The number of shareholders who +participated in voting at the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2017 amounted to 3,462. +Contacts +Pursuant to relevant laws and regulations as well as the Articles of Association of the Bank, shareholders can put forward +suggestions and inquiries through participating in activities including the Shareholders' General Meetings, press conferences +in relation to periodic results and road shows of the Bank or by means of platforms including investor interactive platform of +SSE, investor relations column on the website of the Group, investor hotline and investor email and hotline, fax and email of +the Shareholders' General Meetings of the Bank as well. For contact details, please refer to the section headed "Corporate +Governance Report - Investor Relations". +If an ordinary shareholder wishes to enquire about share transfer, changes in name or address, reporting loss of share +certificates and dividend notes or any other information relating to his/her shares, please contact the Share Registrars of the +Bank. For contact details, please refer to the section headed "Corporate Information". +Annual Report 2018 +95 +General +Meeting +7/7 +Board of +Directors +Audit Management +Committee Committee +717 -- -2/3 - +Dong Shi +2/2 +10/10 +7/7 +Ye Donghai +2/2 +9/10 +9/10 +ཚ་།། +7/8 +5/6 +3/3 +Independent Non-executive Directors +Hong Yongmiao +2/2 +5/6 +2/2 +Mei Yingchun +8/8 +Nomination Compensation +Committee Committee +Control +Committee +Executive Directors +Gu Shu +2/2 +10/10 717 - 6/6 3/3 - +Non-executive Directors +2/2 +9/10 +- +6/6 +8/8 +Zheng Fuqing +2/2 +10/10 +7/7 +Strategy +Committee +Assets +Institutional +As at the end of 2018, the Bank had a total of 16,820 institutions, representing a decrease of 68 as compared with the +end of the previous year. Among them, there were 16,394 domestic institutions and 426 overseas institutions. Domestic +institutions included the Head Office, 36 tier-one branches and branches directly managed by the Head Office, 446 branches +in capital cities and tier-two branches, 15,752 outlets, 29 Head Office-level profitability units along with their directly +managed institutions and branches, and 130 subsidiaries and their branches. +Shen Bingxi +Qu Qiang +Hui Ping +Huang Li +No +108.34 +20.35 +87.99 +Zhang Wei +No +2.50 +2.50 +Yes +41.33 +41.33 +Nout Wellink +Shen Si +Yes +36.50 +36.50 +Yes +44.00 +Hu Hao +49.14 +12.69 +Tan Jiong +22222 +114.84 +61.83 +113.56 +61.83 +- +No +25.00 +25.00 +No +5.00 +44.00 +5.00 +5.00 +5.00 +22.65 +92.19 +Guan Xueqing +21.37 +92.19 +Wang Bairong +12.69 +49.14 +No +No +Yes +44.00 +or other related +remuneration from +shareholder entities +Total +remuneration +before tax +income +Fees +insurances +Other +monetary +Obtain +allowance, +annuities, and +additional medical +insurance, housing +Unit: RMB10,000 +employer to social +Contribution by the +Remuneration from the Bank +54.60 +(1) +paid +(before tax) +Remuneration +Name +Annual Remuneration +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +parties or not +(2) +(3) +(4) +Yes +47.00 +47.00 +Yes +Yes +Sheila Colleen Bair +Yang Siu Shun +Anthony Francis Neoh +Hong Yongmiao +Ye Donghai +44.00 +Dong Shi +Mei Yingchun +Yes +Zheng Fuqing +Yes +Cheng Fengchao +Gu Shu +No +67.29 +12.69 +(5)=(1)+(2)+(3)+(4) +Yes +No +GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS, INSTITUTIONS AND EMPLOYEES +No +11.5% +Corporate banking +Bachelor +management +operations and operational +41.5% +14.8% +Finance, accounting, treasury +Personal banking +Educational Background of Employees +Employee Specialization +As at the end of 2018, the Bank had a total of 449,296 employees, representing a decrease of 3,752 as compared with +the end of the previous year. Among them, 6,660 were employees in domestic subsidiaries and 15,687 were employees in +overseas institutions. +Basic Information on Employees and Institutions +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +89 +Annual Report 2018 +Associate +27.9% +Management +6.1% +12.5% +1.1% +Non-banking business +Others +3.4% +Other financial businesses +7.1% +0.2% +Doctorate +(6) For the change of the Bank's Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management, please refer to the section headed "Appointment +and Removal". +3.4% +No +management +Master +5.7% +Risk and compliance +10.2% +Below associate +IT +(5) As the Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors served as directors or senior management of other legal persons or +organizations other than the Bank or the controlled subsidiaries of the Bank, such legal persons or organizations became related +parties of the Bank. During the reporting period, the Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors obtained remuneration from +such related parties. Except to the extent of the afore-mentioned circumstances, none of the Bank's Directors, Supervisors and +Senior Management was paid by the Bank's related parties during the reporting period. +54.6% +(3) Mr. Cheng Fengchao, Mr. Zheng Fuqing, Ms. Mei Yingchun, Mr. Dong Shi, Mr. Ye Donghai and Mr. Fei Zhoulin were +recommended by Huijin to serve as Non-executive Directors of the Bank and were paid by Huijin during the reporting period. +Or Ching Fai +Fei Zhoulin +32.76 +Wang Jingdong +6.16 +24.57 +(4) Fees of Mr. Hui Ping and Mr. Huang Li are their allowances obtained as Employee Supervisors of the Bank, excluding their +remuneration with the Bank in accordance with the employee remuneration system. +Li Yunze +No +Yi Huiman +54.60 +Zhang Hongli +12.69 +Qian Wenhui +4.55 +1.22 +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management Leaving Office +36.86 +8.34 +9.42 +41.10 +No +39.17 +39.17 +Yes +46.28 +No +Notes: (1) Since January 2015, the remuneration to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board of +Supervisors and other executives of the Bank has followed the State's policies relating to the remuneration reform on executives +of central enterprises. +30.73 +No +5.77 +No +(2) According to the requirements of relevant government authorities, the total final remuneration payable to the Chairman of the +Board of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Executive Directors, Shareholder Supervisors and +other Senior Management members is still subject to final confirmation by relevant government authorities. Additional details of +remuneration will be disclosed when they have been determined. +67.29 +Yes +No +Performance of the Nomination Committee During the reporting period, the Nomination Committee held six meetings, +considered eight proposals including the proposals on the nomination of Mr. Cheng Fengchao, Mr. Zheng Fuqing, +Mr. Nout Wellink, Mr. Fred Zuliu Hu, Mr. Hu Hao and Mr. Tan Jiong as candidates for Directors of the Bank, and heard +the report on the framework of the Board of Directors in 2017. The Nomination Committee put forward comments or +suggestions on matters including the recommendation and nomination of candidates for Directors, the assessment of the +framework of the Board of Directors and the candidates for chairmen and members of special committees under the Board +of Directors. +Nomination Committee assesses the improvement of diversified composition of the Board of Directors during the course +of its yearly assessment on the framework, number of Directors and composition of the Board of the Directors, and +discusses and designs measurable goals according to actual conditions. As at the disclosure date of the results, there were +six Independent Non-executive Directors, accounting for more than one third of the total members of the Board of Directors; +and there were two female Directors. The Bank attached importance to diversified sources and backgrounds of Directors and +continued the efforts to enhance the professionalism of the Board of Directors, thus laying the foundation for the effective +operation and scientific decision-making of the Board of the Directors. +Corporate Governance Report +ICBC +100 +The Articles of Association of the Bank specifies methods and procedures to nominate Directors. Please refer to Article 118 +of the Articles of Association. During the reporting period, the Bank appointed and renewed the appointments of Directors +of the Bank in strict accordance with the Articles of Association of the Bank. The Nomination Committee reviews the +qualifications of candidates for Directors based on whether the candidate complies with applicable laws, administrative +rules, regulations and the Articles of Association of the Bank. According to the requirement on diversified composition of +the Board of Directors in the Rules for Recommendation and Nomination of Board Candidates of the Bank, the Nomination +Committee shall pay attention to the complementarity of the candidates in terms of expertise, professional competence +and experience, cultural and educational background, gender, etc., to ensure the members of the Board of Directors are +well equipped, experienced and have diversified perspectives and views. In order to implement the diversity policy, the +The Nomination Committee is mainly responsible for making recommendations to the Board of Directors on candidates +for Directors and Senior Management members, nominating candidates for chairmen and members of special committees +of the Board of Directors, and formulating the standards and procedures for selection and appointment of Directors +and Senior Management members as well as the training and development plans for Senior Management members and +key reserved talents. The Nomination Committee is also responsible for assessing the structure, size and composition of +the Board of Directors on a yearly basis and making recommendations to the Board of Directors based on the Bank's +development strategy. As at the disclosure date of the results, the Nomination Committee consisted of six directors, +including Executive Director Mr. Gu Shu; Independent Non-executive Directors Mr. Hong Yongmiao, Mr. Anthony Francis +Neoh, Mr. Yang Siu Shun and Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair; Non-executive Director Mr. Ye Donghai. Independent Non-executive +Director Mr. Hong Yongmiao was Chairman of the Committee. +◆ Compensation Committee +◆ Nomination Committee +• +The Compensation Committee is mainly responsible for formulating assessment measures on the performance of duties +and compensation plans for Directors, organizing the assessment on the performance of duties of Directors, putting forth +proposal on remuneration distribution for Directors, formulating and reviewing the assessment measures and compensation +plans for Senior Management members of the Bank and evaluating the performance and behaviors of Senior Management +members. As at the disclosure date of the results, the Compensation Committee consisted of seven directors, including +Executive Director Mr. Gu Shu; Independent Non-executive Directors Mr. Nout Wellink, Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh, +Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair and Mr. Shen Si; Non-executive Directors Ms. Mei Yingchun and Mr. Dong Shi. Independent +Non-executive Director Mr. Nout Wellink was Chairman of the Committee. +During the reporting period, the Bank developed the training plan for the Board of Directors, increased training resources, +and encouraged and actively organized the Directors to attend trainings, with the aim of assisting the Directors in continuing +to improve their ability to perform their duties. During the reporting period, Directors of the Bank attended relevant trainings +according to work needs. Besides, the Directors of the Bank enhanced their duty performance capabilities by attending +seminars as well as conducting on-site investigations in some domestic and overseas peers and affiliates of the Bank. +Subject matters of the trainings attended by the Directors of the Bank during the reporting period were mainly as follows: +The Compensation Committee organized the performance assessment of directors, and put forth proposal on remuneration +distribution for directors and submitted the same to the Shareholders' General Meeting after the approval of the Board +of Directors. It also formulated and reviewed the assessment measures and compensation plans for Senior Management +members of the Bank and evaluated the performance and behaviors of Senior Management members, results of which +were submitted to the Board of Directors or the Shareholders' General Meeting, if falling into the responsibilities of +the Shareholders' General Meeting, for approval. According to applicable regulations including the Measures on the +Assessment of Performance of Duties of Directors in Commercial Banks (Trial), the Articles of Association and the Rules +on the Assessment of Performance of Duties of Directors by the Board of Directors (Revision in 2016) of the Bank, the +Compensation Committee organized the performance assessment of Directors by the Board of Directors for 2017. +The Risk Management Committee is responsible for constantly monitoring and examining the risk management system of +the Bank, and examining the effectiveness of the system at least on an annual basis. Under the enterprise risk management +system structure of the Bank, the Risk Management Committee performed its function of examining the Bank's risk +management system through reviewing and revising the risk strategy, risk management policy, risk appetite and the +enterprise risk management structure, monitoring and evaluating the setup, mode of organization, work procedures and +results of risk management departments, regularly assessing the risk policy, risk appetite and enterprise risk management +status, supervising and assessing risk control activities conducted by the Senior Management members in terms of credit +risk, market risk, operational risk, liquidity risk, compliance risk, reputational risk and other risks. In accordance with the +relevant requirements in the Enhanced Prudential Standards for Bank Holding Companies and Foreign Banking Organisation +established by the Federal Reserve Board, the Risk Management Committee supervised the implementation of the +US business-related risk management framework and relevant policies. The Board of Directors and the Risk Management +Committee heard the report made by the Management on the Group's risk management every half year and examined the +Bank's risk management and internal control system. For details of the risk management, please refer to the section headed +"Discussion and Analysis Risk Management". +Special business trainings of the Bank: +Directors and Supervisors +Regulated Operation, Investment and Financing, Information Disclosure, Newly-appointed +Beijing Office of CSRC +• +Trainings held by the regulatory authorities: +Investigation and Training of Directors +Performance of the Compensation Committee During the reporting period, the Compensation Committee held three +meetings, considered three proposals including the proposals on the payment of remuneration to Directors and Senior +Management members for 2017 and the Senior Management performance evaluation plan for 2018, and heard the 2017 +assessment report on the performance of duties of Directors by the Board of Directors. The Compensation Committee put +forward comments or suggestions on matters including improvement of the compensation incentive mechanism. +The Bank has strictly complied with the requirements of the exchanges on which the Bank is listed and the Articles of +Association of the Bank that Directors are elected by the Shareholders' General Meeting with a term of three years, and the +appointment shall take effect from the date of approval by CBIRC or upon completion of relevant procedures according to +the requirements of CBIRC. Directors may be re-appointed through re-election at the Shareholders' General Meeting after +expiry of their term. +The Directors of the Bank acknowledged that they are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements of the +Bank. During the reporting period, in strict compliance with relevant provisions, the Bank published the 2017 Annual Report, +the First Quarterly Report, the Interim Report and the Third Quarterly Report of 2018 as scheduled. +Responsibilities of Directors in Respect of Financial Statements +Performance of the Related Party Transactions Control Committee During the reporting period, the Related +Party Transactions Control Committee held three meetings, considered two proposals in respect of, among others, the +identification of related parties of the Bank, and heard two reports including the report on related party transactions in 2017 +and the identification of related parties of the Bank in 2017. The Related Party Transaction Control Committee put forward +comments or suggestions on matters including the improvement of management of related party transactions and inside +transactions of the Bank. +Corporate Governance Report +101 +Annual Report 2018 +The Related Party Transactions Control Committee is mainly responsible for developing the basic policies governing the +management of related party transactions, identifying the Bank's related parties, approving related party transactions and +other related matters within the authority granted by the Board, receiving related party transaction statistics for filing purpose, +reviewing the related party transactions that are subject to the approval of the Board of Directors or the Shareholders' +General Meeting, and reporting to the Board of Directors on the implementation of the related party transaction management +policies as well as the conditions on these transactions. As at the disclosure date of the results, the Related Party Transactions +Control Committee consisted of four directors, including Independent Non-executive Directors Mr. Yang Siu Shun, +Mr. Hong Yongmiao, Mr. Shen Si and Mr. Nout Wellink. Independent Non-executive Director Mr. Yang Siu Shun was Chairman +of the Committee. +◆Related Party Transactions Control Committee +Term of Directors +Examining the risk management system +Internal Control Evaluation and Defects +Performance of the Risk Management Committee During the reporting period, the Risk Management Committee +held eight meetings, considered 17 proposals including the proposals on the liquidity risk management strategy for 2018, +the country risk concentration limit for 2018-2019, the risk appetite management measures, and the liquidity risk appetite +of US-based institutions, and heard 17 reports on the topics including the Group's AML work for 2017 and the IT risk +management for 2017. The Risk Management Committee put forward comments or suggestions on matters including +institutionalizing of the risk management policy mechanism, the Group's AML work and the risk management of US-based +institutions. +Board of Directors +The Bank established a vertical and independent internal audit management system responsible and reporting to the Board +of Directors. The chart below illustrates the internal audit management and reporting framework of the Bank: +Internal Audit +There was no factor that affected the assessment conclusion of internal control effectiveness from the benchmark date to +the issuance date of the internal control assessment report. +The Board of Directors of the Bank conducted a self-assessment on the effectiveness of the Group's internal control during +the reporting period in accordance with the Basic Standard for Enterprise Internal Control and its supporting guidelines +issued by five ministries and commissions including MOF, the Guidelines for Internal Control of Listed Companies issued +by SSE and relevant regulatory requirements of CBIRC. No material or significant deficiencies were detected in the Bank's +internal control system during the assessment. Risks that may arise from ordinary deficiencies are controllable and corrective +actions have been or are being taken, which have no material impact on the fulfillment of internal control objectives of the +Bank. The Bank had maintained effective internal control in all material aspects in accordance with the standard system for +enterprise internal control and relevant rules. +Corporate Governance +Corporate Governance Report +105 +Annual Report 2018 +While disclosing the annual report, the Bank also disclosed the 2018 Internal Control Assessment Report of Industrial and +Commercial Bank of China Limited in accordance with the requirements of MOF, CSRC and SSE. The report stated that the +Bank had maintained effective internal control over financial reporting in all material aspects in accordance with the standard +system for enterprise internal control and relevant rules as at 31 December 2018 (benchmark date). KPMG Huazhen (Special +General Partnership) has audited the effectiveness of the Bank's internal control over financial reporting as at 31 December +2018 and issued the standardized audit report on internal control. For details, please refer to the websites of SSE and SEHK. +Internal Control Evaluation Report and Internal Control Audit +The internal monitoring and evaluation has remained effective. The Bank hardened the whole-process control over supervision +and inspection, standardized the processes of supervision and inspection, and built a three-dimensional, well-linked and multi- +channel supervision and inspection mechanism. Consistent with the regulatory requirements, the Bank adopted a "four- +driver" system (assessment governance - - inspection - rectification) to improve the quality of correction. It carried forward +inspection and audit projects in a focused manner. It raised more stringent requirements, adhered to "dual-line remediation", +supervised and assessed the effects of remediation, and strengthened the implementation of remediation accountability +measures and the improvement of remediation effects. The Bank constantly improved the internal control assessment work, +and facilitated the evolution of internal control assessment to one featuring "big data monitoring and regular assessment". +― +Information communication has been further streamlined. The Bank issued a new version of data quality assessment measures, +updated domestic and overseas data quality management system and established a comprehensive and accurate data quality +evaluation system. It strengthened the intelligent monitoring, analysis and mining of customers and treasury transactions, +performed mining labeling of behavior classification and relationship network and put the analytical results into wider +applications in business scenarios. The Bank advanced the construction of Information Security Operation Center, perfected the +rapid emergency response mechanism in face of attacks and realized the automatic ban on high-risk alarms. +Control activities have become more effective. The Bank developed the Internal Control Manual to perfect the all-staff and +whole-process internal control system building. The review and approval function of financing for general legal person +customers and small and micro enterprises and residential mortgages were caused to delegate to tier-2 branches, while the +business scope, targets and authorities of credit sub-authorization business were determined on a reasonable and prudential +basis. The Bank installed a uniform management platform of internal account accounting and pushed forward the collation and +amelioration of relevant business processes to step up the whole-process e-management of internal accounts. +The technological level of risk management has risen evidently. The Bank completed the hierarchical risk appetite indicators +system with capital constraint at the core, and built a risk limit management system by the Group, the Bank, geographical +location, industry, customer, product and mitigant. The Bank encouraged the initiation of the cross-financial risk statistics & +monitoring platform system project and the phased development of the system in a bid to become more capable of identifying, +assessing, monitoring, counting, warning and reporting cross-financial risks. +The Board of Directors is responsible for formulating the basic regulations for internal control and supervising the +implementation of such regulations. The Audit Committee and the Related Party Transactions Control Committee of the Board +of Directors perform the responsibilities of internal control management and review the effectiveness of internal control. +The Bank has set up the Internal Audit Bureau and the Internal Audit Sub-bureau, which adopt a hierarchical management +system and are responsible to and report to the Board of Directors. The Head Office and branches have internal control and +compliance departments which are responsible for the bank-wide organization, promotion and coordination of internal control. +The internal control environment has been optimized continuously. The Bank put the Planning for Internal Control System +Building for 2018-2020 into implementation and set the objective of the Group's internal control system building in the new +era. While launching the "Year of Internal Control and Compliance" campaign, the Bank promoted the core philosophy of +compliance culture that "compliance is the fundamental of responsibility of the entire staff to keep risks under control and +ensure efficient operation". Based on the operation transformation needs, the Bank completed the structural adjustment of the +Head Office, branches and sub-branches as well as staffing, and refined the performance assessment and business evaluation +system. +Corporate Governance Report +99 +Annual Report 2018 +The Risk Management Committee is primarily responsible for constantly overseeing the Bank's risk management system, +reviewing and revising the strategy, policy and procedures of risk management and internal control process of the Bank, +and supervising and evaluating the performance of Senior Management members and risk management departments in +respect of risk management. It concurrently serves as the US risk committee in accordance with the relevant requirements +in the Enhanced Prudential Standards for Bank Holding Companies and Foreign Banking Organizations ("EPS") established +by the Federal Reserve Board. As at the disclosure date of the results, the Risk Management Committee consisted of eight +directors, including Independent Non-executive Directors Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh, Mr. Hong Yongmiao, Mr. Yang Siu Shun, +Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair and Mr. Shen Si; Non-executive Directors Mr. Cheng Fengchao, Mr. Zheng Fuqing and Mr. Dong Shi. +Independent Non-executive Director Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh was Chairman of the Committee. +◆Risk Management Committee +The Bank has established a vertical and independent internal audit management system responsible and reporting to +the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors regularly reviews the internal audit plan and hears internal audit reports +on internal audit activities, audit supporting measures, internal audit team building, etc., thus effectively performing the +function of risk management. The Audit Committee examines, monitors and assesses the internal audit work of the Bank, +supervises the internal audit rules and their implementation, and makes assessment of audit procedures and results of the +internal audit department. It is also responsible for urging the Bank to ensure adequate resources for the internal audit +department and coordinating the communication between the internal audit department and external auditors. The internal +audit department is accountable to and reports to the Board of Directors, is guided by the Board of Supervisors and is under +the examination, supervision and assessment of the Audit Committee. For details of the internal audit, please refer to the +section headed "Corporate Governance Report - Internal Audit". +The Risk Management Committee held a seminar in May and December 2018, respectively. At the seminars, the committee +heard the implementation of EPS by the Bank's US-based institutions and their compliance with EPS and launched a relevant +discussion; learned about the development of the Bank's anti-money laundering systems-BRAINS and COMPASS and the +operation of the anti-money laundering monitoring system at domestic institutions and launched a relevant discussion; heard +the report on the Bank's information security rules and regulations, information security challenges and countermeasures +and discussed the design of the Bank's information security system architecture and policy; heard the influence of the EU +General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on the Bank and countermeasures and discussed how to link GDPR compliance +with anti-money laundering compliance. +Effectiveness of the internal audit function +Examining internal control system +During the preparation and audit of the 2018 financial statements, the Audit Committee discussed and agreed with the +external auditors matters such as audit schedule and progress arrangement, followed the status of external audit and +conducted supervision over relevant work at appropriate time by means of hearing reports and holding informal discussions, +and reviewed the unaudited and preliminarily audited annual financial statements respectively. The Audit Committee held a +meeting on 27 March 2019, and considered that the annual financial statements truly, accurately and completely reflected +the financial position of the Bank. The Audit Committee reviewed the summary of audit work performed by external auditors +during the year and made an overall and objective assessment on its performance and quality of practice. It also approved +the renewal of the engagement of KPMG Huazhen LLP and KPMG as the external auditors of the Bank for 2019 and the +engagement of KPMG Huazhen LLP as the internal control auditors of the Bank for 2019, and presented the proposals to the +Board of Directors for consideration. +Corporate Governance Report +Corporate Governance Report +to strengthen inside information confidentiality management, timely organized the completion of insider lists and regularly +conducted insider transaction self-inspections. After self-inspections, none of the insiders of the Bank were found to be +involved in dealings in shares of the Bank who have taken advantage of inside information during the reporting period. +Internal Control +The Audit Committee is responsible for constantly monitoring and examining the internal control system of the Bank, +and examining the effectiveness of the system at least on an annual basis. The Audit Committee performed its function +of examining the Bank's internal control system through reviewing the administrative rules and regulations and their +implementation, and examined and assessed the compliance and effectiveness of major operating activities of the Bank. +The Board of Directors of the Bank is responsible for establishing, improving and effectively implementing internal control +and truthfully disclosing internal control assessment reports according to the standard system for enterprise internal control. +The objective of the internal control of the Bank is to reasonably assure the compliance of its operation and management +with relevant laws, safety of its assets, as well as the authenticity and completeness of its financial reports and relevant +information, in order to enhance operation efficiency and results, and to facilitate the realization of its development strategy. +Due to inherent limitation of internal control, only reasonable assurance can be provided for the afore-mentioned objectives. +The Board of Directors and the Audit Committee have reviewed and approved the 2018 Internal Control Assessment Report +of the Bank. For details of the Bank's internal control, please refer to the section headed "Corporate Governance Report - +Internal Control". +• Influence of the US Tax Cuts & Jobs Act on Banks +Zhang Wei +FinTech and Network Security +Huang Li +Qu Qiang +Shen Bingxi +Attendances in person/Number of meetings that should be attended +Shareholders' +General +Meeting +Board of +Supervisors +2/2 +7/7 +2/2 +7/7 +2/2 +7/7 +2/2 +7/7 +2/2 +7/7 +Supervisor leaving office: +The Bank manages inside information and insiders in strict accordance with regulatory requirements of the exchanges +on which the Bank is listed and the Bank's rules, and ensures collection, delivery, sorting, preparation and disclosure of +relevant information in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. During the reporting period, the Bank continued +Inside Information Management +The powers of the Board of Directors and the Senior Management are separated in strict compliance with the Articles +of Association and other corporate governance documents of the Bank. During the reporting period, the Bank made an +inspection on the implementation of the plan on authorization of the Board of Directors to the President, and no matter was +found to be beyond the approval authority of the President. +Powers and Functions of the Senior Management +Mr. Gu Shu is the President of the Bank, who is responsible for the daily management of the business operations of the +Bank. The President is appointed by and accountable to the Board of Directors, and performs his responsibilities as stipulated +in the Articles of Association of the Bank and as authorized by the Board of Directors. +The Chairman of the Bank is the legal representative of the Bank, and is responsible for leading the Board of Directors +in considering and formulating business development strategies, risk management, internal control and other significant +matters of the Bank. +Hui Ping +Pursuant to Code Provision A.2.1 of the Corporate Governance Code (Appendix 14 to the Hong Kong Listing Rules) and the +Articles of Association of the Bank, the roles of Chairman and President should be separated, and the Chairman shall not +concurrently hold the position of legal representative or chief responsible officer of the controlling shareholder. +The Bank has adopted a set of codes of conduct concerning the securities transactions by directors and supervisors which +are no less stringent than the standards set out in the Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed Issuers, +Appendix 10 to the Hong Kong Listing Rules. After making enquiries to all Directors and Supervisors of the Bank, each +Director and Supervisor confirmed that he/she has complied with the provisions of the aforesaid codes of conduct during the +year ended 31 December 2018. +Securities Transactions of Directors and Supervisors +Note: For the change of supervisors, please refer to the section headed "Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and +Institutions Appointment and Removal". +0/0 +0/0 +Qian Wenhui +Chairman and President +ICBC +Current supervisors: +Supervisor +102 +Introduction to Corporate Governance and Operation of the Board of Directors +• +Introduction trainings for newly-appointed directors of the Bank: +Effective Risk Data Aggregation +• +ICBC +Compliance of Overseas Institutions +Information Security and Compliance Management +• +Anti-money Laundering and Regulatory Compliance +• +Improvement of the Board of Directors and Duty Performance of Directors +New Banking Regulations and Their Influence +• +• +Corporate Governance Report +During the reporting period, the Board Secretary of the Bank attended the relevant specialized trainings, with the training +hours over 15 hours, which meets relevant regulatory requirements. +Attendance of supervisors of the Bank in meetings during the reporting period is as follows: +Corporate Governance Report +103 +Annual Report 2018 +During the reporting period, the Board of Supervisors held seven meetings, reviewed 19 proposals including the proposals +on the 2017 Work Report of the Board of Supervisors and the Report on Development Strategy Assessment Opinions, heard +13 reports on the business operation, internal control and risk management, and reviewed 26 documents including the +documents on the supervision in each quarter of 2018 and the rectification progress of issues indicated in the survey reports +of the Board of Supervisors. +Meetings of the Board of Supervisors +Training of Board Secretary +As at the disclosure date of the results, the Board of Supervisors of the Bank consisted of five members, including one +Shareholder Supervisor, namely Mr. Zhang Wei; two Employee Supervisors, namely Mr. Hui Ping and Mr. Huang Li; and two +External Supervisors, namely Mr. Qu Qiang and Mr. Shen Bingxi. +Board of Supervisors +For information of performance of duties of Independent Non-executive Directors of the Bank during the reporting +period, please refer to the Work Report of Independent Non-executive Directors for 2018 issued by the Bank on +28 March 2019. +During the reporting period, the Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors did not raise any objection on proposals of +the Board of Directors and special committees of the Board of Directors. +During the reporting period, the Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors earnestly attended the meetings of the +Board of Directors and special committees, gave independent opinions during consideration of issues, and provided +recommendations on areas such as strategic management, business transformation, innovative development, corporate +governance, risk management, compliance management, FinTech and inclusive financial business of the Bank. During +the adjournment, Independent Non-executive Directors of the Bank conducted on-site investigations in terms of the +Bank's support for private economy, the provision of financial services to fight against poverty, the credit asset quality +and credit cultural improvement and the impacts of changes in international conditions on the operation of overseas +institutions; they also proactively exchanged opinions with the Management during special-topic discussions. During the +reporting period, the Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors put forward comments and suggestions in respect +of business management and strategy implementation. Their suggestions were about providing appropriate services for +private economy, accelerating FinTech innovation, strengthening information security management, advancing channel +transformation and intelligent bank construction and reinforcing risk control and compliant development. The Bank paid +close attention to the relevant comments and suggestions, and organized the implementation thereof according to the +actual conditions. +The qualifications, number and proportion of the Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors comply with regulatory +requirements. The Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors do not have any business or financial interests in the +Bank or its subsidiaries, and they have not assumed any managerial position in the Bank. The Bank has received the +annual confirmation on independence from all Independent Non-executive Directors and considered that they were +independent. +Independence and Performance of Duties of Independent Non-executive Directors +Composition of the Board of Supervisors +104 +ICBC +Internal Audit Bureau +If an investor wishes to enquire any questions related to operation performance of the Bank, please contact: +Telephone: 86-10-66108608 +Investor Enquiries +In 2019, the Bank will further and proactively deepen the communication and exchange with investors to enhance investors' +understanding and recognition of the Bank and continue to protect legitimate interests of the investors, and at the same +time hope to receive more support from, and attention of the investors. +The Bank made constant and extensive communication with institutional investors and minority investors through press +conferences in relation to periodic results announcements, non-deal road shows, reverse road shows, conferences with large +institutions, investor hotline, investor relations mailbox, investor relations website and the online platform of sseinfo.com, +which enhanced investors' confidence in economic development of China and the operational transformation of the Bank +and helped bring the market value in line with the long-term intrinsic value of the Bank. The Bank improved investor +relations information collection and market information feedback mechanism, strengthened dynamic monitoring of share +price valuation, analyst reports and media and public opinions, followed and analyzed spotlight issues of the capital market, +and effectively enhanced the quality of communication with the investors. The Bank actively understood and solicited the +comments and suggestions of the capital market on the Bank, and made timely reaction with the help of many operation +and communication strategies, so as to continuously strengthen the level of corporate governance and core values of the +Bank. +In 2018, the Bank strove to improve the quality of investor relations services and generate stable return to shareholders +following the principle of serving investors in a proactive, precise, coordinated and efficient manner. +Overview of Investor Relations Activities in 2018 +Investor Relations +During the reporting period, KPMG and its member institutions provided the Group with non-audit services such as tax advisory +services and the professional services for the bonds issuance, and received RMB6 million for such professional non-audit services. +During the reporting period, the Group paid KPMG and its member institutions a total fee of RMB210 million for the +audit of financial statements (including the audit of financial statements of subsidiaries and overseas branches). Of which, +RMB136 million (including fee for internal control audit of RMB11.50 million) was paid by the Bank. +KPMG Huazhen LLP and KPMG have been providers of audit services for the Bank for six consecutive years (2013-2018). +KPMG Huazhen LLP was the domestic auditors of the Bank for the financial statements audit in 2018, and KPMG was the +international auditors of the Bank for the financial statements audit in 2018. KPMG Huazhen LLP was also the auditors of +internal control of the Bank in 2018. +Engagement of Auditors +Corporate Governance Report +106 +During the reporting period, internal audit of the Bank actively adapted to the changes in the risk management conditions, +refined the audit management mechanism, improved the audit quality and efficiency, continuously advanced the digital +transformation of internal audit, intensified efforts in organizing professional qualification programs and project-specific +trainings, expanded the professional development space of teams, and constantly enhanced the audit service capacity and +professionalism. +During the reporting period, the Bank acted on the regulatory requirements of the industry, implemented risk-oriented audit +activities and fully accomplished the annual audit plan according to the development strategy and central tasks of the Bank. +The audit activities covered main aspects of operation and management, such as credit business, financial benefit, internal +control, capital management, overseas institutions, asset management, internet-based finance, customer services and duty +performance of Senior Management members in their tenure of office. The audit activities paid close attention to credit risk, +market risk, liquidity risk and operational risk under the complicated operating circumstances, and underscored the coverage +of cross-business, cross-market and cross-regulator complicated risks and their control effects. The audit activities supervised +and assessed the quality and effect of the compliance with regulatory requirements, implementation of major strategies, +management of major risks and intensified internal control by some institutions and in main business areas of the Group. The +Bank also paid close heed to audit findings and made full use of relevant audit recommendations, with the aim of enhancing +risk management, internal control and corporate governance level. +Secondary reporting line +Audit Committee +Senior Management +Board of Supervisors +Beijing +Office +Shenyang +Office +Tianjin +Facsimile: 86-10-66107571 +Office +Shanghai +Office +Wuhan +Office +Xi'an +Office +Guangzhou Kunming +Office +Office +Chengdu +Office +Primary reporting line +Nanjing +Office +E-mail: ir@icbc.com.cn +ICBC +Postal code: 100140 +2.408 +2.343 +89,315 +85,823 +30.5 +30.5 +2016 +30.5 +Note: (1) Calculated by dividing cash dividends on ordinary shares (pre-tax) by net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders of the parent +company for the period. +For details on the distribution of dividends on preference shares of the Bank, please refer to the section headed "Details of +Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders - Preference Shares". +Formulation and Implementation of Cash Dividend Policy +Address: Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations Department, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, +55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, China +The Articles of Association of the Bank explicitly stipulates that the Bank's profit distribution policy shall maintain its +continuity and stability and meanwhile have regard to the long-term interest of the Bank, the overall interests of all +shareholders and the sustainable development of the Bank. It emphasizes the priority to adopt cash dividend as the profit +distribution method and provides that the Bank's adjustment to the profit distribution policy shall be discussed by the Board +of Directors as a special proposal and the grounds for adjustment shall be substantiated and proved in detail and presented +in a written substantiating report for Independent Non-executive Directors to issue their opinions, and then the report will be +submitted to the Shareholders' General Meeting for approval as a special resolution. +108 +Percentage of cash dividends (1) (%) +2017 +83,506 +Cash dividends (pre-tax, in RMB millions) +Annual Report 2018 +2018 +2.506 +Report of the Board of Directors +Principal Business The principal business of the Bank and its subsidiaries is the provision of banking and related +financial services. Please refer to the section headed "Discussion and Analysis" for the business review of the Bank. +Profits and Dividends Distribution +The profit and financial status of the Bank during the reporting period are presented in the Auditor's Report and Financial +Statements of the Annual Report. +As approved at the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2017 held on 26 June 2018, the Bank has distributed cash +dividends of about RMB85,823 million, or RMB2.408 per ten shares (pre-tax) for the period from 1 January 2017 to +31 December 2017 to the ordinary shareholders whose names appeared on the share register after the close of market on +12 July 2018. +107 +- +For dividend-related tax and tax reduction, please refer to the announcements on dividend distribution of the Bank. +The Bank had no plan for converting capital reserve to share capital in the last three years. The table below sets out the +dividend distribution of ordinary shares of the Bank for the last three years: +Item +Dividend per ten shares (pre-tax, in RMB yuan) +The Board of Directors of the Bank proposed distributing cash dividends of RMB2.506 (pre-tax) for each ten shares of +356,406,257,089 ordinary shares for 2018, totaling about RMB89,315 million. The distribution plan will be submitted for +approval to the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2018. Once approved, the above-mentioned dividends will be paid to +the holders of A shares and H shares whose names appeared on the share register of the Bank after the close of market on +2 July 2019. The Bank will suspend the registration procedures of H share ownership transfer on 27 June 2019 (inclusive) +through 2 July 2019 (inclusive). The holders of H shares of the Bank that desire to receive the proposed cash dividends +but have not registered the ownership transfer documents are requested to hand over their ownership transfer documents +together with the H shares to the Bank's H share registrar- Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited that is +located at Room 1712-1716, 17 Floor, Hopewell Center, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong no later than 4:30 +p.m. of 26 June 2019. Pursuant to relevant regulatory requirements and operational rules, dividends on A shares and H +shares will be paid on 3 July 2019 and 23 July 2019, respectively. +Corporate +Culture +Department +Party-related +Directly +Managed +Institutions +Changchun Institute +of Financial Managers +Hangzhou Institute +of Financial Managers +Business Research & +Development Center +Affairs +Banking +Department* +Department +Urban Finance +Research Institute +Discipline +Enforcement +Information +Management +Department +Data Center +(Shanghai) +Operation +Management +Department +Credit Approval +Department +Supporting +Departments +International +Department* +Management +Channel +Department +Corporate Strategy and +Investor Relations +Asset & Liability +Management +Department +Human Resources +Department +Legal Affairs +Department (Consumer +Protection Office) +Internal Control & +Compliance +Department +Risk Management +Department +Finance & Accounting +Department +Department +Financial Technology +Department +Security Department +Bank Card +Department +(ICBC Peony Card +Center) +Notes: 1. Internet Finance Department includes Innovation Research & Development Center, User Development +Center and Operation Support Center. +Executive Office +Report of the Board of Directors +The formulation and implementation of the Bank's cash dividend policy, which has been reviewed and approved by +the Independent Non-executive Directors, accords with the provisions stipulated in the Articles of Association and the +requirements provided in the resolutions of the Shareholders' General Meeting, the dividend distribution standards and +proportion are clear and explicit, and the decision-making procedure and mechanism are complete. Minority shareholders +can fully express their opinions and appeals, to completely safeguard their legitimate rights. +Distributable Reserves Details of the distributable reserves of the Bank as at 31 December 2018 are set out in +"Note 39. to the Financial Statements: Reserves" of this annual report. +Financial Summary The summary of results, assets and liabilities for the five years ended 31 December 2018 is set +out in the section headed "Financial Highlights" of this annual report. +Donations During the reporting period, the Group made external donations of RMB104,251.8 thousand equivalent. +Subsidiaries Particulars of the Bank's major subsidiaries as at 31 December 2018 are set out in the sections headed +"Discussion and Analysis Business Overview" and "Note 25. to the Financial Statements: Investments in Subsidiaries" in +this annual report. +Share Capital and Public Float +Changes in the share capital of the Bank for the year ended 31 December 2018 are set out in "Note 37. to the Financial +Statements: Share Capital". +As at the latest practicable date before the publication of this annual report, the Bank has maintained the minimum public float of +23.45%, based on the publicly available information and to the best knowledge of the Board of Directors of the Bank. +Purchase, Sale or Redemption of Securities During the reporting period, neither the Bank nor any of its +subsidiaries purchased, sold or redeemed any listed securities of the Bank. +Pre-emptive Rights The Articles of Association of the Bank does not have any mandatory provision regarding pre- +emptive rights. Pursuant to the Articles of Association, the Bank may increase its registered capital after obtaining approval +of the Shareholders' General Meeting and of relevant authorities, by issuing shares through public or non-public offering, +issuing bonus shares to the existing shareholders, converting capital reserve to share capital or using other methods as +allowed by applicable laws and administrative regulations or approved by relevant authorities. +Major Customers In 2018, the aggregate interest income and other operating income from top five customers of the +Bank did not exceed 30% of the interest income and other operating income of the Bank for the year. +Use of Proceeds from Fundraising Activities +Software +Development Center +The funds raised from the Bank's fundraising activities were used for the purposes as disclosed in the prospectuses, namely, +strengthening the capital base to support the ongoing business growth of the Bank. +Annual Report 2018 +109 +Report of the Board of Directors +Equity-linked Agreement There is neither any agreement to which the Bank is a party, any options to subscribe +shares, nor any securities convertible to shares of the Bank that requires the Bank to issue shares. In addition, there is no +securities offering holders the right to subscribe shares of the Bank, the employee participation plan or share option plan, +etc. as required by the disclosure requirements of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. +Management Contracts During the reporting period, the Bank did not enter into or have any contract regarding +the management and administration of the whole or any important business. +Directors' and Supervisors' Interests in Transactions, Agreements or Contracts of +Significance During the reporting period, none of the Directors or Supervisors of the Bank had any material interests, +whether directly or indirectly, in any transaction, arrangement or contract of significance regarding the Bank's business to +which the Bank, its subsidiaries, its controlling shareholders or subsidiaries of its controlling shareholders was a party. None +of the Directors or Supervisors of the Bank have entered into any service contract with the Bank, which is not determinable +by the Bank within one year without payment of compensation (other than statutory compensation). +Directors' Interests in Competing Business None of the Bank's Directors held any interests in any business +competes or competed or is or was likely to compete, either directly or indirectly, with the Bank. +Directors' and Supervisors' Rights to Acquire Shares or Debentures None of the Bank, its +subsidiaries, its controlling shareholders or subsidiaries of its controlling shareholders entered into any agreement or +arrangement enabling the Directors and Supervisors to acquire benefits by means of the acquisition of shares in or +debentures of the Bank or any other body corporate. +ICBC +118 +Staff Union Working +Committee +Retired Staff +Management +Department +3. International Banking Department includes International Settlement Documentation Center. +2. Channel Management Department includes Remote Banking Center. +For future planning disclosed in the public disclosure documents such as previous offering prospectuses and fund raising +prospectuses issued by the Bank which has continued during the reporting period, its implementation progress conformed to +the planning as described after verification and analysis. +Internet Finance +Department* +Comprehensive +Administration +Departments +Special Financing +Department +(Banking Department) +Supervision on internal control. The Board of Supervisors supervised the effectiveness of the internal control system, +the performance of internal control duties and the business compliance with laws and regulations. It paid close attention +to the internal control system construction, handling of cases and risk events, compliance of important internal control +indicators, operation of IT systems and production safety, supervision and inspection, and implementation of remediation, +and reinforced the supervision of key areas such as anti-money laundering and information disclosure. It earnestly reviewed +the internal control assessment report, paid attention to the implementation and quality control of the internal control +assessment, as well as the identification, reporting, correction and accountability of internal control deficiencies, and issued +review opinions. It launched special surveys on IT risk management and credit card installment business management, +analyzed and researched into IT risk management mechanism, security control of main application systems, credit approval +of installment business, partner management and system development, and put forth related recommendations for the +purpose of further improving the IT risk management system and mechanism and promoting the healthy development of +credit card installment business. +Strengthening of self-building. To align with the new changes in the Bank's corporate governance, the Board of +Supervisors amended the former two supervision measures and merged them into the Measures of the Board of Supervisors +for Supervision Work, making clear the principles of supervision, highlighting the priorities of supervision and offering +an institutional framework for doing well in the supervision work. On the basis of summarizing the duty performance +assessment work experience in the past few years, the Board of Supervisors revised the Rules on Assessment of Duty +Performance of the Board of Directors and the Senior Management and Their Members by the Board of Supervisors and the +Rules on Assessment of Duty Performance of Supervisors by the Board of Supervisors for the purpose of further ameliorating +the ways and methods of work and improving the quality and effectiveness of duty performance assessment. +Performance of duties by members of the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors organized the annual +assessment on the supervisors for their performance of duties in accordance with the regulatory requirements and corporate +governance rules. The members of the Board of Supervisors diligently and faithfully fulfilled their duties, attended the +meetings of the Board of Supervisors on schedule, earnestly studied and reviewed the proposals and special reports, issued +opinions in an objective and fair manner, appropriately exercised voting rights, attended meetings of the Board of Directors +and meetings of special committees as non-voting attendees, attended relevant meetings of Senior Management, and +devoted sufficient time and energy to relevant supervision, inspection and research activities. It attached great importance +to strengthening theoretical learning and summary of experience from practice. It held discussions and exchanges with the +boards of supervisors of several financial institutions, learned from the relevant experiences of its peers, and participated +in the training organized by securities regulatory authority, and further improved its performance capability. External +supervisors of the Bank worked for more than 15 working days in the Bank, complying with the relevant requirement. +Independent Opinions of the Board of Supervisors on Relevant Issues +Compliant Operation During the reporting period, the Board of Directors and the Senior Management of the Bank +continued to operate in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and the decision-making procedures complied +with applicable laws and regulations and the Articles of Association of the Bank. Members of the Board of Directors and the +Senior Management diligently and faithfully performed their duties, and the Board of Supervisors did not find any violation +of laws and regulations, or any circumstance that contravened the interests of the Bank in their performance of duties +during the reporting period. +Preparation of Annual Report Preparation and review procedures of the Bank's Annual Report were in compliance with +laws, regulations and regulatory rules. Contents of this report reflected the actual conditions of the Bank truly, accurately +and completely. +Use of Proceeds from Fundraising Activities During the reporting period, the use of proceeds from the Bank's +fundraising activities was consistent with the purpose stated in the prospectuses. +Purchase and Sale of Assets During the reporting period, the Board of Supervisors did not find any insider trading or any +circumstance that contravened the shareholders' interests or caused the loss of the Bank's assets in the process of the Bank's +purchase or sale of assets. +Annual Report 2018 +113 +Report of the Board of Supervisors +Connected Transactions During the reporting period, the connected transactions of the Bank were conducted on normal +commercial terms. The Board of Supervisors did not find any circumstance that infringed upon the interests of the Bank. The +approval, voting, disclosure and implementation of connected transactions complied with applicable laws and regulations +and the Articles of Association of the Bank. +Implementation of Resolutions Passed at the Shareholders' General Meeting During the reporting period, the Board +of Supervisors had no objection to the reports or proposals presented by the Board of Directors to the Shareholders' General +Meeting for consideration. The Board of Directors earnestly implemented the resolutions approved at the Shareholders' +General Meetings. +Review of the Internal Control Assessment Report The Board of Supervisors reviewed the 2018 Internal Control +Assessment Report of the Bank and had no objection to the report. +Implementation of Information Disclosure Rules During the reporting period, the Bank performed its duty +of information disclosure in compliance with the regulatory requirements, implemented the information disclosure +management rules in earnest, and disclosed information in a timely and fair manner. Information disclosed was authentic, +accurate and complete. +Save as disclosed above, the Board of Supervisors had no objection to any other matters during the reporting period. +114 +ICBC +Significant Events +Material Legal Proceedings and Arbitration The Bank was involved in several legal proceedings in the +ordinary course of business. Most of these legal proceedings were initiated by the Bank to recover non-performing loans. +The rest are mainly related to disputes with clients. As at 31 December 2018, the amount of pending proceedings in which +the Bank and/or its subsidiaries acted as defendants totaled RMB4,154 million. The Bank does not expect any material +adverse effect from the above-mentioned pending legal proceedings on the Bank's business, financial position or operating +results. +Material Assets Acquisition, Sale and Merger During the reporting period, the Bank had no material assets +acquisition, sale and merger. +Credit Standing During the reporting period, there had not been any significant court judgment with which the Bank +and its controlling shareholders have not complied, nor were there any outstanding debt of significant amount. +Implementation of Share Incentive Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan during the +Reporting Period During the reporting period, the Bank did not implement any share incentive plan or any employee +stock ownership plan. +Performance of the Poverty Relief Social Responsibility Please refer to the section headed "Social +Responsibility" for details of the Bank's poverty relief social responsibility performance during the reporting period. +Environmental Information Please refer to the section headed "Social Responsibility" for the details of the Bank's +environmental information during the reporting period. +Key Audit Matters The Audit Committee has reviewed the key audit matters in the audit report and concluded that +it is unnecessary to provide a supplementary explanation. +Material Related Party Transactions +During the reporting period, the Bank did not enter into any material related party transactions. +Please refer to "Note 49. to the Financial Statements: Related Party Disclosures" for details of the related party transactions +defined under the laws and regulations of China and the relevant accounting standards. +Report of the Board of Supervisors +ICBC +112 +Supervision on risk management. The Board of Supervisors supervised the effectiveness and soundness of +the Group's risk management system and mechanism. It paid close attention to the enterprise risk management, +consolidated management, capital management, compliance of major regulatory indicators and adjustments of +regulatory policies. It strengthened the supervision on main material risks, and highlighted credit system and +mechanism reform, asset quality management, non-performing asset disposal, credit management of overseas +institutions, exchange rate risk management, liquidity risk management, operational risk management, reputational risk +management, country risk management and management of cross and transmissional risks, as well as the management +of risk exposures of major geographical locations, institutions and products. It launched special surveys on the +management of supply chain financing business and retail banking development of branches in key cities, analyzed and +researched into the management mechanism of supply chain financing business, risk control system, competitiveness of +retail banking of branches in key cities and scenario development, and put forth related recommendations to promote +the healthy development of supply chain financing business and retail banking of branches in key cities. +Settlement & Cash +Management +Department +Inclusive Finance +Department +Institutional Banking +Department +Personal Banking +Department +Banking +Department +Management +Department +Global Market +Department +Interests in Shares, Underlying Shares, and Debentures Held by Directors and Supervisors +Mr. Zhang Hongli ceased to act as Director of the Bank from 2 July 2018. As at 1 July 2018, Mr. Zhang Hongli held 2,000 H +shares of the Bank. Mr. Or Ching Fai ceased to act as Director of the Bank from 31 October 2018. As at 30 October 2018, +the spouse of Mr. Or Ching Fai held 1,316,040 H shares of the Bank. +Save as above, as at 31 December 2018, none of the Directors or Supervisors of the Bank had any interests or short positions +in the shares, underlying shares or debentures of the Bank or any of its associated corporations (as defined in Part XV of the +Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong) which have to be notified to the Bank and SEHK under Divisions 7 and 8 of +Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong (including interests or short positions therein that they shall +be deemed to have pursuant to such provisions of the Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong), or any interests or +short positions which have to be recorded in the register under Section 352 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong +Kong, or any interests or short positions which have to be notified to the Bank and SEHK pursuant to the Model Code for +Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed Issuers as set out in Appendix 10 to the Hong Kong Listing Rules. +Connected Transactions +In 2018, the Bank carried out standardized management of the Group's connected transactions in strict accordance with the +regulations of CBIRC and CSRC as well as listing rules in Shanghai and Hong Kong. +During the reporting period, the Bank had no connected transaction to be submitted to the Board of Directors or the +Shareholders' General Meeting for review, and all connected transactions occurred complied with the disclosure exemptions +under the Listing Rules of the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Listing Rules on disclosure exemptions. +Please refer to "Note 49. to the Financial Statements: Related Party Disclosures" for details of the related party transactions +defined under the laws, regulations and accounting standards of China. +110 +Annual Report 2018 +ICBC +Liability Insurance of Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management Pursuant to the Articles +of Association of the Bank, where conditions permit, the Bank may establish the professional liability insurance system of +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members upon approval of the Shareholders' General Meeting. The Bank will +use its own assets to compensate each Director, Supervisor and Senior Management member for any liability arising during +their performance period to the maximum extent permitted by laws and administrative regulations or within the scope not +prohibited by laws and administrative regulations, unless the Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members are +otherwise proved to have failed to act honestly or in good faith during their duty performance. During the reporting period, +the Bank renewed liability insurance for Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members. +Relations among Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management Directors, Supervisors and Senior +Management members of the Bank are not related to one another with respect to finance, business, family, or other +material relationships which are required to be disclosed. +Remuneration Policy for Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management The Bank has clearly +documented the remuneration policy for Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members, and has continuously +improved its performance assessment system and incentive and restriction mechanism. From the perspectives of economic +benefit, risk cost control and social responsibilities, the Bank adopted a system composed of balanced scorecard-based +indicators for management and duties allocation based indicators for individuals. The remuneration to the Chairman of the +Board of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and other executives of the Bank has followed +the State's policies relating to the remuneration reform on executives of central enterprises, which consists of basic annual +remuneration, performance-based remuneration and incentive income linked to term appraisal. The remuneration to other +Senior Management members and Shareholder Supervisors consists of basic annual remuneration and performance-based +remuneration, and part of performance-based remuneration is paid in a deferred manner. The Bank has contributed to +statutory retirement programs organized by Chinese governmental organizations at different levels for Directors, Supervisors +and Senior Management members concurrently as the employees of the Bank. Upon obtaining all applicable approvals, +the Bank will implement a long-term incentive program. As at 31 December 2018, the Bank had not granted any share +appreciation rights to any Director, Supervisor, Senior Management member, or other core business personnel designated by +the Board of Directors. +Members of the Board of Directors +As at the disclosure date of the results, the composition of the Board of Directors of the Bank is as follows: +Executive Director: Mr. Gu Shu; +Non-executive Directors: Mr. Cheng Fengchao, Mr. Zheng Fuqing, Ms. Mei Yingchun, Mr. Dong Shi and Mr. Ye Donghai; +Independent Non-executive Directors: Mr. Hong Yongmiao, Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh, Mr. Yang Siu Shun, Ms. Sheila +Colleen Bair, Mr. Shen Si and Mr. Nout Wellink. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited +Board of Directors +Annual Report 2018 +Asset Management +Department +Report of the Board of Supervisors +Work of the Board of Supervisors +During the reporting period, the Board of Supervisors, pursuant to relevant laws and regulations, regulatory requirements +and the Articles of Association, performed supervision duties earnestly, carried out supervision of duty performance and +due diligence, financial activities, risk management and internal control, etc. in a down-to-earth way, and promoted the +improvement in corporate governance and the legal, compliant and prudent development. +Supervision on the performance of duties. The Board of Supervisors supervised the Board of Directors, Senior +Management and their members on their compliance with the laws and regulations, the Articles of Association of the +Bank, and the implementation of the resolutions of the Shareholders' General Meeting and the Board of Directors and the +regulatory opinions. It paid close attention to the duty performance and due diligence of the Board of Directors and the +Senior Management in corporate governance, development strategy and operation and management. It carried out duty +performance assessment, talked with members of the Board of Directors and the Senior Management, general managers +of the related Head Office departments and some branches for comments and suggestions, and then formulated its +assessment opinions on the duty performance of the Board of Directors, the Senior Management and their members in +combination with their day-to-day duty performance supervision to promote the legitimate and compliant duty performance. +It performed strategic assessment, assessed how scientific, reasonable and effective the Bank's development strategies +were and the implementation of those development strategies, and put forward comments and suggestions to strengthen +strategy management. It launched a special survey on strengthening the capital base of institutions, analyzed and researched +into the mechanism of managing the capital increase of institutions, the implementation of capital increase plans and the +post-increase management, and put forth related recommendations to help improve the management level of institutions' +capital increase. +Financial supervision. The Board of Supervisors supervised the Bank's financial activities and implementation of decisions +on material financial issues. It paid close attention to the changes in key financial figures, material financial approval matters +and accounting, changes in accounting standards and financial policies and their impacts. It carefully reviewed periodic +reports, final accounts and profit distribution plan, regularly heard reports on business conditions and review results, +conducted spot checks on major accounting issues, verified the authenticity of financial information, and issued independent +opinions in an objective and fair manner. It launched special surveys on the management of deposit interest rate pricing and +the running of the business operation system, analyzed and researched into the soundness of deposit interest rate pricing +management mechanism, policy transmission and implementation, improvement of business operation system and operating +risk management, and gave related recommendations to promote the management of deposit interest rate pricing and the +perfection of business operation system. It oversaw the independence and effectiveness of audit work, reminded auditors of +the areas of focus in audit and evaluated the duty performance of external auditors. +Report of the Board of Directors +Pension Business +Department +115 +Material Contracts and Performance of Obligations thereunder +Establishment of Wealth Management Subsidiary The Board of Directors of the Bank reviewed and +approved the Proposal on the Establishment of ICBC Wealth Management Co., Ltd. at the meeting of the Board of Directors +convened on 26 November 2018. The proposal is to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary ICBC Wealth Management Co., +Ltd. by contributing no more than RMB16.0 billion of the Bank's proprietary funds. On 15 February 2019, CBIRC officially +approved the Bank's establishment of ICBC Wealth Management Co., Ltd. +Annual Report 2018 +117 +Organizational Chart +Board of Directors +Board of Directors' Office +Risk +Management +Committee +Strategy +Committee +Nomination +Committee +Compensation +Committee +Shareholders' +General Meeting +Audit Committee +Related Party +Transactions Control +Committee +Senior Management +Internal Audit +Sub-bureau +Internal Audit Bureau +Head Office Departments, Profitability Units and +Directly Managed Institutions of the Head Office +Marketing +Management +Departments +Profitability +Units +Risk +Management +Departments +Corporate +Credit and Investment +ICBC Bills Discounting +Department +Private Banking +Department +Investment Banking +Department +Precious Metal +Business Department +Disciplinary Actions During the reporting period, neither the Bank nor any of its Directors, Supervisors, Senior +Management members and controlling shareholders was subject to any investigation by competent authorities, coercive measures +taken by judicial authorities or disciplinary inspection departments, transferred to judicial authorities or charged for criminal +responsibility, case filing investigation or administrative penalty by CSRC, restricted access to market, identification as unqualified, +major penalty by other administrative authorities of environmental protection, safety supervision, taxation, etc. or public +reprimand by the stock exchanges. +Save as disclosed above, neither the Bank nor any of its other related parties made any commitments in performing. +As at +31 December +2018, Huijin +strictly fulfilled +the above +commitment +and did not +do anything in +violation of the +commitment. +Fulfillment of +commitment +Material Trust, Sub-contract and Lease During the reporting period, the Bank had not held on trust to a material extent +or entered into any material sub-contract or lease arrangement in respect of assets of other corporations, which were subject +to disclosure, and no other corporation had held on trust to a material extent or entered into any material sub-contract or +lease arrangement in respect of the Bank's assets, which were subject to disclosure. +Material Guarantees The provision of guarantees is in the ordinary course of business of the Bank. During the reporting +period, the Bank did not have any material guarantee that needs to be disclosed except for the financial guarantee services +within the business scope as approved by PBC and the CBIRC. +Independent Non-executive Directors' Special Explanation and Independent Opinions +on External Guarantees of the Bank +In accordance with the Circular Concerning Several Issues on Regulating Fund Transfers between Listed Companies +and Their Related Parties and External Guarantee of Listed Companies issued by CSRC and the State-owned Assets +Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council and relevant provisions of SSE, we, in the capacity +of Independent Non-executive Directors of the Bank, reviewed external guarantees of the Bank on the principles of +fairness, impartiality and objectivity, and hereby give our specific explanation and opinions as follows: upon review, +external guarantees provided by the Bank mainly focus on issuance of letters of guarantee, which is part of the +ordinary banking services within the business scope of the Bank as approved by relevant regulatory authorities. As at +31 December 2018, the balance of letters of guarantee issued by the Bank totaled RMB509,301 million. +The Bank has attached great importance to the management of risks arising from such business, formulated strict rules +on the credit ratings of the entities to which the guarantee was provided and on the operation process and review +procedures of provision of guarantee services, and carried out relevant business on such basis. +Independent Non-executive Directors of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited +Hong Yongmiao, Anthony Francis Neoh, Yang Siu Shun, Sheila Colleen Bair, Shen Si and Nout Wellink +Occupation of Fund by Controlling Shareholders and Other Related Parties During the reporting +period, none of the controlling shareholders and other related parties of the Bank occupied any fund of the Bank. The +auditors have issued the Special Explanation on the Occupation of Fund by Controlling Shareholders and Other Related +Parties of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited in 2018. +116 +ICBC +Significant Events +Commitments +As at 31 December 2018, all of the continuing commitments made by the shareholders were properly fulfilled, and were +listed as follows: +Shareholder +Huijin +Significant Events +commitment +Type of +Time and term of +commitment +of non- +October 2006/ +No specific +competition +Asset Custody +Department +term +November 2010/ +No specific +term +Legal document +under which the +commitment +is made +Prospectus of +Industrial and +Commercial +Bank of China +Limited on +Initial Public +Offering +(A Share) +Prospectus +on A Share +Rights Issue of +Industrial and +Commercial +Bank of China +Limited +Commitment +Provided that Huijin continues to hold +any share of the Bank or is deemed as +the controlling shareholder of the Bank +or the related party of the controlling +shareholder of the Bank according to +the laws or listing rules of China or the +listing place of the Bank, Huijin will not +engage in or participate in any competitive +commercial banking business including but +not limited to granting loans, attracting +deposits and providing settlement, fund +custody, bank card and money exchange +services. However, Huijin can engage in or +participate in some competitive businesses +by investing in other commercial banks. +In this regard, Huijin has committed that +it will: (1) fairly treat the investments in +commercial banks and will not make +any decision or judgment that will +have adverse impact on the Bank or be +beneficial to other commercial banks by +taking advantage of the status of being +a shareholder of the Bank or information +obtained by taking advantage of the status +of being a shareholder of the Bank; and +(2) perform the shareholders' rights for the +maximum interests of the Bank. +Commitment +111 +Company: +32. Repurchase Agreements +assessing the key design and operational +effectiveness of internal controls of the +financial reporting process, including credit +approval, recording, monitoring, re-evaluation +of periodic credit grading, and the accrual +of loss allowance; In particular, we assessed +the design, implementation and operating +effectiveness of the key internal controls over +the classification of loans by credit quality +across all stages; +assessing the information system controls, +including general information technology +control, completeness of key internal historical +data, data transmission between systems, +mapping of parameters of expected credit +loss model, and system calculation of loss +allowance for expected credit loss. +assessing the reliability of expected credit loss +models and parameters used, including evaluating +probability of default, loss given default, exposure at +default, discount rate, forward-looking adjustment +and other adjustment factors, and evaluating the +reasonableness of key management judgments +involved. +Annual Report 2018 +123 +Independent Auditor's Report +Key audit matters (continued) +Impairment of loans and advances to customers (continued) +Refer to the accounting policies in "Note 3. (6) to the Financial Statements: Impairment of the Financial Assets", "Note 4. +to the Financial Statements: Significant Accounting Judgments and Estimates" and "Note 23. to the Financial Statements: +Loans and Advances to Customers". +The key audit matter +The Group classifies financial instruments into three stages +and recognises an impairment allowance based on the +expected credit loss for the next 12 months or the entire +lifetime of the financial asset, depending on whether credit +risk on that financial instrument has increased significantly +since initial recognition and whether an asset is considered +to be credit-impaired respectively. +evaluating the effectiveness of internal control +operations related to provision for expected credit +losses: +The loss allowance for loans and advances to customers, +other than those corporate loans and advances which are +credit-impaired, is measured using the risk parameters +method. The key parameters include probability of default +(PD), loss given default (LGD) and exposure at default +(EAD), which are derived from considerations including the +historical overdue data, historical loss ratio, internal credit +grading and other adjustment factors. +• +assessing key parameters involving judgments +by seeking evidence from external sources and +comparing it with internal records including historical +loss experience and type of collaterals. As part +of these procedures, we inquired management +for the reasons of modifications of estimates and +model parameters, considered the consistency of +management judgments, and assessed key internal +controls over the input of underlying data into the +models. +comparing the economic factors used in the models +with market information to assess whether they were +aligned with market and economic development. +performing back-testing, which included the +assessment of the model's predictions using +quantitative methods to measure the outputs against +the actual realised observations, including how they +change over time. +124 +ICBC +Independent Auditor's Report +Key audit matters (continued) +Impairment of loans and advances to customers (continued) +Refer to the accounting policies in "Note 3. (6) to the Financial Statements: Impairment of the Financial Assets", "Note 4. +to the Financial Statements: Significant Accounting Judgments and Estimates" and "Note 23. to the Financial Statements: +Loans and Advances to Customers". +The key audit matter +How the matter was addressed in our audit +Our audit procedures to assess loss allowance for expected +credit losses included the following: +How the matter was addressed in our audit +Impairment of loans and advances to customers is a +subjective area due to the degree of judgment applied +by management in determining impairment allowances. +From the Group's perspective, the determination of the +loss allowances for loans and advances to customers is +heavily dependent on the external macro environment and +the Group's internal credit risk management strategy, and +the judgments in determining the loss given default or the +assessment of recoverable cash flows relating to individual +loans and advances to customers, where loans and +advances to customers were unsecured or were subject to +potential collateral shortfalls. +208 +26. Investments in Associates and +Joint Ventures +210 +Annual Report 2018 +121 +Independent Auditor's Report +KPMG +To the shareholders of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited +(Incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) +Opinion +We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (the "Bank") and +its subsidiaries (the "Group") set out on pages 133 to 298, which comprise the consolidated and the Bank's statements of +financial position as at 31 December 2018, the consolidated statement of profit or loss, the consolidated statement of profit +or loss and other comprehensive income, the consolidated statement of changes in equity and the consolidated cash flow +statement for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. +In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Bank and of +the Group as at 31 December 2018 and of the Group's financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in +accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRSS") issued by the International Accounting Standards +Board ("IASB") and have been properly prepared in compliance with the disclosure requirements of the Hong Kong +Companies Ordinance. +Basis for opinion +We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing ("ISAS"). Our responsibilities under those +standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements section +of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the code of Ethics for Professional Accountants issued +by International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants ("the Code") together with any ethical requirements that are +relevant to our audit of the consolidated financial statements in the People's Republic of China, and we have fulfilled our +other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code. We believe that the audit evidence we +have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. +Key audit matters +Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the +consolidated financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the +consolidated financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion +on these matters. +122 +ICBC +Independent Auditor's Report +Key audit matters (continued) +Impairment of loans and advances to customers +Refer to the accounting policies in "Note 3.(6) to the Financial Statements: Impairment of the Financial Assets", "Note 4. +to the Financial Statements: Significant Accounting Judgments and Estimates" and "Note 23. to the Financial Statements: +Loans and Advances to Customers". +The key audit matter +The Group has adopted International Financial Reporting +Standard 9 Financial instruments ("IFRS 9") since 1 January +2018. IFRS 9 uses the expected credit loss ("ECL") model +to calculate the loss allowance. +Loss allowances for the credit-impaired corporate loans +and advances are measured using the discounted cash +flow method. Management exercises judgment in +determining recoverable cash flow based on a range +of factors. These factors include available remedies for +recovery, the financial situation of the borrowers, collateral +valuation, the seniority of the claim and the existence +and cooperativeness of other creditors. Whilst the Group +appoints an external appraiser for the valuation of certain +property and other illiquid collateral, enforceability, +timing and means of realisation also affect the ultimate +collectability and thereby the amount of expected credit +loss allowances at the end of the reporting period. +We identified the loss allowance for expected credit losses +as a key audit matter because of the inherent uncertainty +and management judgments involved, and because the +loss allowance is significant to the financial results and +capital of the Group. +How the matter was addressed in our audit +. +assessing whether the disclosures in the consolidated +financial statements, including fair value hierarchy +information and sensitivity to key inputs, +appropriately reflected the Group's exposure to +financial instrument valuation risk with reference +to the requirements of the prevailing accounting +standards. +assessing the appropriate application of fair value +adjustment that form an integral part of fair values, +inquiring of management about any changes in the +fair value adjustment methodologies and assessing +the appropriateness of the inputs applied; and +engaging our internal valuation specialists to conduct +model validation, on a sample basis, for the valuation +of complex financial instruments. +involving our internal valuation specialists to assist us +in performing independent valuations, on a sample +basis, of level 2 and level 3 financial instruments +and comparing our valuations with the Group's +valuations. Our procedures included developing +parallel models, obtaining inputs independently and +verifying the inputs. +assessing the level 1 fair values, on a sample basis, by +comparing the fair values applied by the Group with +publicly available market data. +assessing the design, implementation and operating +effectiveness of key internal controls over the +valuation, independent price verification, front office +and back office reconciliations and model approval +for financial instruments. +• +Our audit procedures to assess the fair value of financial +instruments included the following: +How the matter was addressed in our audit +We identified assessing the fair value of financial +instruments as a key audit matter because of the degree of +complexity involved in valuing certain financial instruments +and because of the degree of judgment exercised by +management in determining the inputs used in the +valuation models. +The Group has developed its own models to value certain +level 2 and level 3 financial instruments, which also involve +significant management judgment. +The valuation of the Group's financial instruments, held +at fair value, is based on a combination of market data +and valuation models which often require a considerable +number of inputs. Many of these inputs are obtained +from readily available data, in particular for level 1 and +level 2 financial instruments in the fair value hierarchy, +the valuation techniques for which use quoted market +prices and observable inputs, respectively. Where one or +more significant inputs are unobservable in the valuation +techniques, as in the case of level 3 financial instruments, +then estimates need to be developed which can involve +significant management judgment. +Financial instruments carried at fair value account for a +significant part of the Group's assets and liabilities. The +effect of fair value adjustments of financial instruments +may impact either the profit or loss or other comprehensive +income. +The key audit matter +Refer to the accounting policies on "Note 3. (5) to the Financial Statements: Financial Instruments", "Note 4. to the +Financial Statements: Significant Accounting Judgments and Estimates" and "Note 52. to the Financial Statements: Fair +Value of Financial Instruments". +Fair value of financial instruments +Key audit matters (continued) +Independent Auditor's Report +127 +Annual Report 2018 +evaluating the disclosures in the financial statements +in relation to the recognition of interests in and +consolidation of structured entities with reference +to the requirements of the prevailing accounting +standards. +assessing management's judgment over +whether the structured entity should be +consolidated or not; and +evaluating management's analysis of the +structured entity, including qualitative analysis +and the calculation of the magnitude and +variability associated with the Group's economic +interests in the structured entity, to assess +management's judgment over the Group's +ability to influence its own returns from the +structured entity; +inspecting the risk and reward structure of +the structured entity, including any capital +or return guarantee, provision of liquidity +support, commission paid and distribution of +the returns, to assess management's judgment +as to the exposure, or rights, to variable +returns from the Group's involvement in such +an entity; +How the matter was addressed in our audit +We identified the recognition of interests in and +consolidation of structured entities as a key audit matter +because of the complex nature of certain of these +structured entities and because of the judgment exercised +by management in the qualitative assessment of the terms +and the nature of each entity. +25. Investments in Subsidiaries +In determining whether the Group should retain any partial +interests in a structured entity or should consolidate a +structured entity, management is required to consider the +risks and rewards retained, the power the Group is able +to exercise over the activities of the entity and its ability +to influence the Group's own returns from the entity. +These factors are not purely quantitative and need to +be considered collectively in the overall substance of the +transactions. +Refer to the accounting policies in "Note 3. (1) to the Financial Statements: Subsidiaries", "Note 4. to the Financial +Statements: Significant Accounting Judgments and Estimates" and "Note 41. to the Financial Statements: Involvement +with Unconsolidated Structured Entities". +selecting samples to assess the reasonableness of +management judgments on whether the credit risk +has increased significantly since initial recognition +and whether credit impairment has occurred. We +analysed the loan portfolio by industry sector to +select samples in industries vulnerable to the current +economic situation and regulation measures. We +also focused on loans with perceived higher risk +and selected samples from non-performing loans, +overdue but performing loans and borrowers with +negative warning signs or adverse press coverage. +performing credit assessments for the selected credit +impaired corporate loans and advances by assessing +the forecast of recoverable cash flows through +inquiry, applying judgment and our own research. +We evaluated the timing and means of realisation of +collateral and considered other sources of repayment +asserted by management. We also evaluated the +consistency of management's application of key +assumptions and compared them with our own data +sources. +independence, +evaluating the experience, +competence and integrity of the external appraiser +engaged by the Group to value certain property and +illiquid collateral, including comparing the valuations +with externally derived data such as commodity +prices and real estate valuations; and +evaluating whether the disclosures relating to +loss allowance for expected credit losses met the +disclosure requirements of the prevailing accounting +standards. +Annual Report 2018 +125 +Independent Auditor's Report +Key audit matters (continued) +Recognition of interests in and consolidation of structured entities +Refer to the accounting policies in "Note 3. (1) to the Financial Statements: Subsidiaries", "Note 4. to the Financial +Statements: Significant Accounting Judgments and Estimates" and "Note 41. to the Financial Statements: Involvement +with Unconsolidated Structured Entities". +The key audit matter +Structured entities are generally created to achieve a +narrow and well defined objective with restrictions around +their ongoing activities which include providing investment +services and products to customers and managing the +Group's assets and liabilities. +The Group may acquire or retain an ownership interest in, +or act as a sponsor to, a structured entity, through issuing +a wealth management product, an investment fund, an +asset management plan, a trust plan, a structured lease +or an asset-backed security. The Group may also retain +partial interests in derecognised assets due to guarantees +or securitisation structures. +How the matter was addressed in our audit +Our audit procedures to assess the recognition of interests +in and consolidation of structured entities included the +following: +making enquiries of management and inspecting +documents relating to the judgment process over +whether a structured entity is consolidated or not +to assess whether the Group has a robust process in +this regard. +selecting significant structured entities of each +key product type and performing the following +procedures for each structured entity selected: +inspecting the related contracts, internal +establishment documents and information +I disclosed to the investors to understand the +purpose of the establishment of the structured +entity and the involvement the Group has +with the structured entity and to assess +management's judgment over whether the +Group has the ability to exercise power over +the structured entity; +126 +ICBC +Independent Auditor's Report +Key audit matters (continued) +Recognition of interests in and consolidation of structured entities (continued) +The key audit matter +200 +24. Financial Investments +196 +39. Reserves +230 +Estimates +172 +5. Impact of Issued But Not Yet Effective +40. Components of Other Comprehensive Income 233 +41. Involvement With Unconsolidated Structured +Entities +234 +6. +International Financial Reporting Standards 174 +Net Interest Income +177 +42. Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow +Statement +236 +7. +Net Fee and Commission Income +177 +43. Transferred Financial Assets +237 +8. +Net Trading Income +177 +9. +Net Gain on Financial Investments +178 +Significant Accounting Judgements and +44. Share Appreciation Rights Plan +4. +38. Other Equity Instruments +220 +Cash Flow Statement +139 +33. Certificates of Deposit +220 +Statement of Financial Position +141 +34. Due to Customers +221 +NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS +35. Debt Securities Issued +221 +1. +Corporate Information +142 +36. Other Liabilities +225 +2. +Basis of Preparation +142 +37. Share Capital +225 +3. +Summary of Significant Accounting Policies +154 +226 +137 +10. Other Operating Income, Net +45. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities +185 +53. Company-Level Statement of +18. Earnings Per Share +185 +Financial Position +297 +19. Cash and Balances With Central Banks +186 +54. After the Reporting Period Event +298 +20. Due From Banks and Other +55. Comparative Amounts +298 +Financial Institutions +187 +56. Approval of the Consolidated +Financial Statements +298 +21. Derivative Financial Instruments +188 +22. Reverse Repurchase Agreements +UNAUDITED SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL +195 +INFORMATION +299 +23. Loans and Advances to Customers +17. Dividends +178 +184 +52. Fair Value of Financial Instruments +238 +11. Operating Expenses +178 +46. Designated Funds and Loans +240 +12. Directors' and Supervisors' Emoluments +179 +47. Assets Pledged as Security +240 +13. Five Highest Paid Individuals +183 +48. Fiduciary Activities +241 +14. Impairment Losses on Assets +183 +49. Related Party Disclosures +241 +15. Income Tax Expense +184 +50. Segment Information +245 +16. Profit Attributable to Equity Holders +51. Financial Instruments Risk Management +250 +of the Parent Company +286 +238 +128 +Statement of Profit or Loss +119 +Auditor's Report and +Financial Statements +CONTENTS +Pages +Pages +Consolidated: +122 +27. Property and Equipment +212 +AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS +28. Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities +215 +29. +Annual Report 2018 +Other Assets +133 +30. +Financial Liabilities Designated as at +Statement of Profit or Loss and +Fair Value through Profit or Loss +219 +Other Comprehensive Income +134 +31. Due to Banks and Other Financial +Statement of Financial Position +135 +Institutions +220 +Statement of Changes in Equity +218 +Secondary reporting line +INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT +Rural Banks +Financial Assets Service +Management Committee +Financial Technology +Internet Finance +Domestic Branches +Risk Management +Committee +Primary reporting line +Inclusive Finance +Investment Banking +Promotion Committee +Retail Banking +Promotion Committee +Supervisory Board Office +Organizational Chart +Board of Supervisors +Corporate Banking +Promotion Committee +ICBC +Institutional Banking +Promotion Committee +Promotion Committee Development Committee Promotion Committee +Asset & Liability +Management Committee +Overseas Institutions +Domestic Institutions +ICBC Investment +ICBC-AXA +ICBC Credit Suisse +Asset Management +Domestic Subsidiaries +and their Branches +Overseas Subsidiaries +and their Institutions +(376) +Overseas Branches +and their Institutions +(50) +ICBC Leasing +(15,752) +Grassroots Branches +Banking Departments of Tier-one Branches and +Tier-two Branches (446) +(36) +(including Directly Managed Branches) +Tier-one Branches +Reverse repurchase agreements +3,372,576 +962,449 +19 +222222 +Financial investments +Loans and advances to customers +20 +21 +31 December 2018 +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Cash and balances with central banks +ASSETS +31 December 2018 31 December 2017 +Notes +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +3,613,872 +Consolidated Statement of Financial Position +Derivative financial assets +847,611 +EARNINGS PER SHARE +89,013 +246,073 +Held-to-maturity investments +Available-for-sale financial assets +4,519,182 +Financial investments measured at amortised cost +1,430,163 +other comprehensive income +Financial investments measured at fair value through +440,938 +805,347 +Financial investments measured at fair value through +profit or loss +13,892,966 +5,756,704 +6,754,692 +24 +986,631 +734,049 +15,046,132 +23 +71,335 +344 +(29) +3 +245,729 +939 +(53) +Reserve from cash flow hedging instruments +(33,494) +Net loss from change in fair value of available-for-sale +financial assets +(1,238) +Credit losses of debt instruments measured at fair value through +other comprehensive income +24,599 +fair value through other comprehensive income +Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: +Changes in fair value of debt instruments measured at +Receivables +(5) +1,605 +Other comprehensive income recognised under equity method +Others +Changes in fair value of equity instruments designated as at +fair value through other comprehensive income +40 +287,451 +Other comprehensive income recognised under equity method +1,551 +326,532 +488 +Foreign currency translation differences +324,981 +ICBC +134 +The notes on pages 142 to 298 form part of these financial statements. +Equity holders of the parent company +Non-controlling interests +Total comprehensive income attributable to: +246,073 +326,532 +Total comprehensive income for the year +(41,378) +27,809 +Subtotal of other comprehensive income for the year +712 +(903) +Others +(8,752) +3,325 +(757) +Investments in associates and joint ventures +21 +Deferred income tax assets +526,940 +617,842 +35 +Debt securities issued +433 +70,644 +84,741 +1,217 +28 +Deferred income tax liabilities +Income tax payable +260,274 +19,562,936 +21,408,934 +34 +Due to customers +341,354 +33 +Certificates of deposit +Other liabilities +1,046,338 +36 +603,500 +587,489 +680,877 +39 +Reserves +86,051 +86,051 +38 +Other equity instruments +356,407 +356,407 +37 +Share capital +Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company +EQUITY +23,945,987 +25,354,657 +TOTAL LIABILITIES +409,819 +Property and equipment +514,801 +Repurchase agreements +Annual Report 2018 +The notes on pages 142 to 298 form part of these financial statements. +26,087,043 +27,699,540 +TOTAL ASSETS +571,669 +48,392 +247,744 +32,441 +29,124 +290,404 +58,375 +380,404 +27 +26 +2282 +29 +Other assets +277,129 +1,496,453 +3,542,184 +135 +32 +Consolidated Statement of Financial Position +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +1,706,549 +1,814,495 +31 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +78,556 +73,573 +298,723 +Derivative financial liabilities +456 +89,361 +87,400 +30 +Financial liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss +481 +Due to central banks +31 December 2018 31 December 2017 +Notes +LIABILITIES +31 December 2018 +2017 +3,089 +Notes +Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities +within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, +supervision and performance of the Group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion. +Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated financial statements, including the +disclosures, and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a +manner that achieves fair presentation. +Conclude on the appropriateness of the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the +audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant +doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are +required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the consolidated financial statements or, +if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained +up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue +as a going concern. +Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related +disclosures made by the Directors. +Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are +appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Group's +internal control. +Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements (continued) +Independent Auditor's Report +We communicate with the Audit Committee regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit +and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit. +131 +Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud +or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient +and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from +fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, +misrepresentations or the override of internal control. +• +As part of an audit in accordance with ISAS, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism +throughout the audit. We also: +Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAS +will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered +material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users +taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements. +Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free +from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. This +report is made solely to you, as a body, and for no other purpose. We do not assume responsibility towards or accept liability +to any other person for the contents of this report. +Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements +The Directors are assisted by the Audit Committee in discharging their responsibilities for overseeing the Group's financial +reporting process. +Annual Report 2018 +We also provide the Audit Committee with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding +independence and communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on +our independence and, where applicable, related safeguards. +From the matters communicated with the Audit Committee, we determine those matters that were of most significance in +the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe +these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in +extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse +consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication. +The engagement partner on the audit resulting in this independent auditor's report is Wong Yuen Shan. +Fee and commission income +NET INTEREST INCOME +Interest expense +Interest income +2018 +Notes +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Year ended 31 December 2018 +Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss +ICBC +132 +28 March 2019 +Central, Hong Kong +10 Chater Road +8th Floor, Prince's Building +Certified Public Accountants +KPMG +In preparing the consolidated financial statements, the Directors are responsible for assessing the Group's ability to continue as +a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting +unless the Directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. +The Directors are responsible for the preparation of the consolidated financial statements that give a true and fair view in +accordance with IFRSS issued by IASB and the disclosure requirements of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance, and for such +internal control as the Directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that +are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. +Responsibilities of the directors for the consolidated financial statements +If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we +are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. +Key audit matters (continued) +Independent Auditor's Report +129 +Annual Report 2018 +evaluating the design, implementation and +operating effectiveness of the cybersecurity +management mechanism, the operational security +of key information infrastructure, data and client +information management, and monitoring and +emergency management. +evaluating the design, implementation and operating +effectiveness of the significant accounts-related +IT automated controls which are relevant to the +accuracy of system calculation, and the consistency +of data transmission, covering business in corporate +loans, financial asset service, interbank business, +bills, retail business and others, as well as key +accounting procedures; and +assessing the design, implementation and +operating effectiveness of key internal controls +over the continued integrity of all major IT systems +fundamental to dealing with the financial data, +particularly financial reporting. +We involved our internal IT specialists in our assessment of +the IT systems and controls over financial reporting, which +included carrying out the following audit procedures: +How the matter was addressed in our audit +We identified IT systems and controls over financial +reporting as a key audit matter because the Group's +financial accounting and reporting systems are +fundamentally reliant on complex IT systems and control +processes which are driven by significant transaction +volumes caused by the size of the customer base both in +the corporate and the retail banking businesses in China +and globally. +The volume of on-line transactions of the Group +increased rapidly over the past year. With the continuous +development of new technologies, the Group is facing new +challenges on cyber security and data protection. +Of particular importance are system calculations and data +logic regarding significant accounts, including interest +calculations, as well as interfaces between business +management systems and accounting systems. +Automated accounting procedures and IT environment +controls, which include IT governance, controls over +program development and changes, access to programs +and data and IT operations, are required to be designed +and to operate effectively to ensure accurate financial +reporting. +As one of the largest banking groups in the world, the +Group's IT systems are necessarily large and complex. +IT systems and controls over financial reporting +The key audit matter +Key audit matters (continued) +Independent Auditor's Report +Adjustments and disclosures in relation to transition to the International Financial Reporting Standard 9 +Financial instruments +Fee and commission expense +Refer to "Note 2. (3) to the Financial Statements: Change in accounting policies". +The key audit matter +IFRS 9 revised the requirements for the classification and +measurement of financial instruments previously adopted, +and requires the loss allowance of expected credit losses +to be recognised for relevant financial assets and credit +commitments. In addition, it also provides greater flexibility +of transaction types in applying hedging accounting. The +Group is required to make retrospective adjustments on +the classification and measurement, the loss allowance, +and hedge accounting of financial instruments in +accordance with the requirements of the IFRS 9. +In connection with our audit of the consolidated financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, +in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the consolidated financial statements or +our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. +Our opinion on the consolidated financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form +of assurance conclusion thereon. +The Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises all the information included in the +annual report, other than the consolidated financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. +Other information +Independent Auditor's Report +ICBC +130 +assessing whether the relevant disclosures in relation +to transition to IFRS 9 at 1 January 2018 were in +compliance with the prevailing accounting standards. +obtaining journal entries relating to adjustments +made on transition to the IFRS 9 and comparing it +Iwith the list of classification, valuation, expected +credit loss of financial instruments as at 1 January +2018, to assess the completeness and accuracy +of adjustment journals, and compliance with the +prevailing accounting standards; and +obtaining a list of hedge accounting items as at +1 January 2018 and selecting samples and checking +relevant hedging documents to determine whether +they meet the requirements of the IFRS 9. +with the assistance of our internal valuation +specialists, assessing the design and methodology of +the expected credit loss model, and evaluating the +key parameters including probability of default, loss +given default, exposure at default, discount rate, +forward-looking adjustment and other adjustment +factors, and evaluating the reasonableness of key +management judgments involved. +involving our internal valuation specialists in +evaluating the valuation method of financial assets +and the key parameters used for financial assets +that are measured at fair value due to changes +in classification and measurement, and selecting +samples to independently verify their fair value. +assessing the accuracy of the classification of +financial instruments, including obtaining a list of +financial instruments classified by management as +at 1 January 2018, selecting samples to check the +contractual cash flow terms, and understanding +and evaluating the business model of the relevant +financial instrument portfolio. +assessing the key internal controls of the financial +reporting process related to the transition to IFRS +9, including internal control processes related to +the selection and approval of accounting policy +and expected credit loss model methodology, and +information system related controls. +Our audit procedures relating to the transition to IFRS 9 +included the following: +How the matter was addressed in our audit +We identified the adjustments and disclosures in relation +to the transition to IFRS 9 as a key audit matter, because +of the complexity of the transition process which involved +changes in internal controls of the financial reporting +process, accounting treatments, and application of new +system data; also, management judgment was applied. +The Group has applied International Financial Reporting +Standard 9 Financial Instruments ("IFRS 9") since 1 January +2018. +66 +60 +77 +286,049 +297,676 +287,451 +298,723 +(77,190) +(73,690) +15 +364,641 +372,413 +2,950 +Retained profits +361,691 +369,324 +(127,769) +(161,594) +14 +(186,194) +1,047 +(194,203) +298,723 +Basic (RMB yuan) +Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss: +Other comprehensive income (after tax, net): +Profit for the year +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Year ended 31 December 2018 +Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income +133 +Annual Report 2018 +The notes on pages 142 to 298 form part of these financial statements. +Details of the dividends declared and paid or proposed are disclosed in Note 17 to the financial statements. +0.79 +0.82 +18 +0.79 +0.82 +18 +Diluted (RMB yuan) +1,402 +287,451 +2018 +11 +Non-controlling interests +2,846 +8 +Net trading income +139,625 +145,301 +7 +NET FEE AND COMMISSION INCOME +(19,041) +(17,046) +158,666 +162,347 +522,078 +572,518 +(339,516) +(375,576) +2017 +861,594 +948,094 +5,753 +PROFIT FOR THE YEAR +Net gain on financial investments +1,345 +Equity holders of the parent company +Attributable to: +PROFIT FOR THE YEAR +Income tax expense +PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION +Share of profits of associates and joint ventures +OPERATING PROFIT +Impairment losses on assets +Operating expenses +675,654 +725,121 +6,033 +3,111 +10 +OPERATING INCOME +Other operating income, net +2,165 +9 +1,206,666 +27,682 +2,330,001 +share +equity +Capital +Surplus +General revaluation translation +hedging +Other +Retained +capital instruments +reserve +reserve +Cash flow +reserve +reserve +reserve +reserves Subtotal +Balance as at 1 January 2017 +Profit for the year +356,407 86,051 152,043 +205,021 251,349 +1,133 +(18,050) +(4,645) +(221) +reserve +Investment currency +Other +Issued +16 +16 +49 +40 +49 +(327) +(327) +16 +356,407 +86,051 152,043 261,720 279,064 15,495 (22,894) (3,804) +(747) +680,877 1,206,666 2,330,001 +14,882 2,344,883 +Includes the appropriation made by overseas branches and subsidiaries in the amounts of RMB103 million and RMB596 million, +respectively. +Includes the reversal made by overseas branches in the amounts of RMB9 million and appropriation made by subsidiaries in +the amounts of RMB2,345 million, respectively. +The notes on pages 142 to 298 form part of these financial statements. +Annual Report 2018 +137 +Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity +Year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(i) +Attributable to equity holders of the parent company +Reserves +Foreign +586,630 +Other comprehensive income (note 40) +(32,885) +(8,252) +shareholders +Others +Balance as at +31 December 2017 +2,312 +2,312 +. +(194) +(194) +(309) +(309) +(46) +(46) +(46) +(46) +356,407 86,051 152,043 232,703 +264,892 (31,752) (26,302) (3,761) (334) +587,489 1,097,544 2,127,491 +13,565 2,141,056 +Includes the appropriation made by overseas branches and subsidiaries in the amounts of RMB107 million and +RMB516 million, respectively. +Includes the appropriation made by overseas branches and subsidiaries in the amounts of RMB20 million and RMB477 million, +respectively. +The notes on pages 142 to 298 form part of these financial statements. +138 +ICBC +1,097,544 +Dividends to non-controlling +16 +subsidiaries +shareholders +884 +(67) +(40,320) +Dividends ordinary shares +Total comprehensive income +2016 final (note 17) +Dividends preference shares (note 17) +Appropriation to surplus reserve (1) +(32,885) (8,252) +884 +(67) +(40,320) +Non- +controlling Total +profits Total interests equity +940,663 1,969,751 11,412 1,981,163 +286,049 286,049 1,402 287,451 +(40,320) (1,058) (41,378) +245,729 +344 +246,073 +(83,506) (83,506) +(83,506) +(4,437) (4,437) +(4,437) +Appropriation to general reserve (ii) +27,682 +13,543 +(27,682) +13,543 +(13,543) +Capital injection by non-controlling +Change in share holding in +(1) +286,049 +(ii) +reserve +reserve +Foreign +Investment currency +General revaluation translation +reserve reserve reserve +Cash flow +hedging +Non- +Balance as at 31 December 2017 +356,407 +86,051 152,043 232,703 264,892 +(31,752) (26,302) +Other +reserve reserves +(3,761) (334) +Retained +controlling Total +Subtotal profits Total interests equity +Impact of adopting IFRS 9 +22,877 +587,489 1,097,544 2,127,491 13,565 2,141,056 +22,877 (55,035) (32,158) (32) (32,190) +Balance as at 1 January 2018 +356,407 +86,051 +152,043 +232,703 264,892 +(8,875) (26,302) +(3,761) +(334) +610,366 1,042,509 +2,095,333 +13,533 2,108,866 +Surplus +Profit for the year +Capital +Other +2,127,491 +1 +Non-controlling interests +TOTAL EQUITY +TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES +14,882 +13,565 +2,344,883 +2,141,056 +27,699,540 +26,087,043 +Gu Shu +Zhang Wenwu +Vice Chairman and President +General Manager of Finance +and Accounting Department +The notes on pages 142 to 298 form part of these financial statements. +136 +ICBC +Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity +Year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(i) +Attributable to equity holders of the parent company +Issued +share equity +capital instruments +297,676 +Reserves +1,047 298,723 +shareholders +Change in share holding in +(85,823) +(85,823) +(85,823) +(4,506) +(4,506) +(4,506) +29,017 +29,017 +31 December 2018 +14,172 +Capital injection by non-controlling +14,172 +1 +1 +76 +76 +subsidiaries +Dividends to non-controlling +shareholders +Other comprehensive income +transferred to retained earnings +Others +297,676 +Balance as at +(14,172) +reserve (ii) +(29,017) +Appropriation to surplus +(note 40) +Appropriation to general +24,369 +3,408 +(43) +(429) +27,305 +27,305 +27,809 +Total comprehensive income +24,369 +3,408 +(43) +504 +27,305 +(note 17) +Dividends preference shares +(429) +2017 final (note 17) +Dividends ordinary shares +Other comprehensive income +1,551 326,532 +324,981 +297,676 +reserve (i) +The consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for derivative +financial instruments, financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss and financial +assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, as further explained in the respective accounting +policies below. +(2) Basis of preparation +The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards +("IFRSS") and interpretations promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Board (the "IASB") and the disclosure +requirements of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance. +(1) Statement of compliance +2. BASIS OF PREPARATION +The principal activities of the Bank and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the "Group") comprise corporate and +personal banking, treasury operations, investment banking, asset management, trust, financial leasing, insurance and other +financial services. Domestic establishments refer to the Head Office of the Bank, branches and subsidiaries established inside +Mainland China. Overseas establishments refer to branches and subsidiaries established under local jurisdictions outside +Mainland China. +The Bank's A Shares and H Shares are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong +Limited and the stock codes are 601398 and 1398, respectively. The Bank's offshore preference shares are listed on the +Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the stock codes are 4603, 4604 and 84602, respectively. The Bank's domestic +preference shares are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the stock code is 360011. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (the "Bank"), which was previously known as Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China ("ICBC"), used to be a wholly-state-owned commercial bank established on 1 January 1984 based on +the authorisation of the State Council and the People's Bank of China (the "PBOC") of the People's Republic of China +(the "PRC"). On 28 October 2005, with the approval of the State Council, ICBC was restructured and incorporated as +a joint-stock limited company. The joint-stock limited company undertook all the assets and liabilities of ICBC upon the +restructuring. +The Bank obtained its finance permit No. B0001H111000001 from the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission +(the "CBIRC") of the PRC. The Bank obtained its business license with unified social credit code 91100000100003962T from +the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the PRC. The registered office is located at No. 55 Fuxingmennei +Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, the PRC. +1. CORPORATE INFORMATION +General Manager of Finance +and Accounting Department +The notes on pages 142 to 298 form part of these financial statements. +Annual Report 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +141 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Amendments to IAS 40 +ICBC +Revenue from contracts with customers +Financial instruments +Annual Improvements to IFRSS 2014-2016 Cycle +Reporting Standards and Amendments to IAS 28, +Amendments to IFRS 4 +Share-based payment "Classification and measurement of share-based +payment transactions" +IFRIC 22 +The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRSS requires management to make judgements, estimates and +assumptions that affect the application of policies and reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses. +Actual results may differ from these estimates. Judgements made by management in the application of IFRSS that have +significant effect on the financial statements and major sources of estimation uncertainty are discussed in Note 4. The +consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Group's annual consolidated financial statements +for the year ended 31 December 2017, which have been audited. +Amendments to IFRS 2 +IFRS 15 +The IASB has issued the following amendments to IFRSS (including International Accounting Standards ("IASS"), and +International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee ("IFRICS")) that are effective in 2018 and relevant to the Group's +operation. +(3) Change in accounting policies +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +142 +IFRS 9 +Vice Chairman and President +Annual Report 2018 +Gu Shu +23,610,559 +(296,761) +(17,763) +449,233 +23,296,035 +147 +Notes to the Financial Statements +(933) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Derivative financial assets +Balance under IAS 39 and balance under IFRS 9 +Investment property "Transfers of investment property" +Reverse repurchase agreements +Balance under IAS 39 +Carrying amount +under IAS 39 as at +Financial assets measured at FVTPL +3,835,107 +17,550 +(97) +2,059,401 +24,645,112 +2,247,865 +26,072,160 +Less: to FVTPL +mandatory (IFRS 9) +C +DB U +Balance under IFRS 9 +Other assets +Balance under IAS 39 +Remeasurement: provision for expected credit losses +Balance under IFRS 9 +Financial assets measured at amortised cost +3,542,184 +(3,286,309) +(247,760) +(8,115) +450,166 +Zhang Wenwu +Foreign currency transactions and advance consideration +Remeasurement: provision for expected credit losses +Insurance contracts "Applying IFRS 9 Financial instruments with IFRS 4 +Insurance contracts" +13,759,417 +146 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Carrying amount +Balance under IFRS 9 +under IAS 39 as at +31 December 2017 +Reclassification +Remeasurement +Carrying amount +under IFRS 9 as at +1 January 2018 +Financial investments - amortised cost +Balance under IAS 39 +Note +(33,193) +(411) +3,313,748 +Receivables +Note 31 December 2017 +- Held-to-maturity investments +- Available-for-sale financial assets +398,329 +5,428,233 +750,763 +13,125,401 +53,856 +930,593 +3,548,996 +740,645 +6,348,656 +521,393 +14,211,777 +38,295 +1,031,402 +Remeasurement: provision for expected credit losses +mandatory (IFRS 9) +Less: to FVOCI (IFRS 9) +B +1,799 +Remeasurement: provision for expected credit losses +(2) +Add: from available-for-sale financial assets (IAS 39) +F +277,841 +Remeasurement: provision for expected credit losses +Remeasurement: from fair value to amortised cost +Balance under IFRS 9 +Financial investments - held-to-maturity investments +Balance under IAS 39 +Less: to amortised cost (IFRS 9) +Less: to FVOCI (IFRS 9) +The adoption has no material impact on the financial position and the financial result of the Group. +IFRS 15 also introduces extensive qualitative and quantitative disclosure requirements which aim to enable users of the +financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from +contracts with customers. +Under IFRS 15, revenue is recognised based on a single model that applies to contracts with customers. The model features +the replacement of the previous "transfer of risk-reward" by the "transfer of control" as the criteria for revenue recognition. +The standard contains a contract-based five-step analysis of transactions to determine whether, how much and when +(at a point in time or over time) revenue is recognised. It replaced IAS 18 Revenue, IAS 11 Construction Contracts and +related interpretations, under which revenue is recognised in accordance with transactions distinguished from sales of +goods, rendering of services and construction contracts. +IFRS 15 "Revenue from contracts with customers" +The principal effects of adopting these amended IFRSS are as follows: +E +Amendments to IFRS 1, First-time adoption of International Financial +Investments in associates and joint ventures +as at FVTPL (IAS 39) +99 +Less: to FVTPL +C +Add: from held-to-maturity investments (IAS 39) +D +Remeasurement: provision for expected credit losses +277,129 +5 +(2,600) +(22,050) +3,286,309 +(843) +Remeasurement: reversal of the fair +value adjustments recognised +during previous reclassifications +66 +Add: from financial assets designated +89,013 +125 +Reclassification +(43,536) +81,835 +(35,924) +(309) +(327) +(4,437) +363,441 +(4,506) +(85,823) +(194) +(759,095) +(968,222) +(15,370) +(22,917) +(83,506) +1,520,330 +1,189,368 +Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents +ICBC +140 +The notes on pages 142 to 298 form part of these financial statements. +(324,813) +(351,828) +891,366 +973,512 +Interest paid +NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: +Interest received +1,520,330 +1,509,523 +42 +CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF THE YEAR +(32,479) +32,729 +943,954 +Statement of Financial Position +1,045,746 +Investments in subsidiaries +(88,016) +Due from banks and other financial institutions +(208,191) +297,030 +Due from central banks +Net decrease/(increase) in operating assets: +102,201 +533,745 +(328) +(229) +9 +(1,377) +(1,787) +476 +598,319 +Financial investments measured at fair value through profit or loss +(201,848) +39,668 +(489,258) +(731,745) +1,731 +1,732 +633 +1,168 +(1,605) +(799) +2,153,124 +(1,333,103) +(1,258,665) +Loans and advances to customers +(106,555) +158,257 +Reverse repurchase agreements +792 +31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes +Balance under IAS 39 +87,337 +Add: from receivables (IAS 39) +C +22,050 +Remeasurement: from amortised cost to fair value +Financial investments - FVTPL (mandatory) +(465) +C +8,115 +(86) +86 +C, H +31,563 +Add: from held-to-maturity investments (IAS 39) +Remeasurement: from amortised cost to fair value +Add: from available-for-sale financial assets (IAS 39) +Remeasurement: reversal of impairment +Balance under IFRS 9 +Remeasurement: from amortised cost to fair value +411 +Remeasurement +1 January 2018 +89,013 +195,520 +(1) +410 +Add: from amortised cost (IAS 39) +A +195,520 +Balance under IFRS 9 +Loans and advances to customers +Balance under IAS 39 +Add: from amortised cost (IAS 39) +C +411 +allowance under IAS 39 +Remeasurement: fair value remeasurement +Balance under IFRS 9 +Financial investments - designated as at FVTPL +Financial investments measured at fair value through +Financial investments measured at fair value through +profit or loss +24 +20 +19 +222232 +Financial investments +Loans and advances to customers +Reverse repurchase agreements +21 +Derivative financial assets +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Cash and balances with central banks +ASSETS +31 December 2018 31 December 2017 +other comprehensive income +Carrying amount +under IFRS 9 as at +Financial investments measured at amortised cost +(548) +Balance under IAS 39 +Less: to amortised cost (IFRS 9) +Balance under IFRS 9 +Financial assets measured at FVTPL +148 +ICBC +353,601 +E +(1,799) +724 +(720) +148,518 +351,802 +529,951 +255,860 +785,263 +Investments in associates +89,013 +Deferred income tax assets +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Year ended 31 December 2018 +Consolidated Cash Flow Statement +139 +Annual Report 2018 +The notes on pages 142 to 298 form part of these financial statements. +Notes +770,864 +(68,499) +(67,781) +839,363 +791,914 +Net cash flows from operating activities +Income tax paid +724,133 +2018 +2017 +CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES +Acquisition of non-controlling interests +Repayment of debt securities +Interest paid on debt securities +Proceeds from issuance of debt securities +Capital injection by non-controlling shareholders +CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES +Net cash flows from investing activities +Dividends received +Proceeds from disposal of associates and joint ventures +Investments in associates and joint ventures +Proceeds from sale and redemption of financial investments +Purchases of financial investments +(other than repossessed assets) +Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment and other assets +Purchases of property and equipment and other assets +Net cash flows from operating activities before tax +Dividends paid on ordinary shares +1,807,448 +26,456 +(1,501,830) +(942,798) +4,150 +150,444 +Other assets +IFRS 9 "Financial instruments" +Net (decrease)/increase in operating liabilities: +IFRS 9 Financial Instruments ("IFRS 9") introduces new requirements for classification and measurement of financial +instruments, measurement of impairment for financial assets and hedge accounting. IFRS 9 is effective on 1 January 2018. +The Group adjusted the classification and measurement of financial instruments that were not derecognised on 1 January +2018 on a retrospective basis in accordance with the reconciliations requirements under IFRS 9. The Group did not adjust +the comparative figures of consolidated financial statements and recognised any transition adjustments against the opening +balance of retained earnings or other comprehensive income. Refer to Note 3 summary of significant accounting policies +for the accounting policies under IFRS 9, and refer to Note 3 summary of significant accounting policies of the Group's +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 for the accounting policies under IAS 39 Financial Instruments: +Recognition and Measurement ("IAS 39"). +143 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Classification and measurement +IFRS 9 contains three principal classification categories for financial assets: measured at (1) amortised cost, (2) fair value +through profit or loss ("FVTPL") and (3) fair value through other comprehensive income ("FVOCI"): +Annual Report 2018 +Financial liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss +Due to central banks +(12,329) +32 +(237,261) +1,525,280 +1,780,568 +Other liabilities +Due to customers +55,903 +66,036 +Certificates of deposit +457,032 +(531,619) +Repurchase agreements +(89) +(268,057) +70,966 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +10,923 +1,136,393 +The classification for debt instruments is determined based on the entity's business model for managing the financial +instruments and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the assets. On initial recognition, the Group may +irrevocably designate a financial asset that otherwise meets the requirements to be measured at amortised cost or +at FVOCI as at FVTPL. If a debt instrument is classified as financial assets measured at FVOCI, then interest income, +impairment loss, foreign exchange gains or losses and gains or losses on disposal will be recognised in profit or loss. +For equity securities, the classification is FVTPL regardless of the entity's business model, except for the equity security +is not held for trading and the entity irrevocably elects to designate that security as at FVOCI. If an equity security is +designated as at FVOCI then only dividend income on that security will be recognised in profit or loss. Gains and losses +on that security will be recognised in other comprehensive income without reclassification to profit or loss. +Dividends paid on preference shares +Net cash flows from financing activities +35 +69,344 +82,946 +18,894,447 +20,646,928 +34 +36 +TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES +Retained profits +Reserves +Other equity instruments +Share capital +EQUITY +TOTAL LIABILITIES +TOTAL EQUITY +55 +499,291 +247,348 +436,275 +1,013,320 +2,855 +(2,171,838) +3,195 +(2,633,240) +610,299 +79,375 +79,375 +700,637 +1,111,446 +356,407 +356,407 +1809 +39 +38 +37 +22,585,711 +23,824,295 +436,376 +Other liabilities +Dividends paid to non-controlling shareholders +Debt securities issued +Due to customers +profit or loss +Financial liabilities designated as at fair value through +404 +410 +Due to central banks +LIABILITIES +30 +24,645,112 +483,090 +269,769 +(13,096) +(60,496) +Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year +NET (DECREASE)/INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS +26,072,160 +78,737 +73,852 +Derivative financial liabilities +221,489 +281,380 +33 +Certificates of deposit +810,610 +300,988 +32 +Repurchase agreements +1,596,232 +1,644,147 +31 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +46,682 +42,120 +21 +Income tax payable +The classification and measurement requirements for financial liabilities under IFRS 9 are largely unchanged from IAS 39, +except that IFRS 9 requires the fair value change of a financial liability designated as at FVTPL that is attributable to changes of +that financial liability's credit risk to be recognised in other comprehensive income (without reclassification to profit or loss). +Impairment +The new impairment model in IFRS 9 replaces the "incurred loss" model in IAS 39 with an "expected credit losses ("ECL")" +model. Under the expected credit loss model, it is no longer necessary for a loss event to occur before an impairment loss +is recognised. Instead, an entity is required to recognise and measure either a 12-month expected credit loss or lifetime +expected credit loss, depending on the asset and the facts and circumstances, which results in an early recognition of credit +losses. +Note 31 December 2017 +Reclassification Remeasurement +Carrying amount +under IFRS 9 as at +1 January 2018 +Balance under IAS 39 and balance under IFRS 9 +3,613,872 +3,613,872 +Carrying amount +under IAS 39 as at +Due from banks and other financial institutions +847,611 +Remeasurement: provision for expected credit losses +Balance under IFRS 9 +(270) +847,341 +Reverse repurchase agreements +Balance under IAS 39 +Cash and balances with central banks +Financial assets measured at amortised cost +Financial assets +fair value through profit or loss +Amortised cost +FVTPL (designated) +526,940 +89,361 +Amortised cost +527,928 +FVTPL (designated) +88,391 +Note: As at 1 January 2018, the financial liabilities issued by the Group had not been reclassified or re-measured except for the +financial liabilities listed above. +Annual Report 2018 +145 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The following table reconciles the carrying amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities under IAS 39 to the carrying +amounts under IFRS 9. +Balance under IAS 39 +Financial liabilities designated as at +986,631 +A +34,242 +34,242 +26 +120,301 +122,110 +25 +27 +22282 +3,439,471 +1,358,802 +4,362,174 +1,245,837 +TOTAL ASSETS +Other assets +231,631 +124,548 +122,387 +56,220 +(195,520) +Remeasurement: provision for expected credit losses +(46) +Balance under IFRS 9 +791,065 +Loans and advances to customers +Balance under IAS 39 +13,892,966 +Less: to FVOCI (IFRS 9) +Less: to FVTPL― mandatory (IFRS 9) +B +(99,945) +C +29 +47,250 +Less: to FVTPL mandatory (IFRS 9) +Financial liabilities: +Debt securities issued +450,166 +receivables) +Financial assets: +Cash and balances with central banks +Amortised cost (loans and +receivables) +Amortised cost +3,613,872 +3,613,872 +Classification +Due from banks and other financial +institutions +Amortised cost +847,341 +Derivative financial assets +Reverse repurchase agreements +Loans and advances to customers +FVTPL +847,611 +89,013 +Amortised cost (loans and +receivables) +Financial instruments +amount +Carrying +Hedge accounting +IFRS 9 does not fundamentally change the requirements relating to measuring and recognising ineffectiveness under IAS 39. +However, greater flexibility has been introduced to the types of transactions eligible for hedge accounting. +Disclosure +IFRS 9 requires extensive new disclosures, in particular about hedge accounting, credit risk and expected credit losses. +Transition +The Group is required to adopt IFRS 9 from 1 January 2018. The Group adjusted the classification and measurement +of financial instruments that were not derecognised on 1 January 2018 on a retrospective basis in accordance with the +reconciliations requirements under IFRS 9. The Group did not adjust the comparative figures of consolidated financial +statements and recognised any transition adjustments against the opening balance of retained earnings or other +comprehensive income. +144 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The following table illustrates the original classification and measurement of financial instruments under IAS 39 and the new +classification and measurement of financial instruments under IFRS 9 as at 1 January 2018. +IAS 39 +Carrying +amount +Classification +IFRS 9 +FVTPL (mandatory) +Amortised cost (loans and +receivables) +Amortised cost +791,065 +3,542,184 +FVTPL (mandatory) +148,518 +FVOCI (available for sale) +FVTPL (designated) +351,802 +1,496,453 +FVTPL (held for trading) +87,337 +FVTPL (designated) +353,601 +Other assets +Amortised cost (loans and +Amortised cost +449,233 +maturity) +Property and equipment +1,443,785 +3,835,107 +986,631 +FVTPL (mandatory) +195,520 +Amortised cost (loans and +receivables) +Amortised cost +13,759,417 +13,892,966 +FVOCI +100,975 +FVTPL (mandatory) +410 +Financial investments +Amortised cost (receivables) +Amortised cost (held to +277,129 +Amortised cost +FVOCI +1,495,633 +Consolidated Cash Flow Statement +151 +20,315 +17,958 +11 +2,339 +2,114 +283 +5,194 +14 +127,769 +20,009 +10,288 +23,175 +16,219 +(2,659) +(3,189) +(1,116) +(2,313) +8 +(757) +6,920 +Year ended 31 December 2018 +(2,950) +(3,089) +161,594 +other assets (other than repossessed assets) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes +Dividend income +2017 +CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES +Profit before taxation +372,413 +364,641 +Adjustments for: +Share of profits of associates and joint ventures +Depreciation +2018 +Amortisation of financial investments +Amortisation +Net gain on disposal and overage of property and equipment and +Net trading loss/(gain) on equity investments +Net gain on disposal of financial investments +Net loss on changes at fair value +Interest expense on debt securities issued +Unrealised loss on foreign exchange +Impairment losses on assets +Accreted interest on impaired loans +C. +Those previously classified as available-for-sale financial assets and now classified as measured at FVOCI; and +(ii) Those previously classified as held-to-maturity investments and now classified as measured at amortised cost. +D. +Certain reverse repurchase agreements held by the Group were held within a business model whose objective at the +date of initial application was neither collecting contractual cash flows, nor both collecting contractual cash flows and +selling financial assets. Therefore, these assets were classified as financial assets measured at FVTPL under IFRS 9. +Certain loans and advances to customers held by the Group, and certain debt instruments originally classified as +receivables or held-to-maturity investments were held within a business model in which objective at the date of initial +application was both collecting contractual cash flows and selling financial assets. In addition, their contractual cash +flows were identified as solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding. Therefore, +these assets were classified as financial assets measured at FVOCI under IFRS 9. +Certain loans and advances to customers held by the Group, and certain debt instruments originally classified as +receivables, held-to-maturity investments or available-for-sale financial assets, their contractual cash flows were not +identified as solely payments of principal and interest on the principal outstanding. Therefore, these assets were +classified as financial assets measured at FVTPL under IFRS 9. +In addition to the above, the following debt instruments have been reclassified to new categories under IFRS 9, as their +previous categories were no longer used, with no changes to their measurement basis: +B. +(i) +150 +F. +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +E. +G. +H. +I. +Under IAS 39, certain debt instruments held by the Group were designated as at FVTPL, which no longer met the +criteria under IFRS 9 for designation as at FVTPL. Therefore, the Group revoked its previous designation of these +financial assets, reassessed their business model and contractual cash flows and classified them as measured at +amortised cost. The effective interest rate of these debt instruments was 0.75% to 4.38%, and interest income +recognised during the year amounted to RMB33 million. The fair value of these debt instruments as at 31 December +2018 was RMB1,805 million. Assuming that these debt instruments were not reclassified upon transition to IFRS 9, the +gain arising from changes in their fair value during the year that would have been recognised in the profit or loss was +RMB6 million. +Certain debt instruments originally classified as available-for-sale financial assets were held within a business model +whose objective at the date of initial application was to collect contractual cash flows. In addition, their contractual +cash flows were identified as solely payments of principal and interest on the principal outstanding. Therefore, these +assets were classified as financial assets measured at amortised cost under IFRS 9. The fair value of these instruments +as at 31 December 2018 was RMB293,092 million. Assuming that these financial assets were not reclassified upon +transition to IFRS 9, the gain arising from changes in their fair value during the year that would have been recognised +in other comprehensive income was RMB13,004 million. +A. +ICBC +The application of IFRS 9 resulted in the reclassifications set out in the table above and explained below. +149 +88,391 +The reclassified and re-measured financial assets are equity investments designated irrevocably by the Group as +financial assets measured at FVOCI at the date of initial application. +970 +18 +527,928 +at amortised cost +526,940 +970 +18 +527,928 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +Balance under IAS 39 +89,361 +Less: to amortised cost (IFRS 9) +(970) +Balance under IFRS 9 +Financial liabilities measured at FVTPL +89,361 +(970) +88,391 +Note: As at 1 January 2018, the financial liabilities issued by the Group had not been reclassified or re-measured except for the +financial liabilities listed above. +The reclassified and re-measured financial assets amounted to RMB21,519 million are equity investments, which the +Group did not designate as at FVOCI at the date of initial application. +Reverse repurchase agreements +Annual Report 2018 +Loans and advances to customers +340,482 +(1,077) +33,193 +46 +372,598 +Financial investments +152 +(5) +46 +147 +2,988 +933 +3,921 +Loans and receivables (IAS 39)/Financial assets +measured at FVOCI (IFRS 9) +Loans and advances to customers +1,077 +(606) +Other assets +526,940 +853 +270 +151 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The following table reconciles the closing impairment allowance under IAS 39 to opening allowance determined in +accordance with IFRS 9 on the initial application date: +Loans and receivables (IAS 39)/Financial assets +measured at amortised cost (IFRS 9) +Cash and balances with central banks +Impairment +allowance under +IAS 39/IAS +37 (i) as at +31 December 2017 +Reclassification +Remeasurement +Impairment +allowance under +IFRS 9 as at +1 January 2018 +Due from banks and other financial institutions +583 +Under IAS 39, certain debt securities issued were designated as at FVTPL when the Group held related derivative +financial instruments. As at 1 January 2018, the Group revoked the previous designation due to the criteria of +designating for eliminating or significantly reducing an accounting mismatch are no longer met. +1 January 2018 +1,496,453 +Reclassification +Remeasurement: from amortised cost to fair value +2,329 +Add: from available-for-sale financial assets (IAS 39) +Remeasurement: reversal of impairment +D +1,185,275 +allowance under IAS 39 +Add: from receivables (IAS 39) +B +247,760 +2,600 +(19) +Balance under IFRS 9 +1,438,094 +Financial investments - FVOCI (equity instruments) +Balance under IAS 39 +Add: from available-for-sale financial assets +(IAS 39) +designated +Remeasurement: from amortised cost to fair value +B +Add: from held-to-maturity investments (IAS 39) +Financial investments - FVOCI (debt instruments) +Balance under IAS 39 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Carrying amount +Financial assets measured at FVOCI +Loans and advances to customers +Balance under IAS 39 +Add: from amortised cost (IAS 39) +Remeasurement: reversal of impairment +allowance under IAS 39 +Remeasurement: from amortised cost to fair value +Balance under IFRS 9 +under IAS 39 as at +Note 31 December 2017 +B +Reclassification +Remeasurement +Carrying amount +under IFRS 9 as at +1 January 2018 +99,945 +1,077 +(47) +100,975 +Remeasurement: reversal of impairment +Remeasurement +allowance under IAS 39 +Balance under IFRS 9 +Annual Report 2018 +149 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial liabilities +Financial liabilities measured +at amortised cost +Debt securities issued +1,544,760 +Balance under IAS 39 +at FVTPL (IAS 39) +Remeasurement: from fair value to +amortised cost +Balance under IFRS 9 +Financial liabilities measured +Carrying amount +under IAS 39 as at +Carrying amount +under IFRS 9 as at +Note 31 December 2017 +Add: from financial liabilities designated as +7,406 +40,901 +471 +Financial investments - available-for-sale +financial assets (IAS 39) +Balance under IAS 39 +Less: to amortised cost (IFRS 9) +Less: to FVOCI (IFRS 9) - debt instruments +Less: to FVOCI (IFRS 9) - equity instruments +Less: to FVTPL mandatory (IFRS 9) +Balance under IFRS 9 +Financial assets measured at FVOCI +G +1,774 +FDGF +C, H +1,496,453 +(277,841) +(1,185,275) +(1,774) +(31,563) +479 +3,438 +5,691 +Remeasurement: fair value remeasurement +Financial assets designated as at FVTPL +Financial liabilities measured at FVTPL +amortised cost (IFRS 9) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +As at the end of the reporting period, the assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated into the presentation +currency of the Bank at the exchange rates ruling at the end of the reporting period. All items within equity except for +retained profits are translated at the exchange rates ruling at the dates of the initial transactions. Income and expenses in +the statement of profit or loss are translated at the weighted average exchange rates for the year. The exchange differences +arising on the above translation are taken to other comprehensive income. On disposal of a foreign operation, the +cumulative amount recognised in other comprehensive income relating to that particular foreign operation is recognised in +profit or loss. +Cash flows arising from transactions in foreign currencies and cash flows of overseas subsidiaries are translated using the +weighted average exchange rates for the year. The effect of exchange rate movements on cash is presented separately in the +statement of cash flows as a reconciling item. +(5) Financial instruments +A financial instrument is any contract that gives rise to a financial asset of one entity and a financial liability or equity +instrument of another entity. +(i) Initial recognition of financial instruments +At initial recognition, financial assets are classified into three categories: financial assets measured at amortised cost, +financial assets measured at FVOCI and financial assets measured at FVTPL. +At initial recognition, financial liabilities are classified into two categories: financial liabilities measured at FVTPL and other +financial liabilities. +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Financial assets and financial liabilities are measured initially at fair value. For financial assets and financial liabilities measured +at FVTPL, any related directly attributable transaction costs are charged to profit or loss; for other categories of financial +assets and financial liabilities, any related directly attributable transaction costs are included in their initial costs. +Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between +market participants at the measurement date. +When measuring fair value, the Group shall take into account the characteristics of the asset or liability if market participants +would take those characteristics into account when pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date (including +the condition and location of the asset; and restrictions, if any, on the sale or use of the asset, etc.), and use valuation +techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data and other information are available to +measure fair value. The adopted valuation techniques mainly include market approach, income approach and cost approach. +(ii) Classification and subsequent measurement of financial assets +Classification of financial assets +The classification of financial assets is generally based on the business model in which a financial asset is managed and its +contractual cash flow characteristics. On initial recognition, a financial asset is classified as measured at amortised cost, at +FVOCI, or at FVTPL. +Financial assets are not reclassified subsequent to their initial recognition unless the Group changes its business model for +managing financial assets in which case all affected financial assets are reclassified on the first day of the first reporting +period following the change in the business model. +156 +ICBC +Measurement of fair value +Notes to the Financial Statements +155 +Annual Report 2018 +An investment in a subsidiary is consolidated into the consolidated financial statements from the date that control +commences until the date that control ceases. Intra-group balances, transactions and any unrealised profit or loss arising +from intra-group transactions are eliminated in full in preparing the consolidated financial statements. +In the Bank's statement of financial position, its investments in subsidiaries are stated at cost less impairment losses +(see Note 3(21)). +154 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(2) Non-controlling interests +Non-controlling interests represent the equity in a subsidiary not attributable directly or indirectly to a parent. +Non-controlling interests are presented in the consolidated statement of financial position within equity, separately from +equity attributable to the equity shareholders of the Bank. Non-controlling interests in the results of the Group are presented +on the face of the consolidated statement of profit or loss and the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other +comprehensive income as an allocation of the total profit or loss and total comprehensive income for the year between non- +controlling interests and the equity shareholders of the Bank. +Changes in the Group's interests in a subsidiary that do not result in a loss of control are accounted for as equity +transactions, whereby adjustments are made to the amounts of controlling and non-controlling interests within consolidated +equity to reflect the change in relative interests, but no adjustments are made to goodwill and no gain or loss is recognised. +(3) Associates and Joint ventures +An associate is an entity in which the Group or Bank has significant influence. +A joint venture is an arrangement whereby the Group or Bank and other parties contractually agree to share control of the +arrangement, and have rights to the net assets of the arrangement. +The Group's investments in associates or joint ventures are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Under +the equity method, an investment in an associate or joint venture is carried in the consolidated statement of financial +position at cost plus post-acquisition changes in the Group's share of the net assets of the associate or joint venture, less any +impairment losses. The consolidated statement of profit or loss reflects the share of the results of operations of the associate +or joint venture. Where there has been a change recognised directly in the equity of the associate or joint venture, the Group +recognises its share of any changes and discloses this, when applicable, in the consolidated statement of changes in equity. +Under the equity method, unrealised profits and losses resulting from transactions between the Group and the associates or +joint ventures are eliminated to the extent of the Group's interests in the associates or joint ventures. +If an investment in an associate becomes an investment in a joint venture or vice versa, retained interest is not remeasured. +Instead, the investment continues to be accounted for under the equity method. +In the Bank's statement of financial position, investments in associates and joint ventures are stated at cost less impairment +losses (see Note 3(21)). +(4) Foreign currency translation +The consolidated financial statements are presented in RMB, being the functional and presentation currency of the Bank's +operations in Mainland China. Each entity in the Group determines its own functional currency and the financial statements +of each entity are presented using that functional currency. +Foreign currency transactions are initially recorded in the functional currency using the exchange rates ruling at the dates +of the transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the functional +currency at the applicable exchange rates ruling at the end of the reporting period. Exchange differences arising on the +settlement of monetary items or on translating monetary items at period end rates are recognised in profit or loss, with the +exception that they are taken directly to other comprehensive income when the monetary items are designated as part of +the hedge of the Bank's net investment of a foreign entity, and the aggregate exchange differences are not recognised in +profit or loss until the disposal of such net investment. Tax charges and credits attributable to exchange differences on those +monetary items are also recorded in other comprehensive income. +Non-monetary items that are measured at historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rates as at +the dates of the initial transactions. Non-monetary items measured at fair value in a foreign currency are translated using +the exchange rates as at the date when the fair value is determined. Any goodwill arising on the acquisition of a foreign +operation and any fair value adjustments to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities arising on the acquisition are +treated as assets and liabilities of the foreign operation and translated at the rates ruling at the end of the reporting period. +The exchange differences are recognised in profit or loss or in other comprehensive income, depending on the nature of +non-monetary items. +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +A financial asset is measured at amortised cost if it meets both of the following conditions and is not designated as at FVTPL: +(iii) Classification and subsequent measurement of financial liabilities +Financial liabilities are classified as measured at FVTPL and other financial liabilities. +Financial liabilities measured at FVTPL +A financial liability is classified as measured at FVTPL if it is classified as held-for-trading (including derivative financial liability) +or it is designated as such on initial recognition. +Financial liabilities measured at FVTPL are subsequently measured at fair value and net gains and losses (including any +interest expense) are recognised in profit or loss, unless the financial liabilities are part of a hedging relationship. +For the financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL, the gains and losses arose are accounted for in accordance with the +following requirements: (i) the amount of changes in the fair value of the financial liability arising from changes in the +Group's own credit risk should be included in other comprehensive income; (ii) other changes in fair value of the financial +liabilities are recognised in current profit or loss. If the treatment of the impact of changes in the financial liabilities' own +credit risk will create or enlarge the accounting mismatch in profit or loss in accordance with (i), the Group shall recognise +the entire gain or loss of the financial liabilities (including the amount of the impact of changes in its own credit risk) in profit +and loss. When these liabilities are derecognised, the cumulative gain or loss previously recognised in other comprehensive +income is reclassified from equity to retained earnings. +Other financial liabilities +Other financial liabilities are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. +(6) Impairment of the financial assets +(IAS 39)/Financial assets measured at +Financial assets measured at amortised cost; +Debt instruments measured at FVOCI; and +Loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts. +Financial assets measured at fair value, including debt investments or equity securities measured at FVTPL, equity securities +designated as at FVOCI and derivative financial assets, are not subject to the ECL assessment. +Measurement of ECLS +ECLS are a probability-weighted estimate of credit losses. Credit losses are measured as the present value of all cash +shortfalls (i.e. the difference between the cash flows due to the entity in accordance with the contract and the cash flows +that the Group expects to receive). +The Group's method of measuring expected credit losses of financial instruments reflects the following elements: (i) unbiased +weighted average probability determined by the results of evaluating a range of possible outcomes; (ii) time value of money; +(iii) reasonable and evidence-based information about past events, current conditions, and future economic forecasts that +are available at no additional cost or effort at the end of the reporting period. +158 +ICBC +These assets are subsequently measured at fair value. Dividends are recognised as income in profit or loss. Other net +gains and losses are recognised in other comprehensive income. On derecognition, gains and losses accumulated in other +comprehensive income are reclassified to retained earnings. +A structured entity is an entity that has been designed so that voting or similar rights are not the dominant factor in deciding +who controls the entity, such as when any voting rights relate to administrative tasks only and the relevant activities are +directed by means of contractual arrangements. +Equity instruments measured at FVOCI +Notes to the Financial Statements +- +- +it is held within a business model whose objective is to hold assets to collect contractual cash flows; and +its contractual terms give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the +principal amount outstanding. +A debt investment is measured at FVOCI if it meets both of the following conditions and is not designated as at FVTPL: +it is held within a business model whose objective is achieved by both collecting contractual cash flows and selling +financial assets; and +its contractual terms give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the +principal amount outstanding. +On initial recognition of an equity investment that is not held for trading, the Group may irrevocably elect to present +subsequent changes in the investment's fair value in other comprehensive income. This election is made on an investment- +by-investment basis. +All financial assets not classified as measured at amortised cost or FVOCI as described above are measured at FVTPL. On +initial recognition, the Group may irrevocably designate a financial asset that otherwise meets the requirements to be +measured at amortised cost or at FVOCI as at FVTPL if doing so eliminates or significantly reduces an accounting mismatch +that would otherwise arise. +The business model refers to how the Group manages its financial assets in order to generate cash flows. That is, the +Group's business model determines whether cash flows will result from collecting contractual cash flows, selling financial +assets or both. The Group determines the business model for managing the financial assets according to the facts and based +on the specific business objective for managing the financial assets determined by the Group's key management personnel. +In assessing whether the contractual cash flows are solely payments of principal and interest, the Group considers the +contractual terms of the instrument. For the purposes of this assessment, 'principal' is defined as the fair value of the +financial asset on initial recognition. 'Interest' is defined as consideration for the time value of money and for the credit risk +associated with the principal amount outstanding during a particular period of time and for other basic lending risks and +costs, as well as a profit margin. The Group also assesses whether the financial asset contains a contractual term that could +change the timing or amount of contractual cash flows such that it would not meet this condition. +Subsequent measurement of financial assets +Financial assets measured at FVTPL +These financial assets are subsequently measured at fair value. Net gains and losses, including any interest or dividend +income, are recognised in profit or loss unless the financial assets are part of a hedging relationship. +Financial assets measured at amortised cost +These assets are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. A gain or loss on a financial +asset that is measured at amortised cost and is not part of a hedging relationship shall be recognised in profit or loss when +the financial asset is derecognised, through the amortisation process or in order to recognise impairment gains or losses. +Debt instruments measured at FVOCI +These assets are subsequently measured at fair value. Interest income calculated using the effective interest method, +impairment and foreign exchange gains and losses are recognised in profit or loss. Other net gains and losses are recognised +in other comprehensive income. On derecognition, gains and losses accumulated in other comprehensive income are +reclassified to profit or loss. +Annual Report 2018 +157 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Subsidiaries are entities (including structured entities) controlled by the Group. The Group controls an entity if it is exposed, +or has rights, to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its +power over the entity. The Group reassesses whether it has control if there are changes to one or more of the elements of +control. This includes circumstances in which protective rights held (e.g. those resulting from a lending relationship) become +substantive and lead to the Group having power over an entity. +The Group recognises loss allowances for ECL on: +The Group does not adopt any issued but not yet effective international financial reporting standards, interpretations and +amendments. +Financial assets measured at FVTPL (IFRS 9) +Financial investments +724 +(724) +Loan commitments and +financial guarantee contracts +Credit commitments +100 +30,807 +Total +345,824 +Available-for-sale financial assets (IAS 39)/ +(1,203) +30,907 +413,175 +(i) +IAS 37 stands for International Accounting Standard 37 "Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets". +152 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Amendments to IFRS 2, Share-based payment "Classification and measurement of share-based payment +transactions" +The amendments clarify the accounting for the following classification and measurement issues under IFRS 2: +• +Measurement of cash-settled share-based payments +68,554 +3,100 +2,951 +(479) +Financial investments +3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES +(1) Subsidiaries +Held-to-maturity investments (IAS 39)/ +Financial assets measured at FVOCI (IFRS 9) +Financial investments +Held-to-maturity investments (IAS 39)/ +Financial assets measured at +amortised cost (IFRS 9) +2 +2 +23 +23 +Financial investments +167 +843 +1,010 +Available-for-sale financial assets (IAS 39)/ +amortised cost (IFRS 9) +Financial investments +97 +97 +Available-for-sale financial assets (IAS 39)/ +Financial assets measured at FVOCI (IFRS 9) +Financial investments +628 +The amendments clarify that the fair value of liabilities for cash-settled share-based payments should be measured +using the same approach as for equity-settled share-based payments ―i.e. using the modified grant date method. +Classification of share-based payments settled net of tax withholdings +The amendments introduce an exception so that a share-based payment transaction with net settlement feature +for withholding an amount to cover the employee's tax obligations is classified as equity-settled in its entirety when +certain conditions are met, even though the entity is then required to transfer cash (or other assets) to the tax +authority to settle the employee's tax obligation. +Financial assets measured at +The amendments clarify that on such a modification the liability for the original cash-settled share-based payment is +derecognised and the equity-settled share-based payment is measured at its fair value and recognised to the extent +that the goods or services have been received up to that date. +Amendments to IFRS 4, Insurance contracts "Applying IFRS 9 Financial instruments with IFRS 4 Insurance +contracts" +Companies whose activities are predominantly connected with insurance may choose to defer the application of IFRS 9 +until 2021 (the effective date of IFRS 17). +Overlay approach +The adoption has no material impact on the financial position and the financial result of the Group. +Accounting for a modification of a share-based payment from cash-settled to equity-settled +All companies that issue insurance contracts may choose to recognise in other comprehensive income, rather than +profit or loss, the volatility that could arise when IFRS 9 is applied before the new insurance contracts standard is +applied. +The amendments address concerns arising from the different effective dates of IFRS 9 and the new insurance contracts +standard, IFRS 17. The amendments introduce the following two approaches: +a non-investment entity investor may elect to retain the fair value accounting applied by its investment entity associate +or joint venture and this election can be made separately for each investment entity associate or joint venture. +The adoption has no material impact on the financial position and the financial result of the Group. +a venture capital organisation, or other qualifying entity, may elect to measure its investments in an associate or joint +ventures at fair value through profit or loss on an investment-by-investment basis; and +• +The amendments to IAS 28 clarify that: +The amendments to IFRS 1 delete the short-term exemptions for first-time adopters that are already out-of-date. +Amendments to IFRS 1, First-time adoption of +International Financial Reporting Standards and Amendments to IAS 28, Investments in associates and +joint ventures +Annual Improvements to IFRSS 2014-2016 Cycle +Deferral approach - Temporary exemption from IFRS 9 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +153 +Annual Report 2018 +The adoption has no material impact on the financial position and the financial result of the Group. +The Interpretation clarifies that "the date of the transaction" for the purpose of determining the exchange rate to use on +initial application of the related asset, expense or income (or part of it) is the date on which an entity initially recognises the +non-monetary asset or liability arising from the payment or receipt of advance consideration. If there are multiple payments +or receipts in advance of recognising the related item, the entity should determine the date of the transaction for each +payment or receipt. +Any difference between the carrying amount of the liability derecognised and the amount recognised in equity at the +modification date is recognised in profit or loss immediately. +The Interpretation provides guidance on how to determine "the date of the transaction" when applying IAS 21. The effects +of changes in foreign exchange rates to situations where an entity receives or pays advance consideration in a foreign +currency and recognises a non-monetary asset or liability. +The adoption has no material impact on the financial position and the financial result of the Group. +IFRIC 22, "Foreign currency transactions and advance consideration" +Amendments to IAS 40, Investment property "Transfers of investment property" +The amendments provide guidance on deciding when there is a change in use to transfer a property to or from investment +property. The amendments clarify that a change in use occurs when the property meets or ceases to meet the definition of +investment property and there is evidence of the change in use. +The amendments also re-characterise the list of evidence provided in the standard as a non-exhaustive list of examples i.e. +other forms of evidence may support a transfer. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The adoption has no material impact on the financial position and the financial result of the Group. +Net investment hedge is a hedge of the currency risk of a net investment in a foreign institution operation. +Hedges of net investments in foreign operations are accounted for similarly to cash flow hedges. Any gain or loss on the +hedging instrument relating to the effective portion of the hedge is recognised directly in other comprehensive income; the +gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognised in profit or loss immediately. Gains and losses accumulated in +other comprehensive income are included in profit or loss when the foreign operation is disposed of as part of the gain or +loss on the disposal. +the Group currently has a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts; and +All regular way purchases and sales of financial assets are recognised at the trade date, which is the date that the Group +commits to purchase or sell the assets. A regular way purchase or sale is the purchase or sale of financial assets that requires +delivery of assets within the time frame generally established by regulation or convention in the marketplace. +(13) Presentation of financial instruments +Financial assets and financial liabilities are generally presented separately in the statement of financial position and are not +offset. However, a financial asset and a financial liability are offset and the net amount is presented in the statement of +financial position when both the following conditions are satisfied: +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(12) Trade date accounting +Notes to the Financial Statements +When the hedged cash flow affects profit or loss, the gain or loss on the hedging instrument recognised directly in other +comprehensive income is recycled in the corresponding income or expense line of the statement of profit or loss. When +the hedging relationship ceases to meet the qualifying criteria after taking into account any rebalancing of the hedging +relationship, including the hedging instrument has expired or has been sold, terminated or exercised, any cumulative gain or +loss existing in other comprehensive income at that time remains in other comprehensive income until the hedged forecast +transaction ultimately occurs. When a forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, the cumulative gain or loss that +was reported in other comprehensive income is immediately transferred to profit or loss. +ICBC +162 +Cash flow hedges are hedges of the Group's exposure to variability in cash flows that is attributable to a particular risk +associated with a recognised asset or liability, a highly probable forecast transaction or a component of any such item, and +could affect profit or loss. For designated and qualifying cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the +hedging instrument is initially recognised directly in other comprehensive income. The ineffective portion of the gain or loss +on the hedging instrument is recognised immediately in profit or loss. +Cash flow hedges +When an unrecognised firm commitment is designated as a hedged item, the subsequent cumulative change in the fair value +of the firm commitment attributable to the hedged risk is recognised as an asset or liability with a corresponding gain or loss +recognised in profit or loss. The changes in the fair value of the hedging instrument are also recognised in profit or loss. +The Group discontinues fair value hedge accounting when the hedging relationship ceases to meet the qualifying criteria after +taking into account any rebalancing of the hedging relationship, including the hedging instrument has expired or has been +sold, terminated or exercised. If the hedged items are derecognised, the unamortised fair value is recorded in profit or loss. +For hedged items recorded at amortised cost, the difference between the carrying value of the hedged item and the face +value is amortised over the remaining term of the original hedge using the effective interest rate method. +Fair value hedges are hedges of the Group's exposure to changes in the fair value of a recognised asset or liability or an +unrecognised firm commitment, or an identified portion of such an asset, liability or unrecognised firm commitment, that +is attributable to a particular risk and could affect the profit or loss or other comprehensive income. Among them, the +circumstances affecting other comprehensive income are limited to the hedging for the risk exposure from fair value change +of non-trading equity investment designated as at FVOCI. For fair value hedges, the carrying amount of the hedged item is +adjusted for gains and losses attributable to the risk being hedged, the derivative is remeasured at fair value and the gains +and losses from both are taken to profit or loss or other comprehensive income. +Fair value hedges +At the inception of a hedge relationship, the Group formally designates the hedge instruments and the hedged items, +and documents the hedge relationship to which the Group wishes to apply hedge accounting and the risk management +objective and strategy for undertaking the hedge. The documentation includes identification of the hedging instrument, the +hedged item or transaction, the nature of the risk being hedged and how the entity will assess the hedging instrument's +effectiveness in offsetting the exposure to changes in the hedged item's fair value or cash flows attributable to the hedged +risk. Such hedges are expected to meet the hedge effectiveness in achieving offsetting changes in fair value or cash flows +and are assessed on an ongoing basis to analyse the sources of hedge ineffectiveness which are expected to affect the hedge +relationship in remaining hedging period. If a hedging relationship ceases to meet the hedge effectiveness requirement +relating to the hedge ratio, but the risk management objective for that designated hedging relationship remains the same, +the Group would rebalance the hedging relationship. +Hedge accounting +Net investment hedges +Certain derivative transactions, while providing effective economic hedges under the Group's risk management positions, +do not qualify for hedge accounting and are therefore treated as derivatives held for trading with fair value gains or losses +recognised in profit or loss. Hedges which meet the strict criteria for hedge accounting are accounted for in accordance with +the Group's accounting policy as set out below. +Notes to the Financial Statements +(14) Repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions (including securities borrowing and +lending) +value rate +0%-3% +Annual +Estimated residual +Estimated +useful life +5-50 years +Office equipment and motor vehicles +(excluding aircraft and vessels) +Leasehold improvements +Properties and buildings +Depreciation is calculated on the straight-line basis to write off the cost of each item of property and equipment, less any +estimated residual value, over the estimated useful life. The estimated useful life, estimated residual value and the annual +depreciation rate of each item of property and equipment (excluding aircraft and vessels) are as follows: +The carrying values of property and equipment are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances +indicate that the carrying values may not be recoverable. +Construction in progress comprises the direct costs of construction during the period of construction and is not depreciated. +Construction in progress is reclassified to the appropriate category of property and equipment when completed and ready +for use. +Property and equipment, other than construction in progress are stated at costs less accumulated depreciation and +any impairment loss. The cost of an item of property and equipment comprises its purchase price, tax and any directly +attributable costs of bringing the asset to its present working condition and location for its intended use. Expenditure +incurred after items of property and equipment have been put into operation, such as repairs and maintenance, is normally +charged to profit or loss in the period in which it is incurred. In situations where the recognition criteria are satisfied, the +expenditure for a major inspection is capitalised in the carrying amount of the asset as a replacement. +(16) Property and equipment +the Group intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the financial asset and settle the financial liability +simultaneously. +The Group records the precious metals received as an asset. A liability to return the amount of precious metals deposited +is also recognised. The precious metals deposited in the Group are measured at fair value both on initial recognition and in +subsequent measurement. +(15) Precious metals +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +163 +Annual Report 2018 +Securities borrowed are not recognised on the statement of financial position, unless they are then sold to third parties, +in which case the obligation to return the securities is recorded as a financial liability held for trading and measured at fair +value with any gains or losses included in profit or loss. +Securities borrowing and lending transactions are usually collateralised by securities or cash. The transfer of the securities +to counterparties is only reflected on the statement of financial position if the risks and rewards of ownership are also +transferred. Cash advanced or received as collateral is recorded as an asset or liability. +According to the policy of classification of financial assets (refer to Note 3(5)), the reverse repurchase agreements held by +the Group were divided into different classification according to the entity's business model for managing the financial +instruments and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the assets: financial assets measured at amortised cost and +financial assets measured at FVTPL. +Conversely, assets purchased under agreements to resell at a specified future date ("reverse repos") are not recognised on +the statement of financial position. The corresponding cash paid, including accrued interest, is recognised on the statement +of financial position as a "reverse repurchase agreement". The difference between the purchase and resale prices is treated +as an interest income and is accrued over the life of the agreement using the effective interest rate method. +Assets sold under agreements to repurchase at a specified future date ("repos") are not derecognised from the statement +of financial position. The corresponding cash received, including accrued interest, is recognised on the statement of financial +position as a "repurchase agreement", reflecting its economic substance as a loan to the Group. The difference between the +sale and repurchase prices is treated as an interest expense and is accrued over the life of the agreement using the effective +interest rate method. +Precious metals comprise gold, silver and other precious metals. Precious metals that are not related to the Group's precious +metals trading activities are initially measured at acquisition cost and subsequently measured at the lower of cost and +net realisable value. Precious metals acquired by the Group for trading purposes are initially measured at fair value and +subsequent changes in fair value are recorded in the statement of profit or loss. +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Annual Report 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +159 +Annual Report 2018 +In some cases (such as renegotiating loans), the Group may renegotiate or otherwise modify the financial assets contracts. +The Group would assess whether or not the new contractual terms are substantially different to the original terms. If the terms +are substantially different, the Group derecognises the original financial asset and recognises a 'new' asset under the revised +terms. If the renegotiation or modification does not result in derecognition, but lead to changes in contractual cash flows, the +Group assesses whether a significant increase in credit risk has occurred, based on comparing the risk of a default occurring +under the revised terms as at the end of the reporting period with that as at the date of initial recognition under original terms. +(7) Modification of loan contracts +depreciation rate +Subsequent recoveries of an asset that was previously written off are recognised as a reversal of impairment in profit or loss +in the period in which the recovery occurs. +The book value of a financial asset is written off (either partially or in full) to the extent that there is no realistic prospect +of recovery. A write-off constitutes a derecognition event. This is generally the case when the Group determines that the +debtor does not have assets or sources of income that could generate sufficient cash flows to repay the amounts subject to +the write-off. However, financial assets that are written off could still be subject to enforcement activities in order to comply +with the Group's procedures for recovery of amounts due. +Write-off +ECLs are remeasured at the end of each reporting period to reflect changes in the financial instrument's credit risk since +initial recognition. Any change in the ECL amount is recognised as an impairment gain or loss in profit or loss. The Group +recognises an impairment gain or loss for financial instruments measured at amortised cost with a corresponding adjustment +to their carrying amount through a loss allowance account; for debt instruments that are measured at FVOCI, the loss +allowance is recognised in other comprehensive income. The Group recognises loss allowances for loan commitments and +financial guarantee contracts through other liabilities (allowance for impairment losses on credit commitments). +Presentation of allowance for ECL +Stage 3: A financial instrument is considered to be credit-impaired as at the end of the reporting period. The amount equal +to lifetime expected credit losses is recognised as loss allowance. Refer to Note 51(a) credit risk for the definition of credit- +impaired financial assets. +Stage 2: A financial instrument with a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but is not considered to be +credit-impaired. The amount equal to lifetime expected credit losses is recognised as loss allowance. Refer to Note 51(a) +credit risk for the description of how the Group determines when a significant increase in credit risk has occurred. +Stage 1: A financial instrument of which the credit risk has not significantly increase since initial recognition. The amount +equal to 12-month expected credit losses is recognised as loss allowance. +The Group classifies financial instruments into three stages and makes provisions for expected credit losses accordingly, +depending on whether credit risk on that financial instrument has increased significantly since initial recognition. +The three risk stages are defined as follows: +Lifetime ECLs are the ECLs that result from all possible default events over the expected life of a financial instrument. +12-month ECLs are the portion of ECLs that result from default events that are possible within the 12 months after the end +of the reporting period (or a shorter period if the expected life of the instrument is less than 12 months). +The maximum period considered when estimating ECLs is the maximum contractual period (including extension options) over +which the Group is exposed to credit risk. +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +Where the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset or has retained its rights to receive cash +flows from the asset but assumed the obligation to pay those cash flows to the eventual recipients and meanwhile meet the +conditions of the transfer of financial assets, and has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards +of the asset nor transferred control of the asset, the asset is recognised to the extent of the Group's continuing involvement +in the asset. +the financial asset has been transferred, although the Group neither transfers nor retains substantially all of the risks +and rewards of ownership of the financial asset, it does not retain control over the transferred asset. +(8) Derecognition of financial assets and liabilities +Financial assets +161 +Financial asset is derecognised when one of the following conditions is met: +Continuing involvement that takes the form of a guarantee over the transferred asset is measured at the lower of the +original carrying amount of the asset and the maximum amount of consideration that the Group could be required to repay. +For less complex derivative products, the fair values are principally determined by valuation models which are commonly used +by market participants. Inputs to valuation models are determined from observable market data wherever possible, including +foreign exchange spot and forward rates and interest rate yield curves. For more complex derivative products, the fair values +are mainly determined by quoted prices from dealers. +Any gains or losses arising from changes in fair value on derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting are taken +directly to profit or loss. +If the main contract included in the hybrid contract is an asset within the scope of a new financial instrument standard, the +embedded derivative is no longer split from the main contract of the financial asset, but the hybrid financial instrument as +a whole is related to the classification of the financial asset provision. If the main contract included in the hybrid contract is +not an asset within the scope of the new financial instrument standard, when their economic characteristics and risks are not +closely related to those of the hybrid contract, those separate instruments with the same terms as the embedded derivative +would meet the definition of a derivative, and the hybrid instrument is not carried at FVTPL, certain derivatives embedded +in other financial instruments should be split from the hybrid contract and treated as separate derivatives. These embedded +derivatives are measured at fair value with the changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. +Derivative financial instruments are initially recognised at fair value on the date on which a derivative contract is entered +into and are subsequently remeasured at fair value. Derivatives are carried as assets when the fair value is positive and as +liabilities when the fair value is negative. +(11) Derivatives and hedge accounting +Derivatives +Preference shares and perpetual bonds issued that should be classified as equity instruments are recognised in equity based +on the actual amount received. Any distribution of dividends or interests during the instruments' duration is treated as profit +appropriation. When the preference shares and perpetual bonds are redeemed according to the contractual terms, the +redemption price is charged to equity. +Preference shares and perpetual bonds issued containing both equity and liability components are accounted for using the +accounting policy for convertible instruments containing an equity component. Preference shares and perpetual bonds issued +not containing an equity component are accounted for using the accounting policy for other convertible instruments not +containing an equity component. +At initial recognition, the Group classifies the preference shares, perpetual bonds issued or their components as financial +assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments based on their contractual terms and their economic substance after +considering the definition of financial assets, financial liabilities and equity instruments. +(10) Preference shares and perpetual bonds +If the convertible instrument is converted, the liability component, together with the equity component, is transferred to +equity. If the convertible instrument is redeemed, the consideration paid for the redemption, are allocated to the liability +and equity components. The method used to allocate the consideration and transaction costs is the same as that used +for issuance. After allocating the consideration and transaction costs, the difference between the allocated and carrying +amounts is charged to profit and loss if it relates to the liability component or directly recognised in equity if it relates to the +equity component. +Subsequent to initial recognition, the liability component is measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, +unless it is designated upon recognition at FVTPL. The equity component is not re-measured. +The initial carrying amount of a compound financial instrument is allocated to its equity and liability components. The +amount recognised in the equity is the difference between the fair value of the instrument as a whole and the separately +determined fair value of the liability component (including the value of any embedded derivatives other than the equity +component). Transaction costs that relate to the issue of a compound financial instrument are allocated to the liability and +equity components in proportion to the allocation of proceeds. +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +160 +Convertible instruments issued by the Group that can be converted to equity shares, where the number of shares to be +issued and the value of consideration to be received at that time do not vary, are accounted for as compound financial +instruments containing both liability and equity components. +(9) Convertible instruments +The Group derecognises a financial liability (or part of it) only when its contractual obligation (or part of it) is extinguished. +Financial liabilities +The derecognition of financial assets sold on condition of repurchase is determined by the economic substance of the +transaction. If a financial asset is sold under an agreement to repurchase the same or substantially the same asset at a +fixed price or at the sale price plus a reasonable return, the Group will not derecognise the asset. If a financial asset is sold +together with an option to repurchase the financial asset at its fair value at the time of repurchase (in case of transferor sells +such financial asset), the Group will derecognise the financial asset. +Sales of assets on condition of repurchase +As part of its operational activities, the Group securitises financial assets, generally through the sale of these assets to +structured entities which issue securities to investors. Further details on prerequisites for derecognition of financial assets +are set out above. When a securitisation of financial assets does not qualify for derecognition, the relevant financial assets +are not derecognised, and the consideration paid by third parties are recorded as a financial liability; when the securitisation +of financial assets partially qualifies for derecognition, the Group continue to recognise the transferred assets to the extent +of its continuing involvement, derecognise the remaining. The carrying amount of the transferred assets is apportioned +between the derecognised portion and the retained portion based on their respective relative fair values, and the difference +between the carrying amount of the derecognised portion and the total consideration paid for the derecognised portion is +recorded in profit or loss. +Securitisation +- +1.94%-20% +166 +14.29%-50% +(24) Fiduciary activities +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +167 +Annual Report 2018 +According to the Bank's policy on early retirement benefits, certain employees are entitled to take leave of absence and +in return receive a certain level of staff salaries and related benefits from the Bank. The salaries and benefit payments are +made from the date of early retirement to the normal retirement date. Differences arising from changes in assumptions and +estimates of the present value of the liabilities are recognised in profit or loss when they are incurred. +Early retirement benefits +Where the Group acts in a fiduciary capacity such as custodian or agent, assets arising thereon together with related +undertakings to return such assets to customers are excluded from the statement of financial position. +When the Group has a specific, formal restructure plan involving payment of termination benefits, and the plan has +started or informed each affected party about the influence of the plan, therefore each party formed reasonable +expectations. +Termination benefits are payable as a result of either the Group's decision to terminate an employee's employment before +the normal retirement date or an employee's decision to accept an offer of benefits in exchange for the termination of +employment. The Group recognise termination benefits in profit or loss at the earlier of: +2-7 years +In addition, employees in Mainland China also participate in a defined contribution retirement benefit plan established by the +Group (the "Annuity Plan"). The Group and its employees are required to contribute a certain percentage of the employees' +previous year basic salaries to the Annuity Plan. The contribution is charged to profit or loss when it is incurred. The Group +pays a fixed contribution into the Annuity Plan and has no obligation to pay further contributions if the Annuity Plan does +not hold sufficient assets to pay all employee benefits. +Pursuant to the relevant laws and regulations of the PRC, the Group participated in a defined contribution basic pension +insurance in the social insurance system established and managed by government organisations. The Group makes +contributions to basic pension insurance plans based on the applicable benchmarks and rates stipulated by the government. +Basic pension insurance contributions are recognised as part of the cost of the assets or charged to profit or loss as the +related services are rendered by the employees. +Post-employment benefits-defined contribution plans +All eligible employees outside Mainland China participate in local defined contribution schemes. The Group contributes to +these defined contribution schemes based on the requirements of the local regulatory bodies. +Employee wages or salaries, bonuses, social security contributions such as medical insurance, work injury insurance, +maternity insurance and housing fund, measured at the amount incurred or at the applicable benchmarks and rates, are +recognised as a liability as the employee provides services, with a corresponding charge to profit or loss or included in the +cost of assets where appropriate. +Short-term employee benefits +When the Group can no longer withdraw an offer of those benefits; +Employee benefits refer to all forms of consideration and other related expenditure given by the Group in exchange for +services rendered by employees. The benefits payable are recognised as liabilities during the period in which the employees +have rendered services to the Group. If the effect of discounting the benefits payable which are payable after one year from +the end of the reporting period is significant, the Group will present them at their present value. +The asset custody services of the Group refer to the business that the Group as trustee approved by regulatory authorities, +signs custody agreement with clients and takes the responsibility of trustee in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. +The assets under custody are recorded as off-balance sheet items as the Group merely fulfils the responsibility as trustee and +charges fees in accordance with these agreements without retaining any risks or rewards of the assets under custody. +(25) Insurance contracts +ICBC +168 +When measuring insurance contract liabilities, the Group classifies insurance contracts whose insurance risks are of similar +nature as a measurement unit. Insurance contract liabilities are measured based on a reasonably estimated amount of +payment that the Group is obliged to pay to fulfill relevant obligations under the insurance contract. At the end of each +reporting period, liability adequacy tests are performed. If the insurance contract liabilities re-calculated with the insurance +actuarial method exceed their carrying amounts on date of the liability adequacy test, an additional provision shall be made +for the respective insurance contract liabilities based on the difference. Otherwise, no adjustment is made to the respective +insurance contract liabilities. +Insurance contract liabilities +(iii) Related income can be reliably measured. +The related economic benefits are likely to flow to the Group; +the Group's contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire; +(ii) +The Group grants entrusted loans on behalf of trustors, which are recorded off-balance sheet. The Group, as a trustee, +grants such entrusted loans to borrowers under the direction of those trustors who fund these loans. The Group has been +contracted by those trustors to manage the administration and collection of these loans on their behalf. Those trustors +determine both the underwriting criteria for and the terms of all entrusted loans including their purposes, amounts, interest +rates, and repayment schedules. The Group charges a commission related to its activities in connection with entrusted loans +which are recognised ratably over the period in which the service is provided. The risk of loss is borne by those trustors. +The insurance contract is issued, and related insurance risk is undertaken by the Group; +Insurance premium income is recognised when: +Insurance income recognition +Where the insurance risk and other risks cannot be distinguished from each other, or can be distinguished but cannot +be separately measured, an umbrella contract applies and significant insurance risk test shall be performed based on it. +If the insurance risk is significant, the contract is accounted for as an insurance contract; otherwise, it is accounted for +as a non-insurance contract. +Where the insurance risk and other risks can be distinguished from each other and separately measured, the insurance +risk is separated from other risks. The insurance risk is accounted for as an insurance contract and other risks are +accounted for according to the relevant accounting standards; +(ii) +(i) +The Group's insurance subsidiary executes the contract with the policyholder. Where the Group undertakes insurance risk, +which means a risk, rather than a financial risk, transferred from the holder of a contract to the insurance provider and over +time, the combined cost of claims, administration and acquisition of the contract may exceed the aggregate amount of +premiums received and investment income, the contract is classified as an insurance contract; where the Group undertakes +the risks other than insurance risk. The contract is classified as non-insurance contract; and where the Group undertakes +both insurance risk and other risks, forming a contract with mixed risks, the following stipulations are applied: +Insurance contracts classification +(i) +(23) Employee benefits +Termination benefits +Notes to the Financial Statements +If the business combination is achieved in stages, the acquisition date fair value of the acquirer's previously held equity +interest in the acquiree is remeasured to fair value as at the acquisition date through profit or loss. +When the Group acquires a business, it assesses the financial assets and liabilities assumed for appropriate classification and +designation in accordance with the contractual terms, economic circumstances and pertinent conditions as at the acquisition +date. This includes the separation of embedded derivatives in host contracts by the acquiree. +Business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method. The consideration transferred is measured at +acquisition date fair value which is the sum of the acquisition date fair values of assets transferred by the Group, liabilities +assumed by the Group to the former owners of the acquiree and the equity interests issued by the Group in exchange for +control of the acquiree. Acquisition costs incurred are expensed. +(19) Business combination and goodwill +Repossessed assets are initially recognised at fair value, and are subsequently measured at the lower of the carrying value +and net recoverable amount. If the recoverable amount is lower than the carrying value of the repossessed assets, the assets +are written down to the recoverable amount. +(18) Repossessed assets +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(17) Land use rights +Any contingent consideration to be transferred by the acquirer is recognised at fair value at the acquisition date. Subsequent +changes to the fair value of the contingent consideration which is deemed to be an asset or liability, is recognised either in +profit or loss or as change to other comprehensive income. If the contingent consideration is classified as equity, it shall not +be remeasured until it is finally settled within equity. +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +ICBC +164 +An item of property and equipment or any significant part initially recognised is derecognised upon disposal or when no +future economic benefits are expected from its use or disposal. Any gain or loss arising from derecognition of the asset +(calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset) is included in the +statement of profit or loss in the year the asset is derecognised. +Residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at least at each financial +year end. +Where parts of an item of property and equipment have different useful lives, the cost of that item is allocated on a +reasonable basis among the parts and each part is depreciated separately. +For an item of impaired fixed assets, the depreciation is calculated based on the carrying value less the cumulative +impairment loss. +Equipment under operating leases where the Group is the lessor contains aircraft, aircraft engines and vessels. The estimated +useful lives and depreciation methods are determined according to the real conditions of individual aircraft and vessels. +The residual values are assessed by an independent valuer based on historical data. The estimated useful lives range from +15 to 25 years. +Over the shorter of the economic useful +lives and remaining lease terms +Notes to the Financial Statements +Goodwill is initially measured at cost, being the excess of the aggregate of the consideration transferred, the amount +recognised for non-controlling interests and any fair value of the Group's previously held equity interests in the acquiree over +the net identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. If the sum of this consideration and other items is lower than the +fair value of the net assets of the subsidiary acquired, the difference is, after reassessment, recognised in profit or loss as +gain on bargain purchase. +Land use rights are recognised at cost, being the fair value at the time of injection from the central government of the PRC +(the "Government") or the consideration paid. The rights are amortised using the straight-line basis over the periods of the +leases. When the prepaid land lease payments cannot be allocated reliably between the land and buildings elements, the +entire lease payments are included in the costs of properties and buildings as finance leases in property and equipment. +Impairment is determined by assessing the recoverable amount of the CGU (group of CGUs) to which the goodwill relates. +Where the recoverable amount of the CGU (group of CGUS) is less than the carrying amount, an impairment loss is +recognised. An impairment loss recognised for goodwill is not reversed in a subsequent period. +After initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is tested for +impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may be +impaired. The Group performs its annual impairment test of goodwill as at 31 December. For the purpose of impairment +testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the Group's cash- +generating units ("CGU"), or groups of CGUs, that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, +irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the Group are assigned to those units or groups of units. +Cash and cash equivalents refer to short-term highly liquid assets, which are readily convertible into known amounts of cash +and subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash, unrestricted balances with +central banks, amounts due from banks and other financial institutions and reverse repurchase agreements with original +maturity of less than three months. +(22) Cash and cash equivalents +An assessment is made at the end of each reporting period as to whether there is any indication that previously recognised +impairment losses may no longer exist or may have decreased. If such an indication exists, the recoverable amount is +estimated. A previously recognised impairment loss is reversed only if there has been a change in the estimates used to +determine the asset's recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was recognised. If that is the case, the carrying +amount of the asset is increased to its recoverable amount. That increased amount cannot exceed the carrying amount that +would have been determined, net of any depreciation/amortisation, had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset +in prior years. Any such reversal is recognised in profit or loss. After such a reversal, the depreciation/amortisation charge is +adjusted in future periods to allocate the asset's revised carrying amount, less any residual value, on a systematic basis over +its remaining useful life. +The Group assesses at the end of each reporting period whether there is any indication that an asset may be impaired. If +any such indication exists, or when impairment testing for an asset is required, the Group makes an estimate of the asset's +recoverable amount. An asset's recoverable amount is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use and +is determined on an individual basis, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows that are largely independent of those +from other assets or groups of assets, in which case the recoverable amount is determined for the CGU to which the asset +belongs. Where the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount, the asset is considered to be impaired +and is written down to its recoverable amount. In assessing value in use of an asset, the estimated future cash flows are +discounted to their present values using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of +money and the risks specific to the asset. +Impairment losses on assets except for deferred tax assets, financial assets and goodwill are determined based on the +following: +(21) Asset impairment +The Group shall review the carrying amount of a provision at the end of reporting period. The carrying amount shall be +adjusted to the current best estimate. +Where the contingency involves a large population of items, the best estimate shall be determined by weighting all +possible outcomes by their associated probabilities. +ICBC +A provision shall be initially measured at the best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the related present +obligation. When the effect of the time value of money is material, the best estimate shall be determined by discounting the +related future cash outflows. When determining the best estimate, the Group considers factors pertaining to a contingency +such as risks, uncertainties and time of value of money. Where there is a continuous range of the expenditure required, and +each possible outcome in that range is as likely as any other, the best estimate shall be the mid-point of that range. In other +cases, the best estimate shall be determined according to the following circumstances: +Where the contingency involves a single item, the best estimate shall be the most likely outcome. +Where goodwill forms part of a CGU (group of CGUs) and part of the operation within that unit is disposed of, the goodwill +associated with the operation disposed of is included in the carrying amount of the operation when determining the gain or +loss on disposal of the operation. Goodwill disposed of in this circumstance is measured based on the relative values of the +operation disposed of and the portion of the CGU retained. +Annual Report 2018 +165 +the financial asset has been transferred and the Group transfers substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership +of the financial asset; or +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(20) Provisions +Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, and it +is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable +estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation. +Notes to the Financial Statements +IFRS 17 is issued to resolve the comparison problems created by IFRS 4 by setting out a single principle-based standard for +the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of insurance contracts in the financial statements of the issuers +of those contracts. +IFRS 17, "Insurance contracts" +The Group is currently assessing the impact of the amendments on its financial position and financial performance. +The amendments clarify the definition of material and how it should be applied by including in the definition guidance that +until now has featured elsewhere in IFRS Standards. In addition, the explanations accompanying the definition have been +improved and the amendments ensure that the definition of material is consistent across all IFRS Standards. +Amendments to IAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements, and IAS 8, Accounting Policies, +Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors, "Definition of Material" +The Group is currently assessing the impact of the amendments on its financial position and financial performance. +The IASB has issued amendments to IFRS 3 that seek to clarify the definition of business. The amendments include an +election to use a concentration test. If a preparer chooses not to apply the concentration test, or the test is failed, then the +assessment focuses on the existence of a substantive process. The effect of these changes is that the new definition of a +business is narrower, which could result in fewer business combinations being recognised. The amendments may require a +complex assessment to decide whether a transaction is a business combination or an asset acquisition. +the effect of the asset ceiling cost is disregarded when calculating the gain or loss on any settlement of the plan and is +dealt with separately in other comprehensive income. +The amendments are expected to have no material impact on the financial position and the financial result of the Group. +on amendment, curtailment or settlement of a defined benefit plan, a company should use updated actuarial +assumptions to determine its current service cost and net interest for the period; and +• +Amendments to IAS 19, Employee Benefits "Plan Amendment, Curtailment or Settlement" +The annual improvements are expected to have no material impact on financial position and financial performance. +The 2015-2017 cycle of annual improvements contain amendments to four standards including IFRS 3 Business +combinations, IFRS 11 Joint arrangements, IAS 12 Income taxes and IAS 23 Borrowing costs. +Annual Improvements to IFRS Standards 2015-2017 Cycle +Amendments to IFRS 3, Business Combinations "Clarifying what is a business" +The amendments to IAS 19 clarify that: +(17,046) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(iii) +or +has significant influence over the Group; or +(ii) +has control or joint control over the Group; +(i) +the party is a person or a close member of that person's family and that person: +(a) +A party is considered to be related to the Group if: +(29) Related parties +Rental payments applicable to operating leases are charged to profit or loss on the straight-line basis over the lease terms. +When the Group is the lessor under operating leases, the assets subject to operating leases are accounted for as the Group's +assets. Rental income is recognised as "other operating income, net" in the statement of profit or loss on the straight-line +basis over the lease term. +Operating leases +When the Group is a lessor under finance leases, an amount representing the minimum lease payment receivables and initial +direct costs is included in the statement of financial position as loans and advances to customers. Any unguaranteed residual +value is also recognised at the inception of the lease. The difference between the sum of the minimum lease payment +receivables, initial direct costs, the unguaranteed residual value and their present value is recognised as unearned finance +income. Unearned finance income is recognised over the period of the lease using the effective interest rate method. +Finance leases +Leases which transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the assets to the lessees are classified as +finance leases. Leases where substantially all the rewards and risks of the assets remain with the lessor are accounted for as +operating leases. +(28) Leases +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +is a member of the key management personnel of the Group or of a parent of the Group; +170 +(b) +(i) +The Group issues financial guarantee contracts, including letters of credit, letters of guarantee and acceptance. These +financial guarantee contracts provide for specified payments to be made to reimburse the holders for the losses they incur +when a guaranteed party defaults under the original or modified terms of a debt instrument, loan or any other obligation. +The Group initially measures all financial contracts at fair value, in other liabilities, being the premium received. This +amount is recognised ratably over the period of the contract as fee and commission income. Subsequently, the liabilities are +measured at the higher of the amount of the loss allowance determined in accordance with impairment policies of financial +instruments (refer to Note 3(6)) and the amount initially recognised less the cumulative amount of income. Any increase in +the liability relating to a financial guarantee is taken to the statement of profit or loss. +(30) Financial guarantee contracts +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +171 +Annual Report 2018 +(viii) The entity, or any member of a Group of which it is a part, provides key management personnel services to the +Group or to the Group's parent. +a person identified in (a)(i) has significant influence over the entity or is a member of the key management +personnel of the entity (or of a parent of the entity); and +(vii) +the entity is controlled or jointly controlled by a person identified in (a); +(vi) +(v) +the entity is a post-employment benefit plan for the benefit of employees of either the Group or an entity +related to the Group; +(iv) one entity is a joint venture of a third entity and the other entity is an associate of the third entity; +the entity and the Group are joint ventures of the same third party; +(iii) +one entity is an associate or joint venture of the other entity (or of a parent, subsidiary or fellow subsidiary of the +other entity); +(ii) +the entity and the Group are members of the same group; +the party is an entity where any of the following conditions applies: +Deferred income tax assets and deferred income tax liabilities are offset if a legally enforceable right exists to set off current +tax assets against current tax liabilities and the deferred income taxes relate to the same taxable entity and the same taxation +authority. +The carrying amount of deferred income tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the extent +that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable income will be available to allow all or part of the deferred income tax +asset to be utilised. When it is virtually probable that sufficient taxable income will be available, the reduced amount can be +reversed accordingly. +Deferred income tax assets and deferred income tax liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply to +the period when the asset is realised or the liability is settled, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or +substantively enacted by the end of each reporting period and reflect the corresponding tax effect. +Dividend income +In other cases, the Group recognises revenue at a point in time at which a customer obtains control of the promised +services. +The Group does not provide service with an alternative use to the Group, and the Group has an enforceable +right to payment for performance completed to date. +The customer controls the service provided by the Group in the course of performance; or +The customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided by the Group's performance as the +Group performs; +- +(ii) +(i) The Group recognises income over time by measuring the progress towards the complete satisfaction of a +performance obligation, if one of the following criteria is met: +The Group earns fee and commission income from a diverse range of services it provides to its customers. The fee and +commission income recognised by the Group reflects the amount of consideration to which the Group expects to be entitled +in exchange for transferring promised services to customers, and income is recognised when its performance obligation in +contracts is satisfied. +Fee and commission income +Financial assets that are not purchased or originated credit-impaired but have subsequently become credit-impaired, +whose interest income is calculated by applying the effective interest rate to their amortised cost (i.e. net of the +expected credit loss provision). If, in a subsequent period, the financial assets improve their qualities so that they are +no longer credit-impaired and the improvement in credit quality is related objectively to a certain event occurring after +the application of the above-mentioned rules, then the interest income is calculated by applying the effective interest +rate to their book value. +For purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets, whose interest income is calculated, since initial +recognition, by applying the credit adjusted effective interest rate to their amortised cost; and +(i) +For all financial instruments measured at amortised cost and interest-generating financial instruments classified as financial +assets measured at FVOCI, interest income is recorded at the effective interest rate, which is the rate that exactly discounts +estimated future cash payments or receipts through the expected life of the financial instrument, where appropriate, to the +book value of the financial asset, or the amortised cost of financial liability. The calculation takes into account all contractual +terms of the financial instrument (for example, prepayment options) and includes any fees or incremental costs that are +directly attributable to the instrument and are an integral part of the effective interest rate, but not expected credit losses. +Interest income is calculated by applying the effective interest rate to the book value of financial assets and is included in +interest income, except for: +Interest income +Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Group and when the +revenue can be reliably measured. The following specific recognition criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised: +(26) Revenue recognition +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +Dividend income is recognised when the Group's right to receive payment is established. +Net trading income +Results arising from trading activities include all gains and losses from changes in fair value for financial assets and financial +liabilities that are held for trading. This includes gains and losses from changes in fair value relating to the ineffective portion +of the hedging arrangements. +Annual Report 2018 +In respect of deductible temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint +ventures, deferred income tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that the temporary +differences will be reversed in the foreseeable future and taxable profit will be available against which the temporary +differences can be utilised. +Where the deferred income tax asset relating to the deductible temporary differences arises from the initial recognition +of an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, affects +neither the accounting profit nor taxable income or deductible expenses; and +(ii) +(i) +Deferred income tax assets are recognised for all deductible temporary differences, carryforward of unused tax credits +and unused tax losses, to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductible +temporary differences, and the carryforward of unused tax credits and unused tax losses can be utilised, except: +In respect of taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, +where the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences can be controlled and it is probable that the temporary +differences will not be reversed in the foreseeable future. +(ii) +(i) Where the deferred income tax liability arises from the initial recognition of goodwill or of an asset or liability in a +transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, affects neither the accounting profit +nor taxable income or deductible expenses; and +Deferred income tax liabilities are recognised for all taxable temporary differences, except: +(31) Contingent liabilities +Deferred income tax is provided using the liability method on temporary differences at the end of the reporting period +between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts. +Current tax assets and liabilities for the current and prior periods are measured at the amount expected to be recovered from +or paid to the taxation authorities. The tax rates and tax laws used to compute the amount are those that are enacted or +substantively enacted by the end of each reporting period. +Current tax +Income tax comprises current and deferred income tax. Income tax is recognised in profit or loss except that it relates to +items recognised directly in equity, in which case it is recognised in equity. +(27) Income tax +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +169 +The Group is currently assessing the impact of the standard on its financial position and financial performance. +Deferred income tax +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +A contingent liability is a possible obligation that arises from past events and whose existence will only be confirmed by +the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the Group. It +can also be a present obligation arising from past events that is not recognised because it is not probable that an outflow +of economic resources will be required or the amount of obligation cannot be measured reliably. Contingent liabilities are +disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. When a change in the probability of an outflow occurs so that outflow is +probable and can be reliably estimated, it will then be recognised as a provision. +Dividends are recognised as a liability and deducted from equity when they are approved by the Bank's shareholders in +general meetings and declared. Interim dividends are deducted from equity when they are approved and declared, and no +longer at the discretion of the Bank. Dividend for the year that is approved after the end of the reporting period is disclosed +as an event after the reporting period. +Lessor accounting is substantially unchanged - i.e. lessors continue to classify leases as finance and operating leases. +However, there are a number of changes in the details of lessor accounting. For example, lessors apply the new definition of +a lease, sale-and-leaseback guidance, sub-lease guidance and disclosure requirements. +Under IFRS 16 there is no longer a distinction between finance leases and operating leases so far as lessees are concerned. +Instead, subject to practical expedients, a lessee recognises all leases on-balance sheet by recognising a right-of-use (ROU) +asset and lease liability. +In January 2016, the IASB issued IFRS 16, "Leases", which replaces the current guidance in IAS 17. The new standard +requires the companies to bring leases on-balance sheet for lessees. The new standard also makes changes in accounting +over the life of the lease, and introduces a stark dividing line between leases and service contracts. +IFRS 16, "Leases" +Further information about those changes that are expected to affect the Group is as follows: +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +174 +Effective for annual periods is to be determined, early adoption is permitted. +5 +Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2021, early adoption is permitted only for companies that also +apply IFRS 9 and IFRS 15. +4 +Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2020, early adoption is permitted. +3 +Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019, early adoption is permitted. +2 +Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019, early adoption is permitted only for companies that also +apply IFRS 15. +Sale or contribution of assets between an investor and its associate or joint venture +The Group plans to apply IFRS 16 initially on 1 January 2019, using the modified retrospective approach. Therefore, the +cumulative effect of adopting IFRS 16 will be recognised as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings at +1 January 2019, with no restatement of comparative information. The standard is expected to have no material impact on +financial position and financial performance. +Insurance contracts +IFRIC 23, "Uncertainty over income tax treatments" +Under the Interpretation, the key test is whether it is probable that the tax authority will accept the entity's tax treatment. +Notes to the Financial Statements +175 +Annual Report 2018 +The amendments are expected to have no material impact on financial position and financial performance. +The IASB has clarified that IFRS 9 applies to long-term interests that, in substance, form part of the entity's net investment in +an associate or joint venture. In applying IFRS 9, the entity does not take account of any adjustments to the carrying amount +of long-term interests that arise from applying IAS 28. +Amendments to IAS 28, Investment in associates and joint ventures "Long-term interests in +associates and joint ventures" +The amendments are expected to have no material impact on financial position and financial performance. +For the companies that have modified or exchanged fixed rate financial liabilities that do not result in derecognition, +they were required to recalculate the amortised cost of the modified financial liability by discounting the modified +contractual cash flows using the original EIR; and recognise any adjustment in profit or loss. +Financial assets containing prepayment features with negative compensation can now be measured at amortised cost +or at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI) if they meet the other relevant requirements of IFRS 9. +• +• +The IASB has changed IFRS 9's requirements in two areas of financial instruments accounting. +Amendments to IFRS 9, Financial instruments "Prepayment features with negative +compensation and modifications of financial liabilities" +The interpretation is expected to have no material impact on financial position and financial performance. +of the uncertainty and in that case the tax amounts in the financial statements will not be the same as the amounts in +the tax return. +- +If it is not probable, then the entity should reflect the effect of uncertainty in its accounting for income tax by using +the "expected value" approach or the "the most likely amount" approach whichever better predicts the resolution +If it is probable, then the entity should measure current and deferred tax consistently with the tax treatment in its tax +return. +• +This Interpretation provides guidance on how to apply IAS 12, Income taxes when there is uncertainty over whether a tax +treatment will be accepted by the tax authority. +Definition of Material³ +Plan Amendment, Curtailment or Settlement +Clarifying what is a business³ +1 +Certain securitisation vehicles sponsored by the Group under its securitisation programme are run according to +predetermined criteria that are part of the initial design of the vehicles. In addition, the Group is exposed to variability of +returns from the vehicles through its holding of debt securities in the vehicles and outside the day-to-day servicing of the +receivables (which is carried out by the Group under a servicing contract). Key decisions are usually required only when +receivables in the vehicles go into default. Therefore, in considering whether it has control, the Group considers whether it +manages these key decisions that most significantly affect these vehicles' returns. +Securitisation vehicles +Management applies its judgement to determine whether the control indicators set out in Note 3(1) indicate that the Group +controls securitisation vehicles, investment funds, wealth management products, asset management plans, trust plans or +asset-backed securities. +Determination of control over investees +If the market for a financial instrument is not active, the Group establishes fair value by using a valuation technique. +Valuation techniques include using recent arm's length market transactions between knowledgeable and willing parties, +if available, reference to the current fair value of another instrument that is substantially the same, discounted cash flow +analysis and option pricing models. To the extent practicable, valuation technique makes maximum use of market inputs. +However, where market inputs are not available, management needs to make estimates on such unobservable market +inputs. +Fair value of financial instruments +Determining income tax provisions requires the Group to estimate the future tax treatment of certain transactions. The +Group carefully evaluates tax implications of transactions in accordance with prevailing tax regulations and makes tax +provisions accordingly. In addition, deferred income tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that future +taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary differences can be utilised. This requires significant +estimation on the tax treatments of certain transactions and also significant assessment on the probability that adequate +future taxable profits will be available for the deferred income tax assets to be recovered. +Income tax +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +172 +The Group determines whether goodwill is impaired at least on an annual basis and when circumstances indicate that the +carrying value may be impaired. This requires an estimation of the recoverable amount of the CGU or groups of CGUs to +which the goodwill is allocated. Estimating the recoverable amount requires the Group to make an estimate of the expected +future cash flows from the CGU or groups of CGUS and also to choose a suitable discount rate in order to calculate the +present value of those cash flows. +Impairment of goodwill +The measurement of the expected credit loss allowance for financial assets measured at amortised cost and FVOCI and with +exposure arising from loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts, is an area that requires the use of complex +models and significant assumptions about future economic conditions and credit behavior (the likelihood of customers +defaulting and the resulting losses). Refer to Note 51(a) credit risk for the explanation of the inputs, assumptions and +estimation techniques used in measuring ECL. +Measurement of the expected credit loss allowance +In the process of applying the Group's accounting policies, management has used its judgements and made assumptions +of the effects of uncertain future events on the financial statements. The most significant use of judgements and key +assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the end of the reporting period +that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the +next financial period are described below. Refer to Note 4 significant accounting judgements and estimates of the Group's +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 for the significant accounting judgements and estimates under +IAS 39. +SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND ESTIMATES +4. +Investment funds, wealth management products, asset management plans, trust plans and asset-backed +securities +The Group acts as manager to a number of investment funds, wealth management products, asset management plans, trust +plans and assets-backed securities. When assessing whether controls such a structured entity, the Group would determine +whether it exercises the decision-making rights as a principal or an agent and usually focuses on the assessment of the +aggregate economic interests of the Group in the entity (comprising any carried interests and expected management fees) +and the decision-making authority of the entity. The Group would also determine whether another entity with decision- +making rights is acting as an agent for it. +For further disclosure in respect of unconsolidated investment funds, wealth management products, asset management +plans, trust plans and assets-backed securities in which the Group has an interest or for which it is a sponsor, see Note 41. +Annual Report 2018 +IFRS 10 and IAS 28 Amendments +IFRS 17 +IAS 1 and IAS 8 Amendments +IFRS 3 Amendments +IAS 19 Amendments +Annual Improvements to IFRSS 2015-2017 Cycle² +Prepayment features with negative compensation and modifications of financial liabilities +Long-term interests in associates and joint ventures² +Uncertainty over income tax treatments? +Leases' +(32) Dividends +IAS 28 Amendments +IFRIC 23 +IFRS 16 +The Group has not applied the following new and revised IFRSS and IASS that have been issued but are not yet effective, in +these financial statements. +IMPACT OF ISSUED BUT NOT YET EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING +STANDARDS +5. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +173 +IFRS 9 Amendments +Amendments to IFRS 10, Consolidated Financial Statements, and IAS 28, Investment in +associates and joint ventures, "Sale or contribution of assets between an investor and its +associate or joint venture" +4,087 +The Group is currently assessing the impact of the amendments on its financial position and financial performance. +Gain on disposal of financial assets measured at FVOCI, net +635 +Gain on available-for-sale financial assets, net +2,313 +Others +189 +1,345 +2,165 +10. OTHER OPERATING INCOME, NET +2018 +2017 +Net premium income +33,420 +38,093 +Operating cost of insurance business +(31,772) +(38,525) +Net gain on disposal of property and equipment, repossessed assets and others +Others +1,936 +1,484 +(473) +(476) +(1,824) +Loss on financial assets and liabilities designated as at FVTPL +Including: +5,753 +The above amounts mainly include gains and losses arising from the buying and selling of, interest income and expense on, +and changes in the fair value of financial assets and liabilities held for trading. +Annual Report 2018 +177 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The amendments introduce new requirements on loss of control over assets in a transaction with an associate or joint +venture. These requirements require the full gain to be recognised when the assets transferred meet the definition of a +"business" under IFRS 3, Business combination. +2018 +2017 +4,981 +Dividend income from equity investments designated as at FVOCI, including: +1 +held at the year end +228 +Dividend income from unlisted investments +166 +Dividend income from listed investments +162 +Gain/(loss) on financial assets measured at FVTPL, net +292 +(476) +derecognised during the year +2,846 +3,111 +11. OPERATING EXPENSES +27,088 +27,562 +Amortisation +2,339 +2,114 +Other administrative expenses (ii) +Taxes and surcharges +23,294 +21,661 +7,781 +7,465 +Others +12,627 +12,438 +194,203 +186,194 +(i) +The defined contribution plans mainly include contributions to the state pension and the Bank's Annuity Plan. +(ii) The principal auditor's remuneration of RMB216 million for the year (2017: RMB205 million) is included in other +administrative expenses. +178 +ICBC +2,305 +2,235 +Utility expenses +4,000 +Staff costs: +2018 +2017 +Salaries and bonuses +Staff benefits +Post-employment benefits defined contribution plans (i) +76,985 +74,919 +27,137 +25,642 +6,033 +16,952 +121,074 +114,954 +Premises and equipment expenses: +Depreciation +13,407 +13,873 +Lease payments under operating leases in respect of land and buildings +Repairs and maintenance charges +7,543 +7,384 +3,903 +14,393 +1,238 +9. NET GAIN ON FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS +757 +49,246 +48,335 +948,094 +861,594 +Interest expense on: +Due to customers +Due to banks and other financial institutions +Debt securities issued +(280,212) +(260,956) +(64,991) +(58,418) +(30,373) +(1,090) +(375,576) +(339,516) +572,518 +522,078 +Net interest income +The above interest income and expense are related to financial instruments which are not measured at FVTPL. +7. +Due from central banks +55,390 +58,660 +Due from banks and other financial institutions +ICBC +176 +6. NET INTEREST INCOME +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +2018 +2017 +Interest income on: +Loans and advances to customers +Corporate loans and advances +Personal loans +NET FEE AND COMMISSION INCOME +640,031 +407,779 +369,740 +217,860 +186,089 +Discounted bills +14,392 +16,859 +Financial investments +200,157 +185,181 +572,688 +2018 +(20,142) +Bank card business +2,798 +2,781 +162,347 +158,666 +Fee and commission expense +Net fee and commission income +(i) +2017 +145,301 +1,805 +139,625 +8. +NET TRADING INCOME +Debt securities +Equity investments +Derivatives and others +2018 +2017 +3,758 +(151) +Included in personal wealth management and private banking services, corporate wealth management services, asset +custody business and trust and agency services above is an amount of RMB15,835 million (2017: RMB19,937 million) +with respect to trust and other fiduciary activities. +1,959 +(19,041) +7,045 +43,719 +6,731 +Settlement, clearing business and cash management +31,785 +26,820 +Personal wealth management and private banking services (i) +27,596 +32,846 +Investment banking business +24,002 +23,189 +38,692 +14,582 +Corporate wealth management services (i) +Fee and commission income +Trust and agency services (i) +Asset custody business (i) +Others +8,861 +Guarantee and commitment business +18,984 +6,818 +92,541 +26,350 +94,294 +69 +1,473 +75,134 +The number of these individuals whose emoluments fell within the following bands is set out below: +67,333 +611 +15,865 +2017 +RMB'000 +Salaries and allowances +Others +Defined contribution plans +Discretionary bonuses +Group +The five highest paid individuals of the Group are employees of the Bank's subsidiaries. Their emoluments were determined +based on the prevailing market rates in the respective countries/regions where the subsidiaries are operating. None of them +are directors, supervisors or key management personnel of the Bank whose emoluments are disclosed in notes 12 and 49(e) +to the financial statements. Details of the emoluments in respect of the five highest paid individuals are as follows: +13. FIVE HIGHEST PAID INDIVIDUALS +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Number of employees +Notes to the Financial Statements +2018 +RMB'000 +2018 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +14,247 +161,594 +ICBC +RMB12,000,001 Yuan to RMB12,500,000 Yuan +RMB13,500,001 Yuan to RMB14,000,000 Yuan +RMB14,500,001 Yuan to RMB15,000,000 Yuan +RMB15,000,001 Yuan to RMB15,500,000 Yuan +RMB15,500,001 Yuan to RMB16,000,000 Yuan +RMB23,000,001 Yuan to RMB23,500,000 Yuan +RMB23,500,001 Yuan to RMB24,000,000 Yuan +RMB25,500,001 Yuan to RMB26,000,000 Yuan +RMB26,500,001 Yuan to RMB27,000,000 Yuan +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2017 +1 +5 +During the year, no emoluments were paid by the Group to any of these non-director and non-supervisor individuals as an +inducement to join or upon joining the Group (2017: Nil). +14. IMPAIRMENT LOSSES ON ASSETS +Loans and advances to customers +Others +Notes +23 +2018 +147,347 +2017 +124,096 +1 +5 +182 +Ye Donghai (ii) +During the year, there was no arrangement under which a Director or a Supervisor waived or agreed to waive any +remuneration (2017: Nil). +308,333 +252,571 +277,850 +208,663 +Restricted balances with central banks: +Mandatory reserves with the PBOC (ii) +2,756,781 +114,413 +Fiscal deposits with the PBOC +Other restricted balances with the PBOC (ii) +8,738 +3,015,150 +276,936 +36,961 +2,749,172 +254,171 +3,007,651 +276,936 +7,641 +254,171 +36,961 +99,527 +123,500 +Bank +During the year, no emolument was paid by the Group to any of the Directors or Supervisors as an inducement to join or +upon joining the Group or as a compensation for loss of office (2017: Nil). +Cash and unrestricted balances with +central banks: +Cash on hand +70,047 +75,214 +150,850 +64,327 +Surplus reserves with the PBOC (i) +114,786 +26,507 +113,996 +23,082 +Unrestricted balances with central banks of +overseas countries or regions +71,168 +2018 +Mandatory reserves with central banks of +42,885 +Group +Bank +2018 +2017 +2018 +2017 +Due from banks and other financial +20. DUE FROM BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS +institutions: +307,588 +313,703 +276,859 +313,111 +Other financial institutions operating in +Mainland China +4,694 +Banks operating in Mainland China +overseas countries or regions (ii) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +ICBC +3,062,575 +32,254 +3,361,301 +23,246 +3,034,230 +18,785 +3,340,333 +Accrued interest on balances with +central banks +Notes to the Financial Statements +1,668 +3,372,576 +3,613,872 +3,313,748 +3,548,996 +(ii) +Surplus reserves with the PBOC include funds for the purpose of cash settlement and other kinds of unrestricted +deposits. +The Group is required to place mandatory reserve deposits and other restricted deposits with the PBOC and certain +central banks of overseas countries or regions where it has operations. Mandatory reserve deposits with central banks +and other restricted deposits are not available for use in the Group's daily operations. Mandatory reserve deposits +mainly consist of deposits placed with the PBOC. As at 31 December 2018, the mandatory deposit reserve ratios of +the domestic branches of the Bank in respect of customer deposits denominated in RMB and foreign currencies were +consistent with the requirement of the PBOC. The amounts of mandatory reserve deposits placed with the central +banks of those countries or regions outside Mainland China are determined by local jurisdictions. +186 +1,668 +2017 +2018 +Group +77,190 +(i) +(ii) +The non-deductible expenses mainly represent non-deductible impairment provision, write-offs and others. +The non-taxable income mainly represents interest income arising from the PRC government bonds and municipal +debts, which is exempted from income tax. +16. PROFIT ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY HOLDERS OF THE PARENT COMPANY +The consolidated profit attributable to equity holders of the parent company for the year ended 31 December 2018 includes +a profit of RMB282,044 million (2017: RMB269,205 million) which has been dealt with in the financial statements of the +Bank (Note 39). +184 +73,690 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +2018 +2017 +Dividends on ordinary shares declared and paid: +Final ordinary shares dividends for 2017: RMBO.2408 per share +(2016: RMB0.2343 per share) +85,823 +17. DIVIDENDS +83,506 +Income tax expense +334 +2017 +364,641 +Tax at the PRC statutory income tax rate +93,103 +91,160 +Effects of different applicable rates of tax prevailing in other countries/regions +Effects of non-deductible expenses (i) +(1,177) +(889) +2,373 +11,171 +Effects of non-taxable income (ii) +(28,969) +(23,673) +Effects of profits attributable to associates and joint ventures +(772) +(737) +Effects of others +8,956 +Dividends on preference shares declared and paid: Dividends +4,506 +4,437 +293,170 +281,612 +Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue (in million shares) +Basic and diluted earnings per share (RMB yuan) +356,407 +356,407 +0.82 +Profit for the year attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent company +Shares: +0.79 +Annual Report 2018 +185 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +19. CASH AND BALANCES WITH CENTRAL BANKS +(i) +Basic and diluted earnings per share was calculated as the profit for the year attributable to ordinary equity holders of the +parent company divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue. +(4,437) +(4,506) +holders of the parent company +Dividends on ordinary shares proposed for approval +(not recognised as at 31 December): +Final ordinary shares dividends for 2018: RMB0.2506 per share +(2017: RMBO.2408 per share) +18. EARNINGS PER SHARE +The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share of the Group is based on the following: +2018 +2017 +89,315 +85,823 +2018 +2017 +Earnings: +Profit for the year attributable to equity holders of the parent company +297,676 +286,049 +Less: Profit for the year attributable to other equity instruments +5,116 +372,413 +3,910 +Banks and other financial institutions +Due from +Placements with +banks and other +financial institutions +banks and other +financial institutions +Total +326 +115 +At 31 December 2018 +441 +84 +118 +360 +199 +559 +6 +212 +34 +218 +Charge for the year +Impact of adopting IFRS 9 +378 +475 +853 +23 +139 +162 +401 +At 1 January 2018 +614 +Annual Report 2018 +187 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Bank +At 1 January 2017 +Charge for the year +At 31 December 2017 +1,015 +270 +366 +777 +Non-executive Director +Non-executive Director +Mei Yingchun +Non-executive Director +Zheng Fuqing (ii) +Non-executive Director +Cheng Fengchao (i) +Year ended 31 December 2018 +Executive Director, President +Position +Gu Shu +Name +Details of the directors' and supervisors' emoluments before tax, as disclosed pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing +of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and Chapter 622 Section 383 of the Hong Kong Companies +Ordinance, are as follows: +12. DIRECTORS' AND SUPERVISORS' EMOLUMENTS +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, +411 +Remuneration +RMB'000 +(1) +27 +127 +154 +393 +538 +931 +21. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS +paid +before tax +A derivative is a financial instrument, the value of which changes in response to the change in a specified interest rate, +financial instrument price, commodity price, foreign exchange rate, index of prices or rates, credit rating or credit index, or +other similar variables. The Group uses derivative financial instruments including forwards, swaps and options. +Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in any orderly transaction between +markets participates at measured date. +In accordance with accounting policy of offsetting, the Group offsets derivative assets and derivative liabilities which +meet the criteria for offsetting, and presents net amount in the financial statements. As at 31 December 2018, derivative +assets and derivative liabilities which meet the criteria for offsetting were RMB44,552 million (31 December 2017: +RMB51,266 million) and RMB45,254 million (31 December 2017: RMB52,649 million) respectively, and the net derivative +assets and net derivative liabilities were RMB25,906 million (31 December 2017: RMB26,949 million) and RMB26,608 +million (31 December 2017: RMB28,332 million) respectively. +188 +ICBC +Fees +Total +emoluments +Defined +contribution +plans +RMB'000 +The notional amount of a derivative represents the amount of an underlying asset upon which the value of the derivative is +based. It indicates the volume of business transacted by the Group but does not reflect the risk. +272 +(2) +583 +358,498 +Placements with banks and other financial +institutions: +Banks operating in Mainland China +147,805 +118,211 +147,940 +359,472 +119,112 +Mainland China +193,191 +234,122 +233,281 +234,076 +Banks and other financial institutions +operating outside Mainland China +Other financial institutions operating in +230,640 +370,074 +(360) +operating outside Mainland China +70,141 +51,635 +76,709 +40,755 +Accrued interest +2,624 +384,646 +2,387 +370,454 +359,865 +358,858 +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +(401) +(380) +(393) +385,047 +125,407 +285,354 +219,106 +Charge for the year +At 31 December 2017 +Impact of adopting IFRS 9 +At 1 January 2018 +Charge for the year +At 31 December 2018 +Due from +banks and other +financial institutions +Placements with +banks and other +financial institutions +At 1 January 2017 +Total +118 +445 +53 +85 +138 +380 +203 +327 +Group +Movements of the allowance for impairment losses during the year are as follows: +930,593 +Accrued interest +6,781 +5,893 +578,417 +477,740 +672,468 +572,294 +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +(614) +577,803 +(203) +477,537 +(538) +671,930 +(199) +572,095 +962,449 +847,611 +1,031,402 +4,992 +Profit before taxation +2017 +PRC income tax has been provided at the statutory rate of 25% in accordance with the relevant tax laws in Mainland China +during the year. Taxes on profits assessable elsewhere have been calculated at the applicable rates of tax prevailing in the +countries/regions in which the Group operates, based on existing legislation, interpretations and practices in respect thereof. +A reconciliation of the income tax expense applicable to profit before taxation at the PRC statutory income tax rate to +income tax expense at the Group's effective income tax rate is as follows: +Qu Qiang +Huang Li +Hui Ping +Zhang Wei +Shen Si (iv) +Sheila Colleen Bair (iii) +Yang Siu Shun +Shen Bingxi +445 +Anthony Francis Neoh +470 +Independent Non-executive Director +Hong Yongmiao +470 +Independent Non-executive Director +Or Ching Fai +Independent Non-executive Director +Non-executive Director +Employee Representative Supervisor +External Supervisor +281 +811 +811 +146 +384 +281 +891 +External Supervisor +891 +430 +312 +300 +30 +སྦྲུgg, ཙྪ༔ཝིངྒིབྦེབྦེ,,,,,,,, +437 +Independent Non-executive Director +Independent Non-executive Director +Independent Non-executive Director +Shareholder Representative Supervisor +Employee Representative Supervisor +149 +385 +Non-executive Director +Non-executive Director +(6) +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +(5)=(1)+(2)+(3)+(4) +(4) +(3) +(2) +(7)=(5)-(6) +(1) +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +paid before tax +payment +before tax +allowance, etc. +RMB'000 +Dong Shi (i) +312 +149 +Mei Yingchun (i) +Non-executive Director +Fei Zhoulin +Non-executive Director +Zheng Fuqing +Non-executive Director +Executive Director, Vice President +430 +Executive Director, Vice President +Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, +Cheng Fengchao +Wang Jingdong +Zhang Hongli +Gu Shu +891 +891 +Executive Director, President +bonuses +146 +812 +(ii) +(i) +As at the approval date of 2017 financial statements, changes of directors and supervisors of the Bank are as follows: +Fees of Mr. Hui Ping and Mr. Huang Li were their allowances obtained as Employee Representative Supervisors of the Bank, +excluding their remuneration with the Bank in accordance with the employee remuneration system. +The remuneration before tax payable to Directors and Supervisors for 2017 set out in the table above represents the total +amount of annual remuneration for each of these individuals, which includes the amount disclosed in the 2017 Annual Report. +Pursuant to the PRC relevant regulations, a portion of the discretionary bonus payments for the Chairman of the Board +of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Executive Directors and other senior management +members are deferred based on the future performance. +Note: Since January 2015, the remuneration to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board of +Supervisors and other executives of the Bank have followed the PRC authorities' policies relating to the remuneration reform +on executives of central enterprises. +8,793 +At the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2016 held on 27 June 2017, Ms. Mei Yingchun and Mr. Dong Shi were +appointed as Non-executive Director of the Bank, and their qualifications were approved by the former China Banking +Regulatory Commission (the "former CBRC") in August 2017. +458 +1,110 +3,201 +2,025 +2,915 +110 +110 +110 +9,251 +Former Independent Non-executive Director +At the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2016 held on 27 June 2017, Mr. Ye Donghai was appointed as +Non-executive Director of the Bank, and his qualification was approved by the former CBRC in October 2017. +181 +The Non-executive Directors of the Bank who were recommended by Huijin received emoluments from Huijin in respect of +their services during the year. +(viii) In March 2017, due to expiration of the term of office, Mr. Kenneth Patrick Chung ceased to act as Independent +Non-executive Director of the Bank. +In January 2017, due to expiration of the term of office, Mr. Fu Zhongjun ceased to act as Non-executive Director of the +Bank. +In June 2017, Ms. Wang Xiaoya and Ms. Ge Rongrong ceased to act as Non-executive Directors of the Bank due to +work adjustment. +In January 2018, Mr. Qian Wenhui resigned from the positions of Supervisor and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +of the Bank due to change of job assignments. +At the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2015 held on 24 June 2016, Mr. Shen Si was appointed as Independent +Non-executive Director of the Bank, and his qualification was approved by the former CBRC in March 2017. +March 2017. +Annual Report 2018 +At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2016 held on 29 November 2016, Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair was appointed +as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank, and her qualification was approved by the former CBRC in +(vi) +(v) +(iv) +(iii) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +(vii) +812 +Kenneth Patrick Chung (viii) +Fu Zhongjun (vii) +- +275 +50 +50 +1,582 +458 +2,040 +རྒྱུུསྐྱ་་་་''ཊྛབྦཀྑུཥྞ༈༙ ཨྰཿ ༞ ༞ པུཾ 'ཆ +371 +527 +308 +300 +437 +445 +2018 +470 +1,142 +Former Non-executive Director +470 +445 +Former Non-executive Director +Ge Rongrong (vi) +Former Non-executive Director +Wang Xiaoya (vi) +891 +149 +430 +470 +312 +Qian Wenhui (v) +275 +50 +50 +308 +300 +437 +Former Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +paid +470 +remuneration +365 +Independent Non-executive Director +Independent Non-executive Director +Independent Non-executive Director +Shareholder Representative Supervisor +Employee Representative Supervisor +Hui Ping (iv) +Nout Wellink (iii) +Zhang Wei +440 +440 +440 +365 +440 +470 +Independent Non-executive Director +Independent Non-executive Director +Independent Non-executive Director +Non-executive Director +Sheila Colleen Bair +Shen Si +Anthony Francis Neoh +Yang Siu Shun +470 +Hong Yongmiao +413 +25 +External Supervisor +Shen Bingxi +250 +250 +External Supervisor +Qu Qiang (v) +50 +413 +50 +Huang Li +50 +50 +1,083 +203 +880 +25 +Employee Representative Supervisor +Ye Donghai +Dong Shi +| | | +(b) Reconciliation between income tax and accounting profit +2018 +2017 +76,088 +80,982 +2,510 +2,123 +Deferred income tax expense +3,280 +81,878 +86,502 +(8,188) +(9,312) +73,690 +77,190 +Fees +3,397 +Overseas +Hong Kong and Macau +Mainland China +27 +127 +546 +RMB'000 +(4)=(1)+(2)+(3) +(3) +(2) +RMB'000 +before tax +3,673 +127,769 +Annual Report 2018 +183 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +15. INCOME TAX EXPENSE +(a) Income tax expense +Current income tax expense: +Yi Huiman (vi) +Former Chairman of the Board of Directors, +673 +546 +180 +In October 2018, due to expiration of the term of office, Mr. Or Ching Fai ceased to act as Independent Non-executive +Director of the Bank. +(xi) +In October 2018, Mr. Fei Zhoulin ceased to act as Non-executive Director of the Bank citing his age. +(x) +In September 2018, Mr. Wang Jingdong ceased to act as Executive Director and Vice President of the Bank due to +change of job assignments. +(ix) +Name +(viii) In July 2018, Mr. Zhang Hongli ceased to act as Executive Director of the Bank due to expiration of the term of office, +and resigned from the position of Vice President of the Bank due to family reasons. +In January 2019, Mr. Yi Huiman ceased to act as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Director of the Bank +due to change of job assignments. +At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2018 held on 21 November 2018, Mr. Qu Qiang was re-elected as +External Supervisor of the Bank, and his new term of office took effect from 20 December 2018. +On 21 September 2018, the Bank re-elected Mr. Hui Ping as Employee Supervisor of the Bank at the Interim Employees' +Congress, and his new term of office took effect from the date of review and approval by the Employees' Congress. +At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2018 held on 21 November 2018, Mr. Zheng Fuqing was re-elected as Non- +executive Director of the Bank, and his new term of office took effect from the date of review and approval by the meeting. +At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2018 held on 21 November 2018, Mr. Nout Wellink was appointed as +Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank, and his term of office took effect from 3 December 2018. +At the 2017 Annual General Meeting held on 26 June 2018, Mr. Cheng Fengchao was re-elected as Non-executive +Director of the Bank, and his new term of office took effect from the date of review and approval by the meeting. +(vii) +(vi) +In January 2018, Mr. Qian Wenhui resigned from the positions of Supervisor and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +of the Bank due to change of job assignments. +(v) +Position +Chairman of the Board of Directors, +Actual +amount of +Executive Director +Of which: +deferred +Total +emoluments +plans, housing +Discretionary +Remuneration +Yi Huiman +and welfare +to social +the employer +Contribution by +Year ended 31 December 2017 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +Executive Director +insurance +(iv) +ICBC +Former Executive Director, Vice President +Former Non-executive Director +411 +58 +673 +83 +328 +Fei Zhoulin (x) +Or Ching Fai (xi) +Wang Jingdong (ix) +61 +246 +Former Executive Director, Vice President +Zhang Hongli (viii) +12 +46 +Former Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +(iii) +Qian Wenhui (vii) +127 +Former Independent Non-executive Director +Total +307 +2,592 +(ii) +(i) +As at the approval date of these financial statements, changes of directors and supervisors of the Bank are as follows: +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Annual Report 2018 +Fees of Mr. Hui Ping and Mr. Huang Li were their allowances obtained as Employee Representative Supervisors of the Bank, +excluding their remuneration with the Bank in accordance with the employee remuneration system. +179 +Note: Since January 2015, the remuneration to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board of +Supervisors and other executives of the Bank have followed the PRC authorities' policies relating to the remuneration reform +on executives of central enterprises. +6,100 +2,895 +392 +392 +613 +The total compensation packages for the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Chairman of the Board of +Supervisors, Executive Directors, and Shareholder Representative Supervisors of the Bank have not been finalised in +accordance with the regulations of the PRC relevant authorities. The remuneration not yet accrued is not expected to have a +significant impact on the Group's and the Bank's 2018 financial statements. The total compensation packages will be further +disclosed when determined by the relevant authorities. +Interest +Interest +Average +balance +2017 +income/ Average yield/ +Average +income/ Average yield/ +expense +287,451 +balance +expense +cost (%) +Item +Assets +2018 +Loans and advances to customers +14,600,596 +cost (%) +AVERAGE YIELD OF INTEREST-GENERATING ASSETS AND AVERAGE COST OF INTEREST-BEARING LIABILITIES +In RMB millions, except for percentages +3.9 +Net Interest Income +298,723 +640,031 +11,272 +Attributable to: Equity holders of the parent +297,676 +286,049 +11,627 +4.1 +company +Non-controlling interests +1,047 +1,402 +(355) +(25.3) +12 +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis +In 2018, net interest income was RMB572,518 million, RMB50,440 million or 9.7% higher than that of last year, accounting +for 79.0% of the Bank's operating income. Interest income grew by RMB86,500 million or 10.0% to RMB948,094 million +and interest expenses increased by RMB36,060 million or 10.6% to RMB375,576 million. Net interest spread and net interest +margin came at 2.16% and 2.30%, 6 basis points and 8 basis points higher than those of the previous year, respectively. +4.38 +(322,769) +572,688 +financial institutions(3) +Total interest-generating assets +24,868,243 +948,094 +3.81 +23,464,831 +861,594 +3.67 +Non-interest-generating assets +2,211,163 +1,788,680 +Allowance for impairment losses +(387,490) +Total assets +26,691,916 +Net profit +24,930,742 +3.35 +55,390 +1,651,391 +3.60 +4.23 +Investment +5,483,420 +200,157 +3.65 +5,135,606 +185,181 +3.61 +13,535,464 +Due from central banks (2) +49,246 +1.56 +3,142,370 +48,335 +1.54 +Due from banks and other +1,628,820 +58,660 +3,155,407 +(4.5) +Annual Report 2018 +77,190 +In 2018, China's economic performance remained within a reasonable range. China's gross domestic product (GDP), +consumer price index, retail sales of consumer goods, fixed asset investment, industrial added value of above-scale +enterprises, and total imports and exports rose by 6.6%, 2.1%, 9.0%, 5.9%, 6.2% and 9.7% respectively. +The PBC implemented a prudent monetary policy. Through targeted reduction of required reserve ratio and increased +re-lending and rediscounting quotas, more support was given to the real economy. Credit financing support policies for +private enterprises and small and micro enterprises were introduced, and bond-financing-backed instruments were launched +for private enterprises. The New Rules on Asset Management and guidelines for regulation of systemically important financial +institutions were released. Moreover, innovative capital replenishment instruments such as undated additional tier 1 capital +bonds were introduced, to promote the standardized and innovative development of financial market. +Both monetary credit and social financing maintained a stable growth. At the end of 2018, the balance of M2 was +RMB182.67 trillion, up 8.1% year-on-year. The outstanding RMB loans reached RMB136.30 trillion, increasing by 13.5% +year-on-year. The balance of RMB deposits amounted to RMB177.52 trillion, up 8.2% from the previous year. The existing +social financing scale size stood at RMB200.75 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 9.8%. Major stock indexes declined in +volatile trading, with a decrease of 24.6% and 34.4% in the Shanghai Composite Index and the Shenzhen Component +Index respectively. The total issuance amount of various bonds in the bond market came in at RMB43.1 trillion, up 7.5%. +The issuance rate of bond market dropped significantly, and the bond yield curve presented an overall downward trend. At +the end of 2018, the central parity of RMB against the US dollar was RMB6.8632, a depreciation of 4.8% from the end of +last year. +The asset scale of the Chinese banking sector grew steadily, with the quality of credit assets remaining stable overall. At +the end of 2018, the total assets of financial institutions in China's banking sector were RMB268.24 trillion, up 6.27%. +The balance of NPLs of commercial banks reached RMB2.03 trillion, with a NPL ratio of 1.83% and allowance to NPLs of +186.31%. Besides, the core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio, tier 1 capital adequacy ratio and capital adequacy ratio were +11.03%, 11.58% and 14.20% respectively. +Looking forward to 2019, the global economy will be exposed to more downside risks, and the international financial +market is likely to show an aggravated fluctuation. Under the influence of countercyclical adjustment of macroeconomic +policy and other factors, China's economic performance will remain within a reasonable range. A proactive fiscal policy +would increase effectiveness, and a larger scale of tax cut and fee reductions would be implemented. The fiscal expenditure +structure would be further adjusted and optimized. A moderately sound monetary policy, while maintaining a reasonable +and sufficient liquidity, would facilitate structural optimization and better serve the real economy. Supply-side structural +reform would adopt more market-oriented and rule-of-law means to continuously optimize economic structure, and hence +the employment situation would be further improved. +Annual Report 2018 +11 +Discussion and Analysis +FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANALYSIS +Income Statement Analysis +In 2018, the Bank continued to enhance its service capability for the real economy, consolidated the foundation of operation +and management, optimized its profitability structure and intensified its risk precaution and control ability, achieving stability +in both benefits and quality. In 2018, the Bank realized a net profit of RMB298,723 million, representing an increase of +RMB11,272 million or 3.9% as compared to the previous year. Return on average total assets stood at 1.11%, and return +on weighted average equity was 13.79%. Operating income amounted to RMB725,121 million, representing an increase +of 7.3%, of which, due to the increase in interest-generating assets and net interest margin, net interest income grew by +9.7% to RMB572,518 million; non-interest income was RMB152,603 million, down by 0.6%. Operating expenses amounted +to RMB194,203 million, representing an increase of 4.3%, and the cost-to-income ratio was 25.71%. Allowance for +impairment losses was RMB161,594 million, representing an increase of 26.5%. Income tax expense reduced by 4.5% to +RMB73,690 million. +CHANGES OF KEY INCOME STATEMENT ITEMS +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Growth rate +Item +Net interest income +Non-interest income +Operating income +In 2018, affected by tightened global monetary policy, intensified trade friction, Brexit and geopolitical risks, the momentum +for global economic recovery faded, and the internal recovery of developed and emerging market economies diverged. +The US economic growth rate approached a staged high, and the growth of the Eurozone and Japan slowed down. The +international financial market continued to fluctuate, with the slight appreciation of USD and YEN, and the decline of EUR, +emerging market currencies, global stock markets, and the prices of crude oil and gold to varying degrees. +ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS +Discussion and Analysis +28 March 2019 +Liabilities +President's Statement +The year 2018 marked the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up. In retrospect from this significant juncture +in history, we feel honored to have taken part in and witnessed the great reform practice. In 2018, ICBC stayed focused, +stimulated vitality and pooled efforts to deliver its annual results marked with high-quality development and steady progress +in its new journey towards being a world-class and modern financial enterprise with global competitiveness. +Our overall operation and fundamentals were "stable", especially our profitability, quality and risk control +constituted a "multi-stable" prospect. In terms of profitability, the Group recorded RMB298.7 billion in net profit, +representing an increase of 3.9% from the previous year. Profit before provision was RMB534.0 billion, representing an +increase of 8.4%. Net interest margin (NIM) rose by 8 basis points to 2.30% from the previous year, a major contributing +factor to profit growth. In terms of quality, the Bank continued to enhance asset quality through the implementation of the +"Consolidate the Foundation" program. Our balance sheet has become cleaner, and our ability to serve the real economy +has become more sustainable. The Bank recovered and disposed of RMB226.5 billion of non-performing loans (NPLs), an +increase of RMB33.8 billion from the previous year. The NPL ratio dropped 0.03 percentage points to 1.52% from the end +of the previous year, falling for 8 consecutive quarters. The "scissors difference" between overdue loans and NPLs fell for +three consecutive years and it dropped by 46% in 2018. Allowance to NPLs rose to over 175%. In terms of risk control, we +have acquired a deeper understanding of the characteristics and nature of risks as they evolve. With the goal of "clear vision, +thorough understanding and good management", we have built a risk control system that allows for lifecycle management +of a full spectrum of risks across the entire market, which in turn ensures that each type of risks overall is within a +manageable level and forges a healthier operation structure. +We stepped "forward" by further improving and enhancing our financial services for the real economy. We +established a new mechanism for the integrated development of investment and financing, coordinated increment and +stock, credit and non-credit as well as financing and intelligence, which led to the activation of the vitality and efficiency +of all key financial elements. In 2018, aggregate new financing reached nearly RMB4 trillion, including new RMB loans of +RMB1.16 trillion, re-lending after collections of RMB1.96 trillion, and new bond investment and other non-credit financing +of RMB840.0 billion. We provided targeted support to private enterprises and small and micro enterprises as breakthrough +points for promoting the spread of the monetary policy and implementing the principle of "Six Stabilities". We upheld the +development philosophy of "ICBC has no future without serving small and micro enterprises" and the principle of equal +credit. We reinforced our policy on "dare to lend, willing to lend, able to lend and good at lending", and extended our +credit to private enterprises and small and macro enterprises at fair prices and terms, so that hard-working entrepreneurs +may experience a real sense of fulfillment. New loans to private enterprises reached RMB113.7 billion, and inclusive +finance loans grew more than twice as fast as the average of all loans, demonstrating the Bank's leading role in providing +enterprises with accessible and affordable financing. In addition, in alignment with the requirements of high-quality +economic development, the Bank continued to improve on the allocations of financial resources and nourished the real +economy through "targeted irrigation" by focusing on areas such as major national infrastructure, development of advanced +manufacturing, a shift to new growth drivers, enhancement of domestic consumption and cooperation under the Belt and +Road Initiative. +We could "maintain stability while making progress", as we insisted on reform and innovation as well as +transformation and development. Based on the new-era concept of "serving the broadest customer base", we +endeavored to build a more open and more inclusive customer base. Following the addition of 40.00 million new +personal customers in the year, which represented the strongest growth in recent years, the Bank's total number of +personal customers exceeds 0.6 billion. The total number of users on our online platforms exceeds 0.4 billion. Owing to +the continuous expansion of our customer base and the ongoing improvement of the services we provide, the Bank's +general deposits increased by RMB1.45 trillion, the best level in nearly a decade. Our strategy on mega retail began to +reap rewards, as shown by the stronger revenue contribution and an increase in the market competitiveness in the sector. +Asset management and investment banking transformed steadily amid the implementation of the New Rules on Asset +Management. As the key battle of last year's innovation, we upheld an ICBC outlook on FinTech development, reformed +the technology system, launched the IT architecture upgrading project and pursued smart banking across the board. From +setting sail to bravely forging ahead, we have become a "main force" in the FinTech arena. We pursued coordinated reforms +in areas such as credit system and mechanism, enhancing city branches' competitiveness, integrated marketing service +system, differentiated performance assessment, network mapping and improvements of human resources, so as to enhance +connectivity and unleash dividend and vitality across the Bank. +9 +President's Statement +2018 +In the past year, we acquired a deeper understanding of and further applied the Bank's governance philosophies and +methodologies as we forged ahead against all odds. That is, we must remain guided by our strategy. The larger the +vessel, the greater the winds and waves it will experience, and the more it will have to give full play to the role of strategy +as the "bellwether", enshrine our new vision to guide us in the pursuit of our common values across the Bank, and unify our +operation activities with the new strategy, in order to get through the "last mile" to fulfill our strategy and reach our goal +without distractions. +We must stay on the track of reform and innovation. The best celebration of the 40th anniversary of China's reform +and opening-up is to address our own challenges by learning from past experience, to seek truth from facts while freeing +our minds and to keep moving forward non-stop with reform and innovation. To make steady, prudent yet innovative +reform will be the indispensable pillars of ICBC. We look downwards and inwards. We combine top-level design with grass- +roots exploration, specially targeted breakthroughs with overall advancement, individual strike with concerted action, and +temporary fixes with permanent solutions. The reform and innovation we have undertaken enable us to develop on all +fronts. +We must adhere to the principle of "people-orientation". The Bank's two most gratifying changes are the quality of +management and the team morale. We are committed to choosing and using the right people and managing them well. We +have upheld the "fighter + doer" culture, fostered a healthy atmosphere of integrity and forged ahead boldly to ensure that +ICBC rises to the forefront. +In January 2019, Mr. Yi Huiman resigned from the positions of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Director +due to a change in job assignments. Mr. Yi Huiman has outstanding strategic and dialectic mindset. With keen financial +insights, diligence and dedication, he has led and steered the Bank amid significant changes in the market to a steady +growth of quality, and exemplified how a leading bank should act at home and abroad. On behalf of the Board of Directors +of the Bank, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mr. Yi Huiman for his outstanding contribution during his term +of office. There were other significant changes to the Board of Directors, the Board of Supervisors and other members of the +Bank's senior management last year. Their hard work and contributions during their terms of office are greatly appreciated. +In 2019, banks will see a more complex operating environment and a higher level of uncertainties, and may face another +period of challenges since the new economic normal. ICBC is now sailing against stronger currents in the middle reaches, +where it becomes increasingly difficult to advance, and where we have no choice but to advance. Banks are born to deal +with risks. We will maintain strategic resolve, take bold steps in a clear direction, strive to identify opportunities for growth in +adversities, find certainty among uncertainties, and create opportunities in addressing risks and challenges. +10 +ICBC +瓜澍 +谷 +President: Gu Shu +We must abide by the rules of commercial banking. Banking requires a high level of professionalism. It is our cardinal +principle to stand in awe of, respect and comply with its rules. We continuously refresh our knowledge and further our +understanding of the nature and laws of finance. In managing the relationships between assets and liabilities, scale and +price, size and structure, market and risk, centralization and decentralization, inheritance and innovation, strategy and +tactics, and others, we have struck a balance. We have made changes while following the rules, sought development +without rash advance, forestalled systemic risks without being too conservative, and sailed through the trends without being +led by them. +2017 +Increase/ +(decrease) +(%) +Operating profit +369,324 +361,691 +7,633 +2.1 +Shares of profits of associates and +3,089 +2,950 +26.5 +139 +joint ventures +Profit before taxation +372,413 +364,641 +7,772 +2.1 +Less: Income tax expense +73,690 +4.7 +(3,500) +33,825 +161,594 +572,518 +522,078 +50,440 +9.7 +152,603 +153,576 +(973) +(0.6) +127,769 +725,121 +49,467 +7.3 +Less: Operating expenses +194,203 +186,194 +8,009 +4.3 +Less: Impairment losses +675,654 +Deposits +14,075 +280,212 +162,347 +158,666 +3,681 +2.3 +Less: Fee and commission expense +Net fee and commission income +17,046 +145,301 +19,041 +(1,995) +0.6 +(10.5) +5,676 +4.1 +The Bank proactively responded to the New Rules on Asset Management and other regulatory requirements, focused +on serving the real economy and satisfying the financial needs of consumers, and made continuous efforts to promote +the transformation and innovation of intermediary services. In 2018, the Bank realized a net fee and commission income +of RMB145,301 million, representing an increase of RMB5,676 million or 4.1% over last year. The bank card business +income recorded an increase of RMB5,027 million, as benefited by the fast increase in credit card installment service fee +and consumption return commission income; income on settlement, clearing business and cash management increased +by RMB4,965 million, mainly driven by the rapid growth of third party payment; income on guarantee and commitment +business registered an increase of RMB2,043 million, primarily attributable to the fast development of commitment business. +The Bank proactively promoted the product transformation based on the New Rules on Asset Management, and meanwhile, +as affected by the implementation of VAT for asset management products which started in 2018, income on personal wealth +management and corporate wealth management services declined. +16 +ICBC +OTHER NON-INTEREST RELATED GAINS +Item +Net trading income +Net gain on financial investments +139,625 +Other operating income, net +17 +2,798 +18,984 +(4,402) +3.5 +(23.2) +Guarantee and commitment business +8,861 +6,818 +2,043 +30.0 +Asset custody business +2,781 +7,045 +314 +4.7 +Trust and agency services +Others +Fee and commission income +1,959 +1,805 +154 +8.5 +6,731 +14,582 +Total +In RMB millions, except for percentages +OPERATING EXPENSES +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Item +2018 +2017 +Increase/ +(decrease) +Growth rate +(%) +Staff costs +Operating Expenses +121,074 +6,120 +5.3 +Premises and equipment expenses +27,088 +27,562 +(474) +(1.7) +Taxes and surcharges +7,781 +114,954 +Discussion and Analysis +Other non-interest related gains amounted to RMB7,302 million, RMB6,649 million or 47.7% lower than that of the +previous year. Specifically, the decrease in net trading income was mainly attributable to the increase in losses from +derivative contracts; the fall of net gain on financial investments was primarily due to the increase in expected payments to +customers resulted from the growth of structured deposits; and the decrease in other net operating income was principally +derived from the increase in net loss on exchange and exchange rate products. +(6,649) +Increase/ +Growth rate +2018 +2017 +(decrease) +(%) +2,846 +5,753 +(2,907) +(47.7) +(50.5) +2,165 +(820) +(37.9) +3,111 +6,033 +(2,922) +(48.4) +7,302 +13,951 +1,345 +Corporate wealth management services +813 +23,189 +108,872 +2.43 +4,448,649 +108,442 +2.44 +Demand deposits +3,719,278 +14,105 +0.38 +4,488,128 +3,620,245 +0.39 +Subtotal +8,207,406 +122,977 +1.50 +8,068,894 +122,557 +1.52 +Overseas business +14,115 +839,534 +Time deposits +1.34 +Time deposits +4,286,839 +98,625 +2.30 +4,052,540 +90,893 +2.24 +Demand deposits +5,983,490 +Personal deposits +42,012 +5,494,567 +36,989 +0.67 +Subtotal +10,270,329 +140,637 +1.37 +9,547,107 +127,882 +0.70 +16,598 +1.98 +719,824 +(%) +Bank card business +43,719 +38,692 +5,027 +13.0 +Settlement, clearing business and +31,785 +26,820 +Growth rate +4,965 +cash management +Personal wealth management and +27,596 +32,846 +(5,250) +(16.0) +private banking services +Investment banking business +24,002 +18.5 +Increase/ +(decrease) +2017 +2018 +10,517 +1.46 +Total deposits +19,317,269 +280,212 +1.45 +18,335,825 +260,956 +1.42 +♦ Interest Expense on Due to Banks and Other Financial Institutions +Interest expense on due to banks and other financial institutions was RMB64,991 million, RMB6,573 million or 11.3% +higher over last year, principally attributable to the rise of interest rates in the USD markets during the reporting period and +relatively high funds rate in the RMB market in the first half year of 2018, which resulted in the increase of 25 basis points in +the average cost of due to banks and other financial institutions. +Annual Report 2018 +15 +Discussion and Analysis +♦ Interest Expense on Debt Securities Issued +Interest expense on debt securities issued was RMB30,373 million, indicating an increase of RMB10,231 million or 50.8% +over last year, mainly attributable to the increase in the size and average cost of the financial bonds, bills and CDs issued by +overseas institutions during the reporting period and the issuance of RMB88.0 billion of tier 2 capital bonds by the Bank in +the second half of 2017. Please refer to "Note 35. to the Financial Statements: Debt Securities Issued" for the debt securities +issued by the Bank. +Non-interest Income +In 2018, non-interest income was RMB152,603 million, RMB973 million or 0.6% lower than that of last year, accounting +for 21.0% of the Bank's operating income. Specifically, net fee and commission income increased by 4.1% to RMB145,301 +million, and other non-interest income dropped by 47.7% to RMB7,302 million. +NET FEE AND COMMISSION INCOME +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Item +7,465 +316 +4.2 +Amortisation +18.8 +Central China +88,192 +12.2 +81,341 +12.0 +Western China +108,518 +15.0 +126,006 +100,795 +Northeastern China +27,958 +3.9 +28,632 +4.2 +Overseas and others +57,021 +7.9 +59,445 +14.9 +8.8 +18.7 +Bohai Rim +Operating income +725,121 +100.0 +675,654 +100.0 +Head Office +86,107 +11.9 +73,787 +136,799 +10.9 +126,151 +17.4 +117,132 +17.3 +Pearl River Delta +94,375 +13.0 +88,516 +13.1 +Yangtze River Delta +Profit before taxation +372,413 +100.0 +32,659 +9.0 +Western China +54,409 +14.6 +47,694 +13.1 +Northeastern China +5,562 +9.7 +1.5 +3.0 +Overseas and others +33,239 +8.9 +40,273 +11.1 +Note: Please see "Note 50. to the Financial Statements: Segment Information" for details. +18 +ICBC +10,812 +36,027 +Central China +18.3 +364,641 +100.0 +Head Office +38,506 +10.3 +47,191 +12.9 +Yangtze River Delta +77,056 +20.7 +71,633 +19.6 +Pearl River Delta +52,131 +14.0 +47,561 +13.0 +Bohai Rim +75,483 +20.3 +66,818 +(%) +Corporate deposits +Amount +Amount +SUMMARY OPERATING SEGMENT INFORMATION +In RMB millions, except for percentages +2018 +2017 +Percentage +Percentage +Item +Amount +(%) +The Bank's principal operating segments include corporate banking, personal banking and treasury operations. The Bank +adopts the MOVA (Management of Value Accounting) to evaluate the performance of each of its operating segments. +Amount +Operating income +725,121 +100.0 +675,654 +100.0 +Corporate banking +353,859 +48.8 +332,264 +(%) +49.2 +Segment Information +17 +Others +2,339 +2,114 +225 +10.6 +35,921 +34,099 +1,822 +5.3 +Discussion and Analysis +Total +186,194 +8,009 +4.3 +The Bank continued to strengthen cost control and management. Operating expenses amounted to RMB194,203 million, an +increase of RMB8,009 million or 4.3% over last year. +Impairment Losses +In 2018, the Bank set aside an allowance for impairment losses of RMB161,594 million, an increase of RMB33,825 million or +26.5% as compared to that of last year. Specifically, the allowance for impairment losses on loans was RMB147,347 million, +indicating an increase of RMB23,251 million or 18.7%. Please refer to "Note 23. to the Financial Statements: Loans and +Advances to Customers; Note 14. to the Financial Statements: Impairment Losses" for details. +Income Tax Expense +Income tax expense decreased by RMB3,500 million or 4.5% to RMB73,690 million as compared to the previous year. +The effective tax rate stood at 19.79%. Please see "Note 15. to the Financial Statements: Income Tax Expense" for the +reconciliation of income tax expense applicable to profit before tax at the PRC statutory income tax rate and the effective +income tax rate. +Annual Report 2018 +194,203 +Personal banking +273,490 +37.7 +137,843 +37.9 +Treasury operations +75,828 +20.4 +72,713 +19.9 +Others +587 +38.7 +0.2 +0.3 +Note: Please see "Note 50. to the Financial Statements: Segment Information" for details. +Please refer to the section headed "Discussion and Analysis - Business Overview" for details on the development of each of +these operating segments. +SUMMARY GEOGRAPHICAL SEGMENT INFORMATION +In RMB millions, except for percentages +2018 +2017 +Percentage +19,317,269 +Item +1,212 +144,284 +Personal banking +41.9 +247,919 +36.7 +Treasury operations +92,484 +12.8 +90,599 +13.4 +Others +5,288 +0.7 +4,872 +0.7 +Profit before taxation +372,413 +100.0 +364,641 +100.0 +Corporate banking +151,714 +40.7 +152,873 +(%) +(%) +Percentage +Total loans and +Debt securities issued +Due to banks and other financial institutions +Deposits +Liabilities +86,500 +27,113 +59,387 +Changes in interest income +3,270 +4,128 +(858) +Due from banks and other financial institutions +911 +628 +283 +Due from central banks +14,976 +2,054 +12,922 +Investment +67,343 +Changes in interest expenses +20,303 +Changes in net interest income +5,501 +Item +Average +2018 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +2017 +ANALYSIS OF THE AVERAGE YIELD OF LOANS AND ADVANCES TO CUSTOMERS BY MATURITY STRUCTURE +Interest income on loans and advances to customers was RMB640,031 million, RMB67,343 million or 11.8% higher as +compared to that of last year, as affected by the increase in the size of loans and advances to customers and the increase in +the average yield of loans and advances to customers by 15 basis points. +♦ Interest Income on Loans and Advances to Customers +Interest Income +Note: Changes in volume are measured by the changes in average balances, while the changes in interest rate are measured by the changes +in average interest rates. Changes resulted from the combination of volume and interest rate have been allocated to the changes +resulted from business volume. +50,440 +13,038 +37,402 +36,060 +21,985 +10,231 +1,903 +8,328 +6,573 +6,671 +(98) +19,256 +13,755 +47,040 +Loans and advances to customers +Net increase/ +(decrease) +Non-interest-bearing liabilities +1.57 +339,516 +21,618,065 +1.65 +375,576 +22,830,845 +Total interest-bearing liabilities +3.28 +20,142 +613,804 +3.59 +30,373 +845,347 +Debt securities issued +institutions(3) +2.19 +58,418 +2,668,436 +2.44 +64,991 +Total liabilities +1,729,863 +24,560,708 +1,461,336 +23,079,401 +Net Interest Income +Interest rate +Volume +Comparison between 2018 and 2017 +Increase/(decrease) due to +In RMB millions +Assets +Item +ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN INTEREST INCOME AND EXPENSE +Discussion and Analysis +13 +Annual Report 2018 +balance +(3) Due from banks and other financial institutions includes the amount of reverse repurchase agreements, and due to banks and +other financial institutions includes the amount of repurchase agreements. +(2) +Notes: (1) The average balances of interest-generating assets and interest-bearing liabilities represent their daily average balances. The +average balances of non-interest-generating assets, non-interest-bearing liabilities and the allowance for impairment losses +represent the average of the balances at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year. +2.22 +2.30 +Net interest margin +2.10 +2.16 +Net interest spread +522,078 +572,518 +Due from central banks mainly includes mandatory reserves and surplus reserves with central banks. +2,668,229 +Interest +income +Average +1,296,213 +42,515 +3.28 +Average +14,600,596 +640,031 +4.38 +13,535,464 +572,688 +4.23 +advances to customers +14 +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis +♦ Interest Income on Investment +Interest income on investment amounted to RMB200,157 million, representing an increase of RMB14,976 million or 8.1% +as compared to that of last year, mainly due to the Bank's moderate increase in investment and the increase in the average +yield of investment by 4 basis points. +♦ Interest Income on Due from Central Banks +Interest income on due from central banks was RMB49,246 million, recording an increase of RMB911 million or 1.9% as +compared to that of last year. +♦ Interest Income on Due from Banks and Other Financial Institutions +Interest income on due from banks and other financial institutions was RMB58,660 million, representing an increase of +RMB3,270 million or 5.9% as compared to that of last year, principally due to the increase of 25 basis points in the average +yield of due from banks and other financial institutions as affected by the product structure adjustment by the Bank in due +time based on the trend of interest rates in the market. +Interest Expense +4.00 +♦ Interest Expense on Deposits +55,045 +Overseas business +Interest +income +Average yield +(%) +4.44 +7,589,729 +331,081 +4.36 +Discounted bills +312,438 +14,493 +4.64 +418,935 +16,503 +3.94 +Personal loans +4,891,776 +214,317 +4.38 +4,230,587 +182,589 +4.32 +1,376,398 +Interest expense on deposits amounted to RMB280,212 million, representing an increase of RMB19,256 million or 7.4% over +the previous year, principally due to the expansion in the size of due to customers and the increase in the average cost of +deposits by 3 basis points. +ANALYSIS OF AVERAGE DEPOSIT COST BY PRODUCTS +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Total loans and +advances to customers +loans +4.40 +435,638 +9,903,229 +4.47 +504,083 +11,266,588 +Medium to long-term +3.77 +137,050 +3,632,235 +4.08 +135,948 +3,334,008 +Short-term loans +(%) +Average yield +Interest +income +balance +(%) +14,600,596 +640,031 +4.38 +13,535,464 +2018 +2017 +Item +Average +balance +Interest +expense +Average cost +(%) +Average +balance +Interest +expense +Average cost +Average yield +Average yield +8,019,984 +Corporate loans +balance +Item +Average +2018 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +2017 +ANALYSIS OF THE AVERAGE YIELD OF LOANS AND ADVANCES TO CUSTOMERS BY BUSINESS LINE +4.23 +572,688 +Interest +income +356,176 +balance +Due to banks and other financial +260,956 +1.42 +(%) +1.45 +18,335,825 +Total +five years +five years +one year +months +Over +but within +but within +three +one year +months +Within +Over +Over three +Fair values +Notional amounts with remaining life of +2018 +Bank +(219) +830 +Interest rate swap contracts +1,713 +1,875 +11,493 +three +months +one year +months +Within +Over +Over three +Fair values +Notional amounts with remaining life of +2017 +(100) +124 +16,482 +1,401 +11,493 +1,875 +1,713 +(100) +Liabilities +Assets +124 +16,482 +1,401 +49,811 +13,084 +14,973 +2,012 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +192 +(283) +709 +49,823 +12,074 +30,670 +5,366 +1,713 +(283) +Liabilities +Assets +709 +49,823 +12,074 +30,670 +5,366 +1,713 +Interest rate swap contracts +Total +2017 +Notional amounts with remaining life of +Fair values +Over three +(219) +830 +49,811 +13,084 +34,715 +2,012 +Interest rate swap contracts +Liabilities +Assets +Total +but within +five years +one year +months +Over +but within +but within +three +one year +months +Within +Over +five years +34,715 +but within +Interest rate swap contracts +13,535 +11,126 +20,809 +16,456 +Currency derivatives +29,909 +21,817 +55,843 +45,656 +Interest rate derivatives +risk-weighted assets +2018 +2017 +2018 +Bank +Group +Counterparty credit default +The credit risk-weighted assets in respect of the above derivatives of the Group and the Bank as at the end of the reporting +date are as follows: +Counterparty credit risk-weighted assets of derivative financial instruments +The Group's consolidated statement of financial position is affected by exchange differences between the functional +currency of the Bank and functional currencies of its branches and subsidiaries. The Group hedges such exchange exposures +only in limited circumstances. Hedging is undertaken using deposits taken in the same currencies as the functional currencies +of related branches and subsidiaries which are accounted for as hedges of certain net investment in foreign operations. +As at 31 December 2018, an accumulated net loss from the hedging instrument of RMB333 million was recognised in +"Other comprehensive income" on net investment hedges (as at 31 December 2017 net accumulated gain: RMB708 million). +As at 31 December 2018, there was no ineffectiveness in profit or loss that arises from the net investment hedges +(31 December 2017: Nil). +2017 +4,119 +3,045 +952 +16,303 +18,812 +22,443 +risk-weighted assets +Credit value adjustment +3,374 +1,883 +15,567 +15,374 +risk-weighted assets +Netting settled credit default +12,231 +7,855 +16,393 +9,706 +Commodity derivatives and others +1 +29 +1 +Credit derivatives +769 +Net investment hedges +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +193 +Assets +of hedged items +Accumulated adjustments to the fair value +Carrying amount of +hedged items +31 December 2018 +Details of the Group's hedged risk exposures in fair value hedges are set out below: +(104) +Central counterparties credit +213 +19,994 +1,706 +16,276 +2,012 +Liabilities +(104) +Assets +213 +19,994 +1,706 +Total +five years +five years +16,276 +2,012 +Bonds +Over +24,796 +Assets +Annual Report 2018 +/Due to customers +Reverse repurchase agreements +/Certificates of deposit +customers +Debt securities issued +Loans and advances to +measured at FVOCI/ +Line items in the statement +of financial position +Financial investments +measured at FVTPL/ +Financial investments +(37) +(606) +(7,443) +39,617 +11 +(379) +(3,943) +13,405 +Others +(185) +1,416 +Loans +Liabilities +(48) +(42) +Liabilities +(3,500) +one year +one year +risk-weighted assets +169,073 +78,524 +152,877 +Balance at 31 December 2018 +(506) +(1,770) +636 +628 +Other movements +2,134 +2,134 +previously written off +Recoveries of loans and advances +144,967 +(107,056) +(104,424) +(2,294) +(338) +400,474 +Annual Report 2018 +197 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Stage 3 +448 +23 +Stage 2 +Stage 1 +31 December 2018 +Bank +Balance at 31 December 2018 +Other movements +Write-offs and transfer out +to stage 3 +Charge/(reverse) +― to stage 2 +― to stage 1 +Transfer: +Balance at 1 January 2018 +Group +(b) Movements of the allowance for impairment losses on loans and advances to +customers measured at FVOCI are as follows: +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +- +Total +471 +83,481 +38,077 +412,731 +173,241 +81,406 +158,084 +Balance at 31 December 2018 +(604) +(1,871) +646 +621 +Other movements +2,141 +2,141 +previously written off +Recoveries of loans and advances +147,374 +(108,778) +(106,146) +(2,294) +Bank +Balance at 1 January 2018 +Stage 1 +102,873 +31 December 2018 +Stage 2 +Charge +43,282 +(40,413) +(2,869) +― to stage 3 +(592) +5,475 +(4,883) +23,409 +― to stage 2 +(17,972) +19,389 +― to stage 1 +Transfer: +360,935 +Total +Stage 3 +148,379 +109,683 +(1,417) +(338) +| | |OI +173 +Option contracts purchased +21,756 +101,765 +2,542,823 +2,893,412 +Forward and swap contracts +Exchange rate contracts: +Liabilities +Assets +Total +five years +five years +one year +Over +but within +but within +three +months +43,801 +52,688 +3,163 +124 +Swap contracts +Interest rate contracts: +(42,193) +42,142 +5,770,092 +21,880 +106,402 +2,655,777 +one year +2,986,033 +110,560 +1,474 +60,266 +48,820 +Option contracts written +(41,330) +41,230 +912 +5,559,756 +99,776 +(863) +| | | +months +Over +IIIOI +31 December 2018 +Stage 2 +Other movements +Charge/(reverse) +― to stage 3 +― to stage 2 +to stage 1 +Stage 1 +23 +Balance at 1 January 2018 +Transfer: +446 +248 +0 +198 +2 +2 +(27) +(200) +Stage 3 +448 +Total +471 +161 +Over three +Fair values +Notional amounts with remaining life of +2018 +Group +At the end of the reporting period, the Group and the Bank had derivative financial instruments as follows: +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +Within +ICBC +432 +248 +0 +184 +Balance at 31 December 2018 +(39) +(200) +0 +198 +five years +85,074 +38,217 +Measured at FVTPL: +750,763 +521,393 +986,631 +559,255 +88 +(37) +(40) +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +202 +Accrued interest +58,045 +securities borrowing +Cash advanced as collateral on +542,122 +357,212 +721,463 +397,626 +Reverse repurchase agreements-securities: +Banks +2,470 +Other financial institutions +23. LOANS AND ADVANCES TO CUSTOMERS +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +195 +Annual Report 2018 +As part of the reverse repurchase agreements, the Group has received securities that is allowed to sell or repledge +in the absence of default by their owners. As at 31 December 2018, the Group had received securities with a fair +value of approximately RMB227,372 million on such terms (31 December 2017: RMB157,222 million). Of these, +securities with a fair value of approximately RMB202,508 million have been repledged under repurchase agreements +(31 December 2017: RMB136,694 million). The Group has an obligation to return the securities to its counterparties. +If the collateral received declines in value, the Group may, in certain circumstances, require additional collateral. +In accordance with master repurchase agreements and related supplementary agreements, the Group offsets +reverse repurchase agreements and repurchase agreements which meet the criteria for offsetting (note 3(13)), and +presents net positive (or negative) amounts as reverse repurchase agreements (or repurchase agreements) in the +financial statement. As at 31 December 2018, reverse repurchase agreements and repurchase agreements which +meet the criteria for offsetting were RMB467,516 million and RMB476,199 million respectively (31 December 2017: +RMB542,062 million and RMB560,138 million respectively), and the net reverse repurchase agreements and net +repurchase agreements were RMB145,648 million and RMB154,331 million, respectively (31 December 2017: +RMB137,155 million and RMB155,231 million, respectively). +(ii) +382,297 +(i) +521,393 +986,631 +174,794 +734,049 +29,822 +securities borrowing +Cash advanced as collateral on +144,972 +142,502 +750,763 +Group +328,594 +344,993 +Bank +Group +Reverse repurchase agreements comprise reverse repurchases of bills, securities and cash advanced as collateral on securities +borrowing. +22. REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +194 +The credit risk-weighted assets of derivative financial instruments were calculated with reference to Regulation Governing +Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional). The credit risk-weighted assets of the Group's derivative financial instruments +include counterparty credit default risk-weighted assets, credit value adjustment risk-weighted assets and central +counterparties credit risk-weighted assets. +45,993 +40,062 +78,922 +71,738 +1,111 +1,942 +4,267 +3,639 +2018 +2017 +2018 +2017 +Other financial institutions +159,825 +28,618 +189,140 +52,633 +Banks +Reverse repurchase agreements-securities: +208,641 +532,323 +164,130 +161,467 +208,641 +164,130 +207,123 +161,467 +Banks +Reverse repurchase agreements-bills: +Measured at amortised cost: +207,123 +24,083 +Bank +2017 +Stage 1 +Group +(a) Movements of allowance for impairment losses of loans and advances to customers +measured at amortised cost are as follows: +During the year, movements of the allowance for impairment losses on loans and advances to customers are as follows: +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +196 +As at 31 December 2018, the Group's and the Bank's allowance for impairment losses on loans and advances to customers +measured at FVOCI were RMB446 million and RMB432 million respectively, see Note 23(b) (31 December 2017: Not applicable). +13,125,401 +14,211,777 +924 +13,892,966 +1,368 +15,046,132 +Corporate loans and advances +Measured at FVTPL: +343,827 +31 December 2018 +Stage 2 +Stage 3 +Transfer: +Balance at 1 January 2018 +43,282 +(40,413) +(2,869) +(592) +5,493 +(4,901) +(1,417) +(17,976) +360,483 +19,393 +152,770 +111,867 +107,961 +Write-offs and transfer out +Charge +― to stage 3 +to stage 2 +to stage 1 +Total +372,598 +2018 +10 +343,827 +349,024 +9,450 +351,126 +10,209 +Discounted bills +4,843,049 +5,515,538 +8,263,344 +8,708,167 +8,936,864 +4,945,458 +5,636,574 +Personal loans +9,411,281 +Corporate loans and advances +Measured at amortised cost: +2017 +2018 +Accrued interest +38,948 +34,345 +15,097,012 +354,228 +Discounted bills +6,245 +Corporate loans and advances +Measured at FVOCI: +13,125,401 +(330,016) +(400,474) +13,867,026 +Accrued interest +13,892,966 +(340,482) +(412,731) +measured at amortised cost +(note 23(a)) +of loans and advances to customers +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +13,455,417 +14,267,500 +14,233,448 +14,684,281 +five years +Within +one year +but within +2,456,198 +2,438,794 +90,537 +2,388 +4,987,917 +Option contracts purchased +26,185 +36,489 +1,366 +64,040 +34,860 +732 +(35,101) +Option contracts written +27,612 +38,133 +1,346 +67,091 +(652) +2,509,995 +2,513,416 +93,249 +2,388 +5,119,048 +35,592 +(35,753) +Interest rate contracts: +Swap contracts +Forward contracts +94,575 +Forward and swap contracts +Exchange rate contracts: +Liabilities +Assets +378,120 +(42) +11,298 +1,141 +1,768 +2,391 +5,998 +Option contracts written +41 +15,466 +1,660 +2,869 +3,393 +7,544 +151,375 +Option contracts purchased +2 +143,793 +321 +29,431 +42,965 +71,076 +Forward contracts +(16,277) +16,179 +1,786,262 +240,521 +852,201 +five years +Total +(202) +432,671 +33,972 +712,593 +one year +three +months +but within +but within +one year +five years +Over +five years +Total +Assets +Liabilities +Exchange rate contracts: +Forward and swap contracts +1,739,995 +1,707,181 +months +77,392 +3,528,092 +44,944 +(44,370) +Option contracts purchased +35,898 +50,274 +230 +86,402 +2,292 +Option contracts written +18,366 +32,173 +153 +50,692 +3,524 +448,787 +Within +Over three +1,656 +(1,408) +215 +295 +510 +3 +(3) +94,575 +151,375 +432,886 +34,267 +713,103 +1,659 +(1,411) +Over +Commodity derivatives and others +2,673,530 +162,337 +2,827,128 +165 +231,462 +1,044 +(4,956) +526,300 +36,655 +6,063,613 +38,295 +(42,120) +2017 +Notional amounts with remaining life of +Fair values +68,960 +886,269 +243,643 +1,956,819 +594,438 +274,318 +202,403 +(69) +18,348 +397 +8,653 +8,770 +528 +Option contracts written +82 +14,540 +1,067 +2,417 +195,052 +7,468 +Option contracts purchased +(215) +31 +161,207 +24,739 +33,737 +102,731 +Forward contracts +(14,671) +16,042 +1,072,116 +193,588 +558,629 +224,343 +3,588 +95,556 +1,266,211 +(14,955) +months +Over +but within +but within +three +one year +months +Within +Over +Over three +Fair values +Notional amounts with remaining life of +2018 +Bank +16,155 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +189 +Annual Report 2018 +(78,556) +89,013 +(13,407) +20,554 +1,090,185 +6,462,553 +5,625 +235,087 +34,722 +730,861 +2,482,403 +3,014,202 +265,794 +784,044 +Commodity derivatives and others +Notes to the Financial Statements +(362) +Swap contracts +(50,194) +one year +months +Over +but within +one year +months +but within +three +Within +Over +Over three +Fair values +Notional amounts with remaining life of +2017 +(73,573) +five years +71,335 +276,042 +1,040,653 +3,365,354 +4,175,264 +(14,859) +12,971 +1,130,402 +10,519 +47,982 +260,790 +811,111 +Commodity derivatives and others +(16,521) +16,222 +8,857,313 +Interest rate contracts: +five +Total +52,304 +4,106,157 +34,410 +101,701 +1,942,291 +2,027,755 +(625) +71,901 +351 +41,938 +29,612 +Option contracts written +2,498 +118,173 +years +117 +67,284 +47,003 +Option contracts purchased +(49,569) +49,806 +3,916,083 +34,293 +97,581 +1,833,069 +1,951,140 +Forward and swap contracts +Exchange rate contracts: +Liabilities +Assets +3,769 +Over +1,794,259 +77,775 +but within +Over +months +one year +five years +five years +Total +Assets +Liabilities +Interest rate swap contracts +1,953 +190 +323 +2,466 +8 +(11) +Currency swap contracts +1,479 +730 +2,209 +15 +(45) +1,479 +1,953 +920 +323 +4,675 +23 +(56) +but within +three +one year +months +but within +but within +months +one year +five years +Over +five years +Total +Assets +Liabilities +Currency swap contracts +20,828 +56,262 +1,541 +824 +Annual Report 2018 +79,455 +(603) +20,828 +56,262 +1,541 +824 +79,455 +675 +(603) +2017 +Notional amounts with remaining life of +Fair values +Over three +Over +five years +675 +191 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(3,794) +Placements from banks and +other financial institutions +/Certificates of deposit +/Due to customers +/Other liabilities +There was no ineffectiveness recognised in profit or loss that arises from the cash flow hedges for the current year (2017: Nil). +Fair value hedges +Fair value hedges are used by the Group to protect against changes in the fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities +due to movements in market interest rates. Interest rate swaps are used as hedging instruments to hedge the interest risk of +financial assets and financial liabilities, respectively. +The effectiveness of hedges based on changes in fair value of the derivatives and the hedged items attributable to the +hedged risk recognised in profit or loss during the year is presented as follows: +(Loss)/gain arising from fair value hedges, net: +Hedging instruments +Hedged items attributable to the hedged risk +Group +2018 +2017 +(42) +(71) +63 +(110) +(8) +(6) +Among the above derivative financial instruments, those designated as hedging instruments in fair value hedges are set out +below: +Group +2018 +Notional amounts with remaining life of +Over three +Fair values +Over +Within +three +months +months +but within +one year +104 +three +(70,988) +(3,866) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Details of the Group's hedged risk exposures in cash flow hedges and the corresponding effect on equities are as follows: +Effect of hedging +instruments +31 December 2018 +Accumulated effect +Liabilities +(5,868) +on other +comprehensive +income during +the year +of hedging +instruments on +other comprehensive +income +(147) +35 +Carrying amount of +hedged items +27,376 +Assets +19,410 +Line items in the statement +of financial position +Financial investments +measured at FVOCI/ +Financial investments +measured at amortised cost/ +Loans +7,966 +25 +37 +Debt securities issued +Loans and advances to +customers +Others +(65,120) +80 +Bonds +one year +months +Within +Fair values +Over three +Over +Within +three +months +but within +one year +but within +Over +months +one year +five years +five years +Total +Notional amounts with remaining life of +Assets +Interest rate swap contracts +1,374 +344 +15,216 +1,855 +18,789 +91 +(30) +Currency swap contracts +21,142 +58,117 +1,541 +824 +81,624 +Liabilities +692 +2018 +The Group's cash flow hedges consist of interest rate swap contracts, currency swap contracts and equity derivatives that are +used to protect against exposures to variability of future cash flows. +3,524 +3,665,186 +47,236 +(44,732) +Interest rate contracts: +Swap contracts +8,512 +Commodity derivatives and others +66,703 +1,869,474 +30,746 +158,836 +1,979,210 +80,853 +35,182 +155,293 +Among the above derivative financial instruments, those designated as hedging instruments in cash flow hedges are set out below. +Group +1,451 +82 +225,621 +5,169 +(836) +158,710 +38,706 +4,046,100 +53,856 +(46,682) +190 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Cash flow hedges +(1,114) +1,789,628 +(613) +51 +1,617 +2,383 +417 +6,441 +2,081 +12,858 +152 +(22) +730 +2,764 +36 +(45) +Equity derivative +47 +8 +Currency swap contracts +46 +41 +3,617 +2,808 +7,217 +2,081 +15,723 +229 +(67) +Bank +2018 +Notional amounts with remaining life of +Fair values +Over three +Over +101 +Equity derivative +1,953 +Liabilities +43 +94 +293,502 +16 +(9) +22,567 +58,461 +16,800 +2,679 +100,507 +799 +(652) +2017 +Notional amounts with remaining life of +Interest rate swap contracts +Fair values +Over +Within +months +one year +three +but within +but within +Over +months +one year +five years +five years +Total +Assets +Over three +400,038 +120,301 +Listed outside Hong Kong +Charge/(Reverse) +(1) +1 +(1,476) +91 +Other movements +166 +||||6 +(1,385) +172 +Balance at 31 December 2018 +1,622 +92 +196 +1,910 +― to stage 3 +Bank +Stage 2 +Stage 3 +Total +Balance at 1 January 2018 +2,701 +190 +2,891 +Transfer: +to stage 1 +- to stage 2 +to stage 3 +Charge/(Reverse) +Other movements +Balance at 31 December 2018 +Stage 1 +(1) +to stage 2 +190 +216,471 +140,571 +1,060,108 +1,018,828 +1,399,937 +1,217,762 +688 +29,231 +327 +27,748 +29,919 +28,075 +307 +307 +1,430,163 +3,123 +1,245,837 +The Group designates part of non-trading equity investments as financial investments measured at FVOCI. As at +31 December 2018, the fair value of such equity investments was RMB29,919 million. During the year, dividend +income recognised for such equity investments was RMB229 million (including the dividend income of RMB1 million +for the termination of such equity investments during the year). The value of the Group disposal of such equity +investments was RMB25 million and the cumulative loss of transferring into retained earnings from other +comprehensive income after disposal was RMB1 million during the year. +202 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +During the year, movements of the allowance for impairment losses on financial investments measured at FVOCI are as +follows: +Group +Balance at 1 January 2018 +Transfer: +to stage 1 +Stage 1 +2,933 +Stage 2 +Stage 3 +Total +(i) +(1,487) +89 +194 +1,407 +90,309 +35,914 +18,600 +61,622 +60,698 +4,491,205 +4,361,462 +Other investments (iii) +Accrued interest +30,331 +129 +3,000 +30,460 +3,000 +4,521,665 +90,309 +4,364,462 +(2,483) +(2,288) +4,519,182 +4,362,174 +Analysed into: +Debt securities: +Listed in Hong Kong +Unlisted +Other investments: +36,855 +86,296 +14,776 +46,603 +4,366,471 +4,298,625 +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +236,600 +264,929 +4,003 +90 +||||6 +196 +(1,398) +200 +1,693 +Allowance for impairment losses on financial investments measured at FVOCI is recognised in other comprehensive income +without decreasing the carrying amount of financial investments presented in the statement of financial position, and any +impairment loss or gain is recognised in the profit or loss. As at 31 December 2018, the financial investments measured at +FVOCI included credit-impaired financial investments whose impairment provision have been fully charged. +Annual Report 2018 +203 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(c) Financial investments measured at amortised cost +2018 +Group +Bank +Debt securities (analysed by type of issuers): +Governments and central banks +8,560 +484,521 +501,634 +85,000 +85,000 +3,557,040 +58,363 +3,618,546 +Corporate entities +Including: Huarong bonds (ii) +Banks and other financial institutions +Public sector entities +Policy banks +Including: Special government bond (i) +Accrued interest +123,358 +1,245,837 +1,430,163 +Analysed into: +Debt securities: +Listed in Hong Kong +4,271 +2,668 +2,557 +2,193 +Listed outside Hong Kong +8,135 +1,428 +1,902 +Unlisted +231,343 +122,791 +398,329 +215,027 +243,749 +138,319 +219,012 +107,486 +Equity investments: +Listed in Hong Kong +3,805 +3,615 +5 +Listed outside Hong Kong +3,688 +2,967 +1,013 +Unlisted +103,391 +740,645 +440,938 +805,347 +FVTPL (mandatory) +Debt securities (analysed by type of issuers): +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Group +Bank +2018 +2017 +2018 +2017 +Policy banks +Public sector entities +Banks and other financial institutions +Corporate entities +10,086 +10,086 +8 +111,963 +146,815 +30,091 +40,378 +Funds and other investments +1,292 +20,497 +22,506 +80,580 +83,931 +709 +4,052 +69,785 +69,785 +Equity investments +4,489,622 +749 +27,990 +Analysed into: +Debt securities: +Listed in Hong Kong +Listed outside Hong Kong +Unlisted +Equity investments: +Listed outside Hong Kong +Unlisted +Other investments: +Unlisted +2018 +Group +Bank +413,941 +Other investments +380,287 +202,787 +201,183 +195,339 +302,685 +242,056 +235,641 +176,687 +22,610 +20,606 +1,399,937 +1,217,762 +29,919 +28,075 +307 +223,877 +Equity investments (i) +Accrued interest +Corporate entities +7,331 +1,292 +Funds and other investments: +Listed in Hong Kong +1,462 +Listed outside Hong Kong +1,104 +Unlisted +532,504 +293,826 +520,341 +290,843 +533,608 +295,288 +520,341 +290,843 +805,347 +Banks and other financial institutions +Public sector entities +Policy banks +Governments and central banks +Debt securities (analysed by type of issuers): +(b) Financial investments measured at FVOCI +274 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +201 +Annual Report 2018 +398,329 +740,645 +440,938 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Financial investments measured at +4,360,004 +29,560 +3,439,471 +Market value of listed debt securities +53,554 +As at 31 December 2017, the total carrying amount of held-to-maturity investments that the Group disposed prior to their +maturity with remaining maturity more than three months was RMB11,661 million, which accounted for 0.33% of the total +amount of the Group's held-to-maturity investments. +(f) Receivables +The receivables are stated at amortised cost and comprise the following: +Huarong bonds (i) +Special government bond +Others (ii) +Analysed into: +Listed outside Hong Kong +Unlisted +2017 +Group +Bank +3,542,184 +120,395 +90,309 +85,000 +85,000 +101,820 +56,322 +277,129 +231,631 +2017 +Group +Bank +22,004 +22,004 +255,125 +209,627 +277,129 +90,309 +231,631 +3,386,243 +48,435 +4,663 +1,433 +284,885 +174,364 +When impairment of an available-for-sale investment measured at fair value occurs, any impairment recognised is +recorded in the carrying amount directly. As at 31 December 2017, the available-for-sale financial assets measured at +fair value include impaired debt securities whose carrying amount was RMB85 million, and impaired equity investments +whose impairment provision has been fully charged, with the accrual of impairment recognised in profit or loss of +RMB22 million on available-for-sale debt securities; and the accrual of impairment recognised in profit or loss of +RMB84 million on available-for-sale equity investments. +Certain available-for-sale unlisted equity investments which do not have any quoted market prices and whose +fair values cannot be measured reliably are stated at cost less any impairment. There is no active market for these +investments and it is the Group's intention to dispose of them as opportunities arise. During the year of 2017, the +carrying amount of these equity investments decreased by RMB71 million. The gain on disposal of these equity +investments was RMB743 million. +206 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(e) Held-to-maturity investments +Held-to-maturity investments are stated at amortised cost and comprise the following: +Debt securities +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +3,421,766 +Analysed into: +Listed outside Hong Kong +Unlisted +2017 +Group +3,542,351 +(167) +Bank +3,439,576 +(105) +3,542,184 +3,439,471 +2017 +Group +Bank +27,532 +4,793 +92,886 +Listed in Hong Kong +(i) +(ii) +As at 31 December 2017, the Bank received accumulated early repayments on the Huarong bonds amounting to +RMB222,687 million. +Dispose +(6) +(194) +(200) +€ +(194) +(195) +Other movements +(5) +(5) +At 31 December 2017 +167 +479 +646 +(4) +105 +517 +25. INVESTMENTS IN SUBSIDIARIES +Listed investments, at cost +Unlisted investments, at cost +208 +ICBC +Bank +2018 +2017 +2,712 +2,712 +119,398 +117,589 +122,110 +412 +Reverse +67 +67 +Others include financial and corporate bonds, debt investment plans, asset backed securities, asset management plans, +wealth management products and trust plans with fixed or determinable payments. They will mature from January +2018 to November 2032 and bear interest rates ranging from 2.00% to 7.50% per annum. During the year of 2017, +the amounts which have been matured have been repaid without overdue history. +Annual Report 2018 +207 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(g) Movements of allowance for impairment losses of held-to-maturity investments and +available-for-sale equity investments measured at cost are as follows: +Group +Available- +Bank +Available- +Held-to- +for-sale +maturity +equity +investments +investments +Total +Held-to- +maturity +investments +70 +70 +Charge +645 +606 +39 +172,931 +785 +107 +At 1 January 2017 +Total +investments +equity +for-sale +678 +280,222 +33,985 +23,294 +21 +2 +23 +Balance at 31 December 2018 +1,504 +854 +125 +2,483 +Bank +Stage 1 +Stage 2 +Stage 3 +Total +Balance at 1 January 2018 +Other movements +1,052 +1,076 +Transfer: +to stage 1 +- to stage 2 +to stage 3 +Charge +Other movements +Balance at 31 December 2018 +830 +2 +336 +830 +38 +1,204 +24 +1,204 +38 +841 +2,170 +29,560 +2,170 +4,519,182 +4,362,174 +Market value of listed securities +123,618 +61,497 +204 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +During the year, movements of the allowance for impairment losses on financial investments measured at amortised cost are +as follows: +Group +Balance at 1 January 2018 +Stage 1 +1,171 +Stage 2 +325 +Charge +2 +(2) +to stage 3 +11 +6 +1,392 +(11) +to stage 1 +Transfer: +1,256 +Total +Stage 3 +83 +2 +to stage 2 +Unlisted +2 +66 +Group +Bank +1,466,995 +1,324,817 +6,164 +20,292 +33,417 +3,002 +568 +1,292 +720 +2,189 +260 +(479) +2017 +(412) +1,358,802 +92,538 +187,684 +46,501 +126,430 +1,186,773 +1,151,886 +1,466,995 +1,324,817 +1,401 +3 +3,262 +1,430 +18,631 +32,552 +1,496,453 +Equity investments +Debt securities +Market value of listed securities: +2,288 +(i) +(ii) +(iii) +The special government bond represents a non-negotiable bond with a nominal value of RMB85,000 million issued by +the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China (the "MOF") to the Bank in 1998. The bond will mature in +2028 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 2.25% per annum. +The Huarong bonds are a series of long-term bonds issued by China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd. +("Huarong") in the year of 2000 and 2001 to the Bank, with an aggregate amount of RMB312,996 million. The +proceeds from the issuance of the bonds were used to purchase non-performing loans of the Bank. The bonds are +non-negotiable, with a tenure of 10 years and bear interest at a fixed rate of 2.25% per annum. In 2010, the Bank +received a notice from the MOF that the maturity dates of the Huarong bonds were extended for another ten years +and the interest rate remains unchanged. Additionally, the MOF will continue providing funding in support of the +repayment of the principal and interest of the bonds. As at 31 December 2018, the Bank received accumulated early +repayments amounting to RMB222,687 million. +Other investments include debt investment plans, asset management plans and trust plans with fixed or determinable +payments. They will mature from January 2019 to November 2032 and bear interest rates ranging from 2.00% to +7.50% per annum. During the year, the amounts which have been matured have been repaid without overdue history. +Annual Report 2018 +205 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(d) Available-for-sale financial assets +Available-for-sale financial assets comprise the following: +(i) +Debt securities, at fair value (i) +Other debt instruments, at fair value +Equity investments: +(!!) +Unlisted +Listed outside Hong Kong +Listed in Hong Kong +Equity investments analysed into: +Unlisted +8 +Listed outside Hong Kong +Debt securities analysed into: +Less: Allowance for impairment losses of equity investments, at cost +Others +Debt for equity swaps +At cost (ii) +At fair value (i) +Listed in Hong Kong +ICBC +12,860 +338,257 +At 31 December 2017 +2,219 +(71,118) +(14,645) +(56,473) +Write-offs and other movements +836 +1,383 +Recoveries of loans and advances previously written off +(3,166) +(3,166) +111,714 +Accreted interest on impaired loans +(118,696) +(49,713) +(1,402) +1,402 +290,880 +134,057 +156,823 +122,471 +13,959 +108,512 +(168,409) +279,610 +218,302 +Annual Report 2018 +1,245,837 +1,430,163 +(b) +at FVOCI +Financial investments measured +398,329 +740,645 +440,938 +805,347 +(a) +330,016 +at FVTPL +2017 +2018 +2017 +2018 +Bank +Group +24. FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +199 +Financial investments measured +Financial investments measured +218,152 +― impairment allowances charged +-impairment allowances transferred +135,679 +158,352 +124,096 +15,113 +108,983 +289,512 +223,955 +65,557 +Accreted interest on impaired loans +reversal of impairment allowances +294,031 +- impairment allowances charged +-impairment allowances transferred +At 1 January 2017 +Total +assessed +Collectively +Individually +assessed +Group +During the year of 2017, movements of the allowance for impairment losses on loans and advances to customers are as +follows: +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +200 +Impairment loss: +reversal of impairment allowances +1,399 +(50,768) +At 1 January 2017 +Impairment loss: +Total +assessed +assessed +Collectively +Individually +Bank +340,482 +224,736 +115,746 +(1,399) +At 31 December 2017 +(15,170) +(57,031) +Write-offs and other movements +838 +1,426 +Recoveries of loans and advances previously written off +(3,189) +(3,189) +(169,935) +(119,167) +2,264 +(72,201) +at amortised cost +61,458 +4,519,182 +47 +30,729 +38,077 +30,729 +38,077 +Policy banks +10,590 +9,155 +Governments and central banks +Debt securities (analysed by type of issuers): +2,953 +Financial investments designated as at +FVTPL +55,178 +87,337 +72,796 +1,464 +Funds investments +7,331 +5,484 +Equity investments +60,072 +55,178 +60,072 +78,542 +47 +Banks and other financial institutions +573,504 +(c) +353,601 +585,736 +290,843 +490,250 +293,824 +493,230 +Other investments +47,414 +2,953 +83,254 +92,506 +6,766 +5,479 +8,539 +5,576 +Corporate entities +6,966 +39,651 +6,966 +39,651 +59,777 +67,312 +Public sector entities +6,348,656 +Financial investments held for trading +2017 +2017 +2018 +Bank +Group +(a) Financial investments measured at FVTPL +5,428,233 +5,756,704 +6,754,692 +231,631 +277,129 +(f) +Receivables +3,439,471 +3,542,184 +Held-to-maturity investments +1,358,802 +1,496,453 +(d) +37,927 +Available-for-sale financial assets +4,362,174 +Debt securities (analysed by type of issuers): +Governments and central banks +2018 +Banks and other financial institutions +8,830 +Corporate entities +7,957 +14,708 +8,452 +16,984 +33,141 +4,618 +7,175 +38,724 +7,229 +4,670 +2,199 +1,127 +2,228 +1,128 +Policy banks +7,371 +24,153 +24,468 +Public sector entities +8,015 +United Kingdom +banking +banking +Commercial +London, +100 +USD200 million +100 +100 +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management +USD200 million +50 +and operations +80 +80 +RMB200 million +RMB433 million +Beijing, the PRC +Fund +Co., Ltd. * +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +ICBC (London) PLC ("ICBC London") +100 +100 +80 +(Almaty) Joint Stock Company +Hong Kong, the PRC +Almaty, Kazakhstan +activities +100 +Commercial +(Asia) Limited ("ICBC Asia") +banking +ICBC International Holdings Limited +100 +00 +100 +("ICBC International") +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +100 +100 +00 +10 +100 +HKD4,882 million +HKD4,882 million Hong Kong, the PRC +Investment +banking +100 +KZT8,933 million +KZT8,933 million +Commercial +EUR437 million +Commercial +Luxembourg +Leasing +("ICBC Leasing") +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +89.33 +89.33 +89.33 +MOP589 million +MOP12,064 million +Macau, the PRC +Commercial +(Macau) Limited ("ICBC Macau") +Zhejiang Pinghu ICBC Rural Bank Co., Ltd. * +banking +60 +60 +60 +60 +RMB200 million +RMB120 million +Zhejiang, the PRC +banking +Chongqing Bishan ICBC Rural Bank Co., Ltd. * +100 +by the Bank +HKD46,930 million +Tianjin, the PRC +RMB11,000 million +RMB18,000 million +100 +management +Commercial +(Europe) S.A. +banking +PT. Bank ICBC Indonesia ("ICBC Indonesia") +98.61 +98.61 +98.61 +IDR3,692 billion +USD361 million +Jakarta, Indonesia +Commercial +EUR437 million +banking +100 +100 +100 +RUB10,810 million +RUB10,810 million +Moscow, Russia +Commercial +banking +ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. * +100 +100 +Bank ICBC (Joint stock company) +HKD36,379 million +Group +100 +2018 +The Group has interests in a number of individually immaterial joint ventures. The following tables illustrate the summarised +financial information of the joint ventures that are not individually material to the Group: +(b) Interest in joint ventures +All of the above associates are accounted for using the equity method in the consolidated financial statements. +28,586 +27,099 +Interest in associates in the consolidated financial statements +(348) +686 +1,088 +(348) +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +Carrying amount of individually immaterial associates +28,248 +26,359 +Carrying amount of material associates-Standard Bank +2017 +2018 +(iii) Reconciliation of carrying amounts to the Group's total interests in the associates: +(245) +287 +(285) +40 +287 +2017 +Aggregate carrying amount of individually immaterial joint ventures +in the consolidated financial statements +Aggregate amounts of the Group's share of those joint ventures: +Leasehold +improvements +in progress +Construction +Properties and +buildings +Office +equipment +Cost: +00 +27. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +211 +Total comprehensive income +Annual Report 2018 +150 +(20) +0 +138 +150 +All of the above joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method in the consolidated financial statements. +Total comprehensive income +Other comprehensive income +Profit from continuing operations +3,855 +2,025 +118 +Other comprehensive income +Profit from continuing operations +Aggregate amounts of the Group's share of those associates: +2,153 +13,891 +13,362 +54,379 +51,265 +100,307 +94,818 +970,202 +918,299 +Particulars of the Group's principal subsidiaries as at the end of the reporting period are as follows: +Nominal value of +(2,500) +Percentage of equity interest % Voting rights % +Amount +invested +Place of +incorporation/ +registration +Principal +Name +2018 +2017 +2018 +2018 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +100 +issued share/ +paid-in capital +100 +Total comprehensive income +11,391 +2017 +2018 +The following tables illustrate the summarised financial information of the associates that are not individually material +to the Group: +(ii) +28,248 +26,359 +in the consolidated financial statements +Carrying amount of the Group's interest in Standard Bank +11,139 +10,051 +Goodwill +15,515 +17,109 +Group's share of net assets of the associate +20.07% +20.08% +Group's effective interest +85,254 +81,215 +Gross amounts of net assets of the associate attribute to the parent company +Reconciled to the Group's interests in the associate +7,176 +7,356 +Dividends received from the associate +16,308 +100 +92.84 +RMB100 million +26. INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURES +Investments in associates and joint ventures comprise the following: +Interest in associates +Interest in joint ventures +Group +2018 +2017 +흐흐 +27,099 +28,586 +(b) +2,025 +3,855 +29,124 +32,441 +1,070,509 +Group +2018 +2017 +Share of net assets +Goodwill +19,385 +21,614 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +209 +USD1,083 million +USD839 million +ICBC Financial Asset Investment Co., Limited* +100 +100 +10 +100 RMB12,000 million +RMB12,000 million +London, +United Kingdom +Nanjing, the PRC +Banking +Financial asset +10,087 +investment +100 +100 +EUR100 million +EUR100 million +Vienna, Austria +Commercial +banking +* +These subsidiaries incorporated in Mainland China are all limited liability companies. +The above table lists the principal subsidiaries of the Bank. To give details of other subsidiaries would, in the opinion of the +management, result in particulars of excessive length. +There is no subsidiary of the Group which has material non-controlling interests during the reporting period. +Annual Report 2018 +ICBC Austria Bank GmbH +60 +11,175 +32,789 +20.07 +20.08 +Johannesburg, Commercial banking +Republic of +South Africa +(i) +Standard Bank, a listed commercial bank in Republic of South Africa and a strategic partner for the Group, enables the +Group to widen its customer base in Africa. +The market value of the Group's investment in Standard Bank amounts to RMB27,677 million as at 31 December 2018 +(31 December 2017: RMB33,564 million). +210 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The summarised financial information of Standard Bank, being consistent with the Group's accounting policies, and +reconciled to the carrying amounts using the equity method in the Group's consolidated financial statements is as follows: +2018 +2017 +Gross amounts of the associate +Assets +Liabilities +Net assets +Revenue +Profit from continuing operations +Other comprehensive income +1,013,117 +and motor +Principal +activities +registration +2018 +2017 +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +(348) +(348) +29,124 +32,441 +Shares listed outside Hong Kong, at cost +(a) Interest in associates +(i) +Particulars of the Group's only material associate are as follows: +Name +Standard Bank Group Limited +29,472 +("Standard Bank") (i) +2018 +34,242 +2017 +34,242 +Percentage of +equity interest % +Voting +rights % +Place of +31 December 31 December +31 December +incorporation/ +2018 +20.08 +Bank +100 +60 +ICBC Standard Bank PLC ("ICBC Standard") +banking +Commercial +banking +("ICBC Thai") +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +Financial Services LLC +100 +100 +100 +USD50 million +USD50.25 million +0 +ICBC-AXA Assurance Co., Ltd. * +60 +60 +60 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +80 +80 +80 +RMB12,505 million +USD369 million +RMB7,980 million +USD306 million +Delaware and +New York, +United States +Shanghai, the PRC +Broker dealer +(USA) NA +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Thai) Public Company Limited +banking +Commercial +Kuala Lumpur, +Malaysia +Bangkok, Thailand +THB23,711 million +RMB100 million +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +80 +80 +80 +80 +CAD158 million +CAD178.66 million +Chongqing, +the PRC +Toronto, Canada +Commercial +banking +Commercial +80 +(Canada) +100 +100 +100 +MYR833 million +MYR833 million +(Malaysia) Berhad +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +97.86 +97.86 +97.86 +THB20,132 million +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +60 +80 +ARS1,345 million +NZD234 million +NZD234 million +(New Zealand) Limited +Auckland, +New Zealand +and investment +banking +Commercial +banking +("ICBC New Zealand") +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +100 +100 +100 +MXN1,597 million +MXN1,597 million +Mexico S.A. +ICBC Turkey Bank Anonim +92.84 +92.84 +TRY860 million +USD425 million +Mexico City, +Mexico +Istanbul, Turkey +Commercial +banking +Commercial +Sirketi ("ICBC Turkey") +banking +100 +100 +100 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +ARS3,505 million +New York, +United States +Buenos Aires, +Insurance +Commercial +(Argentina) S.A.("ICBC Argentina") +ICBC PERU BANK +100 +100 +0 +80 +100 +USD100 million +80 +USD100 million +banking +Commercial +banking +Commercial +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Brazil) S.A. +100 +100 +10 +100 +Real202 million +Real202 million +Sao Paulo, Brazil +banking +Commercial +Argentina +Lima, Peru +Aircraft and +(3,923) +vessels +2,027 +Held in the PRC (other than Hong Kong) +Held overseas +Short-term leases (less than 10 years): +65,600 +64,378 +66,086 +68,628 +33 +30 +458 +257 +Held overseas +163 +73 +212 +124 +Held in Hong Kong +65,404 +64,275 +65,416 +68,247 +Held in the PRC (other than Hong Kong) +Medium-term leases (10 to 50 years): +1,618 +2,027 +1,618 +27 +Deductible/ +Deferred +income +(taxable) +As at 31 December 2017 +As at 31 December 2018 +Deductible/ +Group +(a) Analysed by nature +28. DEFERRED INCOME TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +17,885 +214 +As at 31 December 2018, the net carrying value of aircraft and vessels leased out by the Group under operating leases was +RMB147,581 million (31 December 2017: RMB113,323 million). +As at 31 December 2018, the process of obtaining the title for the Group's properties and buildings with an aggregate net +carrying value of RMB10,539 million (31 December 2017: RMB12,850 million) was still in progress. Management is of the +view that the aforesaid matter would neither affect the rights of the Group to these assets nor have any significant impact +on the business operation of the Group. +85,113 +84,769 +1,628 +2,029 +1,653 +86,871 +2,054 +90,444 +10 +2 +35 +As at 31 December 2018, the net carrying value of aircraft and vessels owned by the Group that have been pledged as +security for due to banks and other financial institutions was RMB90,887 million (31 December 2017: RMB68,355 million). +(taxable) +18,362 +19,762 +14,949 +1,484 +23,346 +84,769 +At 31 December 2018 +122,387 +15,394 +1,707 +20,173 +85,113 +At 31 December 2017 +Carrying amount: +126,830 +58,081 +8,616 +41 +60,092 +At 31 December 2018 +(4,520) +(3,878) +(30) +(612) +Disposals +124,548 +Annual Report 2018 +213 +Notes to the Financial Statements +202 +53 +57 +633 +745 +Held overseas +184 +843 +869 +Held in Hong Kong +17,630 +18,121 +19,132 +17,656 +Held in the PRC (other than Hong Kong) +Long-term leases (over 50 years): +2017 +2018 +2017 +2018 +Bank +Group +The carrying value of the Group's and the Bank's properties and buildings is analysed based on the remaining terms of the +land leases as follows: +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +18,148 +13,056 +Deferred +temporary +Annual Report 2018 +433 +1,674 +1,217 +5,492 +973 +4,053 +575 +2,272 +(38) +(367) +Others +financial assets +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +900 +3,592 +measured at FVOCI +Change in fair value of financial instruments +143 +572 +measured at FVTPL +Change in fair value of financial instruments +(502) +215 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Bank +(9,495) +103 +442 +measured at FVTPL +Change in fair value of financial instruments +36,719 +146,986 +50,910 +203,782 +Allowance for impairment losses +Deferred income tax assets: +(2,012) +tax assets/ +(liabilities) +tax assets/ +(liabilities) +differences +temporary +income +Deferred +(taxable) +income +(taxable) +Deductible/ +As at 31 December 2017 +As at 31 December 2018 +Deductible/ +Deferred +temporary +differences +income +(401) +Allowance for impairment losses +38,471 +financial assets +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +(3,819) +(14,248) +measured at FVOCI +Change in fair value of financial instruments +(2,368) +(9,491) +147 +705 +measured at FVTPL +Change in fair value of financial instruments +37,475 +150,493 +52,438 +210,624 +Allowance for impairment losses +Deferred income tax assets: +tax assets/ +(liabilities) +temporary +differences +tax assets/ +(liabilities) +differences +9,748 +Accrued staff costs +26,033 +6,508 +Deferred income tax liabilities: +(assets) +tax liabilities/ +temporary +differences +liabilities/ +(assets) +differences +temporary +Deferred +income +(deductible) +As at 31 December 2017 +Taxable/ +Deferred +income tax +(944) +(deductible) +48,392 +193,552 +58,375 +234,902 +(3,373) +(13,561) +3,101 +11,788 +Others +6,910 +27,640 +As at 31 December 2018 +Taxable/ +6,669 +783 +5,604 +Disposals +558 +558 +Impairment charge for the year +17,958 +4,085 +7,283 +936 +5,654 +Depreciation charge for the year +125,211 +11,276 +55,597 +7,483 +41 +50,814 +At 1 January 2017 +Accumulated depreciation and impairment: +443,153 +171,072 +74,860 +10,954 +35,122 +(822) +(101) +(6,405) +(1,480) +(5,573) +(944) +(3,983) +(30) +(616) +Disposals +3,088 +3,088 +Impairment charge for the year +20,315 +6,908 +151,145 +6,868 +868 +5,671 +Depreciation charge for the year +134,919 +14,439 +56,475 +8,318 +41 +55,646 +At 31 December 2017 and 1 January 2018 +(8,808) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +At 31 December 2018 +At 31 December 2018 +(4,178) +(97) +(1,347) +Disposals +2,162 +67 +(5,333) +3,104 +CIP transfer in/(out) +34,220 +16,145 +4,722 +438 +11,993 +922 +Additions +371,420 +122,507 +75,993 +10,073 +23,009 +139,838 +At 1 January 2017 +Total +(136) +(8,345) +(13,052) +(22,977) +(4,200) +(101) +(471) +(921) +Disposals +5,340 +114 +(9,553) +4,099 +CIP transfer in/(out) +70,361 +(9,871) +42,148 +680 +15,574 +5,450 +Additions +382,663 +127,762 +72,437 +10,375 +29,572 +142,517 +At 31 December 2017 and 1 January 2018 +6,509 +60,701 +41 +9,156 +144,861 +At 31 December 2018 +(4,967) +(3,898) +(48) +(149) +(872) +Disposals +114 +(4,213) +4,099 +CIP transfer in/out) +15,664 +6,130 +578 +7,535 +1,421 +Additions +240,681 +70,684 +9,570 +20,214 +140,213 +23,387 +10,100 +73,030 +251,378 +Depreciation charge for the year +118,294 +55,290 +7,863 +41 +55,100 +At 31 December 2017 and 1 January 2018 +(6,887) +(6,205) +(98) +(584) +At 31 December 2017 and 1 January 2018 +Disposals +7,087 +865 +5,589 +Depreciation charge for the year +111,640 +54,408 +7,096 +41 +50,095 +At 1 January 2017 +Accumulated depreciation and impairment: +13,541 +(7,453) +(6,265) +(103) +Office +equipment +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +Bank +ICBC +212 +290,404 +147,581 +15,500 +1,798 +35,081 +Properties and +90,444 +247,744 +113,323 +15,962 +2,057 +29,531 +86,871 +At 31 December 2017 +Carrying amount: +152,749 +23,491 +59,360 +At 31 December 2018 +vehicles +buildings +in progress +(90) +(995) +Disposals +60 +(3,132) +3,072 +CIP transfer in/out) +12,405 +4,454 +378 +6,720 +Construction +853 +235,729 +72,435 +9,295 +16,716 +137,283 +At 1 January 2017 +Cost: +Total +vehicles +and motor +Leasehold +improvements +Additions +Notes to the Financial Statements +Change in fair value of financial instruments +(8,497) +6,910 +6,910 +Accrued staff costs +(10,116) +10,116 +financial assets +available-for-sale +Change in fair value of +(3,923) +(8,482) +4,559 +4,559 +measured at FVOCI +financial instruments +measured at FVOCI +Change in fair value of +103 +(402) +6,508 +Others +(4,126) +Others +Accrued staff costs +financial assets +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +measured at FVTPL +Change in fair value of financial instruments +Allowance for impairment losses +Deferred income tax assets: +1,929 +56,220 +57,077 +9,827 +47,250 +2,622 +(15) +(771) +3,408 +7,534 +7,640 +As at +(1,826) +(2,369) +Notes to the Financial Statements +217 +Annual Report 2018 +433 +(158) +(13) +604 +973 +124 +849 +(38) +(158) +120 +(502) +(137) +(365) +2017 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Bank +As at +31 December +instruments measured at FVTPL +Change in fair value of financial +50,910 +6,884 +7,307 +36,719 +Allowance for impairment losses +Deferred income tax assets: +543 +2018 +As at +Recognised +in equity +Recognised in +profit or loss +2018 +IFRS 9 +2017 +As at +1 January +Impact of +adopting +31 December +As at +1 January +2017 +Interest receivable +8,956 +9,299 +Goodwill (i) +460 +844 +8,217 +10,555 +Advance payments +9,973 +10,584 +10,274 +10,884 +Repossessed assets +18,228 +17,437 +18,280 +2,624 +126,606 +1,836 +Others +(15,664) +(2,369) +218 +ICBC +483,090 +(4,502) +118,644 +9,767 +487,592 +273,602 +(3,833) +269,769 +17,464 +571,669 +(4,836) +(4,120) +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +576,505 +384,524 +10,289 +25,749 +28,989 +380,404 +Land use rights +116,820 +98,332 +598 +(4,690) +6,910 +(116) +7,026 +10,116 +10,796 +(680) +(34) +(2,369) +(2,388) +36,719 +8,653 +28,066 +2017 +31 December +Recognised +in equity +Recognised in +profit or loss +19 +equity +(4,126) +9,154 +138,501 +122,318 +Settlement accounts +213,700 +134,280 +239,922 +182,391 +Precious metals +27,334 +2017 +2017 +2018 +Bank +Group +29. OTHER ASSETS +The Group and the Bank did not have significant unrecognised deferred income tax assets or liabilities at the end of the +reporting period. +47,250 +10,762 +2018 +31 December +44,026 +Recognised in +profit or loss +(402) +6,910 +6,910 +Accrued staff costs +(9,748) +9,748 +financial assets +available-for-sale +Change in fair value of +(3,819) +(8,252) +Recognised in +4,433 +measured at FVOCI +financial instruments +Change in fair value of +147 +Others +(3,373) +7,702 +4,329 +financial instruments +Change in fair value of +measured at FVTPL +financial instruments +Change in fair value of +losses +Allowance for impairment +Deferred income tax liabilities: +1,938 +ICBC +58,375 +(8,263) +6,508 +3,101 +(11) +(1,217) +8,028 +58,610 +10,218 +48,392 +216 +(1,791) +577 +(2,368) +47,250 +188,604 +56,220 +224,629 +(4,126) +(16,584) +2,622 +10,036 +(b) Movements of deferred income tax +Others +27,640 +6,508 +26,033 +Accrued staff costs +10,116 +40,057 +financial assets +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +6,910 +measured at FVOCI +Group +As at +measured at FVTPL +financial instruments +Change in fair value of +52,438 +7,709 +44,729 +7,254 +37,475 +Deferred income tax assets: +losses +2018 +As at +31 December +Recognised in +equity +Recognised in +profit or loss +As at +1 January +2018 +Impact of +adopting +IFRS 9 +2017 +31 December +Allowance for impairment +Change in fair value of +4,433 +financial assets +8,859 +28,616 +2017 +31 December +Recognised in +equity +Recognised in +profit or loss +2017 +1 January +As at +As at +575 +1,217 +938 +(160) +439 +6 +433 +(398) +37,475 +(2,385) +17 +(2,368) +2017 +1 January +As at +As at +48,392 +available-for-sale +9,299 +28,398 +973 +(3,373) +539 +(3,886) +6,910 +(116) +7,026 +9,748 +10,721 +(973) +(26) +- +10,695 +(38) +973 +Change in fair value of financial instruments +Allowance for impairment losses +Deferred income tax assets: +2018 +Recognised in 31 December +equity +profit or loss +2018 +IFRS 9 +measured at FVTPL +2017 +As at +As at +1 January +Impact of +adopting +31 December +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +Others +38 +Recognised in +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +As at +Accrued staff costs +938 +financial assets +143 +143 +(38) +(38) +95 +(496) +(401) +900 +(502) +Others +financial assets +Change in fair value of available-for-sale +Allowance for impairment losses +Others +6 +Deferred income tax liabilities: +1,644,147 +1,596,232 +32. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS +Repurchase agreements comprise repurchases of bills, securities and cash received as collateral on securities lending. +Repurchase agreements-bills: +Banks +10,603 +2018 +2017 +2018 +2017 +18,709 +1,706,549 +10,626 +18,489 +Group +Bank +388,171 +388,633 +128,015 +operating in Mainland China +18,709 +141,055 +20,440 +57,022 +Banks and other financial institutions +operating outside Mainland China +Accrued interest +346,186 +350,893 +358,639 +12,048 +9,554 +486,249 +1,814,495 +491,948 +445,193 +10,626 +33. CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT +10,603 +16 +1,046,338 +300,988 +810,610 +Certificates of deposit issued by Hong Kong Branch, Singapore Branch, Tokyo Branch, Seoul Branch, Luxembourg Branch, +Doha Branch, Sydney Branch, New York Branch, Abu Dhabi Branch, Dubai (DIFC) Branch, London Branch, ICBC London, +ICBC Asia, ICBC Macau and ICBC New Zealand were recognised at amortised cost. +220 +ICBC +34. DUE TO CUSTOMERS +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Group +Bank +2018 +2017 +Banks and other financial institutions +363 +514,801 +37,246 +15,375 +Accrued interest +Repurchase agreements-securities: +Banks +331,691 +854,724 +280,525 +Other financial institutions +148,663 +18,489 +143,742 +799,220 +787 +480,354 +998,466 +282,483 +800,007 +Cash received as collateral +on securities lending +1,958 +Money market takings: +Shares in: +1,255,514 +Financial liabilities related to +precious metals +(2)(a) +67,266 +60,183 +67,257 +60,175 +Debt securities +(2)(b) +2,285 +8,192 +2,919 +Other +6,369 +10,228 +10,758 +11,480 +10,758 +11,480 +2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(i) +Goodwill arising from business combinations has been allocated to the Group's CGU, which is not larger than the reportable +segment of the Group, for impairment testing. +The recoverable amount of the CGU is determined based on the discounted future cash flows of the CGU. The cash +flow projections are based on financial forecasts approved by management of the subsidiaries. The average growth +rates are projected based on the similar rates which do not exceed the long-term average growth rate for the business +in which the CGU operates. The discount rate is the pre-tax rate and reflects the specific risk associated with the CGU. +As indicated by the impairment tests, goodwill arising from business combinations is not impaired and thus, no +impairment loss was recognised. +30. FINANCIAL LIABILITIES DESIGNATED AS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS +87,400 +Interbank wealth management +Bank +2018 +2017 +2018 +2017 +products +(1) +Group +89,361 +78,737 +73,852 +2017 +Deposits: +Banks and other financial institutions +operating in Mainland China +1,202,671 +1,106,888 +1,195,100 +1,096,021 +2018 +Banks and other financial institutions +123,317 +107,713 +2,258 +58,760 +1,654 +55,018 +1,328,246 +1,214,601 +operating outside Mainland China +Accrued interest +1,151,039 +2017 +Bank +(1) +(2) +The principal-guaranteed interbank wealth management products issued by the Group and the financial assets in which +the aforesaid products form parts of a group of financial instruments that are managed together on a fair value basis, and +are classified as financial liabilities and financial assets designated as at FVTPL, respectively. As at 31 December 2018, the +fair value of the interbank wealth management products was approximately the same as the amount that the Group would +be contractually required to pay to the holders of the wealth management products upon maturity (31 December 2017: +approximately the same). +Financial liabilities related to precious metals and issued debt securities have been matched with precious metals and +derivative as part of a documented risk management strategy to mitigate market risk, such as interest rate risk. An accounting +mismatch would arise if these financial liabilities were accounted at amortised cost, whereas the related precious metals and +derivative were measured at fair value with movements in the fair value taken through the statement of profit or loss. By +designating these financial liabilities at FVTPL, the movement in their fair values is recorded in the statement of profit or loss. +(a) +(b) +As at 31 December 2018, the fair value of the financial liabilities related to precious metals was higher than the +amount that the Group would be contractually required to pay to the holders by RMB266 million (31 December 2017: +RMB156 million higher). +2018 +The debt securities including 5 equity-linked notes issued by ICBC Asia in 2016 and 2017 were classified as financial +liabilities designated as at FVTPL. As at 31 December 2018, the fair value of the debt securities is lower than the +amount that the Group would be contractually required to pay to the holder of these debt securities upon maturity by +RMB720 million (31 December 2017: RMB364 million lower). +Annual Report 2018 +219 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +31. DUE TO BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS +Group +There were no significant changes in the credit spread of the Group and therefore the amounts of changes in fair value of +the financial liabilities arising from changes in credit risk were not considered significant during the year of 2018 and the +year of 2017. The changes in fair value of the financial liabilities were mainly attributable to changes in other market factors. +2017 +Demand deposits: +Corporate customers +Nominal +2017 +2018 +(millions) +Number +of shares +A shares of RMB1 Yuan each +H shares of RMB1 Yuan each +Issued and fully paid: +37. SHARE CAPITAL +As at 31 December 2018, the amount of other liabilities due within one year was RMB376,731 million (31 December 2017: +RMB550,736 million). +(ii) +(i) There was no overdue payment for staff salaries, bonuses, allowances, subsidies payables as at 31 December 2018 +(31 December 2017: Nil). +436,376 +247,348 +51,092 +52,647 +161,495 +603,500 +409,819 +169,898 +Others +234,991 +242,399 +Interest payable +1,361 +686 +1,361 +686 +Number +of shares +Early retirement benefits +value +Nominal +value +(million +Dividend +Accounting +classification +Issue date +Financial instrument +outstanding +In original +Amount +(a) Preference shares outstanding at the end of the year +(1) Preference shares +38. OTHER EQUITY INSTRUMENTS +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +225 +Annual Report 2018 +Except for the dividends for H shares which are payable in Hong Kong dollars, all of the ordinary A shares and H shares rank +pari passu with each other in respect of dividends on ordinary shares. +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +269,612 +269,612 +269,612 +269,612 +86,795 +86,795 +86,795 +86,795 +(millions) +currency +825 +1,440 +224 +In 2018, ICBC Argentina issued medium and long-term debt securities amounting to RMB240 million denominated in +ARS with maturities in 2020 at floating interest rates. +ICBC New Zealand issued medium and long-term debt securities and notes amounting to RMB2, 128 +million denominated in AUD and NZD with maturities between 2020 and 2023 at fixed or floating interest rates. +Of which, in 2018, ICBC New Zealand issued medium and long-term bonds and notes amounting to RMB788 +million denominated in NZD with maturities between 2021 and 2023 at fixed or floating interest rates. +ICBC International issued medium and long-term debt securities amounting to RMB14,043 million denominated in +USD with maturities in 2019 and 2021 at fixed or floating interest rates. Of which, in 2018, ICBC International issued +medium and long-term debt securities amounting to RMB4,787 million denominated in USD with maturities in 2021 at +floating interest rates. +(vi) +(v) +(iv) +(iii) ICBC Thai issued debt securities amounting to RMB6,762 million denominated in THB with maturities between 2019 +and 2028 at fixed interest rates. Of which, in 2018, ICBC Thai issued debt securities of RMB3,319 million denominated +in THB with maturities between 2019 and 2028 at fixed interest rates. +Within China, in 2018, ICBCIL issued medium and long-term debt securities amounting to RMB3, 192 +million denominated in RMB with maturities in 2021 at fixed interest rates. +Hai Jiao 1400 limited, which is controlled by the Group, issued a private placement bond amounting to +RMB971 million denominated in USD with maturity in 2025 at a fixed interest rate. The bond was guaranteed by The +Export-Import Bank of Korea. +ICBCIL Finance Co., Ltd., which is controlled by the Group, issued medium and long-term notes amounting to +RMB59,831 million denominated in RMB and USD, with maturities between 2019 and 2027 at fixed or floating +interest rates. Of which, in 2018, ICBCIL Finance Co., Ltd. issued medium and long-term notes amounting to +RMB10,252 million denominated in USD, with maturities between 2021 and 2023 at floating interest rates. +By satisfying certain conditions, ICBCIL Finance Co., Ltd. has the option to redeem all of the notes at any time. Above +notes were guaranteed by ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. and listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and the Stock +Exchange of Hong Kong Limited respectively. +Of which, Skysea International Capital Management Limited ("Skysea International"), which is controlled by +the Group, issued guaranteed notes of USD750 million with a fixed interest rate of 4.875% in 2011. As at +31 December 2018, Skysea International has redeemed USD153 million and the carrying amount of the Notes were +RMB4,080 million. The Notes were guaranteed by Hong Kong Branch and were issued at the price fixed at 97.708% +of the nominal amount with maturity due on 7 December 2021. By satisfying certain conditions, Skysea International +has the option to redeem all of the notes at any time. The Notes were listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong +Limited. +ICBC Financial Leasing issued medium and long-term debt securities and notes amounting to RMB68,074 +million denominated in RMB and USD with maturities between 2019 and 2027 at fixed or floating interest rates. +ICBC Asia issued notes amounting to RMB17,814 million denominated in RMB, USD, EUR and HKD with maturities +between 2020 and 2023 at fixed or floating interest rates. Of which, in 2018, ICBC Asia issued notes amounting to +RMB16,434 million denominated in RMB, USD and HKD with maturities between 2020 and 2023 at fixed or floating +interest rates. +(i) +Subsidiaries: +The Head Office issued debt securities in Hong Kong amounting to RMB500 million denominated in RMB with +maturity in 2019 at fixed interest rates. +(ix) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +223 +Annual Report 2018 +(viii) London Branch issued notes amounting to RMB29,316 million denominated in USD and EUR with maturities +between 2019 and 2023 at floating interest rates. Of which, in 2018, London Branch issued notes amounting to +RMB19,699 million denominated in USD and EUR with maturities in 2021 and 2023 at floating interest rates. +(vii) Hong Kong Branch issued notes amounting to RMB27,739 million denominated in USD and HKD with maturities +between 2019 and 2022 at fixed or floating interest rates. Of which, in 2018, Hong Kong Branch issued notes +amounting to RMB4,408 million denominated in USD and HKD with maturities in 2020 and 2021 at fixed or floating +interest rates. +rates. +Dubai (DIFC) Branch issued notes amounting to RMB30,877 million denominated in USD and EUR with maturities +between 2019 and 2023 at fixed or floating interest rates. Of which, in 2018, Dubai (DIFC) Branch issued notes +amounting to RMB13,270 million denominated in USD with maturities between 2020 and 2023 at floating interest +ICBC +660 +36. OTHER LIABILITIES +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +1,260 +Promissory notes +11,298 +10,394 +11,906 +10,937 +Sundry tax payables +23,557 +22,318 +26,716 +25,308 +subsidies payables (i) +Salaries, bonuses, allowances and +34,088 +100 +34,715 +on credit commitments +Allowance for impairment losses +2017 +113,252 +126,555 +2018 +2017 +158,083 +167,015 +Settlement accounts +2018 +Bank +Group +Notes to the Financial Statements +In RMB +Conversion +rate Issue price +Shares in: +RMB +Total +Less: Issue fees +Book value +2015-11-18 +Equity +4.50% 100RMB/Share +450 +45,000 +45,000 +None +Mandatory No +757 +79,549 +174 +79,375 +(b) +Main Clauses +(i) +Overseas preference shares +a. +Dividend +Fixed rate for a certain period (5 years for USD and RMB tranche and 7 years for EUR tranche) after issuance. +Dividend reset every 5 years thereafter to the sum of the benchmark rate and the Fixed Spread. +The Fixed Spread will be equal to the spread between the dividend rate at the time of issuance and the benchmark rate. The +Fixed Spread will remain unchanged throughout the term of the Preference Shares. +Dividends will be paid annually. +Domestic Preference +b. +No +2 2 2 +USD +2014-12-10 +Equity +6.00% 20USD/Share +147 +2,940 +17,991 +None +Mandatory +EUR +2014-12-10 +Equity +6.00% 15EUR/Share +40 +600 +4,558 +None +Mandatory +RMB +2014-12-10 +Equity +6.00% 100RMB/Share +120 +12,000 +12,000 +None +Mandatory +No +Conditions to distribution of dividends +The Group could pay dividends while the Group still has distributable after-tax profit after making up previous years' losses, +contributing to the statutory reserve and making general provisions, and the Group's capital adequacy ratio meets regulatory +requirements. Preference shareholders of the Group are senior to the ordinary shareholders on the right to dividends. The +Group may elect to cancel any dividend, but such cancellation will require a shareholder's resolution to be passed. +C. +b. +Conditions to distribution of dividends +The Group could pay dividends while the Group still has distributable after-tax profit after making up previous years' +losses, contributing to the statutory reserve and making general provisions, and the Group's capital adequacy ratio meets +regulatory requirements. The paying order of domestic preference shares is equal to overseas preference shares. Preference +shareholders of the Group are senior to the ordinary shareholders on the right to dividends. The Group may elect to cancel +any dividend, but such cancellation will require a shareholder's resolution to be passed. +C. +Dividend stopper +If the Group cancels all or part of the dividends to the Preference Shareholders, the Group shall not make any dividend +distribution to ordinary shareholders before the Group pays the dividends for the current dividend period to the Preference +Shareholders in full. +d. +Order of distribution and liquidation method +The Domestic Preference Shareholders as well as Overseas Preference Shareholders will rank equally for payment. The +Preference Shareholders will be subordinated to the depositors, ordinary creditors, holders of subordinated debt, holders of +convertible bonds, holders of Tier 2 capital bonds and holders of other Tier 2 capital instruments of the Group, but will be +senior to the ordinary shareholders. +e. +Mandatory conversion trigger events +Upon the occurrence of an Additional Tier 1 Capital Trigger Event (Core Tier 1 Capital Adequacy Ratio of the Group falling +to 5.125% or below), the Group shall have the right to convert all or part of the Preference Shares into A shares, in order +to restore the Core Tier 1 Capital Adequacy Ratio of the Group to above 5.125%; If Preference Shares were converted to +A shares, they may not be converted to Preference Shares again. +Upon the occurrence of a Non-Viability Trigger Event (Earlier of the two situations: (1) the CBIRC has determined that the +Group would become non-viable if there is no conversion or write-down of capital; or (2) the relevant authorities have +determined that a public sector injection of capital or equivalent support is necessary, without which the Group would +become non-viable), the Group shall have the right to convert all Preference Shares into A shares. If Preference Shares were +converted to A shares, they may not be converted to Preference Shares again. +f. +Redemption +After five years have elapsed since the date of issuance (18 November 2015) under the premise of obtaining the approval of +the CBIRC and compliance with regulatory requirements, the Group has right to redeem all or some of domestic preference +shares. The redemption period of preference shares ranges from the start date of redemption to the date of full redemption +or conversion. Redemption price is equal to book value plus accrued dividend in current period. +g. +Dividend setting mechanism +Non cumulative dividend is a dividend on preference shares which does not cumulate upon omission of payment so as to +require payment of a passed or omitted dividend of one year out of earnings of a following year. After receiving dividend +at agreed dividend rate, preference shareholders of the Group will not participate the distribution of residual profits with +ordinary shareholders. +The Group could pay dividends while the Group still has distributable after-tax profit after making up previous years' losses, +contributing to the statutory reserve and making general provisions, and the Group's capital adequacy ratio meets regulatory +requirements. Preference shareholders of the Group are senior to the ordinary shareholders on the right to dividends. +228 +ICBC +Conversion +condition +(million) Maturity +(million) +shares) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +227 +Dividend stopper +If the Group cancels all or part of the dividends to the Preference Shareholders, the Group shall not make any dividend +distribution to ordinary shareholders before the Group pays the dividends for the current dividend period to the Preference +Shareholders in full. +d. +Order of distribution and liquidation method +The USD, EUR and RMB Preference Shareholders as well as the Domestic Preference Shareholders will rank equally for +payment. The Preference Shareholders will be subordinated to the depositors, ordinary creditors, holders of subordinated +debt, holders of convertible bonds, holders of Tier 2 capital bonds and holders of other Tier 2 capital instruments of the +Group, but will be senior to the ordinary shareholders. +226 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +e. +Mandatory conversion trigger events +Upon the occurrence of an Additional Tier 1 Capital Trigger Event (Core Tier 1 Capital Adequacy Ratio of the Group falling +to 5.125% or below), the Group shall have the right to convert all or part of the Preference Shares into H shares, in order +to restore the Core Tier 1 Capital Adequacy Ratio of the Group to above 5.125%; If Preference Shares were converted to +H shares, they may not be converted to Preference Shares again. +Upon the occurrence of a Non-Viability Trigger Event (Earlier of the two situations: (1) the CBIRC has determined that the +Group would become non-viable if there is no conversion or write-down of capital; or (2) the relevant authorities have +determined that a public sector injection of capital or equivalent support is necessary, without which the Group would +become non-viable), the Group shall have the right to convert all Preference Shares into H shares. If Preference Shares were +converted to H shares, they may not be converted to Preference Shares again. +Luxembourg Branch issued notes amounting to RMB26,905 million denominated in USD and EUR with maturities +between 2019 and 2022 at fixed or floating interest rates. Of which, in 2018, Luxembourg Branch issued notes +amounting to RMB755 million denominated in USD with maturities in 2019 at fixed or floating interest rates. +f. +Under the premise of obtaining the approval of the CBIRC and condition of redemption, the Group has right to redeem all or +some of overseas preference shares in first call date and subsequent any dividend payment date. Redemption price is equal +to issue price plus accrued dividend in current period. +USD Preference Shares: the First Redemption Date is five years after issuance +EUR Preference Shares: the First Redemption Date is seven years after issuance +RMB Preference Shares: the First Redemption Date is five years after issuance +g. Dividend setting mechanism +Non cumulative dividend is a dividend on preference shares which does not cumulate upon omission of payment so as to +require payment of a passed or omitted dividend of one year out of earnings of a following year. After receiving dividend +at agreed dividend rate, preference shareholders of the Group will not participate the distribution of residual profits with +ordinary shareholders. +The Group could pay dividends while the Group still has distributable after-tax profit after making up previous years' losses, +contributing to the statutory reserve and making general provisions, and the Group's capital adequacy ratio meets regulatory +requirements. Preference shareholders of the Group are senior to the ordinary shareholders on the right to dividends. +The Group shall distribute dividends for the Preference Shares in cash, based on the total amount of the issued and +outstanding Preference Shares on the corresponding times (i.e. the product of the issue price of preference shares and the +number of the issued and outstanding preference shares). Interest method of the Preference Shares of the Group is once a +year. +(ii) Domestic preference shares +a. +Dividend +Fixed rate for a certain period (5 years) after issuance. +Dividend reset every 5 years thereafter to the sum of the benchmark rate and the Fixed Spread. +The Fixed Spread will be equal to the spread between the dividend rate at the time of issuance and the benchmark rate. The +Fixed Spread will remain unchanged throughout the term of the Preference Shares. +Dividends will be paid annually. +Annual Report 2018 +Redemption +New York Branch issued notes amounting to RMB56,095 million denominated in USD with maturities between +2019 and 2027 at fixed or floating interest rates. Of which, in 2018, New York Branch issued notes amounting to +RMB23,372 million denominated in USD with maturities in 2019 at fixed interest rates. +(vi) +(v) +(1) Subordinated bonds and Tier 2 Capital Notes +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +221 +Annual Report 2018 +As at 31 December 2018, the amount of debt securities issued due within one year was RMB92,045 +million (31 December 2017: RMB41,820 million). +436,275 +499,291 +526,940 +617,842 +167,132 +225,992 +245,832 +335,383 +917 +1,404 +Accrued interest +78,700 +108,904 +Subsidiaries +167,132 +225,075 +167,132 +225,075 +The Bank +Other debt securities issued by +The Bank: +269,143 +As approved by the PBOC and the former CBRC, the Bank issued callable subordinated bonds through open market +bidding in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2017. Approved by the PBOC, these subordinated bonds were traded in the +bond market among banks. The relevant information on these subordinated bonds is set out below: +Amount +16,200 +100 Yuan +10/09/2010 +10 ICBC 02 Bond +(i) +20/08/2009 +20/07/2024 +20/07/2009 +4.00% +24,000 +24,000 +100 Yuan +16/07/2009 +09 ICBC 02 Bond +(million) +(million) +Circulation date Notes +Maturity date +Value date +rate +(In RMB) +(In RMB) +(In RMB) +Issue date +Name +Coupon +Ending +balance +Issue Price +273,299 +282,459 +3,435 +10,009,296 +9,384,186 +10,581,241 +4,643,818 +5,361,695 +4,748,525 +5,505,236 +Personal customers +4,269,384 +4,647,601 +4,635,661 +5,076,005 +Corporate customers +Time deposits: +9,692,966 +10,152,037 +9,890,196 +10,336,318 +3,753,389 +3,864,212 +3,820,392 +3,931,182 +Personal customers +5,939,577 +6,287,825 +6,069,804 +6,405,136 +8,913,202 +Others +Accrued interest +268,914 +3,473 +Accrued interest +11,965 +269,143 +269,864 +269,143 +269,864 +9,122 +Subsidiaries +The Bank +(1) +Tier 2 Capital Notes issued by +Subordinated bonds and +2017 +16,200 +2018 +2018 +Bank +Group +35. DEBT SECURITIES ISSUED +18,894,447 +20,646,928 +19,562,936 +21,408,934 +216,740 +222,461 +288,279 +268,855 +288,554 +2017 +Overseas Preference +4.10% +14/09/2025 +15 USD +Circulation date Note +Maturity date +Value date +rate +(In RMB) +(million) +Coupon +Ending +balance +Amount +(Original +Currency) +(million) +Issue Price +Currency +Issue date +Name +In 2015, the Bank issued Tier 2 Capital Notes denominated in USD. Approved by the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited +for listing and dealing, the Notes are listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The relevant information is set out +below: +The Bank has the option to redeem all of the bonds on 22 November 2022 upon the approval of the relevant regulatory +authorities. +The Bank has the option to redeem all of the bonds on 8 November 2022 upon the approval of the relevant regulatory +authorities. +The Bank has the option to redeem all of the bonds on 13 June 2022 upon the approval of the relevant regulatory authorities. +The Bank has the option to redeem all of the bonds on 5 August 2019 upon the approval of the relevant regulatory +authorities. +The Bank has the option to redeem all of the bonds on 30 June 2026 upon the approval of the relevant regulatory authorities. +The Bank has the option to redeem all of the bonds on 30 December 2021 upon the approval of the relevant regulatory +authorities. +The Bank has the option to redeem all of the bonds on 14 September 2020 upon the approval of the relevant regulatory +authorities. +The Bank has the option to redeem all or part of the bonds at face value on 20 July 2019. If the Bank does not exercise this +option, the annual coupon rate will increase by 300 basis points thereafter. +(viii) +(vii) +(vi) +(v) +(iv) +(iii) +(ii) +Tier 2 Capital Notes +(i) +15/09/2015 +99.189 +(iv) +(iii) Tokyo Branch issued notes amounting to RMB3,332 million denominated in JPY and RMB with maturities in 2019 at +fixed interest rates. Of which, in 2018, Tokyo Branch issued notes amounting to RMB1,898 million denominated in JPY +with maturities in 2019 at fixed interest rates. +Singapore Branch issued notes amounting to RMB36,513 million denominated in RMB and USD with maturities +between 2019 and 2023 at fixed or floating interest rates. Of which, in 2018, Singapore Branch issued notes +amounting to RMB11,871 million denominated in RMB and USD with maturities in 2021 and 2023 at fixed or floating +interest rates. +Sydney Branch issued notes and interbank deposit amounting to RMB13,641 million denominated in AUD, CHF, +RMB, HKD, USD and GBP with maturities between 2019 and 2024 at fixed or floating interest rates. Of which, in +2018, Sydney Branch issued notes amounting to RMB4,612 million denominated in AUD, USD and RMB at fixed or +floating interest rates with maturities between 2019 and 2023 and issued interbank deposit amounting to RMB477 +million denominated in GBP with maturities in 2019. +(ii) +(i) +The Bank: +As at 31 December 2018, the Group's other debt securities issued mainly include: +(2) Other debt securities issued +The above subordinated bonds and notes are separately listed on the London Stock Exchange Plc and the Stock Exchange of +Hong Kong Limited. ICBC Standard, ICBC Asia and ICBC Macau have not had any defaults of principal or interest or other +breaches with respect to the subordinated bonds and notes during the period (2017: Nil). +On 10 September 2014, ICBC Macau issued a subordinated bond with an aggregate nominal amount of USD320 million, +bearing a floating interest rate. The bond was issued at the price fixed at 99.298% of the nominal amount with maturity due +on 10 September 2024. +On 30 November 2010, ICBC Asia issued a subordinated bond with an aggregate nominal amount of USD500 million, +bearing a fixed interest rate of 5.125% per annum. The bond was issued at the price fixed at 99.737% of the nominal +amount with maturity due on 30 November 2020. +On 2 December 2009, ICBC Standard issued a subordinated bond with an amount of USD500 million, bearing a fixed +interest rate of 8.125% per annum and with maturity due on 2 December 2019. +Subsidiaries: +The Bank has not had any defaults of principal or interest or other breaches with respect to the subordinated bonds and +Tier 2 Capital Notes during the current year (2017: Nil). +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +222 +On 15 September 2015, the Bank issued Tier 2 Capital Notes with an aggregate nominal amount of USD2,000 million, +bearing a fixed interest rate of 4.875% per annum. The listing and permission to deal in the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong +Limited became effective on 22 September 2015. The Notes were issued at the price fixed at 99.189% of the nominal amount +with maturity due on 21 September 2025 and cannot be redeemed before maturity. +(ix) +(ix) +22/09/2015 +21/09/2025 +21/09/2015 +13,741 4.875% +2,000 +USD +(viii) +23/11/2017 +22/11/2027 +20,000 +20,000 +100 Yuan +11/06/2012 +12 ICBC 01 Bond +(iv) +17/01/2012 +30/12/2026 +30/12/2011 +5.50% +50,000 +50,000 +100 Yuan +29/12/2011 +11 ICBC 02 Bond +(!!!) +30/08/2011 +30/06/2031 +30/06/2011 +5.56% +38,000 +38,000 +100 Yuan +29/06/2011 +11 ICBC 01 Bond +(ii) +03/11/2010 +4.99% +13/06/2012 +13/06/2027 +13/07/2012 +22/11/2017 +4.45% +44,000 +44,000 +100 Yuan +20/11/2017 +17 ICBC 02 Bond +(vii) +10/11/2017 +08/11/2027 +08/11/2017 +4.45% +44,000 +14/09/2010 +44,000 +06/11/2017 +17 ICBC 01 Bond +(vi) +24/09/2014 +05/08/2024 +05/08/2014 +5.80% +20,000 +20,000 +100 Yuan +04/08/2014 +14 ICBC 01 Bond +(v) +100 Yuan +281,108 +securities +profits +1 +Total +6,691 +1,000 +1 +6,691 +1,000 +1 +USD Perpetual bond +(million) +(million) +(million pieces) +(million) +In RMB +currency +Amount +In RMB +1,000 +currency +(million) +6,691 +1,000 +2,009,282 +2,330,001 +2,095,333 +31 December +2018 +1 January +2018 +(2) Equity attribute to non-controlling interests of other equity instruments +(1) Equity attribute to non-controlling interests of ordinary shares +Total equity attribute to non-controlling interests +2. +(2) Equity attribute to other equity instruments holders of the parent company +(1) Equity attribute to ordinary equity holders of the parent company +Total equity attribute to equity holders of the parent company +1. +Equity instrument +(3) Interests attribute to equity instruments' holders +Note: The RMB amount of perpetual bond on 31 December 2018 is translated at the spot exchange rate on issuance date. +6,691 +1 +(million pieces) +(million) +(million) +(2) +(1) +The perpetual bond will be written off up to the amount as directed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (hereinafter +referred to as "HKMA") if the HKMA notifies ICBC Asia that in the opinion of the HKMA or a relevant government body, +ICBC Asia would become non-viable if there is no written off of the principal. The perpetual bond also contain Hong Kong +Bail-in Power. Each holder of the perpetual bond shall be subject to the exercise by the Hong Kong Resolution Authority to +any or a combination of the following: +The distribution shall be payable semi-annually, with the first distribution payment date being 21 January 2017. ICBC +Asia has the right to cancel distribution payment (subject to the requirement as set out in the terms and conditions of the +perpetual bond) and the distribution cancelled shall not be cumulative. +On 21 July 2016, ICBC Asia issued Basel III-compliant Non-Cumulative Subordinated Additional Tier 1 Capital Securities +(hereinafter referred to as "Perpetual Bond") in the aggregate amount of US$1 billion (equivalent to approximately +RMB6,676 million net of related issuance costs). Fixed rate for the first 5 years after issuance of the bond is 4.25%. If +perpetual bonds are not called, distribution will be reset based on the then prevailing 5-year USA national bonds yield plus a +fixed initial spread (3.135 per cent. per annum) every 5 years. +(b) Main Clauses +Note: USD perpetual bond was issued by ICBC Asia, a subsidiary of the Bank. +6,676 +Book value +15 +Less: Issue fees +6,691 +Total +No +Conversion +Conversion +condition +None +6,691 None +(3) +reduction or cancellation of all or a part of the principal and/or distribution of the perpetual bond; +the conversion of all or a part of the principal and/or distribution of the perpetual bond into shares of ICBC Asia or +another person; and/or +the amendment of the maturity, distribution payment date and/or the distribution amount of the perpetual bond. +ICBC Asia has a call option to redeem all the outstanding perpetual bond from 21 July 2021 or any subsequent distribution +payment date thereafter. +(million pieces) +outstanding +Amount +In RMB +currency +Amount +instrument +In original +2,243,950 +31 December 2018 +In original +Financial +1 January 2018 +(c) Changes in perpetual bond outstanding +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +229 +Annual Report 2018 +Movement during the year +In original +1,000 +86,051 +13,533 +79,375 +reserves +reserve +reserve +reserve +Total +Retained +Other +hedging +translation +General revaluation +reserve +reserve +reserve +Capital Surplus +share equity +capital instruments +356,407 +Balance as at 1 January 2017 +Cash flow +156,204 201,980 246,308 +Investment currency +2,434 +(4,751) +269,205 +152 (31,790) +786 +(968) +(31,760) +Total comprehensive income +(31,790) +(31,790) +152 +786 +(968) +(31,760) +Other comprehensive income +269,205 269,205 +Profit for the year +(81) 601,857 872,290 1,909,929 +Subtotal profits equity +(237) +Other +Issued +Foreign +(iii) Other surplus reserve +After making the appropriation to the statutory surplus reserve, the Bank may also appropriate its profit for the year +determined under PRC GAAP to the discretionary surplus reserve upon approval by the shareholders in general meetings. +Subject to the approval by the shareholders, the discretionary surplus reserve may be used to offset accumulated losses of +the Bank, if any, and may be converted into capital. +(ii) Discretionary surplus reserve +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +230 +Subject to the approval of the shareholders, the statutory surplus reserve may be used to offset accumulated losses of the +Bank, if any, and may also be converted into capital of the Bank, provided that the balance of the statutory surplus reserve +after such capitalisation is not less than 25% of the registered capital immediately before capitalisation. +Pursuant to the resolution of the board of directors' meeting held on 28 March 2019, the total appropriation to surplus +reserve of the Bank was RMB28,421 million (2017: RMB27,166 million), among which an appropriation of 10% of the +profit of the Bank for the year determined under the generally accepted accounting principles of PRC ("PRC GAAP") to +the statutory surplus reserve, in the amount of RMB28,318 million (2017: RMB27,059 million) was approved and the total +surplus reserve made by some overseas branches was RMB103 million (2017: RMB107 million) pursuant to the requirements +of local authorities. +The Bank is required to appropriate 10% of its profit for the year pursuant to the Company Law of the People's Republic of +China and the Articles to the statutory surplus reserve until the reserve balance reaches 50% of its registered capital. +(i) Statutory surplus reserve +(b) Surplus reserves +Capital reserve mainly includes share premium arising from the issuance of new shares at prices in excess of par value. +(a) Capital reserve +39. RESERVES +14,882 +13,533 +14,882 +The Bank's overseas entities appropriate their profits to the surplus reserve in accordance with the relevant regulations +promulgated by the local regulatory bodies. +(c) General reserve +From 1 July 2012, the Bank is required by the MOF to maintain a general reserve within equity, through the appropriation of +profit, which should not be less than 1.5% of the year end balance of its risk assets. +The Bank's subsidiaries appropriate their profits to the general reserve according to the applicable local regulations. +Reserves +The statement of changes in equity of the Bank during the year are set out below. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +231 +Annual Report 2018 +The Bank's distributable profits are based on the retained profits of the Bank as determined under PRC GAAP and IFRSS, +whichever is lower. The amount that the Bank's subsidiaries can legally distribute is determined by reference to their profits +as reflected in their financial statements prepared in accordance with the accounting regulations and principles promulgated +by the local regulatory bodies of the respective countries/regions. These profits may differ from those dealt with in these +financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with IFRSS. +86,051 +(h) Distributable profits +(g) Other reserves +The cash flow hedge reserve comprises the effective portion of the gain or loss on the hedging instrument. +(f) Cash flow hedge reserve +The foreign currency translation reserve is used to record exchange differences arising from the translation of the financial +statements of the subsidiaries and branches incorporated outside Mainland China. +(e) Foreign currency translation reserve +The investment revaluation reserve records the fair value changes and impairment provision of financial investments +measured at FVOCI. +(d) Investment revaluation reserve +The general reserve balance of the Bank as at 31 December 2018 amounted to RMB271,201 million (31 December 2017: +RMB259,374 million), which has reached 1.5% of the year end balance of the Bank's risk assets. +Other reserves represent reserves of subsidiaries and share of reserves of associates and joint ventures other than the items +listed above. +237,415 +(million) Maturity +pieces) +The Group enters into transactions in the normal course of business by which it transfers recognised financial assets to third +parties or to structured entities. In some cases where these transfers may give rise to full or partial derecognition of the +financial assets concerned. In other cases where the transferred assets do not qualify for derecognition as the Group has +retained substantially all the risks and rewards of these assets, the Group continued to recognise the transferred assets. +Repurchase transactions and securities lending transactions +Transferred financial assets that do not qualify for derecognition mainly include debt securities held by counterparties as +collateral under repurchase agreements and debt securities lent to counterparties under securities lending agreements. +The counterparties are allowed to sell or repledge those securities sold under repurchase agreements in the absence of +default by the Group, but has an obligation to return the securities at the maturity of the contract. If the securities increase +or decrease in value, the Group may in certain circumstances require or be required to pay additional cash collateral in +certain circumstance. The Group has determined that it retains substantially all the risks and rewards of these securities and +therefore has not derecognised them. In addition, it recognises a financial liability for cash received as collateral. +The following table analyses the carrying amount of the above mentioned financial assets transferred to third parties that did +not qualify for derecognition and their associated financial liabilities: +31 December 2018 +Carrying +amount of +31 December 2017 +Carrying +amount of +transferred +assets +liabilities +Carrying +amount of +associated +transferred +Carrying +amount of +associated +assets +liabilities +Repurchase agreements +33,161 +45,780 +43. TRANSFERRED FINANCIAL ASSETS +44,458 +1,642,668 +262,907 +(4,437) +289 +81,835 +The effect of changes in foreign exchange rates +(16,043) +Amortisation of debt securities +187 +(16,043) +187 +Total liability-related other changes +187 +187 +Total equity-related other changes +Balance as at 31 December 2017 +526,940 +4,619 +261,043 +1,097,544 +1,864 +13,565 +44,433 +Securities lending agreements +273,685 +2017 +Authorised, but not contracted for +344 +644 +327 +607 +Contracted, but not provided for +33,042 +22,380 +1,469 +2,314 +33,386 +23,024 +1,796 +2,921 +238 +ICBC +2018 +2017 +2018 +Bank +306,846 +45,780 +277,169 +321,627 +44,433 +Annual Report 2018 +237 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(4,437) +(104,162) +Securitisation transactions +For those in which the Group has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of the transferred +credit assets, and retained control of the credit assets, the Group recognises the assets on the statement of financial position +in accordance with the Group's continuing involvement and the rest is derecognised. The extent of the Group's continuing +involvement is the extent of the risks and rewards undertaken by the Group with value changes of the transferred financial +assets. The amount at the time of transfer of the original credit assets, which the Group determined that it has continuing +involvement through acquiring some tranches, was RMB256,346 million as at 31 December 2018 (31 December 2017: +RMB59,051 million) and the carrying amount of assets that the Group continues to recognise on the statement of financial +position was RMB37,239 million as at 31 December 2018 (31 December 2017: RMB3,679 million). +With respect to the securitisation of financial assets that do not qualify for derecognition, the relevant financial assets are +not derecognised, and the consideration paid by third parties are recorded as a financial liability. As at 31 December 2018, +the Group does not have carrying amount of transferred assets that did not qualify for derecognition and carrying amount of +their associated liabilities (31 December 2017: Nil). +44. SHARE APPRECIATION RIGHTS PLAN +The Bank's share appreciation rights plan was approved in 2006, which allows share appreciation rights to be granted to +eligible participants including directors, supervisors, senior management and other key personnel designated by the board of +directors. The share appreciation rights will be granted and exercised based on the price of the Bank's H shares and will be +valid for 10 years. As at the approval date of these financial statements, no share appreciation rights have been granted. +45. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES +(a) Capital commitments +At the end of the reporting period, the Group and the Bank had capital commitments as follows: +Group +The Group enters into securitisation transactions in the normal course of business by which it transfers credit assets to +structured entities which issue asset-backed securities to investors. The Group may acquire some asset-backed securities and +fund shares at the subordinated tranche level and accordingly, may retain parts of the risks and rewards of the transferred +credit assets. The Group would determine whether or not to derecognise the associated credit assets by evaluating the +extent to which it retains the risks and rewards of the assets. +(million) +849 +Net cash flows from financing activities +N/A +45,000 +12,000 +600 +2,940 +17,991 +757 +450 +120 +Total +RMB +RMB +EUR +40 +147 +USD +Domestic +Preference Shares +Overseas +In RMB (million) +4,558 +31 December 2018 +12,000 +79,549 +Issue price +1,000USD/Piece +Interest rate +4.25% +Equity +2016-07-21 +USD Perpetual bond +classification +Issue date +outstanding +In RMB +currency +(million +Accounting +Financial instrument +In original +Amount +(2) Perpetual Bond +Note: The RMB amounts of offshore preference shares in U.S. dollar and Euro on 31 December 2018 are translated at the spot +exchange rate on issuance date. +45,000 +In original currency (million) +and +Amount (million shares) +Interest paid on debt securities +849 +(16,219) +(15,370) +Acquisition of non-controlling interests +(194) +(194) +Repayment of debt securities +(759,095) --.. +(759,095) +Dividends paid to non-controlling shareholders +(309) +(309) +Dividends paid on ordinary shares +(83,506) +(83,506) +Dividends paid on preference shares +943,954 +943,954 +Proceeds from issuance of debt securities +792 +1 January 2018 +Financial instrument outstanding +(c) Changes in preference shares outstanding +The Group shall distribute dividends for the Preference Shares in cash, based on the total amount of the issued and +outstanding Preference Shares on the corresponding times (i.e. the product of the issue price of preference shares and the +number of the issued and outstanding preference shares). Interest method of the Preference Shares of the Group is once a +year. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Balance as at 1 January 2017 +184,859 +357,937 +940,663 +interests +11,412 +Total +1,313,782 +Cash flows from financing activities +Capital injection by non-controlling +shareholders +-- - 792 +3,770 +Dividends ordinary shares +(a) Perpetual bond outstanding at the end of the year +Dividends preference shares (note 17) +242,461 +32,689 +999 +4,798 +18,549 +16,043 +8,157 +33,152 +228,063 +6,164 +200 +1,500 +1,443 +7,976 +| | | | $ན +54 +54 +51,894 +Receivables +(b) Structured entities sponsored by the Group which the Group did not consolidate but +held an interest +As at 31 December 2018, the amount of assets held by the unconsolidated non-principal-guaranteed wealth management +products and investment funds, which are sponsored by the Group, were RMB2,575,857 million (31 December 2017: +RMB2,665,795 million) and RMB 1,308,500 million (31 December 2017: RMB1,296,300 million) respectively. +19 +Cash on hand +2017 +2018 +Note +42. NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT +(a) Analysis of balances of cash and cash equivalents +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +235 +Annual Report 2018 +During the year of 2018, the amount of income received from such category of investment funds was RMBO.19 million. +(2017: RMB12 million). +The aggregated amount of the investment funds sponsored and issued by the Group after 1 January 2018 but matured +before 31 December 2018 was RMB66 million (The aggregated amount of the investment funds sponsored and issued by +the Group after 1 January 2017 but matured before 31 December 2017 was RMB42,400 million). +During the year of 2018, the amount of fee and commission income received from such category of non-principal- +guaranteed wealth management products by the Group was RMB1,387 million (2017: RMB4,107 million). +The aggregated amount of the non-principal-guaranteed wealth management products sponsored and issued by the Group +after 1 January 2018 but matured before 31 December 2018 was RMB708,588 million (The aggregated amount of the non- +principal-guaranteed wealth management products sponsored and issued by the Group after 1 January 2017 but matured +before 31 December 2017 was RMB1,439,371 million). +(c) Unconsolidated structured entities sponsored by the Group during the year in which +the Group does not have an interest at 31 December 2018 +During the year of 2018, the amount of the average exposure of financing transactions through placements and reverse +repurchase agreements from the Group with non-principal guaranteed wealth management products sponsored by the +Group was RMB73,105 million (2017: RMB92,791 million). The transactions were conducted in the ordinary course of +business under normal terms and conditions and at market rates. +The types of unconsolidated structured entities sponsored by the Group include non-principal-guaranteed wealth +management products and investment funds. The nature and purpose of these structured entities are to generate fees +from managing assets on behalf of investors. These structured entities are financed through the issue of notes to investors. +Interest held by the Group includes investments in notes issued by these structured entities and fees charged by providing +management services. As at 31 December 2018, the carrying amounts of the investments in the notes issued by these +structured entities and fee receivables being recognised were not material in the statement of financial positions. +as at FVTPL +assets +designated +28,197 +17,792 +306,981 +23,191 +Financial +investments +measured at +amortised cost +31 December 2018 +Financial +investments +measured at +FVOCI +FVTPL +Financial +investments +measured at +ICBC +234 +Asset-backed securities +Trust plans +Asset management plans +Investment funds +Group +The following table sets out an analysis of the line items in the statement of financial position in which assets were +recognised relating to the Group's interests in structured entities sponsored by third party institutions: +The maximum exposures to loss in the above investment funds, wealth management products, asset management +plans, trust plans and asset-backed securities are the amortised cost or fair value of the assets held by the Group at the +reporting date. +11,769 +60,284 +5,917 +14,001 +financial +investments +maturity +Held-to- +Financial +assets held +for trading or +for-sale +Available- +31 December 2017 +70,047 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Asset-backed securities +Trust plans +Asset management plans +Wealth management products +Investment funds +43,562 +5,917 +418,653 +Notes to the Financial Statements +327,098 +75,214 +19 +277,661 +Total equity-related other changes +(3,079) +(3,079) +Total liability-related other changes +(3,079) +(3,079) +Amortisation of debt securities +11,580 +11,580 +The effect of changes in foreign exchange rates +(35,924) +(202) +(113,504) +77,782 +Net cash flows from financing activities +(4,506) +Balance as at 31 December 2018 +(4,506) +617,842 1,206,666 +279,212 +2016 final (note 17) +issued +controlling +Retained +payable on +securities +Non- +Interest +Debt +Equity +Liabilities +Group +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +236 +1,839,390 +1,551 +14,882 +Dividends paid on preference shares +(85,823) +(85,823) +securities +Non- +Group +Equity +Liabilities +Debt +(b) Reconciliation of movements of liabilities to cash flows arising from financing activities +1,520,330 +1,509,523 +779,672 +686,237 +Reverse repurchase agreements with original maturity of three +months or less +195,393 +290,067 +Placements with banks and other financial institutions with original +maturity of three months or less +224,886 +Nostro accounts with banks and other financial institutions with +original maturity of three months or less +177,357 +238,286 +issued +531,559 +profits +1,042,509 +Retained controlling +interests +13,533 +Total +1,587,601 +Dividends paid on ordinary shares +(327) +(327) +Dividends paid to non-controlling shareholders +(968,222) +(968,222) +Repayment of debt securities +125 +1,045,746 +(22,917) +Balances with central banks other than restricted deposits +(23,175) +Interest paid on debt securities +1,045,746 +Proceeds from issuance of debt securities +125 +shareholders +Capital injection by non-controlling +Cash flows from financing activities +Balance as at 1 January 2018 +258 +327,098 +292,694 +468,132 +(85,823) (85,823) +Balance as at 31 December 2018 +Appropriation to general reserve (ii) +Appropriation to surplus reserve (i) +Dividends-preference shares (note 17) +2017 final (note 17) +Dividends ordinary shares +Total comprehensive income +27,425 +309,469 +282,044 +27,425 +(125) +52 +911 +26,587 +27,425 +(125) +(4,506) (4,506) +52 +28,421 +28,421 +11,827 +Changes in fair value of equity instruments designated as at FVOCI +Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss: +40. COMPONENTS OF OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +232 +Includes the appropriation made by overseas branches in the amount of RMB103 million (2017: RMB107 million). +(ii) Includes the reversal made by overseas branches in the amount of RMB9 million (2017: appropriation in the amount of +RMB20 million). +(i) +(54) 700,637 1,111,446 2,247,865 +(3,913) +(294) +19,926 +79,375 156,204 257,567 271,201 +356,407 +(11,827) +(28,421) +11,827 +911 +26,587 +959,979 2,028,725 +229,146 +156,204 +79,375 +356,407 +Balance as at 31 December 2017 +(13,066) +13,066 +13,066 +Appropriation to general reserve (ii) +(27,166) +27,166 +27,166 +Appropriation to surplus reserve (i) +(4,437) (4,437) +(83,506) +468,132 +(83,506) +259,374 +(29,326) +(1,205) +(3,965) +632,964 +71 +(3,965) +(1,205) +(6,661) +259,374 +229,146 +156,204 +Less: Income tax effect +79,375 +Other comprehensive income +Profit for the year +Balance as at 1 January 2018 +22,665 (53,341) (30,676) +22,665 +Impact of adopting IFRS 9 +610,299 1,013,320 2,059,401 +71 +356,407 +Other comprehensive income recognised under equity method +Others +282,044 282,044 +2017 +Investment funds +exposure +amount +exposure +amount +Maximum +31 December 2017 +Carrying +Maximum +31 December 2018 +Carrying +Group +The following table sets out an analysis of the carrying amounts and maximum exposure of interests held by the Group in +the structured entities sponsored by third party institutions: +The Group holds an interest in some structured entities sponsored by third party institutions through investments in +the products issued by these structured entities. Such structured entities include investment funds, wealth management +products, asset management plans, trust plans and asset-backed securities and the Group does not consolidate these +structured entities. The nature and purpose of these structured entities are to generate fees from managing assets on behalf +of investors and are financed through the issue of investment products to investors. +(a) Structured entities sponsored by third party institutions in which the Group holds an +interest +41. INVOLVEMENT WITH UNCONSOLIDATED STRUCTURED ENTITIES +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +23,191 +10,919 +10,919 +Wealth management products +24,400 +24,400 +2018 +80,202 +80,202 +Asset-backed securities +24,200 +24,200 +233 +39,966 +Trust plans +267,379 +267,379 +324,773 +324,773 +Asset management plans +200 +200 +39,966 +Annual Report 2018 +23,191 +27,809 +(631) +(43,742) +Net loss from change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets +Less: Amount transferred to profit or loss from other comprehensive income +Income tax effect +(1,238) +(211) +Less: Amount transferred to profit or loss from other comprehensive income +Credit losses of debt instruments measured at FVOCI +(8,709) +10,879 +337 +32,971 +Changes in fair value of debt instruments measured at FVOCI +Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: +(29) +3 +(41,378) +1,605 +(481) +2,086 +Less: Amount transferred to profit or loss from other comprehensive income +Income tax effect +(33,494) +24,599 +(1,027) +Reserve from cash flow hedging instruments +(903) +Others +(8,752) +3,325 +Foreign currency translation differences +488 +Other comprehensive income recognised under equity method +939 +(757) +712 +(26) +(11) +965 +(Losses)/gains during the year +(42) +(53) +Less: Income tax effect +151,714 +Profit before taxation +3,089 +(2,502) +5,621 +369,324 +144,284 +3,089 +Share of profits of associates and joint ventures +Profit for the year +587 +372,413 +Income tax expense +(73,690) +298,723 +Other segment information: +Depreciation +75,828 +Amortisation +75,828 +144,284 +92,484 +Operating profit/(loss) +7,302 +5,011 +Operating income +5,288 +353,859 +273,490 +5,288 +725,121 +Operating expenses +151,714 +(70,797) +(17,449) +(7,677) +(194,203) +Impairment losses on assets +(131,348) +(30,926) +793 +(113) +(161,594) +(98,280) +2,237 +25,354,657 +13,407 +20,760 +Segment liabilities +12,292,100 +95,256 +6,982 +9,664,481 +42,370 +45,577 +290,404 +4,241 +15,863 +47,846 +3,179,501 +218,575 +Other segment information: +Credit commitments +2,222,156 +1,007,356 +(i) Including net trading income, net gain on financial investments and other operating income (net). +(2,143) +3,229,512 +Other non-current assets (ii) +107,201 +Property and equipment +29,124 +996 +747 +432 +164 +2,339 +Capital expenditure +30,471 +26,969 +12,083 +538 +3,032 +As at 31 December 2018 +Segment assets +9,706,611 +5,711,799 +12,095,016 +186,114 +27,699,540 +Including: Investments in associates and joint ventures +29,124 +72,555 +1,606 +2017 +Other income/(expense), net (i) +2018 +RMB'000 +3,721 +262 +2017 +RMB'000 +7,519 +304 +3,983 +7,823 +Note: The above remuneration before tax payable to key management personnel for 2017 represents the total amount of annual +remuneration, which includes the amount disclosed in the 2017 Annual Report. +The total compensation packages for senior management of the Bank for the year ended 31 December 2018 have not +been finalised in accordance with the regulations of the PRC relevant authorities. The remuneration not yet accrued is not +expected to have a significant impact on the Group's and the Bank's 2018 financial statements. The total compensation +packages will be further disclosed when determined by the relevant authorities. +Companies or corporations, in which the key management of the Group or their close relatives are shareholders or key +management personnel who are able to exercise control directly or indirectly are also considered as related parties of the Group. +The transactions between the Group and the aforementioned parties for the year are as follows: +Loans +2018 +RMB'000 +2017 +RMB'000 +2,513 +2,603 +There were no other material transactions and balances with key management personnel on an individual basis during the +year. The Group enters into banking transactions with key management personnel in the normal course of business. +244 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Short-term employment benefits +Post-employment benefits +The aggregate compensation for the year, other than those for the personnel disclosed in note 12 above, is as follows: +The key management personnel are those persons who have the authority and responsibility to plan, direct and control +the activities of the Group, directly or indirectly, including members of the board of directors, the supervisory board and +executive officers. +(e) Key management personnel +The major transactions between the Group and the associates and their affiliates comprised due from banks and +other financial institutions, loans and advances to customers and due to banks and other financial institutions and the +corresponding interest income and interest expense. In the opinion of management, the transactions between the Group +and the associates and their affiliates were conducted under normal commercial terms and conditions. +(!!) +(d) Joint ventures and affiliates +Balances at end of the year: +Due to customers +2018 +2017 +71 +145 +The aggregate balance of loans and credit card overdraft to the person which are considered as related parties according +to the relevant rules of Shanghai Stock Exchange was RMB93.45 million as at 31 December 2018 (31 December 2017: +RMB36.52 million). +2018 +Interest expense on amounts due to customers +Interest rate ranges during the year: +Due to customers +1 +1 +% +0.01 to 0.30 +% +0.01 to 1.30 +In the opinion of management, the transactions between the Group and the aforementioned parties were conducted in the +ordinary course of business under normal terms and conditions and at market rates. +Transactions during the year: +2,551 +In the opinion of management, the transactions between the Group and the aforementioned parties were conducted in the +ordinary course of business under normal terms and conditions and at market rates. +Apart from the obligations for defined contributions to the Annuity Fund, Annuity Fund holds A shares of the Bank with an +amount of RMB4.41 million as at 31 December 2018 (31 December 2017: RMB21.58 million). +banking +banking +Treasury +operations +Others +Total +External net interest income +273,082 +86,143 +213,293 +572,518 +Internal net interest (expense)/income +(3,458) +122,772 +(119,314) +Net fee and commission income +81,684 +62,969 +648 +145,301 +Year ended 31 December 2018 +Personal +Corporate +Segment revenues, expenses, results, assets and liabilities include items directly attributable to a segment as well as those +that can be allocated on a reasonable basis. The basis for allocation is mainly based on occupation of or contribution to +resources. Income taxes are managed on a group basis and are not allocated to operating segments. +Transactions between segments mainly represent the provision of funding to and from individual segments. These +transactions are conducted on terms determined with reference to the average cost of funding and have been reflected +in the performance of each segment. Net interest income and expense arising on internal fund transfer are referred to as +"internal net interest income/expense". Net interest income and expense relating to third parties are referred to as "external +net interest income/expense". +(g) Transactions with state-owned entities in the PRC +The Group operates in an economic environment predominated by enterprises directly or indirectly owned and/or controlled +by the Government through its authorities, affiliates or other organisations (collectively the "state-owned entities"). During +the year, the Group entered into extensive banking transactions with these state-owned entities including, but not limited +to, lending and deposit taking, taking and placing of interbank balances, entrusted lending and the provision of intermediary +services, the sale, purchase, underwriting and redemption of bonds issued by other state-owned entities, and the sale, +purchase, and leasing of properties and other assets. +Management considers that transactions with state-owned entities are activities conducted in the ordinary course of +business, and that the dealings of the Group have not been significantly or unduly affected by the fact that the Group and +those state-owned entities are ultimately controlled or owned by the Government. The Group has also established pricing +policies for products and services and such pricing policies do not depend on whether or not the customers are state-owned +entities. +50. SEGMENT INFORMATION +(a) Operating segments +For management purposes, the Group is organised into different operating segments, namely corporate banking, personal +banking and treasury operations, based on internal organisational structure, management requirement and internal +reporting system. +Corporate banking +The corporate banking segment covers the provision of financial products and services to corporations, government agencies +and financial institutions. The products and services include corporate loans, trade financing, deposit-taking activities, +corporate wealth management services, custody activities and various types of corporate intermediary services, etc. +Personal banking +(f) Annuity Fund +The personal banking segment covers the provision of financial products and services to individual customers. The products +and services include personal loans, deposit-taking activities, card business, personal wealth management services and +various types of personal intermediary services, etc. +The treasury operations segment covers the Group's treasury operations which include money market transactions, +investment securities, foreign exchange transactions and the holding of derivative positions, for its own accounts or on +behalf of customers, etc. +Annual Report 2018 +245 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Others +This segment covers the Group's assets, liabilities, income and expenses that are not directly attributable or cannot be +allocated to a segment on a reasonable basis. +Management monitors the operating results of the Group's business units separately for the purpose of making decisions +about resources allocation and performance assessment. Segment information is prepared in conformity with the accounting +policies adopted for preparing and presenting the financial statements of the Group. +Treasury operations +Including long-term receivables, intangible assets, goodwill, long-term deferred expenses and other non-current assets. +55,342 +ICBC +3,510,936 +(i) +Including net trading income, net gain on financial investments and other operating income (net). +(ii) +Including long-term receivables, intangible assets, goodwill, long-term deferred expenses and other non-current assets. +(b) Geographical information +The Group operates principally in Mainland China, and also has branches and subsidiaries operating outside Mainland China +(including: Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Seoul, Tokyo, London, Almaty, Jakarta, Moscow, Doha, +Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sydney, Toronto, Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi, Bangkok, New York, Karachi, Mumbai, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Lima, +Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Auckland, Kuwait City, Mexico City, Yangon, Riyadh, Istanbul, Prague, Zurich, Manila and Vienna, etc.). +The distribution of the geographical areas is as follows: +Mainland China (Head Office and domestic branches): +Head Office ("HO"): +Yangtze River Delta: +Pearl River Delta: +Bohai Rim: +Central China: +Western China: +Northeastern China: +Overseas and others: +the HO business division (including institutions directly managed by the HO and their offices); +including Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ningbo; +including Guangdong, Shenzhen, Fujian and Xiamen; +including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong and Qingdao; +including Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Jiangxi and Hainan; +including Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, +Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Tibet; and +902,217 +2,608,719 +Credit commitments +Other segment information: +32,441 +32,441 +Property and equipment +96,515 +79,646 +37,649 +33,934 +247,744 +Other non-current assets (ii) +including Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Dalian. +20,975 +4,435 +11,124 +43,610 +Segment liabilities +11,294,092 +8,627,592 +3,854,496 +169,807 +23,945,987 +7,076 +Including: Investments in associates and joint ventures +branches located outside Mainland China, domestic and overseas subsidiaries, and investments in +associates and joint ventures. +247 +30,593 +59,236 +80,818 +18,202 +38,275 +572,518 +Internal net interest (expense)/income +(141,316) +27,338 +11,824 +83,075 +11,846 +6,811 +5,554 +(5,132) +Net fee and commission income +3,907 +38,284 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +61,134 +228,918 +External net interest income +Total +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Year ended 31 December 2018 +Mainland China (HO and domestic branches) +Yangtze +Pearl +Bohai +Central +Western +Annual Report 2018 +Northeastern +Head Office +River Delta +River Delta +Rim +China +China +China +others +Eliminations +Overseas and +26,087,043 +154,799 +11,629,855 +139,625 +Other income/(expense), net (i) +2,933 +(474) +6,620 +4,872 +13,951 +Operating income +332,264 +247,919 +90,599 +4,872 +675,654 +Operating expenses +(70,089) +(93,935) +(15,857) +(6,313) +(186,194) +377 +62,325 +76,923 +Net fee and commission income +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Year ended 31 December 2017 +Corporate +Personal +Treasury +banking +banking +operations +Impairment losses on assets +Others +External net interest income +251,100 +58,384 +212,594 +522,078 +Internal net interest income/(expense) +1,308 +127,684 +(128,992) +Total +(109,302) +(16,141) +(2,029) +6,122 +5,070 +2,404 +277 +13,873 +967 +682 +406 +59 +287,451 +2,114 +12,964 +6,185 +728 +35,671 +Capital expenditure +As at 31 December 2017 +Segment assets +9,309,390 +4,992,999 +15,794 +246 +Amortisation +Other segment information: +(297) +(127,769) +Operating profit/(loss) +152,873 +137,843 +72,713 +(1,738) +361,691 +Share of profits of associates and joint ventures +Depreciation +2,950 +Profit before taxation +152,873 +137,843 +72,713 +1,212 +364,641 +Income tax expense +(77,190) +Profit for the year +2,950 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +23,785 +243 +46. DESIGNATED FUNDS AND LOANS +Designated funds +Designated loans +Group +2018 +2017 +1,327,990 +1,327,433 +920,829 +920,476 +The designated funds represent the funding that the trustors have instructed the Group to use to make loans to third parties +as designated by them. The credit risk remains with the trustors. +The designated loans represent the loans granted to specific borrowers designated by the trustors on their behalf according +to the entrusted agreements signed by the Group and the trustors. The Group does not bear any risk. +47. ASSETS PLEDGED AS SECURITY +Financial assets of the Group including securities, bills and loans have been pledged as collateral for liabilities or contingent +liabilities, mainly the repurchase agreements and derivative contracts. As at 31 December 2018, the carrying value of the +financial assets of the Group pledged as collateral amounted to approximately RMB490,913 million (31 December 2017: +RMB878,823 million). +240 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +48. FIDUCIARY ACTIVITIES +The Group provides custody, trust and asset management services to third parties. Revenue from such activities is included in +"net fee and commission income" set out in note 7 above. Those assets held in a fiduciary capacity are not included in the +Group's consolidated statement of financial position. +49. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES +In addition to the transactions detailed elsewhere in these financial statements, the Group had the following transactions +with related parties during the year: +As at 31 December 2018, the unexpired securities underwriting obligations of the Group and the Bank amounted to +RMB100 million (31 December 2017: Nil). +(f) Underwriting obligations +The MOF will not provide funding for the early redemption of these government bonds on a back-to-back basis but is +obliged to repay the principal and the respective interest upon maturity. +As an underwriting agent of the Government, the Bank underwrites certain PRC government bonds and sells the bonds +to the general public. The Bank is obliged to redeem these bonds at the discretion of the holders at any time prior to +maturity. The redemption price for the bonds is based on the nominal value of the bonds plus any interest accrued up to +the redemption date. As at 31 December 2018, the Bank had underwritten and sold bonds with an accumulated amount of +RMB85,845 million (31 December 2017: RMB87,981 million) to the general public, and these government bonds have not +yet matured nor been redeemed. Management expects that the amount of redemption of these government bonds through +the Bank prior to maturity will not be material. +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Credit risk-weighted assets of +credit commitments(i) +(i) +Group +Bank +2018 +2017 +(a) Shareholders with significant influence +2018 +1,402,715 +1,552,070 +1,363,246 +1,526,140 +Internal ratings-based approach was adopted to calculate the credit risk-weighted assets according to the scope approved by +the former CBRC, and others were calculated by weighted approach. +(d) Legal proceedings +As at 31 December 2018, there were a number of legal proceedings outstanding against the Bank and/or its subsidiaries +with a claimed amount of RMB4,154 million (31 December 2017: RMB4,496 million). +In the opinion of management, the Group and the Bank have made adequate allowance for any probable losses based on +the current facts and circumstances, and the ultimate outcome of these lawsuits will not have a material impact on the +financial position or operations of the Group and the Bank. +(e) Redemption commitments of government bonds +2017 +239 +(i) +The MOF is a ministry under the State Council of the PRC, primarily responsible for, among others, state fiscal revenues, +expenses and taxation policies. As at 31 December 2018, the MOF directly owned approximately 34.60% (31 December +2017: approximately 34.60%) of the issued share capital of the Bank. The Group enters into banking transactions with the +MOF in its normal course of business, including the subscription and redemption of government bonds issued by the MOF. +Details of the major transactions are as follows: +As at 31 December 2018, Central Huijin Investment Ltd ("Huijin") directly owned approximately 34.71% (31 December +2017: approximately 34.71%) of the issued share capital of the Bank. Huijin is a state-owned investment company +established on 16 December 2003 under the Company Law of the PRC. Huijin has total registered and paid-in capital of +RMB828,209 million. Huijin is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Investment Corporation, and in accordance with the +authorisation by the State, Huijin makes equity investments in the key state-owned financial institutions, and shall, to the +extent of its capital contribution, exercise the rights and perform the obligations as an investor on behalf of the State in +accordance with applicable laws, to achieve the goal of preserving and enhancing the value of state-owned financial assets. +Huijin does not engage in other business activities, and does not intervene in the day-to-day business operations of the key +state-owned financial institutions it controls. +As at 31 December 2018, the Huijin Bonds held by the Bank are of an aggregate face value of RMB38.77 billion +(31 December 2017: RMB22.75 billion), with terms ranging from 1 to 30 years and coupon rates ranging from 3.12% to +5.15% per annum. The Huijin Bonds are government-backed, short-term financing bills and medium-term notes. The Bank's +subscription of the Huijin Bonds was conducted in the ordinary course of business, in compliance with relevant regulatory +requirements and the corporate governance of the Bank. +Annual Report 2018 +241 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The Group entered into banking transactions with Huijin in the ordinary course of business under normal commercial terms +and at the market rates. Details of the major transactions are as follows: +Balances at end of the year: +Debt securities purchased +Loans and advances to customers +Due to customers +2018 +2017 +39,563 +22,215 +27,007 +27,036 +11,499 +(ii) Huijin +Other related party transactions between the Group and enterprises under the control or joint control of the MOF are +disclosed in note 49(g) "transactions with state-owned entities in the PRC". +As at 31 December 2018, the Group holds a series of long-term bonds issued by Huarong, which is under the control of the +MOF, with an aggregate amount of RMB90,309 million (31 December 2017: RMB90,309 million). The details of the Huarong +bonds are included in note 24. +2.10 to 5.41 +Balances at end of the year: +The PRC government bonds and the special government bond +2018 +2017 +1,097,055 +927,432 +2018 +2017 +Transactions during the year: +The MOF +Subscription of the PRC government bonds +Interest rate ranges during the year: +Bond investments +682,923 +351,138 +322,489 +37,795 +% +184,792 +31,366 +% +2.13 to 5.41 +Redemption of the PRC government bonds +Interest income on the PRC government bonds +5,607 +Annual Report 2018 +1,383,145 +808 +21,683 +15,628 +13,077 +14,049 +Operating lease commitments - Lessor +At the end of the reporting period, the Group leased certain aircraft and vessels to third parties under operating lease +arrangements, and the total future minimum lease receivables in respect of non-cancellable operating leases with its tenants +were as follows: +Within one year +Over one year but within five years +Over five years +Group +2018 +2017 +27,704 +10,551 +62,722 +42,806 +88,258 +35,255 +167,048 +714 +1,011 +2,331 +Over five years +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(b) Operating lease commitments +Operating lease commitments - Lessee +At the end of the reporting period, the Group and the Bank leased certain office properties under operating lease +arrangements, and the total future minimum lease payments in respect of non-cancellable operating leases were as follows: +Group +Bank +2018 +2017 +2018 +88,612 +2017 +6,546 +5,451 +4,877 +4,961 +Over one year but within five years +12,806 +9,166 +7,486 +8,280 +Within one year +871,289 +3,476,117 +(c) Credit commitments +The Group provides letters of credit and financial guarantees to guarantee the performance of customers to third parties. +Bank acceptances comprise undertakings by the Group to pay bills of exchange drawn on customers. The Group expects +most acceptances to be settled simultaneously with the reimbursement from the customers. +42,918 +37,353 +37,657 +34,556 +162,801 +153,182 +159,470 +147,524 +With an original maturity of under one year +151,927 +With an original maturity of one year or over +1,061,666 +Undrawn credit card limit +1,037,861 +3,229,512 +234,675 +1,439,090 +902,217 +3,510,936 +141,488 +221,628 +987,856 +1,005,493 +3,195,270 +362,367 +431,974 +337,930 +405,155 +The contractual amounts of credit commitments by category are set out below. The amounts disclosed in respect of loan +commitments and undrawn credit card limit are under the assumption that the amounts will be fully advanced. The amounts +for bank acceptances, letters of credit and guarantees represent the maximum potential losses that would be recognised at +the end of the reporting period had the counterparties failed to perform as contracted. +Group +Bank +2018 +Bank acceptances +263,038 +2017 +245,542 +2018 +2017 +At any given time, the Group has outstanding commitments to extend credit. These commitments are in the form of +approved loans and undrawn credit card limits. +259,392 +Guarantees issued: +- Financing letters of guarantees +- Non-financing letters of guarantees +Sight letters of credit +Usance letters of credit and other commitments +Loan commitments: +104,146 +160,947 +171,940 +215,556 +240,052 +2018 +2017 +Transactions during the year: +Interest expense on amounts due to banks and other financial institutions +2,643 +1,262 +2,432 +1,566 +% +% +Fee and commission income +Interest rate ranges during the year: +Financial investments +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Loans and advances to customers +Due to banks and other financial institutions +0 to 4.00 +0.01 to 4.50 +0.20 to 6.15 +-0.20 to 5.50 +0.50 to 4.00 +-0.42 to 105.00 +0.25 to 6.15 +-0.36 to 105.00 +The major balances and transactions with subsidiaries have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. +(c) Associates and affiliates +Balances at end of the year: +Due from banks and other financial institutions +265 +1,033 +Interest income on loans and advances to customers +147 +1,186 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +420,539 +383,376 +Derivative financial liabilities +Reverse repurchase agreements +Repurchase agreements +Credit commitments +985 +4,353 +4,479 +Loans and advances to customers +1,235 +5,913 +144,810 +2018 +2017 +Transactions during the year: +Interest income on financial investments +155 +Interest income on amounts due from banks and other financial institutions +1,802 +27,349 +151,512 +757 +Derivative financial assets +Due to customers +55 +Interest expense on amounts due to banks and other financial institutions +Interest expense on amounts due to customers +323 +133 +1 +2 +Interest rate ranges during the year: +Loans and advances to customers +Due to banks and other financial institutions +Due to customers +% +% +Due from banks and other financial institutions +0 to 14.00 +1.20 to 4.37 +0 to 2.67 +0 to 0.72 +0 to 14.00 +0.50 to 4.28 +0 to 8.54 +0 to 2.30 +Annual Report 2018 +120 +16 +53 +Interest income on amounts due from banks and other financial institutions +Interest income on loans and advances to customers +Derivative financial liabilities +Credit commitments +2018 +2017 +135 +3,075 +3,399 +1,667 +1,558 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +1,238 +17,535 +166 +121 +433 +1,178 +65 +2018 +2017 +Transactions during the year: +15,887 +2,059 +Derivative financial assets +37,385 +Debt securities purchased +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Loans and advances to customers +Derivative financial assets +Due to banks and other financial institutions +Derivative financial liabilities +Due to customers +Credit commitments +2018 +2017 +523,519 +135,694 +211 +6,335 +650,186 +128,185 +691 +6,431 +123,288 +157,412 +6,988 +933 +13,974 +6,023 +580 +Balances at end of the year: +Huijin has equity interests in certain other banks and financial institutions under the direction of the Government. The +Group enters into transactions with these banks and financial institutions in the ordinary course of business under normal +commercial terms. Management considers that these banks and financial institutions are competitors of the Group. Details +of major transactions during the year conducted with these banks and financial institutions are as follows: +0.30 to 1.76 +0.30 to 2.18 +Interest income on debt securities purchased +Interest income on loans and advances to customers +Interest expense on amounts due to customers +Net loss on financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +Interest rate ranges during the year: +Debt securities purchased +Loans and advances to customers +Due to customers +1,211 +672 +15,954 +1,207 +192 +202 +26 +% +% +3.12 to 5.15 +3.16 to 4.98 +3.92 to 4.75 +3.92 to 4.75 +603 +2018 +2017 +Transactions during the year: +0 to 10.00 +2.31 to 4.13 +0 to 9.07 +0 to 7.20 +The interest rates disclosed above vary across product groups and transactions depending on the maturity date, credit +risk of counterparty and currency. In particular, given local market conditions, the spread of certain major or long dated +transactions can vary across the market. +0 to 7.50 +4.13 to 6.18 +0 to 8.17 +242 +ICBC +(b) Subsidiaries +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +0 to 3.90 +2018 +Balances at end of the year: +Financial investments +27,638 +14,478 +Due from banks and other financial institutions +428,902 +387,233 +Loans and advances to customers +49,532 +2017 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Due to customers +Loans and advances to customers +Interest income on debt securities purchased +19,866 +23,758 +Interest income on amounts due from banks and other financial institutions +Interest income on loans and advances to customers +538 +418 +26 +8 +Interest expense on amounts due to banks and other financial institutions +Due to banks and other financial institutions +1,517 +Interest expense on amounts due to customers +12 +10 +Debt securities purchased +Interest rate ranges during the year: +Due from banks and other financial institutions +% +0 to 7.00 +0.13 to 7.67 +911 +16,068 +% +20,869 +China +3,700,969 +4,085,516 +2,758,294 +3,530,531 +1,120,364 +others +3,695,699 +Eliminations +(6,914,407) +Total +27,641,165 +Including: Investments in associates and +joint ventures +29,124 +29,124 +Property and equipment +12,038 +31,408 +11,332 +18,605 +18,359 +China +China +Rim +Overseas and +3,133 +1,767 +3,838 +2,410 +2,801 +975 +54,976 +72,555 +(i) +22,807 +Including net trading income, net gain on financial investments and other operating income (net). +Mainland China (HO and domestic branches) +Assets by geographical areas +Head Office +9,803,222 +Yangtze +River Delta +5,860,977 +Pearl +River Delta +Bohai +Central +Western +Northeastern +As at 31 December 2018 +9,650 +166,205 +290,404 +Unallocated liabilities +85,959 +25,354,657 +Other segment information: +Credit commitments +1,140,804 +652,201 +372,549 +544,264 +25,268,698 +231,154 +82,387 +720,824 +(926,942) +3,229,512 +(i) +Including long-term receivables, intangible assets, goodwill, long-term deferred expenses and other non-current assets. +ICBC +248 +17,258 +412,271 +2,655 +(6,914,407) +1,134,009 +Other non-current assets (i) +11,606 +5,839 +3,458 +3,926 +6,750 +10,449 +1,581 +4,237 +879,687 +47,846 +58,375 +Total assets +27,699,540 +Liabilities by geographical areas +7,532,137 +6,166,615 +3,719,458 +6,639,630 +2,733,284 3,378,285 +Unallocated assets +Capital expenditure +Total liabilities +202 +725,121 +Operating expenses +(18,802) +(29,196) +(21,976) +(31,779) +(28,482) +(33,104) +(11,960) +(288) +(19,192) +(194,203) +Impairment losses on assets +(29,087) +(19,899) +(20,268) +(29,537) +(23,683) +(21,005) +(10,436) +288 +(7,679) +57,021 +108,518 +4,644 +2,339 +8,850 +145,301 +Other (expense)/income, net (i) +(5,114) +(605) +(495) +(654) +27,958 +(148) +15,028 +(288) +7,302 +Operating income +86,395 +126,151 +94,375 +136,799 +88,192 +(442) +(161,594) +20 +38,506 +298,723 +Other segment information: +Depreciation +1,825 +1,786 +1,231 +2,006 +2,352 +2,690 +Profit for the year +1,113 +13,407 +Amortisation +233 +198 +196 +280 +86 +Operating profit +335 +404 +(73,690) +809 +372,413 +75,483 +Income tax expense +77,056 +36,027 +54,409 +52,131 +30,150 +369,324 +Share of profits of associates and joint ventures +3,089 +5,562 +54,409 +3,089 +33,239 +36,027 +75,483 +5,562 +77,056 +38,506 +Profit before taxation +52,131 +Bohai Rim +eastern +Delta +Delta +Office +Overseas +The compositions of each geographical distribution above are set out in note 50(b), except that "overseas and others" does +not include domestic and overseas subsidiaries. +Head +Central +River Pearl River +North +1,574,168 28,653,527 +Yangtze +31 December 2017 +Western +China +33,744 +China +8,179 +2,884 +841,164 +728,091 +institutions +Due from banks and other financial +3,477,828 +China +Total +9,270 +26,569 +115,233 +34,559 +59,322 +3,065,933 +Balances with central banks +and others +133,198 +3,073,824 +116,771 +3,749,225 +397 +2,042 +2,396 +3,387 +61,938 +27,354 +18,371 +Others +13,720 +90,710 +59,701 +22,827 +25,637 +634 +24,694 +117,916 +886 +4,362,174 +9,908,886 +Credit commitments +3,195,270 +25,458,257 +1,285,617 +288,551 +765,336 +75,828 +255,240 +166,341 +430,005 +2,412,087 +335,207 +2,497,375 +2,245,746 +3,319,220 +2,162,168 +2,952,700 +537,087 +3,489,787 +11,015,897 +1,107,011 +Total maximum credit risk exposure +2,818,584 +210 +284 +123 +44,699 +24,344 +22,004 +28,576 +3,131,589 +-Held-to-maturity investments +231,631 +120 +270 +3,540 +1,736 +24 +225,657 +- Receivables +Financial investments +68,913 +12,677 +106,669 +3,439,471 +4,006,969 +18,156 +13,565 +32,068 +129,073 +Others +1,324,817 +13,125,401 +84,295 +22,933 +17,417 +193,388 +24,088 +45,079 +936,338 +-Available-for-sale financial assets +1,279 +1,264 +707,746 +2,451,071 +338,257 +2,129 +91 +370 +253 +563 +373 +557 +333,921 +Financial assets designated as at FVTPL +60,072 +60,072 +Financial assets held for trading +930,593 +189,208 +Derivative financial assets +36,438 +647 +1,889 +1,954,528 +2,294,258 +1,842,347 +2,542,533 +613,792 +Loans and advances to customers +750,763 +719,126 +10,813 +Reverse repurchase agreements +53,856 +10,687 +194 +1,467 +306 +2,228 +739,950 +at amortised cost +28,878,520 +1,217,762 +220,802 +25,367,584 +2,849,198 +740,449 +2,594,612 +2,067,777 +2,633,747 +517,276 +3,151,023 +1,940,230 +414,893 +2,355,123 +2,711,616 +579,997 +3,291,613 +9,829,955 +911,612 +10,741,567 +Total maximum credit risk exposure +Credit commitments +288,090 +56,872 +3,773 +371,775 +14,593 +2,288,579 +84,106 +824,555 +Pearl River +River +Head +North +Yangtze +31 December 2018 +Bank +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +255 +Annual Report 2018 +The compositions of each geographical distribution above are set out in note 50(b). +20,258 +3,510,936 +410,475 +3,259,673 +2,966,387 +20,255 +18,148 +13,558 +28,576 +3,124,591 +-Held-to-maturity investments +277,129 +49,913 +120 +270 +3,540 +1,736 +284 +24 +221,242 +- Receivables +Financial investments +13,892,966 +22,004 +24,344 +44,699 +68,913 +32,024 +128,867 +Others +1,473,159 +235,599 +1,279 +22,933 +Central +17,417 +24,088 +45,079 +933,376 +- Available-for-sale financial assets +3,542,184 +216,380 +12,677 +193,388 +Western +eastern +Overseas +14,211,777 +706,138 +739,954 +2,670,233 +2,148,413 +2,468,536 +2,020,113 +2,763,624 +694,766 +Loans and advances to customers +521,393 +13,129 +508,264 +Reverse repurchase agreements +38,295 +Financial investments +-Financial investments measured at FVTPL +136,716 +1,219 +93,892 +432 +21,665 +16,997 +174,673 +18,218 +34,529 +4,160 +857,356 +709,262 +512 +174 +685 +520 +568,522 +914 +-Financial investments measured at FVOCI +- Financial investments measured +109 +130 +17,367 +80,490 +32,256 +82,669 +2,870,736 +Balances with central banks +Total +and others +China +China +China +Bohai Rim +Delta +Delta +Office +32,409 +10,447 +123,047 +3,249,421 +358 +849 +2,182 +30,266 +Derivative financial assets +1,031,402 +225,937 +241 +103 +222 +427 +2,243 +16,429 +785,442 +institutions +Due from banks and other financial +599 +14,598 +304,901 +7,242 +25,353 +241,879 +8,539 +38,724 +Corporate entities +518,745 +123,237 +72,985 +307,105 +6,966 +8,452 +financial institutions +Banks and other +220,295 +100 +17,898 +15,779 +332,393 +59,777 +FVTPL +measured at +measured at +measured at +investments +investments +Financial +Financial +Financial +investments +31 December 2018 +Bank +5,373,733 +226,235 +3,542,184 +1,466,995 +78,542 +196,793 +2,953 +4,670 +Held-to- +for-sale +financial +designated +held for +assets +assets +31 December 2017 +Available- +Financial +Financial +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +257 +Annual Report 2018 +6,049,076 +4,428,000 +maturity +trading +as at FVTPL +assets investments +Public sector entities +996,669 +757,091 +206,621 +30,729 +2,228 +Policy banks +FVOCI +3,305,631 +2,670,976 +514,597 +10,590 +24,468 +Governments and central banks +Total +Receivables +85,000 +amortised cost +Total +Governments and central banks +189,865 +2,953 +4,618 +Public sector entities +950,057 +Total +3,189,003 +85,000 +2,608,717 +728,060 +189,069 +30,729 +2,199 +Policy banks +487,915 +7,371 +Governments and central banks +7,684 +100 +205,220 +Banks and other +258 +5,101,425 +265,490 +491,655 +126,653 +17,898 +229,651 +90,532 +4,478 +3,439,471 +198,421 +1,324,817 +Receivables +47,414 +6,766 +37,927 +Corporate entities +259,547 +6,966 +7,957 +financial institutions +60,072 +1,377,327 +assets investments +trading +Banks and other financial institutions +206,560 +3,999 +195,339 +7,222 +Public sector entities +736,533 +484,456 +202,787 +49,290 +Policy banks +3,960,420 +3,555,980 +380,287 +24,153 +124,144 +242,056 +236,395 +602,595 +Held-to- +maturity +financial +for-sale +assets +designated +Available- +31 December 2017 +Financial +as at FVTPL +Financial +assets +held for +209,367 +18,477 +4,299,307 +1,197,156 +219,012 +176,687 +14,203 +Corporate entities +5,715,475 +243,749 +289,870 +35,771 +739,783 +850,038 +Real estate +947,100 +976,464 +971,938 +1,004,744 +gas and water +Production and supply of electricity, heating, +961,509 +1,094,756 +1,017,887 +1,145,342 +Leasing and commercial services +1,572,794 +677,177 +597,547 +Water, environment and +public utility management +265,149 +Construction +204,903 +207,383 +295,919 +295,271 +Finance +1,518,030 +658,745 +702,151 +626,059 +Wholesale and retail +656,895 +771,973 +676,573 +786,803 +583,254 +249,244 +1,622,263 +Manufacturing +830,932 +2,974,708 +84,279 +380,078 +746,653 +2,594,630 +2,067,780 +227,552 +2,295,332 +2,650,540 +530,239 +3,180,779 +1,947,288 +429,153 +2,376,441 +2,711,690 +596,587 +3,308,277 +937,147 +10,938,001 +Total maximum credit risk exposure +Credit commitments +10,000,854 +238,733 +1,251,987 +291,082 3,476,117 +1,543,069 27,447,539 +23,971,422 +The compositions of each geographical distribution above are set out in note 50(b), except that "overseas and others" does +not include domestic and overseas subsidiaries. +256 +1,766,388 +1,957,627 +1,868,700 +2,070,542 +Transportation, storage and postal services +2017 +2018 +1,569,387 +2017 +Bank +Group +The composition of the Group's and of the Bank's gross loans and advances to customers (excluding accrued interest) by +industry is analysed as follows: +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +By industry and issuers distribution +ICBC +2018 +3,773 +247,209 +Mining +42,296 +Governments and central banks +Total +amortised cost +FVOCI +FVTPL +measured at +investments +Financial +31 December 2018 +Financial +investments +measured at +measured at +Financial +investments +Group +The following tables present an analysis of debt securities (excluding accrued interest) by types of issuers and investments: +349,024 +13,455,417 +413,941 +3,617,465 +4,073,702 +Policy banks +235,641 +18,458 +693,750 +264,645 +302,685 +126,420 +Banks and other financial institutions +Corporate entities +353,277 +14,577,906 +217,022 +201,183 +7,284 +Public sector entities +774,732 +501,564 +223,877 +49,291 +8,555 +231,493 +351,126 +14,233,448 +Total for loans and advances to customers +Subtotal for corporate loans +1,505,600 +293,678 +384,070 +374,537 +Others +130,874 +174,180 +146,074 +196,046 +Science, education, culture and sanitation +230,195 +207,360 +262,262 +234,976 +9,418,894 +8,936,864 +8,709,091 +8,263,344 +Discounted bills +4,843,049 +5,515,538 +4,945,458 +5,636,574 +Subtotal for personal loans +754,295 +364,437 +15,419,905 +789,810 +830,630 +Others +4,088,754 +4,725,728 +4,154,899 +4,805,944 +Personal mortgage and business loans +790,559 +712,922 +2,245,743 +1,954,528 +Liabilities by geographical areas +26,087,043 +Total assets +48,392 +Unallocated assets +43,610 +4,273 +1,430 +7,603 +5,371 +3,974 +4,172 +5,762 +11,025 +Other non-current assets (i) +7,179,622 +247,744 +5,564,511 +5,568,370 +466,598 +657,602 +946,311 +Credit commitments +Other segment information: +23,945,987 +Total liabilities +71,076 +Unallocated liabilities +23,874,911 +(5,560,058) +571,676 +1,069,369 +3,164,294 +2,624,956 +3,692,171 +125,642 +9,900 +23,054 +Assets by geographical areas +Total +Eliminations +Overseas and +others +China +Northeastern +Western +China +Central +China +Rim +Bohai +Pearl +River Delta +Yangtze +River Delta +Head Office +Mainland China (HO and domestic branches) +As at 31 December 2017 +9,101,260 +5,327,071 +3,356,039 +3,710,656 +18,588 +17,080 +10,955 +30,359 +12,166 +Property and equipment +32,441 +558,078 +32,441 +Including: Investments in associates and +26,038,651 +(5,560,058) +3,382,006 +1,078,047 +3,113,759 +2,529,871 +joint ventures +254,474 +433,536 +89,923 +Description of parameters, assumptions, and estimation techniques +There are other objective evidences that the financial asset is impaired. +• +Due to serious financial difficulties, the financial asset cannot continue to be traded in an active market; +• +The borrower is probable to be insolvent or carry out other financial restructurings; +• +In light of economic, legal or other factors, the Group has made concessions to a borrower in financial difficulties, +which would otherwise have been impossible under normal circumstances; +• +It has been overdue for more than 90 days; +• +Generally, a financial asset is considered to be credit-impaired if: +Impairment assessment +(iii) The Group considers the borrower is unlikely to pay its credit obligations to the Group in full. +The principal or interest of loan is past due more than 90 days to the Group; +Write-offs; +Expected credit losses ("ECL") for a financial instrument is measured at an amount equal to 12-month ECL or lifetime ECL +depending on whether a significant increase in credit risk on that financial instrument has occurred since initial recognition +or whether an asset is considered to be credit-impaired. The loss allowance for loans and advances to customers, other than +those corporate loans and advance to customers which are credit-impaired, is measured using the risk parameters method. +The key parameters include Probability of Default ("PD"), Loss Given Default ("LGD"), and Exposure at Default ("EAD"), +considering the time value of money. Related definitions are as follows: +Annual Report 2018 +251 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Forward-looking information contained in ECL +It may not be possible to identify a single, or discrete events that result in the impairment, but it may be possible to identify +impairment through the combined effect of several events. The impairment losses are evaluated at the end of each reporting +period, unless unforeseen circumstances require more careful attention. +The timing of the expected cash flows. +The availability of other financial support and the realisable value of collateral; and +The estimated recoverable cash flows from projects and liquidation; +The borrower's ability to improve performance once a financial difficulty has arisen; +The sustainability of the borrower's business plan; +(ii) +• +There have been no significant changes in estimation techniques or significant assumptions made during the year. +The assumptions underlying the ECL calculation, such as how the PDs and LGDs of different maturity profiles change are +monitored and reviewed on a quarterly basis by the Group. +EAD refers to the total amount of on-and off-balance sheet exposures in the event of default and is determined based on +the historical repayment records. +LGD is the magnitude of the likely loss if there is a default in light of forward-looking information. The LGD is depending +on the type of counterparty, the method and priority of the recourse, and the type of collaterals, with taking the +forward-looking information into account; +PD is the possibility that a customer will default on its obligation within a certain period of time in light of forward-looking +information. The Group's PD is adjusted based on the results of the Internal Rating-Based Approach under the New Basel +Capital Accord, taking the forward-looking information into account and deducting the prudential adjustment to reflect the +debtor's point-in-time (PIT) PD under the current macroeconomic environment; +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +The impairment loss on credit-impaired corporate loans and advance to customers applied cash flow discount method, if +there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on a loan or advance has incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as +the difference between the asset's gross carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted +at the asset's original effective interest rate. The allowance for impairment loss is deducted in the carrying amount. The +impairment loss is recognised in the statement of profit or loss. In determining allowances on an individual basis, the +following factors are considered: +(i) +(i) +(iii) The corporate borrower has the above matters in other financial institutions refers to (i), (ii) +The Bank maintains a dual-reporting line structure at the branch level for risk management purposes. Under this structure, +the risk management departments of the branches report to both the corresponding risk management departments at the +Head Office and management of the relevant branches. +The Group has also assigned departments monitoring financial risks within the Group, including the Credit Management +Department to monitor credit risk, the Risk Management Department together with the Asset and Liability Management +Department to monitor market and liquidity risks, and the Internal Control and Compliance Department to monitor +operational risk. The Risk Management Department is primarily responsible for coordinating and establishing a +comprehensive risk management framework, preparing consolidated reports on credit risk, market risk and operational risk +and reporting directly to the Chief Risk Officer. +The President supervises the risk management strategies and reports directly to the Board. He chairs two management +committees including the Risk Management Committee and the Asset and Liability Management Committee. These two +committees formulate and make recommendations in respect of risk management strategies and policies through the +President to the Risk Management Committee of the Board. The Chief Risk Officer assists the President to supervise and +manage various risks. +The board of directors (the "Board") has the ultimate responsibility for risk management and oversees the Group's risk +management functions through the Risk Management Committee and the Audit Committee of the Board. +A description and an analysis of the major risks faced by the Group are as follows: +51. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS RISK MANAGEMENT +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +249 +Annual Report 2018 +Including long-term receivables, intangible assets, goodwill, long-term deferred expenses and other non-current assets. +3,510,936 +(585,683) +690,097 +(a) Credit risk +Definition and scope +Credit risk is the risk of loss arising from a borrower or counterparty's failure to perform its obligations. Operational failures +which result in unauthorised or inappropriate guarantees, financial commitments or investments by the Group may also give +rise to credit risk. The Group's credit risk is mainly attributable to its loans, due from banks and other financial institutions +and financial investments. +The Group is also exposed to credit risk in other areas in addition to the credit risk arising from the Group's loans, due +from banks and other financial institutions and financial investments. The credit risk arising from derivative financial +instruments is limited to derivative financial assets recorded in the statement of financial position. In addition, the Group +provides guarantees for customers and may therefore be required to make payments on their behalf. These payments will be +recovered from customers in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Therefore, the Group assumes a credit risk similar +to that arising from loans and applies the same risk control procedures and policies to reduce risks. +The corporate borrower is unlikely to pay its credit obligations to the Group in full, without recourse by the Group to +actions such as liquidation against collateral; +The principal or interest of loan is past due more than 90 days to the Group; +(ii) +(i) +The Group defines a corporate borrower as in default when it meets one or more of the following criteria at the timing +of recognition: +Definition of default +The assessment of significant increase since initial recognition in the credit risk is performed at least on a quarterly basis for +financial instruments held by the Group. The Group takes into consideration all reasonable and supportable information +(including forward-looking information) that reflects significantly change in credit risk for the purposes of classifying financial +instruments. The main considerations are regulatory and operating environment, internal and external credit risk gradings, +debt-servicing capacity, operating capabilities, contractual terms, and repayment records. The Group compares the risk of +default of a single financial instrument or a portfolio of financial instruments with similar credit risk characteristics as at the +end of the reporting period and its risk of default at the date of initial application to determine changes in the risk of default +during the lifetime of a financial instrument or a portfolio of financial instruments. In determining whether credit risk of a +financial instrument has increased significantly since initial recognition, the Group considers factors indicating whether the +probability of default has risen sharply, whether the financial instrument has been past due for more than 30 days, whether +the market price has been falling to assess deterioration. +The Group defines a retail business borrower as in default when single credit assets of borrowers meets one or more of the +following criteria: +Significant increase in credit risk +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +250 +Refer to Note 3(6) Impairment of the financial assets for the definition of the three risk stages. +The Group classifies financial instruments into three risk stages and makes provisions for expected credit losses accordingly, +depending on whether credit risk on that financial instrument has increased significantly since initial recognition. +Stage of financial instruments +Credit risk assessment method +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Including net trading income, net gain on financial investments and other operating income (net). +(i) +35,671 +714 +905 +(1,650) +Other (expense)/income, net (i) +139,625 +(15) +7,904 +4,596 +19,383 +17,548 +23,282 +24,415 +36,449 +6,063 +Net fee and commission income +924 +247 +851 +719 +(15,739) +Operating expenses +675,654 +(54) +59,445 +28,632 +100,795 +(5,115) +81,341 +88,516 +117,132 +73,841 +Operating income +13,951 +(39) +11,280 +126,006 +(28,487) +7,876 +13,526 +Rim +River Delta +River Delta +Head Office +Overseas and +Northeastern +Western +Central +Bohai +Pearl +Yangtze +Mainland China (HO and domestic branches) +Year ended 31 December 2017 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +China +China +China +others Eliminations +73,129 +15,958 +28,970 +(142,941) +Internal net interest (expense)/income +522,078 +45,376 +8,597 +15,441 +50,020 +28,671 +47,429 +50,808 +212,369 +External net interest income +Total +71,964 +The calculation of ECL incorporates forward-looking information. The Group has performed historical analysis and identified +the key economic variables, including Gross Domestic Product ("GDP"), Consumer Price Index ("CPI"), Purchasing Managers' +Index ("PMI"), M2, Industrial Added Value and Real Estate Climate Index, impacting ECL for each portfolio. The impact of +these economic variables on the PD and LGD has been determined by performing statistical regression analysis to understand +the correlations among the historical changes of the economic variables, PD and LGD. Forecasts of these economic variables +are provided quarterly by the Group at least and provide the best estimate view of the economy over the next year. +When calculating the weighted average ECL, the optimism, neutral and pessimism scenarios and its weightings determined +by a combination of macro-statistical analysis and expert judgment are taken into account by the Group. +(21,383) +(27,495) +386 +1,155 +2,856 +2,452 +2,079 +1,323 +1,918 +1,704 +Depreciation +Other segment information: +287,451 +(77,190) +364,641 +40,273 +10,812 +13,873 +Amortisation +627 +240 +22,050 +787 +2,830 +2,011 +1,539 +1,303 +3,639 +47,694 +1,512 +2,114 +172 +88 +352 +285 +169 +181 +Capital expenditure +(30,653) +32,659 +47,561 +(127,769) +(3,980) +(5,650) +(20,922) +(21,187) +(28,535) +(19,572) +(17,012) +(10,911) +Impairment losses on assets +(186,194) +54 +(18,142) +(12,170) +(32,179) +Operating profit +47,191 +71,633 +47,561 +71,633 +47,191 +2,950 +2,950 +Profit for the year +Income tax expense +Profit before taxation +66,818 +joint ventures +361,691 +1 +37,323 +10,812 +47,694 +32,659 +66,818 +Share of profits of associates and +2,451,071 +Write-off policy +252 +50,796 +395 +2,038 +2,393 +3,383 +61,931 +27,297 +18,130 +Others +4,519,182 +284,409 +13,720 +90,710 +59,701 +22,827 +166,363 +25,637 +10,227,058 +2,161,775 +3,160,069 +2,494,007 +3,473,846 +11,274,794 +756,918 +75,541 +250,303 +160,755 +417,287 +332,232 +522,667 +1,047,736 +Total maximum credit risk exposure +Credit commitments +2,816,954 +2,742,782 +2,951,179 +24,694 +3,997,484 +at amortised cost +-Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Financial investments +15,046,132 +1,571,763 +731,538 +2,668,607 +2,148,413 +2,454,608 +2,020,113 +2,763,624 +687,466 +Loans and advances to customers +734,049 +228,449 +505,600 +699,223 +1,219 +914 +6,016 +-Financial investments measured +1,400,244 +276,374 +432 +21,665 +16,997 +174,673 +2,406,498 +18,218 +857,356 +-Financial investments measured at FVOCI +750,957 +42,206 +174 +685 +520 +34,529 +3,067,257 +832,459 +3,050,831 +422,991 +3,473,822 +17,473 +91 +370 +253 +563 +373 +557 +333,921 +Financial assets designated as at FVTPL +78,542 +18,470 +60,072 +Financial assets held for trading +847,611 +258,793 +353,601 +Derivative financial assets +34,410 +647 +2,277,473 +1,842,347 +2,542,533 +606,492 +Loans and advances to customers +986,631 +248,198 +123 +738,433 +89,013 +47,872 +194 +1,467 +306 +2,228 +1,889 +Reverse repurchase agreements +Reverse repurchase agreements +1,251 +634 +Bohai Rim +Delta +Overseas +eastern +Western +Central +Pearl River +Yangtze +River Delta +Head +Office +North +31 December 2017 +The compositions of each geographical distribution above are set out in note 50(b). +30,182,752 +3,229,512 +26,953,240 +China +China +China +and others +1,128 +2,854 +582,618 +institutions +Due from banks and other financial +3,538,658 +194,028 +210 +9,270 +26,569 +115,233 +34,559 +59,322 +3,065,933 +Balances with central banks +Total +33,744 +71,335 +37,812 +109 +Reverse repurchase agreements +Derivative financial assets +financial institutions +Due from banks and other +3,477,828 +3,249,421 +3,538,658 +3,302,529 +Balances with central banks +2017 +2018 +2017 +2018 +Bank +Group +962,449 +71,335 +734,049 +Loans and advances to customers +15,046,132 +847,611 +89,013 +986,631 +13,892,966 +4,362,174 +4,519,182 +at amortised cost +398,329 +709,262 +1,217,762 +1,400,244 +- Financial investments measured at FVOCI +Financial investments measured +As at the end of the reporting period, the maximum credit risk exposure of the Group and of the Bank without taking +account of any collateral and other credit enhancements is set out below: +432,143 +Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Financial investments +750,763 +13,125,401 +53,856 +38,295 +521,393 +14,211,777 +930,593 +1,031,402 +750,957 +- Available-for-sale financial assets +Maximum exposure to credit risk without taking account of any collateral and other credit +enhancements +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +7,211 +Rescheduled loans and advances to customers +Impaired loans and advances to customers +2017 +2018 +2017 +2018 +Bank +Group +The following table includes carrying amount of rescheduled loans and advance to customers: +Such rescheduling activities include extended payment term arrangements, payment holidays and payment forgiveness. +Rescheduling policies and practices are based on indicators or criteria which, in the judgment of management, indicate that +payment will most likely continue. These policies are kept under continuous review. This is only the case for assets which +have performed in accordance with the new terms for six consecutive months or more. +The Group sometimes modifies the terms of loans provided to customers due to commercial renegotiations, or for distressed +loans, with a view to maximising recovery. +Contractual modification of financial assets +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +5,158 +5,083 +2,590 +included in above +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +253 +Annual Report 2018 +During the reporting period, the Group took possession of collateral held as security with a carrying amount of +RMB1,774 million (31 December 2017: RMB2,099 million). +It is the Group's policy to dispose of repossessed assets in an orderly manner. In general, the Group does not occupy +repossessed assets for business use. +Management monitors the market value of collateral periodically and requests additional collateral in accordance with the +underlying agreement when it is considered necessary. +(i) +The Group prefers more liquid collateral with relatively stable market value and does not accept collateral that is illiquid, +with difficulties in registration or high fluctuations in market value. The value of collateral should be assessed and confirmed +by the Group or valuation agents identified by the Group. The value of collateral should adequately cover the outstanding +balance of loans. The loan-to-value ratio depends on types of collateral, usage condition, liquidity, price volatility and +realisation cost. All collateral has to be registered in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations. The credit officers +inspect the collateral and assess the changes in the value of collateral regularly. +Reverse repurchase business is mainly collateralised by bills, loans or investment securities. As part of the reverse repurchase +agreements, the Group has received securities that it is allowed to sell or repledge in the absence of default by their owners. +Corporate loans and discounted bills are mainly collateralised by properties or other assets. As at 31 December 2018, the +gross carrying amount of corporate loans and discounted bills amounted to RMB9,783,331 million (31 December 2017: +RMB9,287,990 million), of which credit exposure covered by collateral amounted to RMB3,208,571 million (31 December +2017: RMB3,335,404 million). +The amount and type of collateral required depend on the assessment of the credit risk of the counterparty. Guidelines are +in place specifying the types of collateral and valuation parameters which can be accepted. +Collaterals and other credit enhancements +1,618 +2,903 +1,989 +3,112 +Retail loans are mainly collateralised by residential properties. As at 31 December 2018, the gross carrying amount of retail +loans amounted to RMB5,636,574 million (31 December 2017: RMB4,945,458 million), of which credit exposure covered by +collateral amounted to RMB4,913,432 million (31 December 2017: RMB4,313,125 million). +The Group writes off financial assets when it has exhausted practical recovery efforts and has concluded there is no +reasonable expectation of recovery. +– Held-to-maturity investments +1,324,817 +10,447 +32,409 +17,367 +80,490 +32,256 +82,669 +2,870,736 +Balances with central banks +Total +and others +China +China +China +Bohai Rim +Delta +176,155 +3,302,529 +Due from banks and other financial +institutions +241 +130 +358 +849 +2,095 +29,741 +Derivative financial assets +Delta +962,449 +103 +599 +222 +427 +1,857 +15,052 +561,322 +382,867 +1,473,159 +3,542,184 +Office +eastern +23,971,422 +25,458,257 +25,367,584 +3,510,936 +28,878,520 +26,953,240 +3,229,512 +30,182,752 +Total maximum credit risk exposure +Credit commitments +238,733 +116,771 +288,090 +166,363 +Others +231,631 +277,129 +― Receivables +3,439,471 +3,195,270 +3,476,117 +28,653,527 +27,447,539 +Western +Central +Pearl River +North +Yangtze +River +Head +31 December 2018 +Overseas +Group +By geographical distribution +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +254 +Credit risk is often greater when counterparties are concentrated in one single industry or geographic location or have +comparable economic features. In addition, different geographic areas and industrial sectors have their unique characteristics +in terms of economic development, and could present a different credit risk. +(ii) Risk concentrations +The following tables set out the breakdown of the Group's and the Bank's maximum credit risk exposure without taking +account of any collateral and other credit enhancements, as categorised by geographical distribution: +ICBC +advances to +FVOCI +repayable +Three +One to +Less +Overdue/ +31 December 2018 +Bank +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +than one +Notes to the Financial Statements +Annual Report 2018 +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and financial investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more +than one month. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +2,141,056 +3,488,301 +7,619,544 +265 +23,945,987 +three +One to +126,758 +financial institutions (*) +Due from banks and other +3,313,748 +2,772,756 +7,303 +533,689 +Cash and balances with central banks +months to +Assets: +(***) +Undated +More than +five years +five years +one year +months +month +on demand +Total +374,070 +674,577 +22,589 +1,014,915 +10,701,914 +Due to customers +260,274 +296 +12,049 +102,316 +95,928 +1,387,688 +49,685 +2,752,887 +45,908 +22,698 +401,526 +254,170 +1,043,392 +985,193 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +Certificates of deposit +3,895,490 +2,549,415 +13,514 +61,481 +132,359 +4,593,394 2,868,270 +(829,587) 3,452,159 +61,384 +1,830,609 +(595,509) +(200,327) +(10,793,525) +Net liquidity gap +2,212,710 +77,587 +319,177 +12,066,934 +Total liabilities +Others +526,940 +284,294 +200,826 +22,870 +11,620 +7,330 +Debt securities issued +19,562,936 +760,246 +78,556 +229,712 +99,673 +8,752,588 +325,989 +28,241 +30,352 +15,253 +6,818,253 +10,465 +3,565,985 +1,836,455 1,020,089 +865,486 +3,213,304 +Total assets +47,757 +186,175 +Others +124,548 +124,548 +Property and equipment +156,352 +156,352 +7,746 +Investments in subsidiaries and associates +26,072,160 +Due to central banks +264,097 +313,885 +1,102,850 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +42,120 +1,049 +1,348 +21,309 +Liabilities: +10,065 +Derivative financial liabilities +78,737 +7,117 +4,363 +67,257 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +410 +410 +8,349 +4,362,174 +2,408,462 1,439,558 +379,595 +14,211,777 +67,029 +6,933,254 +3,225,042 +2,496,675 +573,073 +903,927 +12,777 +Financial investments +Loans and advances to customers +1,081 +1,249 +18,176 +10,080 +7,709 +Derivative financial assets +1,552,795 +4,298 +38,295 +-Financial investments measured at FVTPL +6,080 +41,236 +104,760 +29,792 +7 +at amortised cost +-Financial investments measured +1,245,837 +28,075 +220,650 +675,993 +224,701 +50,630 +45,788 +-Financial investments measured at FVOCI +740,645 +36,303 +123,395 +392,581 +96,962 +44,088 +332,108 +5,659 +8,628 +27,290 +Less than +Three +One to +Overdue/ +repayable +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +31 December 2017 +ICBC +three +264 +Includes repurchase agreements. +(**) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +2,344,883 +3,322,986 +8,793,935 +4,412,116 +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and financial investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more +than one month. +25,354,657 +on demand +months +900,047 +359,750 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +3,613,872 +3,047,539 +14,650 +14,578 +7,598 +one month +529,507 +Assets: +Total +(***) +Undated +More than +five years +five years +One to +months to +one year +Cash and balances with central banks +365,101 +2,908,840 +5,619,108 +(1,884,799) +12,058 +2,582,550 +4,978,718 +1,337,250 +919,716 +11,578,642 +Due to customers +341,354 +21,408,934 +449 +140,227 +126,157 +60,071 +Certificates of deposit +2,329,296 +44,569 +31,569 +310,489 +14,450 +Debt securities issued +19,689 +7,021 +(674,702) +432,760 +1,822,119 +1,577,906 +13,061,583 +(12,057,413) +Net liquidity gap +Total liabilities +495,777 +13,266 +20,299 +90,604 +33,234 +53,041 +285,333 +Others +617,842 +287,347 +238,450 +65,335 +213,862 +299,346 +60,936 +301 +3,763,807 +1,235,100 +2,012,383 +1,273,409 +Total assets +620,061 +40,105 +45,702 +6,320,429 +40,937 +24,567 +72,876 +338,790 +Others +247,744 +247,744 +Property and equipment +32,441 +57,084 +7,993,614 +3,488,301 +26,087,043 +18,013 +18,752 +214 +Derivative financial liabilities +89,361 +1,810 +12,769 +11,523 +1,796 +1,027 +60,436 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +456 +404 +20 +10 +22 +Due to central banks +Liabilities: +32,441 +243,200 +Investments in associates and joint ventures +23,294 +353,601 +6,082 +30,285 +151,689 +157,414 +1,715 +1,630 +4,786 +Derivative financial assets +Financial assets designated as at FVTPL +8,795 +6,799 +7,089 +50,873 +6,099 +7,682 +Financial assets held for trading +1,834,242 +87,337 +162 +15,459 +21,188 +1,709,619 +2,803,426 +505,890 +173,033 +100,504 +Financial investments +13,892,966 +82,301 +6,195,484 +3,244,181 +2,643,941 +780,058 +906,587 +40,414 +Loans and advances to customers +89,013 +5,424 +12,171 +34,609 +5,315,766 +21,103 +1,945,135 +Certificates of deposit +5,844 +-Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Financial investments +1,820,021 +22,605,796 +238,194 +710 +101,025 +6,077,004 11,176,249 +342,153 +44,867 +2,801,101 3,376,357 +3,781 +318,728 +801,611 3,301,244 +988,987 +22,507 +Loans and advances to customers (**) +902,607 +154,798 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +564,172 +7,303 +Total +46,378 +417,216 +297,855 +Others +5,266,440 +63,225 848,615 +23,757 1,601,635 +321,176 +1,681,478 +2,904,342 +504,023 +136,471 +118,910 +40,020 +-Financial investments measured at amortised cost +873,992 +270,134 +59,844 +52,536 +196 +-Financial investments measured at FVOCI +152,175 +106 +(***) +Undated +More than +five years +(ii) Maturity analysis of contractual undiscounted cash flows +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and financial investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for +more than one month. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +2,059,401 +22,585,711 +505,720 +The tables below summarise the maturity profile of the Group's and of the Bank's financial instruments based on the +contractual undiscounted cash flows. The balances of some items in the tables below are different from the balances on the +statement of financial position as the tables incorporate all cash flows relating to both principal and interest. The Group's +and the Bank's expected cash flows on these instruments may vary significantly from the following analysis. For example, +demand deposits from customers are expected to maintain a stable or increasing balance although they have been classified +as repayable on demand in the following tables. +6,076 +273,922 +14,842 +127,169 +52,957 +4,359,674 2,743,799 294,818 +(793,840) 3,101,967 7,346,748 3,453,042 +132,587 +6,733 +8,191 +68,903 +59,266 +1,858,150 1,633,787 +(23,340) (438,181) +191,349 +11,695,483 +(10,586,995) +Net liquidity gap +Total liabilities +Others +436,275 +Annual Report 2018 +267 +Notes to the Financial Statements +five years +one year +months +one month +on demand +One to +months to +three +Less than +repayable +Three +One to +Overdue/ +Cash and balances with central banks +Financial assets: +Non-derivative cash flows: +31 December 2018 +Group +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +19,034 +12,285 +5,497 +6,639 +15,164 +3,082,911 +925,569 +490,724 +317,424 +10,896 86,316 +11,949 +1,719 +2,418 +1,545,295 1,830,287 5,635,911 +270,385 +13,064,384 +Others +20,209 +6,453 +Debt securities issued +13,414 +2,685,178 +5,075,713 +1,379,365 +569 +14,952 +144,261 +127,262 +2,374,654 +347,741 +21,685,879 +308,088 +574,257 +25,733,045 +Includes repurchase agreements. +(*) +99,088 +649 +20,704 +(5,740,714) +5,839,802 +38,339 +(37,690) +182,370 +(161,666) +23,964 1,825,500 1,206,634 2,562,995 +(18,965) (1,786,499) (1,188,652) (2,547,242) +4,999 39,001 17,982 15,753 +Cash outflow +(283) +1,270 +3 +65 +54 +(1,675) +Derivative financial instruments settled on net basis +Derivative financial instruments settled on gross basis +Including: Cash inflow +Derivative cash flows: +61,249 +Debt securities issued +36,610 +310,656 +One to +Three +months to +one year +One to +three +months +Less than +one month +on demand +Overdue/ +repayable +31 December 2018 +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and financial investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for +more than one month. +five years +(**) The maturity profile of the renegotiated loans' contractual undiscounted cash flows is determined according to the +negotiated terms. +(*) +1,016 343,014 +3,127,293 35,861,878 +13,332,476 +4,549,264 10,380,218 +1,379,098 +2,048,051 +1,045,478 +688 +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +More than +five years +Undated +Total +90,633 +1,848 +13,173 +5,674 +389 +484 +514,886 +60,697 +937,070 +11,595,139 +Due to customers +Certificates of deposit +1,129,795 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (*) +69,065 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +481 +410 +71 +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities: +Non-derivative cash flows: +321,458 +302,505 +18,894,447 +2,527,671 +3,026,571 +14,650 +14,578 +7,598 +485,599 +Cash and balances with central banks +Assets: +Total +3,548,996 +(***) +five years +one year +months +month +on demand +Undated +One to More than +months to +five years +three +Due from banks and other +301,230 +147,805 +1,715 +1,630 +4,786 +Financial assets designated as at FVTPL +60,072 +510 +4,170 +financial institutions (*) +44,397 +5,124 +Financial assets held for trading +1,681,356 +3,745 +64,657 +296,497 +230,954 +784,273 +5,871 +than one +repayable +Three +Net liquidity gap +Total liabilities +Others +Debt securities issued +20,646,928 +11,367 +2,557,518 +4,793,308 +19,536 +8,320 +156,604 +45,960 +31,854 +12,727,669 1,132,647 1,602,273 +(11,862,183) 703,808 (582,184) +1,189,630 +11,400,958 +Due to customers +281,380 +449 +14,450 +117,404 +98,307 +50,770 +694,147 +44,808 +149,606 +277,021 +One to +Less +Overdue/ +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +31 December 2017 +ICBC +266 +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and financial investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more +than one month. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +2,247,865 +23,824,295 +330,294 +3,731 +83,554 +5,307,946 2,760,143 293,617 +(1,741,961) 4,058,110 8,458,971 3,213,304 +8,591 +499,291 +149,146 +28,554 +4,621 +338,257 +19,410 +11,548 +13,505 +Derivative financial liabilities +73,852 +8,087 +4,825 +46 +1,401 +719 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +404 +404 +Due to central banks +Liabilities: +24,645,112 +3,453,042 +7,641,566 +60,175 +818 +46,682 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +3,745,921 +1,261,067 +841,168 +10,505,305 +Due to customers +221,489 +296 +11,830 +92,464 +72,616 +44,283 +Certificates of deposit +2,406,842 +391 +8,862 +355,043 +221,053 +882,839 +938,654 +5,845,766 +13,315 +3,565,834 +1,834,810 +80,427 +Financial investments +13,125,401 +81,041 +5,922,029 +2,926,940 +2,536,478 +742,641 +164,815 +879,979 +Loans and advances to customers +53,856 +781 +1,983 +25,104 +15,916 +10,072 +Derivative financial assets +36,293 +446,438 +2,662,587 +1,641,652 +1,108,488 +Total assets +530,340 +29,894 +44,295 +36,283 +54,465 +19,116 +65,707 +280,580 +Others +122,387 +122,387 +Property and equipment +154,543 +154,543 +Investments in subsidiaries and associates +5,029,904 +33,985 +1,195,606 +510,830 +1,129,334 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +loans and advances +Including: Corporate +(412,731) +(81,406) (173,241) +(158,084) +15,097,012 +234,777 +552,086 +8,714,321 +14,310,149 +Loans and advances +(40) +(40) +559,295 +559,295 +agreements +Reverse repurchase +(1,015) +to customers +(22) +527,291 +9,436,249 +(20) +(15) +10,209 +20 +10,189 +Discounted bills +(92,500) +(36,722) +194,637 +(7,108) +5,650,554 +40,120 +24,795 +5,585,639 +Personal loans +(320,196) +(74,298) (136,499) +(109,399) +(48,670) +(993) +963,464 +9,051 +ICBC +260 +5,101,425 +42,039 +63,159 +32,634 +2,605,145 +2,358,448 +Notes to the Financial Statements +265,490 +9,806 +12,916 +212,228 +20,160 +Corporate entities +491,655 +26,031 +34,894 +10,380 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(iii) Analysis on the credit quality of financial instruments +As at 31 December 2018, the Group's and the Bank's credit risk stages of financial instruments are as follows: +954,413 +institutions +and other financial +Due from banks +3,372,576 +3,372,576 +with central banks +Cash and balances +Total +Provision for expected credit losses +Stage 2 +Stage 3 +Stage 1 +Total +Stage 3 +Book value +Stage 2 +Stage 1 +31 December 2018 +at amortised cost +Financial assets measured +Group +(35) +14,331 +Financial investments +4,793 +(1,820) +1,760,727 +248 +1,802 +1,758,677 +Total +(1,910) +(196) +(92) +(92) +1,400,244 +1,801 +1,398,443 +Financial investments +(433) +(248) +(185) +354,228 +(1,622) +248 +(444) +Credit commitments +Stage 3 +Book value +Stage 2 +Stage 1 +31 December 2018 +at amortised cost +Financial assets measured +Bank +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(2,356) +Notes to the Financial Statements +Annual Report 2018 +(562) (34,715) +(5,342) +(28,811) +3,229,512 +754 +53,160 +3,175,598 +261 +1 +353,979 +(13) +(417,227) +(173,568) +(958) +(202) +(226) +(530) +(161,151) (82,508) +329 104,189 +235,267 24,618,201 +566,680 +Note: As simplified approach of impairment allowance is applied to other financial assets measured at amortised cost, +three-stage model is not applicable. +750 +Total +Precious metal leasing +(2,483) +(125) +(854) +(1,504) +4,521,665 +161 +103,110 +23,816,254 +Financial assets measured at +31 December 2018 +Stage 1 +(13) +6,255 +6,255 +loans and advances +Discounted bills +Including: Corporate +(446) +(248) +(198) +360,483 +248 +1 +360,234 +to customers +Loans and advances +Total +Provision for expected credit losses +Stage 1 +Stage 2 +Stage 3 +Total +Stage 3 +Carrying amount +Stage 2 +4,516,711 +233,129 +183,270 +financial institutions +2,949 +981,501 +110 +Public sector entities +Policy banks +6,502 +2,014,051 +1,260,334 +Governments and central banks +1,589 +of issuers): +Total +Below A +A +31 December 2017 +AA +AAA +Unrated +6,049,076 +111,495 +Debt securities (analysed by type +156,862 +9,878 +10,524 +3,305,631 +220,870 +34,051 +Corporate entities +518,745 +43,583 +55,336 +17,072 +246,955 +14,866 +155,799 +Banks and other +220,295 +20 +15,786 +118 +204,261 +996,669 +106 +financial institutions +289,870 +36,579 +44,650 +758,698 +130 +Public sector entities +15,840 +5,217 +2,557,514 +1,479,735 +Governments and central banks +Policy banks +Total +2,289 +Below A +31 December 2018 +AA +AAA +Unrated +Debt securities (analysed by type +of issuers): +Group +Distribution of debt securities investments (excluding accrued interest) analysed by rating +The Group adopts a credit rating approach to manage the credit risk of the debt securities portfolio held. The ratings are +obtained from Bloomberg Composite, or major rating agencies where the issuers of debt securities are located. The carrying +amounts of debt securities investments analysed by rating as at the end of the reporting period are as follows: +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +A +965 +11,894 +15,396 +886 +9,030 +32,940 +146,240 +3,223,493 +2,524,286 +53,371 +Corporate entities +693,750 +58,634 +72,531 +17,605 +312,628 +232,352 +financial institutions +Banks and other +217,022 +11,947 +123 +204,822 +774,732 +4,073,702 +14,462 +36,350 +26,660 +332,393 +Total +Below A +A +31 December 2017 +AA +AAA +Unrated +5,715,475 +54,270 +Debt securities (analysed by type +77,059 +3,150,933 +2,407,676 +209,367 +14,292 +13,411 +7,982 +139,692 +33,990 +25,537 +of issuers): +Governments and central banks +1,215,873 +Banks and other +205,220 +20 +9,969 +118 +195,003 +950,057 +77 +6,437 +1,589 +2,919 +939,035 +110 +Public sector entities +Policy banks +3,189,003 +5,531 +2,053 +3,680 +1,961,866 +Corporate entities +Total +602,595 +42,796 +of issuers): +Debt securities (analysed by type +Total +Below A +A +31 December 2018 +AA +AAA +Unrated +Governments and central banks +Bank +Notes to the Financial Statements +259 +Annual Report 2018 +85,235 5,373,733 +127,874 +39,743 +2,689,086 +2,431,795 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +1,422,978 +2,519,288 +4,277 +12,190 +293,355 +221,797 +financial institutions +Banks and other +206,560 +7,839 +123 +198,598 +Public sector entities +736,533 +82 +6,575 +965 +728,911 +Policy banks +3,960,420 +7,439 +6,438 +32,457 +268 +Stage 1 +Stage 3 +The Group's and the Bank's expected the remaining maturity of its financial instruments may vary significantly from the +following analysis. For example, demand deposits from customers are expected to maintain a stable or increasing balance +although they have been classified as repayable on demand in the following tables. +Analysis of the remaining maturity of the assets and liabilities is set out below: +(i) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +263 +Annual Report 2018 +Group +in terms of liquidity of the branches, maintaining an efficient internal fund transfer mechanism. +projecting cash flows and evaluating the level of current assets; and +maintaining the stability of the deposit base; +optimising the structure of assets and liabilities; +• +• +The Group manages its liquidity risk through the Asset and Liability Management Department and aims at: +Liquidity risk is the risk that funds will not be sufficient or will not be raised at a reasonable cost in a timely manner to meet +the need of asset growth or repayment of debts due, although remaining solvent. This may arise from amount or maturity +mismatches of assets and liabilities. +(b) Liquidity risk +• +47,414 +31 December 2018 +One to +897,537 +153,907 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +3,372,576 +2,801,101 +7,303 +564,172 +Cash and balances with central banks +Overdue/ +repayable +Assets: +(***) +Undated +More than +five years +One to +five years +Three +months to +one year +three +months +Less than +one month +on demand +Total +60,072 +1,324,817 +47,414 +maturity +investments +Receivables +229,656 +13,172,458 +Neither past due nor impaired +customers +assets +assets +Financial +financial +Financial +Held-to- +Loans and +Debt securities +31 December 2017 +Bank +59,777 +78,542 +1,466,995 +Available- +for-sale +held for +designated +assets +60,072 +1,324,956 +(139) +(105) +3,439,471 +3,439,576 +229,656 +(5) +229,651 +13,125,401 +(330,016) +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +13,455,417 +24 +68,313 +214,646 +Impaired +Past due but not impaired +47,414 +60,072 +1,324,956 +3,439,552 +as at FVTPL +trading +257,859 +316,762 +69,856 +577 +Property and equipment +27,699,540 +3,322,986 +9,159,036 +438,779 +39,599 +38,240 +18,176 +7,320,956 +Others +3,734,309 +2,010,666 +1,004,170 +15,912 +19,372 +49,564 +257,916 +290,404 +290,404 +1,147,417 +Total assets +Liabilities: +Due to central banks +73,573 +5,635 +9,778 +28,094 +15,570 +14,081 +415 +Derivative financial liabilities +87,400 +1,777 +11,334 +5,570 +382 +478 +67,859 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +481 +410 +71 +29,124 +(345) +29,124 +1,459,953 +15,046,132 +70,888 +7,249,737 +3,567,565 +2,600,254 +621,648 +914,097 +21,943 +Financial investments +Loans and advances to customers +6,534 +11,645 +24,278 +15,369 +13,448 +61 +Derivative financial assets +1,696,498 +71,335 +-Financial investments measured at FVTPL +- Financial investments measured at FVOCI +-Financial investments measured at +6,164 +44,236 +2,473,116 +415,725 +130,695 +39,686 +Investments in associates and joint ventures +amortised cost +1,430,163 +28,952 +272,032 +775,046 +244,232 +57,803 +52,098 +805,347 +62,918 +131,963 +405,552 +109,843 +44,671 +4,519,182 +59,777 +78,542 +1,467,340 +750 +103,110 +22,878,684 +Total +Precious metal leasing +(2,288) +(66) +(830) +(1,392) +496,723 +4,364,462 +3,000 +4,361,361 +Financial investments +(35) +(20) +(15) +9,450 +20 +101 +9,430 +329 +228,255 +(530) +FVOCI +Total +Stage 3 +Stage 2 +Stage 1 +Total +Stage 3 +Provision for expected credit losses +104,189 +23,603,662 +Carrying amount +Stage 2 +31 December 2018 +Financial assets measured at +Note: As simplified approach of impairment allowance is applied to other financial assets measured at amortised cost, three- +stage model is not applicable. +(79,580) (169,341) (404,688) +(155,767) +(958) +(202) +(226) +Stage 1 +Discounted bills +(91,388) +(36,369) +(37) +(37) +521,430 +521,430 +agreements +Reverse repurchase +(931) +(931) +Loans and advances +1,032,333 +institutions +and other financial +Due from banks +3,313,748 +3,313,748 +with central banks +Cash and balances +Total +1,032,333 +to customers +13,546,702 +492,973 +(6,889) +(48,130) +5,528,838 +39,675 +23,632 +5,465,531 +Personal loans +(309,051) +(132,684) +8,729,212 (104,732) (71,635) +188,130 +469,341 +8,071,741 +loans and advances +Including: Corporate +(400,474) +(169,073) +14,267,500 (152,877) (78,524) +227,825 +Loans and advances +Provision for expected credit losses +Stage 2 +to customers +1 +investments +Receivables +customers +assets +designated +Financial +held for +financial +maturity +assets +assets +Held-to- +Loans and +advances to +Financial +Available- +Debt securities +31 December 2017 +Group +As at 31 December 2017, the analysis of the overdue situation of loans and advances to customers and bond investments of +the Group and the Bank is as follows: +for-sale +trading +as at FVTPL +Neither past due nor impaired +3,542,351 +(167) +3,542,184 +226,235 +13,892,966 +226,240 +(5) +(340,482) +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +14,233,448 +281 +83 +220,988 +Impaired +79,483 +Past due but not impaired +59,777 +78,542 +1,467,059 +3,542,268 +226,240 +13,932,977 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +262 +1,217,762 +1,020 +1,216,742 +Financial investments +(432) +(248) +(0) +(184) +343,827 +248 +1 +343,578 +Including: Discounted bills +(432) +(248) +(0) +(184) +343,827 +248 +(1,407) +343,578 +(90) +(1,693) +(34,088) +(562) +(5,337) +(28,189) +3,195,270 +952 +62,795 +3,131,523 +Credit commitments +(2,125) +(444) +(90) +(1,591) +1,561,589 +248 +1,021 +1,560,320 +Total +(196) +ICBC +6,360 +135,561 +- Cash inflow +Net position +23,824,295 +381,891 +66,185 +1,408,596 +21,967,623 +330,294 +9,881 +820 +51,007 +268,586 +Total liabilities +Others +499,291 +27,297 +1,013 +206,751 +Certificates of deposit +26,178 +188,586 +9,026 +57,590 +281,380 +1,979,330 +Due to customers +563,297 +13,428 +98,087 +20,646,928 +Debt securities issued +264,230 +19,972,116 +44,938 +34,674 +188,923 +HKD +(equivalent +(equivalent +Others +Total +(equivalent +to RMB) +(equivalent +to RMB) +to RMB) +Assets: +Cash and balances with central banks +3,346,117 +153,088 +1,751 +48,040 +to RMB) +1,945,135 +RMB +31 December 2017 +2,247,865 +Credit commitments +2,456,418 +581,922 +15,850 +141,080 +USD +3,195,270 +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +Annual Report 2018 +277 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(*) +3,548,996 +127,347 +383,985 +156,352 +67,372 +44,821 +12,526 +31,633 +Investments in subsidiaries and associates +4,362,174 +40,716 +6,044 +64,633 +4,250,781 +- Financial investments measured at amortised cost +1,245,837 +30,179 +152,074 +1,063,584 +- Financial investments measured at FVOCI +3,218 +38,295 +Loans and advances to customers +13,384,194 +645,532 +25,184 +Property and equipment +156,867 +Financial investments +-Financial investments measured at FVTPL +737,716 +2,787 +142 +740,645 +14,211,777 +124,071 +208 +9 +410 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +11,482 +8,582 +58,673 +78,737 +408 +Derivative financial liabilities +6,388 +15 +2,608 +42,120 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +1,391,920 +33,109 +41,883 +2 +Liabilities: +260 +124,548 +Others +Total assets +172,925 +20,025 +Due to central banks +1,729 +325,989 +23,946,953 +1,453,534 +100,859 +570,814 +26,072,160 +131,310 +16 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +308,257 +20,895,986 +505,720 +8,219 +4,863 +30,756 +461,882 +Total liabilities +Others +436,275 +21,087 +667 +149,032 +265,489 +Debt securities issued +18,894,447 +77,705 +13,431 +1,808,300 +466,803 +43,260 +88,479 +2,406,842 +Certificates of deposit +1,300,407 +18,973 +6,854 +61,822 +221,489 +Due to customers +18,290,868 +512,443 +133,840 +69,111 +320,207 +22,585,711 +186,738 +Liabilities: +Total assets +Others +290,404 +1,288 +110,120 +754 +139,113 +Property and equipment +29,124 +26,610 +1,687 +827 +149,249 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +ICBC +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +Net position +1,742,879 +26,290 +27,793 +262,439 +2,059,401 +278 +Credit commitments +552,981 +11,090 +118,441 +3,476,117 +(*) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +2,793,605 +1,317,126 +46,682 +36 +5,029,904 +57,988 +12,983 +185,927 +4,773,006 +Financial investments +13,125,401 +154,703 +18,492 +642,281 +12,309,925 +Loans and advances to customers +53,856 +5,216 +2 +8,700 +39,938 +18,396 +37,577 +1,681,356 +Financial assets held for trading +58,041 +1,817 +Investments in subsidiaries and associates +214 +Financial assets designated as at FVTPL +336,128 +523 +1,606 +338,257 +Derivative financial assets +60,072 +31,633 +11,897 +44,820 +582,646 +24,645,112 +Liabilities: +Due to central banks +404 +404 +96,904 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +1,950 +61,145 +73,852 +Derivative financial liabilities +39,717 +5,583 +10,757 +1,346 +1,326,697 +Total assets +66,193 +154,543 +Property and equipment +121,972 +216 +10 +22,638,865 +189 +Others +304,979 +13,991 +450 +210,920 +530,340 +122,387 +4,743 +30,318 +Derivative financial assets +135,933 +65,563 +551,927 +2,476,089 +Credit commitments +2,344,883 +169,020 +49,605 +109,292 +2,016,966 +Net position +25,354,657 +550,857 +369,818 +2,178,462 +22,255,520 +495,777 +212,825 +21,408,934 +Debt securities issued +273,881 +301,010 +4,125 +3,229,512 +38,826 +Others +Total liabilities +376,027 +91,201 +10,143 +18,406 +617,842 +(*) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +3,354,447 +161,857 +18,834 +78,734 +3,613,872 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +Cash and balances with central banks +1,302,946 +12,961 +44,327 +1,834,242 +Financial assets held for trading +66,930 +4,355 +474,008 +313,342 +to RMB) +to RMB) +Annual Report 2018 +275 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +31 December 2017 +Assets: +to RMB) +USD +HKD +(equivalent +Others +(equivalent +Total +(equivalent +RMB +to RMB) +(equivalent +16,052 +823,474 +Due to customers +Undated +More than +five years +five years +one year +months +one month +on demand +One to +Three +months to +three +Less than +One to +Overdue/ +repayable +Cash and balances with central banks +Financial assets: +Non-derivative cash flows: +31 December 2018 +73 +10,846 1,337,254 +(10,773) (1,330,028) +7,226 +6,499 +913,371 2,032,741 151,844 +(906,872) (2,019,388) (149,409) +13,353 +2,435 +48,177 +(46,522) +1,655 +4,494,233 +(4,462,992) +(***) +31,241 +Includes repurchase agreements. +Annual Report 2018 +269 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Bank +(*) +Total +533,689 +3,743 +7,701 +73,573 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +1,475,121 +677,109 +27,341 +1,752 +149,725 +Certificates of deposit +27,086 +242,586 +13,115 +58,567 +341,354 +2,329,296 +20,059,293 +31,708 +Derivative financial liabilities +24,272,486 +2,287,754 +419,423 +719,877 +27,699,540 +Due to central banks +32,412 +2 +481 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +11,698 +11,374 +64,328 +87,400 +479 +87,337 +Financial assets designated as at FVTPL +338,276 +252,669 +17,501 +101,705 +1,769,181 +Net position +23,945,987 +500,347 +317,893 +1,949,100 +21,178,647 +674,577 +15,213 +10,120 +65,228 +584,016 +Total liabilities +Others +64,230 +260,274 +Due to customers +18,377,621 +722,852 +262,791 +2,141,056 +199,672 +Debt securities issued +266,870 +227,961 +669 +31,440 +526,940 +19,562,936 +Credit commitments +2,817,674 +505,943 +Total +(equivalent +to RMB) +Assets: +Cash and balances with central banks +3,148,061 +111,034 +1,860 +Others +(equivalent +to RMB) +52,793 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +1,003,670 +439,972 +21,196 +87,957 +1,552,795 +3,313,748 +11,518 +HKD +(equivalent +to RMB) +RMB +43,071 +144,248 +3,510,936 +(*) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +to RMB) +276 +Bank +31 December 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +USD +(equivalent +ICBC +164,308 +20,218 +Certificates of deposit +280,390 +26,117 +87,613 +5,315,766 +Investments in associates and joint ventures +1,651 +4,921,646 +907 +28,385 +32,441 +Property and equipment +134,446 +111,188 +736 +1,498 +1,374 +Financial investments +274,669 +12,302 +1,403 +1,620 +353,601 +Derivative financial assets +38,019 +13,892,966 +38,278 +5,888 +89,013 +Loans and advances to customers +12,460,372 +894,502 +263,423 +6,828 +Investments in associates and joint ventures +247,744 +329,095 +61,152 +89,361 +Derivative financial liabilities +39,863 +27,047 +3,964 +7,314 +7,682 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +1,869,144 +734,390 +28,831 +120,522 +2,752,887 +78,556 +Others +20,895 +456 +73,018 +3,594 +214,354 +620,061 +Total assets +22,947,828 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +2,050,805 +753,016 +26,087,043 +Liabilities: +Due to central banks +20 +436 +335,394 +4,519,182 +50,673 +24,594 +10,506,313 +Due to customers +Certificates of deposit +60,175 +939,006 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (*) +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +404 +404 +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities: +Non-derivative cash flows: +Total +Undated +More than +five years +five years +One to +Three +months to +one year +4,148,631 +8,348,705 +10,839,160 +3,294,697 +30,969,820 +(*) +722 +885,647 +44,459 +847,693 +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and financial investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more +than one month. +31 December 2017 +Overdue/ +repayable +on demand +Less than +one month +One to +three +months +(**) The maturity profile of the renegotiated loans' contractual undiscounted cash flows is determined according to the negotiated +terms. +51 +4,948 +9,991 +Others +132,813 +3,977 +9,025 +427 +30,482 +195,414 +6,891 +338,744 +788 +1,414 +2,903 +142,322 +11,638,307 +1,789,389 1,603,221 +580,556 +1,369,037 +Debt securities issued +14,858 +75,887 +224,426 +363,811 +9,084 +469 +2,422,443 +19,083,444 +73,124 +12,176 +323 +224,000 +1,296,168 +3,810,738 +2,607,674 +93,918 +4,304,685 2,836,157 +1,856,902 +331,203 +4,504 +68,413 +305,769 +234,601 +786,537 +301,494 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +3,553,082 +3,026,571 +14,650 +18,664 +7,598 +485,599 +Cash and balances with central banks +Financial assets: +Non-derivative cash flows: +Total +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Overdue/ +One to +repayable +Less than +1,701,318 +three +months +Three +months to +one year +One to +five years +More than +five years +Undated +(***) +on demand one month +Financial assets held for trading +5,232 +5,996 +88,538 +187,406 +566,079 +Others +283,889 +22,566 +214 +23,444 +3,156,686 +304 +28,455 +8,886,493 229,954 +1,919,091 34,239 +42 +300 +3,633 +322,730 +19,047,183 +5,952,253 +658 +1,112,688 +Financial investments +3,088,065 +45,691 +4,557 +575 +62,051 +Financial assets designated as at FVTPL +4,675 +4,964,245 +1,741 +127,719 +154,500 +Loans and advances to customers (**) +36,817 +944,690 +896,919 +2,007 +357,297 +22,529,056 +Derivative cash flows: +657,496 +283,876 +97,993 +1,038,989 +Credit commitments +Total +five years +five years +one year +More than +One to +Three +months to +One to +three months +Less than +one month +Repayable +on demand +Total +3,195,270 +199,415 +Credit commitments +31 December 2017 +Repayable +on demand +1,146,931 +Less than +one month +One to +three months +Three +months to +1,027,429 +One to +five years +More than +five years +115,672 +233,170 +604,926 +895,156 +one year +370,334 +3,476,117 +(c) Market risk +32 +28 +42 +15 +Currency risk +Commodity risk +Interest rate risk +Total portfolio VaR +64 +115 +43 +7 +23 +39 +66 +31 December 2018 +Lowest +Average +Market risk is the risk of loss, in respect of the Group's on and off-balance sheet activities, arising from adverse movements +in market rates including interest rates, foreign exchange rates, commodity prices and stock prices. Market risk arises from +both the Group's trading and non-trading businesses. +The Group is primarily exposed to structural interest rate risk arising from commercial banking and position risk arising from +treasury transactions. Interest rate risk is inherent in many of its businesses and largely arises from mismatches between +the repricing dates of interest-generating assets and interest-bearing liabilities. The analysis of the interest rate risk in the +banking book is disclosed in note 51(d). +The Group's currency risk mainly results from the risk arising from exchange rate fluctuations on its foreign exchange +exposures. Foreign exchange exposures include the mismatch of foreign exchange assets and liabilities, and off-balance +sheet foreign exchange positions arising from derivative transactions. +272 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Highest +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Sensitivity analysis, interest rate repricing gap analysis and foreign exchange risk concentration analysis are the major market +risk management tools used by the Group. The Bank monitors market risk separately in respect of trading and other non- +trading portfolios. The Value-at-risk ("VaR") analysis is a major tool used by the Bank to measure and monitor the market +risk of its trading portfolios. The following sections include a VaR analysis by risk type of the Group's trading portfolios of the +parent company and a sensitivity analysis based on the Group's currency risk exposure and interest rate risk exposure (both +trading and non-trading portfolios). +(i) VaR +VaR analysis is a statistical technique which estimates the potential maximum losses that could occur on risk positions taken +due to movements in interest rates, foreign exchange rates or prices over a specified time horizon and at a specified level +of confidence. The Bank adopts a historical simulation model to calculate and monitor trading portfolio VaR with 250 days' +historical market data (with a 99% confidence level, and one-day holding period) on a daily basis. +A summary of VaR by risk type of the Bank's trading portfolios is as follows: +2018 +31 December 2018 +The Group considers the market risk arising from stock prices fluctuations in respect of its investment portfolios as +immaterial. +Bank +3,510,936 +371,012 +(3,798,059) +631 +(74) +15,625 +(*) +Includes repurchase agreements. +(1,551) +Annual Report 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(iii) Analysis of credit commitments by contractual expiry date +Management does not expect all of the commitments will be drawn before the expiry of the commitments. +Group +31 December 2018 +271 +Credit commitments +(77,407) +1,477 +Derivative financial instruments settled on net basis +606 +336 +1,018 +287 +28 +3,813,684 +2,275 +- Cash inflow +- Cash outflow +1,028,853 +(1,029,218) +(365) +827,776 1,877,540 +(822,752) (1,867,131) +5,024 +10,409 +78,038 +Derivative financial instruments settled on gross basis +31 December 2017 +31 December 2017 +Repayable +on demand +Less than +one month +One to +three months +months to +One to +one year +five years +Repayable +on demand +More than +five years +Credit commitments +1,043,584 +123,905 +281,759 +649,759 +1,040,917 +Total +Three +Three +194,676 +Less than +one month +One to +months to +One to +three months +one year +3,229,512 +five years +Total +1,167,456 +143,694 +236,602 +614,062 +873,022 +More than +five years +- Cash outflow +ICBC +Includes repurchase agreements. +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(ii) Currency risk +The Group conducts its businesses mainly in RMB, with certain transactions denominated in USD, HKD and, to a lesser +extent, other currencies. Transactions in foreign currencies mainly arise from the Group's treasury operations, foreign +exchange dealings and overseas investments. +The exchange rate of RMB to USD is managed under a floating exchange rate system. The HKD exchange rate has been +pegged to USD and therefore the exchange rate of RMB to HKD has fluctuated in line with the changes in the exchange rate +of RMB to USD. +The Group manages its currency risk through various methods, including limitation management and risk hedging to hedge +currency risk, and performing currency risk sensitivity analysis and stress testing regularly. +The tables below indicate a sensitivity analysis of exchange rate changes of the currencies to which the Group had significant +exposure on its monetary assets and liabilities and its forecasted cash flows. The analysis calculates the effect of a reasonably +possible movement in the currency rates against RMB, with all other variables held constant, on profit before taxation and +equity. A negative amount in the table reflects a potential net reduction in profit before taxation or equity, while a positive +amount reflects a potential net increase. This effect, however, is based on the assumption that the Group's and the Bank's +foreign exchange exposures as at the year end are kept unchanged and, therefore, have not incorporated actions that would +be taken by the Group and the Bank to mitigate the adverse impact of this currency risk. +Group +Currency +Change in +currency rate +Effect on profit +before taxation +Effect on equity +2018 +2017 +2018 +2017 +HKD +Currency +USD +Bank +(297) +(1,026) +(1,298) +307 +273 +366 +HKD +(332) +23 +44 +-1% +USD +-1% +Annual Report 2018 +VaR relies heavily on historical data to provide information and may not clearly predict the future changes and +modifications of the risk factors, especially those of an exceptional nature due to significant market moves. +Even though positions may change throughout the day, VaR only represents the risk of the portfolios at the close of +each business day, and it does not account for any losses that may occur beyond the 99% confidence level; and +120 +54 +25 +Lowest +Highest +Average +17 +31 December 2017 +Total portfolio VaR +Commodity risk +Interest rate risk +Currency risk +52 +113 +74 +2017 +Change in +currency rate +54 +314 +(3) +(2) +(1) VaR does not reflect liquidity risk. In the VaR model, a one-day holding period assumes that it is possible to hedge or +dispose of positions within that period without restriction, the price of the financial instruments will fluctuate in the +specified range, and the correlation between these market prices will remain unchanged. This may not fully reflect +the market risk arising at times of severe illiquidity, when a one-day holding period may be insufficient to liquidate or +hedge all positions fully; +Although VaR is an important tool for measuring market risk under normal market environment, the assumptions on which +the model is based do give rise to some limitations, mainly including the following: +VaR for each risk factor is the derived largest potential loss due to fluctuations solely in that risk factor. As there is a +diversification effect due to the correlation amongst the risk factors, the individual VaR does not add up to the total +portfolio VaR. +62 +111 +360 +62 +4 +46 +23 +15 +49 +136 +7,303 +Effect on profit +before taxation +2018 +Effect on equity +2018 +26,561 +57,606 +1,696,498 +Derivative financial assets +29,939 +28,169 +4,817 +8,410 +71,335 +Loans and advances to customers +13,537,076 +882,110 +341,564 +285,382 +15,046,132 +Financial investments +― Financial investments measured at FVTPL +89,283 +4,354,632 +- Financial investments measured at amortised cost +1,430,163 +59,771 +4,011 +621,782 +253,590 +- Financial investments measured at FVOCI +805,347 +9,532 +2,641 +29,984 +763,190 +1,112,791 +990,549 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +3,372,576 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +274 +While the tables above indicates the effect on profit before taxation and equity of 1% depreciation of USD and HKD, there +will be an opposite effect with the same amount if the currencies appreciate by the same percentage. +-1% +-1% +A breakdown of the assets and liabilities analysed by currency is as follows: +(25) +(37) +(44) +22 +82 +66 +56 +2017 +(35) +2017 +Group +Assets: +85,044 +8,121 +121,780 +3,157,631 +Cash and balances with central banks +to RMB) +31 December 2018 +Total +(equivalent +to RMB) +to RMB) +RMB +HKD +(equivalent +(equivalent +USD +Others +(equivalent +to RMB) +2,772,756 +3,317,491 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +Others +20,064 +Debt securities issued +20,860,523 +12,650 +2,656,523 +4,874,953 +1,219,474 +694,898 +11,402,025 +Due to customers +287,066 +569 +14,952 +121,031 +99,198 +1,967,173 +410 +410 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +67,257 +4,404 +8,838 +147,054 +80,499 +1,103,256 +Certificates of deposit +317,618 +51,316 +271,059 +252,250 +22,990 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (*) +479 +9,548 +215 +62,251 +540 +153 +(188) +Derivative financial instruments settled on gross basis +Including: Cash inflow +Cash outflow +2,451 +1,389,661 1,058,088 2,407,099 +89,060 +(1,387,210) (1,055,535) (2,401,389) (81,818) +2,553 +5,710 +6 +1,633 +(1,764) +(4,927,716) +7,242 +(131) +17,825 +(*) +4,945,541 +Due to central banks +62 +(425) +213,718 +329,271 +634,852 +12,719,592 +1,084,375 +1,599,494 +16 +5,315,429 +2,308 +152,466 +344,798 +23,982,989 +Derivative cash flows: +Derivative financial instruments settled on net basis +1,870 +2,919,301 +Financial liabilities: +Non-derivative cash flows: +Total +5,194 +41,755 +45,646 +104,906 +399,827 +140,267 +-Financial investments measured at FVTPL +35,902 +-Financial investments measured at FVOCI +196 +46,017 +52,415 +247,053 +758,610 +773,497 +256,583 +Financial investments +234,253 +126,903 +762,308 +290,240 +357,687 +131,115 +5,919 +21,343,585 +1,674,172 +13,262 +965,693 +736,487 +3,131,617 +5,577,768 +10,684,505 +Loans and advances to customers (**) +270 +23,125 +-Financial investments measured at amortised cost +3,066,959 +33,824,242 +(*) Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(**) The maturity profile of the renegotiated loans' contractual undiscounted cash flows is determined according to the +negotiated terms. +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and financial investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more +than one month. +31 December 2018 +12,736,320 +Overdue/ +repayable +Less than +one month +One to +three +months +Three +months to +one year +One to +five years +More than +five years +Undated +on demand +1,383,999 +9,698,497 +246,663 +37 +30,070 +109,817 +464,803 +Others +228,381 +907,662 1,859,197 1,242,061 4,313,546 +13,354 +177 +2,831,131 +46 +1,648,977 +5,084,835 +69 +923 +3,713 +7 +88 +8,047 +40,970 +Loans and advances to customers (**) +339,871 +4,996 +31,276 +157,443 +137,453 +2,007 +1,741 +4,955 +Financial assets designated as at FVTPL +99,639 +8,713 +12,429 +12,003 +974,577 +943,429 +3,228,857 +5,408,201 +2,012,391 +928 +6,271 +4,665 +29,028 +28,573 +328,444 +Others +52,330 +3,319,794 +197,328 +109,323 +424 +Financial investments +20,125,680 +235,552 +9,294,094 +631,417 +23,878 6,294,555 +6,284 +Financial assets held for trading +One to +Three +months to +one year +months +on demand one month +three +Less than +repayable +One to +Overdue/ +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +Non-derivative cash flows: +31 December 2017 +438,779 +Derivative financial instruments settled on gross basis +five years +More than +five years +(***) +Total +1,855,093 +308 +64,958 +308,631 +217,389 +903,213 +360,594 +7,880 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +3,047,539 +14,650 +18,692 +7,598 +529,507 +Cash and balances with central banks +Financial assets: +3,617,986 +303 +Undated +1,264,894 +3,975,296 +1,430,458 +323 +12,395 +103,895 +96,506 +49,886 +1,024,078 +7,536 +13,301 +2,142,434 +260,409 +12,020,606 +Others +Debt securities issued +10,711,266 +Due to customers +Certificates of deposit +92,471 +2,790,769 +62,692 +2,646,341 +15,087 +263,005 +19,802,526 +12,946 +1,996 +2,671 +1,800,838 4,544,940 +249 +398,212 +3,098 +3,780 +141 +779 +Derivative financial instruments settled on net basis +26,343 +Derivative cash flows: +437,334 +5,732 +12,017 +2,984,750 +685,548 +351,122 +272,959 +40,985 +23,930,902 +411,610 +296,126 +1,046,611 +Three +months to +one year +One to +three +months +Less than +one month +on demand +Overdue/ +repayable +31 December 2017 +(***) Includes loans and advances to customers and financial investments that are impaired or not impaired but overdue for +more than one month. +five years +(**) The maturity profile of the renegotiated loans' contractual undiscounted cash flows is determined according to the +negotiated terms. +32,731,036 +3,320,981 +11,351,426 +4,378,003 8,968,670 +257,957 +2,032,905 +1,414,157 +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +One to More than +five years +(*) +63,375 +985,556 +2,378 +965 +1,000 +14,291 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (*) +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +404 +457 +21 +10 +22 +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities: +Non-derivative cash flows: +Total +10,462 +Undated +13,125,401 +33,985 +1,627,327 +2,560,880 +2,913,584 +58,639 +165,498 +4,091,956 +460,613 +347,099 +Financial investments +50,879 +5,029,904 +122,387 +associates +154,543 +154,543 +Property and equipment +122,387 +Others +530,340 +530,340 +Total assets +13,631,399 +8,758,429 +5,041,002 +Investments in subsidiaries and +Loans and advances to customers +1,681,356 +53,856 +Assets: +1,713,120 +Cash and balances with central banks +3,164,066 +384,930 +3,548,996 +Due from banks and +other financial institutions (*) +1,343,017 +296,231 +36,427 +5,681 +Financial assets held for trading +11,678 +44,397 +3,639 +358 +60,072 +Financial assets designated as +at FVTPL +7,110 +147,805 +147,140 +26,796 +9,406 +338,257 +Derivative financial assets +53,856 +1,346,007 +11,682 +Liabilities: +300,639 +18,894,447 +Debt securities issued +75,551 +75,120 +273,922 +436,275 +Others +505,720 +505,720 +Total liabilities +14,558,434 +4,202,962 +2,615,441 +287,533 +921,341 +22,585,711 +Interest rate mismatch +(927,035) +838,040 +298,143 +1,425,587 +N/A +N/A +(*) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +Total +13,315 +24,645,112 +2,525,217 +12,311,870 +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities designated as +404 +404 +at FVTPL +1,180 +4,826 +7,672 +60,174 +73,852 +Derivative financial liabilities +46,682 +46,682 +Due to banks and +other financial institutions (**) +2,039,083 +355,697 +3,936 +8,126 +2,406,842 +Certificates of deposit +130,750 +87,351 +3,092 +296 +221,489 +Due to customers +3,743,406 +bearing +Liabilities: +five years +1,433,558 +4,362,174 +Investments in subsidiaries and +associates +156,352 +156,352 +Property and equipment +124,548 +124,548 +Others +325,989 +325,989 +2,344,397 +Total assets +14,906,268 +4,666,430 +3,571,092 +1,813,557 +1,114,813 +26,072,160 +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities designated as +at FVTPL +410 +410 +4,363 +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +386,087 +198,132 +- Financial investments measured +at amortised cost +1,552,795 +Derivative financial assets +38,295 +38,295 +Loans and advances to customers +10,354,973 +3,625,912 +130,998 +47,558 +52,336 +14,211,777 +Financial investments +― Financial investments measured +at FVTPL +111,281 +97,766 +370,450 +118,797 +42,351 +740,645 +- Financial investments measured +at FVOCI +145,254 +225,305 +634,044 +213,159 +28,075 +1,245,837 +7,117 +67,257 +78,737 +Derivative financial liabilities +4,911,380 +2,614,236 +288,247 +984,036 +23,824,295 +Interest rate mismatch +(120,128) +(244,950) +956,856 +1,525,310 +N/A +N/A +(*) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +The above table lists the data including the trading book. +Annual Report 2018 +283 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +31 December 2017 +Less than +three +months +Three +months to +one year +Non- +One to +More than +interest- +15,026,396 +five years +Total liabilities +330,294 +42,120 +42,120 +Due to banks and +other financial institutions (**) +1,684,536 +Certificates of deposit +169,806 +240,926 +110,252 +14,235 +5,438 +1,945,135 +Due to customers +13,020,881 +4,523,686 +873 +2,552,657 +449 +281,380 +10,777 +538,927 +20,646,928 +Debt securities issued +151,173 +32,153 +38,944 +277,021 +499,291 +Others +330,294 +The above table lists the data including the trading book. +577 +ICBC +288 +42,142 +Interest rate contracts +511 +15,623 +88 +16,222 +Commodity derivatives and others +3,918 +8,469 +584 +12,971 +41,264 +5,019 +960 +71,335 +Reverse repurchase +measured at FVTPL +174,794 +174,794 +Loans and advances to customers +measured at FVTPL +924 +444 +1,368 +Loans and advances to customers +65,356 +590 +Exchange rate contracts +Derivative financial asset +The Group has established policies and internal controls with respect to the measurement of fair values, specify the framework of +fair value measurement of financial instrument, fair value measurement methodologies and procedures. Fair value measurement +policies specify valuation techniques, parameter selection and relevant concepts, models and parameter solutions. Operating +procedures specify measurement operating procedures, valuation date, market parameter selection and corresponding allocation +of responsibilities. In the process of fair value measurement, front office is responsible for daily transactions management. Financial +Accounting Department plays a lead role of developing accounting policies of fair value measurement, valuation methodologies +and system implementation. Risk Management Department is responsible for verifying trade details and valuation models. +The following is a description of the fair value of the financial instruments recorded at fair value which are determined using +valuation techniques. These incorporate the Group's estimate of assumptions that a market participant would make when +valuing the instruments. +Financial investments +Financial investments valued using valuation techniques consist of debt securities and asset-backed securities. The Group +values such securities in use of a discounted cash flow analysis which incorporates either only observable data or both +observable and non-observable data. Observable inputs include assumptions regarding current interest rates; unobservable +inputs include assumptions regarding expected future default rates, prepayment rates and market liquidity discounts. +A majority of the debt securities classified as level 2 are RMB bonds. The fair value of these bonds are determined based on +the valuation results provided by China Central Depository & Clearing Co., Ltd., which are determined based on a valuation +technique for which all significant inputs are observable market data. +Derivatives +Derivatives valued using a valuation technique with market observable inputs are mainly interest rate swaps, foreign +exchange forwards, swaps and options, etc. The most frequently applied valuation techniques include discounted cash flow +model and Black-Scholes model. The models incorporate various inputs including foreign exchange spot and forward rates, +foreign exchange rate volatility, interest rate yield curves, etc. +Structured products are mainly valued using dealer's quotations. +Loans and advances to customers +The loans and advances to customers valued by the valuation technology are mainly the bill business and the discounted +cash flow model is used. For the bank acceptance bill, based on the different credit risk of the acceptor, the interest rate +curve is set up with the actual transaction data in the market as the sample; for the commercial bill, based on the interbank +offered rate, the interest rate curve is constructed according to the credit risk and liquidity point difference adjustment. +Other liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss +For unquoted other liabilities designated as at FVTPL, the discounted cash flow model is used based on current yield curve +appropriate for the remaining term to maturity adjusted for market liquidity and credit spreads; and Heston model is applied +based on yield curves, foreign exchange forward rates, foreign exchange rate volatilities, etc., which is calibrated by active +market quotes of standard European options with the same underlying. +Annual Report 2018 +287 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(a) Financial instruments recorded at fair value +The following tables show an analysis of financial instruments recorded at fair value by level of the fair value hierarchy: +Group +31 December 2018 +Level 1 +Level 2 +Level 3 +Total +Financial assets which are measured at +fair value on a recurring basis: +measured at FVOCI +11,023 +349,460 +360,483 +1,128,949 +2,287,783 +307 +19,939 +227,690 +29,919 +307 +1,430,163 +2,843,490 +Financial liabilities which are measured at +fair value on a recurring basis: +Due to customers +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +Wealth management products +Financial liabilities related to +precious metals +Other debt securities issued +Others +851,647 +851,647 +11,480 +11,480 +67,266 +67,266 +2,285 +2,285 +130 +4,867 +1,372 +6,369 +130 +85,898 +281,275 +328,017 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Other investments +143 +19,489 +Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Debt securities +3,802 +205,220 +34,727 +243,749 +Equity investments +7,475 +408 +20,107 +27,990 +Funds and other investments +19,423 +362,672 +151,513 +533,608 +30,700 +568,300 +206,347 +805,347 +Financial investments measured at FVOCI +Debt securities +280,572 +1,119,222 +Equity investments +703 +9,727 +1,399,937 +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +286 +151,952 +Surplus reserve +261,636 +232,660 +General reserve +278,980 +264,850 +Retained profits +1,205,924 +1,096,868 +Valid portion of minority interests +Others +Core tier 1 capital deductions +3,752 +2,716 +(11,646) +(61,063) +14,988 +14,282 +Goodwill +8,820 +8,478 +Other intangible assets other than land use rights +1,927 +1,532 +Cash flow hedge reserves that relate to the hedging of items +that are not fair valued on the balance sheet +151,968 +(3,739) +Valid portion of capital reserve +356,407 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(e) Capital management +The Group's objectives on capital management are: +• +• +• +Maintain reasonable capital adequacy ratio to continuously meet regulatory requirements on capital. Keeping stable +capital base to ensure the Group's business growth and the implementation of business development and strategic +plan in order to achieve comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development; +Adopt the advanced measurement approaches, improve the internal capital adequacy assessment process (ICAAP), +disclose information on capital management, cover all types of risks, and ensure the stable operation of the Group; +Integrate the quantified results of various risks into daily management, establish a bank value management system +with economic capital as the core tool, improve the policy, process and application management system, strengthen +the capital constraint and incentive mechanism, enhance the product pricing and decision-making capabilities, and +improve the capital allocation efficiency; and +Make reasonable use of various capital instruments, continuously enhance capital strengths, refine capital structure, +improve capital quality, reduce capital cost, and maximize shareholder returns. +The Group manages its capital structure and makes adjustments in light of changes in economic conditions and the risk +profile of its activities. In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group may adjust its profit distribution +policy, issue or repurchase own shares, qualifying other tier 1 capital instruments, qualifying tier 2 capital instruments and +convertible bonds, etc. +The Group's Management monitors the capital adequacy ratios regularly based on regulations issued by the CBIRC. The +required information is respectively filed with the CBIRC by the Group and the Bank semi-annually and quarterly. +From 1 January 2013, the Group commenced to calculate the capital adequacy ratios in accordance with Regulation +Governing Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional) and other relevant regulations. In April 2014, the former CBRC officially +approved the Bank to adopt advanced capital management approaches. Within the scope of the approval, the foundation +internal ratings-based (IRB) approach is adopted to corporate credit risk, the IRB approach to retail credit risk, the internal +model approach (IMA) to market risk, and the standardized approach to operational risk meeting regulatory requirements. +Domestic commercial banks should meet the requirements of capital adequacy ratios by the end of 2018 in accordance +with Regulation Governing Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional). For domestic systemically important banks, minimum +core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio, tier 1 capital adequacy ratio and capital adequacy ratio should reach 8.50%, 9.50% and +11.50%, respectively. For non-systemically important banks, corresponding minimum ratios should reach 7.50%, 8.50% and +10.50%, respectively. In addition, overseas entities are directly regulated by local banking regulatory commissions, and the +requirements of capital adequacy ratios differ by countries. +The Group calculates the following core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio, tier 1 capital adequacy ratio and capital adequacy +ratio in accordance with Regulation Governing Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional) and relevant requirements. The +requirements pursuant to these regulations may have certain differences comparing to those applicable in Hong Kong and +other jurisdictions. +The capital adequacy ratios and related components of the Group are calculated in accordance with the statutory financial +statements of the Group prepared under PRC GAAP. During the year, the Group has complied in full with all its externally +imposed capital requirements. +Annual Report 2018 +285 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The capital adequacy ratios calculated after implementation of the advanced capital management approaches are as follows: +31 December 2018 +31 December 2017 +Core tier 1 capital +2,247,021 +2,044,390 +Paid-in capital +356,407 +284 +(3,708) +7,980 +financial institutions that are not subject to consolidation +Net capital base +Risk-weighted assets (i) +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +Capital adequacy ratio +(i) +Refers to risk-weighted assets after capital floor and adjustments. +500 +2,644,885 +2,406,920 +17,190,992 +15,902,801 +12.98% +12.77% +13.45% +13.27% +15.39% +15.14% +52. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS +Fair value estimates are generally subjective in nature, and are made as of a specific point in time based on the characteristics +of the financial instruments and relevant market information. The Group uses the following hierarchy for determining and +disclosing the fair value of financial instruments: +Level 1: +quoted (unadjusted) prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; +Level 2: +valuation techniques for which all inputs which have a significant effect on the recorded fair value are +observable, either directly or indirectly; and +Level 3: +valuation techniques which use inputs which have a significant effect on the recorded fair value that are not +based on observable market data. +Significant minority investments in tier 2 capital instruments issued by +Investments in core tier 1 capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are under control but not subject to consolidation +500 +3,303 +7,980 +Net core tier 1 capital +2,232,033 +2,030,108 +Additional tier 1 capital +80,110 +79,952 +Additional tier 1 capital instruments and related premium +79,375 +79,375 +Valid portion of minority interests +735 +21,066 +Net tier 1 capital +2,312,143 +2,110,060 +Tier 2 capital +332,742 +297,360 +Valid portion of tier 2 capital instruments and related premium +202,761 +222,321 +Surplus provision for loan impairment +127,990 +71,736 +Valid portion of minority interests +1,991 +Tier 2 capital deductions +485 +Derivative financial liabilities +331,360 +Decreased by 100 basis points +Effect on +Effect on +Currency +net interest income +equity +net interest income +equity +RMB +(2,796) +(34,021) +2,796 +36,109 +Effect on +USD +(2,841) +860 +2,842 +HKD +(97) +97 +Others +117 +(457) +(117) +457 +Total +(860) +Effect on +Increased by 100 basis points +2017 +equity +net interest income +equity +RMB +(3,242) +(28,174) +3,242 +30,374 +USD +(500) +(2,501) +Derivative financial liabilities +500 +2,502 +HKD +(175) +175 +Others +624 +(383) +(624) +383 +Total +(3,293) +(31,058) +3,293 +33,259 +(3,636) +(37,319) +3,636 +39,408 +71,335 +Loans and advances to customers +10,876,334 +3,723,420 +207,848 +181,472 +57,058 +15,046,132 +Financial investments +-Financial investments measured +at FVTPL +115,666 +109,835 +382,531 +127,288 +70,027 +805,347 +― Financial investments measured +at FVOCI +179,158 +245,075 +715,623 +261,355 +28,952 +1,430,163 +- Financial investments measured +at amortised cost +239,828 +421,975 +71,335 +net interest income +Derivative financial assets +56,740 +280 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The interest rate sensitivities set out in the tables above are for illustration only and are based on simplified scenarios. The +figures represent the effect of the pro forma movements in net interest income and equity based on the projected yield +curve scenarios and the Group's and the Bank's current interest rate risk profile. This effect, however, does not incorporate +actions that would be taken by management to mitigate the impact of interest rate risk. The projections above also assume +that interest rates of all maturities move by the same amount and, therefore, do not reflect the potential impact on net +interest income and equity in the case where some rates change while others remain unchanged. +The tables below summarise the contractual repricing or maturity dates, whichever is earlier, of the Group's assets and +liabilities: +31 December 2018 +Less than +three +months +Three +months to +one year +Non- +One to +five years +More than +five years +interest- +bearing +Total +Assets: +Cash and balances with central banks +3,041,055 +331,521 +3,372,576 +Due from banks and +other financial institutions (*) +1,259,592 +313,451 +66,142 +573 +1,696,498 +2,402,746 +Currency +Decreased by 100 basis points +Effect on +. +• +• +Interest rate prediction: analysing the macroeconomic factors that may impact on the PBOC benchmark interest rates +and market interest rates; +Duration management: optimising the differences in timing between contractual repricing (maturities) of interest- +generating assets and interest-bearing liabilities; +Pricing management: managing the deviation of the pricing of interest-generating assets and the benchmark interest +rates or market interest rates; +Quota management: optimising the positions of interest-generating assets and interest-bearing liabilities and control +the impact on profit and loss and equity; and +Derivative trading: using interest rate derivatives for hedging management in a timely manner. +A principal part of the Group's management of interest rate risk is to monitor the sensitivity of projected net interest income +under varying interest rate scenarios (simulation modeling). The Group aims to mitigate the impact of prospective interest +rate movements which could reduce future net interest income, while balancing the cost of such hedging on the current +revenue. +The following tables demonstrate the sensitivity to a reasonably possible change in interest rates, with all other variables +held constant, of the Group's and the Bank's net interest income and equity. The following table lists the data including the +trading book. +The effect of the net interest income is the effect of the assumed changes in interest rates on the net interest income, +arising from the financial assets and financial liabilities held at year end that are subject to repricing within the coming year, +including the effect of hedging instruments. The effect of equity is the effect of the assumed changes in interest rates on +other comprehensive income, calculated by revaluing fixed rate available-for-sale financial assets held at year end, including +the effect of any associated hedges. +The Group manages the interest rate risk of banking book through the Asset and the Liability Management Department, +following methods have been adopted: +Annual Report 2018 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Group +2018 +Increased by 100 basis points +Effect on +Effect on +Decreased by 100 basis points +Effect on +Effect on +Currency +net interest income +equity +net interest income +279 +Interest rate risk in the banking book is defined as the risk of loss in the overall gain and economic value of the banking +book arising from adverse movements in interest rate and term structure, etc. This risk may occur in the following situations: +when the interest rate fluctuates, because the repricing period of different financial instruments is different, the debt interest +rate repricing date is earlier than the asset interest rate when interest rate rising and vice versa. The bank will face to the risk +of reduced or even negative spreads over certain period of time; when the pricing benchmark interest rates are different, the +changes in the benchmark interest rates are inconsistent; when there are embedded option terms or implied options in the +business of holding options derivatives or banking book's on and off balance sheet business; and due to changes in expected +default levels or market liquidity, the market's assessment of the credit quality of financial instruments changes, leading to +changes in credit spreads. +(d) Interest rate risk in the banking book +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +1,372 +Exchange rate contracts +235 +41,713 +245 +42,193 +Interest rate contracts +86 +15,705 +730 +16,521 +Commodity derivatives and others +3,665 +9,995 +1,199 +14,859 +3,986 +67,413 +2,174 +73,573 +4,116 +1,004,958 +3,546 +1,012,620 +ICBC +288 +Notes to the Financial Statements +equity +RMB +(3,281) +(30,513) +RMB +(2,945) +(35,901) +2,945 +38,284 +USD +HKD +Others +Total +(1,911) +(5,574) +1,911 +5,578 +495 +(495) +90 +(825) +(90) +826 +(4,271) +(42,300) +4,271 +44,688 +Bank +2018 +Increased by 100 basis points +Effect on +Effect on +equity +Effect on +net interest income +net interest income +3,281 +33,093 +USD +HKD +Others +Total +(1,645) +(5,679) +1,645 +5,683 +936 +(936) +(59) +(690) +59 +691 +(4,049) +(36,882) +4,049 +39,467 +2017 +Increased by 100 basis points +Effect on +Effect on +Decreased by 100 basis points +Effect on +Effect on +Currency +equity +1,454,633 +4,519,182 +Investments in associates and joint +Liabilities: +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities designated as +at FVTPL +32 +20 +404 +1,180 +7,395 +10,374 +456 +70,412 +26,087,043 +89,361 +78,556 +Due to banks and +other financial institutions (**) +2,283,966 +433,980 +13,719 +6,057 +15,165 +2,752,887 +Certificates of deposit +159,465 +97,204 +78,556 +1,503,987 +1,892,599 +3,165,525 +4,163,670 +265,147 +163,052 +57,728 +13,892,966 +Financial investments +384,969 +524,266 +2,688,511 +1,694,726 +23,294 +5,315,766 +Investments in associates and +joint ventures +32,441 +32,441 +Property and equipment +247,744 +247,744 +Others +6,277 +141 +613,643 +620,061 +Total assets +14,329,017 +5,195,915 +3,309 +296 +260,274 +Due to customers +N/A +(*) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +The above table lists the data including the trading book. +282 +ICBC +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The tables below summarise the contractual repricing or maturity dates, whichever is earlier, of the Bank's assets and +liabilities: +31 December 2018 +Less than +three +months +Three +months to +one year +Non- +One to +five years +More than +five years +interest- +bearing +Total +Assets: +Cash and balances with central banks +2,987,947 +325,801 +3,313,748 +Due from banks and +other financial institutions (*) +1,108,681 +N/A +9,243,369 +1,593,362 +744,754 +12,748,893 +3,891,544 +2,547,149 +13,514 +361,836 +19,562,936 +Debt securities issued +Others +84,631 +2,218 +20,919 +142,430 +278,960 +526,940 +99 +406 +410 +671,444 +674,577 +Total liabilities +15,280,385 +4,451,161 +2,717,791 +299,237 +1,197,413 +23,945,987 +Interest rate mismatch +(951,368) +447,734 +Loans and advances to customers +89,013 +89,013 +73,573 +Due to banks and +other financial institutions (**) +1,943,520 +306,350 +20,996 +44,133 +14,297 +2,329,296 +Certificates of deposit +207,061 +132,971 +873 +449 +341,354 +Due to customers +13,519,006 +4,709,018 +2,577,977 +11,468 +591,465 +21,408,934 +Debt securities issued +Others +Total liabilities +176,592 +7,935 +15,854,114 +52,694 +354 +73,573 +105,509 +1,452 +Derivative financial liabilities +73,634 +ventures +29,124 +29,124 +Property and equipment +290,404 +290,404 +Others +8,584 +192 +430,003 +438,779 +Total assets +15,720,217 +4,813,948 +3,774,890 +2,025,321 +1,365,164 +27,699,540 +Liabilities: +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities designated as +71 +410 +481 +at FVTPL +4,443 +9,323 +87,400 +91,203 +283,047 +5,205,901 +3,224,896 +388,976 +3,613,872 +Due from banks and +other financial institutions (*) +1,446,100 +300,248 +56,177 +291 +31,426 +1,834,242 +Financial assets held for trading +14,834 +51,087 +6,008 +6,613 +8,795 +87,337 +Financial assets designated as +at FVTPL +8,572 +156,503 +149,682 +27,917 +10,927 +353,601 +Derivative financial assets +Cash and balances with central banks +617,842 +Assets: +bearing +2,716,540 +Interest rate mismatch +(133,897) +(391,953) +1,058,350 +1,467 +340,564 +1,684,757 +484,569 +1,237,538 +N/A +495,777 +25,354,657 +N/A +(*) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +The above table lists the data including the trading book. +Annual Report 2018 +281 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +31 December 2017 +Less than +three +months +Three +months to +one year +Non- +One to +More than +interest- +five years +five years +Total +87,400 +14.2 +28 +Amount +(%) +Amount +Percentage +Percentage +At 31 December 2018 +At 31 December 2017 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Other bonds +Total +Policy bank bonds +Central bank bills +Government bonds +Item +DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT IN BONDS BY ISSUERS +Discussion and Analysis +21 +Annual Report 2018 +(%) +Bonds rose by RMB675,343 million or 12.6% from the end of the previous year to RMB6,049,076 million. Funds and others +grew by RMB199,448 million or 54.8% to RMB563,346 million. +4,040,956 +3,286,729 +100.0 +5,373,733 +100.0 +6,049,076 +19.9 +1,071,433 +19.8 +1,200,642 +18.5 +996,669 +12.8 +774,732 +0.4 +18,902 +0.5 +32,746 +61.2 +66.9 +In terms of distribution by issuers, government bonds increased by RMB754,227 million or 22.9% over the end of last +year; central bank bills increased by RMB13,844 million or 73.2%; policy bank bonds went down by RMB221,937 million +or 22.3%; and other bonds increased by RMB129,209 million or 12.1%. In order to support the development of the real +economy, the Bank stepped up the allocation to government bonds based on the bond market supply. +Notes: (1) Includes assets invested by funds raised by the issuance of principal-guaranteed wealth management products by the Bank. +(2) Please see "Note 24. to the Financial Statements: Financial Investments" for details. +5,756,704 +At 31 December 2018 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2017 +Total +Accrued interest (2) +Funds and others (1) +Equity instruments +Bonds +Item +INVESTMENT +In 2018, the Bank augmented its efforts in supporting the real economy, moderately expanded investment scale +and enhanced capital usage efficiency. As at the end of 2018, investment (excluding accrued interest) amounted to +RMB6,670,331 million, RMB913,627 million or 15.9% higher compared with the end of the previous year. +Investment +Please see the section headed "Discussion and Analysis - Risk Management" for detailed analysis of the Bank's loans and +their quality. +Personal loans increased by RMB691,116 million or 14.0% from the end of last year. Specifically, residential mortgages grew +by RMB651,272 million or 16.5%, mainly because the Bank supported the residents' financing needs for owner-occupied +houses; credit card overdrafts increased by RMB91,692 million or 17.1%, primarily due to the continuous development of +credit card installment business and steady growth in the consumption trading volume of credit cards. +100.0 +4,945,458 +100.0 +5,636,574 +Percentage +100.0 +Percentage +(%) +100.0 +6,754,692 +1.2 +84,361 +6.3 +363,898 +8.3 +563,346 +0.3 +19,073 +0.9 +57,909 +93.4 +(%) +Amount +5,373,733 +89.6 +6,049,076 +Amount +Total +DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT IN BONDS BY REMAINING MATURITY +Undated (1) +295,590 +5.9 +356,034 +92.0 +4,945,340 +91.7 +5,547,079 +(%) +Amount +(%) +Amount +Percentage +Percentage +At 31 December 2018 +At 31 December 2017 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Total +5.5 +Other foreign currency bonds +145,963 +132,803 +At 31 December 2018 +805,347 +Financial investments measured at fair value +through profit or loss +Amount +Item +At 31 December 2017 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Discussion and Analysis +DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT BY MEASURING METHOD +ICBC +22 +In terms of currency structure, RMB-denominated bonds rose by RMB601,739 million or 12.2%. During the reporting period, +the Bank balanced the risks and returns of foreign currency bond investment portfolios and increased the investment in +USD-denominated bonds. USD-denominated bonds added by RMB60,444 million or 20.4%; other foreign currency bonds +increased by an equivalent of RMB 13,160 million or 9.9%. +100.0 +5,373,733 +100.0 +6,049,076 +2.5 +2.4 +Remaining maturity +USD-denominated bonds +Item +0.0 +54 +(%) +Percentage +Amount +(%) +Amount +Percentage +At 31 December 2018 +At 31 December 2017 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Note: (1) Refers to overdue bonds. +Total +Over 5 years +1 to 5 years +3 to 12 months +Less than 3 months +255,716 +RMB-denominated bonds +4.2 +5.2 +DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT IN BONDS BY CURRENCY +100.0 +5,373,733 +100.0 +6,049,076 +31.8 +1,710,548 +30.0 +1,812,718 +52.5 +2,819,961 +54.9 +3,319,674 +10.5 +561,566 +10.9 +660,914 +281,658 +10.8 +534,776 +11.1 +19 +Annual Report 2018 +Note: (1) Please see "Note 23. to the Financial Statements: Loans and Advances to Customers". +100.0 +26,087,043 +100.0 +27,699,540 +3.8 +989,259 +3.0 +829,642 +3.8 +986,631 +2.6 +734,049 +Total assets +Others +Discussion and Analysis +Reverse repurchase agreements +Loan +ICBC +Item +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS BY BUSINESS LINE +Personal loans +Discounted bills +2018 +2017 +Corporate loans +2016 +81,407 +89,369 +94,189 +7,200 +3,511 +3,644 +49,455 +56,366 +41,962 +Unit: RMB100 millions +In 2018, the Bank proactively integrated into the social reform and +development, and evidently supported the major areas and key links +of the real economy focusing on the supply-side structural reform and +replacement of old growth drivers with new ones. As a result, the Bank +achieved balanced and orderly credit granting for the whole year and +further optimized its credit structure. Moreover, benchmarking to the +requirements of high-quality economic development, the Bank further +upgraded its financial services for private enterprises and small and micro +enterprises, mainly backed the funding demands of the major national +infrastructure and supported the rational financing demands of resident +households for owner-occupied houses. As at the end of 2018, total +loans amounted to RMB15,419,905 million, RMB1,186,457 million or +8.3% higher compared with the end of the previous year, of which RMB +denominated loans of domestic branches were RMB13,591,421 million, +RMB1,160,095 million or 9.3% higher than that at the end of 2017. +Corporate loans +institutions +847,611 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2017 +412,731 +38,958 +Amount +15,419,905 +(%) +Percentage +At 31 December 2018 +Less: Allowance for impairment losses on +loans and advances to customers +measured at amortised cost +Add: Accrued interest +Total loans and advances to customers +Item +ASSETS DEPLOYMENT +As at the end of 2018, total assets of the Bank amounted to RMB27,699,540 million, RMB1,612,497 million or 6.2% higher +than that at the end of the previous year. Specifically, total loans and advances to customers (collectively referred to as +"total loans") increased by RMB1,186,457 million or 8.3% to RMB15,419,905 million, investment increased by RMB997,988 +million or 17.3% to RMB6,754,692 million, and cash and balances with central banks decreased by RMB241,296 million or +6.7% to RMB3,372,576 million. +Assets Deployment +In 2018, in response to the complicated development trends externally, the Bank adhered to the prudent and steady +business strategy based on the macroeconomic policies, sources of funds, performance of the real economy and state of risk +control, and promoted the moderate growth and continuous structure optimization of total assets and liabilities. In addition, +the Bank made active efforts to support the development of the real economy, appropriately expanded the scale of loan +issuance and bond investment, and cemented the foundation for deposit business development, thereby ensuring a stable +and sustainable growth of funding sources. +Balance Sheet Analysis +Discussion and Analysis +Amount +14,233,448 +3.2 +340,482 +(%) +3.5 +962,449 +Due from banks and other financial +13.9 +3,613,872 +12.2 +3,372,576 +Cash and balances with central banks +22.1 +5,756,704 +24.4 +6,754,692 +53.2 +13,892,966 +54.3 +15,046,132 +Net loans and advances to customers (1) +Investment +Percentage +Discounted bills +Personal loans +Total +Item +Percentage +At 31 December 2018 +At 31 December 2017 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Discussion and Analysis +DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL LOANS BY PRODUCT LINE +ICBC +20 +20 +Corporate loans rose by RMB482,030 million or 5.4% from the end of last year, mainly because the Bank continuously +reinforced the financing support for enterprises in the high-end manufacturing sector, and supported the investment and +financing demands of key projects, livelihood projects and projects under construction in fields such as interconnection +among transportation infrastructure, urban infrastructure and public services, centering on major strategic planning such as +three supporting belts, Xiongan New Area and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. +100.0 +8,936,864 +100.0 +9,418,894 +68.6 +6,134,322 +Residential mortgages +73.4 +Amount +Amount +626,468 +Credit card overdrafts +4.4 +216,210 +3.8 +215,983 +Personal business loans +5.2 +255,783 +3.6 +204,162 +Personal consumption loans +79.6 +3,938,689 +81.5 +4,589,961 +Percentage +(%) +(%) +6,914,401 +31.4 +2,802,542 +5,636,574 +2.5 +351,126 +2.4 +364,437 +62.8 +8,936,864 +61.0 +(%) +Amount +(%) +Amount +9,418,894 +Percentage +Percentage +At 31 December 2017 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2018 +36.6 +15,419,905 +100.0 +4,945,458 +14,233,448 +26.6 +2,504,493 +(%) +Amount +(%) +Amount +Percentage +Percentage +Percentage +At 31 December 2018 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Total +Medium to long-term corporate loans +Short-term corporate loans +Item +DISTRIBUTION OF CORPORATE LOANS BY MATURITY +100.0 +34.7 +At 31 December 2017 +(%) +Total Loans +11.9 +Bohai Rim +14.0 +2,736,614 +12.7 +2,726,705 +Pearl River Delta +19.0 +3,722,756 +18.8 +4,032,866 +Yangtze River Delta +0.3 +60,261 +0.3 +56,304 +Head Office +(%) +5,922,781 +Amount +27.7 +26.6 +4.2 +908,346 +Overseas and others +5.3 +1,033,381 +5.2 +1,105,344 +Northeastern China +16.6 +3,236,441 +16.8 +3,591,835 +Western China +2,780,882 +14.3 +3,064,753 +Central China +5,203,857 +788,744 +(%) +Item +Other deposits(2) +43.8 +8,568,917 +44.1 +9,436,418 +Subtotal +19.5 +3,820,392 +18.4 +3,931,182 +Demand deposits +24.3 +4,748,525 +25.7 +5,505,236 +Time deposits +Personal deposits +268,914 +Amount +1.3 +1.5 +Percentage +Percentage +At 31 December 2017 +At 31 December 2018 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +DISTRIBUTION OF DUE TO CUSTOMERS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA +Please see "Note 34. to the Financial Statements: Due to Customers". +Includes outward remittance and remittance payables. +(2) +Notes: (1) +100.0 +19,562,936 +100.0 +21,408,934 +Total +1.0 +222,461 +Accrued interest +288,554 +54.7 +4.0 +21,408,934 +2016 +2.1% +Science, education, culture +and sanitation +2.3% +Mining +2.9% +Construction +52,717 +60,698 +64,051 +6.1% +7.4% +Real estate +utility management +9.7% +Water, environment and public +11.5% +2017 +electricity, heat, gas and water +Lodging and catering +Demand deposits +Amount +The Bank launched a fresh model of alleviating poverty with joined-up efforts from banks, insurers and futures +companies, thus beefing up targeted poverty relief in a joint and effective way. Specifically, on the basis that insurers +and futures companies provided farmers with risk management service, the Bank increased and underscored services +such as credit facility, e-commerce sales, premium donation and linked wealth management product issuance to enrich +and improve the financial anti-poverty product and service system. +The Bank carried forward the cooperation with other banks on a steady footing. It signed comprehensive cooperative +agreements with Agricultural Development Bank of China, GF Securities Co. Ltd., China Life Insurance Company +Limited and the People's Insurance Company of China, among other industry-leading customers. +The Bank made further progress in cooperation with the government. It actively marketed key reform departments +to open accounts, having the largest market share for central government-affiliated customers. It earnestly provided +financial services supporting pension insurance reform for governmental agencies and administrative institutions, +maintaining the largest market share in basic pension insurance accounts. Aligning itself with the fiscal reform of +China, the Bank supported the e-reform of income and expenditure of national treasury, enhanced the capabilities +of serving fiscal departments and budgetary units at all levels, and still topped the banking industry in terms of the +number of regions and customers for launching the fiscal e-payment agency service and e-collection of non-tax +revenue agency service, as well as the relevant business volumes under agency. The Bank deepened the cooperation +with veteran affairs departments in different places and continued to improve financial service capabilities for veterans. +As governmental agencies and administrative institutions were key customers, the Bank researched, developed and +promoted systems and applications such as "ICBC Campus Cloud", "Religion Cloud Platform" and "Cloud Platform +for the Party, League and Labor Union" for the purpose of strengthening customer expansion, service upgrade and +product penetration. ++ +Institutional Banking +The Bank pushed forward financial services for agriculture, rural areas and farmers in an all-round manner, and set +up inclusive finance promotion committees at the levels of the Head Office and tier-one branches to take on the +responsibilities in relation to the implementation and overall management of agro-related credit policy in an effort +to promote financial services for agriculture, rural areas and farmers across the board. At the end of 2018, farmer +business loans and small and micro enterprise loans for agriculture, rural areas and farmers which belonged to the +scope of inclusive loans combined to RMB89,134 million, representing an increase of RMB9,547 million or 12.0% over +the beginning of the year. There were 55 thousand loan customers, up 21 thousand over the beginning of the year. +The average interest rate of loans granted in 2018 decreased by 0.34 percentage points over the prior year to 5.03%. +The Bank strongly expanded the small and micro enterprise financial service market, and rolled out serial campaigns +to bring inclusive financial services to small and micro enterprises. It visited and established in-depth cooperative +relationships with thousands of offline specialized markets, E-commerce platforms and leading enterprises, and +signed cooperation deepening agreements with many local governments, industry associations, industrial parks and +specialized markets to further diversify inclusive financial services. As at the end of 2018, the loans to small and +micro enterprises with the total loans of no more than RMB10 million for each enterprise was RMB321,685 million, +representing an increase of RMB49,203 million or 18.1% over the beginning of the year. There were 308 thousand +micro and small enterprise loan customers, up 91 thousand over the beginning of the year. The average interest rate +of loans granted in 2018 decreased by 0.26 percentage points over the prior year to 4.95%. +The Bank actively developed a service network which was integrated on- and off-line to increase the coverage and +convenience of inclusive financial services. Online, the Bank improved the ICBC Small and Micro Finance Platform and +the comprehensive inclusive financial service system consisting of Quick Lending for Operation, Online Revolving Loan +and Online Supply Chain. Offline, the Bank actively pushed forward the construction of specialized inclusive financial +institutions at all levels and strengthened the function of small and micro enterprise banking centers as the marketing +organization center, business processing center, risk control center and 020 business service center. At the end of +2018, there were 258 small and micro enterprise banking centers. ++ +Inclusive Finance +Discussion and Analysis +27 +Annual Report 2018 +2.4% +Others +2018 +Time deposits +1.2% +Total +Production and supply of +13.2% +ICBC +26 +Net cash outflows from financing activities amounted to RMB35,924 million, of which, cash inflows were RMB1,045,871 +million, mainly due to the issuance of debt securities by overseas institutions; and cash outflows were RMB 1,081,795 million, +mainly due to the repayment of debt securities. +Net cash outflows from investing activities amounted to RMB731,745 million. Specifically, cash inflows were RMB1,501,388 +million, representing a decrease of RMB657,295 million, mainly due to the decreased cash received from the recovery of +bond investment; and cash outflows were RMB2,233,133 million, representing a decrease of RMB414,808 million, mainly +due to the decrease in cash payment for bond investment. +Net cash inflows from operating activities amounted to RMB724,133 million, representing a decrease of RMB46,731 million +as compared to last year, mainly attributable to cash outflows resulted from the drop of repurchase agreements which +resulted in cash inflows in the previous year. Specifically, cash outflows of operating assets dropped by RMB559,032 million +and cash inflows of operating liabilities dropped by RMB671,055 million. +Analysis on Statement of Cash Flows +For details on off-balance sheet items, please refer to "Note 45. to the Financial Statements: Commitments and Contingent +Liabilities; Note 46. to the Financial Statements: Designated Funds and Loans". +As at the end of 2018, shareholders' equity amounted to RMB2,344,883 million in aggregate, RMB203,827 million or 9.5% +higher than that at the end of the previous year. Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company recorded an +increase of RMB202,510 million or 9.5% to RMB2,330,001 million. Please refer to the "Financial Statements: Consolidated +Statement of Changes in Equity" for details. +Shareholders' Equity +Discussion and Analysis +25 +Annual Report 2018 +Repurchase agreements were RMB514,801 million, a decrease of RMB531,537 million or 50.8% from the end of last year, +mainly because the Bank appropriately adjusted the size of funds raised based on its internal and external liquidity status. +Repurchase Agreements +100.0 +19,562,936 +100.0 +BUSINESS OVERVIEW +43,028 +Discussion and Analysis +To address the customer demand, the Bank made further headway in promoting the "full-spectrum corporate" banking +strategy, picked up pace in product innovation and marketing service system transformation by adopting FinTech, supported +the development of small and micro enterprises, prioritized the provision of financial services for "agriculture, rural areas and +farmers" and enhanced the quality and efficiency of serving the real economy to a new high. +Leasing and commercial services +46,357 +17.4% +Manufacturing +50,760 +postal services +23.8% +Transportation, storage and +Unit: RMB100 millions +Corporate Deposits +Domestic Corporate Loans by Industry +At the end of 2018, the number of corporate customers increased by 762 thousand over the end of the previous +year to 7,033 thousand. The balance of corporate loans reached RMB9,418,894 million, representing an increase of +RMB482,030 million or 5.4%. The balance of corporate deposits hit RMB11,481,141 million, representing an increase +of RMB775,676 million or 7.2%. +The Bank continued to grow corporate deposits consistently. All-round efforts, e.g. tapping the source, setting deposit +rates flexibly, offering innovative products and strengthening management, secured a sound growth momentum in +corporate deposits. The whole Bank launched co-marketing campaigns with the utilization of information systems and +big data sharing technology, targeting at high-quality listed company customers and industrial funds, as well as key +funding sources, e.g. bond underwriting & offering, M&A and restructuring and QR code payment. +The Bank vigorously supported the development of private economy. It headed the Chinese banking industry in +efficiently completing the "Head Office & Headquarters" agreement-signing with key private enterprises. It established +relationship with distinctive private enterprises and developed a white list of high-quality and backbone private +enterprises. It completed the creation of and investment in the first state-owned large banks' private enterprise bond +financing support tools and promoted the debt-for-equity swap of private enterprises in a steady way. +The Bank steadily progressed in credit restructuring. It retained a good balance in the relationships between direction +and amount of lending, frequency and structure, return and risk. The "One plus Three" credit layout, with One +referring to the basic industrial sectors, and Three referring to a triple of sectors, i.e. happiness industries, advanced +manufacturing and connectivity of the internet of things, made notable progress. All four sectors recorded fast +growth. Under a more reasonable regional layout, the Bank actively enlarged the share in the credit markets of +Xiongan New Area, Hainan Free Trade Zone, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area and Yangtze River +Delta. Besides, the construction of financial service centers for science and technology innovation enterprises in +Shenzhen and Shanghai were underway in a bid to support the new economy and enter new markets with fresh +mechanisms and models. ++ +Z +Corporate Banking +10,705,465 +Wholesale and retail +11,481,141 +4.32% +9,770 +Policy bank bonds 2012 +3.76% +10,140 +Policy bank bonds 2012 +14 January 2019 +5.75% +10,410 +Policy bank bonds 2014 (2) +22 February 2021 +4.62% +10,505 +Policy bank bonds 2011 +27 July 2020 +21 August 2019 +3.94% +10,580 +Policy bank bonds 2010 +Policy bank bonds 2012 +9,700 +13 July 2019 +23 +Annual Report 2018 +1 Financial bonds refer to the debt securities issued by financial institutions on the bond market, including bonds issued by policy banks, +banks and non-bank financial institutions but excluding debt securities related to restructuring and central bank bills. +Benchmark interest rate refers to the interest rate of one-year time deposits applied by PBC on the each value date of each +interest-bearing period. +The bonds had been repaid on the maturity date. +(3) +(2) +Notes: (1) Excludes stage 1 allowance for impairment losses set aside in accordance with the New Financial Instrument Standards. +rate (3) plus 0.59% +17 April 2020 +25 February 2020 +Benchmark interest +9,450 +Policy bank bonds 2010 +4.20% +9,500 +Commercial bank bonds 2017 +23 April 2019 +26 March 2020 +3.65% +Discussion and Analysis +3.51% +Policy bank bonds 2010 +61.5 +3,542,184 +Held-to-maturity investments +26.0 +1,496,453 +Available-for-sale financial assets +66.9 +4,519,182 +Financial investments measured at amortised +cost +21.2 +1,430,163 +Financial investments measured at fair value +through other comprehensive income +7.7 +(%) +Percentage +53.6 +440,938 +277,129 +11,050 +4.8 +6,754,692 +impairment +losses (1) +Maturity date +25 June 2022 +4.04% +11,400 +Policy bank bonds 2012 +Annual +interest rate +value +Debt securities +Nominal +for +Allowance +In RMB millions, except for percentages +TOP 10 FINANCIAL BONDS HELD BY THE BANK +As at the end of 2018, the Group held RMB1,378,173 million of financial bonds', including RMB774,732 million of policy +bank bonds and RMB603,441 million of bonds issued by banks and non-bank financial institutions, accounting for 56.2% +and 43.8% of financial bonds, respectively. +100.0 +5,756,704 +100.0 +Total +Liabilities +Receivables +LIABILITIES +DISTRIBUTION OF DUE TO CUSTOMERS BY BUSINESS LINE +Accrued interest +Other deposits +Corporate deposits Personal deposits +2018 +2017 +2016 +107,055 +114,811 +85,689 +94,364 +ICBC +24 +95,745 +83,029 +Unit: RMB100 millions +Due to Customers +Item +Due to customers is the Bank's main source of funds. As at the +end of 2018, due to customers (excluding accrued interest) was +RMB21,186,473 million, RMB1,623,537 million or 8.3% higher than +that at the end of the previous year. In terms of customer structure, +corporate deposits increased by RMB775,676 million or 7.2%; and +personal deposits increased by RMB867,501 million or 10.1%. In terms +of maturity structure, time deposits increased by RMB1,197,055 million +or 12.8%, while demand deposits increased by RMB446,122 million +or 4.5%. In terms of currency structure, RMB deposits stood at +RMB19,841,403 million, an increase of RMB1,463,782 million or +8.0% over the end of the previous year. Foreign currency deposits +were equivalent to RMB1,345,070 million, an increase of RMB159,755 +million or 13.5%. +At 31 December 2018 +Percentage +(%) +31.0 +As at the end of 2018, total liabilities reached RMB25,354,657 million, an increase of RMB1,408,670 million or 5.9% +compared with the end of last year. +Subtotal +6,069,804 +29.9 +6,405,136 +Demand deposits +23.7 +4,635,661 +23.7 +5,076,005 +Corporate deposits +Percentage +(%) +Amount +At 31 December 2017 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Discussion and Analysis +Amount +Due to Customers +Time deposits +2,885 +1,706,549 +7.2 +1,814,495 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +81.7 +(%) +Amount +19,562,936 +84.4 +21,408,934 +Percentage +Percentage +(%) +Amount +Item +In RMB millions, except for percentages +2,365 +At 31 December 2017 +At 31 December 2018 +7.1 +Repurchase agreements +Due to customers +2.0 +100.0 +514,801 +4.6 +1,103,224 +4.0 +998,585 +25,354,657 +Total liabilities +Others +2,225 +2,689 +100.0 +526,940 +1,046,338 +4.4 +2.2 +Debt securities issued +23,945,987 +2.4 +617,842 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Additions +Total +gains/(losses) +recorded in +profit or loss +2018 +(losses) +recorded +in other +Total gains/ +Derivative financial assets +Financial assets: +comprehensive +income +Group +The following table shows a reconciliation of the opening and closing balance of level 3 financial assets and financial +liabilities which are recorded at fair value and the movement during the year: +(b) Movement in level 3 financial instruments measured at fair value +1 January +451,594 +Notes to the Financial Statements +Commodity derivatives and others +836 +836 +Disposals +1,114 +557 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +45,778 +46,682 +2,507 +347 +454,448 +Annual Report 2018 +291 +347 +Settlements +Commodity derivatives and others +31 December +(10) +10 +1 +154 +44 +410 +measured at FVTPL +Loans and advances to customers +584 +88 +(42) +པེ' +(26) +226 +(149) +533 +(176) +2018 +Exchange rate contracts +329 +(5) +63 +(2) +Transfer out of +level 3 +(47) +288 +Interest rate contracts +238 +111 +34 +(77) +(50) +863 +Equity investments +Interest rate contracts +1,502 +4,421 +1,201,565 +118,831 +Debt securities +Available-for-sale financial assets +53,856 +347 +50,723 +2,786 +5,169 +5,169 +Commodity derivatives and others +1,451 +120,333 +154 +490 +Interest rate contracts +47,236 +193 +44,747 +2,296 +Exchange rate contracts +Derivative financial assets +338,257 +155,788 +180,535 +HHH +1,934 +240,397 +807 +31,915 +1,233,480 +4,421 +1,324,817 +33,417 +1,358,234 +44,732 +193 +44,079 +460 +Exchange rate contracts +Derivative financial liabilities +7: +73,852 +2,919 +60,175 +60, +10,758 +333,914 +71,902 +1,950 +969 +1,950 +60,175 +127,084 +1,522,779 +160,556 +1,810,419 +Financial liabilities which are measured at +fair value on a recurring basis: +97 +Due to customers +Wealth management products +Financial liabilities related to +precious metals +Other debt securities issued +333,914 +10,758 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +444 +77 +Debt securities +Transfer out of +level 3 +Settlements +Disposals +Additions +comprehensive +income +in other +recorded +Total gains/ +(losses) +(3,546) +246 +510 +80 +(1,336) +(1,199) +31 December +2017 +108 +(1,032) +(730) +83 +191 +(51) +(245) +49 +20 +2 +(60) +(1,372) +6 +99 +299 +1 +(193) +Exchange rate contracts +28 +9,574 +135,942 +157,296 +Financial assets designated as at FVTPL +641 +(86) +497 +39 +191 +Financial assets held for trading +533 +3 +(39) +(8) +320 +510 +Commodity derivatives and others +238 +10 +(81) +(4) +1 +(100) +412 +Interest rate contracts +329 +(22) +(11) +(9) +23 +67 +recorded in +profit or loss +Total +gains/(losses) +2017 +Equity investments +143 +(971) +(882) +143 +1,853 +Debt securities +Financial investments measured at FVOCI +151,513 +(3,255) +(8,759) +(98,512) +92,119 +(320) +2,627 +170,240 +20,107 +' +(157) +14,445 +297 +5,522 +Equity investments +34,727 +(3,575) +(470) +(551) +31,422 +67 +7,834 +Funds and other investments +649 +16,232 +(19) +1 January +Financial assets: +Derivative financial assets +(35) +(3,011) +387 +(663) +Commodity derivatives and others +(302) +(728) +Interest rate contracts +15 +(271) +Exchange rate contracts +Derivative financial liabilities +(135) +(1,349) +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +19,489 +Other investments +(32) +339 +307 +189,586 +Financial investments measured at FVTPL +45 +155,023 +(99,344) +(10,344) +(7,893) +227,690 +Financial liabilities: +617 +104,455 +1,349 +50,446 +6,242 +1,950 +60,183 +60,183 +10,758 +10,758 +336,587 +336,587 +Others +Other debt securities issued +precious metals +Financial liabilities related to +Wealth management products +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +8,192 +Due to customers +Financial liabilities which are measured at +1,493,451 +2,023,402 +10,875 +169,915 +1,596,369 +257,118 +1,248,371 +234,205 +6,164 +6,164 +Other debt instruments +20,292 +5,435 +401 +14,456 +fair value on a recurring basis: +Equity investments +563 +1,349 +289 +Annual Report 2018 +504,504 +3,011 +490,226 +11,267 +78,556 +1,662 +68,140 +8,754 +13,407 +663 +4,575 +8,169 +8,316 +Commodity derivatives and others +728 +14,136 +91 +Interest rate contracts +50,194 +271 +49,429 +494 +Exchange rate contracts +Derivative financial liabilities +89,361 +85,499 +2,513 +10,228 +14,955 +1,466,995 +5,440 +1,241,806 +Other debt instruments +59,777 +1,439 +54,476 +3,862 +Debt securities +Financial assets designated as at FVTPL +87,337 +641 +77,081 +9,615 +8,795 +2,213 +6,582 +1,462 +78,542 +74,868 +3,033 +Equity investments +Debt securities +Financial assets held for trading +Financial assets which are measured at +fair value on a recurring basis: +Total +Level 3 +Level 2 +Level 1 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +31 December 2017 +54,382 +641 +30,600 +19,846 +51,908 +219,749 +Debt securities +Available-for-sale financial assets +89,013 +1,100 +79,939 +7,974 +20,554 +533 +13,180 +6,841 +Commodity derivatives and others +16,155 +238 +15,424 +493 +Interest rate contracts +Others +105,902 +136,014 +241,916 +5,324 +190,978 +Notes to the Financial Statements +157,299 +Derivative financial asset +Exchange rate contracts +640 +51,335 +329 +52,304 +353,601 +Others +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +31 December 2018 +4,956 +- +4,956 +Commodity derivatives and others +1,411 +5 +1,291 +115 +Interest rate contracts +35,753 +209 +34,812 +732 +Exchange rate contracts +847 +Derivative financial liabilities +67,257 +11,480 +848,453 +78,737 +67,257 +11,480 +848,453 +precious metals +Financial liabilities related to +Wealth management products +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +Due to customers +fair value on a recurring basis: +Financial liabilities which are measured at +78,737 +2,369,528 +41,059 +42,120 +19,846 +30,600 +Other debt instruments +47,414 +45,480 +1,934 +Debt securities +Financial assets designated as at FVTPL +58,041 +2,031 +58,041 +2,031 +60,072 +60,072 +214 +Debt securities +Financial assets which are measured at +Total +Level 3 +Level 2 +Level 1 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +31 December 2017 +ICBC +290 +969,310 +214 +968,249 +847 +fair value on a recurring basis: +Financial assets held for trading +186,579 +2,038,015 +144,934 +Loans and advances to customers +924 +924 +measured at FVTPL +Loans and advances to customers +38,295 +1,044 +214 +36,748 +1,333 +- +1,044 +Commodity derivatives and others +1,659 +measured at FVOCI +5 +515 +Interest rate contracts +35,592 +209 +34,565 +818 +Exchange rate contracts +Derivative financial asset +fair value on a recurring basis: +Financial assets which are measured at +Total +Level 3 +Level 2 +Level 1 +1,139 +343,827 +343,827 +Financial investments measured at FVTPL +1,245,837 +22,333 +28,075 +1,217,762 +143 +22,190 +5,558 +1,083,816 +139,688 +327 +Equity investments +1,078,258 +139,361 +Debt securities +Financial investments measured at FVOCI +740,645 +164,032 +572,700 +3,913 +Debt securities +2,822 +185,445 +30,745 +219,012 +Equity investments +Bank +1,018 +1,292 +Funds and other investments +73 +386,981 +133,287 +520,341 +274 +(60,335) +Equity investments +(2,434) +231,129 +231,631 +17,716 +3,351,438 +3,439,471 +Level 3 +Level 2 +Level 1 +Fair value +amount +Carrying +2017 +Receivables +Held-to-maturity investments +3,671,102 +Financial assets +Notes to the Financial Statements +295 +Annual Report 2018 +276,512 +276,512 +276,512 +273,299 +276,512 +273,299 +Subordinated bonds and Tier 2 Capital Notes +Financial liabilities +182,906 +4,180,333 +39,120 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +4,402,359 +3,582,567 +3,333,620 +49,169 +3,382,789 +3,548,996 +3,313,748 +19 +Cash and balances with central banks +31 December +2017 +31 December +2018 +Notes +ASSETS +53. COMPANY-LEVEL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +296 +All of the above-mentioned assumptions and methods provide a consistent basis for the calculation of the fair values of +the Group and the Bank's assets and liabilities. However, other institutions may use different assumptions and methods. +Therefore, the fair values disclosed by different financial institutions may not be entirely comparable. +17,716 +The fair values of subordinated bonds and tier 2 capital notes are determined with reference to the available market +values. If quoted market prices are not available, then fair values are estimated on the basis of pricing models or +discounted cash flows. +(ii) +(i) +Subject to the existence of an active market, such as an authorised securities exchange, the market value is the best +reflection of the fair value of financial instruments. As there is no available market value for certain of the financial assets +and financial liabilities held and issued by the Group, the discounted cash flow method or other valuation methods described +below are adopted to determine the fair values of these financial assets and financial liabilities: +261,922 +261,922 +261,922 +269,143 +261,922 +269,143 +Subordinated bonds and Tier 2 Capital Notes +Financial liabilities +182,062 +181,960 +102 +The fair values of financial investments measured at amortised cost relating to the restructuring of the Bank are +estimated on the basis of the stated interest rates and the consideration of the relevant special clauses of the +instruments evaluated in the absence of any other relevant observable market data, and the fair values approximate +to their carrying amounts. The fair values of financial investments measured at amortised cost irrelevant to the +restructuring of the Bank are determined based on the available market values. If quoted market prices are not +available, then fair values are estimated on the basis of pricing models or discounted cash flows. +Due from banks and other financial institutions +4,362,174 +4,180,333 +Level 3 +Level 2 +Level 1 +Fair value +Carrying +amount +285,834 +285,834 +2017 +Receivables +Held-to-maturity investments +Financial assets +285,834 +282,459 +285,834 +3,542,184 +282,459 +Financial liabilities +213,101 +4,280,407 +67,225 +4,560,733 +4,519,182 +213,101 +4,280,407 +67,225 +4,560,733 +4,519,182 +Financial investments measured at amortised cost +Financial assets +Level 3 +Subordinated bonds and Tier 2 Capital Notes +182,906 +3,453,155 +277,129 +39,120 +4,402,359 +4,362,174 +Financial investments measured at amortised cost +Financial assets +Level 3 +Level 2 +Level 1 +Fair value +amount +Carrying +274,307 +274,307 +2018 +52,723 +Bank +281,108 +274,307 +281,108 +Subordinated bonds and Tier 2 Capital Notes +Financial liabilities +232,051 +3,444,932 +52,723 +3,729,706 +3,819,313 +230,674 +1,377 +3,399,055 +45,877 +276,551 +274,307 +20 +1,031,402 +930,593 +TOTAL EQUITY +22,585,711 +23,824,295 +436,376 +247,348 +436,275 +499,291 +35 +Retained profits +Reserves +Other equity instruments +Share capital +EQUITY +TOTAL LIABILITIES +TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES +Other liabilities +69,344 +82,946 +Income tax payable +18,894,447 +20,646,928 +34 +Due to customers +221,489 +281,380 +33 +Certificates of deposit +810,610 +300,988 +32 +Debt securities issued +Repurchase agreements +37 +356,407 +ICBC +298 +The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board of directors on 28 March 2019. +56. APPROVAL OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS +Certain comparative amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current year's presentation. +55. COMPARATIVE AMOUNTS +On 28 March 2019, the Board of Directors of the Bank reviewed and approved the Proposal on the Issuance of Undated +Additional Tier 1 Capital Bonds. The Bank plans to issue write-down undated additional tier 1 capital bonds with the total +amount up to RMB80.0 billion in China's national inter-bank bond market. All funds raised will be used to bolster the Bank's +additional tier 1 capital. The undated additional tier 1 capital bonds issuance plan is still subject to the review and approval +by the Shareholders' General Meeting of the Bank, after which it is further subject to the approval by the relevant regulatory +authorities. +Issuance of Undated Additional Tier 1 Capital Bonds +According to the capital planning and capital replenishment planning, the Bank publicly issued the tier 2 capital bonds of +RMB55.0 billion in March 2019 in China's national inter-bank bond market. The funds raised will be used to replenish the +Bank's tier 2 capital in accordance with the applicable laws as approved by relevant regulators. +Issuance of Tier 2 Capital Bonds +The Board of Directors of the Bank reviewed and approved the Proposal on the Establishment of ICBC Wealth Management +Co., Ltd. at the meeting of the Board of Directors convened on 26 November 2018. The proposal is to establish a +wholly-owned subsidiary ICBC Wealth Management Co., Ltd. by contributing no more than RMB16.0 billion of the Bank's +proprietary funds. On 15 February 2019, CBIRC officially approved the Bank's establishment of ICBC Wealth Management +Co., Ltd. +Establishment of Wealth Management Subsidiary +A final dividend of RMBO.2506 per share after the appropriation of statutory surplus reserve and general reserve, was +approved at the board of directors' meeting held on 28 March 2019, and is subject to the approval of the Bank's +shareholders at the forthcoming annual general meeting. Based on the number of ordinary shares issued as at 31 December +2018, the final dividend amounted to approximately RMB89,315 million. The dividend payable was not recognised as a +liability as at 31 December 2018. +The profit distribution plan +356,407 +54. AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD EVENT +Notes to the Financial Statements +297 +Annual Report 2018 +24,645,112 +2,059,401 +2,247,865 +26,072,160 +1,013,320 +1,111,446 +610,299 +700,637 +39 +79,375 +79,375 +38 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +1,596,232 +1,644,147 +31 +Investments in subsidiaries +231,631 +3,439,471 +1,358,802 +4,362,174 +1,245,837 +398,329 +740,645 +Receivables +Held-to-maturity investments +- Available-for-sale financial assets +― Financial investments measured at amortised cost +Financial investments measured at FVOCI +Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Investments in associates +5,428,233 +24 +13,125,401 +14,211,777 +23 +Financial investments +Loans and advances to customers +750,763 +521,393 +22 +Reverse repurchase agreements +53,856 +38,295 +21 +Derivative financial assets +6,348,656 +Property and equipment +Deferred income tax assets +Other assets +Due to banks and other financial institutions +46,682 +42,120 +21 +Derivative financial liabilities +73,852 +78,737 +30 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +404 +410 +Due to central banks +LIABILITIES +24,645,112 +26,072,160 +483,090 +269,769 +TOTAL ASSETS +25 +122,110 +120,301 +26 +34,242 +Level 2 +34,242 +124,548 +122,387 +28 +56,220 +47,250 +29 +27 +Level 1 +36 +amount +Financial investments measured at FVTPL +5 +209 +(153) +(20) +55 +(1) +154 +55 +(19) +193 +155 +Interest rate contracts +Exchange rate contracts +Debt securities +31 December +2018 +Settlements +Disposals +Additions +income +profit or loss +2018 +comprehensive +recorded in +1 January +in other +recorded +gains/(losses) +Total +Total gains +Transfer out of +Level 3 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +7,073 +27,845 +(7,953) +(95,939) +133,839 +1,085 +(1,106) +164,126 +22,190 +21,108 +1,082 +(1,184) +143 +(648) +(270) +143 +(76) +3 +918 +Debt securities +Financial investments measured at FVOCI +133,287 +(3,255) +(7,510) +(95,412) +84,683 +(1,007) +155,788 +Funds and other investments +30,745 +(3,570) +(527) +(3) +(7,473) +Notes to the Financial Statements +Bank +(1,349) +1,270 +(437) +18 +(81) +(2,101) +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +Financial liabilities: +169,915 +(1,598) +(60,366) +66,526 +(1,770) +10,016 +Derivative financial liabilities +159,550 +5,287 +148 +Equity investments +5,440 +(197) +(10) +6,336 +(1,918) +(35) +1,264 +Debt securities +Available-for-sale financial assets +157,299 +Fair value +5,435 +Financial assets: +Derivative financial assets +Exchange rate contracts +49 +ICBC +292 +(3,011) +(7) +(663) +(3) +(728) +(271) +(5) +5135 +1,485 +21 +(503) +(115) +(310) +(3,892) +8 +(42) +(534) +(173) +Commodity derivatives and others +125 +4 +(1) +451 +(1,308) +Interest rate contracts +9 +9 +(23) +81 +186,579 +(2,443) +Derivative financial liabilities +Total +(1,086) +(3,018) +1,932 +10 +(2,005) +2,015 +Net gains/(losses) for the year +Bank +Unrealised +Realised +Total +Group +Unrealised +Realised +2018 +Gains or losses on level 3 financial instruments included in the statement of net profit or loss for the year comprise: +2017 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +293 +Annual Report 2018 +(347) +65 +(23) +130 +(519) +2 +(2) +Commodity derivatives and others +(193) +(154) +63 +134 +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(351) +Net gains/(losses) for the year +Group +Unrealised +Carrying +Financial liabilities: +2018 +Group +No significant difference between the carrying amount and the fair value of the financial assets and financial liabilities not +measured at fair value, except for the following items: +(e) Fair value of financial assets and liabilities not carried at fair value +Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Financial Statements +ICBC +294 +As at 31 December 2018, the effects of changes in significant unobservable assumptions to reasonably possible alternative +assumptions were immaterial. +Financial instruments valued with significant unobservable inputs are primarily certain structured derivatives, certain debt +securities and asset-backed securities. These financial instruments are valued using cash flow discount model. The models +incorporate various non-observable assumptions such as discount rate and market rate volatilities. +During the year, certain derivatives financial instruments were transferred out from level 3 to level 2 of the fair value +hierarchy when significant inputs used in their fair value measurements such as market price volatility, which was previously +unobservable became observable. +As at the end of the reporting period, certain financial instruments were transferred out from level 3 to level 2 of the fair +value hierarchy for financial assets and liabilities when significant inputs used in their fair value measurements, which was +previously unobservable became observable. +Realised +10,086 +(ii) Transfers between level 2 and level 3 +Due to changes in market conditions for certain securities, quoted prices in active markets were no longer available for +these securities. However, there was sufficient information available to measure the fair values of these securities based on +observable market inputs. Therefore, these securities were transferred from level 1 to level 2 of the fair value hierarchy as at +the end of the reporting period. +Due to changes in market conditions for certain securities, quoted prices in active markets were available for these securities. +Therefore, these securities were transferred from level 2 to level 1 of the fair value hierarchy as at the end of the reporting +period. +Transfers between level 1 and level 2 +(i) +(c) Transfers between levels +9,319 +(320) +9,639 +9,901 +(185) +Total +Bank +Unrealised +Realised +Total +During the year, the transfers between level 1 and level 2 of the fair value hierarchy for financial assets and liabilities of the +Group were immaterial. +Interest rate contracts +(d) Valuation of financial instruments with significant unobservable inputs +(4) +166 +Exchange rate contracts +Financial assets: +Derivative financial assets +31 December +2017 +Transfer out of +Level 3 +Settlements +Disposals +Additions +comprehensive +income +recorded +in other +Total losses +Total +gains/(losses) +recorded in +profit or loss +2017 +1 January +(214) +173 +(60) +(193) +(23) +Exchange rate contracts +19 +(55) +20 +4 +(209) +(154) +(5) +153 +(5) +(347) +20 +Interest rate contracts +23 +1 +351 +(1,919) +6,139 +4,421 +154,512 +9,189 +(1,919) +201 +58,976 +160,556 +Financial liabilities: +(166) +Interest rate contracts +Derivative financial liabilities +Exchange rate contracts +(65) +Debt securities +(60,137) +155,788 +Available-for-sale financial assets +154 +Commodity derivatives and others +(63) +(2) +Financial assets designated as at FVTPL +2 +153,792 +9,319 +(134) +52,814 +(60,137) +193 +2017 +1.5% +1.0% +7.98% +7.77% +5.0% +5.0% +6.0% +6.0% +Reference +35,059 +8.0% +72 +73 +Undeducted portion of non-significant minority +investments in capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are not subject to consolidation +Undeducted portion of significant minority investments +in capital instruments issued by financial institutions +that are not subject to consolidation +X05+X07+X08+ +X09+X12+X29+X30 +32,215 +28,353 +X06+X10+X13 +N/A +2018 +74 +N/A +Mortgage servicing rights (net of deferred tax liabilities) +8.0% +31 December +67 +Amounts below the thresholds for deduction +3.5% +569 +65 +75 +Including: Capital conservation buffer requirement +2.5% +2.5% +66 +Including: Countercyclical buffer requirement +Annual Report 2018 +305 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Item +Including: G-SIB buffer requirement +68 +Percentage of core tier 1 capital meeting buffers to +risk-weighted assets +Domestic minima for regulatory capital +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +69 +70 +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +71 Capital adequacy ratio +31 December +Deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences +(net of deferred tax liabilities) +85 +48,158 +81,140 +101,425 +67,102 +46,822 +due to cap +306 +ICBC +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(ii) Consolidated financial statements +31 December 2018 31 December 2018 31 December 2017 31 December 2017 +Consolidated +Balance sheet +as in published +financial +statements* +Balance sheet +under +regulatory +scope of +consolidation* +Consolidated +Balance sheet +as in published +financial +statements* +Balance sheet +under +regulatory +scope of +4.0% +consolidation* +Assets +Excluded from additional tier 1 capital due to cap +Valid cap to tier 2 capital instruments for the current +period due to phase-out arrangements +Excluded from tier 2 capital for the current period +84 +83 +Valid cap to additional tier 1 capital instruments for the +current period due to phase-out arrangements +Valid caps of surplus provision for loan impairment in +tier 2 capital +76 +Provision for loan impairment under the weighted approach +19,049 +17,943 +X01 +77 +Valid cap of surplus provision for loan impairment in +7,766 +9,937 +X02 +57,073 +78 +393,682 +322,539 +X03 +79 +80 +Valid cap of surplus provision for loan impairment in +tier 2 capital under the internal ratings-based approach +Capital instruments subject to phase-out arrangements +Valid cap to core tier 1 capital instruments for +120,224 +61,799 +X04 +81 +the current period due to phase-out arrangements +Excluded from core tier 1 capital due to cap +82 +tier 2 capital under the weighted approach +Surplus provision for loan impairment under the internal +ratings-based approach +Institution specific buffer requirement +222,321 +15.14% +42 +43 +Investments in additional tier 1 capital instruments issued +by financial institutions that are under control but not +subject to consolidation +Shortfall in additional tier 1 capital instruments issued +by financial institutions that are under control but not +subject to consolidation +Others that should be deducted from additional tier 1 capital +Undeducted shortfall that should be deducted from tier 2 +capital +Total regulatory adjustments to additional tier 1 +capital +31 December +2018 +31 December +2017 +Reference +44 +Additional tier 1 capital +80,110 +45 +Tier 1 capital (core tier 1 capital + additional tier 1 +capital) +2,312,143 +79,952 +2,110,060 +Tier 2 capital: +46 +Tier 2 capital instruments and related premium +202,761 +X17 +47 +Invalid instruments to tier 2 capital after the transition +period +81,140 +101,425 +41c +48 +41b +For the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +735 +Cash and balances with central banks +577 +X26 +35 +Including: Invalid portion to additional tier 1 capital +after the transition period +80,110 +79,952 +36 Additional tier 1 capital before regulatory +adjustments +Additional tier 1 capital: Regulatory adjustments +37 +Direct or indirect investments in own additional tier 1 +instruments +38 +Reciprocal cross-holdings in additional tier 1 capital +between banks or between banks and other financial +institutions +39 +Deductible amount of non-significant minority +investment in additional tier 1 capital instruments +issued by financial institutions that are not subject to +consolidation +40 +Significant minority investments in additional tier 1 +capital instruments issued by financial institutions that +are not subject to consolidation +304 +ICBC +Item +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +41a +Valid portion of minority interests +1,991 +3,303 +58 +Tier 2 capital +332,742 +500 +296,860 +59 +Total capital (tier 1 capital + tier 2 capital) +2,644,885 +2,406,920 +60 +Total risk-weighted assets +17,190,992 +15,902,801 +Requirements for capital adequacy ratio and reserve capital +61 +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +12.98% +12.77% +62 +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +13.45% +13.27% +63 +Capital adequacy ratio +15.39% +Others that should be deducted from tier 2 capital +57 Total regulatory adjustments to tier 2 capital +56c +-- +X31 +X27 +49 +Including: Invalid portion to tier 2 capital after the +transition period +856 +1,051 +50 +51 +Valid portion of surplus provision for loan impairment +Tier 2 capital before regulatory adjustments +127,990 +332,742 +71,736 +297,360 +X02+X04 +64 +Tier 2 capital: Regulatory adjustments +53 +54 +54 +55 +Direct or indirect investments in own tier 2 instruments +Reciprocal cross-holdings in tier 2 capital between banks +or between banks and other financial institutions +Deductible portion of non-significant minority investment +in tier 2 capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are not subject to consolidation +Significant minority investments in tier 2 capital +instruments issued by financial institutions that are not +subject to consolidation +56a +Investments in tier 2 capital instruments issued by +financial institutions that are under control but not +subject to consolidation +56b +Shortfall in tier 2 capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are under control but not subject to +consolidation +500 +52 +Due from banks and other financial +78,556 +Precious metals +19,562,936 +19,564,945 +Employee benefits payable +33,636 +33,351 +33,142 +32,820 +Taxes payable +95,678 +95,318 +82,550 +82,502 +Debt securities issued +617,842 +617,842 +526,940 +526,940 +Deferred income tax liabilities +1,217 +1,024 +433 +233 +Other liabilities +365,246 +261,639 +21,410,976 +Total liabilities +21,408,934 +260,274 +1,214,601 +Placements from banks and other financial +institutions +486,249 +486,249 +491,948 +491,948 +Financial liabilities measured at FVTPL +87,400 +87,399 +89,361 +89,359 +Derivative financial liabilities +73,573 +73,573 +78,556 +Repurchase agreements +514,801 +513,495 +1,046,338 +1,044,481 +Certificates of deposit +341,354 +341,354 +260,274 +Due to customers +25,354,657 +25,250,947 +558,452 +23,945,987 +278,980 +264,892 +264,850 +Retained profits +1,206,666 +1,205,924 +1,097,544 +1,096,868 +Equity attributable to equity holders of the +parent company +2,330,001 +Minority interests +14,882 +Total equity +2,344,883 +2,329,320 +9,061 +2,338,381 +2,127,491 +2,127,725 +13,565 +2,141,056 +8,379 +2,136,104 +(*) Prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP. +308 +ICBC +Valid portion of minority interests +279,064 +General reserve +232,660 +232,703 +456,349 +23,843,464 +Equity +Share capital +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +Other equity instruments +86,051 +86,051 +86,051 +1,214,601 +86,051 +151,968 +151,968 +151,952 +151,952 +Other comprehensive income +(11,875) +(11,646) +(62,058) +(61,063) +Surplus reserve +261,720 +261,636 +Capital reserve +institutions +1,328,246 +456 +15,046,132 +15,045,239 +Financial investments +6,754,692 +6,662,605 +13,892,966 +5,756,704 +13,892,372 +5,669,906 +_ +Financial investments measured at +FVTPL +805,347 +772,191 +440,938 +440,912 +Financial investments measured at +FVOCI +1,430,163 +1,408,749 +Financial investments measured at +amortised cost +4,519,182 +4,481,665 +- Available-for-sale financial assets +Held-to-maturity investments +― Receivables +Long-term equity investments +Loans and advances to customers +Fixed assets +981,553 +733,460 +Placements with banks and +other financial institutions +Derivative financial assets +3,372,576 +3,372,576 +3,613,872 +3,613,872 +384,646 +374,509 +370,074 +363,278 +181,292 +181,292 +238,714 +238,714 +577,803 +577,803 +477,537 +477,537 +71,335 +71,335 +89,013 +89,013 +Reverse repurchase agreements +734,049 +986,631 +Construction in progress +1,496,453 +3,542,184 +1,465,021 +3,536,757 +Prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP. +Annual Report 2018 +307 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Consolidated +Balance sheet +as in published +financial +statements* +31 December 2018 31 December 2018 +Balance sheet +under +regulatory +scope of +consolidation* +31 December 2017 31 December 2017 +Consolidated +Balance sheet +as in published +Balance sheet +under +regulatory +financial +statements* +scope of +consolidation* +Liabilities +Due to central banks +Due to banks and other financial institutions +481 +481 +456 +(*) +25,979,568 +26,087,043 +27,589,328 +277,129 +227,216 +29,124 +37,104 +32,441 +40,421 +253,525 +253,460 +216,156 +216,088 +35,081 +35,079 +1,328,246 +29,531 +Deferred income tax assets +58,375 +58,097 +48,392 +48,392 +Other assets +200,910 +186,769 +335,012 +318,891 +Total assets +27,699,540 +29,531 +34 +64,004 +Invalid instruments to additional tier 1 capital after the +79,305 +419,617 +130,222 +12,511 +307,277 +501,398 +312,653 +1,146,058 +98,153 +2,058,262 +300 +ICBC +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(d) Loans and advances to customers (excludes accrued interest) +(i) Analysis by location of the counterparties +Mainland China +Asia Pacific (excluding Mainland China) +of which attributed to Hong Kong +North and South America +Europe +Africa +(ii) Overdue loans and advances to customers +2018 +283,624 +16,143 +112,257 +52,287 +40,545 +111,012 +813,546 +316,384 +136,851 +1,091,502 +111,393 +54,698 +7,350 +2,033,807 +398,186 +306,368 +118,743 +2,340,175 +31 December 2017 +Banks and +other +financial +institutions +2017 +Official +sector +sector +Others +Total +Asia Pacific +449,111 +200,396 +1,015,836 +85,642 +1,750,985 +of which attributed to Hong Kong +North and South America +Non-bank +private +51,155 +14,411,937 +629,955 +0.17% +Between 6 and 12 months +0.31% +0.31% +Over 12 months +0.62% +0.78% +1.16% +1.26% +The definition of overdue loans and advances to customers is set out as follows: +Loans and advances with a specific repayment date are classified as overdue when the principal or interest is overdue. +For loans and advances repayable by regular instalments, if part of the instalments is overdue, the whole amounts of these +loans and advances would be classified as overdue. +Annual Report 2018 +301 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(iii) Overdue loans and advances to customers by geographical distribution +Head Office +Bohai Rim +Western China +Central China +Pearl River Delta +Yangtze River Delta +0.23% +Between 3 and 6 months +As a percentage of the total gross loans and advances to customers: +178,857 +673,839 +428,442 +467,601 +149,910 +180,746 +152,352 +143,907 +75,751 +94,998 +15,419,905 +14,233,448 +13,139,958 +2018 +Gross loans and advances to customers of the Group which have been overdue +with respect to either principal or interest for periods of: +Between 3 and 6 months +35,323 +24,122 +Between 6 and 12 months +48,523 +44,087 +Over 12 months +94,933 +110,648 +178,779 +2017 +Northeastern China +15,483 +― of which attributed to Hong Kong +North and South America +(866,993) +(4,443,841) +Net option position +(11,568) +1,705 +(417) +(10,280) +Net (short)/long position +(123,433) +129,671 +30,251 +36,489 +Net structural position +106,152 +(269) +27,898 +133,781 +Spot assets +Spot liabilities +Forward purchases +Forward sales +Net option position +31 December 2017 +(103,944) +(3,472,904) +Forward sales +4,296,474 +transition period +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(a) Illustration of differences between the financial statements prepared under IFRSS and +those prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP +There are no differences between the profit attributable to equity holders of the parent company under PRC GAAP and IFRSS +for the year ended 31 December 2018 (2017: no differences). There are no differences between the equity attributable to +equity holders of the parent company under PRC GAAP and IFRSS as at 31 December 2018 (As at 31 December 2017: no +differences). +(b) Foreign currency concentrations +31 December 2018 +USD +HKD +Spot assets +USD +Spot liabilities +2,136,818 +418,669 +(2,133,678) +(368,795) +Others +691,979 +(550,857) +Total +3,247,466 +(3,053,330) +3,357,899 +182,036 +756,539 +Forward purchases +76,766 +HKD +333,160 +• +capital and statutory reserves of overseas branches; and +investments in overseas subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures. +Annual Report 2018 +299 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(c) International claims +International claims refer to the sum of cross-border claims in all currencies and local claims in foreign currencies, including +loans and advances to customers, balances with central banks, amounts due from banks and other financial institutions and +debt investments. +A country or geographical area is reported where it constitutes 10% or more of the aggregate amount of international +claims, after taking into account any risk transfers. Risk transfers are only made if the claims are guaranteed by a party in a +country which is different from that of the counterparty or if the claims are on an overseas branch of a bank whose Head +Office is located in another country. +31 December 2018 +Banks and +other +financial +institutions +Official +Non-bank +private +sector +sector +Others +Total +Asia Pacific +762,391 +205,372 +954,651 +property and equipment, net of depreciation charges; +• +The net option position is calculated using the delta equivalent approach required by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. +The net structural position of the Group includes the structural positions of the Bank's overseas branches, banking +subsidiaries and other subsidiaries substantially involved in foreign exchange. Structural assets and liabilities include: +110,414 +(1,915,913) +(317,406) +Others +723,257 +(500,347) +Total +2,995,127 +(2,733,666) +2,303,473 +208,462 +(2,317,162) +(160,053) +450,962 +(653,429) +2,962,897 +(3,130,644) +1,938,710 +(40,225) +214 +(39,013) +(31,117) +65,161 +20,657 +54,701 +78,908 +1,747 +29,759 +Net (short)/long position +Net structural position +998 +Overseas and others +251,239 +Rescheduled loans and advances +Deferred tax assets that rely on future profitability +excluding those arising from temporary differences (net +of deferred tax liabilities) +11 +12 +Cash flow hedge reserves that relate to the hedging of +items that are not fair valued on the balance sheet +Shortfall of provision for loan impairment +(3,739) +(3,708) +X20 +13 +Gain on sale related to asset securitisation +14 +Unrealised gains and losses due to changes in own credit +risk on fair valued liabilities +15 +Defined-benefit pension fund net assets (net of deferred +tax liabilities) +16 +17 +67 +18 +Direct or indirect investments in own ordinary shares +Reciprocal cross-holdings in core tier 1 capital between +banks or between banks and other financial institutions +Deductible amount of non-significant minority +investment in core tier 1 capital instruments issued +by financial institutions that are not subject to +consolidation +-- +19 +10 +X16 +X14-X15 +8,478 +1,532 +1,927 +151,952 +X19 +3b +Others +(11,646) +(61,063) +X24 +Valid portion to core tier 1 capital during the transition +period (only applicable to non-joint stock companies. +Fill in 0 for joint stock banks) +56 +Valid portion of minority interests +3,752 +Deductible amount of significant minority investment +in core tier 1 capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are not subject to consolidation +Mortgage servicing rights +2,716 +Core tier 1 capital before regulatory adjustments +2,247,021 +2,044,390 +7 +Core tier 1 capital: Regulatory adjustments +Prudential valuation adjustments +8 +Goodwill (net of deferred tax liabilities) +8,820 +9 +Other intangible assets other than land use rights (net of +deferred tax liabilities) +X25 +N/A +N/A +Annual Report 2018 +27 +Others that should be deducted from core tier 1 capital +Undeducted shortfall that should be deducted from +additional tier 1 capital and tier 2 capital +28 +Total regulatory adjustments to core tier 1 capital +14,988 +29 +Core tier 1 capital +2,232,033 +14,282 +2,030,108 +Additional tier 1 capital: +26c +30 +79,375 +79,375 +31 +Including: Portion classified as equity +79,375 +79,375 +X28 +32 +Including: Portion classified as liabilities +(iv) Rescheduled loans and advances to customers +33 +Additional tier 1 capital instruments and related premium +151,968 +subject to consolidation +Shortfall in core tier 1 capital instruments issued by +303 +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +For the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Item +21 +22 +23 +24 +25 +Deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences +(amount above 10% threshold, net of deferred tax +liabilities) +financial institutions that are under control but not +Deductible amount exceeding the 15% threshold for +significant minority capital investments in core tier 1 +capital instruments issued by financial institutions +that are not subject to consolidation and undeducted +portion of deferred tax assets arising from temporary +differences (net of deferred tax liabilities) +Including: Deductible amount of significant minority +investments in core tier 1 capital +instruments issued by financial institutions +Including: Deductible amount of mortgage servicing +rights +Including: Deductible amount in deferred tax assets +arising from temporary differences +31 December +2017 +Reference +N/A +N/A +26a +Investment in core tier 1 capital instruments issued by +financial institutions that are under control but not +subject to consolidation +7,980 +7,980 +X11 +26b +31 December +2018 +За Capital reserve +20 +04 +advances +0.05% +5,158 +0.04% +(1,143) +(0.01%) +(1,374) +(0.01%) +6,068 +0.04% +3,784 +0.03% +(e) Overdue placements with banks and other financial institutions +2018 +2017 +The Group's gross placements with banks and other financial institutions which +have been overdue with respect to either principal or interest for a period of: +Over 12 months +16 +16 +As a percentage of total gross placements with banks and other +financial institutions: +Over 12 months +0.00% +0.00% +advances +% of total +loans and +% of total +loans and +31 December 2017 +Less: Rescheduled loans and advances +overdue for more than three months +Rescheduled loans and advances overdue +for less than three months +2018 +2017 +35,846 +28,509 +57,177 +56,270 +39,165 +49,380 +(f) Exposures to Mainland China non-bank entities +39,223 +33,137 +38,161 +24,994 +33,658 +26,474 +23,596 +13,916 +16,662 +269,932 +286,075 +31 December 2018 +39,839 +2018 +7,211 +X21 +Retained earnings +356,407 +1,746,540 +X18 +1,594,378 +2a +Surplus reserve +261,636 +232,660 +2b +General reserve +278,980 +2 +264,850 +2c +Retained profits +1,205,924 +1,096,868 +X23 +3 +Accumulated other comprehensive income (and other +140,322 +2017 +90,889 +public reserves) +X22 +Paid-in capital +356,407 +Reference +On-balance sheet exposure +Off-balance sheet exposure +18,946,049 +2,902,524 +17,106,967 +3,220,988 +21,848,573 +20,327,955 +Allowance for impairment losses of lifetime ECL credit-impaired financial assets +Individually assessed allowance for impairment losses +172,719 +1 +In addition to those disclosed above, exposures to other non-bank counterparties outside Mainland China to which credit is +granted for use in Mainland China are considered insignificant to the Group. +302 +ICBC +81,707 +For the year ended 31 December 2018 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +31 December +31 December +2018 +Core tier 1 capital: +2017 +(i) Capital composition +The disclosure of correspondence between balance sheet in published financial statements and capital composition is based +on the Notice on Issuing Regulatory Documents on Capital Regulation for Commercial Banks (Yin Jian Fa, No. 33, 2013) +Appendix 2 Notice on Enhancing Disclosure Requirements for Composition of Capital. +(g) Correspondence between balance sheet in published financial statements and capital +composition +Item +No +RMB44,947 +No maturity date +Yes +No +No maturity date +10 December 2014 +Perpetual +No maturity date +No maturity date +10 December 2014 +Perpetual +RMB12,000 +Other equity +EUR 600 +Other equity +4,542 +capital instrument +all the Domestic +Preference Shares +RMB11,958 +Additional tier 1 +capital instrument +Group +Group +Group +Additional tier 1 +capital instrument +RMB equivalent +Parent company/ +Parent company/ +Parent company/ +10 December 2014 +Perpetual +USD2,940 +Other equity +Group +Additional tier 1 +capital instrument +RMB equivalent +17,928 +Additional tier 1 +No maturity date +or conversion of +Yes +Annual Report 2018 +RMB169,202 +is 18 November +2020, in full or +partial amount +Commences on the +First Redemption +Date (18 November +2020) and ends +on the completion +date of redemption +The First +Redemption Date +Date +partial amount +10 December in +each year after the +First Redemption +is 10 December +2019, in full or +The First +Redemption Date +Date +partial amount +10 December in +each year after the +First Redemption +partial amount +10 December in +each year after the +First Redemption +Date +N/A +N/A +NA +is 10 December +2021, in full or +The First +Redemption Date +is 10 December +2019, in full or +The First +Redemption Date +if applicable +Including: Subsequent call dates, +Yes +18 November 2015 +Perpetual +No maturity date +RMB45,000 +Other equity +Yes +Core tier 1 +capital instrument +The Bank +N/A +Additional tier +1 capital +Additional tier +1 capital +arrangement of Regulation +Core tier 1 capital +Core tier 1 capital +Including: Post-transition +Additional tier +1 capital +Additional tier +1 capital +Additional tier +1 capital +Additional tier +1 capital +of Regulation Governing Capital +of Commercial Banks (Provisional) +Additional tier +1 capital +Core tier 1 capital +Including: Transition arrangement +Regulatory treatment +the Issuance of +Preference Shares of +Commercial Banks +to Replenish Tier 1 +Capital/China +Guidance on +Measures on +Preference Shares, +People's Republic +of China, Securities +Law of the People's +Republic of China, +Guidance of the +State Council on +Launch of Preference +Shares Pilot, Trial +Administrative +Company Law of the +360011 +Preference +shares (Domestic) +The creation and +issue of the Offshore +Preference Shares +and the rights +and obligations +(including non- +contractual rights +and obligations) +attached to them are +governed by, and +shall be construed in +accordance with, +PRC law +311 +Core tier 1 capital +N/A +Additional tier +1 capital +Banks (Provisional) +RMB86,795 +Share capital, +Capital reserve +19 October 2006 +Perpetual +19 October 2006 +Perpetual +RMB269,612 +Share capital, +Capital reserve +RMB339,126 +redemption amount +contingent call dates and +Including: Optional call date, +supervisory approval) +Issuer call (subject to prior +Including: Original maturity date +Perpetual or dated +Governing Capital of Commercial +Original date of issuance +Par value of instrument (in millions) +latest reporting date) +capital (in millions, as at the +Amount recognised in regulatory +Group +Group +Core tier 1 +capital instrument +Instrument type +Parent company/ +Parent company/ +Parent company/ +Including: Eligible to the parent +company/group level +Accounting treatment +Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information +occurs +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +N/A +Including: If convertible, +fully or partially +Event +Additional Tier 1 +Capital Trigger +Event or Tier 2 +Capital Trigger +Capital Trigger +Event 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PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 408 Qingyang Road, +Chengguan District, +Lanzhou City, Gansu +Province, China +Tel: 0591-88087819/88087000 +Fax: 0591-83353905/83347074 +Postcode: 350005 +Fuzhou City, Fujian +Province, China +FUJIAN PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 108 Gutian Road, +Tel: 0411-82378888/82378000 +Fax: 0411-82808377 +Postcode: 116001 +Address: No. 5 Zhongshan Square, +Dalian City, Liaoning +Province, China +DALIAN BRANCH +Fax: 023-62918059 +Postcode: 400060 +Tel: 023-62918002 +Address: No. 9 Jiangnan Road, +Nan'an District, +Chongqing, China +CHONGQING MUNICIPAL +BRANCH +Tel: 0771-5316617 +Microvideo Competition +Asia-Pacific Contact Center Association +Best Production Award in the First China Banking +Microvideo Competition +DOMESTIC AWARDS +Outstanding Contribution Award for Foreign Card Acquiring +JCB Brand +Best Innovative Acquiring Bank +American Express +Most Influential Acquiring Bank +Most Innovative Partner +Best Risk Monitoring and Control Award +MasterCard 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+Xincheng District, Hohhot +China M&A Service Awards Best M&A Transaction Award +China Mergers & Acquisitions Association +Best Customer Contact Center Award for Customer +Reputation of the Year +China Electronics Chamber of Commerce +Top 10 Contact Center of the Year +International E-Commerce Innovation Association +Most Innovative Brand Award (ICBC Mobile) in the +Business Innovation Industry List of ECI Award +Excellent Corporate Citizens in China +Internet Marketing Committee of China +Golden Web Awards +Internet Society of China Internet Finance Committee, FinTech +League, China Academy of Information and Communications +Technology +China Banking +"Jun Ding Award" for Comprehensive Investment Bank in China +"Jun Ding Award" for Financial Advisory Bank in China +"Jun Ding Award" for China Credit Card Brand +"Jun Ding Award" for China's Private Banking Brand +Securities Times +Golden Bull Investment Bank Award +China Securities Journal +New Media Promotion Case Award of the Year +Brand Communication Case Award of the Year +Brand Marketing Case Award of the Year +China Financial Publishing House +Chinese Financial Brand of the Year +21st Century Annual Finance Summit of Asia +Best Commercial Bank in Asia +Corporate Business Bank of the Year +Excellent Corporate Citizens of the Year +Consumer Financial Innovation Technology Product +Award of the Year +21st Century Media +Responsible Enterprises of the Year +China News Service +Top 20 Bank Digital Model List +CFRI +Best Marketing Practice Award of China Customer Contact Center +Best Employee Management Award of China Customer +Contact Center +Best Customer Contact Center in China +Customer Contact Center Standard +Excellent Examples of FinTech Innovation Application in China +FinTech Innovation List — “Search by Heart" +Gold Award in Enterprise Product Communication of the +China Golden Awards for Excellence in Public Relations +Bronze Award in Social Media Communication of the +China Golden Awards for Excellence in Public Relations +Advertiser Award • Brand Shaping Case Award of the Year +China Advertising Association +Outstanding Financial Products Award of the Year +Excellent Market Trader of Derivatives in the Interbank Local +Currency Market +Active Trader in the Interbank Local Currency Market +Best Foreign Currency Borrowing Members in the Interbank +Foreign Exchange Market +Interbank Local Currency Market +Excellent Market Trader of Bonds in the +National Interbank Funding Center +Best Foreign Currency Pairs Market Making Award +Best Non-US Trading Award +Best Forward Swap Transaction Award +Best Spot Trading Award +Best Deal Award +Best Market Making Award +Best Market Maker +China Foreign Exchange Trading System +Excellent Award for Proprietary Foreign Exchange Clearing +Excellent Custodian Bank +Excellent Settlement Participant +Excellent Clearing Participant +Shanghai Clearing House +Excellent Banking Underwriter Award +Excellent Custodian Agent Award of the Year +Excellent 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+Special Contribution Award for International Business +Special Contribution Award for Personal Agency Business +Shanghai Gold Exchange +Excellent Underwriters of Local Government Bonds +Shenzhen Stock Exchange +Excellent Underwriters of Local Government Bonds +Shanghai Stock Exchange +Outstanding Collective Achievements in Anti-counterfeit +Currency Work +Joint Meeting of the State Council on Anti-counterfeiting +Money Work +Pioneer Award for Self-discipline +National Foreign Exchange Market Self-discipline Mechanism +City, Inner Mongolia +SHANDONG PROVINCIAL +Postcode: 010060 +L-2449 Luxembourg, +Address: 32, Boulevard Royal, +of China (Europe) S.A. +Industrial and Commercial Bank +SWIFT: ICBKLULL +Fax: +352-26866666 +Tel: +352-2686661 +Email: office@eu.icbc.com.cn +B.P.278 L-2012 +Luxembourg +L-2449 Luxembourg, +B.P.278 L-2012 +Address: 32, Boulevard Royal, +SWIFT: ICBKDEFF +Fax: +49-6950604708 +Tel: +49-6950604700 +Email: icbc@icbc-ffm.de +Address: Bockenheimer Anlage 15, +60322 Frankfurt am Main, +Germany +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Frankfurt +Branch +EUROPE +SWIFT: ICBKNZ2A +Fax: +64-93747287 +Email: info@nz.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +64-93747288 +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Luxembourg +Branch +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (New Zealand) Limited +Address: Level 11, 188 Quay Street, +Auckland 1010, +New Zealand +Luxembourg +Tel: +352-2686661 +London, United Kingdom, +EC2V 7JE +ICBC Standard Bank PLC +Address: 20 Gresham Street, +Address: 81 King William Street, +London EC4N 7BG, UK +Email: admin@icbclondon.com +Tel: +44-2073978888 +Fax: +44-2073978890 +SWIFT: ICBKGB3L +Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited, London +Branch +Address: 81 King William Street, +London EC4N 7BG, UK +Email: admin@icbclondon.com +Tel: +44-2073978888 +Fax: +44-2073978899 +SWIFT: ICBKGB2L +ICBC (London) PLC +SWIFT: ICBKESMM +Fax: +34-912168866 +Address: Paseo de recoletos, 12, +28001, Madrid, España +Email: icbcspain@es.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +34-902195588 +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Europe) S.A. Sucursal +en España +Email: office@eu.icbc.com.cn +Email: hradmin@it.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +39-0200668899 +Fax: +39-0200668888 +SWIFT: ICBKITMM +Address: Via Tommaso Grossi 2, +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Europe) S.A. Milan +Branch +Email: info@be.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +32-2-5398888 +Fax: +32-2-5398870 +SWIFT: ICBKBEBB +Address: 81, Avenue Louise, 1050 +Brussels, Belgium +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Europe) S.A. Brussels +Branch +Tel: +31-205706666 +Fax: +31-206702774 +SWIFT: ICBKNL2A +Email: icbcamsterdam@nl.icbc.com.cn +the Netherlands +Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China (Europe) S.A. +Amsterdam Branch +Address: Johannes Vermeerstraat +7-9, 1071 DK, +Amsterdam, +Fax: +352-26866666 +SWIFT: ICBKLULU +Milano, Italy +List of Domestic and Overseas Branches and Offices +ICBC +326 +Address: Level 20, Burj Doha, Al +Corniche Street, West Bay, +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Doha (QFC) +Branch +Email: dboffice@dxb.icbc.com.cn, +Tel: +971-24998600 +Fax: +971-24998622 +SWIFT: ICBKAEAA +P.O. 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BOX: 11217 +Email: ICBCDOHA@doh.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +974-44072758 +SWIFT: ICBKAU2S +Fax: +612-82885878 +Tel: +612-94755588 +Email: info@icbc.com.au +100 Barangaroo Avenue, +Sydney NSW 2000 +Australia +International Towers, +Address: Level 42, Tower 1, +Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited, Sydney +Branch +SWIFT: ICBKKWKW +Fax: +965-22281799 +Tel: +965-22281777 +Email: info@kw.icbc.com.cn +Block3, Kuwait City, +Kuwait +Al-Soor Street, Al-Morqab, +Tower), Floor 7&8, +Address: Building 2A(Al-Tijaria +Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited, Kuwait +Branch +Email: service@sa.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +966-112899800 +Fax: +966-112899879 +SWIFT: ICBKSARI +Unit No.:95, Kingdom of +Saudi Arabia +Address: Level 4&8, A1 Faisaliah +Tower Building No: +7277-King Fahad Road Al +Olaya, Zip Code: 12212, +Additional No.: 3333, +Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited, Riyadh +Branch +SWIFT: ICBKQAQA +Fax: +974-44072751 +Email: londonmarketing@ +icbcstandard.com +Tel: +44-2031455000 +Fax: +44-2031895000 +SWIFT: SBLLGB2L +Bank ICBC (joint stock +company) +Email: info@icbk.ca +Bay Adelaide Centre, +333 Bay Street, +Toronto, Ontario, +M5H 2R2, +Canada +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Canada) +Address: Unit 3710, +SWIFT: ICBKUS33FIN, ICBKUS3F +Fax: +1-2129937349 +Tel: +1-2129937300 +Email: info@icbkus.com +28th Floor, New York, +NY, 10019, +USA +Financial Services LLC +Address: 1633 Broadway, +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China +Tel: +1-4163665588 +Fax: +1-4166072000 +SWIFT: ICBKCAT2 +Address: 725 Fifth Avenue, +Industrial and Commercial Bank +AMERICAS +SWIFT: ICBKATWW +Tel: +43-1-9395588 +Email: generaldept@at.icbc.com.cn +1090 Vienna, +Austria +Address: Kolingasse 4, +ICBC Austria Bank GmbH +SWIFT: ICBKCHZZ +Fax: +41-58-9095577 +of China Limited, New York +Branch +ICBC PERU BANK +Address: Calle Las Orquideas 585, +Oficina 501, San Isidro, +Lima, Peru +Email: perugw2@pe.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +51-16316801 +Fax: +51-16316803 +SWIFT: ICBKPEPL +Fax: +27-212008012 +Tel: +27-117215950 +Email: icbcafrica@afr.icbc.com.cn +Address 2: T11, 2nd Floor East, +30 Baker Street, +Rosebank, Johannesburg, +Gauteng, South Africa, +2196 +Constantia, Cape Town, +South Africa, 7806 +Address 1: 47 Price Drive, +Representative Office +Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited, African +SWIFT: ICBKMXMM +Email: info@icbc.com.mx +Tel: +52-5541253388 +Col. Juarez, C.P.06600, +Del. Cuauhtemoc, +Ciudad de Mexico +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Mexico S.A. +Address: Paseo de la Reforma 250, +Piso 18, +SWIFT: ICBKUS33 +Fax: +1-2128386688 +Tel: +1-2128387799 +Email: info-nyb@us.icbc.com.cn +NY 10022, +USA +20th Floor, New York, +AFRICA +Fax: +54-1148201901 +SWIFT: ICBKARBA +Email: gongwen@ar.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +54-1148203784 +Buenos Aires, +Argentina +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Argentina) S.A. +Address: Blvd. Cecilia Grierson 355, +(C1107 CPG) +Tel: +41-58-9095588 +Ocean Tower, G-3, +Block-9, Scheme # 5, +Main Clifton Road, +Email: service@ch.icbc.com.cn +Address: Nüschelerstrasse 1, +Email: gongwen@tr.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +90-2123355011 +SWIFT: ICBKTRIS +Dereboyu, 2 Caddesi +No:13 34398 Sariyer, +İSTANBUL +Address: Maslak Mah. +ICBC Turkey Bank Anonim +Şirketi +SWIFT: ICBKPLPW +Email: info@pl.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +48-222788066 +Fax: +48-222788090 +Address: Plac Trzech Krzyży 18, +00-499, Warszawa, +Poland +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Europe) S.A. Poland +Branch +SWIFT: ICBKFRPP +Fax: +33-140065899 +Annual Report 2018 +Email: administration@fr.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +33-140065858 +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Europe) S.A. Paris +Branch +SWIFT: ICBKRUMM +Fax: +7-4952873098 +Tel: +7-4952873099 +Email: info@ms.icbc.com.cn +Federation 109028 +Moscow, Russia +embankment, +Serebryanicheskaya +Address: Building 29, +Address: 73 boulevard haussmann, +75008, Paris +327 +List of Domestic and Overseas Branches and Offices +Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited, Prague +Zurich Branch +Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited, Beijing, +SWIFT: ICBKBRSP +Tel: +55-1123956600 +Email: bxgw@br.icbc.com.cn +Address: Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, +3477-Block B-6 andar-SAO +PAULO/SP-Brasil +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Brasil) S.A. +SWIFT: ICBKUS3N +Fax: +1-2122193211 +Tel: +1-2122388208 +Email: info@us.icbc.com.cn +28th Floor, New York, +NY 10019 +of China (USA) NA +Address: 1633 Broadway, +Industrial and Commercial Bank +SWIFT: ICBKCZPP +Fax: +420-237762899 +Tel: +420-237762888 +Email: info@cz.icbc.com.cn +Czech Republic +14000 Prague 4 - Nusle, +Na Strži 1702/65, +Address: 12F City Empiria, +Branch, odštěpný závod +CH-8001, Zurich, +Switzerland +Autonomous Region, China +Address: 15th & 16th Floor, +SWIFT: ICBKKZKX +Address: No. 31 Jinzhu Mid-Rd., +TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION +BRANCH +Tel: 0991-5981888 +Fax: 0991-2337527 +Postcode: 830002 +Address: No. 231 Remin Road, +Tianshan District, Urumqi, +Xinjiang Autonomous +Region, China +REGION BRANCH +XINJIANG AUTONOMOUS +Fax: 0592-5054663 +Tel: 0592-5292000 +Postcode: 361012 +Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous +Region +Address: No. 17 Hubin North +Road, Xiamen City, Fujian +Province, China +Fax: 022-28400123/022-28400647 +Tel: 022-28400648 +Postcode: 300074 +TIANJIN MUNICIPAL BRANCH +Address: No. 123 Weidi Road, Hexi +District, Tianjin, China +Fax: 028-82866025 +Tel: 028-82866000 +Postcode: 610000 +Jinjiang District, Chengdu +City, Sichuan Province, +China +SICHUAN PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 35 Zongfu Road, +Tel: 0755-82246400 +Fax: 0755-82246247 +XIAMEN BRANCH +Postcode: 518015 +Postcode: 850000 +YUNNAN PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: Bank Mansion, No. 395 +Address: 19-20/F, Tower B, Yang +Zi S&T Innovation Center +Phase I, Jiangbei New +Area, No. 211 Pubin Road, +Nanjing City, Jiangsu +Province, China +ICBC Financial Asset Investment +Co., Limited +Fax: 021-5879-2299 +Tel: 021-5879-2288 +Postcode: 200120 +ICBC-AXA Assurance Co., Ltd. +Address: 19/F Mirae Asset Tower, +No. 166 Lujiazui Ring +Road, Pudong New Area, +Shanghai, China +Tel: 022-66283766/010-66105888 +Fax: 022-66224510/010-66105999 +Postcode: 300457 +No. 20 Plaza East Road, +Economic Development +Zone, Tianjin, China +ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. +Address: E5AB, Finance Street, +Tel: 0891-6898019/6898002 +Fax: 0891-6898001 +Fax: 010-66583158 +Postcode: 100033 +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset +Management Co., Ltd. +Address: Tower A, Xinsheng Plaza, +No. 5 Financial Street, +Xicheng District, Beijing, +China +Fax: 0571-87808207 +Tel: 0571-87803888 +Postcode: 310009 +ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 150 Zhonghe Middle +Road, Hangzhou City, +Zhejiang Province, China +Fax: 0871-63134637 +Tel: 0871-65536313 +Postcode: 650021 +Qingnian Road, Kunming +City, Yunnan Province, +China +Tel: 010-66583333 +Shennan East Road, Luohu +District, Shenzhen City, +Guangdong Province, +China +Center, No. 5055 +Address: North Block Financial +QINGHAI PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Tel: 0532-85809988-621031 +Fax: 0532-85814711 +Postcode: 266071 +Address: No. 25 Shandong Road, +Shinan District, Qingdao +City, Shandong Province, +China +QINGDAO BRANCH +Fax: 0951-5042348 +Tel: 0951-5029200 +Postcode: 750002 +Road, Jinfeng District, +Yinchuan City, Ningxia +Autonomous Region, China +Address: No. 901 Huanghe East +Address: No. 2 Shengli Road, Xining +City, Qinghai Province, +China +REGION BRANCH +Fax: 0574-87361190 +Tel: 0574-87361162 +Postcode: 315010 +West Road, Ningbo City, +Zhejiang Province, China +Address: No. 218 Zhongshan +NINGBO BRANCH +List of Domestic and Overseas Branches and Offices +323 +Annual Report 2018 +Tel: 0471-6940323/6940297 +Fax: 0471-6940048 +NINGXIA AUTONOMOUS +Postcode: 810001 +Tel: 0971-6169722/6152326 +Fax: 0971-6152326 +SHENZHEN BRANCH +Fax: 021-58886888 +Tel: 021-58885888 +Postcode: 200120 +Shanghai, China +Pudong New District, +Address: No. 9 Pudong Avenue, +SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL BRANCH +Fax: 029-87602999 +Tel: 029-87602608/87602630 +Postcode: 710004 +Province, China +Address: No. 395 Dongxin Street, +Xi'an City, Shaanxi +SHAANXI PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Fax: 0351-6248004 +Tel: 0351-6248888/6248011 +Postcode: 030001 +SHANXI PROVINCIAL BRANCH +Address: No. 145 Yingze Street, +Taiyuan City, Shanxi +Province, China +Fax: 0531-87941749 +Tel: 0531-66681622 +Postcode: 250001 +Address: No. 310 Jingsi Road, Jinan +City, Shandong Province, +China +BRANCH +Postcode: 211800 +Tel: 025-58172219 +Chongqing Bishan ICBC Rural +Bank Co., Ltd. +Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam +Email: luugiabuu@vn.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +84-2835208993 +Street, District 1, +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Ho Chi Minh +City Representative Office +Address: 12th floor Deutsches Haus +building, 33 Le Duan +Email: admin@vn.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +84-2462698888 +Fax: +84-2462699800 +SWIFT: ICBKVNVN +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Hanoi Branch +Address: 3rd Floor Daeha Business +Center, No.360, Kim Ma +Str., Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi, +Vietnam +SWIFT: ICBKTHBK +Fax: +66-26639888 +Tel: +66-26295588 +11th-13th Fl., Sukhumvit +Road, Khlong Ton, Khlong +Toei, Bangkok, Thailand +Address: 622 Emporium Tower +Annual Report 2018 +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Thai) Public Company +Limited +32nd Street Corner, +3rd Ave, BGC, Taguig City, +Manila 1634, Philippines +Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited, +Manila Branch +Address: 24F, The Curve, +Fax: +603-23013388 +SWIFT: ICBKMYKL +Email: icbcmalaysia@my.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +603-23013399 +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Malaysia) Berhad +Address: Level 10, Menara Maxis, +Kuala Lumpur City Centre, +50088 Kuala Lumpur, +Malaysia +32nd Floor, Jl. M.H. +Thamrin No. 81, Jakarta +Pusat 10310, Indonesia +Email: cs@ina.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +62-2123556000 +Fax: +62-2131996016 +SWIFT: ICBKIDJA +PT. Bank ICBC Indonesia +Address: The City Tower +Fax: +65-65381370 +SWIFT: ICBKSGSG +Email: icbcsg@sg.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +65-65381066 +Address: 6 Raffles Quay #12-01, +Singapore 048580 +Email: info@ph.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +63-22803300 +Fax: +63-24032023 +SWIFT: ICBKPHMM +325 +List of Domestic and Overseas Branches and Offices +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Vientiane +Branch +Fax: +7-7272377070 +Tel: +7-7272377085 +Address: 150/230, Abai/Turgut +Ozal Street, Almaty, +Kazakhstan. 050046 +Email: office@kz.icbc.com.cn +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Almaty) Joint Stock +Company +Fax: +95-019339278 +SWIFT: ICBKMMMY +Tel: +95-019339258 +Kamayut Township, +Yangon, Myanmar +Address: ICBC Center, Crystal +Tower, Kyun Taw Road, +Bank of China Limited, +Yangon Branch +Industrial and Commercial +Fax: +855-23965268 +SWIFT: ICBKKHPP +Tel: +855-23955880 +Email: icbckh@kh.icbc.com.cn +Street 106, Phnom Penh, +Cambodia +Square, No. 19-20, +Address: 17th Floor, Exchange +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Phnom Penh +Branch +Fax: +856-21258897 +SWIFT: ICBKLALA +Tel: +856-21258888 +Email: icbcvte@la.icbc.com.cn +Lao PDR +No.358, Unit 12, +Sibounheuang Village, +Chanthabouly District, +Vientiane Capital, +Address: Asean Road, Home +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Singapore +Branch +Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited Karachi +Branch +Fax: +976-77108866 +Email: mgdbcgw@dccsh.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +976-77108822, +Fax: +852-25881160 +SWIFT: ICBKHKHH +Tel: +852-25881188 +Email: icbchk@icbcasia.com +3 Garden Road, Central, +Hong Kong +Address: 33/F, ICBC Tower, +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Hong Kong +Branch +HONG KONG AND MACAU +Overseas Institutions +List of Domestic and Overseas Branches and Offices +ICBC +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Asia) Limited +Address: 33/F, ICBC Tower, +324 +Tel: 0573-85139616 +Postcode: 314200 +Zhejiang Province, China +Address: No.258 Chengnan West +Road, Pinghu City, +Zhejiang Pinghu ICBC Rural +Bank Co., Ltd. +Fax: 023-85297709 +Tel: 023-85297704 +Postcode: 402760 +Chongqing, China +Address: No.1 Aokang Avenue, +Bishan District, +Fax: 0573-85139626 +3 Garden Road, Central, +Hong Kong +Email: enquiry@icbcasia.com +Tel: +852-35108888 +9th floor, Central Tower, +Sukhbaatar Square, +Khoroo 8, Sukhbaatar +district, Ulaanbaatar, +Mongolia +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Mongolia +Representative Office +Address: Suite 910 and 911, +Email: busanadmin@kr.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +82-514638868 +Fax: +82-514636880 +SWIFT: ICBKKRSE +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Busan Branch +Address: 1st Floor, ABL Life Bldg., +#640 Jungang-daero, +Busanjin-gu, Busan 47353, +Korea +Email: icbcseoul@kr.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +82-237886670 +Fax: +82-27553748 +SWIFT: ICBKKRSE +Bldg., #73 Sejong-daero, +Jung-gu, Seoul 100-767, +Korea +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Seoul Branch +Address: 16th Floor, Taepyeongno +SWIFT: ICBKJPJT +Fax: +813-52198502 +Tel: +813-52232088 +Email: icbctokyo@icbc.co.jp +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Tokyo Branch +Address: 2-1 Marunouchi 1-Chome, +Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo, +100-0005, Japan +ASIA-PACIFIC +Tel: +853-28555222 +Fax: +853-28338064 +SWIFT: ICBKMOMX +Email: icbc@mc.icbc.com.cn +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Macau) Limited +Address: 18th Floor, ICBC Tower, +Macau Landmark, 555 +Avenida da Amizade, +Macau +Fax: +852-26833900 +SWIFT: ICBHHKHH +Tel: +852-26833888 +Email: info@icbci.com.hk +3 Garden Road, Central, +Hong Kong +Address: 37/F, ICBC Tower, +ICBC International Holdings +Limited +Fax: +852-28051166 +SWIFT: UBHKHKHH ++976-77106677 +China Public Relations Association +ICBC +328 +中國北京市西城區復興門內大街55號 郵編:100140 +No.55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, China Post Code: 100140 +wwww.icbc.com.cn, wwww.icbc-ltd.com +ICBC +田 +At the end At the end +The Bank shifted the Cloud Banking towards the positioning as the +"all-channel service center, sharing connection center and cloud +marketing center". Depending on the scientific and technological +strengths and professional services, the Bank focused on system integration and upgrade and intelligent customer +service improvement, and extended the use of intelligent customer service in more than 20 service channels such as +ICBC Mobile, ICBC Link and WeChat. +2018 +Note: The proportion of internet financial transactions refers to the +number of internet financial transactions divided by the total +number of transactions of the bank. +2017 +94.9 +97.7 +2016 +Proportion of Internet Financial Transaction +% +The Bank diversified the applications of entrances of new channels. It further diversified the entrances of new channels +and related tools such as QR code, outlet WiFi and WeChat, and expanded the service functions and application +scenarios of such new channels. +Outlet improvement continued. Aimed mainly at adjusting the outlet +structure, controlling the outlet number and enhancing the outlet +efficiency, the Bank made the outlet number and business mix more +reasonable, covered more core areas and high-quality customer +groups, and gradually built a new outlet system featuring the +"leading role of top-end business formats, support of middle-level +business formats and firmness of basic business formats". Outlet +renovation made further headway which effectively improved the +customer experience and outlets' service capacity. The Bank +continued to deepen outlet transformation and competitiveness +enhancement, promoted the intelligent service models at outlets, +enhanced the functions of intelligent services, streamlined business +processes and raised processing efficiency on the basis of sound risk +control. At the end of 2018, the Bank completed the intelligent +transformation of 15,410 outlets, put in place 75,756 intelligent +devices and covered 255 personal and corporate business items +with intelligent services. +Channel Development +The Bank always put improvement of customer service experience in the first place. Orienting towards provision of +convenient services, intelligent services and inclusive financial services, the Bank pursued scientific and technological +innovation, made unremitting efforts to push forward channel transformation and development, and continued to deepen +the integration of online and offline channels through perfecting the offering of "intelligent plus manual, online plus offline, +cloud and near-field" services. +Channel Development and Service Enhancement +92.0 +At the end of 2018, the Bank had 16,004 outlets, 26,786 self-service banks and 89,646 ATMs whose trading volume +amounted to RMB10,452.2 billion. In 2018, the internet financial transaction amount hit RMB679.82 trillion; the +proportion of internet financial transactions rose by 2.8 percentage points from the end of last year to 97.7%. ++ ++ +In 2018, the Bank's cross-border RMB business volume reached RMB4.60 trillion. The Bank extended credit to 83 +"Going Global" and Belt and Road projects additionally, totaling USD19.1 billion of loans extended. +The Bank continued to improve its global network. Zurich Branch, Manila Branch, Ho Chi Minh City Representative +Office and ICBC Almaty Astana Representative Office officially opened, and ICBC (Austria) was granted a license. +The Bank proactively advanced the cross-border RMB business. It worked harder to develop cross-border RMB trade +financing, cut down financing costs of enterprises and increase the use of RMB in cross-border trade. The cross- +border RMB financing for the Belt and Road projects and RMB pricing & settlement of oil trade were wrapped up. +The Bank accelerated the innovation-driven development of FTZ business, established a separate accounting system +in the Hainan FTZ, and launched massive campaigns at the issuance of "panda bonds" and foreign institutions' +investment in China's inter-bank bond market in accordance with the financial opening policy. The Bank actively +supported the steady development of RMB internationalization to promote the use of RMB in surrounding countries +and Africa. ++ +Internationalized Operation +Internationalized and Diversified Operation +The Bank implemented the laws, regulations and regulatory requirements on the consumer protection, and further +standardized the charging of service fees so as to ensure efficient and high-quality financial products and services +with reasonable price. With a focus on the deficiencies in key and specialized fields that were easily complained by +customers, the Bank facilitated the root-out of such deficiencies. It paid close attention to improving products and +services from the perspective of consumers, thereby achieving the harmony of economic benefits and social value. +Taking initiatives to adapt itself to the diversification of consumer demands for financial literacy, the Bank launched +targeted financial literacy publicity and education for consumers, kept enriching and perfecting the means and +contents of publicity and education, and raised the anti-risk awareness and sense of responsibility of consumers. +Service Enhancement ++ +Discussion and Analysis +37 +Annual Report 2018 +By establishing a new post system at outlets with "compatible posts, universal use of personnel, diversification of +services and safe operation", the Bank launched the duty integration of tellers and customer service managers, removed +the barriers between tellers and non-teller staff, business handling and customer maintenance, raised the service +marketing level and human resource utilization efficiency, and improved the service experience of customers. In further +improving the online and offline operational processes, the Bank enabled medium and small enterprise customers +to receive one-stop services including online application, offline account opening and basic payment and settlement +products, which significantly reduced customers' bank visits, tellers' information entries and business handling time. +With the launch of the "Ten Actions to Enhance Services", the Bank devoted itself to building a "bank to the +satisfaction of customers". It solidified the foundation of service management, tried to root out the problems +affecting customer experience, continued to build star outlets for good services, promoted the high-quality service +experience and optimized the customer experience indicators. The Bank perfected an all-round service monitoring +system featuring online and offline coordination, internal and external supplementation and combination of routine +monitoring and special research. To enable customers to experience warm and valuable services, the five branches +in Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Beijing and Wuhan kicked off a "Warm Service throughout Hundreds of Cities" +campaign at the same time with the theme of "bringing warm services to ICBC customers everywhere". In 2018, +nearly 200 city branches and sub-branches were involved in the campaign to pass down warm services. +Discussion and Analysis +Consumer Protection +36 +While centering the development of scenarios in key sectors, the Bank made the scenarios cover public service, +travel, education, medical care, business and life service. In the field of public services, the Bank launched social +security, provident fund and taxation scenarios and improved the full-featured ecological chain covering identity +authentication and personal information inquiry, message push and bill payment; in the field of transportation +and travel, the Bank independently developed the "ICBC Car License Payment" product, and won the bids for the +expressway toll contactless payment projects in Jilin, Sichuan, etc.; in the field of education, "ICBC Campus Connect" +met the requirements of school staff on flexibly managing students' registration information and various types of +education costs; in the field of medical care, the Bank actively promoted the development of the medical supply chain +collaboration platform "Commercial & Medical Connect". +The Bank launched an innovative B2B2C service model based on the ICBC e Wallet products, providing customers +with easy-to-access, scenario-triggered financial services. Customers were allowed to apply for e-accounts of the Bank +through the online channels of partners, while financial products and services were seamlessly integrated into the +scenarios in the people's well-being, internet platforms, consumer finance, compensation management, membership +management and quasi-margin. The "ICBC Xiaobai" digital bank developed and operated in association with JD +Finance was awarded the "Best Digital Brand Innovation Award" by The Asian Banker. +The Bank further improved the aggregation payment function of e-Payment, applied the function in public +transportation, education and medical care, and accelerated the construction of e-Payment scenarios such as +"Intelligent Campus", "Intelligent Sightseeing Spot" and "Intelligent Traffic". +The Bank continued to improve and update ICBC e Payment for better experience of fee collectors and payers. The +Bank successively rolled out "ICBC Campus Connect", "Smart Property" and "Party Membership Fee Cloud" modules, +which provided functions such as payee information management, bill import, accounting and report statistics to +enterprises, public institutions and merchants with diversified fee charging and collection demands. ++ ++ +Payment +Development of Key Business Lines +The Bank newly launched "e-Business Dream Plan" to build a highly recognizable brand of comprehensive financial +services for the merchants, and with e-Payment acquiring as the entry point, provided merchants with a full package +of financial solutions, e.g. fund collection and payment, deposit and wealth management, credit and financing, private +banking and precious metals. The function was applied in scenarios such as specialized markets and demonstration +streets for the benefit of the people during the reporting period. +At the end of 2018, ICBC Link had 150 million registered users. +ICBC Link +In 2018, ICBC Mall achieved an accumulative transaction amount of RMB1.11 trillion. +The Bank devoted itself to developing high-quality e-commerce and building a one-stop commercial & financial +services platform with e-commerce as the core and finance as the foundation. Targeting the "famous merchants, +commodities and stores", ICBC Mall highlighted characteristic development and covered more merchants and brands; +and the Bank worked harder to promote ICBC e Procurement, ICBC e Travel, ICBC e Assets, ICBC e Cross-border and +ICBC e Charity brand building. ++ ++ +ICBC Mall +The Bank positioned ICBC Link as the main bearer of scenarios and the main portal of users to create an online and +offline user interaction services platform. It launched a comprehensive upgrade and revision of ICBC Link with a focus +on improving functions such as customized message push, user expansion and service scenarios sharing. +With ICBC e Life as the core, the Bank built a consumer finance ecosphere covering all the scenarios, e.g. clothing, +eating, housing, travel, entertainment, learning and medical care, that gathered bank, customers and merchants. +And it launched Smart Credit, Online Installment and other financing products. The Bank improved the benefits for +customers such as VIP lounge, account security lock, account security insurance and bonus point redemption, and +offered services in more scenarios such as provident fund inquiry and hospital appointment & registration. +Annual Report 2018 +Discussion and Analysis +At the end of 2018, the Bank established 426 institutions in 47 countries and regions and indirectly covered +20 African countries as a shareholder of Standard Bank Group. The Bank also established correspondent banking +relationships with 1,502 overseas banking institutions in 145 countries and regions, making its service network +covering six continents and important international finance centers around the world. Among which, the Bank +maintained 131 institutions in 21 countries and regions along the Belt and Road. +The Bank strengthened the innovation of basic platforms and infrastructure, and continued to enhance the strategic +supporting capabilities needed for the development of internet-based finance. It focused on the users as the core, set +up scenario guidance and built an ecosphere of financial services by relying on the "scenario-embedded and finance- +exporting" API open platform, ICBC Finance Cloud platform featured with "green deployment and agile launching" +and the "Ju Fu Tong" platform with a cluster of premium online financial products and functions. +4 +4 ++ +Building of a Financial Ecosphere +35 +The Bank worked harder to build "Quick Lending for Operation", "Online Revolving Loan" and "Online Supply +Chain", and the "Small and Micro Enterprise e Loan" product system took initial shape. The Bank increased the efforts +in R&D of the "Quick Lending for Operation" product, allowing it to provide the big data-based financing services +in all kinds of production and operation scenarios of small and micro customers; improved the Online Revolving +Loan business system and introduced the innovation product "e Mortgage Quick Loan" which made it possible to +perform online assessment of property and intelligent approval of loan; continued to perfect the online supply chain +financing product system, used blockchain technology to create "ICBC e Credit", a cross-level credit flow tool for +core enterprises, covered the financing demands of whole-industry-chain customers, and actively expanded the online +supply chain business for key sectors like modern agriculture, IT & communications, aviation & military, construction & +installation. ++ +Digital Inclusive Finance +The Bank enriched the product features, cooperation models and scenario applications of ICBC e-Loan in a bid to +enhance the customers' experience with internet-based financing. It continued to expand the application scenarios +of "Credit Granting in Seconds" and "Payment in Seconds", and achieved online real-time credit granting and real- +time lending by importing external credible data such as credit reference information, provident fund and personal tax +information and adopting risk control methods such as face recognition. +Consumer Finance +In compliance with the requirements of new regulations on the third-party payment business, the Bank actively +promoted the connection NetsUnion platform, the governance of payment channels and the control of P2P channel +and perfected the centralized deposit of reserves for the purpose of further standardizing the third-party payment +business development. ++ +- +MAJOR INDICATORS FOR OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS +(in USD millions) +At the end of 2018, the number of ICBC Mobile customers reached 313 million. ICBC Mobile further strengthened its +industry-dominance in customer size, customer loyalty and activeness. +586 +149 +142 +Africa Representative Office +1 +1 +Eliminations +(34,100) +(44,757) +Subtotal +380,518 +354,312 +3,729 +Investment in Standard +3,786 +4,285 +386 +ICBC +38 +Note: (1) The assets represent the balance of the Bank's investment in Standard Bank and the profit before taxation represents the Bank's +gain on investment recognized by the Bank during the reporting period. +419 +426 +3,918 +553 +4,115 +384,304 +Total +Bank(1) +419 +426 +3,492 +426 +358,597 +66,745 +56,948 +America +1,850 +2,017 +178,045 +182,777 +Hong Kong and Macau +At the end +of 2017 +104 +At the end +of 2018 +2018 +of 2017 +of 2018 +Item +Number of institutions +Profit before taxation +(in USD millions) +2017 +Assets +106 +98,766 +81 +81 +273 +134 +69,933 +76,127 +Asia-Pacific Region +Europe +(except Hong Kong and +89 +91 +783 +1,025 +84,346 +Macau) ++ +ICBC +ICBC Mobile +94,364 +Unit: RMB100 millions +Personal Deposits +Discussion and Analysis +2018 +2017 +85,689 +2016 +49,455 +41,962 +Unit: RMB100 millions +Personal Loans +ICBC +30 +56,366 +At the end of 2018, personal financial assets totaled RMB13.51 trillion. The personal deposits arrived at +RMB9,436,418 million, representing an increase of RMB867,501 million or 10.1%. The personal loans stood at +RMB5,636,574 million, representing an increase of RMB691,116 million or 14.0%. The Bank's personal customers +increased by 39.67 million to 607 million, including 13.29 million personal loan customers, up 1.03 million. +83,029 +2017 +The credit card product portfolio became increasingly diverse. There was a stream of new credit card products +including ICBC Zodiac Card, "Like China" ICBC Endeavor Credit Card, WeChat Co-brand Card, Overseas Student +Card, Global PLUS Card. The Bank allowed the opening of supplementary cards across the types of credit card +products. It updated "I GO" promotional campaigns in order to increase the influence of credit card brands. +Debit card products saw further innovation. Customization of debit card face could meet the personalized demands of +customers. The Bank introduced Kylin Debit Cards which combined traditional Chinese culture with financial payment +instrument with special technology, with "Kylin Treasury Card" targeting at medium and high-end customers and +"Kylin Birth Card" targeting at the teenagers and the youth. The Bank provided direct mailing service of debit cards +after online application by customers, the first of its kind in the banking industry. ++ ++ +Bank Card Business +At the end of 2018, the Bank maintained 80,700 private banking customers, representing an increase of 5,200 +or 6.9% from the end of the previous year. The Bank had assets of RMB1.39 trillion under management, up +RMB58.7 billion or 4.4%. +2016 +The Bank was awarded the "Best Private Bank in China" by The Banker and "Best (Mega) Private Bank in China" by +The Asian Banker. +The Bank leveraged on its overall advantages in retail, asset management, investment banking and technology, etc. to +provide customers with a whole package of all-round, full-view, full-process, comprehensive and specialized services of +private banking. ++ ++ ++ +Private Banking +2018 +In installing an intelligent platform, the Bank perfected the intelligent investment system of private banking, provided +customers with intelligent asset allocation service and realized the intelligent transformation of customer services. +The Bank organized an exhibition of financial culture themed "A Man of Honor Marches Forward with His Partners". +It acted in cooperation with its business partners and also sponsored a charity project with them to make the private +banking brand more influential. +The branding of the installment business has been further developed. The Bank unified the brands of credit card +installment business under a new brand named "Happy Installment", and offered an innovative product +Installment while at the same time expanding traditional installment business in an orderly manner. +The Bank encouraged the transformation of agency sales. It updated the Al investment platform and introduced the +Al Index, realizing the intelligent and professional services such as "One-click Investment" and "One-click Holdings +Adjustment" of fund products. It debuted an online one-stop auto owner service platform "Intelligent Travel +around the World", enabling auto owners to buy auto insurance across the bank channel online. In 2018, funds +under agency sales amounted to RMB768.1 billion, sales of treasury bonds under agency arrangement were valued at +RMB68.4 billion, and personal insurance products under agency sales reported at RMB100.9 billion. +The Bank continued to strengthen the innovation of deposit products and developed a mix of personal deposit +products including basic, inclusive, structured, exclusive and prestigious series. It offered a suite of innovative products +"Merchant Benefit", "Happy Deposit" and "Freewill Deposit" for different customer groups to improve the customer +experience, and launched deposit products exclusively for customers in county areas to resuscitate higher-quality +financial services. +In 2018, domestic branches disbursed an aggregate of USD53,045 million in international trade finance. International +settlements amounted to USD2,908,418 million, of which USD1,161,942 million was handled by overseas institutions. +The Bank actively provided financial services for the First China International Import Expo ("CIIE") and offered a service +platform for matchmaking the transactions of exhibitors. Leveraging the Belt and Road Inter-bank Regular Cooperation +Mechanism, the Bank hosted the Belt & Road Trade Finance Cooperation and Innovation Forum during the CIIE, as an +opportunity for customer marketing and business expansion. +The transformation and innovation in relation to putting business online was accelerated. The Bank launched the +Phase | Project of Connection with the Customs System, and was among the first partner banks of single-window +financial services, providing more convenient services for cross-border trade. After the roll-out of the Cross-border +Remittance System under the New-generation Corporate Internet Banking, the Bank could better meet individualized +demands on the basis of electronically processing all business documents. The Bank launched the non-local +presentation of documents in the Bank-Enterprise Interlink System and the SWIFT direct connection, among other +functions, for key customers, which enhanced the service response efficiency. +The customer base of international banking was further expanded. The Bank worked out the integrated and joint +development mechanism of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area to exert the region's synergy effect. +It launched the special marketing campaign over the enterprises in the customs system for the purpose of stimulating +customer expansion and quality improvement in a multi-pronged approach. +4 ++ +Investment Banking +International Settlement and Trade Finance +The Bank built up the advantages of the Corporate Payment Service Platform. It researched and developed the Global +Cash Management Platform integrating financial services, IT and treasury management of enterprises. It actively promoted +the application of the Small and Micro Enterprise Financial Service Platform and changed it to a comprehensive financial +service platform allowing one-click access to shore up the practice in inclusive finance. By connecting the financial services +of the "ICBC Pooling" Platform with the financial demands of customers, the Bank realized an effective customer on- +boarding model via "transaction plus finance". +The Bank propelled the innovation and transformation of basic settlement services. It promoted the services of Industrial +and Commercial Enterprise Link, ICBC e Payment and Large-amount Fund Flow Monitoring Platform, and saw a stable rise +of the accounts. It sharpened the competitiveness of prestigious wealth management centers and wealth management +centers in corporate banking which stimulated the corporate customer service capabilities of all the outlets. The customer +service maintenance mechanism combining "outlet and remote service" and "intelligence and manual service" took initial +shape. ++ +4 +Settlement and Cash Management +Discussion and Analysis +At the end of 2018, the Bank maintained 8,319 thousand corporate settlement accounts, representing an increase of +11.1% over the end of the previous year, and the volume of settlements reached RMB2,600 trillion, up 1.4%. There were +1,375 thousand cash management customers, and 7,282 global cash management customers, representing an increase +of 14.0%. ++ With a focus on the core functions of finance, the Bank tried to build ICBC Mobile to the main front of online +financial services. It released Version 4.0 of mobile banking and updated eight functions including account inquiry, +cloud storage and unsecured lending; it innovatively launched the industry-leading services such as "Inquiry as You +Wish" and "One-Click Transfer" under Mobile Banking and provided convenient functions such as separation of self- +registration and card-linking and login-free inquiry of account balance. ++ +While attaching importance to product innovation, the Bank actively expanded merger and acquisition advisory +business, debt financing advisory business and equity financing advisory business. It offered the product mix of "M&A +loan and M&A bond", marketed the asset-backed security ("ABS") business among corporate customers at a faster +pace, and enhanced the capability of fund-raising for equity investment business and project operation. The liquidity +debt financing business was given the 2018 "Top 10 Financial Product Innovation Award (Corporate Business)" by The +Chinese Banker magazine. +The Bank strengthened the safety of customer accounts and funds. The Bank upgraded the "ICBC Intelligent +Defender" account security service which integrated account security detection, account security lock, transaction limit +customization and other personalized functions, and built a complete "cloud plus application" intelligent prevention +and control system on the basis of "Monitoring Cloud" to provide all-round and intelligent security protection for +customers' account transactions and capital security. +The Bank enhanced intelligent service capabilities and tailor-made financial services for different customers. It launched +intelligent asset allocation business and shifted the wealth management business from single product sales to the +combined, intelligent and expert-level prestigious wealth management service model; constructed an intelligent +marketing service platform for personal customers and realized the online, automatic and intelligent precise marketing +services. +The Bank introduced innovative models of online channel services and extended the service boundary, released ICBC +e Wallet, co-worked with the third-party platforms in sectors such as the people's well-being, internet firms and new +countryside construction, embedded financial services including e-account, fund management, payment & settlement, +investment & wealth management and petty financing into the scenarios of partners, and rendered basic financial +services for the users of partners' platforms. It improved the offline intelligent service level, innovated customer +expansion services, and expanded the use of portable intelligent terminal. ++ ++ +In 2018, capturing the development opportunities of residents' consumption structure upgrade and demand increase, as +well as further popularization of FinTech, the Bank actively promoted the intelligent transformation of retail banking, and +created novel models, services and channels which were more intelligent through the deep integration of retail banking and +FinTech, achieving the all-round enhancement of core business competitiveness. +4 +Personal Banking +The Bank was ranked for the fifth year in a row as the No. 1 M&A financial advisor in China and Asia Pacific by +number of deals advised according to the "List of Completed Deals with China's Participation" promulgated by +REFINITIV; and the Bank remained as the global top financial advisor in terms of the number of deals completed for +Chinese outbound acquisition transactions according to the ranking of "Advisors for Chinese Outbound Acquisition +Transactions" promulgated by REFINITIV. ++ +Discussion and Analysis +29 +Annual Report 2018 +The Bank placed greater focus on leading the market with new value-oriented investment research model and worked +harder to build the "ICBC Investment Banking Research" brand. The investment banking research team got the first +place in the "Vision Cup" global market forecasts of the Securities Market Weekly in 2018. +In 2018, the Bank acted as the lead underwriter for 1,600 Chinese and foreign bond projects with a total value of +RMB1,324,818 million, preserving its No. 1 position in the market in terms of domestic leading underwriting scale. +e +The Bank provided convenient and efficient personal financing services. It introduced a mortgage direct connection +system and integrated residential mortgage application acceptance channels into business scenarios. It was the first +in the banking industry to get connected with the systems of government agencies, allowing the exchange of data on +house deals, mortgage registrations and loan applications, which improved the business efficiency and brought more +convenience to customers. +31 +In line with its fund operation and liquidity management needs, the Bank reasonably arranged the scale and structure +of liabilities including interbank borrowing, structured deposits and large-denomination CDs in order to enhance the +supporting capacity of diverse liabilities to asset business growth. ++ ++ +Financing +Discussion and Analysis +33 +For details on the Bank's CDs and debt securities issued, please refer to "Notes to the Financial Statements: 33. +Certificates of Deposit; 35. Debt Securities Issued". +Annual Report 2018 +With respect to RMB bond investment, the Bank responded to the significant decline of yields in the bond market with +a suite of actions to raise the return on investment; the Bank actively supported the development of the real economy +and enterprises' financing needs, and enlarged the proportion of new investments in unsecured bonds of non-financial +enterprises; the Bank also invested in the Credit Risk Mitigation Warrants which were supportive of private enterprise +financing and the market's first special-purpose bond for easing financing difficulties of private enterprises. +4 ++ +Investment +The Bank took the following actions in the RMB money market: strengthening fund operation and acting as an +active lender to the market through reasonable arrangement of business type, maturity and customer structure, and +enhancing the efficiency of fund operation; facilitating the innovation-driven development of business, participating +in the first batch of interbank lending night deals in RMB, and expanding the nighttime financing channels of cross- +border payment and settlement accounts; and actively taking part in the online transaction pilot of non-settlement +interbank deposit of the National Interbank Funding Center to retain the advantage of firstly debuting the business. +In relation to the foreign exchange money market: the Bank conducted an in-depth analysis into the market trends, +scaled up the volume of foreign-currency interbank deposit at an appropriate time, and increased the yield from +fund operation; engaged actively in deposit business of domestic non-banking institutions to increase the customer +number and business volume; broadened the operation channels of foreign-currency funds, invested creatively in USD- +denominated certificates of deposit, expanded the interbank deposit business in non-USD currencies, and continuously +enhanced the market-making capacity in the domestic interbank deposit market. ++ +In terms of foreign-currency bond investment, the Bank, in the face of the unfavorable situation that the US Federal +Reserve's interest rate increase caused the foreign-currency capital cost to rise and the bond portfolio's net interest +margin to narrow, managed the foreign-currency bond portfolio with greater efforts, strictly controlled the portfolio +duration during the interest rate hike cycle, strengthened the investment in bond products with good credit quality +and liquidity, and actively increased allocations at the phased high point of the yield to improve the overall rate of +return of the investment portfolio. ++ In the aspect of franchise foreign exchange settlement and sales and foreign exchange trading, the Bank continued +to diversify the currencies and business types in active response to the government's Belt and Road Initiative and with +a focus on serving the real economy. At the end of 2018, the Bank offered 33 currencies for Sale and Purchase of +Foreign Currencies Against RMB, and close to 90 currencies for foreign exchange trading and Non-Deliverable Forward +("NDF"). The volume of franchise foreign exchange settlement and sales hit USD449.9 billion in 2018. The trading in +currencies of countries along the Belt and Road and the emerging markets grew by 63.2% compared with last year. +With respect to paper commodities trading, the Bank launched targeted marketing strategy to widen the customer +base; it strengthened business innovation and function optimization and launched the mock-account trading function +at all channels including internet banking, mobile banking and ICBC financial trading application to increase the +activeness of paper commodities trading business and its reputation in the market. In 2018, paper commodities +trading business registered a transaction value of RMB587.1 billion, increasing by 42.8% compared with last year. +In regard to corporate commodities trading, the Bank kept diversifying the trading business products and further +consolidated the competitive edges in corporate commodities trading; it constantly improved the functions of the +corporate commodities trading system and endeavored to satisfy the demands of corporate customers from different +dimensions, e.g. expertise, timeliness and convenience, thus further enhancing the customer service capabilities. +In the area of bond agent trading and settlement business, the Bank established agency trading relationships +with nearly 200 institutional customers from 39 countries and regions. And the Bank has also won the "Excellent +Settlement Agent Award" granted by China Central Depository & Clearing Co., Ltd. and "Contribution Award for +Opening up: Excellent Settlement Agent" granted by National Interbank Funding Center. Meanwhile, the Bank +continued to promote innovation in the over-the-counter ("OTC") bond business, and cooperated with China +Development Bank in the distribution of two tranches of OTC poverty-alleviation bonds, based on which the Bank +received the "Excellent Institution Award for Over-the-counter Debt Business" from China Central Depository & +Clearing Co., Ltd. +Asset Securitization Business +Annual Report 2018 +Advancement of Core Platforms +The Bank fully implemented the e-ICBC 3.0 strategy for internet-based financial development. It added intelligent content +into traditional financial services, built an open, cooperative and win-win financial services ecosphere, and shifted towards +a "bank by your side" of extending universal services, an "open bank" driven by innovation and an "intelligent bank" with +powerful applications. In 2018, the Bank, aiming to serve customers and create value in internet-based finance, sped up the +implementation of the e-ICBC 3.0 strategy. +Internet-based Finance +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +34 +The Bank cleared RMB345.5 billion on behalf of the Shanghai Gold Exchange, ranking No. 1. +The Bank became the first and exclusive market maker of Standard Gold Panda Coin Contracts at the Shanghai Gold +Exchange and was among the first group of market makers of silver enquiry business at the Exchange. +Seizing the opportunity of launching strategic cooperation with the Palace Museum, the Bank offered a proprietary +product- - "ICBC New Year Celebration Gold Lucky Year"; and in light of some hot current affairs, the Bank +developed regionally-featured products, e.g. "Souvenir Badge for Xiongan New Area" and "Success Precious Metals". +"Stamp & Coin Pavilion" went alive at ICBC Mall, making the Bank the first commercial bank to have an online +primary market for trading in stamps and coins. ++ ++ +Precious Metal Business +The asset securitization business effectively supported the Bank's revitalization of stock assets and optimization of +credit structure. In 2018, the Bank issued 26 tranches of credit asset securitization programs totaling RMB216.8 billion +in the mainland. Specifically, there were 16 tranches of residential mortgage securitization programs worth +RMB204.2 billion in aggregate, six tranches of non-performing personal loans securitization programs worth +RMB5.9 billion, three tranches of non-performing credit card asset securitization programs worth RMB1.2 billion, and +one tranche of corporate loan asset securitization program worth RMB5.5 billion. ++ +Money Market Activities +Financial Market Business +Franchise Treasury Business +At the end of 2018, the pension funds under the Bank's trusteeship amounted to RMB115.5 billion; the Bank +managed 17.87 million individual pension accounts, and the pension funds under the Bank's custody totaled +RMB546.2 billion. The Bank continued to lead other banks in terms of the scale of enterprise annuity funds under the +Bank's trusteeship, number of individual enterprise annuity accounts and enterprise annuity funds under the Bank's +custody. ++ ++ ++ ++ +Asset Custody Services ++ ++ ++ +The Bank actively responded to the challenges and opportunities brought by the release of the New Rules on Asset +Management, and carried forward the implementation of the mega asset management strategy as a whole. The Bank pushed +forward the transformation of asset management business and products in a steady manner and comprehensively enhanced +investment management and research capabilities. The Bank established a mega asset management business system allowing +allocation of capital in all markets and value creation across the whole value chain by relying on the strength of the Group's +asset management, custody and pension businesses, and the functions of its comprehensive subsidiaries specialized in fund, +insurance, leasing and investment banking, and to provide diversified, integrated and specialized services for the clients. +Asset Management Services +At the end of 2018, the Bank issued 991 million bank cards, representing an increase of 82.59 million cards from +the end of the previous year. Specifically, 840 million debit cards and 151 million credit cards were issued. Overdraft +balance of credit cards rose by RMB91,692 million or 17.1% from the end of previous year to RMB626,468 million. In +2018, banks cards registered a consumption volume of RMB7.0 trillion, including RMB4.1 trillion of consumptions with +debit cards and RMB2.9 trillion of consumptions with credit cards. +Celestial Constellation Credit Card won the "Élan Award" from the International Card Manufacturers Association. ++ +Discussion and Analysis +Wealth Management Services +Assets under custody grew steadily, further consolidating the Bank's status as the largest custodian bank in China. In +response to the changes in external regulatory environment, the Bank, leveraging its expertise and experience in the +operation of net-worth products, upgraded the custody size of insurance assets, wealth management products and +mutual funds. Grasping the opportunity of the pension insurance system reform, the Bank grabbed more share in the +enterprise annuity, occupational annuity and pension insurance fund custody market. +The Bank steadily pushed forward the net worth-based transformation of wealth management products, offering +innovative wealth management products such as "Xin De Li", "Xin Wen Li", "Tian Li Bao" and "Bogu Tongli". +The Bank deepened system and mechanism innovation and reform, and continued to enhance the overall +management level of mega asset management in statistics, products, investment research, sales and risk control. +The development of the overseas asset management platforms was steadily boosted. ICBC Asset Management (Global) +Company Limited has established a relatively complete product system with global layout and customized solutions. +At the end of 2018, the balance of non-principal-guaranteed wealth management products stood at RMB2,575,857 million. +The Bank steadily promoted the application for depository and custodian qualification of Chinese Depository Receipt +("CDR") under the "Shanghai-London Stock Connect" programme, and fully put value-added custody of "Fund +Connect" into service; it took custody of three strategic allocation funds of China Southern Asset Management, +ChinaAMC and China Universal. +The Bank constantly enhanced the service experience and operational efficiency. It set up the strategic allocation +teams at the Group level for pension services to further improve its asset allocation capacity. Higher quality trustee +services were provided for customers locally. The Bank lifted its business automation and self-service capacity, carried +forward account management and custody direct linking projects and continuously optimized the functions of "ICBC e +Pension" to provide convenient and safe online annuity services for customers. +The Bank's leading position was further cemented. It successfully obtained the trustee and the custodian business +contracts of occupational annuities of central and all the local governmental agencies and administrative institutions +that have completed bid invitations, with the bid-winning rate ranking first among banks. ++ ++ ++ ++ +Pension Services +In actively serving the people's well-being, the Bank offered an all-dimensional and one-stop pension management +service for all enterprises and public institutions, continuing to be the biggest pension service provider in China. It +tailor-made the "Ruyi Pension Management" collective enterprise annuity plan products for over 7,000 small and +medium enterprises and introduced innovation management means to reduce the management fees. +ICBC +32 +At the end of 2018, the total net value of assets under the Bank's custody reported at RMB16.30 trillion. +The Bank was awarded the "Custodian Bank of the Year in Asia Pacific" by The Asian Banker, and the "Best National +Custodian, China" and the "Best Insurance Custodian, China" by The Asset. +The Bank held an asset custody summit, and strengthened external publicity and customer marketing, further +enhancing the reputation of "ICBC Custody" brand. +Discussion and Analysis +1 +Busan Branch (South Korea) +----- 120 +ICBC (Argentina) (Argentina) +3 +Seoul Branch (South Korea). +1 +ICBC (Peru) (Peru)- +1 +Tokyo Branch (Japan)-- +ICBC (Brasil) (Brazil) +institutions +(country/region) +ICBC (Mexico) (Mexico). +1 +3 +Mongolia Representative +1 +1 +Number of +1 +Vientiane Branch (Lao PDR)- +Ho Chi Minh City Representative +Office (Vietnam)- +1 +Hanoi Branch (Vietnam). +24 +Office (Mongolia) +ICBC (Thai) (Thailand). +Manila Branch (Philippines) +6 +ICBC (Malaysia) (Malaysia) - +E +20 +11 +Singapore Branch (Singapore)- +ICBC (Indonesia) (Indonesia) +1 +Institution +1 +ICBC (Canada) (Canada) +London Branch (UK) +1 +ICBC (London) (UK)--- +1 +Warsaw Branch (Poland)- +Madrid Branch (Spain)- +2 +1 +Milan Branch (Italy)------ +Brussels Branch (Belgium) - +(the Netherlands)- +Amsterdam Branch +Paris Branch (France)· +ICBC (Europe) (Luxembourg)- +Phnom Penh Branch (Cambodia) +1 +2 +8 +ICBC Standard Bank (UK). +3 +1 +ICBCFS (USA) +16 +ICBC (USA) (USA)- +Hong Kong and Macau) +Asia-Pacific Region (except +E +Bank ICBC (JSC) (Russia)- +1 +ICBC (Austria) (Austria) +1 +Zurich Branch (Switzerland)- +(Czech Republic)- +Prague Branch +47 +ICBC Turkey (Turkey)- +New York Branch (USA)- +1 +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (ASIA) LIMITED +1 +47 +Discussion and Analysis +prudent liquidity management strategy, the Bank continued to consolidate the foundation of liquidity risk management system. It better +employed operational risk management tools, strengthened data quality management, made continuous efforts to manage risks in key +areas and links, and deepened risk management of the wealth management business in line with the New Rules on Asset Management. +Credit Risk +Credit Risk Management +Credit risk is the risk where loss is caused to the banking business when the borrower or counterparty fails to meet its +contractual obligations. The Bank's credit risks mainly originate from loans, treasury operations (including due from banks, +placements with banks, reverse repurchase agreements, corporate bonds and financial bonds investment), receivables and +off-balance sheet credit business (including guarantees, commitments and financial derivatives trading). +The Bank strictly adheres to regulatory requirements regarding credit risk management, diligently fulfills established +strategies and objectives under the leadership of the Board of Directors and the Senior Management, and implements +an independent, centralized and vertical credit risk management mode. The Board of Directors assumes the ultimate +responsibility for the effectiveness of credit risk management. The Senior Management is responsible for executing the +strategies, overall policy and system regarding credit risk management approved by the Board of Directors. The Credit Risk +Management Committee of the Senior Management is the reviewing and decision-making organ of the Bank in respect of +credit risk management, is responsible for reviewing material and important affairs of credit risk management, and performs +its duty in accordance with the Working Regulations for the Credit Risk Management Committee. The credit and investment +management departments at different levels undertake the responsibility of coordinating credit risk management at +respective levels, and the business departments implement credit risk management policies and standards for their respective +business areas in accordance with their functions. +The Bank's credit risk management has the following characteristics: (1) Unified risk appetite. Unified credit risk appetite is +implemented for the Bank's credit risk exposures; (2) Entire-process management. The credit risk management covers the +entire process including customer investigation, credit rating, loan evaluation, loan review and approval, loan payment and +post-lending monitoring; (3) System management. It continues to enhance the building of credit information system, and +improve the tools to manage and control credit risk; (4) Strict management over credits. Strict qualification management is +enforced on the business institutions and the credit practitioners; and (5) The special institution is set up to conduct unified +risk monitoring over credit risk businesses. +According to the regulatory requirement on loan risk classification, the Bank implemented five-category classification +management in relation to loan quality and classified loans into five categories: pass, special mention, substandard, doubtful +and loss, based on the possibility of collecting the principal and interest of loans. In order to implement sophisticated +management of credit asset quality and improve risk management, the Bank implemented the twelve-category internal +classification system for corporate loans. The Bank applied five-category classification management to personal credit assets +and ascertained the category of the loans based on the number of months in default, anticipated loss rate, credit rating, +collateral and other quantitative and qualitative factors. +◆ Credit Risk Management of Corporate Loans +The Bank continued to strengthen the constitution of the credit policy system. It improved the customer-centered credit +risk management system to push ahead with unified credit risk management of the Group. Further advances have also +been made in regulating credit businesses pledged by high-quality financial assets, and those guaranteed by high-quality +financial institutions and sovereign entities. The Bank improved credit risk management framework for financial institutions +to strengthen credit risk management of financial institutions; intensified off-balance sheet business management to further +regulate discounted commercial acceptances and better manage loan commitments of corporate customers; upgraded policies +concerning the guarantee system, and fully implemented regulatory requirements on financing guarantee institutions to +strengthen management of such institutions. +The Bank emphasized the leading role of credit policy. Focusing on the coordinated regional development strategy, the +Bank gave priority to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, Xiongan New Area, and three supporting +belts, provided investment and financing support for major projects, projects for people's wellbeing and projects under +construction in such key areas as transportation, infrastructure and public service. In a stage of working faster to build China +into a manufacturer of quality, the Bank supported advanced manufacturing in picking up pace and traditional industries in +upgrading themselves to foster new drivers of growth. It also kept a firm hold on the projects in healthcare, education, elderly +care, tourism, culture and other modern service industries to keep up with people's needs for a better life. +48 +ICBC +♦ Overseas Subsidiaries +Annual Report 2018 +In 2018, the Bank continued to push for development of the enterprise risk management system, upgraded risk management +technologies and methods and enhanced the capacity of risk pre-judgment and dynamic adjustment capabilities, so as to make +enterprise risk management more forward-looking and effective. It improved the enterprise risk management system, established +a hierarchy risk appetite management system, intensified risk limit management, and enhanced effective risk data aggregation and +risk reporting on all fronts according to the latest regulatory requirements. The Group's investment and financing risk monitoring +platform was put in place to better manage cross risks, and the consolidated risk management of the Group was improved to boost +the risk management capability of non-banking subsidiaries and strengthen regional risk management of overseas institutions. The +Bank continued to upgrade its risk measurement system for better application, actively advanced FinTech application such as big +data, improved internal rating and anti-fraud models, and enhanced risk measurement for higher accuracy and stability. It promoted +the application of internal rating in the credit risk management. The Group's capabilities for market risk management and forward- +looking analysis were improved to strengthen monitoring over transactions. Advances were also made in the system and mechanism for +interest rate risk management of the banking book, with further improved strategies, policies and procedures. Following a steady and +Risks not mentioned above have been incorporated +into the enterprise risk management system. +Third line of defense. +Business departments of +1 +branches and subsidiaries +Senior management of subsidiaries +Risk management departments and internal control & +compliance departments of branches and subsidiaries +Credit Risk +Management Committee +Market Risk +Management Committee +Controlled Subsidiaries and Major Equity Participating Company +Operational Risk +Management Committee +Internal Audit Sub-bureau +At the level of branches +At the level of Head Office +At the level of the Board of Directors +First line of defense +Second line of defense +Primary reporting line +Secondary reporting line +Internal Audit Bureau +Discussion and Analysis +1 +(New Zealand)- +Hong Kong Branch +Number of +institutions +(country/region) +(South Africa). +Investments in Standard Bank +(South Africa) +(country/region) +Dubai (DIFC) Branch (UAE)- +Abu Dhabi Branch (UAE). +Institution +African Representative Office +1 +3 +2 +ICBC (Almaty) (Kazakhstan). +Karachi Branch (Pakistan)- +Mumbai Branch (India) +Number of +Hong Kong and Macau +Institution +Africa +Yangon Branch (Myanmar)- +1 +institutions +ICBC (New Zealand) +ICBC (Macau) (Macau, China) ---- 24 +4 +Sydney Branch (Australia)- +9 +(Hong Kong, China). +1 +1 +Kuwait Branch (Kuwait)- +1 +Riyadh Branch (Saudi Arabia)- +ICBC (Asia) (Hong Kong, China)-70 +1 +Doha Branch (Qatar)--- +1 +(Hong Kong, China). +ICBC International +(Luxembourg) +ICBC (Almaty), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, was incorporated in Kazakhstan with a share capital of KZT8,933 +million. It principally engages in commercial banking services such as deposit, loan, international settlement and trade +finance, foreign currency exchange, guarantee, account management, internet banking and bank card service. At the end +of 2018, ICBC (Almaty) recorded total assets of USD429 million and net assets of USD61 million. It generated a net profit of +USD11.39 million during the year. +institutions +ICBC Leasing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, has a paid-up capital of RMB18.0 billion. It mainly operates the +financial leasing of large-scale equipment in critical fields such as aviation, shipping, energy and power, rail transit and +equipment manufacturing. It also engages in various financial and industrial services including leased assets trading, +securitization of investment assets, assets management and economic consulting. At the end of 2018, ICBC Leasing +recorded total assets of RMB271,504 million and net assets of RMB32,572 million, and generated a net profit of RMB3,215 +million during the year. +ICBC FINANCIAL LEASING CO., LTD. +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management, a subsidiary of the Bank, has a paid-up capital of RMB200 million, in which the Bank +holds an 80% stake. It mainly engages in fund placement, fund distribution, asset management and such other businesses +as approved by CSRC, and owns many business qualifications including mutual fund, QDII, enterprise annuity, specific asset +management, domestic and overseas investment manager of social security fund, RQFII, insurance asset management, +non-listed asset management, occupational annuity, manager of basic pension insurance investment. It is one of the fund +companies with the most comprehensive qualifications in the industry. ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management (International) +and ICBC Credit Suisse Investment Management Co., Ltd. are structured under ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Co., +Ltd. As of the end of 2018, ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management managed a total of 122 mutual funds and more than +520 enterprise annuity accounts and segregated management accounts as well as non-listed assets portfolios, with the +assets under management amounting to RMB1.31 trillion, and recorded total assets of RMB9, 103 million and net assets of +RMB7,801 million. It generated a net profit of RMB1,496 million during the year. +ICBC CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. +Major Domestic Subsidiaries +ICBC (Argentina), a controlled subsidiary of the Bank in Argentina, has a share capital of ARS1,345 million, in which the +Bank holds an 80% stake. With the full-functional commercial banking license, ICBC (Argentina) provides a full range of +commercial banking services including working capital loan, syndicated loan, structured financing, trade finance, personal +loan, auto loan, spot/forward foreign exchange trading, financial markets, cash management, investment banking, bond +underwriting, asset custody, leasing, international settlement, E-banking, credit card, asset management, etc. At the end of +2018, ICBC (Argentina) recorded total assets of USD4,785 million and net assets of USD424 million. It generated a net profit +of USD138 million during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (ARGENTINA) S.A. +Discussion and Analysis +43 +Annual Report 2018 +ICBC (Peru), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank in Peru, has a paid-up capital of USD100 million. Holding a full-functional +commercial banking license, ICBC (Peru) offers corporate deposit, loan, financial leasing, international settlement, trade +finance, foreign exchange trading, E-banking and other services. At the end of 2018, ICBC (Peru) recorded total assets of +USD291 million and net assets of USD75 million. It suffered a net loss of USD1.09 million during the year. +ICBC PERU BANK +ICBC (Brasil), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank in Brazil, has a paid-up capital of BRL202 million. ICBC (Brasil) offers +commercial banking and investment banking services such as deposit, loan, trade finance, international settlement, fund +transaction, franchise wealth management and financial advisory. At the end of 2018, ICBC (Brasil) recorded total assets of +USD384 million and net assets of USD56 million. It generated a net profit of USD0.20 million during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (BRASIL) S.A. +ICBC (Mexico), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank in Mexico, has a paid-up capital of MXN1,597 million. Holding a full- +functional commercial banking license, ICBC (Mexico) offers corporate deposit, loan, international settlement, trade finance, +foreign exchange trading and other services. At the end of 2018, ICBC (Mexico) recorded total assets of USD286 million and +net assets of USD71 million. It generated a net profit of USD30 thousand during the year. +ICBC-AXA ASSURANCE CO., LTD. +ICBC-AXA, a subsidiary of the Bank, has a paid-up capital of RMB12,505 million, in which the Bank holds a 60% stake. +ICBC-AXA engages in a variety of insurance businesses such as life insurance, health insurance and accident insurance, and +re-insurance of these businesses, businesses in which use of insurance capital is permitted by laws and regulations of the +State, and other businesses approved by the CBIRC. At the end of 2018, ICBC-AXA recorded total assets of RMB119,041 +million and net assets of RMB13,468 million. It generated a net profit of RMB94 million during the year. +ICBC FINANCIAL ASSET INVESTMENT CO., LIMITED +ICBC Investment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, has a registered capital of RMB12.0 billion and is one of the +first pilot banks in China to conduct debt-for-equity swap authorized by the State Council. It holds the franchise license of +non-bank financial institution and is mainly engaged in debt-for-equity swap and the supporting business. In 2018, ICBC +Investment became the first licensed private equity fund manager to carry out debt-for-equity swap, and it established a +private equity fund management subsidiary - ICBC Capital Management Co., Ltd. At the end of 2018, ICBC Investment +recorded total assets of RMB43,307 million and net assets of RMB13,065 million. It generated a net profit of RMB550 million +during the year. +Human Resources Management +ICBC (Asia) is a wholly-owned Hong Kong registered bank by the Bank, and has an issued share capital of HKD36,379 million. +It provides comprehensive commercial banking services and the major businesses, including commercial credit, trade finance, +investment service, retail banking, e-banking, custody, credit card, receiving bank services for IPOs and dividend distribution +etc. At the end of 2018, ICBC (Asia) recorded total assets of USD114,258 million and net assets of USD14,982 million. It +generated a net profit of USD1,057 million during the year. +Discussion and Analysis +45 +Annual Report 2018 +In 2018, the Bank was granted 43 patents, and the total number of patents owned by the Bank increased to 549, +including 270 patents for inventions granted by the state and 279 patents for utility model and product design patents +granted by the state. 2018 marked the fifth consecutive year for the Bank to rank the first in the banking industry in +the information technology supervisory rating of CBIRC. The Bank had six scientific and technological achievements +that won the Banking Technological Development Award of PBC and four research findings that won the IT Risk +Management Research Project Award of CBIRC. The "ICBC Smart and Future Bank" project received the highest +honor SAIL award from the 2018 Artificial Intelligence World Innovations Competition. +Production and operation of the whole group were put under stronger management. The Bank put the new- +generation dual-active architecture of the host into operation and completed its switch and verification, realizing zero +loss of system-level data and providing more safeguards for the business continuity of the host system. Information +systems of the whole bank ran smoothly. The Bank consolidated the information security system. It continued +to improve the information security operation platform (SOC), built an IT big data platform, and provided data +foundation for security monitoring. It promoted the new-generation document security protection system and was the +first in the banking industry to achieve a dynamic defense mechanism based on multi-isomers, which improved the +protection level of information security technology. The Bank continued to carry out information security inspections, +perfected the anti-attack drill system, and strengthened the day-to-day management and guidance of domestic and +overseas institutions in terms of information security. Authoritative third parties were engaged to conduct special +inspections and safety assessments on relevant systems. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA MEXICO S.A. +The Bank spurred innovative R&D in key business areas. It realized smart retail service functions of ICBC e-Loan +including "Credit Granting in Seconds", "Loan Extension in Seconds" and "Payment in Seconds", and premiered +online and flexible corporate banking services including "Quick Lending for Operation", "Online Revolving Loan" and +"Online Supply Chain". The development of systems for internationalization and diversification was advanced. The +Bank completed the roll-out of the core system of FOVA platform version at Manila Branch and ICBC Austria, launched +the global version of personal mobile banking and other featured products, and improved the core personal insurance +business system of ICBC-AXA and the investment banking project management system of ICBC International. +Information Technology +Standard Bank is the largest commercial bank in Africa. Its scope of business covers commercial banking, investment +banking, life insurance business and other areas. The Bank holds 20.08% ordinary shares of Standard Bank. Based on mutual +benefit and win-win cooperation, the two sides furthered their cooperation in equity cooperation, customer expansion, +project financing, product innovation, risk management, IT and people-to-people exchange. At the end of 2018, Standard +Bank recorded total assets of ZAR2,126,962 million and net assets of ZAR199,063 million. It generated a net profit of +ZAR27,453 million during the year. +STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMITED +Majority Equity Participation Company +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +44 +The Ecosystem development project kicked off. With the integration and development of major business architectures +and the introduction of an open new account service system across all regions and all media, deposit products could +be configured flexibly and quickly. In-depth IT architecture transformation was launched, completing the migration +of e-Payment and other hot business functions from host to open platforms; service transformation of applications +was carried out, with distributed transformation in applications such as Quick Payment. The Bank promoted the cloud +platforms in an all-round way and effectively realized the rational layout of system resources. While optimizing the +layout of applications at the Head Office and branches, the Bank completed centralized deployment of applications +such as self-service terminals, centralized business processing and operation management of outlets. The Bank found +wider applications of artificial intelligence technology in scenarios like transaction anti-fraud and product precision +marketing and of face recognition technology in fields such as ATM money withdrawal, business payment and social +security fund collection. It relied on the internet of things technology to create a smart vault management application +model and on the blockchain technology to realize the transparent and efficient management of the "1000-year +Afforestation" and relocation funds in Xiongan New Area. ++ +ICBC (Canada) is a subsidiary of the Bank in Canada with a paid-up capital of CAD158.00 million, in which the Bank holds +an 80% stake. Holding a full-functional commercial banking license, ICBC (Canada) provides corporate and retail banking +services such as deposit, loan, settlement and remittance, trade finance, foreign exchange trading, funds clearing, cross- +border RMB settlement, RMB currency notes, cash management, E-banking, bank card and investment and financing +information consulting service. At the end of 2018, ICBC (Canada) recorded total assets of USD1,445 million and net assets +of USD202 million. It generated a net profit of USD20.73 million during the year. +ICBCFS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank in the United States, has a paid-up capital of USD50.00 million. It mainly +specializes in securities clearing business in Europe and America, and offers securities brokerage services including securities +clearing and financing for institutional customers. At the end of 2018, ICBCFS recorded total assets of USD27,142 million +and net assets of USD132 million. It suffered a net loss of USD21.68 million during the year. +Discussion and Analysis +41 +Annual Report 2018 +Management of Branches +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (ALMATY) JOINT STOCK COMPANY +ICBC (Thai), a subsidiary of the Bank in Thailand, has a share capital of THB20,132 million, in which the Bank holds a 97.86% +stake. ICBC (Thai) holds a comprehensive banking license and provides various services including deposit, loan, trade finance, +remittance, settlement, leasing and consulting. At the end of 2018, ICBC (Thai) recorded total assets of USD7,019 million and +net assets of USD893 million. It generated a net profit of USD58.94 million during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (THAI) PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED +ICBC (Malaysia) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank established in Malaysia. With a paid-up capital of MYR833 million, +it is able to provide a full range of commercial banking services. At the end of 2018, ICBC (Malaysia) recorded total assets of +USD1,162 million and net assets of USD266 million. It generated a net profit of USD18.96 million during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (MALAYSIA) BERHAD +ICBC (Indonesia) is a full-licensed commercial banking subsidiary of the Bank registered in Indonesia, with a paid-up capital +of IDR3.69 trillion, in which the Bank holds a 98.61% stake. ICBC (Indonesia) mainly specializes in financial services such as +deposit, loan, trade finance, settlement, agency services, interbank borrowing and lending and foreign exchange. At the end +of 2018, ICBC (Indonesia) recorded total assets of USD3,714 million and net assets of USD370 million. It generated a net +profit of USD27.69 million during the year. +PT. BANK ICBC INDONESIA +ICBC (Macau) is the largest local legal banking entity in Macau. It has a share capital of MOP589 million, in which the Bank +holds an 89.33% stake. ICBC (Macau) mainly engages in comprehensive commercial banking services such as deposit, loan, +trade finance and international settlement. At the end of 2018, ICBC (Macau) recorded total assets of USD38,517 million +and net assets of USD2,837 million. It generated a net profit of USD315 million during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (MACAU) LIMITED +ICBC International, a licensed integrated platform for financial services in Hong Kong that is wholly owned by the Bank, has +a paid-up capital of HKD4,882 million. It mainly renders a variety of financial services, including corporate finance, investment +management, sales and trading, and asset management. At the end of 2018, ICBC International recorded total assets of +USD8,175 million and net assets of USD1,112 million. It generated a net profit of USD196 million during the year. +ICBC INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (NEW ZEALAND) LIMITED +ICBC (New Zealand), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank in New Zealand, has a paid-up capital of NZD234 million. ICBC +(New Zealand) provides corporate and personal banking services such as account management, transfer and remittance, +international settlement, trade finance, corporate credit, residential mortgages and credit card business. At the end of 2018, +ICBC (New Zealand) recorded total assets of USD1,432 million and net assets of USD157 million. It generated a net profit of +USD1.7 thousand during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (EUROPE) S.A. +ICBC (Europe), a wholly-owned subsidiary bank of the Bank, was incorporated in Luxembourg with a paid-up capital of +EUR437 million. Paris Branch, Amsterdam Branch, Brussels Branch, Milan Branch, Madrid Branch and Warsaw Branch are +structured under ICBC (Europe), which mainly offers financial services including loan, trade finance, settlement, treasury, +investment banking, custody, franchise wealth management, etc. At the end of 2018, ICBC (Europe) recorded total assets of +USD7,851 million and net assets of USD729 million. It generated a net profit of USD8.71 million during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC +ICBC (USA), a controlled subsidiary of the Bank in the United States, has a paid-up capital of USD369 million, in which the +Bank holds an 80% stake. Holding a full-functional commercial banking license registered in the UFIQAC, ICBC (USA) is a +member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, providing corporate and retail banking services such as deposit, loan, +settlement and remittance, trade finance, cross-border settlement, cash management, E-banking and bank card services. At +the end of 2018, ICBC (USA) recorded total assets of USD2,893 million and net assets of USD418 million. It generated a net +profit of USD25.15 million during the year. +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (USA) NA +ICBC (Austria), a wholly-controlled subsidiary of the Bank in Austria, has a share capital of EUR100 million. It was licensed +by the European Central Bank in August 2018 and got through local registration in November. ICBC (Austria) provides +financial services such as corporate deposits, loans, trade finance, international settlement, cash management, cross-border +RMB business, foreign exchange transactions, and financial advisory for cross-border investment and financing. At the end of +2018, ICBC (Austria) recorded total assets of USD114 million and net assets of USD114 million. +ICBC AUSTRIA BANK GmbH +Discussion and Analysis +42 +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (CANADA) +ICBC +ICBC TURKEY BANK ANONIM ŞIRKETI +Bank ICBC (JSC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, was incorporated in Russia with a share capital of RUB10,810 +million. It mainly provides a full spectrum of corporate banking services including corporate and project loan, trade finance, +deposit, settlement, securities brokerage, custody, franchise treasury business and securities trading, foreign currency +exchange, global cash management, investment banking and corporate financial consulting, as well as personal banking +services. At the end of 2018, Bank ICBC (JSC) recorded total assets of USD929 million and net assets of USD175 million. It +generated a net profit of USD11.00 million during the year. +BANK ICBC (JOINT STOCK COMPANY) +ICBC Standard Bank, a subsidiary of the Bank in the United Kingdom, has an issued share capital of USD1,083 million, in +which the Bank holds a 60% stake directly. ICBC Standard Bank mainly provides global commodity trading businesses such as +base metals, precious metals, commodities and energy as well as global financial markets businesses such as exchange rate, +interest rate, credit and equity. At the end of 2018, ICBC Standard Bank recorded total assets of USD24,575 million and net +assets of USD1,258 million. It suffered a net loss of USD14.78 million during the year. +ICBC STANDARD BANK PLC +ICBC (London), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank, was incorporated in the United Kingdom with a paid-up capital of +USD200 million, It provides banking services such as deposit and exchange, loan, trade finance, international settlement, +funds clearing, agency, foreign exchange trading and retail business. At the end of 2018, ICBC (London) recorded total assets +of USD2,378 million and net assets of USD423 million. It generated a net profit of USD25.42 million during the year. +ICBC (LONDON) PLC +ICBC (Turkey), a subsidiary of the Bank in Turkey, has a share capital of TRY860 million, in which the Bank holds a 92.84% +stake. It holds commercial banking, investment banking and asset management licenses, and provides corporate customers +with comprehensive financial services including deposit, project loan, syndicated loan, trade finance, small and medium- +sized enterprise loan, investment and financing advisory, securities brokerage and asset management, and renders personal +customers with financial services such as deposit, consumption loan, residential mortgages, credit card and E-banking. At the +end of 2018, ICBC (Turkey) recorded total assets of USD3,011 million and net assets of USD228 million. It generated a net +profit of USD15.63 million during the year. +4 +The Bank enhanced the efficiency and effectiveness of human resources allocation and perfected the talent +introduction & cultivation mechanism. The 2018-2020 Human Resources Plan of Industrial and Commercial Bank of +China was developed to strengthen headcount control and staffing optimization. It worked on the building of serial +brands, e.g. the "ICBC Star Sailor" summer internship program and the "ICBC Star" campus recruitment plan, and +strengthened the social recruitment of locals for county-based institutions; it intensified the vertical and horizontal +exchanges and training of management talent; it furthered the optimization of post setup and labor combination at +outlets, and gained higher efficiency in human resources use of outlets; it constructed a cultivation & growth system +with the characteristics of ICBC for new entrants; it reinforced the integrated management of foreign employees +across the Group, and organized the selection and commendation of "Honorary Global Employees". The Bank +perfected the compensation incentive and guarantee system, and made the use of human resources more effective. +The organizational structure was constantly optimized. The Bank launched institutional reform of the IT line, merging +IT Department and Product Innovation Management Department into FinTech Department and merging Data +Center (Beijing) and Product R&D Center into Business R&D Center. It pushed ahead the human resources reform of +profitability units, and accelerated the construction of inclusive financial departments at tier-two branches. +The efficiency and effectiveness of training were improved in an innovative way. The 2018-2020 Education and +Training Program of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was developed. With a focus on building a bank in +which people enjoy learning and centering around the Group's business transformation and growth and employees' +needs, the Bank made an overall arrangement for and optimized the trainings of management personnel, professionals +and frontline employees at the basic level, and brought the role of strategy transmission, discussion & exchange, +problem-solving and learning & sharing platforms into better play. Mainly for the purpose of solving problems, the +Bank explored the training for better performance and realized the deep integration of training and strategy. The +Bank customized trainings for domestic and overseas branches, and deepened the reform of professional qualification +certification. Throughout 2018, the Bank organized 45 thousand sessions of training for 5.24 million persons, with an +average of 10.4 days per person. +Annual Report 2018 +The establishment of ICBC Wealth Management Co., Ltd. was approved by the CBIRC. Please refer to the section +headed "Significant Events - Establishment of Wealth Management Subsidiary" for details. +ICBC Investment actively and steadily promoted the market-oriented debt-for-equity swap business, and led the +industry in terms of the scale of annual new investment projects. To address the diversified demands of enterprises for +deleveraging, ICBC Investment innovated business development models, and launched a suite of projects setting good +examples in the aspects of industry, region and project model. +ICBC International registered a stable performance and good growth momentum in operating efficiency, asset quality +and risk management, and its four major businesses, i.e. investment banking, sales and transaction, investment +management and asset management developed at a high quality. The IPO business underwriting amount was the third +largest in the Hong Kong main board market; with steady progress in bond underwriting business, ICBC International +ranked the first in underwriting of EUR bonds among Chinese peers; and it was an active player in the new economic +equity investment project sector. +ICBC-AXA deepened its business structure transformation, and vigorously promoted the development of health +insurance business; seized the opportunity of personal income tax-deferred endowment policy, and was successfully +enlisted under the list of companies piloting the tax-deferred endowment products; and was permitted to establish +ICBC-AXA Asset Management Co., Ltd., the first insurer-affiliated asset management joint venture approved to +establish in China. +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management strictly enforced regulatory requirements, continuously strengthened investment +research and risk control capabilities, aligned itself with policy guidance and customer needs, deepened coordination +with the Group, seized new opportunities in pension business, and steadily promoted the development of mutual +funds and other entrusted investment management businesses. In return, its operation remained stable on the whole. +ICBC Leasing supported the real economy, promoting the steady development of aviation and shipping leasing +business, and deepened coordination with the Group, stepping up the efforts to shift the equipment leasing business +to high-end manufacturing, green energy, infrastructure construction, and other sectors. It laid a solid foundation for +risk management and control, and meanwhile accelerated the conversion and disposal of risk assets. ICBC Leasing +successfully increased its registered capital with the retained profit of RMB7.0 billion, and thus became a financial +leasing company with the largest registered capital in China. On 28 March 2018, ICBC Aviation Leasing Company +Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICBC Leasing, was officially established in Hong Kong, which brought the Bank's +specialized operation in aviation leasing to a new stage. ++ ++ +4 +Diversified Operation +As at the end of 2018, total assets of overseas institutions (including overseas branches, subsidiaries and investments +in Standard Bank) of the Bank were USD384,304 million, an increase of USD25,707 million or 7.2% from the end of +the previous year, and they accounted for 9.5% of the Group's total assets, increasing by 0.5 percentage points. Profit +before tax during the reporting period came in at USD4,115 million, representing an increase of USD197 million or +5.0% as compared to last year and accounting for 7.6% of the Group's profit before tax, which was 0.6 percentage +points higher. Total loans amounted to USD207,591 million, and total deposits were USD130,964 million, increasing +by USD7,867 million or 6.4%. +Discussion and Analysis +Asset & Liability +Management Committee +Board of directors of subsidiaries +Legal Affairs Department +39 +40 +ICBC +E +(country/region) +Number of +Institution +® +America +Frankfurt Branch (Germany) -------5 +institutions +Legal risk +Number of +Institution +Europe +DISTRIBUTION MAP OF OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS +Discussion and Analysis +E +⑤ +E +(country/region) +Office of Steering Group +for Deepening Reform +Strategic risk +Executive Office +Department +Institutional Banking. +Personal Banking +Department +: Department +Corporate Banking +Business departments +Chief Risk Officer +Bank Card +Department +Senior Executive +Vice Presidents +Enterprise risk management is a process to effectively identify, assess, measure, monitor, control or mitigate and report risks +in order to ensure the realization of the Group's operating and strategic objectives by setting up effective and balanced risk +governance structure, fostering robust and prudent risk culture, formulating unified risk management strategies and risk +appetite, and implementing the risk limit and risk management policies. The principles of enterprise risk management of the +Bank include full coverage, matching, independence, perspectiveness and effectiveness, etc. +Enterprise Risk Management System +Discussion and Analysis +RISK MANAGEMENT +ICBC +46 +The leading role of corporate culture was brought into play. The Bank compiled and issued the Corporate Culture +White Paper, enriched the core value concept of "Integrity Leads to Prosperity", released the core concept of +"focusing on the source, changing with the times, pursuing innovation with collaboration and retaining permanent +vitality" for innovation culture, and advocated the "fighter + doer" culture. With a focus on the theme of "ONE ICBC, +ONE FAMILY", the Bank held a special exhibition on corporate cultures of overseas institutions, and rolled out the +Phase II of "That's China •That's ICBC" project in a bid to increase cultural integration of overseas institutions. The +Bank staged an exhibition of grassroots culture "That's ICBC That's we" to inform outlets and customers of the +excellent cultural concept and showcase the hard-working glamor of employees. +The Bank's organizational structure of risk management comprises the Board of Directors and its special committees, the +Board of Supervisors, the Senior Management and its special committees, the risk management departments, the internal +audit departments, etc. The risk management organizational structure is illustrated below: +Luxembourg Branch +Global Market +Board of Directors +Reputational risk +Operational risk, compliance risk Compliance Department +Internal Control & +Asset & Liability +Management Department +Credit and Investment +Management Department +Risk Management +Department +Liquidity risk, interest rate risk +in the banking book +Department +Credit risk +the Board of Directors +Risk committee for +institutions in the US +of the Board of Directors +Audit Committee of +Risk Management Committee +Board of Supervisors +President +Enterprise risk, market risk, +country risk +Risk Management +Committee +commercial services +Percentage +(%) +14,733,891 +95.56 +Amount +13,450,486 +(%) +94.50 +450,930 +2.92 +561,974 +3.95 +235,084 +1.52 +Amount +220,988 +108,821 +0.70 +81,209 +0.57 +90,383 +0.59 +108,854 +0.76 +35,880 +0.23 +15,419,905 +100.00 +1.55 +Percentage +Percentage +At 31 December 2018 +Production and supply +Discussion and Analysis +The Bank strengthened risk management in the real estate industry. It stepped up efforts to guarantee public wellbeing in real +estate industry, continued to grant loans for selective shantytown renovation projects, and steadily carried out the business +of loans for housing leasing. The Bank controlled the aggregate of loans for commercial real estate, and on this basis applied +differentiated regional credit policies. Specifically, it mainly supported ordinary commercial housing projects in first-tier cities +and second-tier cities with reasonable inventory digestion cycle and sufficient potential demand, prudently granted new loans +for housing development in third and fourth-tier cities, and strictly controlled loans for commercial property development and +shantytown renovation projects for commercial use. +The Bank strengthened credit risk management of small enterprises. It established an inclusive financial risk prevention and +control system covering the whole process including customer access, middle-office approval and post-lending management. +It strictly controlled the quality of new loans, strengthened research in market segmentation and target customer base +management, and implemented differentiated due diligence mode based on the characteristics of loans to small and micro +enterprises. The administrative measures for granting lifetime loans to small and micro enterprises was revised to regulate the +management mode of small and micro loans. Leveraging the big data platform, the Bank improved its data monitoring model +and continued to strengthen monitoring on small and micro loan risks from multiple dimensions. It also regularly inspected +risks in existing loans, and carried out classified risk prevention and mitigation in an effort to strengthen asset quality in all +areas. +. +Credit Risk Management of Personal Loans +The Bank continued to upgrade policies on personal loans, tightened access to residential mortgages, and developed +differentiated regulations on loan access and institutions cooperated with the Bank in residential mortgages business. It +devoted more energy to increasing the granularity of risk monitoring, made better arrangements for risk monitoring models, +and closely monitored the entire process of residential mortgages business to stave off risks. There is an improvement in +the personal loan management system, with a government-bank collaboration platform in place to ensure transaction +authenticity through interconnection with relevant information system of government departments. The Bank achieved better +management of cooperative institutions in the business systems, and developed differentiated access approval level for all +types of developers. Further advances have been made in major post-lending event reporting and default loan collection +system to improve the Bank's risk management and control capabilities. +◆ Credit Risk Management of Credit Card Business +The Bank improved policies on credit card risk management and tightened credit financing limit to personal customers. It +optimized the personal credit extension strategy and implemented dynamic credit limit adjustment. The big data decision- +making engine was upgraded for faster and smarter approval and decision-making process, and to strengthen early +monitoring and warning of high-risk customers in the lending process. The Bank strengthened fraud risk prevention, and +developed a full-process fraud risk prevention and control system. It actively inspected risks with third-party internet platforms. +Effective ongoing efforts were made on non-performing assets ("NPAS") recovery and disposal by applying more collection +methods and mitigating NPAs through various channels. +◆ Credit Risk Management of Treasury Operations +Based on the strict implementation of bank-wide, unified credit risk management policy requirements, the Bank strengthened +pre-investment analysis and post-lending management on credit risk exposed to investment business, and intensified the +monitoring of existing business in key risk industries. It strictly implemented the regulatory requirements for currency market +transactions, strengthened pre-access examination and dynamic risk monitor for counterparties, paid close attention to the +change of counterparties' qualification and collateral value throughout the term of business, and took proactive measures +to prevent risks. The Bank actively promoted the signing of ISDA, NAFMII and other legal agreements regarding derivatives, +strictly controlled the counterparty credit line on derivatives through the financial market transaction platform, and +strengthened dynamic management of margin in franchise transaction. +Annual Report 2018 +49 +Discussion and Analysis +Credit Risk Analysis +At the end of 2018, the Bank's maximum exposure to credit risk, without taking into account any collateral and other credit +enhancements, was RMB30,182,752 million, an increase of RMB1,304,232 million compared with the end of the previous +year. Please refer to "Note 51. (a)(i) to the Financial Statements: Maximum Exposure to Credit Risk Without Taking Account +of Any Collateral and Other Credit Enhancements". For mitigated risk exposures of credit risk asset portfolio of the Bank, +please refer to the section headed "Credit Risk" of the 2018 Capital Adequacy Ratio Report of Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited. +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS BY FIVE-CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION +Item +Pass +Special mention +NPLs +Substandard +Doubtful +Loss +Total +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2017 +30,925 +14,233,448 +NPL ratio +0.22 +The key indicators of loan quality were stable. As at the end of 2018, according to the five-category classification, pass +loans amounted to RMB14,733,891 million, representing an increase of RMB1,283,405 million when compared with the +end of the previous year and accounting for 95.56% of total loans. Special mention loans stood at RMB450,930 million, +representing a decrease of RMB111,044 million, and accounting for 2.92% of the total, with a drop of 1.03 percentage +points. NPLs amounted to RMB235,084 million, showing an increase of RMB14,096 million, and NPL ratio was 1.52%, with +a drop of 0.03 percentage points. +0.15 +Personal loans +5,636,574 +36.6 +40,120 +0.71 +4,945,458 +34.7 +44,560 +0.90 +Total +15,419,905 +525 +100.0 +1.52 +100.0 +220,988 +1.55 +Corporate NPLs were RMB 194,696 million, showing an increase of RMB18,793 million when compared with the end of the +previous year, and representing a NPL ratio of 2.07%. Personal NPLs amounted to RMB40, 120 million, showing a decrease +of RMB4,440 million, and represented a NPL ratio of 0.71%, with a drop of 0.19 percentage points. +50 +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis +DISTRIBUTION OF CORPORATE LOANS AND NON-PERFORMING CORPORATE LOANS OF DOMESTIC BRANCHES BY +INDUSTRY +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2018 +At 31 December 2017 +235,084 +2.5 +351,126 +0.07 +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AND NPLS BY BUSINESS LINE +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2018 +At 31 December 2017 +Percentage +NPL ratio +Item +Corporate loans +Loan +(%) +NPLs +(%) +Percentage +(%) +NPL ratio +NPLs +(%) +9,418,894 +61.0 +194,696 +2.07 +8,936,864 +62.8 +175,903 +1.97 +Discounted bills +364,437 +2.4 +268 +100.00 +Loan +14,233,448 +NPL ratio +220,988 +100.0 +14,233,448 +1.52 +235,084 +100.0 +1.55 +0.49 +10.7 +1,519,096 +0.55 +8,725 +10.2 +1,578,574 +15,419,905 +7,415 +Overseas and others +Total +MOVEMENTS OF ALLOWANCE FOR IMPAIRMENT LOSSES ON LOANS +Movements of allowance for impairment losses +on loans and advances to customers measured +at amortised cost +372,598 +152,770 +111,867 +107,961 +Balance at +Total +In RMB millions +on loans and advances to customers measured +at FVOCI +Stage 2 Stage 3 +Total +Stage 3 +Stage 2 +Stage 1 +Item +Movements of allowance for impairment losses +Stage 1 +23 +2.67 +5.2 +2,003,202 +1.65 +36,401 +14.3 +2,202,221 +Central China +14.1 +2.00 +16.4 +2,339,537 +2.16 +54,489 +16.4 +2,524,307 +46,903 +19,596 +32,911 +Western China +734,343 +3.32 +25,186 +4.9 +759,140 +Northeastern China +1.64 +1.54 +17.7 +2,512,303 +1.30 +35,572 +17.7 +2,735,901 +38,628 +448 +471 +1 January 2018 +ICBC +52 +As at the end of 2018, the allowance for impairment losses on loans stood at RMB413,177 million, of which RMB412,731 +million at amortised cost, and RMB446 million at fair value through other comprehensive income. Allowance to NPLs was +175.76%, showing an increase of 21.69 percentage points; allowance to total loans ratio was 2.68%, showing an increase +of 0.29 percentage points. +31 December 2018 +446 +248 +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS BY COLLATERAL +0 +412,731 +173,241 +81,406 +2 +2 +(604) +198 +(1,871) +Item +Pledged loans +Percentage +At 31 December 2018 +At 31 December 2017 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Discussion and Analysis +Total +Loans secured by mortgages +1 to 3 years +Over 3 years +Less than 3 months +Overdue periods +OVERDUE LOANS +Total +Unsecured loans +Guaranteed loans +3 months to 1 year +646 +621 +158,084 +Balance at +Charge/(reverse) +43,282 +(40,413) +(2,869) +to stage 3 +(592) +38,217 +5,493 +to stage 2 +(1,417) +(17,976) +19,393 +to stage 1 +Transfer: +(4,901) +24,083 +85,074 +147,374 +Other movements +previously written off +and advances +2,141 +2,141 +Recoveries of loans +transfer out +(108,778) +(2,294) (106,146) +(338) +Write-offs and +(27) +(200) +0 +173 +Bohai Rim +Percentage +Percentage +32,878 +185,313 +Mining +1.28 +2,856 +3.0 +223,484 +2.3 +1.61 +2.9 +232,736 +Construction +9.75 +55,366 +7.6 +3,749 +568,011 +3,966 +208,675 +Lodging and catering +culture and sanitation +0.67 +850 +1.7 +126,906 +2.14 +0.86 +2.1 +170,315 +Science, education, +1.44 +2,998 +2.8 +1,461 +95,530 +10.78 +6.1 +1,718 +9.7 +770,221 +Water, environment +gas and water +of electricity, heat, +0.22 +0.16 +12.0 +900,484 +0.23 +2,113 +11.5 +919,768 +1,407 +52,588 +655,533 +975 +488,031 +Wholesale and retail +2.72 +13,631 +6.7 +501,769 +8.7 +1.66 +7.4 +592,031 +Real estate +management +and public utility +0.15 +9,823 +1.2 +4,951 +5.18 +4.4 +629,733 +2.77 +20,036 +4.7 +723,302 +14,702 +Head Office +NPLs +(%) +Loan +ratio (%) +NPLs +(%) +ratio (%) +Loan +2.33 +2,823,603 +13.3 +1,896,063 +1.47 +30,480 +13.4 +2,072,857 +Yangtze River Delta +Pearl River Delta +27,955 +18.2 +2,599,171 +0.86 +24,195 +18.4 +1.08 +Item +NPL +Percentage +Total +2.16 +4,142 +2.5 +191,651 +2.60 +7,973,527 +4,962 +191,146 +Others +2.93 +3,256 +1.5 +111,047 +2.4 +100.0 +186,416 +2.34 +NPL +Percentage +At 31 December 2017 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2018 +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AND NPLS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA +Discussion and Analysis +51 +Annual Report 2018 +The increase of NPLs in manufacturing was principally due to the decline in operating profits and increase in defaults on +loans of some enterprises not meeting the high-quality development standards, as well as enterprises with overcapacities. +The increase of NPLs in transportation, storage and postal services was mainly caused by defaults on loans by some ports, +shipping enterprises and private-owned highways. +In 2018, following the keynote of serving the supply-side structural reform, the Bank adhered to the concept of high-quality +development, focused on major areas and key links in serving the real economy, and continued to improve the industry's +credit structure. Loans to transportation, storage and postal services increased by RMB178,863 million, representing a +growth rate of 10.4%, mainly due to efforts in supporting major national strategies and plans, serving the coordinated +development of the four regions, three supporting belts and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, and +providing financing support for developing high-speed railways, expressways, urban rail transit, ports, and airports. Loans +to leasing and commercial services increased by RMB137,876 million, representing a growth rate of 15.1%, mainly +for supporting the financing needs of projects for people's wellbeing, projects for strengthening areas of weakness in +infrastructure, and for infrastructure in such strategic planned areas as national new areas, free trade zones, and industrial +clusters. Loans to water, environment and public utility management increased by RMB114,688 million, representing a +growth rate of 17.5%, mainly driven by steady efforts in supporting the investment and financing needs of key projects and +projects for people's wellbeing in new urbanization, environmental protection and public services. +2.25 +168,903 +100.0 +7,523,000 +1.73 +Amount +Note: Please see "Note 23. to the Financial Statements: Loans and Advances to Customers" for details. +Finance +1,409,206 +5.76 +79,790 +17.4 +1,385,463 +Manufacturing +and postal services +0.56 +9,568 +22.8 +1,715,562 +USD +0.79 +15,016 +23.8 +USD +At 31 December 2018 +At 31 December 2017 +In RMB (USD) millions +18.6 +FOREIGN EXCHANGE EXPOSURE +67,604 +Leasing and +447,734 +Liquidity Risk +Liquidity risk is the risk that the Bank is unable to raise funds on a timely basis or at a reasonable cost to settle liabilities +as they fall due, or perform other payment obligations and satisfy other funding demands arising from the normal course +of business. Liquidity risk may arise from the following events or factors: withdrawal of customers' deposits, drawing of +loans by customers, overdue payment of debtors, mismatch between assets and liabilities, difficulties in assets realization, +operating losses, derivatives trading risk and risk associated with its affiliates. +Liquidity Risk Management +In 2018, the Bank continued to uphold a steady and prudent liquidity risk management strategy, and kept a close eye on +factors affecting liquidity risk management. It constantly improved its liquidity risk management system, revised relevant +management measures and strengthened monitoring over key businesses, customers and funds to ensure sound liquidity risk +management during payment peak times and critical times. The liquidity risk management system was improved, with more +automatic supporting system for monitoring, measuring and managing liquidity risks, so as to boost refined management of +liquidity risk. The Bank made coordinated efforts to manage liquidity risks in both domestic and overseas institutions, in local +and foreign currencies, and on- and off-balance sheet, and took measures to see that the Group's liquidity is stable and safe. +. +Liquidity Risk Management System and Governance Structure +The Bank's liquidity risk management system conforms to the overall development strategy and the overall risk management +system of the Bank, and is commensurate with the business scale, business nature, complexity and other aspects of +the Bank. The system includes the following fundamental elements: effective governance structure for liquidity risk +management; sound strategy, policy and procedures for liquidity risk management; effective identification, measurement, +monitoring and control for liquidity risk and a complete management information system. +In respect of liquidity risk management, the Bank's governance structure embodies the decision-making system comprising +the Board of Directors and its special committees as well as the Asset and Liability Management Committee and the Risk +Management Committee of the Head Office; the supervision system comprising the Board of Supervisors, the Internal Audit +Bureau and the Internal Control and Compliance Department; and the execution system comprising the Asset and Liability +Management Department, leading management departments of on- and off-balance sheet businesses, the Information +Technology Department, operation management departments of the Head Office and relevant departments of branches. +Each of these systems performs the corresponding functions of decision making, supervision and execution functions +according to division of responsibilities. +58 +ICBC +0.69 +6,250 +12.1 +910,672 +0.60 +6,279 +13.2 +1,048,548 +4.80 +Note: Please refer to "Note 51.(d) to the Financial Statements: Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book". +Discussion and Analysis +Annual Report 2018 +20,267 +Transportation, storage and postal services +Borrower J +Total +0.1 +20,598 +Transportation, storage and postal services +Borrower I +0.1 +20,945 +Transportation, storage and postal services +Borrower H +0.1 +21,111 +Production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water +Borrower G +0.2 +24,562 +Transportation, storage and postal services +Borrower F +0.1 +55 +340,765 +Large Exposures Management +In 2018, the Bank closely watched the changes in external environment and market conditions, actively took a combination +of measures such as limit management and hedging of risks to adjust and optimize the aggregate amount and structure of +foreign exchange assets and liabilities, and strengthened assets and liabilities currency structure management and capital +fund preservation management of overseas institutions. The currency risk of the Bank was under control. +Currency risk is the risk of adverse movements of exchange rate resulting in losses on the foreign currency exposure, which +is due to the currency structure's mismatch between foreign currency assets and liabilities. The Bank's objective of currency +risk management is to control the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on the Bank's financial position and shareholders' +equity within a tolerable extent. The Bank mitigates such risk principally by limit management and hedging of risks. The Bank +carries out sensitivity analysis and stress testing of currency risk on a quarterly basis, and submits currency risk reports to the +Senior Management and the Market Risk Management Committee. +Currency Risk Management +The Bank continued to strengthen trading book market risk management and product control, adopted the value-at-risk +(VAR), stress testing, sensitivity analysis, exposure analysis, profit/loss analysis, price monitoring and other means to measure +and manage trading book products. It continued to improve the portfolio-based market risk limit management system, +refined the limit indicator system and dynamic management mechanism to meet the requirements of new products and +businesses for timeliness, and realized quick and flexible limit monitoring and dynamic adjustments based on the Global +Market Risk Management (GMRM) system. For VaR of the trading book, please refer to "Note 51.(c)(i) to the Financial +Statements: VaR". +Management of Market Risk in the Trading Book +In 2018, the Bank continued to improve rules and regulations on market risk at the Group's level, and regulated the entire +market risk management process management of overseas institutions. The Bank improved the group-wide market risk +appetite limit transmission mechanism, strengthened the forward-looking analysis on the Group's currency risk and interest +rate risk, and reinforced the trading behavior monitoring. The Bank pushed forward the overseas expansion and promotion +of the Global Market Risk Management (GMRM) system and strengthened application of the market risk management +system and data. +The Bank strictly complies with regulatory requirements on market risk management, has implemented an independent, +centralized and coordinated market risk management model, and formed a management organizational structure featuring +the segregation of the front, the middle and the back offices in the financial market business. The Board of Directors +assumes the ultimate responsibility for monitoring market risk management. The Senior Management is responsible for +executing the strategies, overall policy and system concerning market risk management approved by the Board of Directors. +The Market Risk Management Committee of the Senior Management is the reviewing and decision-making organ of the +Bank in respect of market risk management, is responsible for reviewing material affairs of market risk management, +and performs its duty in accordance with the Working Regulations for the Market Risk Management Committee. The +risk management departments at different levels undertake the responsibility of coordinating market risk management +at respective levels, and the business departments implement market risk management policies and standards for their +respective business areas in accordance with their functions. +Market risk management is the process of identifying, measuring, monitoring, controlling and reporting market risk for +the purposes of setting up and enhancing the market risk management system, specifying responsibilities and process, +determining and standardizing the measurement approaches, limit management indicators and market risk reports, +controlling and mitigating market risk and improving the level of market risk management. The objective of market risk +management is to control market risk exposures within a tolerable level and maximize risk-adjusted return according to the +Bank's risk appetite. +Market risk is defined as the risk of loss to the Bank's on- and off-balance sheet activities caused by adverse movements in +market rates (including interest rates, exchange rates, stock prices and commodity prices). The Bank is primarily exposed to +interest rate risk and currency risk (including gold). +Market Risk +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +54 +For credit risk capital measurement, please refer to the section headed "Credit Risk" of the 2018 Capital Adequacy Ratio +Report of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited. +The Bank improved the differentiated management framework for agency investment, developed and revised fundamental +administrative measures for non-standard agency investment and cooperative institutions, and strengthened management +of such key businesses as debt-for-equity swap, underwriting and investment of asset-backed securities and public +entrusted loans. It strengthened entire-process risk management for asset management business, implemented strict pre- +investment review, and improved bond rating rules and regulations. Compliance review for transaction process was further +strengthened, with stricter selecting standards and unified quota management for cooperative institutions. Focusing on +risk resolution, the Bank intensified post-investment management, placed greater focus on inspecting and supervising risk +projects, and actively applied investment banking disposal methods to speed up work on collecting risk projects. +1,894,425 +The Bank actively implemented the requirements of New Rules on Asset Management, regarded the building of asset +management risk control system as an important cornerstone of business transformation and development, and endeavored +to build an enterprise risk management system for asset management business to cover the whole-process all-risk line +coverage and match the risk and return. +Risk Management for Asset Management +The Bank actively established and improved the management structure and system for large exposures, formulated +relevant regulations, and clarified requirements on management structure, related customer management, internal limit +management, calculation method and statistical report related to large exposures management. Efforts were also made to +promote the information system to effectively manage the Bank's large exposures. +2.2 +744,754 +1,684,757 +1,593,362 +1,058,350 +1,645 +(5,679) +(1,645) +33,093 +3,281 +(30,513) +(3,281) +equity +income +equity +income +Effect on +Decreased by 100 basis points +Effect on +net interest +Effect on +Increased by 100 basis points +Effect on +net interest +In RMB millions +Total +Others +HKD +5,683 +USD +936 +(59) +3 months to +Less than +In RMB millions +At 31 December 2017 +At 31 December 2018 +INTEREST RATE RISK EXPOSURE +As at the end of 2018, the Bank had a negative cumulative interest rate sensitivity exposure within one year of RMB525,850 +million, representing an increase of RMB319,236 million from the end of the previous year, mainly caused by the increase in +repriced or matured due to customers within one year. It had a positive cumulative interest rate sensitivity exposure above +one year of RMB2,743,107 million, representing an increase of RMB702,011 million, mainly due to the increase in repriced +or matured bond investments above one year. +♦ Interest Rate Exposure Analysis +Discussion and Analysis +57 +Annual Report 2018 +Note: Please refer to "Note 51.(d) to the Financial Statements: Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book". +39,467 +4,049 +(36,882) +(4,049) +691 +59 +(690) +(936) +RMB +Currency +Supposing that there is parallel shift of overall market interest rates, and taking no account of possible risk management +actions taken by the management to mitigate the interest rate risk, the analysis on interest rate sensitivity of the Bank +categorized by major currencies in 2018 is shown in the following table: +Total foreign exchange exposure, net +exchange items, net +(31,753) +(206,760) +(22,946) +(157,647) +Exposure of off-balance sheet foreign +exchange items, net +equivalent +57,111 +RMB +371,875 +47,729 +327,917 +Exposure of on-balance sheet foreign +equivalent +RMB +Item +1 year +(391,953) +1 to 5 years +Over 5 years +170,270 +24,783 +165,115 +25,358 +♦ Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis +Analysis on Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book +In line with the principles of comprehensiveness, prudence and foresight, the Bank's stress testing on interest rate risk in +the banking book adopted the interest rate risk exposure measurement approach and standardized duration approach +to measure the effect of interest rate changes under different stress scenarios on the overall profit and economic value. +Based on the domestic and overseas regulatory requirements, the bankwide asset and liability business structure, operation +and management as well as risk appetite, the Bank set stress testing scenarios for interest rate risk in the banking book +by taking into account the current interest rate level, historical changes and trends, total assets and liabilities and their +term characteristics, business development strategies, customer behaviors and other factors, and conducted stress testing +quarterly. +◆ Stress Testing +On the basis of management strategies and objectives, the Bank developed policies and made clear the modes and +instruments for managing interest rate risk in the banking book. By developing and modifying such methods as on-balance +sheet adjustment and off-balance sheet hedging to manage interest rate risk, adeptly using quantity, pricing and derivative +instruments regarding assets and liabilities, and applying limit management system, business plan, performance assessment +and capital evaluation in all areas for interest rate risk management and assessment, the Bank achieved effective control of +interest rate risk at the business lines, the branches, the affiliates and the products and portfolios easily affected by interest +rate risk. +The Bank formulated strategies and clarified objectives and modes for managing interest rate risk in the banking book based +on risk appetite, risk status, macroeconomic and market changes. Based on the pre-judging of the interest rate trend and +measurement results of the changes in overall profit and economic value, the Bank formulated and put into practice relevant +management policies, and adopted a coordinated approach to using interest rate risk control tools to mitigate and manage +risks, so as to ensure the Bank's actual interest rate risks conform to its bearing capability and willingness. +The objective of management of interest rate risk in the banking book: the Bank aims at maximizing the risk-adjusted net +interest income within the tolerable level of interest rate risk under its risk management and risk appetite. +Objective, Strategy and Important Policy of Management of Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book +Discussion and Analysis +0.2 +ICBC +The Bank strictly complied with regulatory requirements for interest rate risk in the banking book, effectively managed +interest rate risk in the banking book at the Bank and consolidated level, and developed a sound governance structure for +interest rate risk in the banking book that is fully built and well-structured, with clearly defined rights and responsibilities. +The Board of Directors and the Senior Management are vested with the ultimate and executive responsibilities, respectively, +for managing interest rate risk in the banking book. The Asset & Liability Management Department of the Head Office +takes the leading role in managing interest rate risk in the banking book, and other departments and institutions play their +roles in implementing policies and standards concerning interest rate risk in the banking book. The Internal Audit Bureau +and Internal Control & Compliance Department of the Head Office are responsible for reviewing and evaluating duties in +respective of interest rate risk in the banking book. +The Bank's management system for interest rate risk in the banking book conforms to the system importance, risk status +and business complexity, and fits the Bank's overall development strategy and the enterprise risk management system. The +system mainly consists of the following elements: an effective risk governance structure; sound risk management strategies, +policies and procedures; effective risk identification, measurement, monitoring, control and mitigation that cover all areas; a +complete internal control and review mechanism; a fully-built risk management system; and adequate information disclosure +and reporting. +◆ Management System and Governance Structure for Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book +In 2018, upholding a steady and prudent risk appetite, the Bank heightened the management system and mechanism of +interest rate risk in the banking book, made positive headway in interest rate risk management strategies, policies and +procedures, and better applied a combination of quantity, pricing and derivative instruments regarding assets and liabilities. +Based on interest rate and business trends, the Bank intensified efforts to regulate and control the duration of assets and +liabilities and interest rate sensitivity gap, so as to effectively control the interest rate risk in the banking book. +Management of Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book +Interest rate risk in the banking book is defined as the risk of loss in the economic value and overall profit of the banking +book arising from adverse movements in interest rate and maturity structure, etc. +Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book +Please refer to the section headed "Market Risk" of the 2018 Capital Adequacy Ratio Report of Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited issued by the Bank for further information on market risk capital measurement. +Please refer to "Note 51. (c)(ii) to the Financial Statements: Currency Risk" for the exchange rate sensitivity analysis. +56 +26,970 +(133,897) +(951,368) +Borrower E +2,059,779 +14.5 +4,950,419 +15,419,905 +32.1 +4,427,035 +31.1 +100.0 +14,233,448 +14.0 +100.0 +At 31 December 2018 +At 31 December 2017 +% of total +% of total +Amount +loans +Amount +loans +In RMB millions, except for percentages +2,157,264 +Transportation, storage +1,265,834 +3 months +Item +Loan +(%) +NPLs +(%) +Loan +(%) +NPLs +(%) +(%) +Amount +(%) +7,056,026 +45.8 +6,480,800 +45.5 +1,256,196 +8.1 +91,153 +0.59 +8.9 +0.75 +BORROWER CONCENTRATION +The total amount of loans granted by the Bank to the single largest customer and top ten single customers accounted +for 3.8% and 12.9% of the Bank's net capital base respectively. The total amount of loans granted to the top ten single +customers was RMB340,765 million, accounting for 2.2% of the total loans. The table below shows the details of the loans +granted to the top ten single borrowers of the Bank as at the end of 2018. +In RMB millions, except for percentages +% of total +loans +Borrower +Borrower A +Borrower B +Industry +Transportation, storage and postal services +Transportation, storage and postal services +101,785 +0.7 +40,207 +0.3 +Borrower C +Borrower D +Transportation, storage and postal services +Manufacturing +34,922 +0.2 +29,398 +107,218 +0.2 +Discussion and Analysis +53 +Amount +Annual Report 2018 +83,846 +0.54 +68,209 +0.48 +63,010 +0.41 +0.57 +31,923 +0.21 +29,729 +80,919 +269,932 +1.75 +286,075 +2.01 +Note: Loans and advances to customers are deemed overdue when either the principal or interest is overdue. For loans and advances to +customers repayable by installments, the total amount of loans is deemed overdue if part of the installments is overdue. +Overdue loans stood at RMB269,932 million, representing a decrease of RMB16,143 million from the end of the previous +year. Among which, loans overdue for over 3 months amounted to RMB178,779 million, representing a decrease of RMB78 +million. +0.21 +RESCHEDULED LOANS +Rescheduled loans and advances amounted to RMB7,211 million, representing an increase of RMB2,053 million as compared +to the end of the previous year. Rescheduled loans and advances overdue for over 3 months amounted to RMB1,143 million, +representing a decrease of RMB231 million. +In 2018, the Bank further deepened the capital management reform, strengthened capital saving and optimization, +intensified the constraint of economic capital on risk-weighted assets and continued to elevate the capital use efficiency +and return on capital. It steadily enhanced the supplementation capacity of endogenous capital, and further consolidated +the bank-wide capital base to reinforce its capacity in supporting the real economy. In 2018, all capital indicators performed +well, of which capital adequacy ratio was kept at a sound and appropriate level. +At 31 December 2018 +Group +Item +The Bank calculated its capital adequacy ratios at all levels in accordance with the Capital Regulation. According to the scope +of implementing the advanced capital management approaches as approved by the former CBRC, the foundation internal +ratings-based (IRB) approach was adopted for corporate credit risk, the IRB approach for retail credit risk, the internal model +approach (IMA) for market risk, and the standardized approach for operational risk meeting regulatory requirements. The +weighted approach was adopted for credit risk uncovered by the IRB approach and the standardized approach for market +risk uncovered by the IMA. +RESULTS OF CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO CALCULATION OF THE GROUP AND PARENT COMPANY +Capital Adequacy Ratio and Leverage Ratio +Parent +Company +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2017 +Group +Net tier 1 capital +Calculated in accordance with the Capital Regulation: +Net core tier 1 capital +2,232,033 +2,040,396 +2,030,108 +1,856,054 +2,102,348 +2,312,143 +The Bank implements a group-based capital management mechanism, and takes capital as the object and an instrument +for its management activities, including planning, measurement, allocation, application and operation. The Bank's capital +management aims at maintaining appropriate capital adequacy ratio and continuously meeting capital supervisory +regulations and policies; ceaselessly strengthening and enhancing the bank-wide capital base and supporting business +growth and implementation of strategic planning; establishing a value management system focusing on economic capital, +reinforcing capital constraint and incentive mechanism and improving capital allocation efficiency; innovating and expanding +capital replenishment channels, raising capital quality and optimizing capital structure. The Bank's capital management +covers various operating entities in the Group, and its contents include capital adequacy ratio management, economic capital +management, capital investment and financing management. +Parent +Company +CAPITAL MANAGEMENT +61 +63 +2,110,060 +In 2018, the Bank continued to strengthen legal risk management, by improving the risk prevention and control capacity +in legal risk management, ensuring the legal and compliant operation, healthy business development and overall business +stability of the Group. The Bank improved both the vertical linkage and horizontal coordination mechanism between the +Head Office and branches. By embedding legal risk prevention and control into business negotiations, product design, +contract signing and other links, the Bank prevented legal risk in advance and made the legal risk prevention and control +more prospective, proactive and targeted. Legal risk prevention and control in key areas and links have made headway in +line with new financial regulatory requirements. The Bank further improved the cross-border coordination and management +for legal work and strengthened the legal risk management of overseas institutions, actively responding to cross-border legal +issues emerging in the development of international operations. It applied multiple legal means to improve debt collection +efficiency. Moreover, the Bank pragmatically strengthened the risk management and control of lawsuit-related risks, thereby +preventing and mitigating lawsuit-related risks and losses. It assisted with the online judicial inquiry and enforcement, +and improved the efficiency of providing enforcement assistance. The Bank made smooth progress in implementing +the seal reform, put in place and improved a procedure-based mechanism for electronic signing system. It standardized +contract management and reinforced authorization management, related party management, trademark management and +intellectual property protection, and made continuous efforts to institutionalize risk management and control, and build a +better-structured system. +Annual Report 2018 +Discussion and Analysis +Anti-Money Laundering +In strict compliance with anti-money laundering ("AML") laws and regulations of China and host countries (regions) of +overseas institutions, the Bank sincerely implemented the "risk-based" regulatory requirements in respect of AML, steadily +fulfilled the legal obligations and social responsibilities concerning AML, and kept enhancing the Group's management level +regarding AML and counter-terrorist financing ("CTF"). +Confronted with complex and severe AML environment both in and outside China, the Bank upheld a "risk-based, +problem-based, and foundation-oriented approach with a focus on regulatory requirements", and coordinated efforts to +promote the development of AML policies, systems and teams to shore up the Group's AML management foundation. +The Bank continued to improve the AML management structure at the Head Office level, intensified AML assessment and +accountability, and actively cooperated with PBC to carry out FATF mutual evaluations. AML publicity and training activities +were launched in all areas to strengthen AML responsibility of all staff. Domestic institutions continued to deepen the +centralized AML processing reform to increase the intelligentization of AML system, strengthened the analysis ability of +suspicious activity report and cooperated with regulators and competent authorities in AML investigation. Key overseas +institutions redoubled efforts to strengthen AML management capability, with more energy devoted to prevent and control +money laundering risks in key areas and critical links, and developed a long-term AML compliance management mechanism. +Please refer to the section headed "Operational Risk" of the 2018 Capital Adequacy Ratio Report of Industrial and +Commercial Bank of China Limited issued by the Bank for further information on operational risk capital measurement. +Reputational Risk +Reputational risk is defined as the risk of negative assessment or comments on a commercial bank from stakeholders as a +result of its operation, management and other behaviors or external events. Reputational risk may arise in any part of the +Bank's operation and management, and usually co-exists and correlates with credit risk, market risk, operational risk and +liquidity risk. +Reputational risk management of the Bank refers to the process and method for ensuring the achievement of the overall +objective of reputational risk management based on the reputational risk management objective and planning, through +the establishment and improvement of the reputational risk management system and through daily reputational risk +management and proper handling of reputational events. Good reputation is central to the operation and management of a +commercial bank. The Bank highly values its reputation and has incorporated reputational risk management in the corporate +governance and enterprise risk management system to prevent reputational risk. +The Board of Directors is responsible for reviewing and finalizing bank-wide policies concerning reputational risk +management that are in line with the strategic objective of the Bank, establishing a bank-wide system of reputational +risk management, monitoring the overall status and effectiveness of reputational risk management across the Bank and +assuming the ultimate responsibility for reputational risk management. The Senior Management is responsible for leading +reputational risk management of the Bank, implementing the strategies and policies established by the Board of Directors, +reviewing and finalizing the rules, measures and operating procedures for reputational risk management and the plans to +handle extraordinarily major reputational events and ensuring the proper and effective operation of the reputational risk +management system. The Bank has established a special reputational risk management team to take charge of the daily +management of reputational risk. +In 2018, the Bank constantly advanced the building of the reputational risk management policies and mechanism, and +reinforced the prevention, control and management of the reputational risk sources. It stepped up efforts to apply +information technology in reputational risk management to promote the IT-based reputational risk management. It +performed reputational risk management and protection of consumer rights and interests by synchronized method, actively +responded to the comments and suggestions of the public, and continued to increase the reputational risk awareness of +all the employees. The Bank organized a series of featured reports with greater influence for publicity to enhance its brand +image. During the reporting period, the Bank's reputational risk was controllable with no material reputational risk event +occurred. +62 +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis +Country Risk +Country risk is the risk incurred to a bank arising from the inability or refusal by the borrower or debtor to repay bank +debt, losses suffered by the Bank or its commercial presence in such country or region and other losses due to economic, +political and social changes and events in a country or a region. Country risk may be triggered by deterioration of economic +conditions, political and social turmoil, asset nationalization or expropriation, government's refusal to pay external debt, +foreign exchange control or currency depreciation in a country or a region. +The Bank strictly observes regulatory requirements on country risk management. The Board of Directors assumes the ultimate +responsibility for the effectiveness of country risk management. The Senior Management is responsible for executing the +country risk management policies approved by the Board of Directors. The Risk Management Committee of the Head Office +is responsible for reviewing matters regarding country risk management. The Bank manages and controls country risk with +a series of tools, including country risk assessment and rating, country risk limit, country risk exposure calculation and +monitoring and stress testing. The Bank reviews the country risk rating and limits at least once every year. +In 2018, facing the increasingly complicated international political and economic environment, the Bank strictly abode by +regulatory requirements and, with consideration of its business development needs, continued to strengthen country risk +management. The Bank closely observed changes in country risk exposures, constantly tracked, monitored and reported +country risk, and timely updated and adjusted the country risk rating and limits. It continued to strengthen early warning +mechanism for country risk, proactively conducted stress testing on country risk and reasonably and effectively controlled +country risk while pushing ahead with the internationalization strategy. +Annual Report 2018 +Discussion and Analysis +1,935,429 +Retained profits +2,644,885 +11.89% +11.65% +11.96% +14.11% +14.34% +14.56% +14.67% +Discussion and Analysis +As at the end of 2018, the core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio, tier 1 capital adequacy ratio and capital adequacy ratio +calculated by the Bank in accordance with the Capital Regulation stood at 12.98%, 13.45% and 15.39%, respectively, +complying with regulatory requirements. +11.54% +CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO +Core tier 1 capital +Paid-in capital +Valid portion of capital reserve +Surplus reserve +General reserve +Valid portion of minority interests +Others +Core tier 1 capital deductions +Goodwill +Item +ICBC +64 +Capital adequacy ratio +2,419,120 +2,406,920 +2,216,707 +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +12.98% +13.23% +12.77% +12.88% +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +13.45% +13.63% +13.27% +13.44% +Capital adequacy ratio +15.39% +15.68% +15.14% +15.39% +Calculated in accordance with the Regulation Governing Capital Adequacy of Commercial Banks and related +regulations: +Core capital adequacy ratio +Net capital base +222,321 +14,282 +At 31 December +2,110,060 +2,154,625 +28,551,949 +2,161,384 +29,421,922 +2017 +31 December +31 March +2018 +2018 +2018 +2,249,959 +30,363,117 +2,312,143 +29,679,878 +Balance of adjusted on- and +Net tier 1 capital +30 June +30 September +31 December +2018 +Item +28,084,967 +At +off-balance sheet assets +7.79% +ICBC +66 +The Bank further strengthened its economic capital management in terms of measurement, allocation and assessment, +improved its economic capital measurement policy and optimized its economic capital measurement standards and system. +The Bank strictly implemented the measures for quota management, continuously boosted the refined management of +economic capital, and reinforced the capital constraint on domestic branches, profitability units, overseas institutions and +subsidiaries. Moreover, the Bank upgraded the economic capital measurement and appraisal policy of credit business and +proactively facilitated the adjustment of its credit structure. It strengthened trainings on economic capital management for +institutions at all levels, and vigorously pushed forward the application of economic capital in operational management and +business front-line. +Economic capital management of the Bank includes three major aspects: measurement, allocation and application. Economic +capital indicators include Economic Capital (EC), Risk-Adjusted Return on Capital (RAROC) and Economic Value-added +(EVA). All of the above are applied in credit resource allocation, quota management, performance assessment, expenditure +allocation, product pricing and customer management, etc. +Allocation and Management of Economic Capital +For details on the issuance of preference shares of the Bank, please refer to the section headed "Details of Changes in Share +Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders Preference Shares". For details on relevant fundraising activities, +please refer to the section headed "Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders — +Details of Securities Issuance and Listing". +On 28 March 2019, the Board of Directors of the Bank reviewed and approved the Proposal on the Issuance of Undated +Additional Tier 1 Capital Bonds. The Bank plans to issue write-down undated additional tier 1 capital bonds with the total +amount up to RMB80.0 billion in China's national inter-bank bond market. All funds raised will be used to bolster the Bank's +additional tier 1 capital. The undated additional tier 1 capital bonds issuance plan is still subject to the review and approval +by the Shareholders' General Meeting of the Bank, after which it is further subject to the approval by the relevant regulatory +authorities. Please refer to the announcements published by the Bank on the websites of SEHK and SSE. +According to the capital planning and capital replenishment planning, the Bank publicly issued the tier 2 capital bonds +of RMB55.0 billion in March 2019 in China's national inter-bank bond market. The funds raised will be used to replenish +the Bank's tier 2 capital in accordance with the applicable laws as approved by relevant regulators. Please refer to the +announcements published by the Bank on the websites of SEHK and SSE. +On the basis of capital replenishment by retained profits, the Bank proactively expanded the channels for external capital +replenishment and continuously promoted the issuance of new types of capital instruments. +Capital Financing Management +Note: Please refer to "Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information" for details on disclosed leverage ratio information. +7.51% +7.55% +7.35% +7.41% +Leverage ratio +OUTLOOK +At +At +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +Risk-weighted assets (2) +Net capital base +financial institutions that are not subject to consolidation +500 +Significant minority investments in tier 2 capital instruments issued by +500 +Tier 2 capital deductions +3,303 +1,991 +Valid portion of minority interests +71,736 +127,990 +Surplus provision for loan impairment +Capital adequacy ratio +At +Notes: (1) Please refer to "Note 51. (e) to the Financial Statements: Capital Management". +2,644,885 +17,190,992 +At +In RMB millions, except for percentages +LEVERAGE RATIO +Please refer to the 2018 Capital Adequacy Ratio Report of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited issued by the +Bank for further information on capital measurement. +Discussion and Analysis +65 +Annual Report 2018 +15.14% +15.39% +13.27% +13.45% +12.77% +12.98% +15,902,801 +2,406,920 +(2) Refers to risk-weighted assets after capital floor and adjustments. +Other intangible assets other than land use rights +Discussion and Analysis +The Bank mainly faces the following opportunities: First, the development of China continues to be in an important period +filled with strategic opportunities in which economic fundamentals imbued with huge potential and strong resilience for +long-term growth remain unchanged. It will create a stable macro environment for us, provide a good foundation and +reinforce our confidence to do a good job. Second, the ongoing supply-side structural reform, the accelerated economic +structure upgrading, the further reform and opening-up, and the in-depth implementation of coordinated regional +development strategy will create ample opportunities for business development and financial innovation. Third, the rapid +development and wide application of FinTech will give us new momentum and strengths in developing the Bank into a smart +bank and building a new ecosphere of financial services. +202,761 +8,820 +8,478 +1,927 +1,532 +(3,739) +(3,708) +7,980 +7,980 +Cash flow hedge reserves that relate to the hedging of items +that are not fair valued on the balance sheet +Investments in core tier 1 capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are under control but not subject to consolidation +Net core tier 1 capital +2,232,033 +2016 +14,988 +2017 +(61,063) +2,716 +2018 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December +2017 +2,247,021 +2,044,390 +356,407 +356,407 +151,968 +151,952 +261,636 +232,660 +278,980 +264,850 +1,205,924 +1,096,868 +3,752 +(11,646) +It is generally expected that banks will face a more complex business environment with higher level of uncertainties and risks +in 2019. The year is a period of both severe challenges and strategic opportunities. +2018 +Regulatory +Item +Major Regulatory Indicators +REQUIREMENTS +OTHER INFORMATION DISCLOSED PURSUANT TO REGULATORY +Discussion and Analysis +67 +Annual Report 2018 +The Bank will continue to enhance its ability to forestall and defuse risks. We will strike a balance between stable +growth and risk prevention, and fight against major risks in a proactive manner. We will improve our capability of credit +risk lifecycle management, with a focus on controlling new "bleeding points", defusing existing risks and disposing of +non-performing loans, in an effort to cement the momentum of asset quality improvement. Under the principle of "clear +vision, thorough understanding and good management", we will establish a penetrative panoramic view of risks, a simple +and transparent business development strategy and a unified risk control system that runs through the Group, strengthen +comprehensive risk management and prevent interaction and contagion of risks to ensure all risks are under overall control. +The Bank will continue to deepen its transformation, reform and innovation. We will continue to adopt a combined +approach to consolidate our foundation and concurrently seek transformation and upgrading. We seek to serve the +broadest customer base and enhance our competitiveness in terms of deposits through all channels, market-wide mapping, +extension of value chain and coordination of all business segments. We will foster new growth drivers and "sustainability" +in a number of strategic segments with large growth potential and strong driving forces, so that all segments will forge +ahead together for an overall success. We will continue with in-depth and solid reform and innovation. While deepening +existing reform projects, we will push forward a number of new reform measures in succession to improve development +quality and innovation vitality. Leveraged on the nature of finance and our strengths in FinTech, we will press ahead with IT +architecture transformation and smart banking development in every respect, create a new ecosphere of financial services +and empower our development on all fronts. +The Bank will continue to serve the real economy more effectively. We will adhere to the integrated development +strategy of investment and financing, coordinate stock and increment, credit and non-credit, on-balance sheet and off- +balance sheet businesses as well as domestic and overseas operations, improve the efficiency of resource allocation, and +utilize all key financial elements to activate energy and vitality. The Bank will properly manage its investment and financing, +actively support the continuation of the supply-side structural reform under the principle of "Consolidation, Enhancement, +Improvement and Smoothness" and facilitate the spread of monetary policy and the fulfillment of the "Six Stabilities". In +particular, we will stay true to the principle of equal credit, continuously improve financial services for private enterprises +and small and micro enterprises, and better utilize the financial resources to ensure that the real economy is nourished +through "targeted irrigation". +332,742 +297,360 +Valid portion of tier 2 capital instruments and related premium +2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and is a crucial year for building a +moderately prosperous society on all fronts. The Bank will adhere to the overarching principle of seeking progress while +ensuring stability. In the course of promoting high-quality economic development, the Bank will realize its healthy and +sustainable development and further enhance its ability to create value, serve customers, control risks and compete in +the market. +The Bank mainly faces the following challenges: First, trade protectionism and other adverse factors add to the downside +risks to the global economy, which will weigh on the internationalization of banks. Second, there are concerns over +increasing difficulties that may arise from changes amid the stable economic performance of China, as some of such changes +may bring challenges. Such a situation will put pressure on banking, especially on the stability of asset quality. Third, the +worsening turbulences in the global financial market and the higher resonance risk of the domestic capital markets and bond +market will challenge a bank's capability of comprehensive risk control. Fourth, the New Rules on Asset Management have +made transformation an urgent priority for banks. +Liquidity ratio (%) +criteria +Loan-to-deposit ratio (%) +Tier 2 capital +Loan migration ratio (%) +customers (%) +Percentage of loans to top 10 +customer (%) +Additional tier 1 capital instruments and related premium +Based on the objective to ensure legal and compliant operation, the Bank always attaches great importance to establishing +a sound legal risk management system, forming a full-process legal risk prevention and control mechanism to support +and secure business innovation and market competition, and to prevent and eliminate various potential or practical legal +risks. The Board of Directors is responsible for reviewing and determining the strategy and policy relating to legal risk +management, and assumes the ultimate responsibility of legal risk management. The Senior Management is responsible for +executing the strategy and policy relating to legal risk management, examining and approving relevant important affairs. The +Legal Affairs Department of the Head Office is in charge of legal risk management across the Group, with relevant business +departments providing related support and assistance on legal risk prevention and control. The affiliates, domestic and +overseas branches undertake the responsibility of legal risk management of their respective institutions. +80,110 +79,375 +79,952 +79,375 +Valid portion of minority interests +735 +577 +Net tier 1 capital +2,312,143 +2,110,060 +Percentage of loans to single largest +Legal risk is the risk of incurring legal sanctions, regulatory penalties, financial losses, reputational losses or other negative +consequences that arises out of or in connection with the failure of the Bank to comply with relevant laws, regulations, +administrative rules, regulatory provisions or requirements of other relevant rules during the Bank's operation; the +unfavorable legal defects that exist in products, services or information provided to clients, transactions engaged in, and +contracts, agreements or other documents executed by the Bank; legal disputes (litigation or arbitration proceedings) +between the Bank and its clients, counterparties and stakeholders; important changes in relevant laws and regulations, +administrative rules, regulatory provisions and other relevant rules; and other relevant legal events that occur internally and +externally. +The Bank did not issue any corporate bonds that need to be disclosed as per the "No. 2 Standards on the Content and +Format of Information Disclosure of Companies with Public Offerings Content and Format of the Annual Report" +(Revision 2017) or "No. 38 Standards on the Content and Format of Information Disclosure of Companies with Public +Offerings · Content and Format of the Annual Report of Corporate Bonds". +In 2018, the Bank continued to push the Group's operational risk management to a higher level in line with the regulatory +focus and operational risk trends. It conducted risk governance in key fields and links on an ongoing basis, and actively +conducted in-depth crackdown campaign to improve or update policies, procedures, systems and mechanisms and the +procedure-based hard control over key links. External fraud risk management was strengthened to effectively protect +customer's funds. Operational risk limit management was reinforced to ensure adequate monitoring and reporting of limit +indicators. The Bank also improved the operational risk measurement system, intensified large-value operational risk event +control, and continuously strengthened the application of operational risk management tools and risk data quality. During +the reporting period, the operational risk management system of the Bank operated smoothly and the operational risk was +controllable on the whole. +Special mention +Substandard +Pass +4.5 +4.9 +3.8 +<=10.0 +currency +70.9 +71.1 +Doubtful +71.0 +82.3 +86.2 +83.0 +>=25.0 +Foreign currency +35.7 +41.7 +43.8 +>=25.0 +RMB and foreign +RMB +12.9 +13.3 +Additional tier 1 capital +ICBC +68 +_ +Corporate Bonds +In respect of the financial statements of the Bank prepared under PRC GAAP and those under IFRSS, net profit attributable to +equity holders of the parent company for the year ended 31 December 2018 and equity attributable to equity holders of the +parent company as at the end of the reporting period have no differences. +Reconciliation of Differences between the Financial Statements Prepared under PRC +GAAP and those under IFRSS +Note: The regulatory indicators in the table are calculated in accordance with related regulatory requirements, definitions and accounting +standards applicable to the current period. The comparative figures are not adjusted or restated. +7.4 +14.2 +10.6 +36.8 +71.1 +38.8 +23.5 +23.2 +Legal Risk +3.4 +2.7 +1.7 +25.2 +Discussion and Analysis +25.3 +2,030,108 +1 month +demand +(12,057,413) +At 31 December 2018 +Less than +on +In RMB millions +Overdue/ +repayable +LIQUIDITY EXPOSURE ANALYSIS +The Bank also assessed its liquidity risk profile by using liquidity exposure analysis. As at the end of 2018, the liquidity +exposure for the less than 1 month category turned from negative to positive, which was mainly due to the decrease of +repurchase agreements with corresponding term. The negative liquidity exposure for the 3 months to 1 year category +increased, mainly caused by the increase of due to customers with corresponding term. The positive liquidity exposure +for the 1 to 5 years category expanded, mainly due to the increase in investments in bonds and loans and advances to +customers with corresponding term. The positive liquidity exposure for the category of over 5 years increased, which was +mainly due to increase in loans and advances to customers with corresponding term. Deposits maintained steady growth +with a high deposition rate, and at the same time the Bank made major investment in highly liquid bond assets, and +possessed sufficient liquidity reserves. Therefore, the overall liquidity of the Bank maintained at a safe level. +59 +Annual Report 2018 +The daily average liquidity coverage ratio for the fourth quarter of 2018 was 126.66%, 6.30 percentage points higher than +the previous quarter, mainly due to adequate available funding in the fourth quarter and the increase in cash inflow within +30 days. High-quality liquid assets cover cash, available central bank reserve under stress and primary and secondary bond +assets that can be included in the liquidity coverage ratio under the regulatory requirements. For the quantitative information +for liquidity coverage ratio based on the Administrative Measures for the Information Disclosure of Liquidity Coverage Ratio +of Commercial Banks promulgated by the former CBRC, please refer to "Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information". +Net stable funding ratio aims to ensure commercial banks have sufficient stable sources of funding to meet the needs for +stable funding of assets and off-balance sheet risk exposures. The net stable funding ratio is the ratio of the available stable +funding to the required stable funding. The available stable funding refers to the sum of the product of the book value +of capital and liability items of commercial banks and the corresponding available stable fund coefficient. The required +stable funding refers to the sum of the product of the book value of asset items of commercial banks and the off-balance +sheet exposure and the corresponding required stable funding coefficient. As at the end of 2018, the net stable funding +ratio was 126.62%, the available stable funding was RMB18,647,495 million, and the required stable funding was +RMB14,726,640 million. +As at the end of 2018, RMB liquidity ratio and foreign currency liquidity ratio of the Bank were 43.8% and 83.0% +respectively, both meeting the regulatory requirements. Loan-to-deposit ratio was 71.0%. Please refer to the section headed +"Discussion and Analysis - Other Information Disclosed Pursuant to Regulatory Requirements" for details. +Liquidity Risk Analysis +Following the prudence principle, the Bank employs the scenario analysis and the sensitivity analysis to perform stress testing +on liquidity risk. The Bank has taken full consideration of various macroscopic and microscopic factors that may influence the +Bank's liquidity status to set stress scenarios against those products, businesses and institutions with concentrated liquidity +risk in line with the characteristics and complexity of the Bank's businesses. The Bank performs stress testing on a quarterly +basis. Where necessary, the Bank may carry out temporary and special stress testing at a particular time in light of changes in +the external operating environment and regulatory requirements. +◆ Stress Testing +The mode of liquidity risk management of the Bank is consolidated liquidity risk management based on management +of liquidity risk at the bank level. The Head Office manages the liquidity risk of the Bank in a unified and centralized +manner and ensures liquidity security of the Bank through dynamic adjustment of the aggregate and structure of assets +and liabilities, whereas the affiliates assume primary responsibilities concerning liquidity risk management of respective +institution, and undertake corresponding responsibilities as required by the leading liquidity risk management departments +of the Head Office. +Liquidity Risk Management Mode +1 to 3 3 months to +months +The Bank's liquidity risk management strategy and policy are formulated in accordance with the liquidity risk appetite, and +they cover all businesses on- and off-balance sheet, all domestic and overseas business departments and branches that are +likely to have a material impact on the liquidity risk, and contain the liquidity risk management under normal and stressed +scenarios. The liquidity risk management strategy specifies the overall objective and mode of liquidity risk management +and lists major policies and procedures for liquidity risk management. Important policies for liquidity risk management are +formulated in accordance with external and macro operating environments and business development of the Bank, with a +view to striking an effective balance among security, liquidity and profitability. +1 year +(674,702) +• Objective, Strategy and Important Policy of Liquidity Risk Management +ICBC +60 +The Bank strictly followed regulatory requirements on operational risk management and adopted the operational risk +control mode of "integrated management, classified control". The Board of Directors assumes relevant responsibility for +the effectiveness of the operational risk management according to the Articles of Association, and the Senior Management +is responsible for implementing the strategy, overall policy and system for operational risk management approved by the +Board of Directors. The Operational Risk Management Committee under the Senior Management, as the organizer and +coordinator of operational risk management of the Bank, is responsible for reviewing and approving significant matters +related to operational risk management according to the Working Regulations for the Operational Risk Management +Committee. Marketing and product departments at all levels form the first line of defense of operational risk management, +which assume direct responsibility for operational risk management in each business line. Internal control and compliance +departments at various levels are comprehensive management departments for operational risk in institutions at various +levels and assume the duty of operating the second line of defense of operational risk management, which are responsible +for the arrangement and organization for the establishment and implementation of operational risk management system +at each level; discipline enforcement, security, human resources, IT, finance and accounting, legal affairs, operation +management, credit management and risk management departments at all levels are classification control departments +for operational risk in institutions at various levels, which are responsible for management and control on specific types +of operational risk. These departments, together with comprehensive management departments, form the second line of +defense of operational risk management. The internal audit departments are responsible for auditing and evaluating the +operation of the operational risk management system, and form the third line of defense. +Operational risk is defined as the risk of loss resulting from insufficient or problematic internal processes, employees and +IT systems or from external events, including legal risk, but excluding strategic and reputational risk. There are seven major +types of operational risks faced by the Bank, including internal fraud, external fraud, employment system and workplace +safety, customers, products and business activities, damage to physical assets, IT system, execution and delivery and process +management. Among these, external fraud, execution and delivery and process management constitute major sources of +operational risk losses of the Bank. +Operational Risk Management +Operational Risk +Note: Please refer to "Note 51.(b) to the Financial Statements: Liquidity Risk". +2,344,883 +2,141,056 +Total +Undated +3,322,986 +3,488,301 +Over 5 +1 to 5 +years +years +4,412,116 8,793,935 +3,452,159 7,619,544 +(829,587) +(595,509) +(200,327) +(10,793,525) +At 31 December 2017 +(1,884,799) +432,760 +Objective of liquidity risk management: by establishing and improving the liquidity risk management system, the Bank aims +at realizing complete identification, accurate measurement, continuous monitoring and effective control of the liquidity risk +at the Group level, the Bank, the affiliates, the branches and the business lines, and ensuring the liquidity demand is satisfied +at a reasonable cost in time under the normal business scenario and the stress scenario. +Discussion and Analysis +Discussion and Analysis +shares +A Share +State-owned +Huijin +period +the reporting +decrease of +shares during +Number of +pledged or +locked-up shares +Total number of +shares held +Percentage +(%) +I. Shares subject to +restrictions on sales +II. +Shares not subject to +restrictions on sales +356,406,257,089 +34.71 +100.00 +123,717,852,951 +MOF +0.24 +A Share +person +Hong Kong Securities +Clearing Company Limited (4) +Foreign legal +51,813,906 +Unknown +86,151,664,334 +24.17 +H Share +HKSCC Nominees Limited/ +None +123,316,451,864 +34.60 +State-owned A Share +None +1. RMB-denominated +269,612,212,539 +75.65 +For information on other securities issued by the Bank and its subsidiaries, please refer to "Note 35. to the Financial +Statements: Debt Securities Issued; Note 38. to the Financial Statements: Other Equity Instruments" for details. +873,150,238 +The Bank did not have any employee shares. +Number of Shareholders and Particulars of Shareholding +As at the end of the reporting period, the Bank had a total number of 579,040 ordinary shareholders and no holders of +preference shares with voting rights restored, including 123,028 holders of H shares and 456,012 holders of A shares. As at +the end of the month immediately before the results announcement date (28 February 2019), the Bank had a total number +of 562,820 ordinary shareholders and no holders of preference shares with voting rights restored. +74 +ICBC +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING OF THE TOP 10 ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS OF THE BANK +Unit: Share +Increase/ +Shareholding +Name of shareholder +Nature of +shareholder +percentage +(%) +For details on the issuance of preference shares of the Bank, please refer to the section headed "Details of Changes in Share +Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders Preference Shares". +The Bank did not conduct any share issue or issue any convertible bonds during the reporting period. +Details of Securities Issuance and Listing +Note: "Foreign shares listed overseas", namely H shares, are within the same meaning as defined in the "No. 5 Standards on the Content +and Format of Information Disclosure of Companies with Public Offerings - Content and Format of the Report of Change in +Corporate Shareholding" (Revision 2007) of CSRC. +ordinary shares +2. Foreign shares listed +86,794,044,550 +24.35 +overseas +III. Total number of shares +356,406,257,089 +Class of +100.00 +100.00 +269,612,212,539 +75.65 +86,794,044,550 +24.35 +356,406,257,089 +100.00 +356,406,257,089 +None +Annual Report 2018 +Ping An Life Insurance Company +of China, Ltd. Traditional +Other +entities +Open-End Index Securities +SSE 50 Exchange Traded +005L CT001 Hu +-Ordinary insurance products +383,007,330 +None +745,715,157 +0.21 +A Share +Other +entities +Limited Traditional +China Life Insurance Company +―005LFH002 Hu +Distribution to Individuals +A Share +0.10 +366,214,700 +None +During the reporting period, the Bank's controlling shareholders and de facto controller remained unchanged. +Particulars of Substantial Shareholders +(4) HKSCC Nominees Limited held 86,151,664,334 H shares and Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited held 873,150,238 +A shares. +Company Limited. Save as disclosed above, the Bank is not aware of any connected relations or concert party action among the +afore-mentioned shareholders. +005LFH002 Hu" and "China Life Insurance +CT001 Hu" are managed by China Life Insurance +Company Limited Traditional - Ordinary insurance products ―005L +_ +Distribution Dividends +Central Huijin Asset Management Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huijin. Both "China Life Insurance Company +Limited Dividends Distribution Dividends Distribution to Individuals +The Bank had no shares subject to restrictions on sales. +(2) +Notes: (1) The above data are based on the Bank's register of shareholders as at 31 December 2018. +Co., Ltd. +Suisse Asset Management +Investment Fund of ICBC Credit +366,214,700 +(3) +entities +Limited Dividends +869,042,907 +legal person +-1,559,948,322 +None +2,416,131,564 +0.68 +A Share +State-owned +Wutongshu Investment +Co., Ltd. +China Securities Finance Co., Ltd. +-44,000,000 +None +3,687,330,676 +1.03 +A Share +Other +entities +― +- Ordinary insurance products +403,299,770 +State-owned +0.40 +None +1,000,845,252 +0.28 +A Share +Other +China Life Insurance Company +legal person +A Share +Management Co., Ltd. +1,013,921,700 +0.28 +A Share +State-owned +Central Huijin Asset +legal person +None +None +1,420,781,042 +Social Responsibility +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +Discussion and Analysis +707,104.44 +Rural education loan +171,825.00 +Amount of targeted poverty relief input +3,071.00 +Poverty relief through industries +Poverty relief through education +Poverty relief through healthcare +Poverty relief through infrastructure +Consumption-based poverty relief +Assistance in selling agricultural products in poor areas +1,890.00 +681.00 +470.00 +30.00 +Purchase of agricultural products in poor areas +Global Systemically Importance Assessment Indicators of Commercial Banks +10,800.00 +In RMB millions +Indicator +Assets under custody +361,485,854 +413,391,380 +Payments settled via payment systems or correspondent banks +3,948,878 +3,947,251 +Securities and other financing instruments issued +1,924,926 +1,816,041 +Intra-financial system liabilities +1,928,002 +1,717,824 +Intra-financial system assets +28,084,967 +29,679,878 +Balance of adjusted on- and off-balance sheet assets +2018 +2017 +16,301,370 +2,584.67 +Amount of donations +At 31 December 2017 +Number of shares +Unit: Share +Percentage +(%) +Increase/decrease +during the +reporting period +Approved +corporations +position +controlled +0.07 +0.30 +Long +256,781,554 +Interest of +position +guaranteed +interests in shares +0.00 +DETAILS OF CHANGES IN SHARE CAPITAL +The Group poverty relief donations apart from targeted poverty relief +Changes in Ordinary Shares +73 +2,794.43 +Projects +Number of beneficiaries +Including infrastructure construction, industrial development, +education, medical care and visit to poor households +317,932 +Including: Number of registered poor people +58,202 +Note: The "targeted poverty relief" refers to the poverty relief efforts in Tongjiang County, Nanjiang County, Jinyang County and +Wanyuan City in Sichuan Province. +Subsequent Targeted Poverty Relief Plan +In view of the development plan of the poor regions, the Bank will coordinate targeted poverty relief through +finance with rural revitalization and create new financial products and services for poverty relief according to local +conditions. It will implement the poverty relief model that features the combination of finance, industry, education +and healthcare, and push the poverty relief efforts from being driven by external forces to being driven by internal +forces and from individual cases to collective relief. The Bank will refine the financial service channels for poor +regions, make full use of ICBC Mall, effectively carry out poverty relief through e-commerce, and increase the supply +of financial services in poor regions to make them more convenient and accessible. It will focus on poverty relief in +the extremely poor regions, make overall arrangements of resources, and prioritize support to those areas with the +greatest difficulties, poorest groups and the most urgent problems. +ICBC +Social Responsibility +Green and Environment Protection +Regarding green finance strengthening as a key strategy for long-term pursuit, the Bank comprehensively carried +forward green finance, promoted the "green adjustment" of credit structure, actively backed the development of +green industries, reinforced the prevention and control of environmental and social risks, and strictly enforced the +whole-process management of green credit in all aspects, e.g. policy, management process, business innovation +and own performance. As at the end of the reporting period, the balance of domestic green credit reached +RMB1,237,758 million, increasing by RMB138,559 million or 12.61% over the end of 2017, higher than the +same-period growth of domestic corporate loans by about 6.6 percentage points. +The Bank advocated green office and continuously promoted low-carbon operation, by constantly enriching the +functions of the office IT system, actively promoting the paperless office operation, and having meetings go paperless. +In the meantime, it took a further step to tighten the car use system, and continued to develop the diversified official +car use system focused on self-owned cars and complemented by the commercial car service such as online car +hailing. The Bank promoted green travel, advocated water conservation, strengthened energy consumption control, +and carried out the voluntary tree planting initiatives constantly. With these endeavors, it improved the ecological +environment and raised the awareness of environmental protection among its employees. +For more details on the Bank's social responsibilities, please refer to the ICBC Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2018 +(Environment, Society and Governance) published on its official website. +Annual Report 2018 +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of +Substantial Shareholders +0.01 +15,557,326 +1,266,787 +Including: Rural transport facilities +10,626,870.94 +Loan of project targeted poverty relief +2,909,044.98 +Including: Loan of industry targeted poverty relief +15,594,543.84 +In RMB10,000 +Balance of loans +Finance-backed targeted poverty relief +Targeted Poverty Relief Achievements +Poverty relief through healthcare. The Bank improved the local medical services and public hygiene and reduced +the cases of local residents falling below the poverty line or returning to poverty due to illnesses, by offering free +medical assistance and providing medical and health facilities, enabling more poor people to access basic medical +services. For the first time, the "Lifeline Express" hospital pulled into Bazhong in Sichuan Province, and a cataract +treatment center was also built in Bazhong. +Poverty relief through education. "Prioritizing education for poverty relief" and regarding people as the biggest +asset, the Bank was well poised to extend support to teachers, students and graduates, supported job creation, +sponsored poor students, provided training for village teachers, and raised funds for school buildings, thus raising the +level of poverty relief through education across the board. +72 +Social Responsibility +71 +Annual Report 2018 +Poverty relief through industries. The Bank took the lead to found the Alliance of Targeted Poverty Relief for a +Beautiful Life, and put in place an ecological chain of reducing poverty through industrial development that integrates +large banks, central media, logistical channels, operations and direct selling. The Bank leveraged on its E-commerce +platform "ICBC Mall" to consolidate logistics, fund flows and information flows and help agricultural enterprises +and farmers in poor areas to sell agricultural supplies and agricultural products online. In targeted areas of poverty +relief, the Bank adhered to the industry-based poverty relief model combining ICBC, the government, the village's +Party committee and autonomous committee, enterprises and the poor households together, and fostered a group +of characteristic industrial projects with growing vitality and demonstration effects in strict accordance with the +principle of targeted poverty relief. The Bank organized training sessions of "three teams" including Party committee +secretaries, pioneers in making wealth through setting up businesses and practical scientific and technological +professionals of poverty-stricken villages to broaden their horizons of work and enhance their ability to generate +wealth for themselves and others. +5,079,545.99 +Poverty relief through finance. The Bank sought breakthroughs mainly in credit granting, product innovation and +service provision, etc., and deeply pushed forward anti-poverty work to cater for the financial demand of poverty +stricken areas. The hard efforts paid off in the way of finance leveraging and promoting finance-supported targeted +poverty relief in the new era. +Upgrading of rural power network +Rural water conservancy facilities +ICBC +78 +As confirmed by Ping An Asset Management Co., Ltd., such shares were held by Ping An Asset Management Co., Ltd. on behalf +of certain customers (including but not limited to Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, Ltd.) in its capacity as investment +manager and the interests in such shares were disclosed based on the latest disclosure of interests form filed by Ping An Asset +Management Co., Ltd. for the period ended 31 December 2018 (the date of relevant event being 7 September 2018). Both +Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, Ltd. and Ping An Asset Management Co., Ltd. are subsidiaries of Ping An Insurance +(Group) Company of China, Ltd. As Ping An Asset Management Co., Ltd. is in a position to fully exercise the voting rights in +respect of such shares on behalf of customers and independently exercise the rights of investment and business management +in its capacity as investment manager, and is completely independent from Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd., +Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. is exempted from aggregating the interests in such shares as a holding +company under the aggregation exemption and disclosing the holding of the same in accordance with the Securities and Futures +Ordinance of Hong Kong. +Note: (1) +0.02 +0.09 +Short +position +1.22 +5.03 +4,372,394,742 +85,975,521 +Total +Interest of +controlled +corporations +position +lending agent +1.15 +4.73 +Long +4,109,856,188 +190,432.19 +Underwritten transactions in debt and equity markets +Summary of Targeted Poverty Relief in 2018 +Poverty relief planning and objective. The Bank fully leveraged financial services to lift people in poor areas +out of poverty, increased credit support to poor areas and provided good financial services for poor areas in an all- +round way. It concentrated efforts on supporting areas of extreme poverty, helped targeted areas of poverty relief +to integrate resources and pooled resources from all sides to assist impoverished people in improving production +and living conditions, supported local people to meet poverty relief objectives to schedule and contributed financial +wisdom to poverty relief. +Annual Report 2018 +1,729,020 +2,010,668 +1,631,867 +1,885,349 +169,915 +209,554 +498,644 +432,604 +Cross-jurisdictional liabilities +Cross-jurisdictional claims +Level 3 assets +Trading and available-for-sale securities +5,600,701 +7,130,990 +Notional amount of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives +1,198,482 +69 +Mechanism for poverty relief. The Head Office's Leading Group for Poverty Relief through Finance held a meeting +to strengthen the leadership and coordination of poverty relief work. The ICBC Work Plan for Targeted Poverty +Relief through Finance (Version 2018), the Opinions on Effective Work on Targeted Poverty Relief and the Work +Plan for Supervision and Inspection of Targeted Poverty Relief were formulated, and the Measures for Assessment of +Effectiveness of Targeted Poverty Relief through Finance was issued to provide a solid policy basis for poverty relief +work. +Number of shares +Delivering Excellence +Targeted Poverty Relief Planning +The Bank took poverty relief as an important part of fulfilling its social responsibilities, insisted on the basic principle +of targeted poverty relief and elimination, established the leading group for poverty relief, and improved the poverty +relief mechanism. It took innovative measures to make progress in the fight against poverty, kept enhancing the +financial support and poverty relief efforts well targeted at the needs of poverty-stricken areas and made endeavors to +play its due role in anti-poverty. +Targeted Poverty Relief +Adhering to the people-oriented philosophy, the Bank took "equal, open, respectful and integrated" attitudes to proactively +optimize the employment environment, substantially protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees and care about +their growth. At the same time, the Bank actively supported charity work, encouraged the employees to participate in +volunteer activities, gave back to the society and fulfilled its corporate social responsibilities in multiple ways, such as helping +the poor, the elderly and people with disabilities, and providing financial support for education. +People-oriented +Social Responsibility +ICBC +70 +The Bank upheld the corporate culture that "Integrity Leads to Prosperity", responded actively to the latest changes in +financial regulatory requirements and market conditions, defended the bottom line of risks, fortified the lines of defense +for compliance, pursued safe operation and sound development based on well-established policies and risk control and +prevention, effectively protected the rights and interests of consumers and safeguarded financial security and stability. +Security and Prudence +The Bank vigorously fostered innovation culture, adhered to indigenous innovation, and strengthened protection of +intellectual property rights. It innovated products and services and continuously strengthened innovation in management in a +bid to become a leader and driver of the smart finance ecosystem. +Leading in Innovation +The Bank upheld and fulfilled the "customer-oriented" operating philosophy and took persistent efforts to build an efficient, +reputed bank that provides good customer experience. It was dedicated to structuring a service hierarchy that combines +online and offline operations, manual work and artificial intelligence as well as notification and interaction. The Bank +endeavoured to provide more efficient, safer and more convenient financial services of better quality and become a trusted, +reliable, user friendly and first-choice bank. +Customers' Favourite +Staying true to our founding mission, the Bank was determined to be rooted in the real economy. It focused on advanced +manufacturing, cultivated happiness industries, supported connectivity of the internet of things, and served coordinated +regional development. Moreover, it further built the inclusive financial system to serve the small and micro enterprises and +private economy. It upheld the fundamental policy of targeted poverty relief and elimination, innovatively pushed ahead with +poverty relief and kept enhancing its capability in this field, so as to improve the people's livelihood with financial services. +Sticking to Our Founding Mission +Leveraging a sound corporate governance framework, the Bank promoted the transformation of operation, offered +innovative products and services, strove to enhance profitability and risk control level, promoted the reasonable distribution +of social resources via optimal allocation of financial resources, further stepped up efforts to build a green financial system to +improve economic, social and ecological benefits and created superior value for all the stakeholders including shareholders, +customers and employees as well as the society. +Taking the social responsibility objective of "Excellence for You Excellent services to clients, Maximum returns to +shareholders, Real success for our people, Great contribution to society", the Bank is committed to serving the common +interests of all the stakeholders in economic and social development, promoting sustainable economic development and +social progress, and maximizing the comprehensive economic, environmental, and social value. +Long +5,757,000 +Person holding +A represents A share listed company, while H represents H share listed company. +Notes: (1) +14.54 +Guotai Junan Investment Management Co., Ltd. +17 +70.00 +Jiantou CITIC Asset Management Co., Ltd. +16 +31.21 +China Securities Co., Ltd. (A; H) +15 +55.68 +China International Capital Corporation Limited (H) +14 +22.28 +Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co., Ltd. (A) +13 +(2) +69.07 +On 6 June 2018, upon going through the public listing procedures of Beijing Financial Assets Exchange, Huijin and Haier Group +(Qingdao) Financial Holdings Ltd. signed the equity transfer agreement, to transfer 398.5 million A shares of China International +Capital Corporation Limited ("CICC") to Haier Group (Qingdao) Financial Holdings Ltd. As at the end of 2018, the relevant +procedures were being handled. After the transfer completed, the percentage of CICC's shares directly held by Huijin will change +to about 46.2%. +1 Ding Xuedong was transferred to serve as Deputy Secretary General of the State Council (Minister Level). He authorized Tu Guangshao to +function in the capacity of Legal Representative of CIC, Chairman and Legal Representative of Huijin. The authorization came into force +on 2 March 2017, and shall cease to be effective upon new appointment by the State Council. Tu Guangshao currently serves as Vice +Chairman and General Manager of CIC. +Nature of +interests +(share) +Capacity +Number of +A shares held +shareholder +Name of substantial +HOLDERS OF A SHARES +As at 31 December 2018, the Bank received notices from the following persons about their interests or short positions held +in the Bank's ordinary shares and underlying shares, which were recorded in the register pursuant to Section 336 of the +Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong as follows: +Interests and Short Positions Held by Substantial Shareholders and Other Persons +Substantial Shareholders and Persons Having Notifiable Interests or Short Positions +Pursuant to Divisions 2 and 3 of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance of +Hong Kong +None. +◆ Particulars of the De Facto Controller +None. +◆ Particulars of Other Corporate Shareholders Holding 10% Shares or More (Excluding HKSCC Nominees +Limited) +The second single largest shareholder of the Bank is MOF, which held approximately 34.60% shares of the Bank as at +31 December 2018. MOF is a department under the State Council, and is responsible for overseeing the State's fiscal +revenue and expenditure, formulating the fiscal and taxation policies, and supervising State finance at a macro level. +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +ICBC +76 +(3) Except the above-mentioned controlling or equity participating enterprises, Huijin also has a wholly-owned subsidiary - Central +Huijin Asset Management Co., Ltd. Central Huijin Asset Management Co., Ltd. was incorporated in November 2015 in Beijing. +With a registered capital of RMB5 billion, the company runs an asset management business. +Percentage of +A shares (3) (%) +China Galaxy Financial Holdings Company Limited +100.00 +Bank of China Limited (A; H) +4 +40.03 +Agricultural Bank of China Limited (A; H) +3 +34.71 +34.68 +Huijin's shareholding +percentage (%) +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (A; H) +China Development Bank Corporation +Company name +2 +1 +No. +As at 31 December 2018, Huijin held approximately 34.71% shares of the Bank. It held shares directly in the institutions +listed below: +The largest single shareholder of the Bank is Huijin, whose full name is Central Huijin Investment Ltd. Huijin is a state-owned +company founded by the State according to the Company Law on 16 December 2003. Its registered capital is equal to its +paid-in capital at RMB828,209 million. Its registered address is New Poly Plaza, 1 Chaoyangmen North Street, Dongcheng +District, Beijing. Its unified social credit code is 911000007109329615, and its legal representative is Ding Xuedong'. Huijin +is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CIC. It, in accordance with authorization by the State Council, makes equity investments in +major state-owned financial enterprises, and shall, to the extent of its capital contribution, exercise the rights and perform +the obligations as an investor on behalf of the State in accordance with applicable laws, to achieve the goal of preserving +and enhancing the value of state-owned financial assets. Huijin does not engage in any other business activities, and does +not intervene in the day-to-day business operations of the key state-owned financial institutions it controls. +◆ Controlling Shareholders +64.02 +12 +5 +57.11 +China Jianyin Investment Limited +11 +31.34 +New China Life Insurance Company Limited (A; H) +10 +71.56 +China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation (H) +9 +73.63 +China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation +8 +19.53 +China Everbright Bank Company Limited (A; H) +7 +55.67 +China Everbright Group Ltd. +6 +China Construction Bank Corporation (A; H) +Percentage of +total ordinary +shares (3) (%) +MOF(1) +7,317,475,731 +Interest of +(Private) Limited +Temasek Holdings +2.43 +9.98 +Long +position +Social Security Fund +8,663,703,234 +Beneficial owner +National Council for +2.44 +10.03 +Long +position +manager +8,707,776,000 +Investment +Long +shares (%) +8.43 +controlled +Citigroup Inc. +position +corporations +0.00 +0.00 +Short +1,679,000 +controlled +position +Interest of +1.23 +5.07 +Long +4,397,641,191 +BlackRock, Inc. +corporations +position +2.05 +total ordinary +Percentage of +H shares (%) +Nature of +interests +0.28 +0.38 +Long +1,013,921,700 +Interest of +controlled +position +34.71 +45.89 +Long +123,717,852,951 +Beneficial owner +Huijin(2) +33.11 +43.77 +Long +position +118,006,174,032 +Beneficial owner +position +corporations +Total +124,731,774,651 +(share) +Capacity +Percentage of +Number of +H shares held +Co., Ltd.(1) +Management +Ping An Asset +shareholder +75 +Name of substantial +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +77 +Annual Report 2018 +Due to rounding, percentages presented herein are for reference only. +(3) +Notes: (1) According to the register of shareholders of the Bank as at 31 December 2018, MOF held 123,316,451,864 shares in the Bank. +(2) According to the register of shareholders of the Bank as at 31 December 2018, Huijin held 123,717,852,951 shares in the Bank, +while Central Huijin Asset Management Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Huijin, held 1,013,921,700 shares in the Bank. +35.00 +46.26 +HOLDERS OF H SHARES +At 31 December 2018 +Changes in Preference Shares +Preference Shares +6.00% +2,412 +6.00% +2,425 +Note: Dividend distributed is tax included. +The above-mentioned preference share dividend distribution plans have been fulfilled. For particulars of the Bank's +distribution of dividends on preference shares, please refer to the announcements of the Bank on the websites of SSE, SEHK +and the Bank. +Redemption or Conversion of Preference Shares +During the reporting period, the Bank did not redeem or convert any preference share. +Restoration of Voting Rights of Preference Shares +During the reporting period, the Bank did not restore any voting right of preference share. +2,481 +Accounting Policy Adopted for Preference Shares and Rationale +According to the Accounting Standard for Business Enterprises No. 22 Recognition and Measurement of Financial +Instruments, the Accounting Standard for Business Enterprises No. 37 Presentation of Financial Instruments and the +Rules for Distinguishing Financial Liabilities and Equity Instruments and Relevant Accounting Treatment (Cai Kuai [2014] +No. 13) promulgated by MOF as well as the International Financial Reporting Standard 9 - Financial Instruments and the +International Accounting Standard 32 ― Financial Instruments: Presentation promulgated by International Accounting +Standards Board and other accounting standards and the key terms of issuance of the Bank's preference shares, the issued +and existing preference shares do not contain contractual obligations to deliver cash or other financial assets or contractual +obligations to deliver variable equity instruments for settlement, and shall be accounted for as other equity instruments. +Annual Report 2018 +81 +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and +Institutions +Basic Information on Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Name +Gu Shu +Tenure +Position +Gender +_ +6.00% +Offshore preference share +2,025 +(3) "Shareholding percentage" refers to the percentage of domestic preference shares held by preference shareholders in total +number of domestic preference shares. +Dividend Distribution of Preference Shares +As per the resolution and authorization of the Shareholders' General Meeting, the Bank reviewed and approved the Proposal +on Distribution of Dividends for Preference Shares at the meeting of its Board of Directors on 30 October 2018, permitting +the Bank to distribute the dividends on the Bank's domestic preference shares on 23 November 2018 and on the offshore +preference shares on 10 December 2018. +80 +ICBC +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +Dividends on the Bank's domestic preference shares are paid annually in cash, and calculated based on the aggregate +value of the issued domestic preference shares. Dividends on the Bank's domestic preference shares are non-cumulative. +Holders of domestic preference shares are only entitled to dividends at the prescribed coupon rate, but are not entitled +to any distribution of residual profits of the Bank together with the holders of ordinary shares. According to the dividend +distribution plan in the domestic preference share issuance proposal, the Bank distributed a dividend of RMB2,025 million on +the domestic preference shares (pre-tax) at the coupon rate of 4.5%. +Dividends on the Bank's offshore preference shares are paid annually in cash, and calculated based on the aggregate +value of the offshore preference shares. Dividends on the Bank's offshore preference shares are non-cumulative. Holders +of offshore preference shares are only entitled to dividends at the prescribed dividend rate, but are not entitled to any +distribution of residual profits of the Bank together with the holders of ordinary shares. According to the dividend +distribution plan in the offshore preference share issuance proposal, the Bank distributed a dividend of USD196 million, +EUR40 million and RMB800 million on the offshore preference shares (pre-tax), aggregating to RMB2,481 million at the rate +prevailing on the date the dividend was declared. In practice, the dividend was distributed in the currency of the preference +share. According to relevant laws, when the Bank distributes dividends for offshore preference shares, the enterprise income +tax shall be withheld by the Bank at a rate of 10%. According to the requirements of the terms and conditions of the +offshore preference shares, the Bank will pay the relevant taxes, in addition to the dividends for offshore preference shares. +Distribution of dividends on preference shares by the Bank in latest three years is shown as follows: +In RMB millions, except for percentages +2018 +2017 +2016 +Dividend +Type of preference shares +rate +Domestic preference share +4.50% +Dividend +distributed +2,025 +Dividend +rate +4.50% +Dividend +distributed +2,025 +Dividend +rate +4.50% +Dividend +distributed +Age +(2) China National Tobacco Corporation Shandong Branch and China National Tobacco Corporation Heilongjiang Branch are both +wholly-owned subsidiaries of China National Tobacco Corporation. Both "China Life Insurance Company Limited - Dividends +Distribution Dividends Distribution to Individuals 005LFH002 Hu" and "China Life Insurance Company Limited +Traditional Ordinary insurance products ―005L - CT001 Hu" are managed by China Life Insurance Company Limited. The +"Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, Ltd. - Traditional - Ordinary insurance products" is managed by Ping An Life +Insurance Company of China, Ltd. Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, Ltd. and Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance +Company of China Ltd. have connected relations. Save as disclosed above, the Bank is not aware of any connected relations +or concert party action among the afore-mentioned preference shareholders and among the afore-mentioned preference +shareholders and top 10 ordinary shareholders. +Vice Chairman, Executive Director, +51 +Hong Yongmiao +Independent Non-executive Director +Male +54 +August 2012-December 2018 +Anthony Francis Neoh +Independent Non-executive Director +Male +72 +April 2015-April 2021 +October 2017-October 2020 +Yang Siu Shun +Male +63 +April 2016-April 2019 +Sheila Colleen Bair +Shen Si +Nout Wellink +Independent Non-executive Director +Female +March 2017–March 2020 +Independent Non-executive Director +Male +65 +Independent Non-executive Director +55 +Male +Non-executive Director +December 2016-December 2019 +President +Cheng Fengchao +Non-executive Director +Male +59 +March 2015-June 2021 +Zheng Fuqing +Non-executive Director +Male +55 +February 2015-November 2021 +Mei Yingchun +Non-executive Director +Female +47 +August 2017-August 2020 +Dong Shi +Non-executive Director +Male +53 +August 2017-August 2020 +Ye Donghai +Male +March 2017–March 2020 +Notes: (1) The above data are based on the Bank's register of domestic preference shareholders as at 31 December 2018. +2.2 +Other entities +Domestic +50,000,000 +11.1 +None +preference shares +China Life Insurance Company +State-owned +Domestic +35,000,000 +China National Tobacco +Corporation +7.8 +Limited +legal person +preference shares +Ping An Life Insurance Company +of China, Ltd. +Domestic non-state- +Domestic +30,000,000 +6.7 +None +owned legal person +None +None +44.4 +200,000,000 +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING OF THE TOP 10 DOMESTIC PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE BANK +Unit: Share +Name of shareholder +Nature of +shareholder +Class of shares +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +Increase/ +decrease +during the +reporting +period +Number +of shares +Number of +Shares held +subject to +pledged or +at the end of +the period +Shareholding +percentage (%) +restrictions +locked-up +on sales +shares +China Mobile Communications +Other entities +Group Co., Ltd. +Domestic +preference shares +preference shares +None +CCB Trust Co., Ltd. +Domestic +China National Tobacco +Other entities +Domestic +79 +10,000,000 +2.2 +None +Corporation Shandong Branch +preference shares +China National Tobacco +preference shares +Other entities +10,000,000 +2.2 +None +Corporation Heilongjiang +Branch +preference shares +Ping An Property & Casualty +Insurance Company of +China Ltd. +Domestic non-state- +owned legal person +Domestic +preference shares +10,000,000 +Domestic +owned legal person +None +3.3 +15,000,000 +3.3 +None +preference shares +BOCOM Schroders Asset +Management Co., Ltd. +Domestic non-state- +Domestic +15,000,000 +3.3 +None +owned legal person +preference shares +China Resources SZITIC Trust +Co., Ltd. +State-owned +legal person +Domestic +15,000,000 +3.3 +None +preference shares +BOC International (China) +Limited +Domestic non-state- +Domestic +15,000,000 +State-owned +legal person +Independent Non-executive Director +64 +75 +86 +ICBC +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +Qu Qiang, External Supervisor +Mr. Qu has served as External Supervisor of the Bank since December 2015. Currently, he is a professor and tutor for PhD +students of Renmin University of China, Director of China Fiscal and Financial Policy Research Center (a key research center +of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education), Deputy Director of Financial and Securities Institute of Renmin +University of China, a council member of China Finance Society, a member of China Finance 40 Forum and External Expert of +China Development Bank. He was Head of the Applied Finance Department of the School of Finance, Renmin University of +China. Currently, he is also External Supervisor of Bank of Beijing. Mr. Qu graduated from Renmin University of China, and +received a Doctorate degree in Economics. +Shen Bingxi, External Supervisor +Mr. Shen has served as External Supervisor of the Bank since June 2016. He previously served as the Deputy Chief of the +Financial Market Division of the Financial System Reform Department, Chief of the System Reform Division and Monetary +Policy Research Division of the Policy Study Office, and Chief of the Monetary Policy Research Division of the Research +Bureau of the PBC, Chief Representative of the PBC Representative Office in Tokyo, Deputy Director-general and Director- +level Inspector of Financial Market Department of the PBC, and Non-executive Director of Agricultural Bank of China. +Mr. Shen is currently guest professor of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University and Nankai University. Mr. Shen graduated +from Renmin University of China, and received a Doctorate degree in Economics. He is a research fellow. +Hu Hao, Senior Executive Vice President +Mr. Hu has served as Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank since November 2015. Mr. Hu joined ICBC in 1984, serving +successively as Deputy General Manager of the Industrial and Commercial Credit Department, Deputy General Manager of +the Credit Management Department, General Manager of the Institutional Banking Department, General Manager of the +International Banking Department, President of Chinese Mercantile Bank and Chairman of Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Luxembourg S.A. Besides, he once served as Deputy Director-General of Construction and Administration Bureau +of South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route Project, a Director of Taiping General Insurance Company Limited, Taiping +Life Insurance Co., Ltd. and Xiamen International Bank, General Manager of Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations +Department and Board Secretary of the Bank. He concurrently serves as Vice Chairman of Standard Bank Group Limited and +Chairman of ICBC (London) PLC. Mr. Hu graduated from Hunan University, and received a Doctorate degree in Economics +from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is a researcher. +Tan Jiong, Senior Executive Vice President +Mr. Huang has served as Employee Supervisor of the Bank since June 2016. He joined ICBC in 1994 and is currently the chief +responsible officer of Internal Audit Bureau of the Bank. He served as Deputy General Manager and General Manager of +the Banking Department as well as Deputy Head and Head of Guizhou Branch of ICBC from December 1998 to June 2015. +Mr. Huang graduated from The University of Hong Kong with an MBA degree. He is a senior economist. +Mr. Tan has served as Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank since January 2017. He joined Bank of China (BOC) in +June 1988. He previously served as Deputy General Manager (person in charge) and General Manager of Tibet Branch, and +General Manager of Yunnan Branch of BOC, Chairman of Bank of China Investment Management Co., Ltd. and General +Manager of Guangdong Branch of BOC. Mr. Tan graduated from Wuhan University and obtained a Doctorate degree in +Economics. He is a senior economist. +Mr. Wang has served as Chief Risk Officer of the Bank since July 2016. He began his career in 1986. He joined ICBC in +1991 and previously served as Assistant to Head of Zhejiang Branch and Head of Shaoxing Branch, Deputy Head of Zhejiang +Branch and General Manager of the Banking Department of Zhejiang Branch, and Deputy Head (person in charge) and +Head of Chongqing Branch. Mr. Wang graduated from the Party School of the Central Committee of C.P.C. and obtained a +Master's degree in Economics. He is a senior economist. +Annual Report 2018 +88 +87 +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +Guan Xueqing, Board Secretary +Mr. Guan has served as Board Secretary of the Bank since July 2016. He joined ICBC in 1984 and served as Head of Suining +Branch in Sichuan, Representative of Frankfurt Representative Office and Deputy General Manager of Frankfurt Branch, +Deputy Head of Sichuan Branch, Deputy Head of Sichuan Branch and General Manager of Banking Department of Sichuan +Branch, and Head of Hubei Branch and Sichuan Branch. Previously Mr. Guan was also General Manager of Corporate +Strategy and Investor Relations Department of the Bank. He graduated from the Southwestern University of Finance and +Economics and obtained a Doctorate degree in Economics. He is a senior economist. +Mr. Cheng Fengchao, Mr. Zheng Fuqing, Ms. Mei Yingchun, Mr. Dong Shi and Mr. Ye Donghai were recommended by +Huijin to serve as Non-executive Directors of the Bank. Huijin holds interests in shares of the Bank. Please refer to the section +headed "Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders - Interests and Short Positions +Held by Substantial Shareholders and Other Persons" for further details. +None of the Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members of the Bank, whether they are incumbent or have left +office during the reporting period, have been punished by the securities regulator in the past three years. +Appointment and Removal +Wang Bairong, Chief Risk Officer +Huang Li, Employee Supervisor +Mr. Hui has served as Employee Supervisor of the Bank since September 2015. He joined ICBC in 1984 and has served as +Deputy Secretary of the Party Discipline Committee and concurrently as Director of the Discipline Enforcement Department +of the Bank since 2015. He was Deputy Head and Head of Shaanxi Branch and General Manager of the Internal Control and +Compliance Department of the Bank. Mr. Hui graduated from Xiamen University and received a Doctorate degree in Finance. +He is a senior economist. +Hui Ping, Employee Supervisor +Mr. Dong has served as Non-executive Director of the Bank since August 2017. He joined Huijin in 2008, and served as +Deputy Division Chief of the Audit and Supervision Bureau of PBC, Assistant Special Inspector of the State Council, Division +Chief of the Supervisory Committee of the Working Commission of Central Level State-Owned Enterprises, and Deputy +Director-General of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, +Director of China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation and Director of China Reinsurance Asset Management Co., Ltd. and +Non-executive Director of China Construction Bank Corporation. He currently serves as Vice Chairman and Non-executive +Director of China Securities Co., Ltd. He made a study visit to the US Federal Reserve and Royal Melbourne Institute of +Technology. Mr. Dong graduated from Renmin University of China and obtained a Master's degree in Economic Law. He is a +senior economist and an accountant. +Ye Donghai, Non-executive Director +Mr. Ye has served as Non-executive Director of the Bank since October 2017. He joined Huijin in 2017. Previously, he served +as Section Chief and Deputy Director General of the Finance Division of Beijing Normal University, Assistant General Manager +(Deputy General Manager level) of the Planning and Finance Department of China Everbright Bank, Deputy General Manager +of the Finance and Accounting Department of China Everbright Bank (in charge of the department's work), Vice President +and member of the CPC Committee of China Everbright Bank Tianjin Branch, Deputy General Manager of the Audit +Department of China Everbright Bank (in charge of the department's work) and General Manager of the Audit Department +of China Everbright Bank. He served concurrently as Employee Supervisor of the Board of Supervisors of China Everbright +Bank. Mr. Ye Donghai graduated from Renmin University of China, and obtained a Master's degree in Economics. He is a +senior accountant. +Hong Yongmiao, Independent Non-executive Director +Male +84 +ICBC +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +Anthony Francis Neoh, Independent Non-executive Director +Mr. Neoh has served as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank since April 2015. He previously served as Chief +Advisor to CSRC, a member of the International Consultation Committee of CSRC, a member of the Basic Law Committee of +the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of People's +Republic of China, and Chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. He was Chairman of the Technical +Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions, a Non-executive Director of Global Digital Creations +Holdings Limited. He was an Independent Non-executive Director of Link Management Limited, which is the Manager of +Link Real Estate Investment Trust. He was also an Independent Non-executive Director of China Shenhua Energy Company +Limited, Bank of China Limited and China Life Insurance Company Limited. Mr. Neoh currently serves as an Independent +Non-executive Director of CITIC Limited and New China Life Insurance Company Limited. He graduated from the University +of London with a Bachelor's degree in Law. He is Honorary Doctorate of Law of Chinese University of Hong Kong and Open +University of Hong Kong and Honorary Doctorate of Social Sciences of Lingnan University. He was elected Honorary Fellow +of the Hong Kong Securities Institute and Academician of the International Euro-Asian Academy of Sciences. Mr. Neoh was +appointed as Senior Counsel in Hong Kong. He is a barrister of England and Wales. He was admitted to the State Bar of +California. +Yang Siu Shun, Independent Non-executive Director +Mr. Yang has served as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank since April 2016. He previously served as +Chairman and Principal Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong, Executive Chairman and Principal Partner of +PricewaterhouseCoopers Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong, member of five-people leading group of global leadership +committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Asia-Pacific region and Director and Chairman of +Audit Committee of Hang Seng Management College. Mr. Yang currently serves as a member of the 13th National Committee +of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee of Hong +Kong Monetary Authority, a member of the board of directors of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Vice Chairman of the Council +of the Open University of Hong Kong and an Independent Non-executive Director of the Tencent Holdings Limited. Mr. Yang +graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong. Mr. Yang +holds the qualification of Chartered Accountants, and is a senior member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England +and Wales, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. +Sheila Colleen Bair, Independent Non-executive Director +Ms. Bair has served as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank since March 2017. Previously, she served as the +Research Director, Deputy Counsel and Counsel to Robert Dole. She was a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading +Commission, later served as a senior vice president for government relations at the New York Stock Exchange, and then +as Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She was President of Washington +College, the Dean's Professor of Financial Regulatory Policy at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Chair of the +Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Senior Advisor to The Pew Charitable Trusts. She is the current Chair Emeritus +of the Systemic Risk Council. She is a founding board member of The Volcker Alliance, a non-profit organization. She +is Independent Non-executive Director of Thomson Reuters Corp., Host Hotels & Resort Inc., Paxos Trust Company, LLC +and its holding company Kabompo Holdings, Ltd. She also serves on the International Advisory Council to CBIRC and the +International Advisory Board for Santander. She received a Bachelor's Degree in philosophy from the University of Kansas, +and a juris doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Law. She holds honorary doctorates from Amherst College, +Drexel University, the University of Kansas, and the University of Massachusetts. +Annual Report 2018 +85 +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +Shen Si, Independent Non-executive Director +Mr. Shen has served as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank since March 2017. Previously, he served as Deputy +Division Chief and Division Chief of Zhejiang Branch of PBC, Deputy General Director of the Investigation and Statistics +Department of the Head Office of PBC, and Deputy President of the Hangzhou Branch of Shanghai Pudong Development +Bank, Board Secretary of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and Executive Director and concurrently Board Secretary +of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. He had participated in important events in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank +such as its initial public offering, four issues of new shares, acquisition of credit cooperative and its formation of strategic +partnership with Citibank. He obtained a Master's degree in Economics from Zhejiang University and an EMBA degree. He is +a senior economist. +Nout Wellink, Independent Non-executive Director +Mr. Wellink has served as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank since December 2018. Previously, he served +as the Treasurer General in the Dutch Ministry of Finance, member of the Executive Board and the President of the Dutch +Central Bank, member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, member of the Group of Ten Central Bank +Governors and Governor of the International Monetary Fund, member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank +for International Settlements, Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Independent Non-executive Director +of Bank of China Limited, Vice Chairman of Supervisory Board of PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. and an Emeritus +Professor at the Free University in Amsterdam. Mr. Wellink also served as member of the supervisory board of a bank, a re- +insurance company and other enterprises on behalf of the Dutch authorities, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the +Netherlands Open Air Museum, member and treasurer of the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis and the Westeinde Hospital in +The Hague. He was awarded a Knighthood in the Order of the Netherlands Lion in 1980 and is Commander of the Order of +Orange-Nassau since 2011. He received a Master's degree in Law from Leiden University, a Doctorate degree in Economics +from Erasmus University Rotterdam and an Honorary Doctorate from Tilburg University. +Zhang Wei, Shareholder Supervisor +Mr. Zhang has concurrently served as Shareholder Supervisor and Director of the Board of Supervisors' Office of the Bank +since June 2016. He joined ICBC in 1994, and has served as Employee Supervisor of the Board of Supervisors, General +Manager of the Legal Affairs Department and Chief of Consumer Protection Office of the Bank. He graduated from Peking +University with a Doctorate degree in Law and is a research fellow. +◆ Directors +Dong Shi, Non-executive Director +At the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2017 held on 26 June 2018, Mr. Cheng Fengchao was elected as Non- +executive Director of the Bank, and his new term of office as Non-executive Director started from the day of approval by +the Annual General Meeting. At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2018 held on 21 November 2018, Mr. Zheng +Fuqing was appointed as Non-executive Director of the Bank, and Mr. Nout Wellink and Mr. Fred Zuliu Hu were appointed as +Independent Non-executive Directors of the Bank. The term of office of Mr. Zheng Fuqing started from the day of approval +at the Extraordinary General Meeting, the term of office of Mr. Nout Wellink started from 3 December 2018, while the +qualification of Mr. Fred Zuliu Hu is to be approved by CBIRC. +◆ Supervisors +(%) +the period +period +Class of shares +USD offshore +preference shares +locked-up +pledged or +Number of +Number +of shares +subject to +restrictions +Shareholding +percentage +Shares held +at the end of +on sales +Increase/ +decrease +during the +reporting +Cede & Co. +Name of shareholder +Unit: Share +BANK +PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING OF THE TOP 10 OFFSHORE PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS (OR PROXIES) OF THE +As at the end of the reporting period, the Bank had 28 preference shareholders (or proxies), including two offshore +preference shareholders (or proxies) and 26 domestic preference shareholders. As at the end of the month immediately +before the results announcement date (28 February 2019), the Bank had 28 preference shareholders (or proxies), including +two offshore preference shareholders (or proxies) and 26 domestic preference shareholders. +On 30 August 2018 and 21 November 2018, the Board of Directors and the Shareholders' General Meeting of the Bank +reviewed and approved the Proposal on the Domestic Preference Share Issuance Plan of Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited and the Proposal on the Offshore Preference Share Issuance Plan of Industrial and Commercial Bank of +China Limited. The Bank plans to issue preference shares with a total amount up to an equivalent of RMB100.0 billion +on the domestic and offshore markets. Among which, preference shares up to RMB100.0 billion will be issued in a single +or multiple series in the domestic market and preference shares up to an equivalent of RMB44.0 billion will be issued in +the offshore market. The specific issuance amount will be determined within the above-mentioned limits by the Board of +Directors as authorized by the Shareholders' General Meeting (sub-authorization is available). All the funds raised from the +domestic and offshore issuance of preference shares after deducting the issuance costs will be used to replenish additional +tier 1 capital of the Bank. The preference share issuance plans are still subject to the approval by relevant regulatory +authorities. +Issuance of Preference Shares +The Bank did not issue any preference shares in the past three years. +Issuance and Listing of Preference Shares in Latest Three Years +Nature of +shareholder +Foreign legal person +shares +147,000,000 +47.9 +At the First Employees' Congress of the Bank held on 21 September 2018, Mr. Hui Ping was appointed as Employee +Supervisor of the Bank, and his new term of office started from the day of approval by the Employees' Congress. At the First +Extraordinary General Meeting of 2018 held on 21 November 2018, Mr. Qu Qiang was appointed as External Supervisor of +the Bank, and his new term of office started from 20 December 2018. +On 5 January 2018, Mr. Qian Wenhui resigned from the positions of Supervisor and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of +the Bank due to change of job assignments. +◆ Senior Management Members +On 2 July 2018, Mr. Zhang Hongli resigned from the position of Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank due to family +reasons. On 5 September 2018, Mr. Wang Jingdong resigned from the position of Senior Executive Vice President of the +Bank due to change of job assignments. On 6 September 2018, Mr. Li Yunze resigned from the position of Senior Executive +Vice President of the Bank due to change of job assignments. +88 +ICBC +Annual Report 2018 +(4) "Shareholding percentage" refers to the percentage of offshore preference shares held by preference shareholders in total +number of offshore preference shares. +(3) The Bank is not aware of any connected relations or concert party action among the afore-mentioned preference shareholders +and among the afore-mentioned preference shareholders and top 10 ordinary shareholders. +(2) As the issuance of the offshore preference shares above was private offering, the register of preference shareholders presented +the information on proxies of placees. +Notes: (1) The above data are based on the Bank's register of offshore preference shareholders as at 31 December 2018. +Unknown +13.0 +40,000,000 +EUR offshore +preference shares +Foreign legal person +preference shares +Unknown +39.1 +120,000,000 +RMB offshore +The Bank of New York +Depository (Nominees) Limited +Unknown +In July 2018, Mr. Zhang Hongli ceased to act as Executive Director of the Bank due to expiration of the term of office. In +September 2018, Mr. Wang Jingdong ceased to act as Executive Director of the Bank due to change of job assignments. In +October 2018, Mr. Fei Zhoulin ceased to act as Non-executive Director of the Bank citing his age. In October 2018, Mr. Or +Ching Fai ceased to act as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank due to expiration of the term of office. In January +2019, Mr. Yi Huiman ceased to act as Chairman and Executive Director of the Bank due to change of job assignments. +Bank Group as Senior Advisor and worked in the Development Partner Relationship Department of the Development Finance +Unit of the International Development Association and the Vice-President Front Office of East Asia and Pacific Region of the +International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Ms. Mei obtained a Master's degree in International Affairs from +School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University, and a PhD in Economics from Chinese Academy of Fiscal +Science (formerly known as the Institute of Fiscal Science, MOF). +Mr. Hong has served as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank since August 2012. Mr. Hong was previously in charge +of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Overseas Young Scholars supported by the National Science Foundation of China, +and acted as President of the Chinese Economists Society in North America. He is currently an academician of the Academy of +Sciences for the Developing World and a professor of Economics and International Studies at Cornell University in the United +States. He has been enrolled as one of the first participants of the "Thousand Talents Plan" and serves as Vice Chairman of the +Steering Committee of Economics Teaching at Institutions of Higher Learning under the Ministry of Education and Director of +the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics and the School of Economics at Xiamen University. He is a lecture professor +of the "Changjiang Scholars" launched by the Ministry of Education, an honorary professor of the School of Economics and +Management at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and a senior editor in economics for the Journal of Management +Science and Engineering, an English magazine published by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He is also an +editorial board member of Economic Research Journal of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and an academic board member +of China Economic Quarterly published by Peking University. He acts as Independent Non-Executive Director of Xiamen Bank Co., +Ltd. as well. Mr. Hong graduated from Xiamen University with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master's degree in Economics, +and obtained his Doctorate degree in Economics from the University of California San Diego. +83 +Male +56 +November 2015- +Tan Jiong +Senior Executive Vice President +Male +52 +January 2017- +Wang Bairong +Chief Risk Officer +Senior Executive Vice President +Male +July 2016- +Guan Xueqing +Board Secretary +Male +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +July 2016- +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management Leaving Office +Yi Huiman +Chairman of the Board of Directors, +Male +56 +Hu Hao +June 2016-June 2019 +66 +December 2018-December 2021 +Zhang Wei +Hui Ping +Huang Li +Shareholder Supervisor +Male +56 +June 2016-June 2019 +Employee Supervisor +Male +58 +September 2015-September 2021 +Employee Supervisor +Male +54 +June 2016-June 2019 +Qu Qiang +External Supervisor +Male +52 +December 2015-December 2021 +Shen Bingxi +External Supervisor +Male +54 +July 2013-January 2019 +55 +Qian Wenhui +48 +October 2016-September 2018 +Notes: (1) Please refer to the section headed "Appointment and Removal". +(2) +The terms of Mr. Yi Huiman, Mr. Gu Shu, Mr. Zhang Hongli and Mr. Wang Jingdong as Executive Directors of the Bank are +set out in the above table. Mr. Gu's term as a Senior Management member of the Bank is specified in the section headed +"Biographies of Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management". Mr. Yi has served as a member of Senior Management, +Senior Executive Vice President, President and Vice Chairman of the Bank since October 2005. He has served as Chairman of +the Board of Directors of the Bank from June 2016 to January 2019. Mr. Zhang and Mr. Wang have served as Senior Executive +Vice Presidents of the Bank since May 2010 and December 2013, respectively. +Executive Director +ICBC +Directors, Supervisors, Senior Management, Employees and Institutions +(3) According to the Articles of Association, before the newly elected directors take office, the current directors shall continue to act +as directors. +(4) According to the regulations of CSRC, the commencement date of a re-elected director or supervisor's tenure as indicated in the +above table shall be the day of his/her first appointment. +Male +(5) During the reporting period, the Bank did not implement any share incentives. None of the existing directors, supervisors and +senior management members of the Bank or those who left office during the reporting period, except Mr. Zhang Hongli who +held 2,000 H shares of the Bank, held shares or share options or were granted restricted shares of the Bank, and there was no +change during the reporting period. +Biographies of Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Gu Shu, Vice Chairman, Executive Director, President +Mr. Gu has served as Vice Chairman and Executive Director of the Bank since December 2016, and President since October +2016. He joined ICBC in 1998, where he served as Deputy General Manager of Accounting and Settlement Department, +Deputy General Manager of Planning and Finance Department, and General Manager of Finance and Accounting +Department. Since July 2008, he had served as Board Secretary and General Manager of Corporate Strategy and Investor +Relations Department of the Bank, Head of Shandong Branch and Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank. He served +concurrently as Vice Chairman of Standard Bank Group Limited, Chairman of ICBC (London) PLC and Chairman of Industrial +and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina) S.A. Mr. Gu obtained a Doctorate degree in Economics from Shanghai University +of Finance and Economics, Master's degree in Economics from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics and Bachelor's +degree in Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is a senior accountant. +Cheng Fengchao, Non-executive Director +Mr. Cheng has served as Non-executive Director of the Bank since March 2015. He joined Huijin in 2009. He served as +Deputy Director of Finance Bureau of Pingquan County in Hebei Province, Deputy Director of Finance Office of Hebei +Province, Head of Hebei Certified Public Accountants, Vice Chairman and Secretary of Hebei Institute of Certified Public +Accountants, Deputy General Manager of Shijiazhuang Office, General Manager of Evaluation Management Department, +General Manager of Tianjin Office and General Manager of Development Research Department of China Great Wall Asset +Management Corporation, and Non-executive Director of Agricultural Bank of China Limited. He acts as tutor to PhD +students of Hunan University, graduate supervisor for Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, member of +the Expert Advisory Committee for Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings of CSRC and Supervisor of China Everbright +Group Limited. He obtained a Doctorate degree in management from Hunan University. Currently, he is a researcher in +financial science, senior accountant, PRC Certified Public Accountant and China's Certified Public Valuer. +Zheng Fuqing, Non-executive Director +Mr. Zheng has served as Non-executive Director of the Bank since February 2015. He joined MOF in 1989, and served as +Deputy Head and Head of the Administrative Office of Shanxi Finance Ombudsman Office, and Assistant Ombudsman +and Associate Counsel of Shanxi Finance Ombudsman Office. Mr. Zheng graduated from the Party School of the Central +Committee of C.P.C. majoring in law theory. He is an economist. +Mei Yingchun, Non-executive Director +Ms. Mei has served as Non-executive Director of the Bank since August 2017. She joined MOF in 1992, and consecutively +served in the World Bank Department, the Treasury Department and the Tariff Policy Department. Previously, she served as +Assistant Consultant of the Budget Implementation Division of the Treasury Department of MOF, Assistant Consultant of the +Audit & Supervision Division of the Treasury Payment Centre of MOF, Deputy Director of the Audit & Supervision Division of +the Treasury Payment Center of MOF, Director of the Audit & Supervision Division of the Treasury Payment Center of MOF, +Deputy Director-General of the Tariff Policy Department (Tariff Policy Research Centre) of MOF, and was seconded to World +Annual Report 2018 +(6) Mr. Hong Yongmiao () has a former Chinese name. The full name of Mr. Nout Wellink is Arnout Henricus Elisabeth +Maria Wellink. +May 2012-October 2018 +82 +Male +Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +Male +56 +June 2015-January 2018 +69 +Executive Director, Senior Executive +Male +53 +June 2015-July 2018 +Vice President +Wang Jingdong +Zhang Hongli +Male +Executive Director, Senior Executive +Vice President +Independent Non-executive Director +Senior Executive Vice President +Li Yunze +Or Ching Fai +60 +March 2015-October 2018 +Male +Non-executive Director +Fei Zhoulin +December 2016-September 2018 +56 +pragmatic business +Adhere to technology-driven +development and value +creation: +Adhere to pushing for +operations: +Adhere to a broad international +vision and globalized +transformation and progressing +through reform: +Adhere to putting the customer +first and serving the real +economy: +The Bank always keeps in mind its underlying mission +of serving the real economy with its principal business, +and along with the real economy it prospers, suffers +and grows. Taking a risk-based approach and never +overstepping the bottom line, it constantly enhances its +capability of controlling and mitigating risks. Besides, +the Bank remains steadfast in understanding and +following the business rules of commercial banks to +strive to be a century-old bank. It also stays committed +to seeking progress with innovation while maintaining +stability, continuously enhances the key development +strategies, actively develops the FinTech and accelerates +the digital transformation. The Bank unswervingly +delivers specialized services, and pioneers a specialized +business model, thus making it "a craftsman in large +banking". +Strategic Significance: +Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, ICBC will adhere to the general +principle of pursuing progress while ensuring stability, apply the new development philosophy, modernize its governance +system and capacity, and turn ICBC into a world-class and modern financial enterprise with global competitiveness. +Strategic Objective: +The Bank was ranked the 1st place among the Top +1000 World Banks by The Banker, the 1st place in the +Global 2000 by Forbes, and the 1st place in the list of +commercial banks of the Global 500 in Fortune for the +ninth consecutive year, and took the 1st place among +the Top 500 Banking Brands of Brand Finance for the +sixth consecutive year. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was +established on 1 January 1984. On 28 October 2005, +the Bank was wholly restructured to a joint-stock +limited company. On 27 October 2006, the Bank was +successfully listed on both Shanghai Stock Exchange +and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. +Through its continuous endeavor and stable +development, the Bank has developed into the +leading bank in the world, possessing an excellent +customer base, a diversified business structure, strong +innovation capabilities and market competitiveness. +The Bank regards service as the very foundation to +seek further development and adheres to creating +value through services while providing a comprehensive +range of financial products and services to over 9.691 +million corporate customers and 704 million personal +customers. The Bank has been consciously integrating +the social responsibilities with its development strategy +and operation and management activities, and gaining +wide recognition in the aspects of supporting pandemic +containment, promoting inclusive finance, backing +rural revitalization, developing green finance and +participating in public welfare undertakings. +Adhere to laying a solid +foundation for risk control +and achieving development +through talent cultivation: +Adhere to the guidance of +the Party building theory and +exercising rigorous corporate +governance: +ICBC upholds the Party's leadership over the financial work, +and strives to improve the scientific decision-making as +well as the effectiveness of corporate governance through +enhanced governance system and capacity building. +Corporate Information +ICBC empowers its business operations and management +with FinTech, and creates superior value for the real +economy, shareholders, customers, employees and the +society as a whole. +Registered address and office address +Chen Siqing +Legal Representative +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED ("ICBC") +Legal name in English +中國工商銀行股份有限公司(「中國工商銀行」) +Legal name in Chinese +Corporate Information +ICBC +55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, China +Postal code: 100140 +6 +The Bank is primarily exposed to credit risk, market risk, interest rate risk in the banking book, liquidity risk, operational +risk, reputational risk and country risk. The Bank has actively adopted measures to effectively manage various types of +risks. Please refer to the section headed "Discussion and Analysis - Risk Management" for detailed information. +The report contains forward-looking statements on the Bank's financial position, business performance and development. +The statements are based on existing plans, estimates and forecasts, and bear upon future external events or the +Group's future finance, business or performance in other aspects, and may involve future plans which do not constitute +substantive commitment to investors. Hence, investors and persons concerned shall be fully aware of the risks and +understand the difference between plans, estimates and commitments. +Mr. Chen Siqing, Legal Representative of the Bank, Mr. Liao Lin, President in charge of finance of the Bank, and Mr. +Liu Yagan, General Manager of the Finance and Accounting Department of the Bank, hereby warrant that the financial +statements contained in the Annual Report are authentic, accurate and complete. +30 March 2022 +The Board of Directors of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited +The Board of Directors of the Bank proposed distributing cash dividends for ordinary shares of RMB2.933 (pre-tax) for each +ten shares for 2021. The distribution plan will be submitted for approval to the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2021. +The Bank did not convert capital reserve to share capital. +The 2021 financial statements prepared by the Bank in accordance with PRC GAAP and IFRSS have been audited by +Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in accordance with Chinese and +International Standards on Auditing respectively, with standard unqualified auditors' reports being issued. +The 2021 Annual Report of the Bank and its abstract have been considered and approved at the meeting of the Board of +Directors of the Bank held on 30 March 2022. There were 14 directors eligible for attending the meeting, of whom 13 +directors attended the meeting in person and 1 director by proxy, namely, Mr. Nout Wellink appointed Mr. Anthony Francis +Neoh to attend the meeting and exercise the voting right on his behalf. +The Board of Directors, the Board of Supervisors, Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members of Industrial +and Commercial Bank of China Limited undertake that the information in this report contains no false record, misleading +statement or material omission, and assume individual and joint and several liability for the authenticity, accuracy and +completeness of the information in this report. +(This report is prepared in both Chinese and English. In the case of discrepancy between the two versions, the Chinese +version shall prevail.) +Telephone: 86-10-66106114 +Business enquiry and complaint hotline: 86-95588 +Website: www.icbc.com.cn, www.icbc-ltd.com +20/F, Fortune Financial Center, 5 East 3rd Ring Middle Road, +Chaoyang District, Beijing, China +Haiwen & Partners +17-18/F, East Tower, World Financial Center, 1 East 3rd Ring +Middle Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China +King & Wood Mallesons +Chinese mainland +Legal Advisors +The "HKEXnews" website of HKEX for disclosure of +the annual report in respect of H shares +www.hkexnews.hk +www.sse.com.cn +the annual report in respect of A shares +Website of SSE for disclosure of +China Securities Journal, Shanghai Securities News, Securities Times, +Securities Daily +Selected newspaper for information disclosure +E-mail: ir@icbc.com.cn +Facsimile: 86-10-66107571 +Address: 55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, China +Telephone: 86-10-66108608 +Guan Xueqing +Board Secretary and Company Secretary +Liao Lin and Guan Xueqing +Authorized representatives +33/F, ICBC Tower, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong SAR, China +Principal place of business in Hong Kong +Important Notice +Hong Kong SAR, China +5 +The Asian Banker +FinTech Development +Award ECOS Project +Special Award of +China Banking Association +CHINA BANKING ASSOCIATION +中国银行业协会 +national commercial banks +In the 2021 GYROSCOPE +assessment system among +Ranking the +1st place +China Council for Brand +Development +People's Bank of China +"Corporate Brand Value List" +for the sixth time +Ranking the +1st place +Brand Finance +Brand Finance® +consecutive year +Among the Top 500 +Banking Brands for the sixth +Ranking the +1st place +Fortune +Among commercial banks in +the Global 500 for the ninth +consecutive year +Ranking the +1st place +In the +Data Management Capability Maturity +(DCMM) +CFEII +The highest Level 5 +certification +THE ASIAN BANKER® +亚洲银行家 +Best Custodian Bank in China (Mega Bank) +Best RMB Clearing Bank in Asia Pacific +Best Asian International Cash +Management Bank in Asia Pacific +nt +The Asset +THE Asset +Best Insurance Custodian Bank +in China +Best Bond Advisor, China +Best Bank, China +Finance Asia +Best Bank in China +Global Finance +GLOBAL +FINANCE +Best Corporate Bank in China +Best Bank in China +Best Bank in Asia-Pacific +World's Best Bank in +Emerging Markets +China Federation of Electronics and +Information Industry +中国电子信息行业联合会 +Annual Report 2021 +Allen & Overy +9/F, Three Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong SAR, China +Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer +301,094 +333,451 +351,714 +2019 +167,613 +2020 +186,243 +2021 +206,672 +264,418 +264,418 +2020 +2021 +206,672 +Unit: RMB100 millions +Unit: RMB100 millions +Due to customers +Total loans and advances to customers +2019 +3,134 +2019 +251,347 +229,777 +Corporate customers Personal customers +Company Profile +ICBC +26.36% +Down 0.16 percentage +points +18.02% +32,413.64 +1.42% +Unit: RMB100 millions +Cost-to-income ratio +Non-performing +loans ratio +Capital adequacy ratio +Net tier 1 capital +24,145 +15,767 +Up 23.41 million +Up 1,048 thousand +704 million +9,691 thousand +ATM +Self-service banks +Business outlets +2020 +3,177 +2021 +3,502 +Shanghai Stock Exchange +Domestic Preference Share +Stock code: 1398 +Stock name: ICBC +The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited +H Share +Stock code: 601398 +Stock name: +Shanghai Stock Exchange +Place where shares are listed, and their names and codes +A Share +Board of Directors' Office of the Bank +Location where copies of this annual report are kept +Facsimile: 852-28650990 +17M Floor, Hopewell Center, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, +Hong Kong SAR, China +Telephone: 852-28628555 +Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited +H Share +188 Yanggao South Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China +Telephone: 86-4008058058 +China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited, +Shanghai Branch +A Share +Share Registrars +55th Floor, One Island East, 18 Westlands Road, Quarry Bay, +Hong Kong SAR, China +Stock name: I +Forbes +Stock code: 360011 +Stock code: 360036 +351,714 +Unit: RMB100 millions +Total assets +2019 +2020 +2021 +3,502 +Unit: RMB100 millions +Net profit +Financial Highlights +7 +Annual Report 2021 +35/F, One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong SAR, China +Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu +International Auditor +Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP +30/F, 222 East Yan'an Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, China +CPAs (Practicing): Wu Weijun and Zeng Hao +Domestic Auditor +Name and office address of Auditors +Stock code: 4620 +The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited +Stock name: ICBC 20USDPREF +Offshore Preference Share +Stock name: 12 +Forbes +•福布斯 +for the ninth +consecutive year +44 +- FinTech +133 +Report of the Board of Supervisors +42 +Financial Market Business +129 +Report of the Board of Directors +41 +Environmental and Social Responsibilities 135 +Asset Management Services +Corporate Governance Report +39 +Personal Banking +102 +91 +85 +Senior Management +Directors, Supervisors and +Shareholders +112 +- Internet Finance +48 +Significant Events +12% +4.62% +9.12% +307 +Overseas Branches and Offices +54 +― Internationalized Operation +List of Domestic and +52 +Employees and Institutions +142 +Statements +Human Resources Management, +Auditor's Report and Financial +51 +Service Improvement +141 +Organizational Chart +51 +- Outlet Development +139 +and Shareholding of Substantial +Hot Topics in the Capital Market +Details of Changes in Share Capital +34 +Corporate Banking +Financial Highlights +Important Notice +Major Ranking and Rewards in 2021 +Definitions +CONTENTS +Excellence +Innovation +Prudence +Humanity +Integrity +Integrity Leads to Prosperity +Values +Excellent services for clients +Maximum returns to shareholders +Real success for employees +Great contribution to society +Excellence for You +Mission +To build a world-class, globally +competitive modern financial +institution in all aspects, and +become a long-lasting and +ever-prosperous bank +Vision +- +ICBC safeguards the lifeline of asset quality by reinforcing +bottom-line thinking with a combination of prevention and +control measures. Meanwhile, corporate culture formation +and caring for staff are strengthened to increase group +cohesion. +Keeping pace with changing times, ICBC endeavors to +advance reforms in key areas and critical steps, seeking +room for development through transformation and vitality +for growth through reform. +ICBC proactively taps resources from both domestic and +overseas markets, and undertakes to constantly promote +international development, which well-integrates with +China's high-level opening-up. +Chairman's Statement +Definitions +12 +15 +34 +Business Overview +21 +Financial Statements Analysis +19 +Regulatory Environments +Economic, Financial and +19 +Discussion and Analysis +84 +- Outlook +79 +· Capital Management +63 +Risk Management +and Equity Participating Company 61 +- Major Controlled Subsidiaries +58 +Subsidiary Management +Diversified Operation and +4567825 +President's Statement +ICBC remains steadfast in serving the real economy and +commits to satisfying people's new expectations and +demands for financial services, making every effort to build +the No. 1 Personal Finance Bank. +Articles of Association +Capital Regulation +ICBC Wealth Management Co., Ltd. +ICBC Information and Technology Co., Ltd. +ICBC Standard Bank PLC +ICBC Investments Argentina S.A. Sociedad Gerente de Fondos Comunes de Inversión +ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. +ICBC Financial Asset Investment Co., Ltd. +ICBC International Holdings Limited +The Bank/The Group +State Council +Standard Bank +ICBC-AXA Assurance Co., Ltd. +SSF +SEHK +Hong Kong +Securities and Futures Ordinance of +PRC GAAP +PBC +New Rules on Asset Management +MOF +Inversora Diagonal +IFRSS +SSE +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services LLC +The International Financial Reporting Standards promulgated by the International +Accounting Standards Board, which comprise the International Accounting Standards +Inversora Diagonal S.A. +Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China +In the Global 2000 +Ranking the +1st place +The Banker +The Banker +consecutive year +Banks for the ninth +Among the Top 1000 World +Ranking the +1st place +Major Ranking and Rewards in 2021 +ICBC +4 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited; or Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited and its subsidiaries +The State Council of the People's Republic of China +Standard Bank Group Limited +National Council for Social Security Fund +Shanghai Stock Exchange +The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited +Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) +Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises promulgated by MOF +The People's Bank of China +The Guiding Opinions on Regulating the Asset Management Business of Financial +Institutions jointly promulgated by PBC, CBIRC, CSRC and State Administration of +Foreign Exchange in 2018 and relevant rules +ICBCFS +ICBC-AXA +ICBC Wealth Management +ICBC Technology +ICBC (USA) +ICBC (Turkey) +ICBC (Thai) +ICBC (Peru) +ICBC (New Zealand) +ICBC (Mexico) +ICBC (Malaysia) +ICBC (Macau) +ICBC (Europe) +ICBC (Indonesia) +ICBC (London) +ICBC (Canada) +ICBC (Brasil) +ICBC (Austria) +ICBC (Asia) +ICBC (Argentina) +ICBC (Almaty) +Huijin +Hong Kong Listing Rules +HKEX +CSRC +Company Law +CBIRC +The Articles of Association of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited +Bank ICBC (Joint stock company) +Bank ICBC (JSC) +Regulation Governing Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional) promulgated in June +2012 +Company Law of the People's Republic of China +ICBC Standard Bank +ICBC Leasing +ICBC Investments Argentina +ICBC Investment +ICBC International +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Co., Ltd. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (USA) NA +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Thai) Public Company Limited +ICBC Turkey Bank Anonim Şirketi +ICBC PERU BANK +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (New Zealand) Limited +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Mexico S.A. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Malaysia) Berhad +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau) Limited +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Brasil) S.A. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Canada) +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Europe) S.A. +PT. Bank ICBC Indonesia +ICBC (London) PLC +ICBC Austria Bank GmbH +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina) S.A. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Almaty) Joint Stock Company +Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited +Central Huijin Investment Ltd. +Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited +China Securities Regulatory Commission +China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission +ICBC +In this report, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings set out below: +2021 Annual Report +ICBC E +H +INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED +(A joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) +Stock Code: 1398 +Unit: Share +BANK +PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING OF THE TOP 10 OFFSHORE PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS (OR PROXIES) OF THE +As at the end of the reporting period, the Bank had one offshore preference shareholder (or proxy), 25 domestic preference +shareholders of "1" and 33 domestic preference shareholders of "12". As at the end of the month immediately +before the annual results announcement date (28 February 2022), the Bank had one offshore preference shareholder (or +proxy), 26 domestic preference shareholders of "11" and 33 domestic preference shareholders of "Iíƒ₹2″. +Number of Preference Shareholders and Particulars of Shareholding +For details on the reset dividend rate of domestic preference shares of the Bank, please refer to the announcements +published by the Bank on the website of SSE, the "HKEXnews" website of HKEX and the website of the Bank. +Pursuant to relevant provisions of the Prospectus on Non-public Offering of Preference Shares of Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited, domestic preference shares non-publicly offered by the Bank in November 2015 (abbreviation "I +1" and code "360011") were priced at a coupon dividend rate adjusted in stages, with the coupon dividend rate being +the benchmark interest rate plus a fixed spread. The coupon dividend rate for the first five years remained unchanged from +the date of issuance, and subsequently the benchmark interest rate will be reset every five years, and the nominal dividend +rate during each reset period will remain unchanged. In November 2020, the Bank reset the nominal dividend rate of "I +11" as it lasted five years from the issuance date, and the coupon dividend rate after reset became 4.58% from 23 +November 2020. +Reset dividend rate of “I¼1″ +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +ICBC +Name of shareholder +96 +The number of qualified placees for the Offshore USD Preference Shares shall not be less than six, and they shall be offered +only to professional investors instead of retail investors, and shall be non-publicly transferred in the OTC market only. +145 million shares +Number of +shares issued +Net amount +of proceeds +per share +RMB135.77 +USD20 +Full amount +of proceeds +per share +Total +issuance +amount +USD2.9 billion +Dividend rate +3.58% +Stock code +4620 +USD Preference Shares +For details on the issuance of offshore preference shares of the Bank, please refer to the announcements published by the +Bank on the website of SSE, the "HKEXnews" website of HKEX and the website of the Bank. +Nature of +shareholder +(%) +Increase/ +decrease +during the +reporting +period +Annual Report 2021 +(4) "Shareholding percentage" refers to the percentage of offshore preference shares held by preference shareholders in total +number of offshore preference shares. +(3) The Bank is not aware of any connected relations or concert party action between the afore-mentioned preference shareholder +and top 10 ordinary shareholders. +(2) As the issuance of the offshore preference shares above was non-public offering, the register of preference shareholders +presented the information on the registered holder of the offshore preference shares. +Notes: (1) The above data are based on the Bank's register of offshore preference shareholders as at 31 December 2021. +Unknown +100 +shares +on sales +(%) +marked +locked-up/ +pledged/ +Number of +Number +of shares +subject to +restrictions +Shareholding +percentage +of the +period +145,000,000 +USD offshore +preference shares +Depository (Nominees) Limited person +Foreign legal +The Bank of New York +at the end +Shares held +preference shares +Class of shares +Type of offshore +With the approval of CBIRC by its Document Yin Bao Jian Fu [2020] No. 138 and the approval of CSRC by its Document +Zheng Jian Xu Ke [2020] No. 1391, the Bank made a non-public issuance of 145 million USD-denominated non-cumulative +perpetual offshore preference shares (the "Offshore USD Preference Shares") on 23 September 2020 at an issuance price +of USD20 per share (see the table below for details). The Offshore USD Preference Shares were listed on the SEHK on 24 +September 2020. All proceeds from the issuance, after deduction of commission and issuance expenses, will be used to +replenish additional tier 1 capital and increase capital adequacy ratio. +Percentage of +total ordinary +shares (3) (%) +For information on other securities issued by the Bank and its subsidiaries, please refer to "Note 35. to the Consolidated +Financial Statements: Debt Securities Issued; Note 38. to the Consolidated Financial Statements: Other Equity Instruments" +for details. +Number of Shareholders and Particulars of Shareholding +As at the end of the reporting period, the Bank had a total number of 750,894 ordinary shareholders and no holders of +preference shares with voting rights restored or holders of shares with special voting rights, including 113,054 holders of H +shares and 637,840 holders of A shares. As at the end of the month immediately before the annual results announcement +date (28 February 2022), the Bank had a total number of 721,975 ordinary shareholders and no holders of preference shares +with voting rights restored or holders of shares with special voting rights. +Annual Report 2021 +91 +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING OF THE TOP 10 ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS OF THE BANK +Unit: Share +Increase/ +decrease of +shares during +3.41 +Name of shareholder +Huijin +Class of +shares +State-owned +A Share +the reporting +period +- +Number of shares +held at the end of +Shareholding +Number of +percentage +pledged or +reporting period +Nature of +shareholder +97 +Management +Co., Ltd. (1) +Beneficial owner +Issuance of offshore preference shares +For issuance of domestic preference shares of the Bank, please refer to the announcements published by the Bank on the +website of SSE, the "HKEXnews" website of HKEX and the website of the Bank. +With the approval of CBIRC by its Document Yin Bao Jian Fu [2019] No. 444 and the approval of CSRC by its Document +Zheng Jian Xu Ke [2019] No. 1048, the Bank made a non-public issuance of 700 million domestic preference shares on 19 +September 2019 at a par value of RMB100 per share. The dividend rate is the benchmark interest rate plus a fixed spread, +remaining unchanged in the first five years. Subsequently the benchmark interest rate will be reset every five years, with +the dividend rate kept unchanged in each reset period and the fixed spread remaining constant through the duration of +the domestic preference shares. The initial dividend rate of the afore-mentioned domestic preference shares is set at 4.2% +through market inquiry for the first five years. With the consent of SSE by its letter Shang Zheng Han [2019] No. 1752, the +afore-mentioned domestic preference shares issued were listed for transfer on the Comprehensive Business Platform of SSE +on 16 October 2019 with the stock name "2" and stock code 360036. Proceeds of the afore-mentioned domestic +preference shares totaled RMB70.0 billion, all of which was replenished to the additional tier 1 capital of the Bank after +deduction of issuance expenses. +Issuance of "I¼2″ +Issuance and Listing of Preference Shares in Latest Three Years +Preference Shares +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +95 +Annual Report 2021 +(3) Due to rounding, percentages presented herein are for reference only. +SSF(2) +(2) According to the information provided by SSF to the Bank, SSF held 7,946,049,758 H shares of the Bank as at the end of the +reporting period, accounting for 9.16% of the Bank's H shares and 2.23% of the Bank's total ordinary shares. +2.05 +8.43 +2.43 +9.98 +Long +position +Long +position +7,317,475,731 +Interest of +controlled +corporations +(Private) Limited +Temasek Holdings +8,663,703,234 +Notes: (1) As confirmed by Ping An Asset Management Co., Ltd., such shares were held by Ping An Asset Management Co., Ltd. on behalf +of certain customers (including but not limited to Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, Ltd.) in its capacity as investment +manager and the interests in such shares were disclosed based on the latest disclosure of interests form filed by Ping An Asset +Management Co., Ltd. for the period ended 31 December 2021 (the date of relevant event being 12 June 2019). Both Ping +An Life Insurance Company of China, Ltd. and Ping An Asset Management Co., Ltd. are subsidiaries of Ping An Insurance +(Group) Company of China, Ltd. As Ping An Asset Management Co., Ltd. is in a position to fully exercise the voting rights in +respect of such shares on behalf of customers and independently exercise the rights of investment and business management +in its capacity as investment manager, and is completely independent from Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd., +Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. is exempted from aggregating the interests in such shares as a holding +company under the aggregation exemption and disclosing the holding of the same in accordance with the Securities and Futures +Ordinance of Hong Kong. +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +Unit: Share +locked-up shares +preference shares +legal person +None +3.3 +15,000,000 +Domestic +State-owned +BOC International (China) Co., +Ltd. +preference shares +None +CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. +3.3 +Domestic +State-owned +legal person +CCB Trust Co., Ltd. +preference shares +owned legal person +Management Co., Ltd. +None +4.0 +18,000,000 +Domestic +15,000,000 +State-owned +Domestic +9,240,000 +Other entities +China National Tobacco +preference shares +Corporation Shandong Branch +None +2.2 +10,000,000 +Domestic +Other entities +China National Tobacco +preference shares +None +2.5 +11,400,000 +11,400,000 +Domestic +State-owned +legal person +Hwabao Trust Co., Ltd. +preference shares +legal person +None +2.7 +12,290,000 +Domestic non-state- +PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING OF THE TOP 10 DOMESTIC PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS OF "I1″ +preference shares +of China, Ltd. +BOCOM Schroders Asset +shares +on sales +marked +restrictions +Shareholding +percentage (%) +the period +at the end of +reporting +period +Class of shares +Domestic +State-owned +200,000,000 +China Mobile Communications +Name of shareholder +Nature of +locked-up/ +subject to +Shares held +during the +pledged/ +Number of +Number +of shares +Increase/ +decrease +shareholder +44.4 +None +Group Co., Ltd. +None +6.7 +30,000,000 +Domestic +Ping An Life Insurance Company Domestic non-state- +preference shares +legal person +Limited +None +7.8 +35,000,000 +Domestic +State-owned +China Life Insurance Company +Corporation +None +11.1 +50,000,000 +Domestic +Other entities +China National Tobacco +preference shares +legal person +owned legal person +123,717,852,951 +None +Domestic +Annual Report 2021 +93 +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +The second single largest shareholder of the Bank is MOF, which held approximately 31.14% shares of the Bank as at 31 +December 2021. MOF is a department under the State Council, and is responsible for overseeing the State's fiscal revenue +and expenditure, formulating the fiscal and taxation policies, and supervising State finance at a macro level. +Particulars of Other Substantial Shareholders +SSF. SSF owned 5.69% of the shares of the Bank as at 31 December 2021. Founded in August 2000, SSF is a public service +institution administered by MOF, having its address at South Tower, Building 11, Fenghuiyuan Fenghui Times Building, +Xicheng District, Beijing, China, and its legal representative being Liu Wei. With the approval of the State Council and +pursuant to regulations of MOF and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, SSF has been entrusted to manage +the following funds: the National Social Security Fund, the subsidy from central government to individual accounts, part of +the surplus of the enterprise employee's basic pension insurance, basic pension insurance fund and the partial state-owned +capital transferred. +Particulars of the De Facto Controller +None. +94 +ICBC +(2) Except the above-mentioned controlling or equity participating enterprises, Huijin also has a wholly-owned subsidiary - Central +Huijin Asset Management Co., Ltd. Central Huijin Asset Management Co., Ltd. was incorporated in November 2015 in Beijing. +With a registered capital of RMB5 billion, the company runs an asset management business. +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +As at 31 December 2021, the Bank received notices from the following persons about their interests or short positions held +in the Bank's ordinary shares and underlying shares, which were recorded in the register pursuant to Section 336 of the +Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong as follows: +HOLDERS OF A SHARES +Name of substantial +shareholder +Huijin(1) +MOF +Capacity +Beneficial owner +Number of +A shares held +(share) +Nature of +interests +123,717,852,951 +Interests and Short Positions Held by Substantial Shareholders and Other Persons +Substantial Shareholders and Persons Having Notifiable Interests or Short Positions +Pursuant to Divisions 2 and 3 of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong +Kong +Notes: (1) A represents A share listed company, while H represents H share listed company. +14.54% +Guotai Junan Investment Management Co., Ltd. +71.56% +10 +New China Life Insurance Company Limited (A; H) +31.34% +11 +China Jianyin Investment Limited +100.00% +12 +China Galaxy Financial Holdings Company Limited +69.07% +13 +Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co., Ltd. (A; H) +20.05% +14 +China International Capital Corporation Limited (A; H) +40.11% +15 +Jiantou CITIC Asset Management Co., Ltd. (A; H) +30.76% +16 +China Galaxy Asset Management Co., Ltd. +13.30% +17 +Long +position +China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation (H) +Percentage of +A shares (2) (%) +45.89 +shares (2) (%) +Percentage +(%) +Unit: Share +Number of shares +At 31 December 2020 +DETAILS OF CHANGES IN SHARE CAPITAL +Changes in Ordinary Shares +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of +Substantial Shareholders +ICBC +90 +III. Pushing for technology self-reliance. First, the IT +core architecture was transformed and upgraded. The +Bank has advanced the smart banking ecosystem project +(ECOS) since 2015. Two core IT infrastructure platforms +(cloud computing and distributed computing) were +developed in-house to deal with all the core operations of +ICBC. The two platforms provided safe and stable financial +services to over 700 million individual customers and +nearly 9.70 million corporate customers, with the system +availability always above 99.99%. Second, digital new +infrastructures were developed in a faster pace. In +2021, the Bank became the first bank to receive a five-star +rating for its maturity of data management capabilities. The +Bank thoroughly implemented the development philosophy +that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable +assets" in a bid to build a world-class green data center. +The Bank's "National Green Data Center" recorded a daily +peak of 868 million transactions, equivalent to a carbon +dioxide emissions reduction of nearly 6,000 tons a year. +Third, the Bank made a push for new technologies on +all fronts. With a focus on cutting-edge technologies such +as artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing and +big data, the Bank has built a series of new IT platforms, +including ICBC Turing, ICBC Premier Chain and ICBC +Nebula, to boost its core capabilities in new infrastructures. +Among them, ICBC Premier Chain integrates basic +technical services of blockchain, intelligent operations, +and financial-level security capabilities. With more than +150 breakthroughs achieved in security, performance and +capacity, the Bank was included in Forbes' Blockchain +50 2021. Fourth, data asset management and data +security control were enhanced. The Bank developed +a data architecture focused on "one data lake, two +databases". It built a big data-based smart cloud platform +that is first of its type, self-contained, controllable and with +a distributed architecture. All the Group's data have been +moved into the "lake". +Increase/decrease +during the +reporting period +Bank developed special sections for key customer groups, +becoming the first bank to establish interconnection with +the system of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social +Security (MOHRSS) and enabling the issuance of "physical ++ electronic" social security cards. The Bank supported +cross-provincial processing of social security cards and +built a "smart risk control" platform to safeguard +customers' funds. Efforts were intensified to monitor +unusual transactions in high-risk areas, such as sensitive +transactions, anti-theft and the elderly's fund transfer. +the "bulk guarantee" credit enhancement mechanism +to make financing more accessible to small and micro +businesses. The Bank strengthened the capacity of fully +digital operations by building a customer marketing +system covering "targeting, attraction, engagement +and retention". During the reporting period, the Bank +kept deepening trade finance and cross-border finance +in support of cooperation projects under the Belt and +Road Initiative. The Bank developed the "ICBC Global +Pay" product series to provide one-stop global cash +management services, serving nearly 10,000 multinational +corporations and helping Chinese enterprises going +global. The "ICBC Business Matchmaker" cross-border +matchmaking platform was developed. ICBC became +the first bank to provide closed-loop cross-border +matchmaking services. Nearly 80% of matched pairs +intended to cooperate with each other. +Discussion and Analysis +89 +Annual Report 2021 +The Bank remained steadfast on the road of digital +development. In shifting from "bank informatization" +to "informatized bank", ICBC led the Digital 1.0 stage +of digital technology-driven business development. The +Bank keenly grasped the trends in the fresh technological +revolution and industry transformation and made a push +for IT architecture transition and the "smart banking +ecosystem ECOS" project, kick-starting the Digital 2.0 +stage of digitalization-led transformation in every respect. +During the reporting period, the Bank took the lead in +developing a five-dimensional plan for "digital ecosystem, +digital assets, digital technology, digital infrastructure +and digital genes" and planned to launch a farsighted +digital brand "D-ICBC". In addition, leveraging on the +Group's FinTech and data strengths, the Bank deepened +the D-ICBC development driven by "data and technology" +on a customer-oriented basis. Keeping in mind the bigger +picture of building a digital China, ICBC contributed to +the healthy development of digital economy by promoting +profound changes in business and service models, +and improvement of quality and efficiency of product +innovation. Significant improvements have been made in +customer experience, service efficiency and business value. +I. Digital transformation boosted circulation. +According to the business model and transaction +characteristics of small and micro customers, the Bank +continuously upgraded its digital inclusive products and +their operation system. Inclusive loans issued online +accounted for 94% of the new balance. More scenarios +were introduced for "e-Enterprise Quick Loan" to improve +the service quality and efficiency for small and micro +customers who hold non-residential real properties. A +combination of tax, electricity, settlement and other +data were used to provide credit loan support for the +activity of small and micro businesses. The digital supply +chain and industrial chain scenarios-based financial +services were developed and perfected for national +strategic sectors such as modern agriculture, "specialized, +sophisticated, distinctive and innovative" enterprises +and advanced manufacturing. In cooperation with the +National Financing Guarantee Fund, the Bank introduced +Hot Topic 2: D-ICBC +In 2022, ICBC will adhere to the general principle of +pursuing progress while ensuring stability, apply the new +development philosophy in every respect and remain stable +with sound momentum. The Bank will push for medium- +term breakthroughs under new plans, deepen digital +transformation and work hard to break new ground in +ICBC's high-quality development. +iii. Laying a solid foundation: focusing on FinTech +and financial innovation. In terms of FinTech, the +Bank practiced technology self-reliance, strengthened the +"dual wheel drive" of technological innovation and system +reform, and empowered the development of "D-ICBC" +with technology. The intelligent banking ecosystem ECOS +was awarded PBC's only special award of the "FinTech +Development Awards" in 2021. The Bank had the most +newly added and accumulated patents among Chinese +banks. In terms of financial innovation, the Bank +ranked first in both the balance and growth of credits to +manufacturing, strategic emerging industries, green and +other key fields among peers. Specifically, the Bank topped +the RMB2 trillion mark in balance of manufacturing loans, +a net increase of RMB319.7 billion. The balance of loans +to strategic emerging industries exceeded RMB1 trillion. +Outstanding green loans amounted to RMB2.48 trillion, up +RMB634.9 billion from the beginning of the year, with the +new green loans issued in the year hitting an all-time high. +iv. Laying a solid base: focusing on enhancing the +capacity of enterprise risk management, efficiency +of GBC interactions and competitiveness of outlets +and teams. In terms of enterprise risk management +system, the Bank adhered to the four-pronged risk +management approach to people, money, defense +line and bottom line, followed the guiding principle of +"active prevention, smart control and comprehensive +management", incorporated investment and financing +cooperation, secondary risks of intermediate business, +climate risk and model risk in the enterprise risk +management system. The "9+X" risks were generally +under control. In terms of GBC interactions and +coordination of channels, the Bank made solid progress +in GBC work, fund taking, "net making and patching" +program, payroll service, management of investment and +financing cooperation institutions and competitiveness +enhancement of outlets. Remarkable achievements were +Imade in the development of key GBC scenarios. G-end +added 12 thousand customers and RMB120.0 billion +of deposits. B-end added 290 thousand customers and +RMB290.0 billion of deposits. C-end acquired or activated +52.00 million customers with a payroll service volume of +RMB1.7 trillion. +Tianjin-Hebei region, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong- +Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Central China and +Chengdu-Chongqing region. In terms of the Urban- +Rural Collaborative Development Strategy, the Bank +innovated the rural vitalization service system, introduced +the "Xingnongtong" brand and provided stronger credit +resource support. The balance of agriculture-related loans +reached RMB2.66 trillion. +Discussion and Analysis +II. Building a GBC digital community. First, on the +G-end, new models of digital government services +were introduced. The Bank carried out government data +partnership with 29 provincial or equivalent governments +and launched more than 300 government partnership +scenarios, proactively supporting government affairs to +be "processed in one network". "My Ningxia" APP built +and shaped a new brand and image for Ningxia's digital +government. Second, B-end saw in-depth participation +in industry digitalization. Keeping pace with digital +transformation of leading players in modern agriculture, +advanced manufacturing and modern service industries, +the Bank provided services along the value chain ranging +from upstream to downstream customers, and improved its +financial service capabilities covering the entire industrial +chain. The Bank launched over 20 "financial + industrial" +cloud service ecosystem to provide over 2,600 types of +financial services and products to the public around the +hot areas of people's livelihood, including healthcare, +education and mobility, ranking first among peers by +service types and number of scenarios covered. Third, +C-end endeavored to build a new service model +of "ICBC on cloud". The Bank continued to upgrade +mobile banking and offered abundant online services +for 469 million users. It developed new models of smart +marketing, under which Smart Brain was connected to +channels such as ICBC e-Service, Gino (Gong Xiao Zhi) +and cloud studios, providing more than 10 million smart +service solutions for individual customers. The Bank actively +promoted scenario- and ecosphere-based use of digital +RMB, getting fully involved in digital public services. The +Percentage of +H shares (3) (%) +14.02 +Long +position +manager +34.71 +Interest of +controlled +1,013,921,700 +Long +0.38 +0.28 +position +corporations +Total +Beneficial owner +124,731,774,651 +110,984,806,678 +Long +position +46.26 +41.16 +35.00 +31.14 +Notes: (1) According to the register of shareholders of the Bank as at 31 December 2021, Huijin held 123,717,852,951 shares in the Bank, +while Central Huijin Asset Management Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Huijin, held 1,013,921,700 shares in the Bank. +(2) Due to rounding, percentages presented herein are for reference only. +HOLDERS OF H SHARES +Name of substantial +shareholder +Ping An Asset +Capacity +Investment +Number of +H shares held +(share) +Nature of +interests +12,168,809,000 +Percentage of +total ordinary +9 +73.63% +China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation +State-owned +legal person +A Share +-24 +2,416,131,540 +0.68 +None +Hong Kong Securities Clearing +Company Limited(7) +Foreign legal +A Share +200,331,413 +China Securities Finance Co., Ltd. +1,386,451,666 +None +Central Huijin Asset Management +Co., Ltd. +person +State-owned +legal person +A Share +1,013,921,700 +0.28 +None +China Life Insurance Company +Limited Traditional +Other entities +A Share -34,438,403 +0.39 +None +1.03 +3,687,330,676 +MOF +State-owned +A Share +110,984,806,678 +31.14 +None +HKSCC Nominees Limited (5) +Foreign legal +H Share +-13,477,082 +86,154,124,549 +24.17 +Unknown +person +SSF(6) +State-owned +A Share +Ping An Life Insurance Company +of China, Ltd. Traditional — +Ordinary insurance products +Other entities +A Share +12,331,645,186 +3.46 +None +435,910,885 +0.12 +None +- Ordinary insurance products +―005L-CT001 Hu +1 +China Development Bank Corporation +2 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (A; H) +3 +Agricultural Bank of China Limited (A; H) +4 +Bank of China Limited (A; H) +5 +China Construction Bank Corporation (A; H) +Huijin's shareholding +percentage +34.68% +34.71% +40.03% +64.02% +57.11% +60 +7 +China Everbright Group Ltd. +Hengfeng Bank Co., Ltd. +63.16% +53.95% +8 +Company name +34.71 +No. +The largest single shareholder of the Bank is Huijin, whose full name is Central Huijin Investment Ltd. Huijin is a state-owned +company founded by the State according to the Company Law on 16 December 2003. Its registered capital is equal to its +paid-in capital at RMB828,209 million. Its registered address is New Poly Plaza, 1 Chaoyangmen North Street, Dongcheng +District, Beijing. Its unified social credit code is 911000007109329615, and its legal representative is Peng Chun. Huijin is a +wholly-owned subsidiary of China Investment Corporation. It, in accordance with authorization by the State Council, makes +equity investments in major state-owned financial enterprises, and shall, to the extent of its capital contribution, exercise the +rights and perform the obligations as an investor on behalf of the State in accordance with applicable laws, to achieve the +goal of preserving and enhancing the value of state-owned financial assets. Huijin does not engage in any other business +activities, and does not intervene in the day-to-day business operations of the key state-owned financial institutions it +controls. +Taiping Life Insurance Co., Ltd. +_ +Other entities +A Share +39,168,600 +426,975,751 +0.12 +None +Traditional Ordinary insurance +products 022L- CT001 Hu +Notes: (1) The above data are based on the Bank's register of shareholders as at 31 December 2021. +(2) The Bank had no shares subject to restrictions on sales. +(3) HKSCC Nominees Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited. Central Huijin Asset +Management Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huijin. Save as disclosed above, the Bank is not aware of any connected +relations or concert party action among the afore-mentioned shareholders. +(4) Except to the extent unknown to HKSCC Nominees Limited, the top 10 shareholders of the Bank did not participate in any +margin trading, short selling or refinancing business. +(5) The number of shares held by HKSCC Nominees Limited at the end of the period refers to the total H shares held by it as a +nominee on behalf of all institutional and individual investors registered with accounts opened with HKSCC Nominees Limited +as at 31 December 2021, which included H shares of the Bank held by SSF, Ping An Asset Management Co., Ltd. and Temasek +Holdings (Private) Limited. +(6) According to the Notice on Comprehensively Transferring Part of State-Owned Capital to Fortify Social Security Funds (Cai Zi +[2019] No. 49), MOF transferred 12,331,645,186 A shares to the state-owned capital transfer account of SSF in a lump sum in +December 2019. According to the relevant requirements under the Notice of the State Council on Issuing the Implementation +Plan for Transferring Part of State-Owned Capital to Fortify Social Security Funds (Guo Fa [2017] No. 49), SSF shall perform the +obligation of more than 3-year lock-up period as of the date of the receipt of transferred shares. At the end of the reporting +period, according to the information provided by SSF to the Bank, SSF also held 7,946,049,758 H shares of the Bank and +20,277,694,944 A and H shares in aggregate, accounting for 5.69% of the Bank's total ordinary shares. +(7) The number of shares held by Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited at the end of the period refers to the total A +shares (Northbound shares of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect) held by it as a nominal holder designated by and on +behalf of Hong Kong and foreign investors as at 31 December 2021. +92 +ICBC +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +Particulars of Substantial Shareholders +During the reporting period, the Bank's controlling shareholders and de facto controller remained unchanged. +Controlling Shareholders +As at 31 December 2021, Huijin held approximately 34.71% shares of the Bank. It held shares directly in the institutions +listed below: +10,000,000 +preference shares +None +100.00 +356,406,257,089 +Total number of shares +III. +overseas +24.35 +86,794,044,550 +At 31 December 2021 +Number of shares +I. Shares subject to +restrictions on sales +II. +Shares not subject to +356,406,257,089 +100.00 +restrictions on sales +1. +RMB-denominated +269,612,212,539 +75.65 +ordinary shares +2. Foreign shares listed +2.2 +356,406,257,089 +100.00 +Percentage +(%) +75.65 +Corporation Heilongjiang +Branch +269,612,212,539 +preference shares +Ping An Property & Casualty +Insurance Company of +China, Ltd. +Domestic non-state- +owned legal person +Domestic +preference shares +10,000,000 +2.2 +Notes: (1) The above data are based on the Bank's register of domestic preference shareholders of "1" as at 31 December 2021. +(2) China National Tobacco Corporation Shandong Branch and China National Tobacco Corporation Heilongjiang Branch are both +wholly-owned subsidiaries of China National Tobacco Corporation. "China Life Insurance Company Limited — Traditional +Ordinary insurance products ―005L - CT001 Hu" is managed by China Life Insurance Company Limited. "Ping An Life +Insurance Company of China, Ltd. - Traditional — Ordinary insurance products" is managed by Ping An Life Insurance Company +of China, Ltd. Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, Ltd. and Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company of China, +Ltd. have connected relations. Save as disclosed above, the Bank is not aware of any connected relations or concert party action +among the afore-mentioned preference shareholders and among the afore-mentioned preference shareholders and top 10 +ordinary shareholders. +(3) "Shareholding percentage" refers to the percentage of domestic preference shares of "1" held by preference shareholders +in total number (450 million shares) of domestic preference shares of "I". +98 +ICBC +None +For details on the issuance of preference shares of the Bank, please refer to the section headed "Details of Changes in Share +Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders Preference Shares". +86,794,044,550 +For details on the issuance progress of tier 2 capital bonds and undated additional tier 1 capital bonds of the Bank during +the reporting period, please refer to the section headed "Discussion and Analysis - Capital Management". +356,406,257,089 +100.00 +Notes: (1) The above data are based on the Equity Structure Chart issued by China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited. +24.35 +(3) Due to rounding, percentages presented herein are for reference only. +Details of Securities Issuance and Listing +During the reporting period, the Bank did not issue any shares, did not have any employee shares, employee stock +ownership plan, did not issue any convertible bonds, or corporate bonds to be disclosed in accordance with Chapter II, +Section 9 of the "No. 2 Standards on the Content and Format of Information Disclosure of Companies with Public Offerings +· Content and Format of the Annual Report (Revision 2021)" issued by CSRC. +(2) "Foreign shares listed overseas", namely H shares, are within the same meaning as defined in the "No. 5 Standards on the +Content and Format of Information Disclosure of Companies with Public Offerings - Content and Format of the Report of +Change in Corporate Shareholding" (Revision 2022) of CSRC. +4.20% +6.00% +Domestic preference share +“工行優2" +4.20% +RMB2,940 million +Offshore EUR, USD and +“工行優1" +6.00% +EUR40 million +RMB2,940 million +EUR40 million +N/A +N/A +RMB preference shares(2) +EUR40 million +USD196 million +RMB800 million +Offshore USD preference +share(3) +About USD115.3 +3.58% +million +N/A +N/A +Dividend +distributed (¹) +RMB2,025 million +N/A +6.00% +rate +4.50% +shares on 23 September 2021; the Bank reviewed and +approved the Proposal on Distribution of Dividends for +Offshore EUR Preference Shares and "I" at the +meeting of its Board of Directors on 29 October 2021, +permitting the Bank to distribute the dividends on domestic +preference shares "1" on 23 November 2021 and +on the offshore EUR preference shares on 10 December +2021. +Dividend +distributed(¹) +RMB2,025 million +N/A +Annual Report 2021 +99 +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +Dividends on the Bank's domestic preference shares "I +1" and "I" are paid annually in cash, and +calculated based on the aggregate par value of the issued +domestic preference shares. Dividends on the Bank's +domestic preference shares are non-cumulative. Holders of +domestic preference shares are only entitled to dividends +at the prescribed dividend rate, but are not entitled to any +distribution of residual profits of the Bank together with +the holders of ordinary shares. According to the dividend +distribution plan in the domestic preference share issuance +proposal, the Bank distributed dividends of RMB2,061 +million (pre-tax) on the domestic preference share " +1" at a dividend rate of 4.58% (pre-tax); and distributed +dividends of RMB2,940 million (pre-tax) on the domestic +preference share "2" at a dividend rate of 4.2% +(pre-tax). +Dividends on the Bank's offshore EUR preference shares +are paid annually in cash, and calculated based on the +liquidation preference of the offshore preference shares. +Dividends on the Bank's offshore EUR preference shares +are non-cumulative. Holders of offshore EUR preference +shares are only entitled to dividends at the prescribed +dividend rate, but are not entitled to any distribution of +residual profits of the Bank together with the holders of +ordinary shares. According to the dividend distribution +plan in the offshore EUR preference share issuance +proposal, total dividends of EURO.04 billion (pre-tax) on +the offshore EUR preference shares were distributed in EUR +at a dividend rate of 6% (after-tax). According to relevant +laws, when the Bank distributes dividends for offshore +EUR preference shares, the enterprise income tax shall be +withheld by the Bank at a rate of 10%. According to the +requirements of the terms and conditions of the offshore +EUR preference shares, the Bank paid the relevant taxes, +included in the dividends for offshore EUR preference +shares. +Dividends on the Bank's offshore USD preference shares +are paid annually in cash, and calculated based on the +liquidation preference of the offshore preference shares. +Dividends on the Bank's offshore USD preference shares +are non-cumulative. Holders of offshore USD preference +shares are only entitled to dividends at the prescribed +dividend rate, but are not entitled to any distribution of +residual profits of the Bank together with the holders of +ordinary shares. According to the dividend distribution plan +in the offshore USD preference share issuance proposal, +total dividends of about USD115.3 million (pre-tax) on the +offshore USD preference shares were distributed in USD at +a dividend rate of 3.58% (after-tax). According to relevant +laws, when the Bank distributes dividends for offshore +USD preference shares, the enterprise income tax shall be +withheld by the Bank at a rate of 10%. According to the +requirements of the terms and conditions of the offshore +USD preference shares, the Bank paid the relevant taxes, +included in the dividends for offshore USD preference +shares. +The table below shows the distribution of dividends on preference shares by the Bank in latest three years: +2021 +2020 +2019 +Type of preference +shares +Dividend +rate +Dividend +distributed(1) +Dividend +Domestic preference share +4.58% +RMB2,061 million +rate +4.50% +Dividend +Notes: (1) Dividend distributed is tax included. +Chen Siqing +Offshore EUR, USD and RMB preference shares refer to EURO.6 billion preference shares, USD2.94 billion preference shares and +RMB12.0 billion preference shares issued offshore by the Bank at a dividend rate of 6.00% in 2014. The Bank redeemed the +above offshore USD preference shares and offshore RMB preference shares on 10 December 2019 and the above offshore EUR +preference shares on 10 December 2021. +May 2019-May 2022 +Liao Lin +Vice Chairman, Executive Director, President +Male +1966 +July 2020-July 2023 +Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +Male +1964 +July 2021-July 2024 +1960 +Zheng Guoyu +Male +1967 +December 2021-December 2024 +Wang Jingwu +Executive Director, Senior Executive Vice President, +Chief Risk Officer +Male +1966 +September 2021- +September 2024 +Lu Yongzhen +Executive Director, Senior Executive Vice President +Male +Chairman, Executive Director +As per the resolution and authorization of the General +Meeting, the Bank reviewed and approved the Proposal on +Distribution of Dividends for "2" and Offshore USD +Preference Shares at the meeting of its Board of Directors +on 27 August 2021, permitting the Bank to distribute the +dividends on domestic preference shares "I" on +24 September 2021 and on the offshore USD preference +(3) Offshore USD preference share refers to USD2.9 billion preference shares issued offshore by the Bank at a dividend rate of +3.58% in 2020. +The above-mentioned preference share dividend distribution plans have been fulfilled. For particulars of the Bank's +distribution of dividends on preference shares, please refer to the announcements of the Bank on the website of SSE, the +"HKEXnews" website of HKEX and the website of the Bank. +100 +ICBC +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +Redemption or Conversion of Preference +Shares +In 2014, the Bank issued EURO.6 billion offshore +preference shares. The Board of Directors of the Bank +reviewed and approved the Proposal on the Exercise of +Redemption of Offshore EUR Preference Shares on 27 +August 2021. On the premise of obtaining the approval of +CBIRC, the Bank planned to exercise the right to redeem +all the abovementioned offshore EUR preference shares on +10 December 2021. In October 2021, the Bank received +a reply letter from CBIRC, which had no objection to the +Bank's redemption of EURO.6 billion offshore preference +shares. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the +offshore EUR preference shares and the reply letter from +CBIRC, the Bank redeemed the aforementioned offshore +EUR preference shares in whole on 10 December 2021 +at the redemption price of each offshore EUR preference +share (being the aggregate of an amount equal to the +liquidation preference of each offshore EUR preference +share plus any dividends accrued but unpaid in respect of +the period from (and including) the immediately preceding +dividend payment date to (but excluding) the redemption +date). Subsequent to the redemption and cancellation +of the aforementioned offshore EUR preference shares +on the redemption date, there are no EUR preference +shares issued in the offshore market. Please refer to the +announcements published by the Bank on the website of +SSE, the "HKEXnews" website of HKEX and the website of +the Bank. +During the reporting period, the Bank did not convert any +preference share. +Restoration of Voting Rights of Preference +Shares +During the reporting period, the Bank did not restore any +voting right of preference share. +Accounting Policy Adopted for Preference +Shares and Rationale +as the +Financial +According to the Accounting Standard for Business +Enterprises No. 22 Recognition and Measurement +of Financial Instruments, the Accounting Standard for +Business Enterprises No. 37 Presentation of Financial +well +Instruments promulgated by MOF as +International Financial Reporting Standard 9 +Instruments and the International Accounting Standard +32 Financial Instruments: Presentation promulgated +by International Accounting Standards Board and other +accounting standards and the key terms of issuance of +the Bank's preference shares, the issued and existing +preference shares do not contain contractual obligations +to deliver cash or other financial assets or contractual +obligations to deliver variable equity instruments for +settlement, and shall be accounted for as other equity +instruments. +Annual Report 2021 +101 +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Basic Information on Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Birth +Name +Position +Gender +year +Tenure +(2) +Dividend Distribution of Preference Shares +legal person +Other entities +Notes: (1) The above data are based on the Bank's register of domestic preference shareholders of "2" as at 31 December 2021. +(2) Shanghai Tobacco Group Co., Ltd., China National Tobacco Corporation Shandong Branch and China National Tobacco +Corporation Heilongjiang Branch are all wholly-owned subsidiaries of China National Tobacco Corporation. "China Life Insurance +Company Limited - Traditional — Ordinary insurance products ―005L CT001 Hu" is managed by China Life Insurance +Company Limited. "Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, Ltd. - Traditional - Ordinary insurance products" is managed by +Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, Ltd. Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, Ltd. and Ping An Property & Casualty +Insurance Company of China, Ltd. have connected relations. Save as disclosed above, the Bank is not aware of any connected +relations or concert party action among the afore-mentioned preference shareholders and among the afore-mentioned +preference shareholders and top 10 ordinary shareholders. +Limited +None +17.1 +120,000,000 +Domestic +State-owned +China Life Insurance Company +shares +on sales +marked +restrictions +Shareholding +percentage (%) +the period +at the end of +locked-up/ +subject to +Shares held +pledged/ +of shares +Number of +Number +Increase/ +decrease +during the +reporting +period +Class of shares +legal person +Nature of +shareholder +preference shares +State-owned +Co., Ltd. +None +10.0 +70,000,000 +Domestic +State-owned +BOC International (China) +preference shares +legal person +Group Co., Ltd. +None +14.3 +100,000,000 +Domestic +State-owned +China Mobile Communications +preference shares +legal person +None +16.1 +112,750,000 +112,750,000 +Domestic +Hwabao Trust Co., Ltd. +(3) "Shareholding percentage" refers to the percentage of domestic preference shares of "2" held by preference shareholders +in total number (700 million shares) of domestic preference shares of "2". +Name of shareholder +PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING OF THE TOP 10 DOMESTIC PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS OF "I" +preference shares +Domestic +30,000,000 +4.3 +None +preference shares +Bank of Beijing Co., Ltd. +BOCOM Schroders Asset +Management Co., Ltd. +Ping An Property & Casualty +Insurance Company of +China, Ltd. +Domestic non-state- +owned legal person +Domestic non-state- +owned legal person +Domestic non-state- +owned legal person +Domestic +20,000,000 +2.9 +None +preference shares +Domestic +15,000,000 +2.1 +None +preference shares +Domestic +preference shares +15,000,000 +2.1 +None +Non-executive Director +Unit: Share +Shanghai Tobacco Group +Co., Ltd. +5.3 +Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +legal person +preference shares +CCB Trust Co., Ltd. +State-owned +Domestic +70,000,000 +10.0 +None +legal person +preference shares +China National Tobacco +Corporation +Other entities +Domestic +50,000,000 +7.1 +None +preference shares +Jiangsu International Trust +Co., Ltd. +State-owned +Domestic +37,250,000 +37,250,000 +None +Male +Huang Liangbo +August 2019-August 2022 +(5) During the reporting period, the Bank did not implement any share incentives. None of the existing directors, supervisors and +senior management members of the Bank or those who left office during the reporting period held shares or share options or +were granted restricted shares of the Bank, and there was no change during the reporting period. +(6) The full name of Mr. Nout Wellink is Arnout Henricus Elisabeth Maria Wellink. +Biographies of Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Chen Siqing, Chairman, Executive Director +Mr. Chen has served as Chairman and Executive Director of the Bank since May 2019. He joined Bank of China in 1990. Mr. +Chen Siqing previously worked in the Hunan Branch of Bank of China before he was dispatched to the Hong Kong Branch +of China and South Sea Bank Ltd. as Assistant General Manager. Mr. Chen held various positions in Bank of China, including +Assistant General Manager and Vice General Manager of the Fujian Branch, General Manager of the Risk Management +Department of the Head Office, General Manager of the Guangdong Branch, Executive Vice President, President, Vice +Chairman and Chairman of Bank of China. Mr. Chen served concurrently as Chairman of the Board of Directors of BOC +Aviation Limited, Non-executive Director, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Directors of BOC Hong Kong +(Holdings) Limited. Mr. Chen graduated from Hubei Institute of Finance and Economics, and obtained a Master's degree +in Business Administration (MBA) from Murdoch University, Australia. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a senior +economist. +Liao Lin, Vice Chairman, Executive Director, President +Mr. Liao has served as Vice Chairman, Executive Director and President of the Bank since March 2021, Executive Director +of the Bank since July 2020, and Senior Executive Vice President, Senior Executive Vice President and concurrently Chief +Risk Officer since November 2019. Mr. Liao joined China Construction Bank in 1989, and was appointed as Deputy General +Manager of Guangxi Branch of China Construction Bank, General Manager of Ningxia Branch, Hubei Branch and Beijing +Branch of China Construction Bank, Chief Risk Officer, Executive Vice President and concurrently Chief Risk Officer of +China Construction Bank. Mr. Liao graduated from Guangxi Agricultural University. He obtained a Doctorate degree in +management science from Southwest Jiaotong University. Mr. Liao is a senior economist. +Huang Liangbo, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +Mr. Huang has served as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Bank since July 2021. He served as the Deputy +Chief of the Human Resources Department of PBC, President of Nanning Central Sub-branch of PBC and Chief of Guangxi +Zhuang Autonomous Region Branch of State Administration of Foreign Exchange, General Manager of the Human Resources +Department, member of the Business Committee, Assistant to President and Vice President of Export-Import Bank of +China, and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the People's Insurance Company (Group) of China Limited. Mr. Huang +graduated from Renmin University of China and obtained a Master's degree in Law, and is a senior economist. +Zheng Guoyu, Executive Director, Senior Executive Vice President +(4) According to the regulations of CSRC, the commencement date of a re-elected director or supervisor's tenure as indicated in the +above table shall be the day of his/her first appointment. +Mr. Zheng has served as Executive Director and Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank since December 2021 and +as Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank since September 2021. He joined Bank of China since November 1988. +He was appointed as Assistant to General Manager and Deputy General Manager of Hubei Branch, General Manager of +Shanxi Branch, General Manager of Sichuan Branch, Member of Executive Committee of Bank of China, and Executive Vice +President of Bank of China. Mr. Zheng graduated from Wuhan Institute of Water Transportation Engineering and obtained a +Master's degree in Business Administration from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He is a senior economist. +103 +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +1967 +Mr. Wang has served as Executive Director, Senior Executive Vice President and concurrently Chief Risk Officer since +September 2021, and as Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank since April 2020. He joined PBC in August 1985, and +has successively served as Supervision Commissioner (Deputy Director level) of PBC Shijiazhuang Central Sub-branch, Head of +PBC Shijiazhuang Central Sub-branch and concurrently Director of State Administration of Foreign Exchange ("SAFE") Hebei +Branch, Head of PBC Hohhot Central Sub-branch and concurrently Director of SAFE Inner Mongolia Branch, Head of PBC +Guangzhou Branch and concurrently Director of SAFE Guangdong Branch, and Director-General of PBC Financial Stability +Bureau since January 2002. Mr. Wang graduated from the Hebei Banking School, and he received a doctorate degree in +economics from Xi'an Jiaotong University. He is a research fellow. +Lu Yongzhen, Non-executive Director +Mr. Lu has served as Non-executive Director of the Bank since August 2019. He joined Huijin in 2019. Mr. Lu previously +served as Deputy Director of the Administrative Office of the Economic Research Consultation Centre of the State Economic +and Trade Commission, Director of the Specific Research Department of the Economic Research Centre of the State +Economic and Trade Commission, Director of the Capital Markets Research Department of the Research Centre of the State- +owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, and Director Assistant of the Research +Centre of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council with the concurrent post +as the Director of the Capital Markets Research Department, and Deputy Director of the Research Centre of the State-owned +Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. Mr. Lu obtained a Bachelor's degree and a Master's +degree in History from Peking University, and a Doctorate degree in Economics from Southwestern University of Finance and +Economics. He is a researcher. +Feng Weidong, Non-executive Director +Mr. Feng has served as Non-executive Director of the Bank since January 2020. He joined MOF in 1986. He previously +served as Deputy Director of Academic Affairs Division of Chinese Accounting Correspondence School of Accounting +Department of MOF (deputy division chief level), Person in charge of Teaching Material Department of National Accountant +Certification Examination Leading Group Office, Director of Accounting Personnel Management Division and Director of +Institutional System Division I of Accounting Department of MOF, Deputy Director (deputy director-general level), Deputy +Director (person in charge), Director (director-general level), Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of National +Accountant Assessment & Certification Centre of MOF. He concurrently serves as a Managing Director of the 8th Council +of the Accounting Society of China, a part-time professor and off-campus practice tutor for postgraduate students of the +School of Economics and Management of Beijing Jiaotong University, and a visiting tutor for postgraduate students in the +Accounting School of the Central University of Finance and Economics. Mr. Feng obtained a Bachelor's degree in Economics +from Dongbei University of Finance & Economics and Doctorate degree from Beijing Jiaotong University. Mr. Feng Weidong +is a senior accountant, researcher, non-practicing certified public accountant and is a recipient of the Special Government +Allowance by the State Council of China. +Cao Liqun, Non-executive Director +Ms. Cao has served as Non-executive Director of the Bank since January 2020. She joined Huijin in 2020. Ms. Cao previously +served as Deputy Director of Regulations Division, General Affairs Department, Director of Regulations Division, General +Affairs Department, Director of Non-Financial Institutions Inspection Division, Supervision and Inspection Department, +Director of General Affairs Division, Supervision and Inspection Department, Deputy Director-General of Supervision and +Inspection Department, Inspector of General Affairs Department (Policy and Regulation Department), Level-Two Inspector of +General Affairs Department (Policy and Regulation Department) of State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and acted as +Deputy Director of Administrative Committee of Beijing's Zhongguancun Science Park. Ms. Cao obtained a Bachelor's degree +in Law from China University of Political Science and Law, a Master's degree in Finance from Renmin University of China, and +a Master's degree in Public Administration from Peking University. Ms. Cao is an economist. +Annual Report 2021 +(3) According to laws, regulations and the Articles of Association of the Bank, before the newly elected directors take office, the +current directors shall continue to act as directors. +The terms of Mr. Liao Lin, Mr. Zheng Guoyu and Mr. Wang Jingwu as Executive Directors of the Bank are set out in the above +table. Please refer to the section headed "Biographies of Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management" for the starting time of +their terms as Senior Management members of the Bank. +(2) +Yang Guozhong +Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +Zheng Fuqing +Non-executive Director +Mei Yingchun +Non-executive Director +External Supervisor +Male +1963 +January 2020-March 2021 +Male +1963 +February 2015-January 2022 +Female +1971 +August 2017-February 2021 +Male +1966 +December 2015-November 2021 +102 +ICBC +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Notes: (1) Please refer to the section headed "Appointment and Removal". +104 +ICBC +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Chen Yifang, Non-executive Director +Zhang Jie, External Supervisor +Mr. Zhang has served as External Supervisor of the Bank since November 2021. He is currently a professor and doctoral +supervisor of the Renmin University of China, director of the International Monetary Institute, a distinguished professor +of the Ministry of Education's "Changjiang Scholars Program", a famous teacher of the national "Ten Thousand Talents +Program", and a national candidate of the "New Century Talents Project". Mr. Zhang is a recipient of the special +government allowance provided by the State Council to experts, and is engaged in research on the topics of institutional +finance, China's financial system and financial development. He was the Dean of the School of Finance of Shaanxi Institute +of Finance and Economics, the Associate Dean of the School of Economics and Finance of Xi'an Jiaotong University, the +Associate Dean of the School of Finance of Renmin University of China, and the first Secretary General of the College +Finance Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education. At present, he is concurrently a researcher of the +Finance Research Institute of the Counsellor's Office of the State Council, and an executive director of the China Society for +Finance and Banking. Mr. Zhang graduated from Shaanxi University of Finance and Economics with a Doctorate degree in +Economics. +Zhang Wenwu, Senior Executive Vice President +Mr. Zhang has served as Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank since July 2020. He joined ICBC in 1995. He was +appointed as Deputy General Manager of the Finance & Accounting Department of the Head Office, Deputy Head of +Liaoning Branch, Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of ICBC-AXA Assurance Co., Ltd., Director of the Board of +Supervisors' Office of the Head Office, and General Manager of the Finance & Accounting Department of the Head Office. +Mr. Zhang graduated from the University of International Business and Economics, and he obtained a Doctorate degree in +Management from Renmin University of China. He is a senior accountant. +Xu Shouben, Senior Executive Vice President +Mr. Xu has served as Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank since October 2020. He joined ICBC in 1995. He was +appointed as Deputy Head of Guangdong Branch and Head of Shenzhen Branch. Mr. Xu graduated from the Harbin Institute +of Technology, and he obtained a Doctorate degree in Economics from Sun Yat-sen University. He is a senior economist. +Annual Report 2021 +107 +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Zhang Weiwu, Senior Executive Vice President +Mr. Zhang has served as Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank since June 2021. He joined ICBC in July 1999, and was +appointed as General Manager of ICBC (Europe) Amsterdam Branch in January 2011, General Manager of Singapore Branch +in February 2013 and General Manager of the International Banking Department of the Head Office of ICBC in January +2017. Mr. Zhang graduated from the Northwest University in China and obtained Master's degree in Political Economy and +MBA from Hitotsubashi University in Japan. He is a senior economist. +Wang Bairong, Chief Business Officer +Mr. Wang has served as Chief Business Officer of the Bank since April 2020. He began his career in 1986. He joined ICBC in +1991 and previously served as Assistant to Head of Zhejiang Branch and Head of Shaoxing Branch, Deputy Head of Zhejiang +Branch and General Manager of the Banking Department of Zhejiang Branch, Deputy Head (person in charge) and Head of +Chongqing Branch and Chief Risk Officer. Mr. Wang graduated from the Party School of the Central Committee of CPC and +obtained a Master's degree in Economics. He is a senior economist. +Guan Xueqing, Board Secretary +Mr. Guan has served as Board Secretary of the Bank since July 2016. He joined ICBC in 1984 and served as Head of Suining +Branch in Sichuan, Representative of Frankfurt Representative Office and Deputy General Manager of Frankfurt Branch, +Deputy Head of Sichuan Branch, Deputy Head of Sichuan Branch and General Manager of Banking Department of Sichuan +Branch, and Head of Hubei Branch and Sichuan Branch. Previously Mr. Guan was also General Manager of Corporate +Strategy and Investor Relations Department of the Bank. He graduated from the Southwestern University of Finance and +Economics and obtained a Doctorate degree in Economics. He is a senior economist. +Xiong Yan, Chief Business Officer +Ms. Xiong has served as Chief Business Officer of the Bank since April 2020. She joined ICBC in 1984, and served as +Deputy Director-General of Kunming Sub-bureau of the Internal Audit Bureau, Deputy General Manager of Yunnan Branch, +Deputy Director-General of the Sub-bureau directly managed by the Internal Audit Bureau, Deputy General Manager of +the Corporate Banking Department I (Corporate Banking Department) and General Manager of the Institutional Banking +Department of the Head Office. Ms. Xiong graduated from Hunan University, and obtained a degree of International Master +of Business Administration (IMBA) from Fudan University and The University of Hong Kong. She is a senior economist. +Song Jianhua, Chief Business Officer +Mr. Song has served as Chief Business Officer of the Bank since April 2020. He joined ICBC in 1987. He was appointed as +Deputy General Manager of Jiangsu Branch and General Manager of the Personal Banking Department of the Head Office. +Mr. Song graduated from Peking University and obtained a Doctorate degree in management science and engineering from +Nanjing University. He is a senior economist. +Mr. Lu Yongzhen, Mr. Feng Weidong, Ms. Cao Liqun, Ms. Chen Yifang and Mr. Dong Yang were recommended by Huijin to +serve as Non-executive Directors of the Bank. Huijin holds interests in shares of the Bank. Please refer to the section headed +"Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders ― Interests and Short Positions Held by +Substantial Shareholders and Other Persons" for further details. +None of the Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members of the Bank, whether they are incumbent or have left +office during the reporting period, have been punished by the securities regulator in the past three years. +108 +ICBC +Mr. Shen has served as External Supervisor of the Bank since June 2016. He previously served as the Deputy Chief of the +Financial Market Division of the Financial System Reform Department, Chief of the System Reform Division and Monetary +Policy Research Division of the Policy Study Office, and Chief of the Monetary Policy Research Division of the Research +Bureau of the PBC, Chief Representative of the PBC Representative Office in Tokyo, Deputy Director-general and Director- +level Inspector of Financial Market Department of the PBC, and Non-executive Director of Agricultural Bank of China. Mr. +Shen is currently guest professor of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University and Nankai University. Mr. Shen graduated from +Renmin University of China, and received a Doctorate degree in Economics. He is a research fellow. +Qu Qiang +Shen Bingxi, External Supervisor +Wu Xiangjiang, Employee Supervisor +Ms. Chen has served as Non-executive Director of the Bank since August 2021. She joined MOF in August 1985. She +previously served as Deputy Division Chief of Payment Management Division and Deputy Director of Charge Bill Regulatory +Center of General Affairs and Reform Department of MOF, Deputy Division Chief of the Charging Fund Policy Management +Division of the Comprehensive Department of MOF, Division Chief of Charging Fund Division of Policy Planning Department +of MOF, Division Chief of Housing and Land Division of the Comprehensive Department of MOF, Deputy Director-General of +the Comprehensive Department of MOF, Member of the Party Group, Inspector and Deputy Secretary of the Party Group of +Shenzhen Finance Supervision Commissioner Office of MOF, Deputy Secretary of the Party Group, Inspector and Level-one +Inspector of Shenzhen Regulatory Bureau of MOF, and Level-one Inspector of Fiscal Notes Supervision Center of MOF. Ms. +Chen obtained a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics. +Dong Yang, Non-executive Director +Mr. Dong has served as Non-executive Director of the Bank since January 2022. He joined MOF in August 1989. He +previously served as assistant researcher, researcher and secretary (director level) of the Department of National Defense of +MOF, a member of the CPC Committee, Deputy Inspector, and Discipline Inspection Team Leader of the Commissioner's +Office of MOF in Heilongjiang, a member of the CPC Committee, Deputy Inspector and Discipline Inspection Leader of the +Commissioner's Office of MOF in Beijing, a member of the CPC Committee, Deputy Director, and Discipline Inspection Team +Leader of the Beijing Regulatory Bureau of MOF. Mr. Dong graduated from the Beijing Normal University and obtained a +Master's degree in Management from Harbin Engineering University. +Anthony Francis Neoh, Independent Non-executive Director +Mr. Neoh has served as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank since April 2015. He previously served as Chief +Advisor to CSRC, a member of the International Consultation Committee of CSRC, a member of the Basic Law Committee +of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of +People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. He was Chairman of the +Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions, Chairman of Hong Kong Independent +Police Complaints Council, a Non-executive Director of Global Digital Creations Holdings Limited. He was an Independent +Non-executive Director of Link Management Limited, which is the Manager of Link Real Estate Investment Trust. He was +also an Independent Non-executive Director of China Shenhua Energy Company Limited, Bank of China Limited, China Life +Insurance Company Limited and New China Life Insurance Company Ltd. Mr. Neoh currently serves as an Independent Non- +executive Director of CITIC Limited, Treasurer and Member of Council of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Chairman +of the Asian Academy of International Law. He graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor's degree in Law. +He is Honorary Doctorate of Law of Chinese University of Hong Kong and Open University of Hong Kong and Honorary +Doctorate of Social Sciences of Lingnan University. He was elected Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Securities Institute, +Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance and Academician of the International Euro-Asian Academy of Sciences. Mr. +Neoh was appointed as Senior Counsel in Hong Kong. He is a barrister of England and Wales. He was admitted to the State +Bar of California. +Yang Siu Shun, Independent Non-executive Director +Mr. Yang has served as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank since April 2016. He previously served as +Chairman and Principal Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong, Executive Chairman and Principal Partner of +PricewaterhouseCoopers Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong, member of five-people leading group of global leadership +committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Asia-Pacific region, Director and Chairman of +Audit Committee of Hang Seng Management College, Vice Chairman of the Council of the Open University of Hong Kong +and a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Mr. Yang currently serves +as a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the +board of directors of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and an Independent Non-executive Director of Tencent Holdings Limited. +Mr. Yang graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was awarded the degree of Honorary +Doctor of Social Sciences by The Open University of Hong Kong. He is a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong. Mr. Yang holds +the qualification of Chartered Accountants, and is a senior member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and +Wales, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. +Annual Report 2021 +105 +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Shen Si, Independent Non-executive Director +Mr. Shen has served as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank since March 2017. Previously, he served as Deputy +Division Chief and Division Chief of Zhejiang Branch of PBC, Deputy General Director of the Investigation and Statistics +Department of the Head Office of PBC, and Deputy President of the Hangzhou Branch of Shanghai Pudong Development +Bank, Board Secretary of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and Executive Director and concurrently Board Secretary of +Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. He obtained a Master's degree in Economics from Zhejiang University and an EMBA +degree. He is a senior economist. +Nout Wellink, Independent Non-executive Director +Mr. Wellink has served as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank since December 2018. Previously, he served +as the Treasurer General in the Dutch Ministry of Finance, member of the Executive Board and the President of the Dutch +Central Bank, member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, member of the Group of Ten Central Bank +Governors and Governor of the International Monetary Fund, member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank +for International Settlements, Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Independent Director of Bank of +China Limited, Vice Chairman of Supervisory Board of PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. and an Emeritus Professor +at the Free University in Amsterdam. Mr. Wellink also served as member of the supervisory board of a bank, a reinsurance +company and other enterprises on behalf of the Dutch authorities, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Netherlands +Open Air Museum, member and treasurer of the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis and the Westeinde Hospital in The Hague. +He was awarded a Knighthood in the Order of the Netherlands Lion in 1980 and is Commander of the Order of Orange- +Nassau since 2011. He received a Master's degree in Law from Leiden University, a Doctorate degree in Economics from +Erasmus University Rotterdam and an Honorary Doctorate from Tilburg University. +Fred Zuliu Hu, Independent Non-executive Director +Mr. Hu has served as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank since April 2019. He previously served as a senior +economist at the International Monetary Fund, Head of Research at the World Economic Forum, the chairman for Greater +China and a partner at Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., an independent non-executive director of Great Wall Pan Asia Holdings +Limited (formerly known as SCMP Group Limited), an independent non-executive director of Hang Seng Bank Limited, +the non-executive director of China Asset Management Co., Ltd., an independent director of Dalian Wanda Commercial +Management Group Co., Ltd., an independent director of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and the independent non- +executive director of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, etc. Mr. Hu currently serves in various positions such as +the chairman of Primavera Capital Group, the non-executive chairman of Yum China Holdings, Inc, the independent non- +executive director of Ant Group Co., Ltd., the director of UBS Group AG, the co-chair of The Nature Conservancy's Asia +Pacific Council and the director of the China Medical Board. Mr. Hu is also a member of the Global Board of Advisors for +the Council on Foreign Relations, the 21st Century Council of the Berggruen Institute, the Harvard Global Advisory Council, +the Harvard Kennedy School Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, the Stanford Center for International +Development, and the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia University etc. He concurrently +serves as the co-director of the National Center for Economic Research and a professor at Tsinghua University, and he is also +an adjunct professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Peking University. Mr. Hu obtained a master's degree in +engineering science from Tsinghua University, and a master's degree and a PhD in economics from Harvard University. +Zhang Wei, Shareholder Supervisor +Mr. Zhang has concurrently served as Shareholder Supervisor and Director of the Board of Supervisors' Office of the Bank +since June 2016. He joined ICBC in 1994, and has served as Employee Supervisor of the Board of Supervisors, General +Manager of the Legal Affairs Department and Chief of Consumer Protection Office of the Bank. He graduated from Peking +University with a Doctorate degree in Law and is a research fellow. +106 +ICBC +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Huang Li, Employee Supervisor +Mr. Huang has served as Employee Supervisor of the Bank since June 2016. He joined ICBC in 1994 and is currently +the Head of Beijing Branch of the Bank. He served as Deputy General Manager and General Manager of the Banking +Department as well as Deputy Head and Head of Guizhou Branch of ICBC. Mr. Huang graduated from The University of +Hong Kong with an MBA degree. He is a senior economist. +Mr. Wu has served as Employee Supervisor of the Bank since September 2020. He joined ICBC in 1988 and is currently the +General Manager of Internal Control & Compliance Department of the Bank. He served such positions at the Bank as Deputy +Head of Zhejiang Branch, General Manager of E-banking Department and General Manager of Internet Finance Department. +Mr. Wu graduated from Zhejiang University with a Doctorate degree in Management. He is a senior economist. +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management Leaving Office +Wang Jingwu, Executive Director, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer +1965 +Male +1955 +April 2016-June 2022 +Shen Si +Independent Non-executive Director +Male +1953 +March 2017–June 2023 +Nout Wellink +Independent Non-executive Director +Independent Non-executive Director +Male +December 2018-December 2021 +Fred Zuliu Hu +Independent Non-executive Director +Male +1963 +April 2019-April 2022 +Zhang Wei +Shareholder Supervisor +Male +1962 +1943 +Yang Siu Shun +April 2015-April 2021 +1946 +Feng Weidong +Non-executive Director +Male +1964 +January 2020-January 2023 +Cao Liqun +Non-executive Director +Female +April 2020- +January 2020-January 2023 +Chen Yifang +Non-executive Director +Female +1964 +August 2021-August 2024 +Dong Yang +Non-executive Director +Male +1966 +January 2022-January 2025 +Anthony Francis Neoh +Independent Non-executive Director +Male +June 2016-June 2022 +Huang Li +1971 +Male +Zhang Weiwu +Senior Executive Vice President +Male +1975 +June 2021- +Wang Bairong +Chief Business Officer +Male +1962 +April 2020- +Guan Xueqing +Board Secretary +Male +1963 +July 2016- +Xiong Yan +Chief Business Officer +Female +April 2020- +Song Jianhua +Chief Business Officer +Male +Employee Supervisor +October 2020- +1969 +1964 +Senior Executive Vice President +1964 +Male +June 2016-June 2022 +Wu Xiangjiang +Male +1962 +September 2020-September 2023 +Shen Bingxi +External Supervisor +Male +1952 +June 2016-June 2022 +Employee Supervisor +External Supervisor +Zhang Jie +1973 +Senior Executive Vice President +Zhang Wenwu +Male +November 2021-November 2024 +1965 +Male +Xu Shouben +July 2020- +Huang Li +121.74 +41.00 +27.79 +93.95 +Zhang Wei +Yes +41.00 +47.00 +No +47.00 +Nout Wellink +Yes +47.00 +47.00 +5.00 +Yes +47.00 +Fred Zuliu Hu +5.00 +222 +No +19.36 +47.00 +55.74 +Xu Shouben +75.10 +19.36 +55.74 +Zhang Wenwu +No +No +2.43 +2.43 +Zhang Jie +Shen Bingxi +Wu Xiangjiang +No +5.00 +5.00 +No +122 +Yes +18.58 +52.00 +Zheng Guoyu +41.03 +10.06 +30.97 +Huang Liangbo +No +81.12 +19.70 +6.48 +61.42 +No +81.99 +20.05 +61.94 +Chen Siging +(5)=(1)+(2)+(3)+(4) +(4) +75.10 +Liao Lin +25.06 +22 +No +Yes +Yes +Yes +Shen Si +Yang Siu Shun +Anthony Francis Neoh +Dong Yang +Chen Yifang +Cao Liqun +Yes +Feng Weidong +Yes +Lu Yongzhen +No +75.10 +19.36 +55.74 +Wang Jingwu +No +52.00 +Zhang Weiwu +Control +15.80 +8/8 +13/13 +3/3 +Nout Wellink +5/5 +4/4 +2/2 +4/4 +5/5 +13/13 +3/3 +Shen Si +4/5 +4/4 +3/3 +7/7 +5/5 +5/5 +2/2 +6/7 +4/4 +5/5 +| | +13/13 +3/3 +Yang Siu Shun +8/8 +12/13 +3/3 +Anthony Francis Neoh +4/4 +Independent Non-executive Directors +Fred Zuliu Hu +11/13 +Audit +Protection +Strategy +and Consumer +Related Party +Corporate +Social +Responsibility +Special Committees under the Board of Directors +As at the disclosure date of the results, the composition of special committees of the Board of Directors of the Bank is as +follows: +The Board of Directors of the Bank has established eight special committees, namely, the Strategy Committee, the Corporate +Social Responsibility and Consumer Protection Committee, the Audit Committee, the Risk Management Committee, the +Nomination Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Related Party Transactions Control Committee and the US Risk +Committee. Except the Strategy Committee and the Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Protection Committee, +chairmen of all the other committees are assumed by Independent Non-executive Directors. More than half of the members +of the Audit Committee, the Nomination Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Related Party Transactions +Control Committee are Independent Non-executive Directors. +Special Committees of the Board of Directors +Special Committees of the Board of Directors +Corporate Governance Report +115 +Annual Report 2021 +3/3 +Appointment +(3) For the change of directors, please refer to the section headed "Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +and Removal". +Directors who did not attend the meetings of the Board of Directors and its special committees in person appointed other +directors to attend the meetings and exercise the voting right on their behalf. +(2) +Notes: (1) "Attendances in person" refers to attending meetings in person or on telephone or by video conference. +Mei Yingchun +¿Fuging 33 1/13 88 4455 +Zheng Fuqing +Directors Leaving Office +6/7 +4/4 +2/2 +5/5 +3/5 +6/8 +99 +- +Dong Yang ........ +3/3 +5/5 +13/13 +3/3 +Liao Lin +6/8 +11/13 +3/3 +Chen Siging +Executive Directors +Committee +Committee +Committee Committee Committee +Committee +Committee +Committee +7/7 +of Directors +Directors +US Risk +Nomination Compensation +Transactions +Risk +Management +Audit +Protection +Board Strategy +41.81 +and Consumer +Shareholders' +Related Party +Corporate +Social +Responsibility +Attendances in person/Number of meetings that should be attended +Special Committees of the Board of Directors: +Meeting +3/3 +5/5 +Zheng Guoyu +1/1 +Chen Yifang +5/5 +5/5 +5/5 +4/4 +5/5 +3/3 +13/13 +3/3 +Cao Liqun +7/7 +4/4 +5/5 +13/13 +3/3 +Feng Weidong +Wang Jingwu +1/1 +4/4 +1/1 +1/1 +1/2 +Directors +Non-executive Directors +3/3 +13/13 +8/8 +4/4 +- +2/2 +Lu Yongzhen +Committee +Committee +Committee +parties or not +(1) +(2) +(3) +ICBC +118 +The Bank has established a vertical and independent internal audit management system responsible and +reporting to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors regularly reviews the internal audit plan and +hears internal audit reports on internal audit activities, audit supporting measures, internal audit team +building, etc., thus effectively performing the function of risk management. The Audit Committee examines, +monitors and assesses the internal audit work of the Bank, supervises the internal audit rules and their +implementation, and makes assessment of audit procedures and results of the internal audit department. +It is also responsible for urging the Bank to ensure adequate resources for the internal audit department +and coordinating the communication between the internal audit department and external auditors. The +internal audit department is accountable to and reports to the Board of Directors, is guided by the Board of +Supervisors and is under the examination, supervision and assessment of the Audit Committee. For details of +the internal audit, please refer to the section headed "Corporate Governance Report - Internal Audit". +Effectiveness of the internal audit function +The Board of Directors of the Bank is responsible for establishing, improving and effectively implementing +internal control, assessing its effectiveness and truthfully disclosing internal control assessment reports +according to the standard system for enterprise internal control. The objective of the internal control of the +Bank is to reasonably assure the compliance of its operation and management with relevant laws, safety of +its assets, as well as the authenticity and completeness of its financial reports and relevant information, in +order to enhance operation efficiency and results, and to facilitate the realization of its development strategy. +Due to inherent limitation of internal control, only reasonable assurance can be provided for the afore- +mentioned objectives. The Board of Directors and the Audit Committee have reviewed and approved the +2021 Internal Control Assessment Report of the Bank. For details of the Bank's internal control, please refer +to the section headed "Corporate Governance Report - Internal Control". +The Audit Committee is responsible for constantly monitoring and examining the internal control system of +the Bank, and examining the effectiveness of the system at least on an annual basis. The Audit Committee +performed its function of examining the Bank's internal control system through reviewing the administrative +rules and regulations and their implementation, and examined and assessed the compliance and effectiveness +of major operating activities of the Bank. +Examining internal control system +During the preparation and audit of the 2021 financial statements, the Audit Committee discussed and +agreed with the external auditors on matters such as audit schedule and progress arrangement, followed +the status of external audit and conducted supervision over relevant work at appropriate time by means +of hearing reports and holding informal discussions, and reviewed the unaudited and preliminarily audited +annual financial statements respectively. The Audit Committee held a meeting on 29 March 2022, and +considered that the 2021 financial statements truly, accurately and completely reflected the financial position +of the Bank. +The Audit Committee periodically reviewed the financial reports of the Bank. It had reviewed and submitted +to the Board of Directors to approve the annual report, interim report and quarterly reports of the Bank. +It also organized and conducted an internal control assessment of the Group for 2020 and engaged +external auditors to audit the assessment report of the Bank on internal control in accordance with the +relevant regulatory requirements. Additionally, it enhanced communication with external auditors, attached +importance to the supervision of external auditors and heard several reports of external auditors concerning +audit results, and management proposals. The Audit Committee was also concerned with the compliant +development of overseas institutions and heard related branches' reports on internal audit work. +Reviewing periodic reports +before tax +Corporate Governance Report +Annual Report 2021 +Primary Responsibilities of the Audit Committee The Audit Committee is mainly responsible for +constantly overseeing the Bank's internal control system, and supervising, inspecting and evaluating financial +information and internal audit of the Bank, proposing the engagement or replacement of external auditors, +reviewing the reports of external auditors, and coordinating the communication between the internal audit +departments and external auditors, and assessing mechanisms for the Bank's staff to report misconducts +in financial statements, internal control, etc., and assessing the mechanism for the Bank to conduct +independent and fair investigations and take appropriate actions in relation to the reported matters. +Performance of the Audit Committee During the reporting period, the Audit Committee held five +meetings on 29 January, 25 March, 28 April, 26 August and 28 October 2021, respectively. At these +meetings, the Audit Committee considered and approved 10 proposals, and heard 22 reports. The Audit +Committee continued to oversee the Bank's internal control system, reviewed and approved the Bank's +annual internal control assessment report, and heard reports on internal control audit results to improve the +Group's compliant operation. It inspected and supervised the implementation of internal and external audits, +considered and approved proposals on the internal audit plan and the amendment to the evaluation plan +of annual performance of external auditors, heard reports on the implementation of internal audits and the +summary of external audit to promote the formation of an effective communication mechanism between +internal and external audits. +Performance of the Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Protection Committee During +the reporting period, the Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Protection Committee held three +meetings on 25 March, 28 April and 26 August 2021, respectively. At these meetings, the Corporate +Social Responsibility and Consumer Protection Committee considered and approved five proposals. It +fully performed the political missions and social responsibilities as a major state-owned bank, considered +and approved the proposals on the donation of anti-epidemic materials in 2020 and the application for +temporary authorization limit for external donations, etc., providing continuous support for the epidemic +prevention and control, charity, culture, education and other public-interested activities. The committee +focused on the development of green finance and inclusive finance, considered and approved the proposals +on the implementation of green finance and the 2021 annual business plan for inclusive finance, and actively +practiced China's green development concept and sustainable development strategy. +Primary Responsibilities of the Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Protection Committee +The Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Protection Committee is mainly responsible for +considering the Bank's fulfillment of social responsibilities with respect to environment, society, corporate +governance, precision poverty alleviation, and corporate culture, the strategy, policy and target of consumer +protection, green finance strategy, the development plan, basic policy, annual operating plan and assessment +method of inclusive finance, and making recommendations to the Board of Directors. +Performance of the Strategy Committee During the reporting period, the Strategy Committee of +the Board of Directors held eight meetings on 29 January, 26 March, 29 April, 21 June, 27 August, 24 +September, 29 October and 25 November 2021, respectively. At these meetings, the Strategy Committee +considered and approved 22 proposals, and heard four reports. To promote the coordination between +bank-wide strategic planning and national strategies, the Strategy Committee considered and approved the +Bank's 2021-2023 Development Strategy Plan as well as four sub-plans on risk management, international +development, internal audit development, and group data governance and intelligent application. The +Strategy Committee also paid close attention to strategic capital allocation, and reviewed and approved +several proposals including the proposals on issuing tier 2 capital instruments and the 2020 capital adequacy +ratio management report, providing a driving force for the Bank to promote sustainable development, +enhance capital strength, and strengthen risk resistance capacity on all fronts. +Primary Responsibilities of the Strategy Committee The Strategy Committee is mainly responsible for +considering the Bank's strategic development plan, risk events that bear material influence on the overall +situation, business and institutional development plan, major investment and financing plan, annual social +responsibility report and other major matters critical to the Bank's development, making recommendations to +the Board of Directors, and examining and assessing the soundness of the corporate governance framework +to ensure financial reporting, risk management and internal control are compliant with corporate governance +criteria of the Bank. +Committee +Audit +Protection +Committee +and Consumer +Responsibility +Corporate +Social +Strategy +Committee +During the reporting period, the performance of duties by the special committees of the Board of Directors is set out below: +117 +income +Fees +insurances +Appointment and Removal +Directors +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +On 25 February 2021, the Board of Directors of the Bank +elected Mr. Liao Lin as Vice Chairman of the Bank, and +his qualification was approved by CBIRC in March 2021. +At the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2020 held +on 21 June 2021, Ms. Chen Yifang was elected as Non- +executive Director of the Bank, and her qualification +was approved by CBIRC in August 2021. At the First +Extraordinary General Meeting of 2021 held on 29 July +2021, Mr. Wang Jingwu was elected as Executive Director +of the Bank, and his qualification was approved by +CBIRC in September 2021. At the Second Extraordinary +General Meeting of 2021 held on 25 November 2021, +Mr. Zheng Guoyu was elected as Executive Director of +the Bank, and his qualification was approved by CBIRC +in December 2021; Mr. Dong Yang was elected as Non- +executive Director of the Bank, and his qualification was +approved by CBIRC in January 2022. On 30 March 2022, +the Board of Directors of the Bank nominated Mr. Chen +Siqing as the candidate for Executive Director of the Bank +and to be re-elected as Executive Director of the Bank, +and agreed him to consecutively serve as Chairman of the +Bank after his re-election as Executive Director is approved +by the Shareholders' General Meeting of the Bank. The +appointment of Mr. Chen Siqing as Executive Director of +the Bank shall be submitted to the Shareholders' General +Meeting of the Bank for deliberation and voting, and his +new term of office shall start from the date of review and +approval by the Shareholders' General Meeting. +In February 2021, Ms. Mei Yingchun ceased to act as +Non-executive Director of the Bank due to expiration of +her term of office. In January 2022, Mr. Zheng Fuqing +ceased to act as Non-executive Director of the Bank due to +expiration of his term of office. +Supervisors +At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2021 held +on 29 July 2021, Mr. Huang Liangbo was elected as +Shareholder Supervisor of the Bank, and his term of office +as Shareholder Supervisor of the Bank started from the +day of approval by the Shareholders' General Meeting, +and his term of office as Chairman of the Board of +Supervisors of the Bank took effect simultaneously. At the +Second Extraordinary General Meeting of 2021 held on +25 November 2021, Mr. Zhang Jie was elected as External +Supervisor of the Bank, and his term of office as External +Supervisor of the Bank started from the day of approval by +the Shareholders' General Meeting. +In March 2021, Mr. Yang Guozhong ceased to act as +Shareholder Supervisor and Chairman of the Board of +Supervisors of the Bank due to change of job assignments. +In November 2021, Mr. Qu Qiang ceased to act as External +Supervisor of the Bank due to change of job assignments. +Senior Management Members +On 25 February 2021, the Board of Directors appointed +Mr. Liao Lin as President of the Bank, and his qualification +was approved by CBIRC in March 2021. Mr. Liao Lin +ceased to act as Chief Risk Officer of the Bank after he +took office as President. On 29 April 2021, the Board of +Directors appointed Mr. Zhang Weiwu as Senior Executive +Vice President of the Bank, and his qualification was +approved by CBIRC in June 2021. On 24 September 2021, +the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Zheng Guoyu as +Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank and Mr. Wang +Jingwu as Chief Risk Officer of the Bank. +Annual Report 2021 +109 +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Annual Remuneration +Remuneration from the Bank +Contribution +by the employer +to social insurance, +(before tax) +Name +other related +remuneration +entities or +Total +Corporate Governance Report +Other +monetary +paid +Remuneration +housing allowance, +from shareholder +Obtain +remuneration +Unit: RMB10,000 +annuities, and +additional medical +The attendance of each of the Directors in Shareholders' +General Meetings and meetings of the Board of Directors +and the special committees of the Board of Directors +during the reporting period is set out below: +ICBC +Chairman +Cao Liqun +Committee Member +Committee Member +Committee Member +Committee Member +Feng Weidong +Committee Member +Committee Member +Committee Member +Committee Member +Lu Yongzhen +Committee Member Committee Member +Committee Member +Wang Jingwu +Committee Member +Committee Member +Zheng Guoyu +Committee Member +Chairman +Committee Member +Liao Lin +Chairman +Chen Siging +Committee +US Risk +Control +Committee +Compensation +Committee +Nomination +Committee +Transactions +Risk +Management +Committee +Committee Member Committee Member +Committee Member +Committee Member +Committee Member +Committee Member +Committee Member +Fred Zuliu Hu +Committee Member +Chairman +Committee Member +Committee Member +Committee Member +Committee Member +Chairman +Chairman +Committee Member +Committee Member +Committee Member +Chairman +Committee Member +Committee Member +Chairman +Committee Member +Committee Member Committee Member +Nout Wellink +Chen Yifang +Committee Member +Committee Member +Committee Member +Dong Yang +Committee Member +116 +Committee Member +Anthony Francis Neoh +Committee Member +Committee Member +Yang Siu Shun +Committee Member +Shen Si +Committee Member +For major proposals reviewed by the Board of Directors, +please refer to the announcements of the Bank on the +website of SSE, the "HKEXnews" website of HKEX or the +website of the Bank. +General +Pursuant to Code Provision C.2.1 of the Corporate +Governance Code (Appendix 14 to the Hong Kong Listing +Rules) and the Articles of Association of the Bank, the roles +of Chairman and President should be held by two persons, +and the Chairman shall not concurrently hold the position +of legal representative or chief responsible officer of the +controlling shareholder. +and Rural +Revitalization +Promotion Committee +Internal Audit +Bureau +Internal Audit +Sub-bureau +Marketing +Management +Departments +Inclusive Finance +Profitability +Units +Comprehensive +Administration +Departments +Supporting +Departments +Directly +Controlled +Institutions +Domestic +Institutions +Overseas +Institutions +Note: The above is the corporate governance framework chart as of the disclosure date of this report. +Risk +Management +Department +112 +Service +Management +Committee +and Digital +Development +Committee +Management +Asset & Liability +Management +Committee +Personal Banking +Promotion +Financial Assets +Committee +Committee +Institutional Banking +Promotion +Committee +Risk +Management +Committee +Financial Technology +Consumer Protection +Senior +ICBC +The Bank has made constant efforts to improve the +corporate governance and checks and balances mechanism +comprising the Shareholders' General Meeting, the Board +of Directors, the Board of Supervisors and the Senior +Management featuring clearly-defined responsibilities +and accountability, coordination and effective checks and +balances, and to optimize responsibilities of the authority +organ, decision-making organ, supervisory organ and +executive organ. As a result, the corporate governance +operation mechanism with scientific decision-making +process, effective supervision and steady operation has +been in place. +Chairman and President +Chairman Mr. Chen Siqing is the legal representative of the +Bank, and is responsible for leading the Board of Directors +in considering and formulating business development +strategies, risk management, internal control and other +significant matters of the Bank. +President Mr. Liao Lin is responsible for the daily +management of the business operations of the Bank. The +President is appointed by and accountable to the Board of +Directors, and performs his responsibilities as stipulated in +the Articles of Association of the Bank and as authorized +by the Board of Directors. +Mr. Liao Lin took office as President of the Bank on 16 +March 2021. Please refer to the section headed "Corporate +Governance Report Corporate Governance Code" for +details. +― +Meetings of the Board of Directors +Mr. Chen Siqing was Chairman of the Board of Directors. +Mr. Liao Lin was Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. +The Executive Directors have worked in the areas of +banking and management for a long time, possesses +extensive professional expertise and experience in those +areas and are familiar with operation and management +of the Bank. Non-executive Directors have worked in the +fiscal, economic, financial and governing sectors for many +years, and they have rich practical experience and relatively +high level of understanding of policies and theories. +All of the Independent Non-executive Directors are +prestigious Chinese or foreign experts in their respective +areas, e.g. economy, financial supervision, finance, audit +and law, and they are familiar with Chinese and foreign +regulatory rules and have a good knowledge of corporate +governance, finance and bank management. The number +of Independent Non-executive Directors of the Bank +accounted for more than one third of the total members of +the Board of Directors, complying with relevant regulatory +requirements. +During the reporting period, the Board of Directors of +the Bank held 13 meetings on 29 January, 25 February, +26 March, 29 April, 21 June, 8 July, 19 July, 24 July, 27 +August, 24 September, 29 October, 25 November and +17 December 2021, respectively. At these meetings, the +Board of Directors considered 78 proposals, and heard 30 +reports. +The Board of Directors attached great importance to the +enterprise risk management, continuously improved risk +management systems, and prevented the systemic risk +with all strength. It revised the Rules on Enterprise Risk +Management and the Measures for the Reputational Risk +Management, reviewed and approved proposals including +the 2020 and 2021 Interim Risk Management Reports, +the Liquidity Risk Management Strategy for 2021, the +Management Strategy of Interest Rate Risk in the Banking +Book for 2021, and heard reports such as Report on +Technology Risk Management in 2020. +The Board of Directors improved asset management and +continued to meet the capital needs of supporting the +real economy and the regulatory requirements on capital +management. It reviewed and approved proposals on the +2020 Risk and Capital Adequacy Assessment Report, the +2020 Capital Adequacy Ratio Report, issuing eligible tier 2 +capital instruments, etc. +114 +ICBC +Corporate Governance Report +The Board of Directors highly valued the fulfillment of +social responsibility and endeavored to maximize the +comprehensive value of economy, environment and +society. It reviewed and approved proposals on the +Donations for extreme heavy rainfall in Henan Province, the +Application for Temporary Authorization Limit for External +Donations, the Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2020 +(ESG Report), the 2021 Business Plan for Inclusive Finance, +the Report on the Implementation of Green Finance, the +2020 Work Report on and 2021 Work Plan for Consumer +Protection, etc. +The Board of Directors made scientific decisions on, and +reviewed and approved such proposals as development +strategy plans for 2021-2023 and establishment of the +Rural Revitalization Office in accordance with economic +and financial policies and major objectives, including +development strategies, preventing and controlling +financial risks, serving the real economy, deepening +inclusive finance, and supporting rural revitalization. +Corporate Governance Report +The Bank formulated relatively complete procedures +for nominating and electing Directors. With diversified +backgrounds, the Directors of the Bank complemented +each other on one hand with regard to their expertise, +professional competence and experience, which ensured +scientific decision-making of the Board of Directors. As at +the disclosure date of the results, the Board of Directors of +the Bank consisted of 14 directors, including four Executive +Directors: Mr. Chen Siqing, Mr. Liao Lin, Mr. Zheng Guoyu +and Mr. Wang Jingwu; five Non-executive Directors: Mr. Lu +Yongzhen, Mr. Feng Weidong, Ms. Cao Liqun, Ms. Chen +Yifang and Mr. Dong Yang; and five Independent Non- +executive Directors: Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh, Mr. Yang +Siu Shun, Mr. Shen Si, Mr. Nout Wellink and Mr. Fred Zuliu +Hu. +The Board of Directors of the Bank earnestly and fully +implemented the resolutions adopted by the Shareholders' +General Meeting during the reporting period. +Corporate Governance Code +During the reporting period, save as disclosed below, the +Bank fully complied with the principles, code provisions +and recommended best practices stipulated in the +Corporate Governance Code (Appendix 14 to the Hong +Kong Listing Rules). +With regard to the compliance with Article C.2.1 of the +Corporate Governance Code (Appendix 14 to the Hong +Kong Listing Rules), Mr. Gu Shu resigned from his position +as President of the Bank on 31 December 2020. The Board +of Directors of the Bank deliberated and decided that Mr. +Chen Siqing, Chairman of the Board of Directors, should +perform the duties of acting President from the date when +Mr. Gu Shu does not perform the management duties in +the Bank due to job change to the date when the new +President appointed by the Board of Directors of the Bank +formally takes office. On 16 March 2021, Mr. Liao Lin took +office as President of the Bank, and since that date, Mr. +Chen Siqing had ceased to serve as acting President. +Shareholders' General Meeting +Responsibilities of the Shareholders' General +Meeting +As the organ of power of the Bank, the Shareholders' +General Meeting involves all shareholders. The +Shareholders' General Meeting is responsible for, among +others, deciding on business policies and significant +investment plans of the Bank; examining and approving +the Bank's annual financial budget, final account +proposals, plans for profit distribution and loss make-up; +electing and replacing directors, supervisors appointed +from the shareholder representatives and external +supervisors; examining and approving work report of +the Board of Directors and work report of the Board of +Supervisors; adopting resolutions on merger, division, +dissolution, liquidation, change of corporate form, increase +or decrease of the Bank's registered capital, issuance of +corporate bonds or other securities and public listing, +repurchase of the shares and issuance of preference shares; +and amending the Articles of Association of the Bank. +Composition of the Board of Directors +Convening of the Shareholders' General +Meeting +Board of Directors and Special Committees +Responsibilities of the Board of Directors +As the decision-making organ of the Bank, the Board of +Directors of the Bank is accountable to, and shall report +its work to, the Shareholders' General Meeting. The Board +of Directors is responsible for, among others, convening +the Shareholders' General Meeting; implementing +the resolutions of the Shareholders' General Meeting; +deciding on the business plans, investment proposals +and development strategies of the Bank; formulating +annual financial budget and final accounts of the +Bank; formulating plans for profit distribution and loss +recovery of the Bank; formulating plans for the increase +or decrease of the Bank's registered capital, capital +replenishment and financial restructuring of the Bank; +formulating basic management systems of the Bank such +as risk management system and internal control system, +and supervising the implementation of such systems; +appointing or removing President and the Board Secretary, +and appointing or removing Senior Executive Vice +Presidents and other senior management members (except +the Board Secretary) who shall be appointed or removed +by the Board of Directors under relevant laws according +to the nomination of the President and deciding on their +compensation, bonus and penalty matters; deciding on or +authorizing the President to decide on the establishment +of relevant offices of the Bank; regularly evaluating and +improving corporate governance of the Bank; managing +information disclosure of the Bank; and supervising and +ensuring the President and other Senior Management +members to perform their management duties effectively. +Annual Report 2021 +113 +Corporate Governance Report +Implementation of Resolutions of the +Shareholders' General Meeting by the +Board of Directors +During the reporting period, the Bank convened the +Annual General Meeting for the Year 2020 on 21 June +2021, the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2021 +on 29 July 2021, and the Second Extraordinary General +Meeting of 2021 on 25 November 2021. The afore- +mentioned Shareholders' General Meetings were convened +and held in strict compliance with relevant laws and +regulations and the Articles of Association of the Bank. +The Bank made announcements on the resolutions and +disclosed legal opinions in a timely manner in accordance +with regulatory requirements. For details of the above +meetings, please refer to the announcements of the Bank +dated 21 June 2021, 29 July 2021 and 25 November +2021 respectively on the website of SSE, the "HKEXnews" +website of HKEX and the website of the Bank. +Audit Committee +Corporate & +Investment Banking +Promotion Committee +Related Party +Transactions Control +Committee +124.94 +No +Song Jianhua +96.04 +27.97 +US Risk +Committee +28.90 +No +Yang Guozhong +Zheng Fuqing +Mei Yingchun +Qu Qiang +110 +10.32 +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management Leaving Office +ICBC +96.04 +No +57.61 +Wang Bairong +97.70 +28.42 +126.12 +2222 +Xiong Yan +No +No +No +Guan Xueqing +101.02 +29.43 +130.45 +No +3.33 +124.01 +No +During the reporting period, the Bank refined the modern +corporate governance framework, mechanism and culture. +The Bank further developed the corporate governance +structure which was led by the Bank's Party Committee +with the Board of Directors acting as the decision- +making organ, the Board of Supervisors responsible for +compliance supervision, and the Management in charge +of operation. Under the working guideline of "adhere to +the guidance of the Party building theory and exercising +rigorous corporate governance", the Bank strengthened +the organic connection between the rules of procedure of +the Party Committee and the decision-making mechanism +for corporate governance, deeply applied its institutional +advantages to the construction of modern governance +system, and constantly improved the governance efficiency +and high-quality development capability. The Board of +Directors continued to improve corporate frameworks +and strengthen strategic guidance. In alignment with +the national "14th Five-Year Plan" and the long-range +objectives through the year 2035, the Board of Directors +Corporate Governance Framework +coordinated the implementation of the "Three Tasks" of +financial work. Focusing on key missions such as service +for the high-quality development in manufacturing, self- +reliance and self-improvement in science and technology, +rural revitalization, inclusive finance, and "carbon peak +and carbon neutrality", the Board of Directors formulated +overall strategic development plans to provide more +adaptive, competitive, and inclusive financial services. +The Board of Supervisors gave full play to its supervisory +function. It focused on how the Board of Directors and the +Senior Management implemented the important decisions +and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and +the State Council, national economic and financial policies +and regulatory requirements, etc. The Board of Supervisors +conducted sound supervision on duty performance, +financial management, risk management, internal control +and compliance and other aspects, putting its important +role in corporate governance into good use. There is +no material divergence between the actual corporate +governance of the Bank, relevant laws and administrative +regulations, and the corporate governance-related rules +issued by CSRC. +Strategy +Committee +Corporate Social +Responsibility and +Consumer Protection +Committee +Overview of Corporate Governance +Board of +Directors +General Meeting +Primary reporting line +Secondary reporting line +Board of +Supervisors +Risk Management +Committee +Nomination +Committee +Compensation +Committee +13.65 +Corporate Governance Report +Shareholders' +Annual Report 2021 +111 +Yes +Yes +16.32 +16.32 +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Notes: (1) Since January 2015, the remuneration to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board of +Supervisors and other executives of the Bank has followed the State's policies relating to the remuneration reform on executives +of central enterprises. +(2) During the reporting period, the total remuneration amount paid to Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members +was RMB14,157.7 thousand. According to the requirements of relevant government authorities, the total final remuneration +payable to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Executive Directors, +Shareholder Supervisors and other Senior Management members is still subject to final confirmation by relevant government +authorities. Additional details of remuneration will be disclosed when they have been determined. +No +(4) During the reporting period, Mr. Lu Yongzhen, Mr. Feng Weidong, Ms. Cao Liqun, Ms. Chen Yifang, Mr. Zheng Fuqing and Ms. +Mei Yingchun did not obtain remuneration from the Bank during their tenure as directors of the Bank. +(5) Fees of Mr. Huang Li and Mr. Wu Xiangjiang are their allowances obtained as Employee Supervisors of the Bank, excluding their +remuneration with the Bank in accordance with the employee remuneration system. +(6) As the Bank's Independent Non-executive Directors served as directors or senior management of other legal persons or +organizations other than the Bank or the controlled subsidiaries of the Bank, such legal persons or organizations became +related parties of the Bank. During the reporting period, Independent Non-executive Directors obtained remuneration from such +related parties. Except to the extent of the afore-mentioned circumstances, none of the Bank's Directors, Supervisors and Senior +Management was paid by the Bank's related parties during the reporting period. +(7) +For the change of the Bank's Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management, please refer to the section headed "Appointment +and Removal". +(3) In accordance with applicable national regulations, the incentive income for 2018-2020 was paid to the Chairman, the President +and Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank in 2021 based on their specific tenure and performance appraisal results. +Accordingly, the Bank accrued RMB16 thousand, RMB9.4 thousand, RMB6.5 thousand, RMB5 thousand and RMB3.6 thousand +for Mr. Chen Siqing, Mr. Liao Lin, Mr. Wang Jingwu, Mr. Zhang Wenwu and Mr. Xu Shouben respectively, as additional +contribution to the Annuity Plan in 2021. +During the reporting period, internal audit of the Bank +actively adapted to the changes in the risk management +Corporate Governance Report +During the reporting period, the Bank acted on the +regulatory requirements on the industry, implemented +risk-oriented audit activities and fully accomplished the +annual audit plan according to the development strategies +and central tasks of the Bank. The audit activities covered +domestic and overseas key institutions of the Group, major +areas, key processes and the main responsible persons +of domestic and overseas institutions. The audit activities +focused on the Bank's performance in supporting national +policies, meeting regulatory requirements, strengthening +risk prevention and control, promoting strategy +implementation and other aspects, covering such key areas +as financial benefit, credit business, emerging business, +FinTech, operation management, capital management +and internal control. The Bank also paid close heed to and +made full use of audit findings and recommendations, +with the aim of continuously improving risk management, +internal control and corporate governance. +conditions, properly responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, +refined the audit management mechanism, optimized the +audit mode, accelerated digital transformation, promoted +the deep integration between technologies and businesses, +improved audit efficiency and value, strengthened the +audit team's ability to perform duties, and constantly +enhanced the audit service capacity and professionalism. +Engagement of Auditors +Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants +LLP was the domestic auditors of the Bank for the financial +statements audit in 2021, and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu' +was the international auditors of the Bank for the financial +statements audit in 2021. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu +Certified Public Accountants LLP was also the auditors of +internal control of the Bank in 2021. KPMG Huazhen LLP¹ +and KPMG resigned from the positions of providers of +audit services for the Bank after serving a maximum term +of eight consecutive years from 2013 to 2020. +1 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP and KPMG Huazhen LLP are Recognized Public Interest Entity Auditor under +Hong Kong's Financial Reporting Council Ordinance. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and KPMG are Registered Public Interest Entity Auditor +under Hong Kong's Financial Reporting Council Ordinance. +Annual Report 2021 +127 +During the reporting period, the Group paid Deloitte +Touche Tohmatsu and its member institutions a total fee +of RMB176 million for the audit of financial statements +(including the audit of financial statements of subsidiaries +and overseas branches). Of which, RMB104 million +(including fee for internal control audit of RMB8.80 million) +was paid by the Bank. +During the reporting period, in accordance with the +relevant notices of CSRC, the Bank conducted a self- +inspection amid the governance improvement campaign +of listed companies. The self-inspection results showed +that, from 2018 to 2020, the Bank had complete +internal rules and regulations for corporate governance, +sound organizational structure, standardized operation +procedures, smooth mechanism for the communication +with investors, and stable cash dividend ratio. +Management on Subsidiaries +For the information of management and control on +subsidiaries, please refer to "Discussion and Analysis +- +Business Overview +Diversified Operation and Subsidiary +Management, Major Controlled Subsidiaries and Equity +Participating Company". +Remediation of Problems in the Self- +inspection amid the Governance +Improvement Campaign of Listed +Companies +128 +ICBC +Secondary reporting line +Independent Non-executive Directors' Special Explanation and Independent +Opinions on External Guarantees of the Bank +During the reporting period, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu +and its member institutions provided the Group with non- +audit services including professional services for asset +securitization and bonds issuance etc., and received RMB7 +million for such professional non-audit services. +Primary reporting line +For the details on performance of duties of Independent +Non-executive Directors of the Bank during the reporting +period, please refer to the Work Report of Independent +Directors for 2021 issued by the Bank on 30 March 2022. +Board of Supervisors +Independent Non-executive Directors of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited +Anthony Francis Neoh, Yang Siu Shun, Shen Si, Nout Wellink and Fred Zuliu Hu +The Bank has attached great importance to the management of risks arising from such business, formulated strict rules +on the credit ratings of the entities to which the guarantee was provided and on the operation process and duration +management of provision of guarantee services, and carried out relevant business on such basis. +In accordance with relevant provisions and requirements of CSRC, we, in the capacity of Independent Non-executive +Directors of the Bank, reviewed external guarantees of the Bank on the principles of fairness, impartiality and +objectivity, and hereby give our specific explanation and opinions as follows: upon review, external guarantees +provided by the Bank mainly focus on issuance of letters of guarantee and standby letters of credit, which is part of +the ordinary banking services within the business scope of the Bank as approved by relevant regulatory authorities. +As at 31 December 2021, the balance of letters of guarantee and standby letters of credit issued by the Bank totaled +RMB494,532 million. +Corporate Governance Report +Risk +Management +Committee +Nomination +Committee +122 +Primary Responsibilities of the Risk Management Committee The Risk Management Committee +is primarily responsible for constantly overseeing the Bank's risk management system, reviewing and +revising the strategy, policy and procedures of risk management and internal control process of the Bank, +and supervising and evaluating the performance of Senior Management members and risk management +departments in respect of risk management. +• +Examining the risk management system +Beijing Tanin Shenyang Shanghai Nariling Wuhan Guangzhou Chengdu Kumming Vie +Primary Responsibilities of the Nomination Committee The Nomination Committee is mainly responsible +for making recommendations to the Board of Directors on candidates for Directors and Senior Management +members, nominating candidates for chairmen and members of special committees of the Board of +Directors, formulating the standards and procedures for selection and appointment of Directors and Senior +Management members, and formulating the training and development plans for Senior Management +members and key reserved talents. The Nomination Committee is also responsible for assessing the structure, +size and composition of the Board of Directors on a yearly basis and making recommendations to the Board +of Directors based on the Bank's development strategy. +The Articles of Association of the Bank specifies methods and procedures to nominate Directors. Please refer +to Article 118 of the Articles of Association. During the reporting period, the Bank appointed and renewed +the appointments of Directors of the Bank in strict accordance with the Articles of Association of the Bank. +The Nomination Committee reviews the qualifications of candidates for Directors based on whether the +candidate complies with applicable laws, administrative rules, regulations and the Articles of Association of +the Bank. The Bank attached importance to diversified sources and backgrounds of Directors and continued +the efforts to enhance the professionalism of the Board of Directors, thus laying the foundation for the +effective operation and scientific decision-making of the Board of Directors. According to the requirement +on diversified composition of the Board of Directors in the Rules for Recommendation and Nomination of +Board Candidates of the Bank, the Nomination Committee shall pay attention to the complementarity of +the candidates in terms of expertise, professional competence and experience, cultural and educational +background, gender, etc., to ensure the members of the Board of Directors are well equipped, experienced +and have diversified perspectives and views. In order to implement the diversity policy, the Nomination +Committee discusses and designs measurable goals according to actual conditions and assesses the +improvement of diversified composition of the Board of Directors during the course of its yearly assessment +on the framework, number of Directors and composition of the Board of Directors. As at the disclosure date +of the results, there were five Independent Non-executive Directors, accounting for more than one third of +the total members of the Board of Directors. +Annual Report 2021 +119 +Performance of the Risk Management Committee During the reporting period, the Risk Management +Committee held four meetings on 25 March, 28 April, 26 August and 28 October 2021, respectively. +At these meetings, the Risk Management Committee considered and approved 16 proposals, and heard +five reports. The Risk Management Committee continuously supervised enterprise risk management. It +considered and approved proposals on the 2020 and 2021 Interim Risk Management Report, the 2020 +Report on Management of Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book, the 2020 Report on the Risk Appetite +Implementation and Assessment, the 2020 Compliance Risk Management Report of the Group and the 2020 +Case Prevention Report and heard reports on technology risk management and the Group's anti-money +laundering in 2020. It has become more foresighted in preventing and controlling financial risks and refining +the risk management mechanism, in a bid to assist the Board of Directors in improving its risk management, +prevention and control capabilities. +ICBC +Corporate Governance Report +Board of Supervisors +1/1 +Board of +Supervisors +Shareholders' +General +Meeting +Shen Bingxi +Wu Xiangjiang +Huang Li +Zhang Wei +Supervisor +Huang Liangbo +Attendances in person/Number of meetings that should be attended +Attendance of supervisors of the Bank in meetings during the reporting period is as follows: +During the reporting period, the Board of Supervisors held +nine meetings, reviewed 20 proposals including the Report +on the Work of the Board of Supervisors for 2020 and the +Report on Performance Evaluation, heard nine reports on +the business operation, development strategy planning, the +Group's anti-money laundering and other contents, and +reviewed 43 documents including the documents on the +supervision in each quarter of 2021 and relevant survey +reports of the Board of Supervisors. +Meetings of the Board of Supervisors +As at the disclosure date of the results, the Board of +Supervisors of the Bank consisted of six members, including +two Shareholder Supervisors, namely Mr. Huang Liangbo +and Mr. Zhang Wei; two Employee Supervisors, namely +Mr. Huang Li and Mr. Wu Xiangjiang; and two External +Supervisors, namely Mr. Shen Bingxi and Mr. Zhang Jie. +Composition of the Board of Supervisors +general meeting, and convening and presiding over +the extraordinary general meeting in case the Board +of Directors fails to perform its duty of convening +Shareholders' General Meeting; proposing to convene an +interim meeting of the Board of Directors. +As the supervisory organ of the Bank, the Board of +Supervisors is accountable to, and shall report its work +to, the Shareholders' General Meeting. The Board of +Supervisors is responsible for, among others, supervising +the performance and due diligence of Directors and Senior +Management members; supervising the performance +of duties by the Board of Directors and the Senior +Management; conducting exit audits on Directors and +Senior Management members when necessary; inspecting +and supervising financial activities of the Bank; examining +financial information such as financial report, business +report and profit distribution plan to be submitted to +the Shareholders' General Meeting by the Board of +Directors; inspecting and supervising the business decision- +making, risk management and internal control of the +Bank and guiding the internal audit department of the +Bank; formulating performance evaluation measures +of the Board of Directors and the Senior Management +and their members as well as supervisors; evaluating the +performance of the Board of Directors and the Senior +Management and their members as well as supervisors, +and reporting to the Shareholders' General Meeting +for approval; presenting proposals to the Shareholders' +General Meeting; proposing to convene an extraordinary +Responsibilities of the Board of Supervisors +Corporate Governance Report +4/4 +Compensation +Committee +Committee +Follow-up training for independent directors of listed companies +China Banking Association: +Interpretation of Guidelines on Corporate Governance of Banking and Insurance Institutions and +Measures for Evaluating the Performance of Directors and Supervisors of Banks and Insurance +Institutions (Pilot) +The Listed Companies Association of Beijing: +"Compliance Operation", "Investor Protection" +"Innovative Development", "Capital Operation" +Anti-money Laundering +Climate risk management and green finance +Trainings on business of the Bank +Introduction trainings for newly-appointed directors +Internal trainings +Training of Board Secretary +Independence and Performance of Duties +of Independent Non-executive Directors +The qualifications, number and proportion of the Bank's +Independent Non-executive Directors comply with +regulatory requirements. The Bank's Independent Non- +executive Directors do not have any business or financial +interests in the Bank or its subsidiaries, and they have not +assumed any managerial position in the Bank. The Bank +has received the annual confirmation on independence +from all Independent Non-executive Directors and +considered that they were independent. +Annual Report 2021 +121 +Corporate Governance Report +During the reporting period, Chairman Chen Siqing held +discussions with the Bank's Independent Non-executive +Directors, who provided suggestions with respect to the +Bank's development strategies, business transformation +and risk control, etc. The Bank's Independent Non- +executive Directors earnestly attended the meetings of the +Board of Directors and special committees, and during +consideration of issues, gave independent opinions on +improving the abilities of serving national strategies, +focusing on risk control and compliance development, and +speeding up FinTech innovation, etc. They also carried out +active discussions or surveys on financial support for the +real economy, climate risk management, green finance +development, etc., exchanged ideas, and put forward +comments and suggestions. The Bank paid close attention +to the relevant comments and suggestions, and organized +the implementation thereof according to the actual +conditions. +During the reporting period, the Bank's Independent Non- +executive Directors did not raise any objection on proposals +of the Board of Directors and special committees of the +Board of Directors. +During the reporting period, the Board Secretary of the +Bank attended the relevant specialized trainings, with +the training hours over 15 hours, which meets relevant +regulatory requirements. +SSE: +External trainings +Subject matters of the trainings attended by the Directors of the Bank during the reporting period were mainly as follows: +US Risk +Committee +Performance of the Nomination Committee During the reporting period, the Nomination Committee held +seven meetings on 29 January, 25 February, 28 April, 8 July, 26 August, 24 September and 25 November +2021, respectively. Through the seven meetings, the Nomination Committee considered and approved +13 proposals including the proposals on the election of Mr. Liao Lin as Vice Chairman of the Bank, the +nomination of Mr. Zheng Guoyu and Mr. Wang Jingwu as candidates for Executive Directors of the Bank, +the nomination of Ms. Chen Yifang and Mr. Dong Yang as candidates for Directors of the Bank, and the +appointment of Mr. Liao Lin as President of the Bank, Mr. Zheng Guoyu and Mr. Zhang Weiwu as Senior +Executive Vice Presidents of the Bank, and Mr. Wang Jingwu concurrently as Chief Risk Officer of the Bank, +and heard the report on the framework of the Board of Directors in 2020. The Nomination Committee +prudently assessed the organizational structure of the Bank's Board of Directors and its special committees, +promoted the change of directors in an orderly manner and continuously improved the composition of +special committees of the Board of Directors. +Primary Responsibilities of the Compensation Committee The Compensation Committee is mainly +responsible for formulating assessment measures on the performance of duties and compensation plans +for Directors, organizing the assessment on the performance of duties of Directors, putting forth proposal +on remuneration distribution for Directors, formulating and reviewing the assessment measures and +compensation plans for Senior Management members of the Bank and evaluating the performance and +behaviors of Senior Management members. +Performance of the Compensation Committee During the reporting period, the Compensation +Committee held two meetings on 25 March and 26 August 2021, respectively. At these meetings, the +Compensation Committee considered and approved five proposals including the proposals on the payment +of remuneration to Directors and Senior Management members for 2020, the Senior Management +performance evaluation plan for 2021, the coverage of directors, supervisors and officers liability insurance +for 2021-2022 and the Employment Plan of the Group for 2022, and heard the 2020 assessment report +on the performance of duties of Directors by the Board of Directors. The Compensation Committee, +in accordance with regulatory requirements, drafted the remuneration of directors, and improved the +performance evaluation indicators and the incentive and constraint mechanism. +Primary Responsibilities of the Related Party Transactions Control Committee The Related Party +Transactions Control Committee is mainly responsible for developing the basic policies governing the +management of related party transactions, identifying the Bank's related parties, approving related party +transactions and other related matters within the authority granted by the Board, receiving related party +transaction statistics for filing purpose, reviewing the related party transactions that are subject to the +approval of the Board of Directors or the Shareholders' General Meeting, and reporting to the Board +of Directors on the implementation of the related party transaction management policies as well as the +conditions on these transactions. +Performance of the Related Party Transactions Control Committee During the reporting period, the +Related Party Transactions Control Committee held four meetings on 25 March, 21 June, 26 August and +17 December 2021, respectively. At these meetings, the Related Party Transactions Control Committee +considered and approved four proposals including the proposal on identification of related parties of the +Bank, and heard two reports including the report on related party transactions in 2020 and the identification +of related parties of the Bank in 2020. The Related Party Transactions Control Committee focused on +reviewing the fairness and objectivity of related party transactions, urged the Bank to strengthen the +management of related party transactions and inside transactions, and assisted the Board of Directors in +ensuring the Bank's related party transactions are carried out in compliance with laws and regulations. +Primary Responsibilities of the US Risk Committee In accordance with the relevant requirements +in the Enhanced Prudential Standards for Bank Holding Companies and Foreign Banking Organizations +established by the Federal Reserve Board, the US Risk Committee supervised the implementation of the +US business-related risk management framework and relevant policies. +Performance of the US Risk Committee During the reporting period, the US Risk Committee held +five meetings on 25 March, 21 June, 26 August, 28 October and 17 December 2021, respectively. +At these meetings, the US Risk Committee considered and approved four proposals, and heard +12 reports. It attached importance to and strengthened the compliance management of overseas +institutions, reviewed and approved the proposals including the risk management framework and the +annual audit of risk appetite in the US, and the liquidity stress testing, funding contingency plans, +key business lines and product liquidity risks in the US, heard the reports on the risk management +and liquidity risk management in the US in 2020, and assisted the Board of Directors in urging the +Management to well perform in compliance and risk prevention and control in international operation. +120 +ICBC +Term of Directors +In accordance with the Articles of Association of the +Bank, Directors are elected by the Shareholders' General +Meeting with a term of three years, and the appointment +shall take effect from the date of approval by CBIRC or +upon completion of relevant procedures according to the +requirements of CBIRC. Directors may be re-appointed +through re-election at the Shareholders' General Meeting +after expiry of their term. +Responsibilities of Directors in Respect of +Financial Statements +The Directors of the Bank acknowledged that they are +responsible for the preparation of the financial statements +of the Bank. During the reporting period, in strict +compliance with relevant provisions, the Bank published +the 2020 Annual Report, the First Quarterly Report of +2021, the 2021 Interim Report and the Third Quarterly +Report of 2021 as scheduled. +Corporate Governance Report +Investigation and Training of Directors +During the reporting period, Directors of the Bank +proactively conducted surveys on departments of the +Bank, branches and subsidiaries concerning such topics as +serving the new development paradigm, supporting rural +revitalization, FinTech, green finance, wealth management, +and pension finance. In the form of survey reports +and briefs, such investigations provide the Bank with +constructive suggestions and opinions. +During the reporting period, the Bank developed an overall +training plan, increased training resources, and encouraged +and actively organized the Directors to attend trainings +in many ways, with the aim of assisting the Directors in +continuing to improve their ability to perform their duties. +Directors of the Bank attended relevant trainings according +to work needs. +Related Party +Transactions +Control +3/3 +The Risk Management Committee is responsible for constantly monitoring and examining the risk +management system of the Bank, and examining the effectiveness of the system at least on an annual basis. +Under the enterprise risk management system structure of the Bank, the Risk Management Committee +performed its function of examining the Bank's risk management system through reviewing and revising the +risk strategy, risk management policy, risk appetite and the enterprise risk management structure, monitoring +and evaluating the setup, mode of organization, work procedures and results of risk management +departments, regularly assessing the risk policy, risk appetite and enterprise risk management status, +supervising and assessing risk control activities conducted by the Senior Management members in terms of +credit risk, market risk, operational risk, liquidity risk, compliance risk, reputational risk and interest rate risk +in the banking book. For details of the risk management, please refer to the section headed "Discussion and +Analysis - - Risk Management". +3/3 +Facsimile: 86-10-66107571 +Telephone: 86-10-66108608 +If an investor wishes to enquire any questions related to +operation performance of the Bank, please contact: +Investor Enquiries +Corporate Governance Report +125 +Annual Report 2021 +In 2022, the Bank will further and proactively deepen the +communication and exchange with investors to enhance +investors' understanding and recognition of the Bank and +continue to protect legitimate interests of the investors, +and at the same time hope to receive more support from, +and attention of the investors. +During the reporting period, the Bank proactively carried +out frequent "online + offline" and "face-to-face + +screen-to-screen" investor exchanges, and held annual +and interim results releases through "on-site meetings ++ global teleconferencing + public opinion collection + +livestreaming". The Bank made constant and extensive +communication with institutional investors and minority +investors through online and offline channels like press +conferences in relation to periodic results announcements, +reverse roadshows, domestic and overseas non-deal +roadshows, investor hotline, investor relations mailbox, +investor relations website and the online platform of sns. +sseinfo.com. In this way, the Bank presented its operational +quality, efficiency and strategic achievements to the +capital market, actively responded to the concerns from +investors and analysts, and strove to deliver the values +of ICBC. Besides, it enhanced investors' comprehensive +and objective understanding and cognition in economic +development of China and high-quality development of the +Bank and helped bring the market value in line with the +long-term intrinsic value of the Bank. The Bank improved +investor relations information collection and market +information feedback mechanism, followed and analyzed +spotlight issues of the capital market, and effectively +enhanced the quality of communication with the investors. +The Bank actively understood and solicited the comments +and suggestions of the capital market on the Bank, and +assisted the Management in making timely reaction with +the help of many operation and communication strategies, +so as to continuously strengthen the level of corporate +governance and core values of the Bank. +In 2021, with the consistent adherence to the investor- +centered approach, the Bank strove to improve the quality +of investor relations services and generate stable return to +shareholders following the principle of serving investors +in a comprehensive, proactive, precise, coordinated and +efficient manner. +Effective Communication with Shareholders +and Review of Investor Relations Activities +Investor Relations +of insider lists and regularly conducted insider transaction +self-inspections. After self-inspections, none of the insiders +of the Bank were found to be involved in dealings in +shares of the Bank who have taken advantage of inside +information during the reporting period. +The Bank manages inside information and insiders in +accordance with regulatory requirements of the exchanges +on which the Bank is listed and the Bank's rules, and +conducts the collection, delivery, sorting, preparation +and disclosure of relevant information in compliance +with applicable laws and regulations. During the +reporting period, the Bank continued to strengthen inside +information management, timely organized the completion +Inside Information Management +Ordinary shareholders of the Bank have the right to +collect dividends and other forms of benefits distributed +on the basis of the number of shares held by them; +preference shareholders shall be entitled to rights to +dividends in priority to payment of dividends to ordinary +shareholders. Shareholders have other rights conferred by +laws, administrative regulations, rules and the Articles of +Association of the Bank. +Other Rights +E-mail: ir@icbc.com.cn +In the event that the Bank failed to pay the agreed +dividend to preference shareholders for three years in +aggregate or for two consecutive years, from the next +day following the date of approval of the proposal not +paying the agreed dividend for the current year by the +Shareholders' General Meeting, preference shareholders +shall be entitled to attend and vote (together with ordinary +shareholders) at the Shareholders' General Meeting. For +preference shares the dividend of which is non-cumulative, +the voting rights shall be temporarily restored until the full +payment of the agreed dividend for the current year by the +Bank. +Address: Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations +Department, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +Limited, 55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, +Beijing, China +Internal Control +Internal Audit Bureau +Audit Committee +Board of Directors +Senior Management +9/9 +Corporate Governance Report +Internal Audit +ICBC +126 +There was no factor that affected the assessment +conclusion of internal control effectiveness from the +benchmark date to the issuance date of the internal control +assessment report. +The Board of Directors of the Bank conducted an +assessment on the effectiveness of the Group's internal +control during the reporting period in accordance with +the Basic Standard for Enterprise Internal Control and +its supporting guidelines issued by five ministries and +commissions including MOF, and relevant regulatory +requirements of SSE and CBIRC. No significant or material +deficiencies were detected in the Bank's internal control +system during the assessment. Risks that may arise from +ordinary deficiencies are controllable and corrective actions +have been or are being taken, which have no material +impact on the fulfillment of internal control objectives +of the Bank. The Bank had maintained effective internal +control in all material aspects in accordance with the +standard system for enterprise internal control and relevant +rules. +Internal Control Evaluation and Defects +While disclosing the annual report, the Bank also disclosed +the 2021 Internal Control Assessment Report of Industrial +and Commercial Bank of China Limited in accordance +with the requirements of MOF, CSRC and SSE. The report +stated that the Bank had maintained effective internal +control over financial reporting in all material aspects +in accordance with the standard system for enterprise +internal control and relevant rules as at 31 December 2021 +(benchmark date). Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified +Public Accountants LLP has audited the effectiveness of +the Bank's internal control over financial reporting as at +31 December 2021 and issued the standardized audit +report on internal control. For details, please refer to the +announcements published by the Bank on the website of +SSE, the "HKEXnews" website of HKEX and the website of +the Bank. +Internal Control Assessment Report and +Internal Control Audit +development of data assets, and boosted the collection, +processing and analysis of information, ensuring smooth +and effective internal and external communication. The +Bank deeply coordinated supervision and inspection, +optimized the internal control evaluation system, and +strengthened the dual closed-loop remediation of +problems, making all-round efforts to implement the new +accountability mechanism for violations, and enhancing the +synergistic supervision of the "three lines of defense", in +an endeavor to ensure stable operations. +During the reporting period, the Bank continued to +optimize its internal control mechanism for higher +quality and efficiency of the Group. The Bank formulated +and implemented the 2021-2023 Development Plan +for Internal Control System and continuously refined +the internal control environment. The Bank improved +the "9+X" risk assessment technologies and methods, +focused on case and compliance risk control, and +enhanced prospective risk identification and response +capabilities. The Bank optimized the system governance +mechanism and authorization management, strengthened +the management on key positions and personnel, and +improved the process and system management for key +areas and business links, thus developing better capacities +in the process control of risk. The Bank advanced the +The Board of Directors is responsible for formulating +the basic regulations for internal control and supervising +the implementation of such regulations. The Audit +Committee of the Board of Directors supervises the +development of the internal control system and evaluates +the compliance and effectiveness of the major operation +and management activities of the Bank. The Bank has set +up the Internal Audit Bureau and the Internal Audit Sub- +bureau, which adopt a hierarchical management system +and are responsible to and report to the Board of Directors. +The Senior Management of the Bank is responsible for +formulating systematic policies, procedures and methods, +as well as taking risk control measures. Under the Senior +Management, the Operational Risk and Internal Control +Management Committee subordinated to the Risk +Management Committee, performs the responsibilities +related to internal control and evaluates the sufficiency +and effectiveness of internal control. The Head Office +and branches have internal control and compliance +departments which are responsible for the organization, +promotion and coordination of internal control. +Postal code: 100140 +amendments to the Articles of Association which relate +to preference shares; (2) the reduction of the registered +capital of the Bank by more than 10% (either separately +or in aggregate); (3) merger, division and dissolution or +change of corporate form of the Bank; (4) issuance of +preference shares; and (5) other events specified in the +Articles of Association that will change or abrogate the +rights of preference shareholders. If any of the above +circumstances occurs, the notice of a Shareholders' General +Meeting shall be given to preference shareholders in +accordance with the notification procedures applicable +to ordinary shareholders as specified in the Articles of +Association. +The Bank established a vertical and independent internal audit management system responsible and reporting to the Board +of Directors. The chart below illustrates the internal audit management and reporting framework of the Bank: +Special Provisions on Rights of Preference +Shareholders +Appointment and +8/8 +1/1 +- +Note: For the change of supervisors, please refer to the section headed "Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +Removal". +3/3 +Qu Qiang +Annual Report 2021 +Yang Guozhong +Zhang Jie +1/1 +9/9 +3/3 +3/3 +9/9 +In the following circumstances, preference shareholders +of the Bank have the right to attend the Shareholders' +General Meeting and exercise voting rights: (1) +Supervisor Leaving Office +123 +9/9 +Securities Transactions of Directors and +Supervisors +Corporate Governance Report +ICBC +etc. +Shareholders are entitled to supervise business operation +of the Bank and put forward suggestions or inquiries +accordingly. Shareholders are entitled to review the +information of the Bank such as the Articles of Association, +the register of shareholders, documents on status of share +capital and minutes of Shareholders' General Meetings, +Putting Forward Suggestions and +Reviewing Documents +The powers of the Board of Directors and the Senior +Management are separated in strict compliance with the +Articles of Association and other corporate governance +documents of the Bank. During the reporting period, the +Bank made an inspection on the implementation of the +plan on authorization of the Board of Directors to the +President, and no matter was found to be beyond the +approval authority of the President. +Powers and Functions of the Senior +Management +Shareholders who hold more than three percent (3%) +of shares of the Bank, either individually or jointly, may +prepare an interim proposal and submit it in writing to the +Board of Directors ten (10) days before the Shareholders' +General Meetings convened. The Board of Directors shall +issue a supplementary notice for the Shareholders' General +Meeting within two (2) days upon receipt of the proposal +and submit such proposal to the Shareholders' General +Meeting for approval. +124 +An extraordinary general meeting should be convened +within two (2) months from the date when shareholders +holding more than ten percent (10%) of the voting +shares of the Bank, either individually or jointly, request +to convene in writing. Proposing shareholders shall have +the right to request the Board of Directors in writing to +convene an extraordinary general meeting. The Board of +Directors shall make a written response as to whether +or not it agrees to convene such a meeting within ten +(10) days upon receipt of the request in accordance with +laws, administrative regulations, rules and the Articles of +Association of the Bank. Reasonable expenses incurred +from the case where shareholders convene the meeting +by themselves due to the failure of the Board of Directors +to convene the meeting shall be borne by the Bank, and +deducted from the payment to those negligent directors. +The Bank has adopted a set of codes of conduct +concerning the securities transactions by directors and +supervisors which are no less stringent than the standards +set out in the Model Code for Securities Transactions by +Directors of Listed Issuers, Appendix 10 to the Hong Kong +Listing Rules. After making enquiries to all Directors and +Supervisors of the Bank, each Director and Supervisor +confirmed that he/she has complied with the provisions +of the afore-said codes of conduct during the reporting +period. +Submitting Interim Proposals for the +Shareholders' General Meeting +Senior Management +Responsibilities of the Senior Management +Corporate Governance Report +Shareholders' Rights +Proposing the Convening of an Extraordinary +General Meeting +As the executive organ of the Bank, the Senior +Management is accountable to the Board of Directors. +The Senior Management is responsible for, among others, +the operation and management of the Bank; organizing +the implementation of operation and investment plans +approved by the Board of Directors; formulating specific +rules and regulations of the Bank; determining plans for +compensation distribution and performances evaluation of +persons in charge of internal departments and branches +of the Bank (except the internal audit department); +truthfully reporting to the Board of Directors or the Board +of Supervisors on the business performance; drafting +the annual financial budget plan, final account plan, +profit distribution plan and loss make-up plan, plans for +increase or reduction of the registered capital, the issuance +of bonds or other securities and listing, and making +suggestions in that respect to the Board of Directors. +Donations During the reporting period, the Group +made external donations of RMB114.81 million equivalent. +Equity-linked Agreement The Bank had no +equity-linked agreements required to be disclosed by the +Hong Kong Listing Rules. +Report of the Board of Directors +ICBC +130 +For future planning disclosed in the public disclosure +documents such as previous offering prospectuses and +fund raising prospectuses issued by the Bank which has +continued during the reporting period, its implementation +progress conformed to the planning as described after +verification and analysis. +The funds raised from the Bank's fundraising activities were +used for the purposes as disclosed in the prospectuses, +namely, strengthening the capital base to support the +ongoing business growth of the Bank. +Use of Proceeds from Fundraising +Activities +interest income and other operating income from top five +customers of the Bank did not exceed 30% of the interest +income and other operating income of the Bank for the +year. +Major Customers In 2021, the aggregate +Changes in the share capital of the Bank for the year +ended 31 December 2021 are set out in "Note 37. to the +Consolidated Financial Statements: Share Capital". +Share Capital and Public Float +Subsidiaries Particulars of the Bank's major +subsidiaries as at 31 December 2021 are set out in the +sections headed "Discussion and Analysis Business +Overview" and "Note 25. to the Consolidated Financial +Statements: Investments in Subsidiaries" in this annual +report. +Management Contracts +Pre-emptive Rights The Articles of Association +of the Bank does not have any mandatory provision +regarding pre-emptive rights. Pursuant to the Articles of +Association, the Bank may increase its registered capital +after obtaining approval of the Shareholders' General +Meeting and of relevant authorities, by issuing shares +through public or non-public offering, issuing bonus shares +to the existing shareholders, converting capital reserve +to share capital or using other methods as allowed by +applicable laws and administrative regulations or approved +by relevant authorities. +As at the latest practicable date before the disclosure date +of the results, the Bank has maintained the minimum +public float of 23.45%, based on the publicly available +information and to the best knowledge of the Board of +Directors of the Bank. +During the reporting period, the Bank's connected +transactions under the rules of CBIRC mainly included +inter-bank lending, bond repurchase, bond investment, +loans, deposits and financial market derivative transactions +etc., with a total amount of RMB1,430,056 million +accumulatively. +Directors' and Supervisors' Interests in +Transactions, Agreements or Contracts +of Significance During the reporting period, +none of the Directors or Supervisors of the Bank had +any material interests, whether directly or indirectly, in +any transaction, arrangement or contract of significance +regarding the Bank's business to which the Bank, its +subsidiaries, its controlling shareholders or subsidiaries +of its controlling shareholders was a party. None of the +Directors or Supervisors of the Bank have entered into any +service contract with the Bank, which is not determinable +by the Bank within one year without payment of +compensation (other than statutory compensation). +Relations among Directors, Supervisors +and Senior Management Directors, Supervisors +and Senior Management members of the Bank are not +related to one another with respect to finance, business, +family, or other material relationships which are required to +be disclosed. +Financial Summary The summary of results, +assets and liabilities for the five years ended 31 December +2021 is set out in the section headed "Financial +Highlights" of this annual report. +Liability Insurance of Directors, +Supervisors and Senior Management +Members Pursuant to the Articles of Association +of the Bank, where conditions permit, the Bank may +establish the professional liability insurance system of +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members +upon approval of the Shareholders' General Meeting. +The Bank will use its own assets to compensate each +Director, Supervisor and Senior Management member for +any liability arising during their performance period to the +maximum extent permitted by laws and administrative +regulations or within the scope not prohibited by laws and +administrative regulations, unless the Directors, Supervisors +and Senior Management members are otherwise proved +to have failed to act honestly or in good faith during their +duty performance. During the reporting period, the Bank +purchased liability insurance for Directors, Supervisors and +Senior Management members. +Participation in Investing in National +Green Development Fund Co, Ltd. In +July 2020, the Bank signed the Promoter's Agreement of +the National Green Development Fund Co, Ltd. In April +2021, upon the approval of CBIRC, the Bank planned to +contribute RMB8.0 billion to National Green Development +Fund Co, Ltd., which shall be paid by instalments. In May +2021, the Bank completed the first contribution of RMB0.8 +billion. For details on the investment, please refer to the +announcements published by the Bank on the website of +SSE, the "HKEXnews" website of HKEX and the website of +the Bank. +Report of the Board of Directors +131 +Annual Report 2021 +Participation in Investing in National +Financing Guarantee Fund Co., Ltd. In +July 2018, the Bank signed the Promoter's Agreement +of the National Financing Guarantee Fund Co., Ltd. +In October 2018, upon the approval of CBIRC, the +Bank planned to contribute RMB3.0 billion to National +Financing Guarantee Fund Co., Ltd., which shall be paid by +instalments. In May 2021, the Bank completed the entire +contribution. For details on the investment, please refer to +the announcements published by the Bank on the website +of SSE, the "HKEXnews" website of HKEX and the website +of the Bank. +Please refer to "Note 47. to the Consolidated Financial +Statements: Related Party Disclosures" for details of +the related party transactions defined under the laws, +regulations and accounting standards of China. +In 2021, the Bank carried out standardized management +of the Group's connected transactions in strict accordance +with the regulations of CBIRC and CSRC as well as +listing rules in Shanghai and Hong Kong, and had no +connected transaction to be submitted to the Board +of Directors or the Shareholders' General Meeting for +review. All connected transactions occurred complied +with the disclosure exemptions under the Listing Rules of +the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Listing +Rules. The disclosure exemptions abided by the provisions +of SSE for disclosure of connected transactions as well as +the provisions of SEHK for reporting and announcement of +connected transactions. +Connected Transactions +Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong +Kong (including interests or short positions therein that +they shall be deemed to have pursuant to such provisions +of the Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong), or +any interests or short positions which have to be recorded +in the register under Section 352 of the Securities and +Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong, or any interests or short +positions which have to be notified to the Bank and SEHK +pursuant to the Model Code for Securities Transactions by +Directors of Listed Issuers as set out in Appendix 10 to the +Hong Kong Listing Rules. +Interests in Shares, Underlying Shares, +and Debentures Held by Directors +and Supervisors As at 31 December 2021, +none of the Directors or Supervisors of the Bank had +any interests or short positions in the shares, underlying +shares or debentures of the Bank or any of its associated +corporations (as defined in Part XV of the Securities and +Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong) which have to be +notified to the Bank and SEHK under Divisions 7 and 8 of +Directors' and Supervisors' Rights to +Acquire Shares or Debentures None of +the Bank, its subsidiaries, its controlling shareholders or +subsidiaries of its controlling shareholders entered into +any agreement or arrangement enabling the Directors and +Supervisors to acquire benefits by means of the acquisition +of shares in or debentures of the Bank or any other body +corporate. +Directors' Interests in Competing +Business None of the Bank's Directors held any +interests in any business competes or competed or is or +was likely to compete, either directly or indirectly, with the +Bank. +During the reporting +period, the Bank did not enter into or have any contract +regarding the management and administration of the +whole or any important business. +Reserves Details of the +distributable reserves of the Bank as at 31 December 2021 +are set out in "Note 39. to the Consolidated Financial +Statements: Reserves" of this annual report. +2.660 +Purchase, Sale and Redemption of +Shares During the reporting period, except the +redemption of offshore EUR preference shares, neither +the Bank nor any of its subsidiaries purchased, sold or +redeemed any listed shares of the Bank. For details on +the redemption of offshore EUR preference shares, please +refer to the section headed "Details of Changes in Share +Capital and Shareholding of Substantial Shareholders +Preference Shares". +2021 +Percentage of cash dividends (1) (%) +Cash dividends (pre-tax, in RMB millions) +Dividend per ten shares (pre-tax, in RMB yuan) +Item +The Bank did not convert any capital reserve to share capital in the last three years. The table below sets out the dividend +distribution of ordinary shares of the Bank for the last three years: +2020 +about RMB104,534 million. The distribution plan will be +submitted for approval to the Annual General Meeting +for the Year 2021. Once approved, the above-mentioned +dividends will be paid to the holders of A shares and H +shares whose names appeared on the share register of +the Bank after the close of market on 11 July 2022. The +Bank will suspend the registration procedures of H share +ownership transfer on 6 July 2022 (inclusive) through 11 +July 2022 (inclusive). The holders of H shares of the Bank +that desire to receive the proposed cash dividends but +have not registered the ownership transfer documents +are requested to hand over their ownership transfer +documents together with the H shares to the Bank's H +share registrar Computershare Hong Kong Investor +Services Limited that is located at Room 1712-1716, +17 Floor, Hopewell Center, 183 Queen's Road East, +Wanchai, Hong Kong no later than 4:30 p.m. of 5 July +2022. Pursuant to relevant regulatory requirements and +operational rules, dividends on A shares and H shares will +be paid on 12 July 2022 and 27 July 2022, respectively. +For dividend-related tax and tax reduction, please refer to +the announcements on dividend distribution of the Bank. +As approved at the Annual General Meeting for the Year +2020 held on 21 June 2021, the Bank has distributed cash +dividends of about RMB94,804 million, or RMB2.660 per +ten shares (pre-tax) for the period from 1 January 2020 +to 31 December 2020 to the ordinary shareholders whose +names appeared on the share register after the close of +market on 5 July 2021. +The profit and financial status of the Bank during the +reporting period are presented in the Auditor's Report and +Financial Statements of the Annual Report. +Profits and Dividends Distribution +Principal Business The principal business of the +Bank and its subsidiaries is the provision of banking and +related financial services. Please refer to the section headed +"Discussion and Analysis" for the business review of the +Bank. +Report of the Board of Directors +Remuneration Policy for Directors, +Supervisors and Senior +The Board of Directors of the Bank proposed distributing +cash dividends of RMB2.933 (pre-tax) for each ten shares +of 356,406,257,089 ordinary shares for 2021, totaling +2019 +2.933 +104,534 +The formulation and implementation of the Bank's cash +dividend policy accords with the provisions stipulated in +the Articles of Association and the requirements provided +in the resolutions of the Shareholders' General Meeting, +the dividend distribution standards and proportion are +clear and explicit, and the decision-making procedure and +mechanism are complete. Moreover, Independent Non- +executive Directors had issued their opinions for it. Minority +shareholders can fully express their opinions and appeals, +to completely safeguard their legitimate rights. +Report of the Board of Directors +129 +Annual Report 2021 +the long-term interest of the Bank, the overall interests of +all shareholders and the sustainable development of the +Bank. It emphasizes the priority to adopt cash dividend +as the profit distribution method and provides that the +Bank's adjustment to the profit distribution policy shall be +discussed by the Board of Directors as a special proposal +and the grounds for adjustment shall be substantiated and +proved in detail and presented in a written substantiating +report for Independent Non-executive Directors to issue +their opinions, and then the report will be submitted to the +Shareholders' General Meeting for approval as a special +resolution. +The Articles of Association of the Bank explicitly stipulates +that the Bank's profit distribution policy shall maintain +its continuity and stability and meanwhile have regard to +Formulation and Implementation of +Cash Dividend Policy +_ +For details on the distribution of dividends on preference +shares of the Bank, please refer to the section headed +"Details of Changes in Share Capital and Shareholding of +Substantial Shareholders Preference Shares". +Note: (1) Calculated by dividing cash dividends on ordinary shares (pre-tax) by net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders of the parent +company for the period. +30.4 +30.9 +30.9 +2.628 +93,664 +94,804 +Distributable +Management The Bank has clearly documented +the remuneration policy for Directors, Supervisors and +Senior Management members, and has continuously +improved its performance assessment system and incentive +restriction mechanism. From the perspectives of economic +benefit, prevention and control of financial risks and +support for the real economy and social responsibilities, +the Bank adopted a system composed of the Bank's +overall operation and management based indicators for +the Management and duties allocation based indicators +for individuals. The remuneration to the Chairman of +the Board of Directors, the President, the Chairman +of the Board of Supervisors and other executives of +the Bank has followed the State's policies relating +to the remuneration reform on executives of central +enterprises, which consists of basic annual remuneration, +performance-based remuneration and incentive income +linked to term appraisal. The remuneration to other Senior +Management members and Shareholder Supervisors +consists of basic annual remuneration and performance- +based remuneration, and part of performance-based +remuneration is paid in a deferred manner. The Bank has +contributed to statutory retirement programs organized by +Chinese governmental organizations at different levels for +Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members +concurrently as the employees of the Bank. Upon obtaining +all applicable approvals, the Bank will implement a long- +term incentive program. As at 31 December 2021, the +Bank had not granted any share appreciation rights to +any Director, Supervisor, Senior Management member, or +other core business personnel designated by the Board of +Directors. +Environmental and Social Responsibilities +As at the disclosure date of the results, the composition of +the Board of Directors of the Bank is as follows: +The urban-rural collaborative development strategy was +put in place. The Bank established the "Steering Group +for Financial Services for Rural Revitalization" headed +by the chairman of the Bank and the "Committee for +Promoting Financial Services for Rural Revitalization" +with the president of the Bank serving as the director. +Leveraging the advantages in urban finance, technological +development and integrated services, the Bank +formulated and implemented the urban-rural collaborative +development strategy, released the Action Plan for +Financial Support to Rural Revitalization, and introduced +15 action measures. It also launched a uniform brand +of financial services for rural revitalization "ICBC +Xingnongtong" to strengthen the urban-rural collaborative +financial services to rural areas featuring urban areas +helping rural areas and urban-rural complementarity and +boost the comprehensive extension of industrial chain, +supply chain and capital chain from urban to rural areas. +The Bank fully implemented the national strategic plans for +rural revitalization, and resolutely followed the regulatory +requirements of financial services for rural revitalization. To +"address the country's needs, give full play to finance and +tap into ICBC strengths", the Bank put in place the urban- +rural collaborative development strategy and made all- +round efforts to consolidate and expand the achievements +made in poverty alleviation in coordination with the +extensive drive for rural vitalization. +Consolidation of Achievements in +Poverty Alleviation and Services for +Rural Revitalization +Scan for access to the 2021 Corporate Social Responsibility +(ESG) Report of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +Limited +For details of the Bank's fulfillment of corporate social +responsibilities, please refer to the 2021 Corporate Social +Responsibility (ESG) Report of Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited published by the Bank on the +website of SSE, the "HKEXnews" website of HKEX and the +website of the Bank. +The Bank conducted in-depth researches on topics such as +low-carbon transformation of commercial banks, financial +support for carbon market development, and business +promotion of pilot zones for green finance reform and +innovation, explored quantitative assessment methods +for corporate green development, and established an +assessment mechanism of green finance development +under the framework of Paris Agreement. It also updated +and published the 2021 edition of the Belt and Road Green +Finance (Investment) Indexes Report, launched China's +first industry standard for environmental information +disclosure by financial institutions, and developed the +CERAT online instrument for environmental risk analysis +to help enterprises and financial institutions quantify +the environmental risks of overseas projects. It actively +participated in the global financial governance of the +Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, +and spared no efforts to push forward climate change +response and "dual carbon" work through international +platforms such as United Nations Environment Programme +Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), Global Investors for Sustainable +Development Alliance (GISD), Green Investment Principles +(GIP) for the Belt and Road, and the Belt and Road Inter- +bank Regular Cooperation Mechanism (BRBR). +International Exchange and Cooperation +136 +management in its operation, made use of information +technology to collect, analyze and summarize historical +carbon emission data, and provided strong support for +continuous digital carbon emission management. On the +basis of the pilot carbon emission inventory conducted +by the Head Office, Beijing Branch and Hunan Branch, +the Bank launched the relevant work to find out the real +carbon emissions data in the past five years. According to +the total amount and structure of carbon emissions in the +past, the Bank studied and developed the implementation +roadmap for carbon neutrality in its operation as well as +the energy saving and emission reduction pathway, and +gradually advanced the carbon neutrality in its operation. +Remarkable results were achieved in green office. The Bank +implemented independent and controllable localization of +office platform, optimized the system functions of official +document processing and business trip reimbursement, +integrated and upgraded mobile office functions, with the +daily active users of mobile office increasing by more than +50% year-on-year. +135 +Annual Report 2021 +The Bank made steady progress in promoting carbon +footprint management. It established an information +statistics and analysis system for carbon footprint +Green Office +The Bank was actively engaged in the issuance, +underwriting and investment of green bonds, and provided +green financial support for the key areas of ecological +civilization development, such as ecological protection +and clean energy. In 2021, it completed the issuance of +67 green bonds of various categories as lead underwriter, +and assisted other issuers in raising funds of RMB140,130 +million with a lead underwriting scale of RMB63,637 +million, including 24 carbon-neutral bonds with a lead +underwriting scale of RMB24,909 million which ranked +No.1 in the market. In 2021, the total amount of offshore +green bonds issued by the Bank reached USD13.06 billion, +with 11 international awards received by the Bank. +The Bank made sustained efforts to scale up lending to +new energy, resource recycling, advanced manufacturing +and other areas of transformation and upgrading, with +a focus on providing financing support to small and +micro enterprises in green and low-carbon industries. +Taking into account the new types of financing needs +arising from the low-carbon transformation of small and +micro enterprise customers, the Bank actively developed +supporting products to promote innovation of small and +micro financing products. It remained committed to the +development approach of "digital inclusive finance", +accelerated the digital transformation of traditional +credit products for small and micro enterprises, and +progressively guided and promoted the digital and low- +carbon transformation of production and operation of +micro and small enterprises. By actively taking advantage of +innovative financial instruments such as digital credit note, +it worked to increase the supply of funds and support for +small and micro enterprises in green industry chains such as +clean energy, pollution control and resource recycling. +of domestic loans granted to such green fields as energy +saving and environmental protection, clean production, +clean energy, ecological environment, green upgrade of +infrastructures and green services, representing an increase +of RMB634,902 million over the end of the previous year. +In 2021, green projects supported by the Bank's green +loans converted into savings of 47,381.3 thousand tons of +standard coal, a reduction of 98,846.9 thousand tons in +carbon dioxide emissions. +The Bank continuously refined the green finance policy +system, intensified the implementation of green finance +planning, and strengthened the policy guidance of +differentiated investment and financing to positively +advance the green adjustment of investment and +financing structure. As part of its efforts to intensify the +management of environment (climate) and social risks, the +Bank fully implemented the green-classified management +of investment and financing business, actively advanced +systematic control over environment (climate) and social +risks of investment and financing, and took the initiative to +conduct the climate risks studies. As at the end of 2021, +the Bank recorded a balance of RMB2,480,621 million +Environmental and Social Responsibilities +Green Finance +ICBC +Targeted assistance for poverty alleviation was continuously +improved to help the targeted regions realize rural +revitalization. The Bank formulated and released the Work +Plan on Targeted Poverty Alleviation for 2021, established +Members of the Board of Directors +ICBC +138 +Adhering to putting the customer first, the Bank took +special measures to tackle the pain points of customer +experience, carried out "I do practical things for the +public" service improvement campaign, and implemented +root-cause rectification in terms of rules and regulations +formulation, products improvement, processes +optimization and systems refinement to continuously +improve the quality of financial services. The Bank also +established a customer complaint management system +that is more compatible with customer demands and +regulatory requirements, and strengthened the full- +chain management covering monitoring and early +warning, standardized processing, and supervision and +implementation. In 2021, the Bank further broadened its +complaint acceptance channels and optimized the relevant +process, as part of its effort to listen more to customers' +voices and respond to and resolve customer appeals in +a more comprehensive way, with customer satisfaction +reaching 86.8%. +The Bank widely rolled out the series of "Chunxun Action" +training ("Spring Training Action") for consumer protection +to promote more effective implementation of the laws, +regulations and regulatory requirements of consumer +protection in key areas such as personal banking, credit +cards and Internet finance. Ongoing efforts were made +to strengthen special training, where corresponding +training content and focus of consumer protection were +set in accordance with the management level, profession +and job responsibilities of the targeted groups, in a bid +to constantly improve the accuracy and effectiveness of +training. +The Bank highly valued the integration of online and +offline efforts, launching consumer protection promotion +activities such as "March 15th Consumer Protection +Publicity Week", "Financial Knowledge Publicity Month, +Household Financial Knowledge, Be a Rational Investor +and a Good Financial Internet User ", "Spreading Financial +Knowledge, Protecting Your Pocket" and "Publicizing +Financial Knowledge to Walk Ten Thousand Miles", +where the efforts were especially directed at key contents +and special groups with an aim to continuously enhance +consumers' financial literacy and risk prevention capability. +The Bank designed itself a uniform consumer protection +logo, established a library of consumer protection materials +and gave full play to its advantages in channels, brands +and talented staff. It also made sustained efforts to +enhance the standardization, quality and efficiency of +consumer protection promotion endeavors, in an effort to +build a publicity brand with the Bank's own characteristics. +in a targeted manner. The Bank also strengthened the +management of third-party cooperation agencies and +continuously improved the level of compliance operations. +By creating the "ICBC with You" elderly customer +service brand, it worked to make the elderly customers +more satisfied and happier with financial service and +to contribute to the effective implementation of the +national strategy of responding to population aging. It +also continued to conduct reviews and risk warning on +policies, procedures, financial products and services related +to consumer protection, actively protected consumer rights +and enhanced consumer experience. +A rural financial service system was built and relevant +systems and mechanisms were further refined. The Bank +established a specialized institution of Rural Vitalization +Office which was designed to coordinate financial services +for rural revitalization, and set up the specialized line of +financial services for rural revitalization. With all these +efforts, the Bank was committed to building an all- +round rural financial service system covering agriculture, +rural areas and farmers, offering rural customer groups +with meticulous, warm and convenient customer +experience, and delivering readily available, intelligent and +wholehearted financial services to boost prosperity in rural +areas, rural industries and livelihood of rural residents. +Achievements made in poverty alleviation were +consolidated and expanded. The Bank continued to provide +all kinds of support for poverty alleviation with financial +services, optimized micro loan products for poverty +alleviation, and strongly supported the financing needs +of key counties for national rural revitalization assistance. +Furthermore, the Bank launched the specialized rural +revitalization recruitment of "ICBC Stars Supporting Rural +Residents and Enabling Dreams", targeting at college +students from families that have shaken off poverty, people +involved in "three supports and one assistance" and +other key targeted groups and areas of national poverty +alleviation efforts as well as groups providing support for +agriculture, rural areas and farmers. +137 +The Bank conscientiously implemented the laws, +regulations and regulatory requirements regarding +consumer protection, took various measures to +improve the consumer protection governance system, +and comprehensively enhance its ability to protect +the legitimate rights and interests of consumers. It +strengthened the guidance and coordination of the +consumer protection work of the Board of Directors, +the Board of Supervisors and the Senior Management, +and continuously consolidated the management +groundwork of corporate governance. It incorporated +the risks of consumer protection into a comprehensive +risk management system, refined the key rules and +regulations for consumer protection, and continuously +improved the systematization and standardization of +consumer protection. Moreover, it optimized the system +functions of financial information protection and sales of +financial products, and enhanced the level of intelligent +management and control of consumer protection risks +Consumer Protection +As at the end of 2021, the Bank's balance of agriculture- +related loans exceeded RMB2.6 trillion, an increase of over +RMB400.0 billion from the beginning of the year. The +balance of loans placed at areas that have been lifted out +of poverty was RMB782.0 billion, up over RMB100 billion +from the beginning of the year. The balance of loans in +granted for key poverty assistance counties exceeded +RMB100.0 billion, an increase higher than the average of +the Bank's loans. +Innovation was made in rural revitalization product. +Nearly 100 credit and non-credit products and services +were launched to form a product and service system +with ICBC characteristics, covering rural industry, rural +development, inclusive finance, farmer services, GBC +interaction and technology empowerment. It made +breakthrough in launching an online agriculture-related +inclusive loan product, i.e., "ICBC Prosperous Agriculture +Loan", and cooperated with the Ministry of Agriculture +and Rural Affairs to carry out various activities such as +the "agricultural matchmaking" activity and the "serving +thousands of villages and accompanying ten thousands +of households" campaign. It also launched a series of +training for rural customers on "practical skills for poverty +alleviation of Jinyang", and promoted the brand of +"ICBC Training for Rural Revitalization", with the aim to +create an integrated rural revitalization service with ICBC +characteristics that combined financing, consulting and +commercial services. +Service was further delivered in lower-tier market. The +Bank developed an online-offline integrated rural services +delivery system highlighting online, streamlined and +efficient operation. In terms of offline channels, relying +on rural service sites for inclusive finance, it built a light- +asset and flexible ICBC messenger operation and service +model to effectively fill the gap of rural financial services. In +terms of online channels, the Bank built a comprehensive +service platform - ICBC "Xingnongtong" APP, effectively +realizing the service downward penetration of "one-point +access, borderless rural revitalization". +"Three-to-One" paired assistance mechanism, and +organized 12 branches to pair up with targeted assistance +counties to help attract investment and high-caliber +professionals. It insisted on promoting poverty assistance +through healthcare and education, business development, +and consumption growth, in a way to help the invigoration +of high-caliber talents. +a +Annual Report 2021 +During the reporting period, being fully committed to +the strategic plan of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, +the Bank established and improved the green financial +development system, issued the Work Plan of Industrial +and Commercial Bank of China Limited for Carbon Peak +and Carbon Neutrality (Trial), and set up the Steering +Group for Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality to carry +out the systematic planning and overall deployment of +the Bank's carbon neutrality efforts. Leveraging on the +investment and financing toolkit of "loan, bond, stock, +agency, lease and consultant", the Bank promoted +investment and financing restructuring across all regions, +increased financial support for green technology, and +made every effort to drive innovation in financial products +and services. Progress was made in approaching the +national carbon emissions trading market by offering it +comprehensive financial services. ICBC Credit Suisse, one +of the Bank's subsidiaries, launched an ESG-themed ETF +that was the first one of the kind approved in the industry, +and ICBC Wealth Management released the first ESG- +themed net worth-based wealth management product in +the industry. The Bank actively supported the innovation- +driven development of the national pilot zone for green +finance reform and innovation, and further strengthened +the environmental and social risk prevention and control. +It also launched the "ICBC ESG" column on its official +website, through which the 2021 interim ESG special +report was released for the first time globally. Moreover, +further progress was made in exchange, cooperation and +prospective studies on green finance. +Environmental and Social Responsibilities +Environmental and Social Responsibilities +six key areas", facilitated the inclusive finance and green +finance development, prevented and defused financial +risks, and handled information disclosure. It ensured the +Bank could well-perform the political, social and economic +responsibilities as a large state-owned bank. +Supervision on the performance of duties. The Board +of Supervisors supervised the Board of Directors, Senior +Management and their members on their compliance +with the laws and regulations, the Articles of Association +of the Bank, and the implementation of the resolutions +of the Shareholders' General Meeting and the Board +of Directors and the regulatory opinions. It paid close +attention to how the Board of Directors and the Senior +Management implemented the economic and financial +policies of the state and regulatory requirements, +served the implementation of major national strategies, +responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, supported the +real economy, promoted the key tasks of "ensuring +stability on six key fronts" and "maintaining security in +Performance of the Board of Supervisors. In 2021, the +Board of Supervisors held nine meetings, considered 20 +proposals including proposals on the 2020 work report +of the Board of Supervisors and assessment report on +the duty performance, heard nine reports on the topics +including the operation, development strategy planning +and the Group's AML work, and reviewed 43 reports +including reports on the quarterly supervision and relevant +surveys of the Board of Supervisors in 2021. It issued +opinions in an objective and fair manner and appropriately +exercised voting rights. The members of the Board of +Supervisors diligently and faithfully fulfilled their duties, +attended three Shareholders' General Meetings, and +attended nine meetings of the Board of Directors and 36 +meetings of special committees as non-voting attendees. +They input adequate time and effort in supervisory +inspections, attached equal importance to theoretical +learning and experience summary from practice, with an +aim to further build up their duty performance ability. +External supervisors of the Bank worked for more than +15 working days in the Bank, complying with the relevant +requirements. +During the reporting period, the Board of Supervisors, +pursuant to relevant laws and regulations, regulatory +requirements and the Articles of Association, performed +supervision duties earnestly. Relying on a variety of +methods such as onsite surveying and offsite monitoring, +it carried out supervision of duty performance and due +diligence, financial activities, risk management and internal +control, etc. in a down-to-earth way. With its important +role in corporate governance exploited adequately, it +promoted the legal, compliant operation and development +across the Bank. +Work of the Board of Supervisors +Report of the Board of Supervisors +Board of Directors +Financial supervision. The Board of Supervisors +supervised the Bank's financial activities as well as +decisions on and implementation of material financial +issues. It paid close attention to the major accounting +issues, expected credit loss, financial approval issues, and +relevant accounting items of the Bank, kept alert to the +impact of domestic and overseas pandemic situations +on the Bank's business operation, and conducted in- +depth analysis on the major factors affecting the Group's +profitability. It carefully reviewed periodic reports, final +accounts and profit distribution plan, learned about and +kept watchful eye on the external audit work, and oversaw +and evaluated the quality of external audit. It focused on +the allocation of financial resources and the operation of +financial management mechanism to intensify supervision +constantly. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited +132 +Mr. Shen Si, Mr. Nout Wellink and Mr. Fred Zuliu Hu. +Mr. Anthony Francis Neoh, Mr. Yang Siu Shun, +Independent Non-executive Directors: +Mr. Feng Weidong, Ms. Cao Liqun, Ms. Chen Yifang and +Mr. Dong Yang; +Non-executive Directors: Mr. Lu Yongzhen, +Fulfillment of Environmental and +Corporate Social Responsibilities +ICBC +Risk supervision. The Board of Supervisors supervised +the effectiveness and soundness of the risk management +system and mechanism. It paid close attention to the risk +management strategies, the formulation and transmission +of risk appetite, and improvement and implementation of +risk management policies and procedures. It supervised +capital management, consolidated management, stress +testing management and regulatory indicators, and +tracked changes in major risks such as credit risk, market +risk and liquidity risk. It concerned about the impact +of continued spreading of pandemic on the domestic +economy and finance as well as relevant risk prevention +and control measures taken by the Bank, and strengthened +the supervision of key regions, key institutions and key +businesses, to analyze and expose the potential risks and +hazards as early as possible. +Executive Directors: Mr. Chen Siqing, Mr. Liao Lin, +Mr. Zheng Guoyu and Mr. Wang Jingwu; +Supervision on internal control. The Board of +Supervisors supervised the effectiveness of the internal +control system, the performance of internal control duties +and the business compliance with laws and regulations. +It paid close attention to the operation of internal control +mechanism, policy system building, implementation of +regulatory opinions, remediation of inspection findings, +management of material risk events and accountability +for operating losses, among other aspects. The Board +of Supervisors effectively supervised key institutions and +business areas, paid continuous attention to internal +control in case prevention management, AML, information +ICBC +134 +Save as disclosed above, the Board of Supervisors had no +objection to any other matters during the reporting period. +Implementation of Information Disclosure +Rules During the reporting period, the Bank performed +its duty of information disclosure in compliance with the +regulatory requirements, implemented the information +disclosure management rules in earnest, and disclosed +information in a timely and fair manner. Information +disclosed was authentic, accurate and complete. +Review of the Internal Control Assessment +Report The Board of Supervisors reviewed the 2021 +Internal Control Assessment Report of the Bank and had +no objection to the report. +Connected Transactions During the reporting period, +the connected transactions of the Bank were conducted +on normal commercial terms. The Board of Supervisors +did not find any circumstance that infringed upon the +interests of the Bank. The approval, voting, disclosure +and implementation of connected transactions complied +with applicable laws and regulations and the Articles of +Association of the Bank. +assets. +Purchase and Sale of Assets During the reporting +period, the Board of Supervisors did not find any insider +trading or any circumstance that contravened the +shareholders' interests or caused the loss of the Bank's +assets in the process of the Bank's purchase or sale of +Implementation of Resolutions Passed at the +Shareholders' General Meeting During the reporting +period, the Board of Supervisors had no objection to the +reports or proposals presented by the Board of Directors to +the Shareholders' General Meeting for consideration. The +Board of Directors earnestly implemented the resolutions +approved at the Shareholders' General Meetings. +Preparation of Annual Report Preparation and +review procedures of the Bank's Annual Report were in +compliance with laws, regulations and regulatory rules. +Contents of this report reflected the actual conditions of +the Bank truly, accurately and completely. +Compliant Operation During the reporting period, +the Board of Directors and the Senior Management +of the Bank continued to operate in compliance with +applicable laws and regulations, and the decision-making +procedures complied with applicable laws and regulations +and the Articles of Association of the Bank. Members +of the Board of Directors and the Senior Management +diligently and faithfully performed their duties, and the +Board of Supervisors did not find any violation of laws +and regulations, or any circumstance that contravened the +interests of the Bank in their performance of duties during +the reporting period. +Independent Opinions of the Board of +Supervisors on Relevant Issues +technology and other aspects, and gave full play to the +supervision efficiency to effectively improve the Group's +internal control compliance management. +Report of the Board of Supervisors +133 +Annual Report 2021 +Use of Proceeds from Fundraising Activities During +the reporting period, the use of proceeds from the Bank's +fundraising activities was consistent with the purpose +stated in the prospectuses. +44. Assets Pledged as Security +228 +45. Share Appreciation Rights Plan +185 +Net Gains on Financial Investments +9. +228 +185 +7. +8. +227 +Transferred Financial Assets +43. +185 +Net Fee and Commission Income +10. Other Operating Income, Net +226 +Net Trading Income +186 +237 +229 +51. Statement of Financial Position and +192 +15. Income Tax Expense +266 +50. Fair Value of Financial Instruments +191 +14. Impairment Losses on Assets +242 +46. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities +49. Financial Risk Management +13. Five Highest Paid Individuals +42. Interests in Structured Entities +48. Segment Information +187 +231 +47. Related Party Disclosures +186 +11. Operating Expenses +191 +184 +Implementation of Share Incentive Plan +and Employee Stock Ownership Plan +during the Reporting Period During the +reporting period, the Bank did not implement any share +incentive plan or any employee stock ownership plan. +6. +Application of the New and +3. +217 +Other Liabilities +36. +161 +Basis of Preparation +2. +37. +214 +Significant Events +Material Lawsuits or Arbitration +Cases During the reporting period, the Bank incurred +no material lawsuits or arbitration cases. It was involved +in several legal disputes in its ordinary course of business. +Most of these cases were initiated by the Bank to recover +non-performing loans, while some were related to disputes +with clients. As at 31 December 2021, the amount of +cases pending judgements or arbitrations awards in which +the Bank and/or its subsidiaries are defendants totaled +RMB6, 165 million, and the Bank does not expect any +material adverse effect from the above-mentioned cases on +the Bank's business, financial position or operating results. +Material Assets Acquisition, Sale and +Merger During the reporting period, the Bank had no +material assets acquisition, sale and merger. +Credit Standing During the reporting period, +neither the Bank nor its controlling shareholders had +ever failed to fulfil obligations provided in effective legal +documents issued by court for material lawsuits, nor had +there been any outstanding debt of significant amount. +16. Profit Attributable to Equity Holders +Please refer to "Note 47. to the Consolidated Financial +Statements: Related Party Disclosures" for details of +the related party transactions defined under the laws +and regulations of China and the relevant accounting +standards. +Material Contracts and Performance of +Obligations thereunder +Material Trust, Sub-contract and +35. Debt Securities Issued +Net Interest Income +Share Capital +Amendments to IFRSS +225 +Cash and Cash Equivalents +41. +183 +Estimates +224 +Other Comprehensive Income +40. +217 +5. Significant Accounting Judgements and +39. Reserves +164 +Summary of Significant Accounting Policies +4. +218 +Other Equity Instruments +38. +162 +223 +Statement of Changes in Equity +Independent Auditor's Report +192 +understood, assessed and tested the design +and operating effectiveness of key internal +controls of ECL model, including the selection, +approval, and application of ECL model +methodology, on-going model monitoring, +input of underlying data and parameters, and +loan staging based on customer asset quality, +cash flow projection used in the discounted +cash flow method, and the review and +approval of forward-looking information; +understood, assessed and tested the +information technology system and design and +operating effectiveness of the related controls, +including general information technology +controls, data transmission between systems, +mapping of parameters of ECL model, and +system calculation of loss allowance. +understood, assessed and tested the design +and operating effectiveness of key internal +controls relating to approval, recording, +monitoring and regular evaluation of internal +credit risk ratings which are relevant inputs to +the ECL model; +• +Design and operating effectiveness of key internal +controls +(1) +Our audit procedures in respect of expected credit loss +allowance of loans and advances to customers measured at +amortised cost included the following: +How our audit addressed the key audit matter +The management exercised significant judgements and +estimation in its assessment of ECL allowance of loans and +advances to customers measured at amortised cost. They +include the determination of staging of loans and advances +to customers including determining whether the credit risk +has increased significantly and credit impairment events +have occurred; the determination of key parameters used +in the ECL model including probability of default (PD), loss +given default (LGD), exposure at default (EAD), discount +rate, and forward-looking information for stage 1 and +2 corporate loans and advances, discounted bills and all +personal loans and advances; the determination of key +parameters used in discounted cash flow assessment in +respect of stage 3 corporate loans and advances including +recoverable cash flows and discount rates. +Annual Report 2021 +As at 31 December 2021, the Group's loans and +advances to customers measured at amortised cost was +RMB20,174,699 million, and the related impairment +provision was RMB603,764 million. +Expected credit loss allowance of loans and advances +to customers measured at amortised cost +Key audit matter +Key audit matters (continued) +Independent Auditor's Report +ICBC +144 +Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the +consolidated financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the +consolidated financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion +on these matters. +Key audit matters +The Group uses an expected credit loss ("ECL") model +to calculate the loss allowance for loans and advances to +customers measured at amortised cost in accordance with +IFRS 9. +We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing ("ISAS"). Our responsibilities under those +standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements section +of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants issued +by International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants ("the Code"), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities +in accordance with the Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a +basis for our opinion. +145 +Key audit matters (continued) +(3) +How our audit addressed the key audit matter +Expected credit loss allowance of loans and advances +to customers measured at amortised cost (continued) +Key audit matter +Key audit matters (continued) +Independent Auditor's Report +ICBC +146 +Independent Auditor's Report +performed back-testing, and verified the results +of the model using actual observable data, and +evaluated whether there was any indication of +management bias. +verified, on a sample basis, the accuracy of +ECL model data input such as loan agreement +amount, due date, interest rate, guarantee +method; +assessed the internal credit risk rating +benchmark used in the ECL model by reviewing +its periodic validation and monitoring report to +evaluate the reasonableness of the validation +approach, completeness of the validation +scope and accuracy of the validation, and +selected samples to verify the accuracy of +internal rating calculation; +assessed the reliability and appropriateness +of the ECL model and the reasonableness of +key parameters used in the model, including: +PD, LGD, EAD, discount rate, forward-looking +adjustments, and evaluated the rationality of +the key management judgements on those key +parameters; +ECL model +(2) +How our audit addressed the key audit matter +Expected credit loss allowance of loans and advances +to customers measured at amortised cost (continued) +Due to the significance of allowance for impairment losses +of loans and advances to customers measured at amortised +cost and the associated ECL allowance and the significant +judgements and estimation exercised by management in +estimating ECL, we identified this as a key audit matter. +Refer to Note 4 (10), Note 5, Note 14, Note 23, and Note +49(a) to the consolidated financial statements for relevant +disclosures. +Key audit matter +assessed the reasonableness of the selection +and weighting of economic indicators, multiple +macro-economic scenarios, and other inputs +and assumptions used by management in the +forward-looking adjustments; assessed the +reasonableness of forecasted macro-economic +indicators and industry data by comparing to +available third party information, and reviewed +the sensitivity analysis of economic indicators; +verified, on a sample basis, the calculation of +ECL model, and tested whether the model +reasonably reflected management's modelling +methodology; +of the Parent Company +Basis for opinion +We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (the "Bank") +and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the "Group") set out on pages 153 to 274, which comprise the consolidated +statement of financial position as at 31 December 2021, the consolidated statement of profit or loss, the consolidated +statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, the consolidated statement of changes in equity and the +consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other +explanatory information. +194 +Financial Institutions +274 +Statements +20. Due From Banks and Other +54. Approval of the Consolidated Financial +194 +19. Cash and Balances with Central Banks +UNAUDITED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION +274 +193 +18. Earnings Per Share +274 +52. Events After the Reporting Period +193 +17. Dividends +273 +of the Bank +53. Comparative Amounts +In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Group as at +31 December 2021, and of its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the year then ended +in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRSS") issued by the International Accounting Standards +Board ("IASB") and have been properly prepared in compliance with the disclosure requirements of the Hong Kong +Companies Ordinance. +21. Derivative Financial Instruments +TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 275 +德勤 +Opinion +To the Shareholders of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited +(Incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) +Deloitte. +Lease During the reporting period, the Bank had not +held on trust to a material extent or entered into any +material sub-contract or lease arrangement in respect +of assets of other corporations, which were subject to +disclosure, and no other corporation had held on trust to +a material extent or entered into any material sub-contract +or lease arrangement in respect of the Bank's assets, which +were subject to disclosure. +143 +Annual Report 2021 +207 +195 +Joint Ventures +205 +25. Investments in Subsidiaries +201 +24. Financial Investments +199 +23. Loans and Advances to Customers +198 +22. Reverse Repurchase Agreements +26. Investments in Associates and +Material Guarantees The provision of guarantees +is in the ordinary course of business of the Bank. During +the reporting period, the Bank did not have any material +guarantee that needs to be disclosed except for the +financial guarantee services within the business scope as +approved by PBC and the CBIRC. +Annual Report 2021 +Key Audit Matters The Audit Committee +has reviewed the key audit matters in the audit report +and concluded that it is unnecessary to provide a +supplementary explanation. +Secondary reporting line +Auditor's Report and +Financial +Statements +12 +11 +10 +9 +8 +Jan +Feb +Mar +Apr +May +June +July +Aug +Sep +Nov +Oct +Primary reporting line +Rural Banks +ICBC Wealth Management +ICBC Investment +D D D D D D G D +Finance & Accounting +Department +} } +CHROMBRER +Corporate Strategy and +Financial Technology +Department +Operation +Dec +Management +Management +Department +Corporate +Culture +Department +Party-related +Affairs +Department +Modern Finance +Research Institute +Inspection Office of +the Party Committee +Security Department +Retired Staff +Service and Management +Department +Staff Union Working +Committee +141 +Department +Information +CONTENTS +Pages +Pages +Institutions +213 +Statement of Changes in Equity +157 +32. +Repurchase Agreements +214 +Statement of Cash Flows +155 +159 +Certificates of Deposit +214 +NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS +34. Due to Customers +214 +1. +Corporate Information +161 +33. +Overseas Subsidiaries +and their Institutions +(367) +Statement of Financial Position +154 +INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT +144 +27. Property and Equipment +208 +AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS +28. Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities +209 +Consolidated: +31. Due to Banks and Other Financial +29. +211 +Statement of Profit or Loss +Statement of Profit or Loss and +153 +30. +Financial Liabilities Designated as at +Fair Value Through Profit or Loss +213 +Other Comprehensive Income +Other Assets +Overseas Branches +and their Institutions +(54) +ICBC-AXA +ICBC Credit Suisse +Asset Management +According to the Notice of the State +Council on Issuing the Implementation +Plan for Transferring Part of State-Owned +Capital to Fortify Social Security Funds +(Guo Fa [2017] No. 49), SSF shall perform +the obligation of more than 3-year lock- +up period as of the date of the receipt of +transferred shares. +Fulfillment of +commitment +As at 31 +December 2021, +Huijin strictly +fulfilled the above +commitment +and did not +do anything in +violation of the +commitment. +As at 31 +December 2021, +SSF strictly +fulfilled the above +commitment +and did not +do anything in +violation of the +commitment. +Disciplinary Actions +Provided that Huijin continues to hold +any share of the Bank or is deemed as +the controlling shareholder of the Bank +or the related party of the controlling +shareholder of the Bank according to +the laws or listing rules of China or +the listing place of the Bank, Huijin +will not engage in or participate in any +competitive commercial banking business +including but not limited to granting +loans, attracting deposits and providing +settlement, fund custody, bank card +and money exchange services. However, +Huijin can engage in or participate in +some competitive businesses by investing +in other commercial banks. In this regard, +Huijin has committed that it will: (1) +fairly treat the investments in commercial +banks and will not make any decision or +judgment that will have adverse impact +on the Bank or be beneficial to other +commercial banks by taking advantage +of the status of being a shareholder of +the Bank or information obtained by +taking advantage of the status of being a +shareholder of the Bank; and (2) perform +the shareholders' rights for the maximum +interests of the Bank. +During the reporting period, the Bank was not subject to any case filing investigation for +suspected crime, nor was any of its controlling shareholders, Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members +subject to coercive measures for suspected crime; neither the Bank nor its controlling shareholders, Directors, Supervisors +and Senior Management members were subject to any criminal penalty or any case filing investigation by CSRC for +suspected illegality or irregularity or administrative penalty by CSRC or material administrative penalty by other competent +authority; none of its controlling shareholders, Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management members was held in +retention by the disciplinary inspection and supervision organ because of suspected serious illegality or irregularity or +work-related crime, which affected their duty performance; none of its Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management +members was subject to coercive measures taken by other competent authority for suspected illegality or irregularity, which +affected their duty performance; neither the Bank nor any of its controlling shareholders, Directors, Supervisors and Senior +Management members was subject to any administrative or regulatory measures taken by CSRC or disciplinary sanction +imposed by stock exchanges. +ICBC +Board of Directors' +Office +Risk based sample selection for credit review +selected samples for credit review by focusing +on industries that are significantly affected +by fluctuations of economic cycle and policy +regulations, regions with high credit risk +exposure, and loans with other high-risk +characteristics such as non-performing loans, +overdue performing loans, rescheduled loans +and borrowers with negative publicity; +Board of Directors +Strategy +Committee +Risk +Management +Committee +140 +Compensation +Committee +Commitment +Prospectus of +Industrial and +Commercial Bank +of China Limited +on Initial Public +Offering (A Share) +Prospectus on A +Share Rights Issue +of Industrial and +Commercial Bank +of China Limited +External Guarantees During the reporting +period, the Bank did not enter any guarantee contract +against the resolution procedures for external guarantees +that are prescribed by laws, administrative regulations or +CSRC. +Material Related Party Transactions +During the reporting period, the Bank did not enter into +any material related party transactions. +Occupation of Fund by Controlling +Shareholders and Other Related +Parties During the reporting period, none of the +controlling shareholders and other related parties of the +Bank occupied any fund of the Bank. The auditors have +issued the Special Explanation on the Occupation of Fund +by Controlling Shareholders and Other Related Parties of +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited in 2021. +Annual Report 2021 +139 +Significant Events +Commitments +As at 31 December 2021, all of the continuing commitments made by the shareholders were properly fulfilled, and were +listed as follows: +Simplified Report of +Changes in Equity of +National Council for +Social Security Fund +Shareholder +Huijin +non-competition +SSF +Commitment of +performing the +obligation of +lock-up period +for A shares +Time and term of +commitment +October 2006/ +No specific term +November 2010/ +No specific term +Taking effect from +December 2019/ +Above three years +Legal document +under which the +commitment is +made +Type of +commitment +Commitment of +Other Material Contracts During the reporting +period, the Bank did not have any other material contracts +which were subject to disclosure. +Corporate Social +Nomination +Committee +Domestic Institutions +Overseas Institutions +Organizational Chart +Private Banking +Department +Changchun Institute +of Financial Managers +Hangzhou Institute +of Financial Managers +Financial Assets Service +Management Committee +Business Research & +Development Center +Data Center +Domestic Branches +Domestic Subsidiaries +and their Branches +Tier-one Branches +(including Directly Managed Branches) +(36) +Banking Departments of Tier-one +Branches and Tier-two Branches (459) +Grassroots Branches +(15,508) +ICBC Leasing +Software +Development Center +Responsibility and Consumer +Protection Committee +Senior Management +Asset & Liability +Management Committee +Related Party +Transactions Control +Committee +Audit Committee +US Risk Committee +Internal Audit +Internal Audit Bureau +Sub-bureau +Internal departments and directly managed +institutions of the Head Office +Risk Management +Committee +Shareholders' +General Meeting +Supervisory Board Office +Personal Banking +Promotion Committee +Financial Technology and +Digital Development +Committee +Consumer Protection +Committee +Corporate & +Investment Banking +Promotion Committee +Inclusive Finance and +Rural Revitalization +Promotion Committee +Institutional Banking +Promotion Committee +Board of Supervisors +• +12. Directors' and Supervisors' Remuneration +We identified the consolidation of structured entities as a +key audit matter because the amount involved is significant +and the evaluation on whether the Group has control +over the structured entities requires significant accounting +judgement. +148 +the management's decision on the +consolidation of structured entities through carrying +out the above procedures. +assessed +analysed the scope of the Group's decision- +making power over the structured entity, the level +of remuneration obtained from providing asset +management services, the risk of variable return +borne by holding other interests in the structured +entity and the substantive rights held by other +participants, checked the Group's analysis on the +magnitude and variability of variable return, and +assessed whether the Group acts as principal or +agent in the structured transaction; +verified the analysis on the Group's variable +return which includes, but is not limited to, fixed +management fee and performance fees obtained +through acting as asset manager, as well as the +returns obtained from holding an interest in a +structured entity, and providing liquidity support or +other support; +inspected agreements relating to the structured +entity and understood the purpose of its set +up; assessed the power the Group has over the +structured entity according to the Group's rights and +obligations under different transaction structures and +its involvement with the structured entity; +Selected samples to perform the following audit +procedures: +Understood, assessed and tested the related design and +operating effectiveness of the internal controls relating to +the consolidation of structured entities. +Our audit procedures in respect of consolidation of +structured entities included the following: +How our audit addressed the key audit matter +Refer to Note 4(2), Note 5 and Note 42 to the consolidated +financial statements for relevant disclosures. +In determining whether the Group has control and +therefore should consolidate a structured entity, +management is required to consider the power it +possesses, its exposure to variable returns, and its ability +to use its power to affect returns. The Group is required +to collectively consider the relevant facts and substance to +assess whether it has control over the structured entity. +Structured entities mainly include wealth management +products, investment funds, trust plans, asset management +plans and asset-backed securities in which the Group has +interests in them through their initiation, management or +investment. +Consolidation of structured entities +Key audit matter +Key audit matters (continued) +Independent Auditor's Report +147 +Annual Report 2021 +ICBC +performed credit assessments on borrower's +and guarantor's financial information, +collateral valuation and other sources of +repayment for the selected stage 3 credit- +impaired corporate loans and advances, tested +the recalculation of impairment provision +based on the recoverable cash flows and +discount rates, and evaluated whether there +was any material misstatement. +analysed the borrower's financial and non- +financial information, and other available +information, and evaluated the reasonableness +of management's judgement on staging, +including whether credit risk has increased +significantly since initial recognition and +whether credit impairment events have +occurred by reviewing the credit files, +interviewing management, independently +searching for publicly available information and +exercising professional judgement; +Includes the appropriation made by overseas branches and subsidiaries in the amounts of RMB47 million and RMB1,746 +million, respectively. +Appropriation to surplus reserve (i) +(9,607) +(9,607) (9,607) +holders (note 17) +Distributions to other equity instrument +157 +Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Attributable to equity holders of the parent company +Reserves +Foreign +Appropriation to general reserve (ii) +Share +Other +equity Capital +capital instruments +356,407 206,132 149,139 292,291 +Surplus +reserve +(94,804) +reserve +reserve +Investment currency +General revaluation translation +reserve +reserve +305,019 23,280 (18,568) +Profit for the year +Other comprehensive income +(672) +Balance as at 1 January 2020 +The accompanying notes form part of these consolidated financial statements. +Capital injection by +99,251 +Includes the appropriation made by overseas branches and subsidiaries in the amounts of RMB56 million and RMB1,764 +million, respectively. +(ii) +(11,155) +(465) (465) +(11,155) +63 +139,730 +139,730 +926,375 1,620,642 3,257,755 17,503 3,275,258 +356,407 354,331 148,703 357,169 438,952 24,628 (39,999) (4,243) 1,165 +Balance as at 31 December 2021 +(334) +334 +34,258 +334 +Other comprehensive income +Dividends to non-controlling shareholders +Annual Report 2021 +(11,218) +other equity instrument holders +Capital reduction by +other equity instrument holders +139,730 +(99,251) +99,251 +(34,258) +34,258 +transferred to retained earnings +63 +(vi) Other +Total comprehensive income +Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity +Finance and Accounting Department +General Manager of +Liu Yagan +ICBC +156 +The accompanying notes form part of these consolidated financial statements. +and President +Liao Lin +Vice Chairman +Chen Siqing +Chairman +33,345,058 +35,171,383 +2,909,515 +3,275,258 +16,013 +17,503 +TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES +TOTAL EQUITY +Non-controlling interests +2,893,502 +3,257,755 +1,510,558 +1,620,642 +Retained earnings +800,718 +926,375 +39 +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(94,804) (94,804) +(i) +Reserves +(note 17) +Dividends ordinary shares 2020 final +1,955 342,044 +77 (8,172) +Total +Retained +hedging Other +controlling +reserve reserves Subtotal earnings Total interests equity +(27,882) (4,725) (304) 800,718 1,510,558 2,893,502 16,013 2,909,515 +348,338 348,338 1,878 350,216 +1,469 (8,249) +(8,249) +1,469 (8,249) 348,338 340,089 +482 +482 +(12,117) +1,917 +Total comprehensive income +(12,117) +1,917 +Other comprehensive income +Profit for the year +General revaluation translation +reserve reserve +22,377 +reserve +339,701 +356,407 225,819 148,640 322,911 +Balance as at 1 January 2021 +reserve +reserve +capital instruments +Capital Surplus +Non- +Investment currency Cash flow +Other +Share equity +Foreign +Attributable to equity holders of the parent company +(672) +Distributions to other equity instrument +(15,753) +150 +ICBC +Independent Auditor's Report +Other information +The Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises all the information included in the +annual report, other than the consolidated financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. +Our opinion on the consolidated financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form +of assurance conclusion thereon. +In connection with our audit of the consolidated financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, +in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the consolidated financial statements or +our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. +If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we +are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. +Responsibilities of the directors for the consolidated financial statements +The Directors are responsible for the preparation of the consolidated financial statements that give a true and fair view in +accordance with IFRSS issued by IASB and the disclosure requirements of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance, and for such +internal control as the Directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that +are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. +In preparing the consolidated financial statements, the Directors are responsible for assessing the Group's ability to continue +as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of +accounting unless the Directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative +but to do so. +The Directors are assisted by the Audit Committee in discharging their responsibilities for overseeing the Group's financial +reporting process. +understood, assessed and tested the design and +operating effectiveness of controls over cyber +security management mechanism, the operational +security of key information infrastructure, data and +customer information management, and system +operation monitoring and emergency management. +Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements +Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAS +will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered +material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users +taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements. +As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism +throughout the audit. We also: +• +Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud +or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient +and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from +fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, +misrepresentations or the override of internal control. +Annual Report 2021 +151 +Independent Auditor's Report +Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements (continued) +• +Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are +appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Group's +internal control. +Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related +disclosures made by the Directors. +Conclude on the appropriateness of the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the +audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant +doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are +required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the consolidated financial statements or, +if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained +up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue +as a going concern. +Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free +from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion solely +to you, as a body, and for no other purpose. We do not assume responsibility towards or accept liability to any other person +for the contents of this report. +understood, assessed and tested the design and +operating effectiveness of automated controls +relevant to significant accounts and assertions or risk +of material misstatement, and such IT automated +controls include accuracy of system calculation +logic and consistency of data transmission, covering +business in corporate banking, personal banking, +and financial markets, as well as financial reporting +process; +understood, assessed and tested the design and +operating effectiveness of key internal controls of the +IT systems relevant to financial reporting; +• +Independent Auditor's Report +Key audit matters (continued) +Key audit matter +Fair value of financial instruments +The valuation of the Group's financial instruments +measured at fair value is based on readily available market +data or valuation models. For financial instruments without +readily available market data such as debt securities, +equities, over-the-counter derivative contracts and +structured deposits, fair values are measured based on +valuation techniques. The selection of valuation techniques +and significant unobservable input data requires significant +accounting judgement and estimation by management. +As at 31 +December 2021, the Group's financial +assets that were measured at fair value amounted to +RMB3,198,887 million, representing 9.10% of total +assets; financial liabilities that were measured at fair value +amounted to RMB454,645 million, representing 1.43% +of total liabilities. Level 3 financial assets and liabilities +with significant unobservable input data amounted to +RMB153,164 million and RMB1,993 million respectively. +We identified fair value assessment of financial instruments +as a key audit matter because the amount involved is +significant and the valuation requires significant judgement +and estimation, and particularly for level 3 financial +instruments due to the uncertainty arising from the use of +unobservable input data. +Refer to Note 4(7), Note 5, Note 21, Note 22, Note 23, +Note 24, Note 30, and Note 50 to the consolidated +financial statements for relevant disclosures. +How our audit addressed the key audit matter +Our audit procedures in respect of fair value assessment of +financial instruments included the following: +Understood, assessed and tested the design and operating +effectiveness of internal controls relating to the valuation +of financial instruments, independent pricing validation, +and valuation model validation and approval. +Selected samples to perform the following audit +procedures: +. +evaluated the fair value of level 1 financial +instruments by comparing the fair value with publicly +available market observable data; +evaluated the appropriateness of the Group's +valuation techniques, inputs and assumptions for +level 2 and 3 financial instruments, and compared +the observable market data with publicly available +market data; +assessed and verified the valuation techniques used +in the valuation of complex financial instruments +valuation, selected samples to perform independent +valuation and compared the results with the Group's +valuation. +Annual Report 2021 +149 +Independent Auditor's Report +Key audit matters (continued) +Key audit matter +IT systems and controls over financial reporting +As a large banking group, the Group's IT systems are +complex. +To ensure the accuracy of financial reports, IT over +financial reporting and its related general controls and +automated controls are required to be designed and +operated effectively. The related general controls include +IT governance, controls over program development and +changes, access to programs and data and IT operations. +Automated controls include system calculations and data +logic relating to significant accounts, as well as interfaces +between business management systems and accounting +systems. +With the rapid increase in the volume of on-line +transactions of the Group, as well as the continuous +development and application of new technologies and +open banking that increased third party network access, +the Group faces increasing challenges on cyber security +and data protection that warrant close monitoring of their +potential impact on financial reporting related IT systems. +We identified IT systems and controls over financial +reporting as a key audit matter because the Group's +financial accounting and reporting systems are highly +reliant on complex IT systems and control processes, +and the IT systems are required to serve the Group's +global customer base, handle large volumes of frequent +transactions, and continue to develop in response to +changing business needs. +How our audit addressed the key audit matter +Our audit procedures in respect of IT systems and controls +over financial reporting included the following: +Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated financial statements, including the +disclosures, and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a +manner that achieves fair presentation. +៩៩ +ICBC +The accompanying notes form part of these consolidated financial statements. +19,687 +19,687 +instrument holders +Capital injection by other equity +(34,682) +34,682 +(31,485) +31,485 +34,682 +31,485 +Appropriation to general reserve (ii) +Appropriation to surplus reserve (i) +19,687 +(8,839) +(8,839) (8,839) +holders (note 17) +Reserves +(93,664) +(93,664) (93,664) +Dividends ordinary shares 2019 final +(note 17) +Total +controlling +Non- +Cash flow +hedging Other +Retained +reserve reserves Subtotal earnings Total interests equity +(4,453) (1,597) 745,111 1,368,536 2,676,186 15,817 2,692,003 +315,906 315,906 1,779 317,685 +(15,370) (469) (15,839) +315,906 300,536 1,310 +301,846 +(272) 1,327 (15,370) +(272) 1,327 (15,370) +(15,753) +Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities +within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, +supervision and performance of the Group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion. +Change in shareholding in subsidiaries +(499) +(499) +Includes the appropriation made by overseas branches and subsidiaries in the amounts of RMB11 million and RMB1,435 +million, respectively. +(ii) +Includes the appropriation made by overseas branches and subsidiaries in the amounts of RMB101 million and RMB935 +million, respectively. +(i) +16,013 2,909,515 +(304) 800,718 1,510,558 2,893,502 +225,819 148,640 322,911 339,701 22,377 (27,882) (4,725) +356,407 +Balance as at 31 December 2020 +98 +98 +(34) 5,530 (5,432) +3 +(3) +218 +(221) +(221) +(10) 6,439 +(865) +885 +to retained earnings +Other comprehensive income transferred +(337) +(337) +Dividends to non-controlling shareholders +(1,279) +(780) +(499) +158 +225,819 +Other +38 +(445,756) +(471,538) +1,092,521 +1,162,218 +66 +2020 +6 +2021 +Diluted (RMB yuan) +Basic (RMB yuan) +EARNINGS PER SHARE +PROFIT FOR THE YEAR +Non-controlling interests +Equity holders of the parent company +Notes +Profit for the year attributable to: +690,680 +77 +11,781 +10 +11,829 +16,440 +2,222 +8,955 +646,765 +819 +133,024 +7 +(15,453) +(15,703) +146,668 +148,727 +131,215 +8,044 +PROFIT FOR THE YEAR +PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION +152 +30 March 2022 +Certified Public Accountants +Hong Kong +Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu +From the matters communicated with the Audit Committee, we determine those matters that were of most significance in +the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe +these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in +extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse +consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication. +The engagement partner on the audit resulting in this independent auditor's report is Wu Wei Jun, David. +We communicate with the Audit Committee regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit +and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit. +We also provide the Audit Committee with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding +independence and communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on +our independence and, where applicable, actions taken to eliminate threats or safeguards applied. +ICBC +1,311 +(8,172) +(15,839) +Total comprehensive income for the year +342,044 +301,846 +Total comprehensive income for the year attributable to: +Subtotal of other comprehensive income for the year +Income tax expense +Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Share of results of associates and joint ventures +OPERATING PROFIT +Impairment losses on assets +Operating expenses +OPERATING INCOME +Other operating income, net +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Net gains on financial investments +NET FEE AND COMMISSION INCOME +Fee and commission expense +Fee and commission income +NET INTEREST INCOME +Interest expense +Interest income +Net trading income +Equity holders of the parent company +860,880 +11 +(5) +15 +the equity method +(ii) Other comprehensive income recognised under +1,289 +(1,180) +(iii) Other +(i) Changes in fair value of equity instruments designated as at +fair value through other comprehensive income +317,685 +350,216 +2020 +2021 +Note +(a) Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss: +40 +Other comprehensive income (after tax, net): +28 +(b) Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: +(i) Changes in fair value of debt instruments measured at +(16,212) +(12,353) +(v) Foreign currency translation differences +14 +541 +(iv) Other comprehensive income recognised under the equity +method +8 +(253) +(iii) Reserve from cash flow hedging instruments +1,051 +1,827 +(3,042) +1,623 +fair value through other comprehensive income +(ii) Credit losses of debt instruments measured at fair value through +other comprehensive income +442 +800,075 +Profit for the year +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(74,441) +(74,683) +15 +392,126 +424,899 +1,304 +350,216 +2,869 +422,030 +(202,668) +(202,623) +14 +(206,585) +(236,227) +390,822 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +317,685 +18 +Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income +153 +Annual Report 2021 +0.86 +0.95 +0.86 +00 00 +0.95 +1,779 +1,878 +350,216 +315,906 +348,338 +The accompanying notes form part of these consolidated financial statements. +18 +354,331 +340,089 +317,685 +Non-controlling interests +365,943 +32 +Repurchase agreements +300,536 +712,770 +2,784,259 +2,921,029 +31 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +140,973 +71,337 +21 +293,434 +Derivative financial liabilities +87,180 +30 +Financial liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss +54,974 +39,723 +Due to central banks +31 December 2020 +31 December 2021 +Notes +LIABILITIES +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +As at 31 December 2021 +87,938 +Certificates of deposit +33 +Other equity instruments +789,355 +36 +798,127 +791,375 +35 +2,881 +89,785 +92,443 +5,624 +28 +25,134,726 +26,441,774 +34 +Deferred tax liabilities +Income tax payable +30,435,543 +Due to customers +335,676 +290,342 +Debt securities issued +Other liabilities +TOTAL LIABILITIES +EQUITY +Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company +Share capital +37 +356,407 +356,407 +Consolidated Statement of Financial Position +155 +31,896,125 +The accompanying notes form part of these consolidated financial statements. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes +31 December 2021 31 December 2020 +ASSETS +Cash and balances with central banks +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Derivative financial assets +Reverse repurchase agreements +Loans and advances to customers +Financial investments +Financial investments measured at fair value through +profit or loss +21 +22223 2 +19 +20 +3,098,438 +827,150 +3,537,795 +1,081,897 +76,140 +663,496 +20,109,200 +134,155 +739,288 +24 +9,257,760 +18,136,328 +8,591,139 +623,223 +Annual Report 2021 +784,483 +As at 31 December 2021 +Consolidated Statement of Financial Position +Financial investments measured at fair value through +other comprehensive income +154 +TOTAL ASSETS +29 +Other assets +67,713 +79,259 +729,258 +ICBC +33,345,058 +28 +707,862 +35,171,383 +286,279 +290,296 +27 +Property and equipment +Deferred tax assets +61,782 +26 +6,265,668 +The accompanying notes form part of these consolidated financial statements. +6,830,933 +― Financial investments measured at amortised cost +Investments in associates and joint ventures +301,846 +342,044 +1,310 +1,955 +1,540,988 +41,206 +1,803,604 +3 +Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2022. +2 +1 +Amendments to IFRSS: Annual Improvements to IFRSS 2018-2020¹ +Cost of Fulfilling a Contract¹ +Amendments to IAS 37: Onerous Contracts +Amendments to IAS 16: Property, Plant and Equipment: Proceeds before Intended Use¹ +Effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2023. +Effective for annual periods beginning on or after a date to be determined. +ease transition by deferring the effective date of IFRS 17 to 2023 and by providing additional relief to reduce the effort +required when applying IFRS 17 for the first time. +IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts and the related amendments +IFRS 17 is issued to resolve the comparability issues created by IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts by setting out a single principle- +based standard for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of insurance contracts in the financial +statements of the issuers of those contracts. +The IASB issued the amendments to IFRS 17 in 2020 to provide response to the stakeholders and are designed to: +reduce costs by simplifying certain requirements in the IFRS 17; +make financial performance easier to explain; and +The Group is currently assessing the impact of the standard and its amendments on the Group's financial position and +financial performance. +Other new and revised IFRSS that have been issued but are not yet effective are expected to have no material impact on the +financial position and financial performance of the Group. +Annual Report 2021 +163 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +Amendments to IAS 12: Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction² +Further information about those changes that are expected to affect the Group: +Amendments to IAS 8: Definition of Accounting Estimates² +162 +Amendments to IAS 1: Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current² +(2) Basis of preparation of the financial statements +The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards +("IFRSS") promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Board (the "IASB"), and the disclosure requirements of the +Hong Kong Companies Ordinance and the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong +Limited. +(1) Statement of compliance +2. BASIS OF PREPARATION +The principal activities of the Bank and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the "Group") comprise corporate and +personal financial services, treasury operations, investment banking, asset management, trust, financial leasing, insurance +and other financial services. Domestic establishments refer to the Head Office of the Bank, branches and subsidiaries +established in Chinese mainland. Overseas establishments refer to branches and subsidiaries established in jurisdictions +outside Chinese mainland. +The Bank's stock codes of A Shares and H Shares listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong +Limited are 601398 and 1398, respectively. The Bank's offshore preference shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong +Kong Limited and the stock code is 4620. The Bank's domestic preference shares are listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange and +the stock codes are 360011 and 360036. +The Bank obtained authorisation to carry out banking business with an institution code of No. B0001H111000001 from the +China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (the "CBIRC") of the PRC. The Bank obtained its business license with +unified social credit code 91100000100003962T from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the PRC. The +legal representative is Mr. Chen Siqing and the registered office is located at No. 55 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, +Beijing, the PRC. +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (the "Bank"), which was previously known as Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China ("ICBC"), used to be a wholly-state-owned commercial bank established on 1 January 1984 based on +the authorisation of the State Council and the People's Bank of China (the "PBOC") of the People's Republic of China +(the "PRC"). On 28 October 2005, with the approval of the State Council, ICBC was restructured and incorporated as +a joint-stock limited company. The joint-stock limited company undertook all the assets and liabilities of ICBC upon the +restructuring. On 27 October 2006, the Bank was listed on both Shanghai Stock Exchange and The Stock Exchange of Hong +Kong Limited. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +The consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for certain financial +instruments, and certain non-financial assets measured at fair value, as further explained in the respective accounting policies +below. +160 +(393,080) +(351,322) +902,804 +939,737 +Interest paid +NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: +Interest received +1,791,122 +1,436,757 +41 +CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF THE YEAR +(34,861) +(29,138) +The accompanying notes form part of these consolidated financial statements. +The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRSS requires management to make judgements, estimates and +assumptions that affect the application of policies and reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses. +Actual results may differ from these estimates. Judgements made by management in the application of IFRSS that have +significant effect on the financial statements and major sources of estimation uncertainty are disclosed in Note 5. +Annual Report 2021 +161 +Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28: Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture³ +Amendments to IFRS 3: Reference to the Conceptual Framework' +2 +IFRS 17: Insurance Contracts and the related Amendments +The Group has not applied the following new and revised IFRSS that have been issued but are not yet effective. +(2) Issued but not yet effective IFRSS and amendments to IFRSS +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +The Group has early adopted amendments to IFRS 16 COVID 19 Related Rent Concession Beyond 30 June 2021. The +amendment has no significant financial and operational impacts to the Group. +_ +The Group's business impacted by interest rate benchmark reform are mainly those linked with London Interbank Offered +Rate, consisting of loans, debt investments and derivatives. The Group considered the application of this amendment had no +material impact on the Group's financial positions and performance for the current period. +Transition and summary of effects +For other changes made to a financial asset or financial liability in addition to changes to the basis for determining the +contractual cash flows required by interest rate benchmark reform, the Group first applies the practical expedient to +the changes required by interest rate benchmark reform by updating the effective interest rate. The Group then applies +the applicable requirements in IFRS 9 Financial Instruments on modification of a financial asset or a financial liability for +additional changes to which the practical expedient does not apply. +the new basis for determining the contractual cash flows is economically equivalent to the previous basis. +the change is necessary as a direct consequence of interest rate benchmark reform; and +A change in the basis for determining the contractual cash flows is required by interest rate benchmark reform if and only if, +both these conditions are met: +For changes in the basis for determining the contractual cash flows of a financial asset or financial liability as a result of +interest rate benchmark reform, the Group applies the practical expedient to account for these changes by updating the +effective interest rate. Such change in effective interest rate normally has no significant effect on the carrying amount of the +relevant financial asset or financial liability. +Changes in the basis for determining the contractual cash flows as a result of interest rate +benchmark reform +Amendments to IFRS 9, IAS 39, IFRS 7, IFRS 4 and IFRS 16: Interest Rate Benchmark Reform (Phase 2) +In the current year, the Group has applied, for the first time, the following amendments to IFRSS issued by the IASB which +are mandatorily effective for the annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2021 for the preparation of the Group's +consolidated financial statements: +(1) Mandatory amendments to IFRSS effective for the current year +APPLICATION OF THE NEW AND AMENDMENTS TO IFRSS +3. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +Amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2: Disclosure of Accounting Policies² +1. CORPORATE INFORMATION +(5) Business combination and goodwill +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +A financial instrument is any contract that gives rise to a financial asset of one entity and a financial liability or equity +instrument of another entity. +(7) Financial instruments +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +166 +(viii) the entity, or any member of a Group of which it is a part, provides key management personnel services to the +Group or to the Group's parent. +(vii) a person identified in (a)(i) has significant influence over the entity or is a member of the key management +personnel of the entity (or of a parent of the entity); or +(vi) the entity is controlled or jointly controlled by a person identified in (a); +(i) Initial recognition and measurement of financial instruments +the entity is a post-employment benefit plan for the benefit of employees of either the Group or an entity +related to the Group; +(iv) one entity is a joint venture of a third entity and the other entity is an associate of the third entity; +the entity and the Group are joint ventures of the same third party; +(iii) +one entity is an associate or joint venture of the other entity (or of a parent, subsidiary or fellow subsidiary of the +other entity); +(ii) +the entity and the Group are members of the same group; +the party is an entity where any of the following conditions applies: +is a member of the key management personnel of the Group or of a parent of the Group; +(iii) +(v) +At initial recognition, financial assets and financial liabilities are measured at fair value. For financial assets and financial +liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss ("FVTPL"), any related directly attributable transaction costs are +charged to profit or loss; for other categories of financial assets and financial liabilities, any related directly attributable +transaction costs are included in their initial recognised value. +Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between +market participants at the measurement date. +When measuring fair value, the Group shall take into account the characteristics of the asset or liability if market participants +would take those characteristics into account when pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date (including the +condition of the asset; and restrictions, if any, on the sale or use of the asset), and use valuation techniques that are +appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data and other information are available to measure fair value. The +adopted valuation techniques mainly include market approach, income approach and cost approach. +Financial assets measured at amortised cost +These financial assets are subsequently measured at fair value. Net gains and losses, including any interest or dividend +income, are recognised in profit or loss unless the financial assets are part of a hedging relationship. +Financial assets measured at FVTPL +Subsequent measurement of financial assets +The business model refers to how the Group manages its financial assets in order to generate cash flows. That is, the +Group's business model determines whether cash flows will result from collecting contractual cash flows, selling financial +assets or both. The Group determines the business model for managing the financial assets according to the facts and based +on the specific business objective for managing the financial assets determined by the Group's key management personnel. +In assessing whether the contractual cash flows are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount +outstanding, the Group considers the contractual terms of the instrument. For the purposes of this assessment, principal is +defined as the fair value of the financial asset on initial recognition. Interest is defined as consideration for the time value +of money and for the credit risk associated with the principal amount outstanding during a particular period of time and for +other basic lending risks and costs, as well as a profit margin. The Group also assesses whether the financial asset contains +a contractual term that could change the timing or amount of contractual cash flows such that it would not meet the above +contractual cash flows characteristics. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +167 +Annual Report 2021 +On initial recognition of an equity investment that is not held for trading, the Group may irrevocably elect to present +subsequent changes in the investment's fair value in other comprehensive income. This election is made on an investment- +by-investment basis, and the investment should meet the definition of an equity instrument from perspective of the issuer. +All financial assets not classified as measured at amortised cost or FVTOCI as described above are measured at FVTPL. On +initial recognition, the Group may irrevocably designate a financial asset that otherwise meets the requirements to be +measured at amortised cost or at FVTOCI as at FVTPL if doing so eliminates or significantly reduces an accounting mismatch +that would otherwise arise. +its contractual terms give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the +principal amount outstanding. +it is held within a business model whose objective is achieved by both collecting contractual cash flows and selling +financial assets; and +- +A financial asset is measured at FVTOCI if it meets both of the following conditions and is not designated as at FVTPL: +its contractual terms give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the +principal amount outstanding. +A financial asset is measured at amortised cost if it meets both of the following conditions and is not designated as at FVTPL: +it is held within a business model whose objective is to hold assets to collect contractual cash flows; and +Financial assets are not reclassified subsequent to their initial recognition unless the Group changes its business model for +managing financial assets in which case all affected financial assets are reclassified on the first day of the first reporting +period following the change in the business model. +The classification of financial assets is generally based on the business model in which a financial asset is managed and its +contractual cash flow characteristics. On initial recognition, a financial asset is classified as measured at amortised cost, at +fair value through other comprehensive income ("FVTOCI"), or at FVTPL. +Classification of financial assets +(ii) Classification and subsequent measurement of financial assets +(b) +or +has significant influence over the Group; or +(ii) +Changes in the Group's interests in a subsidiary that do not result in a loss of control are accounted for as equity +transactions, whereby adjustments are made to the amounts of controlling and non-controlling interests within consolidated +statement of equity to reflect the change in relative interests, but no adjustments are made to goodwill and no gain or loss +is recognised. +Non-controlling interests represent the equity in a subsidiary not attributable directly or indirectly to a parent. +Non-controlling interests are presented in the consolidated statement of financial position within equity, separately from +equity attributable to the equity holders of the Bank. Non-controlling interests in the results of the Group are presented +on the face of the consolidated statement of profit or loss and the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other +comprehensive income as an allocation of the total profit or loss and total comprehensive income for the year between non- +controlling interests and the equity holders of the Bank. +(3) Non-controlling interests +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +164 +In the Bank's statement of financial position, investments in subsidiaries are stated at cost less impairment losses. +An investment in a subsidiary is consolidated into the consolidated financial statements from the date that control +commences until the date that control ceases. Intra-group balances, transactions and any unrealised profit or loss arising +from intra-group transactions are eliminated in full in preparing the consolidated financial statements. +A structured entity is an entity that has been designed so that voting or similar rights are not the dominant factor in deciding +who controls the entity, and the relevant activities are directed by means of contractual or other arrangements. +Subsidiaries are entities (including structured entities) controlled by the Group. The Group controls an entity if it is exposed, +or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its +power over the entity. The Group reassesses whether it has control if there are changes to one or more of the elements of +control. This includes circumstances in which protective rights held (e.g. those resulting from a lending relationship) become +substantive and lead to the Group having power over an entity. +(2) Subsidiaries +As at the end of the reporting period, the assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated into the presentation +currency of the Bank at the exchange rates ruling at the end of the reporting period. For overseas business not operating in a +hyperinflationary economy, all items within equity except for retained earnings are translated at the exchange rates ruling at +the dates of the initial transactions. Income and expenses in the statement of profit or loss are translated using the exchange +rates at the date of the transactions or deemed exchange rates. The exchange differences arising on the above translation +are taken to other comprehensive income. On disposal of a foreign operation, the deferred cumulative amount recognised +in other comprehensive income relating to that particular foreign operation is recognised in profit or loss. The effect of +exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents is presented separately in the statement of cash flows. +Non-monetary items that are measured at historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rates as +at the dates of the initial transactions. Non-monetary items measured at fair value in a foreign currency are translated +using the exchange rates as at the date when the fair value is determined. Any goodwill arising on the acquisition of a +foreign operation and any fair value adjustments to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities arising on the acquisition +are treated as foreign assets and liabilities of the foreign operation and translated at the deemed rates at the end of the +reporting period. The exchange differences are recognised in profit or loss or in other comprehensive income, depending on +the nature of non-monetary items. +Foreign currency transactions are initially recorded in the functional currency using the exchange rates at the dates of the +transactions or deemed exchange rates. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated +into the functional currency at the applicable exchange rates ruling at the end of the reporting period. Exchange differences +arising on the settlement of monetary items or on translating monetary items at period end rates are recognised in profit or +loss, with the exception that they are taken directly to other comprehensive income when the monetary items are designated +as part of the hedge of the Bank's net investment in a foreign entity, and the aggregate exchange differences are not +recognised in profit or loss until the disposal of such net investment. +Foreign currency translation +The functional currency of the Group's domestic establishments is Renminbi ("RMB"). The overseas establishments +determine their own functional currencies which best represent the economic environment they operate in. These financial +statements are presented in RMB millions except when otherwise indicated. +Functional currency +(1) Functional currency and foreign currency translation +SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES +4. +(4) Associates and joint ventures +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +An associate is an entity in which the Group has significant influence. A joint venture is an arrangement whereby the +Group and other parties contractually agree to share control of the arrangement, and have rights to the net assets of the +arrangement. Other than those measured at fair value through profit or loss, the Group's investments in associates or joint +ventures are accounted for using the equity method. +If an investment in an associate becomes an investment in a joint venture, the retained interest is not re-measured. Instead, +the investment continues to be accounted under the equity method, and vice versa. +has control or joint control over the Group; +(i) +the party is a person or a close member of that person's family and that person: +(a) +A party is considered to be related to the Group if: +(6) Related parties +Where goodwill forms part of a CGU or group of CGUs and part of the operation within that unit is disposed of, the +goodwill associated with the operation disposed of is included in the carrying amount of the operation when determining +the gain or loss on disposal of the operation. Goodwill disposed of in this circumstance is measured based on the relative +values of the operation disposed of and the portion of the CGU or group of CGUS retained. +Impairment is determined by assessing the recoverable amount of the CGU or group of CGUS to which the goodwill relates. +Where the recoverable amount of the CGU or group of CGUS is less than the carrying amount, an impairment loss is +recognised. An impairment loss recognised for goodwill is not reversed in subsequent period. +After initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is tested for +impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may be +impaired. The Group performs its annual impairment test of goodwill at year end date. For the purpose of impairment +testing, goodwill arising in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the Group's cash- +generating units ("CGU"), or group of CGUS, that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, +irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the Group are assigned to those units or groups of units. +Goodwill is initially measured at cost, being the excess of the aggregate of the consideration transferred, the amount +recognised for non-controlling interests and the fair value of the acquirer's previously-held equity interest in the acquiree +over the net of the acquisition-date amounts of the identifiable assets and liabilities acquired. If the sum of this consideration +and other items is lower than the fair value of the net assets of the subsidiary acquired, the difference is, after reassessment, +recognised in profit or loss as gains on bargain purchase. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +165 +Annual Report 2021 +Any contingent consideration to be transferred by the acquirer is recognised at fair value at the acquisition date. Subsequent +changes to the fair value of the contingent consideration that is classified as a financial asset or financial liability, is +recognised in profit or loss. If the contingent consideration is classified as equity, it shall not be re-measured, and its +subsequent settlement is accounted for within equity. +If the business combination is achieved in stages, the acquirer's previously-held equity interest in the acquiree is re-measured +to the acquisition date fair value through profit or loss. +When the Group acquires a business, it assesses the financial assets and liabilities assumed for appropriate classification and +designation in accordance with the contractual terms, economic circumstances and pertinent conditions as at the acquisition +date. This includes the separation of embedded derivatives from host contracts of the acquiree. +Business combinations are accounted for by applying the acquisition method. The Group can elect to apply an optional +concentration test, on a transaction-by-transaction basis, that permits a simplified assessment of whether the acquired set +of assets is not a business. If the concentration test is met, the set of assets is determined not to be a business; otherwise, +the Group shall then perform an assessment in accordance with the requirements of business. The consideration transferred +is measured at acquisition date fair value which is the sum of the acquisition date fair values of assets transferred by the +Group, liabilities assumed by the Group to the former owners of the acquiree and the equity interests issued by the Group in +exchange for control of the acquiree. Any costs directly attributable to the combination are recognised in profit or loss when +incurred. +Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents +In the Bank's statement of financial position, investments in associates and joint ventures are stated at cost less impairment +losses. +Under the equity method, an investment in an associate or joint venture is carried in the consolidated statement of financial +position at cost plus post-acquisition changes in the Group's share of the net assets of the associate or joint venture, less any +impairment losses. The consolidated statement of profit or loss reflects the share of the results of operations of the associate +or joint venture. Unrealised profits and losses resulting from transactions between the Group and the associates or joint +ventures are eliminated to the extent of the Group's interests in the associates or joint ventures. +1,450,413 +2020 +Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year +(853) +Financial liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss +Net (decrease)/increase in operating liabilities: +(1,662,922) +(1,671,052) +(51,517) +(43,570) +Other assets +(2,079,400) +(2,184,611) +Loans and advances to customers +123,955 +99,863 +Reverse repurchase agreements +284,342 +143,496 +Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss +(16,064) +157,890 +(7,530) +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Due to central banks +53,959 +Accreted interest on impaired loans +Net gains on financial investments +Interest income on financial investments +Net gains on changes in fair value +Net gains on disposal and stocktake of property and equipment and +other assets (other than repossessed assets) +Dividend income +(2,869) +(1,304) +28,194 +27,046 +11 +3,125 +2,607 +77,427 +Repurchase agreements +563,361 +158,557 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +(15,161) +75,762 +155,880 +Due from central banks +Equity instruments measured at FVTOCI +These assets are subsequently measured at fair value. Dividends are recognised as income in profit or loss. Other net +gains and losses are recognised in other comprehensive income. On derecognition, gains and losses accumulated in other +comprehensive income are reclassified to retained earnings. +(iii) Classification and subsequent measurement of financial liabilities +Financial liabilities are classified as measured at FVTPL and other financial liabilities. +Financial liabilities measured at FVTPL +A financial liability is classified as measured at FVTPL if it is classified as held-for-trading (including derivative financial liability) +or it is designated as such on initial recognition. +Financial liabilities measured at FVTPL are subsequently measured at fair value and net gains and losses (including any +interest expense) are recognised in profit or loss, unless the financial liabilities are part of a hedging relationship. +168 +ICBC +Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes +2021 +2020 +CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES +Profit before taxation +424,899 +392,126 +These assets are subsequently measured at fair value. Interest income calculated using the effective interest method, +impairment and foreign exchange gains and losses are recognised in profit or loss. Other net gains and losses are recognised +in other comprehensive income. On derecognition, gains and losses accumulated in other comprehensive income are +reclassified to profit or loss. +14 +202,623 +202,668 +Net decrease/(increase) in operating assets: +362,842 +358,267 +(2,355) +(3,388) +9 +(1,238) +(2,077) +(12,797) +Interest expense on debt securities issued +(14,473) +(262,827) +(9,814) +(18,349) +(1,710) +(1,964) +25,549 +27,673 +(12,642) +(22,300) +(245,294) +1,791,122 +Unrealised gains on foreign exchange +Amortisation +(836,623) +Repayment of debt securities +(25,137) +(26,320) +927,759 +835,441 +19,716 +139,793 +627 +250,962 +(1,135,097) +(674,556) +282,407 +206 +(11,690) +(21,207) +1,845,743 +2,423,298 +8,539 +(3,191,273) +13,008 +(3,344,684) +(38,005) +(858,858) +(27,584) +Cash payment for redemption of other equity instruments +Acquisition of non-controlling interests +375,570 +(325,227) +NET (DECREASE)/INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS +(46,949) +(11,553) +Net cash flows from financing activities +(6,310) +(7,813) +Cash payment for other financing activities +(337) +(465) +Dividends paid to non-controlling shareholders +(8,839) +(9,607) +Dividends or interest paid to other equity instrument holders +(93,664) +(94,804) +Dividends paid on ordinary shares +(1,279) +(11,155) +Interest paid on debt securities +Proceeds from issuance of debt securities +Proceeds from issuance of other equity instruments +1,642,168 +443,536 +Net cash flows from operating activities before tax +2,942,248 +1,756,321 +82,547 +311,773 +2,219,487 +1,261,998 +Other liabilities +Due to customers +269 +(37,420) +Certificates of deposit +30,155 +These assets are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. A gain or loss on a financial +asset that is measured at amortised cost and is not part of a hedging relationship shall be recognised in profit or loss when +the financial asset is derecognised, through the amortisation process or in order to recognise impairment gain or loss. +Adjustments for: +Share of results of associates and joint ventures +Depreciation +Income tax paid +Net cash flows from operating activities +(82,654) +360,882 +(84,552) +CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES +Net cash flows from investing activities +Investment returns received +Proceeds from disposal of associates and joint ventures +Investments in associates and joint ventures +Proceeds from sale and redemption of financial investments +Purchases of financial investments +(other than repossessed assets) +Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment and other assets +Impairment losses on assets +Purchases of property and equipment and other assets +2021 +Note +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows +159 +Annual Report 2021 +The accompanying notes form part of these consolidated financial statements. +1,557,616 +CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES +Debt instruments measured at FVTOCI +(10) Impairment of financial assets +178 +At the inception of a hedging relationship, the Group formally designates the hedging instruments and the hedged items, +and documents the hedging relationship to which the Group wishes to apply hedge accounting and the risk management +objective and strategy for undertaking the hedge. The documentation includes identification of the hedging instrument, the +hedged item or transaction, the nature of the risk being hedged and how the entity will assess the hedging instrument's +effectiveness in offsetting the exposure to changes in the hedged item's fair value or cash flows attributable to the hedged +risk. Such hedges are expected to meet the hedge effectiveness in achieving offsetting changes in fair value or cash +flows and are assessed on an on-going basis to analyse the sources of hedge ineffectiveness which are expected to affect +the hedging relationship in remaining hedging period. If a hedging relationship ceases to meet the hedge effectiveness +requirement relating to the hedge ratio, but the risk management objective for that designated hedging relationship remains +the same, the Group would rebalance the hedging relationship. +Hedge accounting +For less complex derivative products, the fair values are principally determined by valuation models which are commonly used +by market participants. Inputs to valuation models are determined from observable market data wherever possible, including +foreign exchange spot and forward rates and interest rate yield curves. For more complex derivative products, the fair values +are mainly determined by quoted prices from dealers. +Any gains or losses arising from changes in fair value on derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting are taken +directly to profit or loss. +If the host contract included in the hybrid contract is a financial asset, the embedded derivative is no longer split from the +main contract of the financial asset, and the hybrid financial instrument as a whole is related to the classification of the +financial asset provision. If the host contract included in the hybrid contract is not a financial asset, when the embedded +derivative's economic characteristics and risks are not closely related to those of the hybrid contract, those separate +instruments with the same terms as the embedded derivative would meet the definition of a derivative, and the hybrid +instrument is not carried at FVTPL, derivatives embedded in other financial instruments should be split from the hybrid +contract and treated as separate derivatives. These embedded derivatives are measured at fair value with the changes in fair +value recognised in profit or loss. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +171 +Certain derivative transactions, while providing effective economic hedges under the Group's risk management positions, +do not qualify for hedge accounting and are therefore treated as derivatives held for trading with fair value gains or losses +recognised in profit or loss. +Annual Report 2021 +Derivatives +(13) Derivatives and hedge accounting +The Group derecognises a financial liability (or part of it) only when its contractual obligation (or part of it) is extinguished. +Derecognition of financial liabilities +The derecognition of financial assets sold on condition of repurchase is determined by the economic substance of the +transaction. If a financial asset is sold under an agreement to repurchase the same or substantially the same asset at a +fixed price or at the sale price plus a reasonable return, the Group will not derecognise the asset. If a financial asset is +sold together with an option to repurchase the financial asset at its fair value at the time of repurchase, the Group will +derecognise the financial asset. +Sales of assets on condition of repurchase +As part of its operational activities, the Group securitises credit assets. When a securitisation of financial assets does not +qualify for derecognition, the relevant financial assets are not derecognised, and the consideration paid by third parties are +recorded as a financial liability; when the securitisation of financial assets partially qualifies for derecognition, the Group +continues to recognise the transferred assets to the extent of its continuing involvement, and derecognises the remaining +portion. The carrying amount of the transferred assets is apportioned between the derecognised portion and the retained +portion based on their relative fair values, and the difference between the carrying amount of the derecognised portion and +the total consideration paid for the derecognised portion is recorded in profit or loss. +Securitisation +Where the Group has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset or has retained its rights to receive cash +flows from the asset but assumed the obligation to pay those cash flows to the eventual recipients and meanwhile meet the +conditions of the transfer of financial assets, and has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards +of the asset nor transferred control of the asset, the asset is recognised to the extent of the Group's continuing involvement +in the asset. Continuing involvement that takes the form of a guarantee over the transferred asset is measured at the lower +of the original carrying amount of the asset and the maximum amount of consideration that the Group could be required to +repay. +Derivative financial instruments are initially recognised at fair value on the date on which a derivative contract is entered +into and are subsequently re-measured at fair value. Derivatives are carried as assets when the fair value is positive and as +liabilities when the fair value is negative. +the financial asset has been transferred, although the Group neither transfers nor retains substantially all of the risks +and rewards of ownership of the financial asset, it does not retain control over the transferred asset. +Fair value hedges +When the hedged item in a fair value hedge is measured at amortised cost, any hedge adjustment to its carrying amount is +amortised to profit or loss. The amortisation is based on a recalculated effective interest rate at the date when amortisation +begins. +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +173 +Annual Report 2021 +Securities borrowed are not recognised in the statement of financial position, unless they are then sold to third parties, in +which case the obligation to return the securities is recorded as a financial liability held for trading and measured at fair +value with any gains or losses included in profit or loss. +According to the policy of classification of financial assets, the reverse repurchase agreements held by the Group were +divided into different classifications according to the entity's business model for managing the financial instruments and the +contractual cash flow characteristics of the assets: financial assets measured at amortised cost and financial assets measured +at FVTPL. The difference between the purchase and resale prices of reverse repurchase agreements measured at amortised +cost is treated as an interest income and is amortised over the life of the agreement using the effective interest method. +Securities borrowing and lending transactions are usually collateralised by securities or cash. The transfer of the securities +to counterparties is only reflected on the statement of financial position if the risks and rewards of ownership are also +transferred. Cash advanced or received as collateral is recorded as an asset or liability. +Conversely, assets purchased under agreements to resell at a specified future date ("reverse repos") are not recognised on +the statement of financial position. The corresponding cash paid, including accrued interest, is recognised on the statement +of financial position as a "reverse repurchase agreement". +Assets sold under agreements to repurchase at a specified future date ("repos") are not derecognised from the statement +of financial position. The corresponding cash received, including accrued interest, is recognised on the statement of financial +position as a "repurchase agreement". The difference between the sale and repurchase prices is treated as an interest +expense and is amortised over the life of the agreement using the effective interest method. +(14) Repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions (including securities borrowing and +lending) +Fair value hedges are hedges of the Group's exposure to changes in fair value of a recognised asset or liability or an +unrecognised firm commitment, or an identified portion of such an asset, liability or unrecognised firm commitment, that +is attributable to a particular risk and could affect the profit or loss or other comprehensive income. Among them, the +circumstances affecting other comprehensive income are limited to the hedging for the risk exposure from fair value change +of non-trading equity investment designated as at FVTOCI. For fair value hedges, the carrying amount of the hedged item +not already measured at fair value is adjusted for the gain or loss attributable to the risk being hedged and is taken to profit +or loss or other comprehensive income. The gains or losses for hedging instrument re-measured at fair value are taken to +profit or loss or other comprehensive income. +A net investment hedge is a hedge of the currency risk of a net investment in a foreign institution operation. +Hedges of net investments in foreign operations are accounted for similarly to cash flow hedges. Any gain or loss on the +hedging instrument relating to the effective portion of the hedge is recognised directly in other comprehensive income; the +gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognised in profit or loss immediately. Gains and losses accumulated in +other comprehensive income are included in profit or loss when the foreign operation is disposed of as part of the gains or +losses on the disposal. +When the hedged cash flow affects profit or loss, the gain or loss on the hedging instrument recognised directly in other +comprehensive income is recycled in the corresponding income or expense line of the statement of profit or loss. When +the hedging relationship ceases to meet the qualifying criteria after taking into account any rebalancing of the hedging +relationship, including the hedging instrument has expired or has been sold, terminated or exercised, any cumulative gains or +losses existing in other comprehensive income at that time remains in other comprehensive income until the hedged forecast +transaction ultimately occurs. When a forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, the cumulative gain or loss that +was reported in other comprehensive income is immediately transferred to profit or loss. +Cash flow hedges are hedges of the Group's exposure to variability in cash flows that is attributable to a particular risk +associated with a recognised asset or liability, a highly probable forecast transaction or a component of any such item, and +could affect profit or loss. For designated and qualifying cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the +hedging instrument is initially recognised directly in other comprehensive income. The ineffective portion of the gain or loss +on the hedging instrument is recognised immediately in profit or loss. +Cash flow hedges +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +172 +The Group discontinues fair value hedge accounting when the hedging relationship ceases to meet the qualifying criteria +after taking into account any rebalancing of the hedging relationship, including the hedging instrument has expired or has +been sold, terminated or exercised. If the hedged items are derecognised, the unamortised adjustment to carrying amount is +recorded in profit or loss. +When an unrecognised firm commitment is designated as a hedged item, the subsequent cumulative change in fair value of +the firm commitment attributable to the hedged risk is recognised as an asset or liability with a corresponding gain or loss +recognised in profit or loss. The changes in fair value of the hedging instrument are also recognised in profit or loss. +Net investment hedges +the financial asset has been transferred and the Group transfers substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership +of the financial asset; or +the Group's contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire; +Financial asset is derecognised when one of the following conditions is met: +Measurement of ECL +Financial assets measured at fair value, including debt or equity instruments measured at FVTPL, equity instruments +designated as at FVTOCI and derivative financial assets, are not subject to ECL assessment. +loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts. +debt instruments measured at FVTOCI; and +financial assets measured at amortised cost; +The Group recognises loss allowances for expected credit loss ("ECL") on: +the Group intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the financial asset and settle the financial liability +simultaneously. +the Group currently has a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts; and +- +ECL is a probability-weighted amount that is determined with the respective risks of default occurring as the weight. Credit +losses are measured as the present value of all cash shortfalls (i.e. the difference between the cash flows due to the entity in +accordance with the contract and the cash flows that the Group expects to receive). +Financial assets and financial liabilities are generally presented separately in the statement of financial position and shall not +be offset. However, a financial asset and a financial liability are offset and the net amount is presented in the statement of +financial position when both the following conditions are satisfied: +All regular way purchases and sales of financial assets are recognised at the trade date, which is the date that the Group +commits to purchase or sell the assets. A regular way purchase or sale is the purchase or sale of financial assets that requires +delivery of assets within the time frame generally established by regulation or convention in the marketplace. +(8) Trade date accounting +The Group will reclassify all related financial assets when it changes its business model for managing financial assets, and +the reclassification applies prospectively from the reclassification date (the first day of the first reporting period following the +change in business model). +(iv) Financial instruments reclassification +Other financial liabilities are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. +Other financial liabilities +For the financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL, the gains and losses from changes in fair value of the financial liability +arising from changes in the Group's own credit risk are included in other comprehensive income; other changes in fair value +of the financial liabilities are recognised in profit or loss. If the treatment of the impact of changes in the financial liabilities' +own credit risk will create or enlarge the accounting mismatch in profit or loss, the Group shall recognise the entire gains +or losses of the financial liabilities (including the amount of the impact of changes in its own credit risk) in profit and loss. +When these liabilities are derecognised, the cumulative gains or losses previously recognised in other comprehensive income +are reclassified from reserve to retained earnings. +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +(9) Presentation of financial instruments +Annual Report 2021 +169 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +(12) Derecognition of financial assets and liabilities +Derecognition of financial assets +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +ICBC +170 +In some cases (such as renegotiating loans), the Group may renegotiate or otherwise modify the financial assets contracts. +The Group would assess whether or not the new contractual terms are substantially different to the original terms. If the +terms are substantially different, the Group derecognises the original financial asset and recognises a new asset under the +revised terms. If the renegotiation or modification does not result in derecognition, but leads to changes in contractual cash +flows, when assessing whether a significant increase in credit risk has occurred, the Group compares the risk of a default +occurring under the revised terms as at the end of the reporting period with that as at the date of initial recognition under +original terms. +(11) Modification of financial assets contracts +The gross carrying amount of a financial asset is written off (either partially or in full) to the extent that there is no realistic +prospect of recovery. A write-off constitutes a derecognition event. This is generally the case when the Group determines +that the debtor does not have assets or sources of income that could generate sufficient cash flows to repay the amounts +subject to the write-off. However, financial assets that are written off could still be subject to enforcement activities in order +to comply with the Group's procedures for recovery of amounts due. Subsequent recoveries of an asset that was previously +written off are recognised as a reversal of impairment in profit or loss in the period in which the recovery occurs. +Write-off +ECL is re-measured at the end of each reporting period to reflect changes in the financial instrument's credit risk since +initial recognition. Any change in the ECL amount is recognised as an impairment gain or loss in profit or loss. The Group +recognises impairment gains or losses for financial instruments measured at amortised cost with a corresponding adjustment +to their carrying amount through allowance for impairment loss. For debt instruments that are measured at FVTOCI, the +loss allowance is recognised in other comprehensive income, which does not decrease the carrying amount of the financial +assets. The Group recognises loss allowance for loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts through other liabilities +(provisions for credit commitments). +Presentation of allowance for ECL +Stage 3: A financial instrument is considered to be credit-impaired as at the end of the reporting period. The amount that +equals to lifetime ECL is recognised as loss allowance. Refer to Note 49(a) credit risk for the definition of credit-impaired +financial assets. +Stage 2: A financial instrument with a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but is not considered to be +credit-impaired. The amount that equals to lifetime ECL is recognised as loss allowance. Refer to Note 49(a) credit risk for +the description of how the Group determines when a significant increase in credit risk has occurred. +Stage 1: A financial instrument of which the credit risk has not significantly increased since initial recognition. The amount +that equals to 12-month ECL is recognised as loss allowance. +The three risk stages are defined as follows: +The Group classifies financial instruments into three stages and provides provisions for ECL accordingly, depending on +whether credit risk on that financial instrument has increased significantly since initial recognition. +12-month ECL is the portion of ECL that result from default events that are possible within the 12 months after the end of +the reporting period (or a shorter period if the expected life of the instrument is less than 12 months). +Lifetime ECL is the ECL that result from all possible default events over the expected life of a financial instrument. +The maximum period considered when estimating ECL is the maximum contractual period (including extension options) over +which the Group is exposed to credit risk. +The Group's method of measuring ECL of financial instruments reflects the following elements: (i) unbiased weighted +average probability determined by the results of evaluating a range of possible outcomes; (ii) time value of money; (iii) +reasonable and evidence-based information about past events, current conditions, and future economic forecasts that are +available at no additional cost or effort at the end of the reporting period. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(15) Insurance contracts +Insurance contracts classification +The Group's insurance subsidiary executes the contract with the policyholder. Where the Group undertakes insurance risk +(other than financial risk) transferred from the policyholders, the contract is classified as an insurance contract. Insurance risk +refers to the risk that the combined cost of claims, administration and policy acquisitions may exceed the aggregate amount +of premiums received and investment income over time. Where the Group undertakes the risks other than insurance risk, the +contract is classified as a non-insurance contract. Where the Group undertakes both insurance risk and other risks, forming a +contract with mixed risks, the following stipulations are applied: +1.94%-20% +Annual +depreciation rate +Estimated residual +value rate +0%-3% +Estimated +useful life +5-50 years +Leasehold improvements +Office equipment and motor vehicles +(excluding aircraft and vessels) +Properties and buildings +Depreciation is calculated on the straight-line basis to write off the cost of each item of property and equipment, less any +estimated residual value, over the estimated useful life. The estimated useful life, estimated residual value and the annual +depreciation rate of each item of property and equipment (excluding aircraft and vessels) are as follows: +The carrying values of property and equipment are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances +indicate that the carrying values may not be recoverable. +2-7 years +Construction in progress comprises the direct costs of construction during the period of construction and is not depreciated. +Construction in progress is reclassified to the appropriate category of property and equipment when completed and ready +for use. +(20) Property and equipment +The Group records the precious metals received as an asset. A liability to return the amount of precious metals deposited is +also recognised. The precious metals deposited with the Group are measured at fair value both on initial recognition and in +subsequent measurement. +Precious metals comprise gold, silver and other precious metals. Precious metals that are not related to the Group's precious +metals trading activities are initially measured at acquisition cost and subsequently measured at the lower of cost and +net realisable value. Precious metals acquired by the Group for trading purposes are initially measured at fair value and +subsequent changes in fair value are recorded in the statement of profit or loss. +(19) Precious metals +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +176 +ICBC +The Group grants entrusted loans on behalf of trustors, which are recorded off-balance sheet. The Group, as a trustee, +grants such entrusted loans to borrowers under the direction of those trustors who fund these loans. The Group has been +contracted by those trustors to manage the administration and collection of these loans on their behalf. Those trustors +determine both the underwriting criteria for and the terms of all entrusted loans including their purposes, amounts, interest +rates, and repayment schedules. The Group charges a commission related to its activities in connection with entrusted loans +which are recognised ratably over the period in which the service is provided. The risk of loss is borne by those trustors. +Property and equipment, other than construction in progress are stated at costs less accumulated depreciation and +any impairment loss. The cost of an item of property and equipment comprises its purchase price, tax and any directly +attributable costs of bringing the asset to its present working condition and location for its intended use. Expenditure +incurred after items of property and equipment have been put into operation, such as repairs and maintenance, is normally +charged to profit or loss in the period in which it is incurred. In situations where the recognition criteria are satisfied, the +expenditure for a major inspection is capitalised in the carrying amount of the asset as a replacement. +14.29%-50% +The shorter of the economic useful +lives and remaining lease terms +Equipment under operating leases where the Group is the lessor contains aircraft, aircraft engines and vessels. The estimated +useful lives and depreciation methods are determined according to the conditions of individual aircraft and vessel. The +residual values are assessed by an independent appraiser based on historical data. The estimated useful lives range from 15 +to 25 years. +The Group reviews the carrying amount of a provision at the end of reporting period. The carrying amount is adjusted to the +current best estimate. +where the contingency involves a large population of items, the best estimate is determined by weighting all possible +outcomes by their associated probabilities. +where the contingency involves a single item, the best estimate is the most likely outcome; +A provision is initially measured at the best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the related present obligation. +When the effect of the time value of money is material, the best estimate is determined by discounting the related future +cash outflows. When determining the best estimate, the Group considers factors pertaining to a contingency such as +risks, uncertainties and time value of money. Where there is a range of possible outcome, and each possible outcome in +that range is as likely as any other, the best estimate is the mid-point of that range. In other cases, the best estimate is +determined according to the following circumstances: +Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present obligation as a result of a past event, and it is probable that an +outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be +made of the amount of the obligation. +(24) Provisions +An assessment is made at the end of each reporting period as to whether there is any indication that previously recognised +impairment losses may no longer exist or may have decreased. If such an indication exists, the recoverable amount is +estimated. A previously recognised impairment loss is reversed only if there has been a change in the estimates used to +determine the asset's recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was recognised. If that is the case, the carrying +amount of the asset is increased to its recoverable amount. That increased amount cannot exceed the carrying amount that +I would have been determined, net of any depreciation or amortisation, had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset +in prior years. Any such reversal is recognised in profit or loss. After such a reversal, the depreciation or amortisation charge +is adjusted in future periods to allocate the asset's revised carrying amount, less any residual value, on a systematic basis over +its remaining useful life. +The Group assesses at the end of each reporting period whether there is any indication that property and equipment, +land use rights, right-of-use assets, associates and joint ventures and other non-financial assets may be impaired. If any +such indication exists, or when impairment testing for an asset is required, the Group makes an estimate of the asset's +recoverable amount. An asset's recoverable amount is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use and +is determined on an individual basis, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows that are largely independent of those +from other assets or groups of assets, in which case the recoverable amount is determined for the CGU to which the asset +belongs. Where the gross carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount, the asset is considered to be impaired +and is written down to its recoverable amount. In assessing value in use of an asset, the estimated future cash flows are +discounted to their present values using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of +money and the risks specific to the asset. +(23) Non-financial asset impairment +Repossessed assets are initially recognised at fair value of assets not retained plus related costs, and are subsequently +measured at the lower of the carrying value and net recoverable amount. If the recoverable amount is lower than the +carrying value of the repossessed assets, the assets are written down to the recoverable amount. +(22) Repossessed assets +Land use rights are recognised at cost, being the fair value at the time of injection from the central government of the PRC +(the "Government") during the Group's restructuring or the consideration paid. The rights are amortised using the straight- +line method over the periods of the leases. When the prepaid land lease payments cannot be allocated reliably between the +land and buildings elements, the entire lease payments are included in the costs of properties and buildings as finance leases +in property and equipment. +(21) Land use rights +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +177 +Annual Report 2021 +An item of property and equipment is derecognised upon disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected from +its use or disposal. Any gain or loss arising from derecognition of the asset (calculated as the difference between the net +disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset) is included in the statement of profit or loss in the year the asset is +derecognised. +Residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at least at each financial +year end. +For an impaired fixed asset, the depreciation is calculated based on the carrying value less the cumulative impairment loss. +Where parts of an item of property and equipment have different useful lives, the cost of that item is allocated on a +reasonable basis among the parts and each part is depreciated separately. +The asset custody services of the Group refer to the business that the Group as trustee approved by regulatory authorities, +signs custody agreement with clients and takes the responsibility of trustee in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. +The assets under custody are not recorded on the statement of financial position as the Group merely fulfils the responsibility +as trustee and charges fees in accordance with these agreements without retaining any risks or rewards of the assets under +custody. +ICBC +When the Group acts in a fiduciary capacity such as custodian or agent, assets arising thereon together with related +undertakings to return such assets to customers are excluded from the statement of financial position. +The Group issues financial guarantee contracts, including letters of credit, letters of guarantee and acceptance. These +financial guarantee contracts provide for specified payments to be made to reimburse the holders for the losses they incur +when a guaranteed party defaults under the original or modified terms of a debt instrument, loan or any other obligation. +The Group initially measures all financial contracts at fair value, in other liabilities, being the premium received. This +amount is recognised ratably over the period of the contract as fee and commission income. Subsequently, the liabilities are +measured at the higher of the amount of the loss allowance determined in accordance with impairment policies of financial +instruments and the amount initially recognised less the cumulative amount of income. Any increase in the liability relating +to a financial guarantee is taken to the statement of profit or loss. +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +174 +ICBC +the contract involves the use of an identified asset. An identified asset may be specified explicitly or implicitly in a +contract and should be physically distinct, or a capacity portion or other portion of an asset that is not physically +distinct but represents substantially all of the capacity of the asset and thereby provides the customer with the right to +obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of the asset. If the supplier has a substantive substitution +right throughout the period of use, then the asset is not identified; +To assess whether a contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset, the Group assesses whether: +At inception of a contract, the Group assesses whether a contract is, or contains, a lease. A contract is, or contains, a lease +if the contract conveys the right to control the use of one or more identified assets for a period of time in exchange for +consideration. +A lease is when the lessor conveys the right to control the use of an asset for a period of time in exchange for the +consideration of the lessee. +(16) Leases +When measuring insurance contract liabilities, the Group classifies insurance contracts whose insurance risks are of similar +nature as a measurement unit. Insurance contract liabilities are measured based on a reasonably estimated amount of +payment that the Group is obliged to pay to fulfill relevant obligations under the insurance contract. At the end of each +reporting period, the adequacy of liability is tested. If the insurance contract liabilities re-calculated with the insurance +actuarial method exceed their carrying amounts on the date of the liability adequacy test, an additional provision shall be +Imade for the respective insurance contract liabilities based on the difference. Otherwise, no adjustment is made to the +respective insurance contract liabilities. +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Insurance contract liabilities +the related economic benefits are likely to flow to the Group; and +(ii) +the insurance contract is issued, and related insurance risk is taken on by the Group; +Insurance premium income is recognised when: +Insurance income recognition +where the insurance risk and other risks cannot be distinguished from each other, or can be distinguished but cannot +be separately measured, an umbrella contract applies and a significant insurance risk test shall be performed based on +it. If the insurance risk is significant, the contract is accounted for as an insurance contract; otherwise, it is accounted +for as a non-insurance contract. +where the insurance risk and other risks can be distinguished from each other and separately measured, the insurance +risk is separated from other risks. The insurance risk is accounted for as an insurance contract and other risks are +accounted for according to the relevant accounting standards; +(ii) +(i) +(iii) related income can be reliably measured. +the lessee has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from use of the asset throughout the +period of use; +the lessee has the right to direct the use of the asset. +For a contract that contains more than one separate lease components, the lessee and the lessor separate lease components +and account for each lease component as a lease separately. For a contract that contains lease and non-lease components, +the lessee and the lessor separate lease components from non-lease components. However, for the leases in which the +Group is a lessee, the Group has elected not to separate lease components from non-lease components and accounts for the +lease and non-lease components as a single lease component. +(17) Financial guarantee contracts +Lease receipts from operating leases is recognised as income using the straight-line method over the lease term. The initial +direct costs incurred in respect of the operating lease are initially capitalised and subsequently amortised in profit or loss over +the lease term on the same basis as the lease income. Variable lease payments not included in lease receipts are recognised +as income as they are earned. +Under a finance lease, at the commencement date, the Group recognises the finance lease receivable and derecognises the +finance lease asset. The finance lease receivable is initially measured at an amount equal to the net investment in the lease. +The net investment in the lease is measured at the aggregate of the unguaranteed residual value and the present value of +the lease receivable that are not received at the commencement date, discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease. +The Group recognises finance income over the lease term, based on a pattern reflecting a constant periodic rate of return. +The impairment and derecognition of the finance lease receivable are recognised in accordance with the accounting policy +in Note 4(10) and 4(12). Variable lease payments not included in the measurement of net investment in the lease are +recognised as income as they are earned. +The Group determines at lease inception whether each lease is a finance lease or an operating lease. A lease is classified as +a finance lease if it transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of an underlying asset irrespective +of whether the legal title to the asset is eventually transferred. An operating lease is a lease other than a finance lease. +When the Group is a sub-lessor, it assesses the lease classification of a sub-lease with reference to the right-of-use asset +arising from the head lease, not with reference to the underlying asset. If the head lease is a short-term lease to which the +Group applies practical expedient described above, then it classifies the sub-lease as an operating lease. +(ii) As a lessor +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +175 +Annual Report 2021 +The Group has elected not to recognise right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases that have a lease term of +12 months or less and leases of low-value assets. The Group recognises the lease payments associated with these leases in +profit or loss or as the cost of the assets where appropriate using the straight-line method over the lease term. +When the lease liability is re-measured, a corresponding adjustment is made to the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset, +or is recorded in profit or loss if the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset has been reduced to zero. +there is a change in the assessment of whether the Group will exercise a purchase, extension or termination option, or +there is a change in the exercise of the extension or termination option. +there is a change in future lease payments resulting from a change in an index or a rate used to determine those +payments; +there is a change in the amounts expected to be payable under a residual value guarantee; +Under the following circumstances after the commencement date, the Group re-measures lease liabilities based on the +present value of revised lease payments: +A constant periodic rate is used to calculate the interest on the lease liability in each period during the lease term with a +corresponding charge to profit or loss or included in the cost of assets where appropriate. Variable lease payments not +included in the measurement of the lease liability are charged to profit or loss or included in the cost of assets where +appropriate as incurred. +The lease liability is initially measured at the present value of the lease payments that are not paid at the commencement +date. In calculating the present value of lease payments, the Group uses the incremental borrowing rate if the interest rate +implicit in the lease is not readily determinable. Each institution of the Group uses an interest rate that a lessee would have +to pay to borrow over a similar term, and with a similar security, the funds necessary to obtain an asset of a similar value to +the right-of-use asset in a similar economic environment as the incremental borrowing rate. +The right-of-use asset is depreciated using the straight-line method. If the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise a purchase +option by the end of the lease term, the right-of-use asset is depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the underlying +asset. Otherwise, the right-of-use asset is depreciated from the commencement date to the earlier of the end of the useful +life of the right-of-use asset or the end of the lease term. Impairment losses of right-of-use assets are accounted for in +accordance with the accounting policy described in Note 4(23). +The Group recognises a right-of-use asset and a lease liability at the lease commencement date. The right-of-use asset is +initially measured at cost, which comprises the initial amount of the lease liability, any lease payments made at or before +the commencement date (less any lease incentives received), any initial direct costs incurred and an estimate of costs to +dismantle and remove the underlying asset or to restore the site on which it is located or restore the underlying asset to the +condition required by the terms and conditions of the lease. +(i) As a lessee +(18) Fiduciary activities +(i) +ICBC +1,808 +41,270 +39,101 +Personal wealth management and private banking services (i) +Investment banking business +30,001 +29,630 +22,416 +21,460 +Bank card business +16,679 +18,623 +Corporate wealth management services (i) +15,165 +15,554 +Guarantee and commitment business +9,756 +10,101 +Asset custody business (i) +Trust and agency services (i) +Other +Fee and commission income +8,738 +7,545 +1,617 +Settlement, clearing business and cash management +2020 +2021 +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Due to customers +(397,625) +(364,173) +Due to banks and other financial institutions (ii) +(44,387) +(51,477) +Debt securities issued and certificates of deposit +(29,526) +(30,106) +(471,538) +(445,756) +2,894 +Net interest income +646,765 +(i) +Includes interest income on reverse repurchase agreements. +(ii) Includes interest expense on due to central banks and repurchase agreements. +The above interest income and expense are related to financial instruments which are not measured at fair value through +profit or loss. +184 +ICBC +7. +NET FEE AND COMMISSION INCOME +(i) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +690,680 +3,037 +148,727 +146,668 +2,355 +291 +133 +Held at the year end +3,097 +2,222 +Gains on financial instruments measured at FVTPL, net, including: +10,739 +7,402 +Net losses on financial instruments designated as at FVTPL +(17,674) +3,388 +(8,859) +2,084 +2,389 +Other +229 +(317) +16,440 +11,829 +Annual Report 2021 +185 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Net gains on disposal of financial instruments measured at FVTOCI, net +Interest expense on: +Dividend income from equity investments designated as at FVTOCI, including: +Derecognised during the year +2021 +Fee and commission expense +(15,703) +(15,453) +133,024 +131,215 +Net fee and commission income +Included in personal wealth management and private banking services, corporate wealth management services, asset +custody business and trust and agency services above is an amount of RMB20,999 million (2020: RMB16,584 million) +with respect to trust and other fiduciary activities for 2021. +8. +NET TRADING INCOME +Debt securities +Derivatives and other +2020 +Equity investments +2020 +6,781 +5,964 +2,370 +(6,938) +(196) +3,196 +8,955 +2,222 +The above amounts mainly include gains and losses arising from the buying and selling of, the interest income and expense +on, and the changes in fair value of financial assets and liabilities held for trading. +9. NET GAINS ON FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS +2021 +1,092,521 +1,162,218 +40,547 +when the Group can no longer withdraw an offer of those benefits; +when the Group has a specific, formal restructure plan involving payment of termination benefits, and the plan has +started or informed each affected party about the influence of the plan, therefore each party formed reasonable +expectations. +Early retirement benefits +According to the Bank's policy on early retirement benefits, certain employees are entitled to take leave of absence and +in return receive a certain level of staff salaries and related benefits from the Bank. The salaries and benefit payments are +made from the date of early retirement to the normal retirement date. Differences arising from changes in assumptions and +estimates of the present value of the liabilities are recognised in profit or loss. +(31) Income tax +Income tax comprises current and deferred tax. Income tax is recognised in the statement of profit or loss except that it +relates to items recognised directly in equity, in which case it is recognised in equity. +Current tax +Current tax assets and liabilities for the current and prior periods are measured at the amount expected to be recovered from +or paid to the taxation authorities. The tax rates and tax laws used to compute the amount are those that are enacted or +substantively enacted by the end of each reporting period. +Annual Report 2021 +181 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +Termination benefits are payable as a result of either the Group's decision to terminate an employee's employment before +the due date of labor contract or an employee's decision to accept an offer of benefits in exchange for the termination of +employment. The Group recognises termination benefits in profit or loss at the earlier of: +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Deferred tax +Deferred tax is provided using the balance sheet liability method on temporary differences at the end of the reporting period +between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts. +Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for all taxable temporary differences, except: +(i) +where the taxable temporary difference arises from the initial recognition of goodwill; +(ii) +where the taxable temporary difference arises from the initial recognition of assets and liabilities in a transaction that +is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, affects neither the accounting profit nor taxable +income (or deductible expenses). +In respect of taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, +deferred tax liabilities are recognised except where the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences can be controlled +and it is probable that the temporary differences will not be reversed in the foreseeable future. +Deferred tax assets are recognised for all deductible temporary differences, carry forward of unused tax credits and unused +tax losses, to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary +differences, and the carry forward of unused tax credits and unused tax losses can be utilised, except that deferred tax assets +are not recognised if the temporary difference arises from the initial recognition of assets and liabilities in a transaction and +that: +(i) +(ii) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +transaction is not a business combination; +Termination benefits +Pursuant to the relevant laws and regulations of the PRC, the Group participates in a defined contribution basic pension +insurance and unemployment insurance in the social insurance system established and managed by government +organisations. The Group makes contributions to basic pension insurance and unemployment insurance plans based on +the applicable benchmarks and rates stipulated by the government. Basic pension insurance and unemployment insurance +contributions are recognised as liabilities with a corresponding charge to profit or loss or included in the cost of assets where +appropriate as the related services are rendered by the employees. +(i) +(ii) +purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets, whose interest income is calculated, since initial recognition, +by applying the credit adjusted effective interest rate to their amortised cost; and +purchased or originated financial assets that are not credit-impaired but have subsequently become credit-impaired, +whose interest income is calculated by applying the effective interest rate to their amortised cost (i.e. net of the +expected credit loss provision). If, in a subsequent period, the financial assets quality improve so that they are no +longer credit-impaired and the improvement in credit quality is related objectively to a certain event occurring after the +application of the above-mentioned rules, then the interest income is calculated by applying the effective interest rate +to their gross carrying amount. +Fee and commission income +The Group earns fee and commission income from a diverse range of services it provides to its customers. The fee and +commission income recognised by the Group reflects the amount of consideration to which the Group expects to be entitled +in exchange for transferring promised services to customers, and income is recognised when its performance obligation in +contracts is satisfied. +(i) The Group recognises income over time by measuring the progress towards the complete satisfaction of a +performance obligation, if one of the following criteria is met: +(ii) +the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided by the Group's performance as the +Group performs; +the customer controls the service provided by the Group in the course of performance; or +the Group does not provide service with an alternative use to the Group, and the Group has an enforceable right +to payment for performance completed to date. +In addition, employees in Chinese mainland also participate in a defined contribution retirement benefit plan established +by the Group (the "Annuity Plan"). The Group and its employees are required to contribute a certain percentage of the +employees' previous year basic salaries to the Annuity Plan. The Group pays a fixed contribution into the Annuity Plan and +has no obligation to pay further contributions if the Annuity Plan does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employee benefits. +The contribution is charged to profit or loss when it is incurred. +In other cases, the Group recognises revenue at a point in time at which a customer obtains control of the promised +services. +Dividend income is recognised when the Group's right to receive payment is established, it is probable that the related +economic benefits will flow to the Group and the related income can be reliably measured. +(30) Employee benefits +Employee benefits refer to all forms of consideration and other related expenditure given by the Group in exchange for +services rendered by employees. The benefits payable are recognised as liabilities during the period in which the employees +have rendered services to the Group. If the effect of discounting the benefits payable which are payable after one year from +the end of the reporting period is significant, the Group will present them at their present value. +180 +ICBC +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Short-term employee benefits +Employee wages or salaries, bonuses, social security contributions such as medical insurance, work injury insurance, +maternity insurance and housing fund, measured at the amount incurred or at the applicable benchmarks and rates, are +recognised as a liability as the employee provides services, with a corresponding charge to profit or loss or included in the +cost of assets where appropriate. +All eligible employees outside Chinese mainland participate in local defined contribution schemes. The Group contributes to +these defined contribution schemes based on the requirements of the local regulatory bodies and charge to profit or loss or +included in the cost of assets where appropriate. +Post-employment benefits-defined contribution plans +Dividend income +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +at the time of the transaction, it affects neither the accounting profit nor taxable income (or deductible expenses). +In respect of deductible temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, +deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that the temporary differences will be reversed in the +foreseeable future and taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilised. +The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of the reporting period and reduced to the extent that +it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable income will be available to allow all or part of the deferred tax asset to be +utilised. When it is virtually probable that sufficient taxable income will be available, the reduced amount can be reversed +accordingly. +The Group acts as manager or investor in a number of wealth management products, investment funds, trust plans, asset +management plans and assets-backed securities. When assessing whether the Group controls such a structured entity, the +Group would determine whether it exercises the decision-making rights as a principal or an agent and usually focuses on the +assessment of the aggregate economic interests of the Group in the entity (comprising any carried interests and expected +management fees) and the decision-making authority of the entity. The Group would also determine whether another entity +with decision-making rights is acting as an agent for it. +6. NET INTEREST INCOME +2021 +2020 +Interest income on: +Loans and advances to customers: +Corporate loans and advances +Personal loans +Discounted bills +832,136 +766,407 +467,973 +Wealth management products, investment funds, trust plans, asset management plans and +asset-backed securities +436,520 +318,272 +10,430 +11,615 +Financial investments +262,827 +243,545 +Due from central banks +42,027 +42,022 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (i) +25,228 +353,733 +Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when +the asset is realised or the liability is settled, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively +enacted by the end of the reporting period, and reflect the corresponding tax effect. +Certain securitisation vehicles sponsored by the Group under its securitisation programme are run according to +predetermined criteria at the initial set up of the vehicles. In addition, the Group is exposed to variability of returns from the +vehicles through holding interests in the vehicles and the day-to-day servicing of the underlying assets in the vehicles which +is carried out by the Group under a servicing contract. Key decisions are usually required only when underlying assets go into +default. Therefore, in considering whether it has control, the Group considers whether it can use its power to influence these +vehicles' returns. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are offset if a legally enforceable right exists to set off current tax assets +against current tax liabilities and the deferred taxes relate to the same taxable entity and the same taxation authority. +(32) Dividends +Dividends are recognised as a liability and deducted from equity when they are approved by the Bank's shareholders in +general meetings and declared. Interim dividends are deducted from equity when they are approved and declared, and +no longer at the discretion of the Bank. A dividend for the year that is approved after the end of the reporting period is +disclosed as an event after the reporting period. +182 +ICBC +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +5. +SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND ESTIMATES +In the process of applying the Group's accounting policies, management is required to make judgements, estimates and +assumptions of the effects of uncertain future events on the financial statements. The most significant use of judgements, +estimates and assumptions concerning the uncertainty of the future at the end of the reporting period that have a significant +risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are +described below. +Measurement of the ECL allowance +Securitisation vehicles +The measurement of the ECL allowance for financial assets measured at amortised cost and FVTOCI and with exposure +arising from loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts, is an area that requires the use of complex models and +significant assumptions about future economic conditions and credit behavior (the likelihood of customers defaulting and +the resulting losses). Refer to Note 49(a) credit risk for the explanation of the inputs, assumptions and estimation techniques +used in measuring ECL. +The Group assesses whether goodwill is impaired at least on an annual basis and when circumstances indicate that the +carrying value may be impaired. The Group allocates the goodwill to the CGU or group of CGUS and makes an estimate +of the expected future cash flows from the CGU or group of CGUS and also to choose a suitable discount rate in order to +calculate the present value of those cash flows. +Income tax +Determining income tax provisions requires the Group to estimate the future tax treatment of certain transactions. The +Group evaluates tax implications of transactions in accordance with prevailing tax regulations and makes tax provisions +accordingly. In addition, deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be +available against which the deductible temporary differences can be utilised. This requires significant judgement on the tax +treatments of certain transactions and also significant assessment on the probability that adequate future taxable profits will +be available for the deferred tax assets to be recovered. +Fair value of financial instruments +If the market for a financial instrument is not active, the Group determines the fair value by using valuation technique, +including using recent arm's length market transactions between knowledgeable and willing parties, if available, reference to +the current fair value of another instrument that is substantially the same, discounted cash flow analysis and option pricing +models. Valuation technique makes maximum use of observable market input. However, where observable market inputs are +not available, management makes estimates on such unobservable market inputs. +Determination of control over investees +Management applies its judgement to determine whether the control indicators set out in Note 4(2) indicate that the Group +controls securitisation vehicles, wealth management products, investment funds, trust plans, asset management plans and +asset-backed securities. +Annual Report 2021 +183 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Impairment of goodwill +Interest income is calculated by applying the effective interest rate to the gross carrying amount of financial assets and is +recognised as interest income, except for: +10. OTHER OPERATING INCOME, NET +2020 +Independent Non-executive Director +Independent Non-executive Director +Fred Zuliu Hu +Independent Non-executive Director +Zhang Wei +Shareholder Supervisor +939 +278 +Huang Li +Employee Supervisor +222222 +520 +520 +470 +470 +470 +470 +470 +470 +410 +410 +1,217 +50 +Independent Non-executive Director +Independent Non-executive Director +Nout Wellink +Shen Si +Zheng Guoyu (iii) +Executive Director, Senior Executive +Vice President +186 +65 +251 +Wang Jingwu (iv) +Executive Director, Senior Executive +Vice President, Chief Risk Officer +557 +194 +50 +351 +Lu Yongzhen +Feng Weidong +Cao Liqun +Non-executive Director +Non-executive Director +Non-executive Director +Chen Yifang (v) +Dong Yang (vi) +Non-executive Director +Non-executive Director +Anthony Francis Neoh +Yang Siu Shun +751 +Wu Xiangjiang +Employee Supervisor +50 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +In accordance with applicable national regulations, the incentive income for 2018-2020 was paid to the Chairman, the +President and Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank in 2021 based on their specific tenure and performance appraisal +results. Accordingly, the Bank accrued RMB16 thousand, RMB9 thousand and RMB7 thousand for Mr. Chen Siqing, Mr. Liao +Lin and Mr. Wang Jingwu respectively, as additional contribution to the Annuity Plan in 2021. +Fees of Mr. Huang Li and Mr. Wu Xiangjiang are their allowances obtained as Employee Supervisors of the Bank, excluding +their remuneration with the Bank in accordance with the employee remuneration system. +As at the approval date of these financial statements, changes of directors and supervisors of the Bank were as follows: +(i) +(ii) +(iv) +(v) +(vi) +187 +(vii) +At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2021 held on 29 July 2021, Mr. Huang Liangbo was elected as +Shareholder Supervisor of the Bank, and his term of office as Shareholder Supervisor of the Bank started from the day +of approval by the Shareholders' General Meeting, and his term of office as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of +the Bank took effect simultaneously. +On 24 September 2021, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Zheng Guoyu as Senior Executive Vice President of the +Bank. At the Second Extraordinary General Meeting of 2021 held on 25 November 2021, Mr. Zheng Guoyu was elected +as Executive Director of the Bank, and his qualification was approved by CBIRC in December 2021. +At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2021 held on 29 July 2021, Mr. Wang Jingwu was elected as Executive +Director of the Bank, and his qualification was approved by CBIRC in September 2021. On 24 September 2021, the +Board of Directors appointed Mr. Wang Jingwu as Chief Risk Officer of the Bank. +At the Annual General Meeting for the Year 2020 held on 21 June 2021, Ms. Chen Yifang was elected as Non- +executive director of the Bank, and her qualification was approved by CBIRC in August 2021. +At the Second Extraordinary General Meeting of 2021 held on 25 November 2021, Mr. Dong Yang was elected as Non- +executive Director of the Bank, and his qualification was approved by CBIRC in January 2022. +At the Second Extraordinary General Meeting of 2021 held on 25 November 2021, Mr. Zhang Jie was elected as +External Supervisor of the Bank, and his term of office as External Supervisor of the Bank started from the day of +approval by the Shareholders' General Meeting. +(viii) In March 2021, Mr. Yang Guozhong ceased to act as Shareholder Supervisor and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +of the Bank due to change of job assignments. +(ix) +(x) +(xi) +In January 2022, Mr. Zheng Fuqing ceased to act as Non-executive Director of the Bank due to expiration of his term of +office. +On 25 February 2021, the Board of Directors elected Mr. Liao Lin as Vice Chairman of the Bank and appointed Mr. Liao +Lin as President of the Bank, and his qualification was approved by CBIRC in March 2021. Mr. Liao Lin ceased to act as +Chief Risk Officer of the Bank after he took office as President. +410 +Annual Report 2021 +Note: Since January 2015, the remuneration to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board +of Supervisors and other executives of the Bank has followed the State's policies relating to the remuneration reform on +executives of central enterprises. +50 +Shen Bingxi +External Supervisor +Zhang Jie (vii) +External Supervisor +24 +24 +Yang Guozhong (viii) +Former Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +104 +33 +The total compensation packages for the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Chairman of the Board of +Supervisors, Executive Directors, and Shareholder Representative Supervisors of the Bank have not been finalised in +accordance with the regulations of the PRC relevant authorities. The remuneration not yet accrued is not expected to have a +significant impact on the Group's 2021 consolidated financial statements. The total compensation packages will be further +disclosed when determined by the relevant authorities. +137 +Former Non-executive Director +Mei Yingchun (x) +Qu Qiang (xi) +Former Non-executive Director +Former External Supervisor +Total +3,329 +1,068 +163 +163 +2,627 +7,024 +Zheng Fuqing (ix) +100 +310 +Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +18,313 +14,241 +139,363 +126,572 +Property and equipment expenses: +Depreciation charge for property and equipment +14,596 +13,689 +Depreciation charge for right-of-use assets and other leasing expense +8,173 +8,348 +defined contribution plans (i) +Repairs and maintenance charges +4,086 +Utility expenses +1,947 +1,837 +28,822 +27,960 +Amortisation +3,125 +2,607 +Other administrative expenses (ii) +Taxes and surcharges +4,106 +26,539 +Post-employment benefits +30,800 +Net premium income +46,024 +47,573 +Operating cost of insurance business +(49,706) +(53,366) +Lease income +13,016 +12,756 +Net gains on disposal of property and equipment, repossessed assets and other +Other +2,182 +29,915 +1,323 +(242) +11,781 +8,044 +11. OPERATING EXPENSES +Staff costs: +2021 +2020 +Salaries and bonuses +90,250 +82,416 +Staff benefits +265 +2021 +25,686 +8,524 +Position +before tax +insurances +Fees +before tax +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +(1) +(2) +Name +(3) +Chen Siqing +Chairman, Executive Director +619 +201 +820 +Liao Lin (i) +Vice Chairman, Executive Director, President +614 +197 +811 +Huang Liangbo (ii) +(4)=(1)+(2)+(3) +9,318 +remuneration +paid +Other +29,060 +15,236 +236,227 +206,585 +(i) +The defined contribution plans mainly include pension insurance, unemployment insurance and the Annuity Plan. +(ii) The principal auditor's remuneration of RMB183 million for the year (2020: RMB224 million) is included in other +administrative expenses. +186 +ICBC +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +medical +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Details of the directors' and supervisors' remuneration before tax, as disclosed pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of +Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance, are as follows: +Year ended 31 December 2021 +Contribution by +the employer +to social +insurance, +housing +allowance, +annuities, and +Remuneration +additional +Total +12. DIRECTORS' AND SUPERVISORS' REMUNERATION +In February 2021, Ms. Mei Yingchun ceased to act as Non-executive Director of the Bank due to expiration of her term +of office. +For all financial instruments measured at amortised cost and interest-generating financial instruments classified as financial +assets measured at FVTOCI, interest income is recorded at the effective interest rate, which is the rate that exactly discounts +estimated future cash receipts or payments through the expected life of the financial instrument, where appropriate, to the +gross carrying amount of the financial asset, or the amortised cost of financial liability. The calculation takes into account all +contractual terms of the financial instrument (for example, prepayment options) and includes any fees or incremental costs +that are directly attributable to the instrument and are an integral part of the effective interest rate, but not expected credit +losses. +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +188 +(29) Revenue recognition +Interest income +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(25) Contingent liabilities +A contingent liability is a possible obligation that arises from past events and whose existence will only be confirmed by +the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the Group. It +can also be a present obligation arising from past events that is not recognised because it is not probable that an outflow +of economic resources will be required or the amount of obligation cannot be measured reliably. Contingent liabilities are +disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. When a change in the probability of an outflow occurs so that outflow is +probable and can be reliably estimated, it will then be recognised as a provision. +(26) Convertible instruments +Convertible instruments issued by the Group that can be converted to equity shares, where the number of shares to be +issued and the value of consideration to be received at that time do not vary, are accounted for as compound financial +instruments containing both liability and equity components. +The initial carrying amount of a compound financial instrument is allocated to its equity and liability components. The +amount recognised in equity is the difference between the fair value of the instrument as a whole and the separately +determined fair value of the liability component (including the value of any embedded derivatives other than the equity +component). Transaction costs that relate to the issue of a compound financial instrument are allocated to the liability and +equity components in proportion to the allocation of proceeds. +Subsequent to initial recognition, the liability component is measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, +unless it is designated upon recognition at FVTPL. The equity component is not re-measured. +In November 2021, Mr. Qu Qiang ceased to act as External Supervisor of the Bank due to change of job assignments. +(27) Preference shares and perpetual bonds +At initial recognition, the Group classifies the preference shares, perpetual bonds issued or their components as financial +liabilities or equity instruments based on their contractual terms and their economic substance after considering the +definition of financial liabilities and equity instruments. Preference shares and perpetual bonds issued containing both equity +and liability components are accounted for using the accounting policy for convertible instruments containing an equity +component. +Preference shares and perpetual bonds issued that should be classified as equity instruments are recognised in equity based +on the actual amount received. Any distribution of dividends or interests during the instrument's duration is treated as profit +appropriation. When the preference shares and perpetual bonds are redeemed according to the contractual terms, the +redeemed amount is charged to equity. +(28) Cash and cash equivalents +Cash and cash equivalents refer to monetary assets, which are short-term, highly liquid, readily convertible into known +amounts of cash and subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash, +unrestricted balances with central banks, amounts due from banks and other financial institutions and reverse repurchase +agreements with original maturity of less than three months. +Annual Report 2021 +179 +If the convertible instrument is converted, the liability component, together with the equity component, are transferred +to equity. If the convertible instrument is redeemed, the consideration paid and transaction fees for the redemption are +allocated to the liability and equity components. The method used to allocate the consideration and transaction costs is +the same as that used for issuance. After allocating the consideration and transaction costs, the difference between the +allocated and carrying amounts is charged to profit and loss if it relates to the liability component or directly recognised in +equity if it relates to the equity component. +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +10,705,465 +11,481,141 +12,028,262 +6,754,692 5,756,704 +25,354,657 23,945,987 +21,408,934 19,562,936 +13,331,463 +Corporate deposits +Personal deposits +8,591,139 7,647,117 +30,435,543 27,417,433 +25,134,726 22,977,655 +26,441,774 +12,944,860 +12,497,968 +Other deposits +10,477,744 +9,436,418 +8,568,917 +Due to customers +250,349 +261,389 +234,852 +268,914 +288,554 +Accrued interest +11,660,536 +31,896,125 +340,482 +9,257,760 +9,418,894 +8,936,864 +Personal loans +7,944,781 +7,115,279 +6,383,624 +5,636,574 +4,945,458 +Discounted bills +527,758 +Total liabilities +406,296 +364,437 +351,126 +Allowance for impairment losses +603,983 +531,161 +478,730 +413,177 +361,994 +on loans (1) +Investment +421,874 +267,941 +2,921,029 +222,461 +3,241,364 +2,872,792 +2,657,523 +2,312,143 +2,110,060 +Net capital base(2) +3,909,669 +3,396,186 +3,121,479 +2,644,885 +Net tier 1 capital(2) +2,406,920 +21,690,349 +20,124,139 +18,616,886 +17,190,992 +15,902,801 +Per share data (in RMB yuan) +Net asset value per share(3) +8.15 +7.48 +6.93 +Risk-weighted assets (2) +2,030,108 +2,232,033 +2,457,274 +Due to banks and other financial +9,955,821 +2,784,259 +2,266,573 +1,814,495 +1,706,549 +institutions +Equity attributable to equity holders +3,257,755 +2,893,502 +2,676,186 +2,330,001 +2,127,491 +of the parent company +Share capital +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +Net core tier 1 capital (2) +2,886,378 +2,653,002 +236,797 +11,102,733 +16,761,319 +Corporate loans +632,217 +593,677 +522,078 +Net fee and commission income +133,024 +131,215 +130,573 +124,394 +139,625 +Operating income +646,765 +860,880 +776,002 +725,121 +675,654 +Operating expenses +236,227 +206,585 +207,776 +194,203 +186,194 +Impairment losses on assets +800,075 +690,680 +Net interest income +Annual operating results (in RMB millions) +2021 +RMB 2.933 +Unit: RMB yuan +Dividend per 10 shares +(pre-tax) +Financial Highlights +[011] +Unit: RMB100 millions +Market value +FinTech personnel +FinTech input +2.660 +259.87 +Up 21.68 +35 thousand +USD 245.4 billion +2019 +2.628 +(Financial data and indicators in this annual report are prepared in accordance with IFRSS and, unless otherwise specified, are +consolidated amounts of the Bank and its subsidiaries and denominated in Renminbi.) +Financial Data +2021 +2020 +2019 +2018 +2017 +202,623 +202,668 +178,957 +161,594 +1,557,616 +481,240 +529,911 +770,864 +Annual Report 2021 +9 +Financial Highlights +Financial Data (continued) +2021 +2020 +2019 +2018 +2017 +As at the end of reporting period +(in RMB millions) +Total assets +35,171,383 +Total loans and advances to customers +20,667,245 +33,345,058 +18,624,308 +30,109,436 27,699,540 26,087,043 +6.30 +15,419,905 14,233,448 +360,882 +12,194,706 +Net cash flows from operating activities +297,676 +127,769 +Operating profit +422,030 +390,822 +389,269 +369,324 +361,691 +Profit before taxation +424,899 +392,126 +391,789 +372,413 +364,641 +Net profit +350,216 +317,685 +313,361 +298,723 +287,451 +Net profit attributable to equity holders +of the parent company +348,338 +315,906 +312,224 +286,049 +5.73 +0.82 +0.95 +(7) Calculated by dividing the balance of NPLs by total balance of loans and advances to customers. +(8) Calculated by dividing allowance for impairment losses on loans by total balance of NPLs. +(9) Calculated by dividing allowance for impairment losses on loans by total balance of loans and advances to customers. +(10) Calculated in accordance with the Capital Regulation. +Quarterly Financial Data +(In RMB millions) +Operating income +Q1 +214,120 +2021 +Q2 +Q3 +Q4 +(6) Calculated by dividing operating expenses (less taxes and surcharges) by operating income. +Q1 +Q3 +Q4 +Net profit attributable to equity +holders of the parent +company +212,286 217,489 216,985 +85,730 77,743 88,348 96,517 +206,187 +196,159 197,901 199,828 +84,494 +64,296 79,885 87,231 +Net cash flows from operating +activities +2020 +Q2 +(5) Calculated by dividing net profit by the average balance of risk-weighted assets at the beginning and at the end of the +reporting period. +(4) Calculated by dividing net interest income by the average balance of interest-generating assets. +(3) Calculated by the spread between yield on average balance of interest-generating assets and cost on average balance of +interest-bearing liabilities. +14.27 +13.45 +13.27 +Capital adequacy ratio (10) +18.02 +16.88 +16.77 +15.39 +15.14 +Total equity to total assets ratio +9.31 +8.73 +8.94 +8.47 +8.21 +Risk-weighted assets to total assets +61.67 +60.35 +61.83 +62.06 +60.96 +ratio +Notes: (1) Calculated by dividing net profit by the average balance of total assets at the beginning and at the end of the reporting period. +(2) Calculated in accordance with the Rules for the Compilation and Submission of Information Disclosure by Companies that Offer +Securities to the Public No. 9 - Calculation and Disclosure of Return on Net Assets and Earnings per Share (Revision 2010) +issued by CSRC. +612,669 (235,123) 588,904 (605,568) 1,907,890 (34,157) 146,709 (462,826) +Annual Report 2021 +11 +Chairman's Statement +President +Liao Lin +Annual Report 2021 +15 +President's Statement +In 2021, in the face of the complicated and severe external +environment, the Bank conscientiously implemented the +decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee +and the State Council, acted upon the "48-character" +guideline, stepped foot in the new development stage, +applied the new development philosophy in full, in +the right way and in all fields, and actively served and +integrated into the new development paradigm. We +coordinated COVID-19 containment efforts and financial +work, went to all lengths to accomplish the "Three +Tasks" of financial work, and achieved stable and even +more remarkable business performance. We made great +headway in our new development plan and took solid +steps toward high-quality development. +In 2021, the Group recorded RMB860.9 billion in +operating income, representing an increase of 7.6% +from the previous year. Profit before provision was +RMB627.5 billion, representing an increase of 5.5% from +the previous year. Net profit reached RMB350.2 billion, +representing an increase of 10.2% from the previous year. +Return on total average assets and return on weighted +average equity were both higher than the previous year. +Capital adequacy ratio stood at 18.02%. NPL ratio was +1.42%, down 0.16 percentage points from the end of +the previous year. Allowance to NPLs reached 205.84%. +These indicators fully reflect the balance and coordination +between value creation, market standing, risk management +and capital constraints and demonstrate the Bank's strong +momentum for high-quality development and extraordinary +development resilience. +Such resilience is firmly rooted in our commitments +to fulfilling our original aspirations and serving +the real economy. According to the cross-cyclical and +counter-cyclical policy adjustments, the Bank earnestly +implemented the requirements for "ensuring stability on +six key fronts" and "maintaining security in six key areas". +We arranged the aggregate volume, pace and structure of +investment and financing in a well-coordinated way, and +continuously improved the adaptability, competitiveness +and inclusiveness of financial services, so as to better meet +the diversified financial needs of the real economy and +the general public. The Bank registered new domestic +RMB loans of RMB2.12 trillion, RMB243.3 billion more +than the increment last year, hitting the new high for the +same period. Bond investments grew by RMB763.2 billion, +with the balance remaining at the first position among +peers. We took precise and targeted actions to support +the key fields and weak areas of the real economy. Loans +to manufacturing increased by RMB319.7 billion, with the +medium to long-term loans to manufacturing growing +by RMB242.7 billion. We improved financial service +modes for sci-tech enterprises, and the balance of loans +to key state-supported high-tech fields surpassed RMB1 +trillion. We actively pushed forward green and low-carbon +transformation and witnessed the total amount of green +loans exceeding RMB2.4 trillion, indicating a growth rate +of 34.4%. We made vigorous efforts in the development +of digital inclusive finance and supply chain finance, +and scaled up small and micro loans. We launched the +"ICBC Xingnongtong" brand, to expand the breadth and +depth of our financial support for the endeavor of rural +revitalization. Our inclusive loans grew by over 50% in the +year. +Such resilience is built upon our solid measures for +safeguarding the bottom line of risk management +and continuously enhancing our ability to defuse +risks. The Bank placed equal emphasis on development +and security, adopted a holistic risk management +approach to people, money and policy system, and +upgraded the enterprise risk management system through +"active prevention, smart control and comprehensive +management". We strengthened the implementation +of policies and fully implemented new credit review +regulations across domestic institutions. We carried out +special actions to improve asset quality, systematically +inspected and managed risks in key areas and related to +key customers, and redoubled efforts in the collection and +disposal of NPLs. The overdue rate, overdue amount and +price scissors between overdue loans and NPLs continued +to decline. We overdid the task of reducing existing wealth +management products. We stayed vigilant against market +risk and took effective measures to forestall emerging risks +such as climate risk and model risk. We comprehensively +improved the effectiveness of internal control and case +prevention, and achieved notable results in customer +complaint management. +16 +ICBC +President's Statement +Such resilience stems from our thorough efforts +to advance transformation and innovation and +continuously inspire business vitality and growth +momentum. In alignment with the 14th Five-Year Plan, +the Bank launched its new development plan, followed +through on the pattern of "bringing out our strengths to +make up for our weaknesses and laying a solid foundation +and base" and pushed forward the implementation of +the No.1 Personal Bank Strategy, the Preferred Bank +Strategy for Foreign Exchange Business, the Strategy for +Sharpening Competitive Edge in Key Regions and the +Urban-Rural Collaborative Development Strategy. We +worked hard to cultivate and shape new advantages for +high-quality development, advanced the transformation of +asset management, private banking, bank card and other +businesses in an orderly manner, and comprehensively +improved our service quality. We accelerated digital +transformation and deepened the fusion of technology +and business. We vigorously developed service scenarios in +smart government, smart social security, smart education +and other fields with a focus to help improve people's +livelihoods, further strengthened the interactions among +government, business and consumption ("GBC"), and +achieved substantial results in fundamental work such as +fund taking and "net making and patching" program. +With more than 700 million personal customers and +9.69 million corporate customers, the Bank has a well- +coordinated customer ecosystem encompassing large, +medium, small and micro customers, laying a solid +foundation for high-quality development. +2022 is of great significance in the development progress +of the Party and the country, as the Communist Party +of China will hold its 20th National Congress. The Bank +will continue to fully implement the decisions and +arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the +State Council, and stick to the general principle of +pursuing progress while ensuring stability. In light of the +"48-character" guideline, we, with the trust and support +of all shareholders and people from all walks of society, +will concentrate on our core responsibilities and businesses, +place a greater emphasis on integrity and innovation, focus +on "action, implementation and promotion", and adhere +to the pattern of "bringing out our strengths to make +up for our weaknesses and laying a solid foundation and +base". We will strive for mid-term breakthroughs in the +implementation of our new plan, step up efforts to build +a world-class modern financial institution, and stick to the +path of financial development with Chinese characteristics. +We will welcome the convening of the Party's 20th National +Congress with concrete actions aimed at serving the +new development paradigm and promoting high-quality +development. +President: Liao Lin +30 March 2022 +Annual Report 2021 +17 +Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Huang Liangbo +18 +ICBC +President's Statement +14.28 +30 March 2022 +ICBC +12 +Chairman Chen Siqing +ICBC +Chairman's Statement +The year 2021 was a milestone in the history of the +Communist Party of China ("CPC" or the "Party") and +the country as we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the +founding of the Party. ICBC adhered to Xi Jinping Thought +on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, +earnestly implemented the decisions and arrangements +of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, +stayed committed to the general principle of pursuing +progress while ensuring stability, and continued to uphold +the "48-character" guideline. Based on the reality of the +new development stage, we applied the new development +philosophy, actively served and integrated into the new +development paradigm, responded to COVID-19 and +pursued financial security and business development in +a well-coordinated way, and contributed to high-quality +economic development while striving to pursue our own +high-quality development. As a result, we delivered a solid +performance to celebrate the Party's centenary. +We kept in mind national priorities and did our best +to serve high-quality development. In line with the +new development paradigm and the requirements for the +implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan, we implemented +the guidance of macro policies, and promoted high- +level coordination of investment and financing in terms +of quality, scale, pace and price. We continued to refine +financial services in key areas and weak links, and led +the market in terms of credit scale in manufacturing, +technological innovation and green sectors, with the +growth of inclusive finance loans topping the rankings. To +promote common prosperity, we set up special agencies +to serve rural revitalization, launched the brand "ICBC +Xingnongtong", and delivered helpful assistance to micro, +small and medium-sized enterprises and industries in +need. We strengthened global service synergy, and actively +promoted opening-up at a higher level and the high-quality +development of the Belt and Road Initiative. We ensured +financial support for epidemic prevention and control, +energy supply, flood control and relief, and vigorously built +up our image as a responsible large bank. +We adhered to the bottom-line thinking and spared +no effort to promote high-quality risk control. We +continued to plan ahead, see the big from the small, +remedy in time and draw inferences. By doing so we +improved the enterprise risk management system, and +helped maintain economic and financial stability. We +planned in a well-coordinated way, and managed with +clear accounting. We improved the risk identification, +early-warning and risk mitigation mechanism across the +entire chain, and coordinated efforts to guard against +and control traditional and emerging risks, risks on and +off the balance sheet, domestic and overseas, online and +offline. We tightened control over all kinds of credit risks, +and increased efforts to improve the asset quality, with +continuous improvement in the operating capacity of +risk assets, and simultaneous decline in the NPL ratio and +overdue loan ratio. We stayed alert to the volatility of the +financial market, adhered to prudent trading strategies, +strictly controlled the risk exposure, and kept the market +risk at an overall stable level. +We advanced reform more vigorously and strived +to achieve high-quality development. We focused +on improving the governance system and capacity, and +deepened the organic integration of Party leadership +and corporate governance. We pushed forward the +arrangements of "bringing out our strengths to make +up for our weaknesses and laying a solid foundation +and base." Headways were made in our implementation +of key strategies such as the No.1 Personal Bank, the +Preferred Bank for Foreign Exchange Business, Sharpening +Competitive Edge in Key Regions and Urban-Rural +Collaborative Development. We accelerated the bank- +wide digital transformation. Our intelligent banking +ecosystem ECOS project was awarded PBC's special +award of the "FinTech Development Awards", and our +data management capability was given the highest rating +by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. +Last year, we delivered financial services for the China +International Import Expo, the China Import and Export +Fair, the China International Fair for Trade in Services and +the China International Consumer Products Expo. We +initiated the China-Europe Business Council, and promoted +the development of Belt and Road Bankers Roundtable +("BRBR"). We played an active part in international +governance of green finance and launched the Beijing +Initiative on Climate-Friendly Banks. +We made every effort to promote the head start of the +new development plan. We acted swiftly and efficiently +to implement key strategies and tasks, with notable +achievements made. We performed well in major operating +indicators and we became "stronger, better and bigger." +The foundation for strong development was +further consolidated. Our capital strength was further +strengthened. The capital adequacy ratio exceeded 18%, +one of the highest among the large banks in the world. +The balance of provisions surpassed RMB600.0 billion, and +the allowance to NPLs rebounded to over 200% for the +first time in the past seven years. For the ninth consecutive +year, the Bank ranked first among Global 2000 by Forbes +and the Top 1000 World Banks by The Banker. +Annual Report 2021 +13 +Chairman's Statement +The quality of business performance was further +improved. Our operating efficiency continued to improve, +with the return on assets ("ROA") and return on equity +("ROE") reaching 1.02% and 12.15% respectively. +Through meticulous management and internal potential +tapping, the change in our net interest margin ("NIM") +was better than most peers, and the cost-to-income ratio +was 26.36%, lower than most large banks in the world. +Our scale merits were further augmented. Our assets +exceeded RMB35 trillion, operating income topped +RMB860.0 billion, and net profit surpassed RMB350.0 +billion, consolidating our lead in the banking sector. We +maintained the first place in assets, capital, deposits and +loans among banks in the world, and the first place in +market value and total dividends among Chinese banks. +On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to express +my sincere gratitude to people from all walks of society for +their care and support to ICBC, to the Board of Supervisors +for its effective supervision, and to the Management and +all employees for their dedication and contribution. Based +on our good business performance, the Board of Directors +proposed a dividend of RMB2.933 per ten ordinary shares +for 2021, which will be submitted to the Shareholders' +General Meeting for deliberation. +From our practices in the past year, we have deepened +our understanding on improving our financial work. We +will always follow the guidance of Party building, firmly +carry out financial work in the right direction, adhere to +the people-centered principle, and fulfill our responsibility +of serving the real economy. We will foster and uphold +the correct view on business performance, unswervingly +follow the qualitative development path of quality-first, +efficiency-prioritized and innovation-driven development, +and strive to become stronger, better and bigger. We will +stick to the bottom-line thinking, take the initiative to +guard against and defuse risks, and promote the realization +of the dynamic balance between high-quality development +and high-level security. We shall actively shoulder our +due responsibilities, address difficulties on development +through reform, and stick to the path of financial +development with Chinese characteristics. +At present, as the world is experiencing a pandemic and +changes unseen in the past century, a fast-changing global +political and economic landscape, and chain reactions +arising from geopolitical conflicts, the global finance, +energy, transportation and supply chain stability are faced +with great shocks, and the global banks are facing an ever- +complex external environment and new challenges in their +operations. However, the fundamentals of the Chinese +economy remain unchanged, and they will maintain long- +term growth and demonstrate strong resilience and vitality. +As China moves faster to construct a new development +pattern and implements macro policies in full, the Chinese +economy is being stimulated on all fronts for steady, sound +and high-quality growth. The domestic banking sector is +facing a favorable environment for development. +In 2022, we will continue to follow the guidance of Xi +Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics +for a New Era, make economic stability our top priority and +pursue progress while ensuring stability, thus contributing +to the goal of achieving a stable performance of the +macro economy. We will further improve the quality and +efficiency of services for the real economy, and make +more progress in achieving high-quality development. We +will remedy problems identified by the central inspection +team, and in the course push forward the implementation +of various reforms to produce real effects. We will work +hard to build the Bank into a world-class modern financial +enterprise with Chinese characteristics and set the stage +for the Party's 20th National Congress with concrete actions +and remarkable achievements. +th +の +情 +14 +Chairman: Chen Siqing +Basic earnings per share +14.94 +12.77 +Financial Indicators +Financial Highlights +2021 +2020 +2019 +2018 +2017 +Profitability (%) +Return on average total assets (1) +1.02 +ICBC +1.00 +1.11 +1.14 +Return on weighted average equity(2) +12.15 +11.95 +13.05 +13.79 +14.35 +Net interest spread (3) +1.92 +1.08 +10 +(4) The rating results are in the form of "long-term foreign currency deposits rating”. +(3) Calculated by dividing equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company after deduction of other equity instruments at +the end of the reporting period by the total number of ordinary shares at the end of the reporting period. +0.86 +0.86 +0.79 +Diluted earnings per share +0.95 +0.86 +0.86 +0.79 +Credit rating +S&P(4) +Moody's (4) +A +A +A +A +A +A1 +A1 +A1 +A1 +A1 +Notes: (1) Calculated by adding allowance for impairment losses on loans and advances to customers measured at amortised cost with +allowance for impairment losses on loans and advances to customers measured at fair value through other comprehensive income. +(2) Calculated in accordance with the Capital Regulation. +1.97 +2.12 +2.20 +2.10 +Non-performing loans ("NPLs") ratio (7) +1.42 +1.58 +1.43 +Allowance to NPLs (8) +205.84 +180.68 +199.32 +1.52 +175.76 +1.55 +154.07 +Allowance to total loans ratio (9) +2.92 +2.85 +2.86 +2.68 +2.39 +Capital adequacy (%) +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio (10) +13.31 +13.18 +13.20 +12.98 +Asset quality (%) +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio (10) +26.45 +25.79 +Net interest margin (4) +2.11 +2.15 +2.30 +2.36 +2.22 +Return on risk-weighted assets(5) +1.68 +1.64 +1.75 +1.81 +1.89 +2.933 +Ratio of net fee and commission income +15.45 +16.40 +16.83 +17.15 +20.67 +to operating income +Cost-to-income ratio(6) +26.36 +24.76 +25.71 +0.82 +2020 +(736) +558,984 +income +19,617 +(35,786) +192 +161 +4,708 +74 +(8) +14,027 +comprehensive +(28,533) +(4,416) +38,352 +(64,319) +374 +(4,263) +(i) +Debt securities are included in financial investments measured at FVTOCI, financial investments measured at amortised +cost and debt securities issued. +(ii) +Other hedged items are included in due from banks and other financial institutions, other assets, due to banks and +other financial institutions, customer deposits and other liabilities. +108 +Accumulated +effect on other +Hedging instruments +Effect on other +comprehensive +income during +the current year +Liabilities +150,480 +68 +61 +4,150 +(546) +(1,243) +(15) +71,728 +93,691 +9,974 +242 +175,635 +4,211 +(1,804) +Annual Report 2021 +195 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Details of the Group's hedged risk exposures in cash flow hedges and the corresponding effect on equity are as follows: +Debt securities (i) +Loans and advances to customers +Other (ii) +31 December 2021 +Carrying amount of hedged items +Assets +Debt securities (i) +Loans and advances to customers +Other (ii) +31 December 2020 +Carrying amount of hedged items +There was no ineffectiveness recognised in profit or loss that arises from the cash flow hedges in 2021 (2020: Nil). +(2) Fair value hedges +Fair value hedges are used by the Group to protect against changes in fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities +due to movements in market interest rates. The Group mainly used interest rate swaps as hedging instruments to hedge the +interest risk of financial assets and financial liabilities. +The changes in fair value of the hedging instruments and net gains or losses arising from the hedged risk relating to the +hedged items are set out below: +Gain/(loss) arising from fair value hedges, net: +Hedging instruments +Hedged risk relating to the hedged items +196 +ICBC +2021 +2020 +2,207 +(2,258) +(51) +(1,486) +1,437 +(49) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Included in the above derivative financial instruments, those designated as hedging instruments in fair value hedges are +interest rate swaps and the details are set out below: +Notional amounts with remaining maturity of +Fair values +31 December 2021 +Other hedged items are included in due from banks and other financial institutions, other assets, due to banks and +other financial institutions, certificates of deposit, customer deposits and other liabilities. +3 +Debt securities are included in financial investments measured at FVTOCI, financial investments measured at amortised +cost and debt securities issued. +(4,637) +Hedging instruments +Effect on other +comprehensive +Accumulated +effect on other +Assets +Liabilities +income during +the current year +comprehensive +income +58,998 +(14,779) +(62) +(31) +2,278 +(65) +(82) +58,190 +(308,298) +(19) +(4,524) +119,466 +(323,077) +(146) +(i) +31 December 2020 +33 +239 +Included in the above derivative financial instruments, those designated as hedging instruments in cash flow hedges are set +out below: +31 December 2021 +Notional amounts with remaining maturity of +Fair values +Over three +Over one +Within +three +months +but within +The Group's cash flow hedges consist of interest rate swap contracts, currency swap contracts, equity and other derivatives +that are used to protect against exposures to variability of future cash flows. +year but +Over +months +one year +five years +five years +Total +Assets +Liabilities +Interest rate swap contracts +within +(1) Cash flow hedges +(140,973) +134,155 +5,779,609 +95,260 +(91,559) +Interest rate contracts +2,018,010 +15,706 +(15,457) +2,199,849 +23,002 +(25,248) +Commodity derivatives and other +975,169 +15,478 +(14,302) +804,987 +15,893 +(24,166) +8,100,994 +76,140 +(71,337) +8,784,445 +64 +2,878 +5,283 +127 +Fair values +Over three +Over one +Within +three +months +but within +year but +Interest rate swap contracts +209 +Currency swap contracts +71,490 +Equity derivatives +29 +one year +15,909 +77,779 +3 +within +five years +Over +five years +Total +Assets +Liabilities +8,730 +1,211 +Notional amounts with remaining maturity of +25,087 +31 December 2020 +444 +8,352 +Currency swap contracts +47,204 +43,049 +1,391 +91,644 +8 +436 +(146) +(948) +Equity and other derivatives +4,383 +1,243 +49 +4 +5,679 +(96) +51,651 +47,170 +6,723 +131 +105,675 +(1,190) +Over three +Over one +Within +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(4) Offsetting of financial instruments +In accordance with the principle of offsetting financial instruments, the Group offsets certain derivative financial assets and +derivative financial liabilities, and presents the net amounts after offsetting in the financial statements. +Derivative financial assets +Derivative financial liabilities +31 December 2021 +Gross amounts +36,220 +41,792 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +Net amounts +25,442 +31,014 +Net amounts +37,045 +51,690 +39,839 +(5) Counterparty credit risk-weighted assets of derivative financial instruments +The credit risk-weighted assets in respect of the above derivatives of the Group as at the end of the reporting period are as +follows: +Counterparty credit default risk-weighted assets +Including: Non-netting settled credit default risk-weighted assets +Netting settled credit default risk-weighted assets +Credit value adjustment risk-weighted assets +31 December 2020 +Gross amounts +48,896 +197 +Annual Report 2021 +(4) (5)=(1)+(2)+(3)+(4) +amount of +Discretionary +medical +emoluments +deferred +remuneration +Fees Remuneration +bonuses +insurances +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +before tax +RMB'000 +payment +paid before tax +RMB'000 +RMB'000 +(1) +(2) +(3) +Central counterparties credit risk-weighted assets +31 December +31 December +2021 +186,189 +398,535 +59 +69 +(128) +(117) +505,841 +584,676 +Measured at FVTPL: +Reverse repurchase agreements-securities +114,994 +126,192 +Cash advanced as collateral on securities borrowing +42,661 +28,420 +157,655 +154,612 +663,496 +739,288 +198 +ICBC +96,863 +409,047 +Of which: +2020 +31 December +2020 +126,653 +147,747 +120,128 +76,703 +6,525 +71,044 +67,911 +48,366 +1,751 +2,351 +196,315 +198,464 +The credit risk-weighted assets of derivative financial instruments were calculated with reference to Regulation Governing +Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional). +22. REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS +Measured at amortised cost: +Reverse repurchase agreements-bills +Reverse repurchase agreements-securities +Accrued interest +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +31 December +2021 +Total +additional +Actual +Details of the Group's hedged risk exposures in fair value hedges are set out below: +Debt securities (i) +Loans and advances to customers +Other (ii) +31 December 2021 +Accumulated adjustments +Carrying amount of hedged items +to the fair value of hedged items +Assets +Liabilities +Assets +62,768 +(339) +21 +Liabilities +(3) +2,441 +(21) +955 +(6,954) +(1) +59 +(3,119) +66,164 +277 +24,984 +months +three +but within +year but +within +Over +months +one year +five years +five years +Total +4,623 +7,187 +41,439 +21,108 +74,357 +Assets +627 +Liabilities +(1,071) +3,074 +31,267 +38,119 +97,444 +(41,578) +(7,293) +56 +(169) +(i) +(ii) +Debt securities are included in financial investments measured at FVTOCI, financial investments measured at amortised +cost and debt securities issued. +Other hedged items are included in reverse repurchase agreements, due to banks and other financial institutions, +repurchase agreements and certificates of deposit. +(3) Net investment hedges +The Group's consolidated statement of financial position is affected by exchange differences between the functional +currency of the Bank and functional currencies of its branches and subsidiaries. The Group hedges such exchange exposures +under certain circumstances. Hedging is undertaken by using customer deposits taken in the same currencies as the +functional currencies of related branches and subsidiaries which are accounted for as hedges of certain net investments in +foreign operations. +As at 31 December 2021, an accumulated net gains from the hedging instrument of RMB1,650 million was recognised in +other comprehensive income (31 December 2020: accumulated net gains of RMB889 million). As at 31 December 2021, +there was no ineffectiveness in profit or loss that arises from the net investment hedges (31 December 2020: Nil). +Name +Position +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Year ended 31 December 2020 +Contribution +by the +employer to +social +insurance, +housing +allowance, +annuities and +8,536 +(1) +(15,090) +68 +(i) +Debt securities are included in financial investments measured at FVTOCI, financial investments measured at amortised +cost and debt securities issued. +(ii) +Other hedged items are included in due from banks and other financial institutions, repurchase agreements and +customer deposits. +Debt securities (i) +Loans and advances to customers +Other (ii) +31 December 2020 +Carrying amount of hedged items +Accumulated adjustments +to the fair value of hedged items +Assets +Liabilities +Assets +58,827 +(5,062) +6,908 +Liabilities +(237) +5,435 +1,462 +13,289 +(10,028) +166 +77,551 +44,956 +months +Exchange rate contracts +Annual Report 2021 +189 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +As at the approval date of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020, changes of directors +and supervisors of the Bank were as follows: +(i) +(ii) +(iii) +Fees of Mr. Huang Li, Mr. Wu Xiangjiang and Mr. Hui Ping were their allowances obtained as Employee Supervisors of the +Bank, excluding their remuneration with the Bank in accordance with the employee remuneration system. +(iv) +(vi) +(vii) +At the Annual General Meeting of the Bank for the Year 2019 held on 12 June 2020, Mr. Liao Lin was elected as +Executive Director of the Bank, and his qualification was approved by CBIRC in July 2020. On 25 February 2021, +the Board of Directors of the Bank elected Mr. Liao Lin as Vice Chairman of the Bank and appointed Mr. Liao Lin as +President of the Bank, and his qualification was approved by CBIRC in March 2021. Mr. Liao Lin ceased to act as Chief +Risk Officer of the Bank after he took office as President. +At the Annual General Meeting of the Bank for the Year 2019 held on 12 June 2020, Mr. Shen Si was re-elected as +Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank, and his new term of office started from the day of approval at the +Annual General Meeting. +At the special meeting of the first session of employee representative assembly of the Bank held on 15 September +2020, Mr. Wu Xiangjiang was elected as Employee Supervisor of the Bank, and his term of office started from the day +of approval by the employee representative assembly. +In December 2020, Mr. Gu Shu ceased to act as Vice Chairman, Executive Director and President of the Bank due to +change of job assignments. +At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2020 held on 8 January 2020, Mr. Yang Guozhong was elected as +Shareholder Supervisor of the Bank, and his new term of office started from the day of approval by the Shareholders' +General Meeting, and his term of office as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Bank took effect +simultaneously. In March 2021, Mr. Yang Guozhong ceased to act as Shareholder Supervisor and Chairman of the +Board of Supervisors of the Bank due to change of job assignments. +In February 2021, Ms. Mei Yingchun ceased to act as Non-executive Director of the Bank due to expiration of her term +of office. +In March 2020, Ms. Sheila Colleen Bair ceased to act as Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank due to +expiration of her term of office. +(v) +(viii) In September 2020, Mr. Hui Ping ceased to act as Employee Supervisor of the Bank due to his age. +Pursuant to the PRC relevant regulations, a portion of the discretionary bonus payments for the Chairman of the Board +of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Executive Directors and other senior management +members are deferred based on the future performance. +Note: Since January 2015, the remuneration to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Chairman of the Board +of Supervisors and other executives of the Bank has followed the State's policies relating to the remuneration reform on +executives of central enterprises. +77 +Ye Donghai +Mei Yingchun (vi) +Dong Shi +Former Non-executive Director +Former Non-executive Director +Sheila Colleen Bair (vii) +5,107,815 +Former Independent Non-executive Director +Former Employee Supervisor +115 +The remuneration before tax payable to Directors and Supervisors for 2020 set out in the table above represents the total +amount of annual remuneration for each of these individuals, which include the amounts disclosed in the 2020 Annual +Report. +115 +37 +115 +37 +2,805 +1,988 +3,264 +878 +8,935 +515 +8,420 +37 +The Non-executive Directors of the Bank who were recommended by Huijin received emoluments from Huijin in respect of +their services during the year. +In 2021, there was no arrangement under which a Director or a Supervisor of the Bank waived or agreed to waive any +remuneration (2020: Nil). +In 2021, no emolument was paid by the Group to any of the Directors or Supervisors as an inducement to join or upon +joining the Group or as a compensation for loss of office (2020: Nil). +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +5 +5 +In 2021, no emoluments were paid by the Group to any of these non-director and non-supervisor individuals as an +inducement to join or upon joining the Group (2020: Nil). +14. IMPAIRMENT LOSSES ON ASSETS +1 +Loans and advances to customers (note 23) +2021 +168,267 +2020 +171,830 +34,356 +202,623 +30,838 +202,668 +Annual Report 2021 +191 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +Other +2 +1 +RMB10,500,001 Yuan to RMB11,000,000 Yuan +RMB11,000,001 Yuan to RMB11,500,000 Yuan +RMB11,500,001 Yuan to RMB12,000,000 Yuan +RMB13,500,001 Yuan to RMB14,000,000 Yuan +RMB14,000,001 Yuan to RMB14,500,000 Yuan +RMB14,500,001 Yuan to RMB15,000,000 Yuan +RMB23,500,001 Yuan to RMB24,000,000 Yuan +RMB25,000,001 Yuan to RMB25,500,000 Yuan +190 +ICBC +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +13. FIVE HIGHEST PAID INDIVIDUALS +The five highest paid individuals of the Group are employees of the Bank's subsidiaries. Their emoluments were determined +based on the prevailing market rates in the respective countries/regions where the subsidiaries are operating. None of them +are directors, supervisors or key management personnel of the Bank whose emoluments are disclosed in notes 12 and 47(g) +to the consolidated financial statements. Details of the emoluments in respect of the five highest paid individuals are as +follows: +2021 +RMB'000 +2020 +RMB'000 +Salaries and allowances +Discretionary bonuses +Other +15,998 +15,889 +66,495 +39,256 +349 +8,772 +82,842 +63,917 +The number of these individuals whose emoluments fell within the following bands is set out below: +Number of employees +2021 +2020 +77 +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +13 +27 +Anthony Francis Neoh +Independent Non-executive Director +520 +520 +520 +Yang Siu Shun +Independent Non-executive Director +470 +470 +Non-executive Director +470 +Independent Non-executive Director +470 +470 +470 +Nout Wellink +Independent Non-executive Director +470 +470 +470 +Shen Si (ii) +Fred Zuliu Hu +Cao Liqun +Feng Weidong +(6) +(7)=(5)-(6) +354 +498 +159 +1,011 +1,011 +319 +448 +Non-executive Director +154 +921 +Chen Siging +Liao Lin (i) +Lu Yongzhen +Chairman, Executive Director +Vice Chairman, Executive Director, President +Non-executive Director +Zheng Fuqing +Non-executive Director +921 +Independent Non-executive Director +410 +410 +External Supervisor +Gu shu (iv) +Yang Guozhong (v) +Hu Hao +Former Vice Chairman of the Board +of Directors, Executive Director, President +Former Chairman of the Board of Supervisors +Former Executive Director, Senior Executive +Vice President +Former Non-executive Director +Shen Bingxi +354 +159 +1,011 +1,011 +354 +498 +159 +1,011 +1,011 +27 +498 +250 +250 +250 +410 +Zhang Wei +Shareholder Supervisor +580 +1,285 +234 +2,099 +515 +1,584 +Huang Li +Employee Supervisor +50 +50 +50 +Wu Xiangjiang (iii) +Employee Supervisor +13 +13 +13 +Qu Qiang +External Supervisor +37 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Hui Ping (viii) +(a) Income tax expense +1,501 +3,537,795 +(i) +(!!) +Accrued interest +1,402 +3,098,438 +The Group is required to place mandatory reserve deposits and other restricted deposits with the PBOC and certain +central banks of overseas countries or regions where it has operations. They are not available for use in the Group's +daily operations. As at 31 December 2021, the mandatory deposit reserve ratios of the domestic branches of the Bank +in respect of customer deposits denominated in RMB and foreign currencies were 10% (31 December 2020: 11%) and +9% (31 December 2020: 5%) respectively. The mandatory reserve funds placed by domestic subsidiaries of the Group +are determined by the PBOC. The amounts of mandatory reserve deposits placed with the central banks of those +countries or regions outside Chinese mainland are determined by local jurisdictions. +Surplus reserves with the PBOC include funds for the purpose of cash settlement and other kinds of unrestricted +deposits. +20. DUE FROM BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS +249,836 +31 December +2021 +2020 +Deposits with banks and other financial institutions: +Banks operating in Chinese mainland +243,440 +433,575 +Other financial institutions operating in Chinese mainland +10,508 +2,728 +31 December +Banks and other financial institutions operating outside Chinese mainland +Accrued interest +619,968 +2,601,657 +0.95 +0.86 +Annual Report 2021 +193 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +19. CASH AND BALANCES WITH CENTRAL BANKS +Cash on hand +338,551 +236,211 +Balances with central banks +Surplus reserves (ii) +Fiscal deposits and other +31 December +2021 +31 December +2020 +62,872 +64,833 +2,459,402 +Mandatory reserves (i) +0.86 +90,511 +2,347 +480,693 +827,150 +1,081,897 +194 +ICBC +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +21. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS +A derivative is a financial instrument, the value of which changes in response to the changes in a specified interest rate, +financial instrument price, commodity price, foreign exchange rate, index of prices or rates, credit rating or credit index, or +other similar variables. The Group uses derivative financial instruments including forwards, swaps, options and futures. +The notional amount of a derivative represents the underlying amount of the specific financial instruments mentioned above. +It indicates the volume of business transacted by the Group but does not reflect the risk. +The notional amounts and fair values of derivative financial instruments held by the Group are set out below: +(742) +31 December 2021 +Notional +amounts +15. INCOME TAX EXPENSE +Notional +Fair values +Liabilities +amounts +Assets +Liabilities +31 December 2020 +82,807 +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +481,435 +4,294 +346,806 +523,404 +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +(349) +(491) +346,457 +522,913 +Placements with banks and other financial institutions: +559,720 +Banks operating in Chinese mainland +88,934 +Other financial institutions operating in Chinese mainland +188,935 +204,585 +Banks and other financial institutions operating outside Chinese mainland +Accrued interest +192,030 +262,922 +3,364 +3,279 +97,106 +0.95 +Fair values +Assets +356,407 +392,126 +Tax at the PRC statutory income tax rate +106,225 +98,032 +Effects of different applicable rates of tax prevailing in other countries/regions +Effects of non-deductible expenses (i) +(827) +(1,521) +22,319 +20,478 +424,899 +Effects of non-taxable income (ii) +(42,803) +Effects of profits attributable to associates and joint ventures +(717) +(326) +Effects of other +(890) +581 +Income tax expense +74,683 +(51,427) +Profit before taxation +2020 +2021 +356,407 +Current income tax expense: +Chinese mainland +Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR +Other overseas jurisdictions +2021 +2020 +79,459 +74,022 +1,768 +1,776 +1,950 +2,347 +83,177 +78,145 +(8,494) +(3,704) +74,683 +74,441 +(b) Reconciliation between income tax and accounting profit +PRC statutory income tax rate is 25%. Taxes on profits assessable elsewhere have been calculated at the applicable rates +of tax prevailing in the countries/regions in which the Group operates in. The Group has reconciled income tax expense +applicable to profit before taxation at the PRC statutory income tax rate to actual income tax expense for the Group as +follows: +74,441 +(i) +Deferred income tax expense +(ii) The non-taxable income mainly represents interest income arising from the PRC government bonds and municipal +debts. +Final dividend on ordinary shares for 2021: RMB0.2933 per share +(2020: RMBO.2660 per share) +104,534 +94,804 +18. EARNINGS PER SHARE +2021 +2020 +Earnings: +Profit for the year attributable to equity holders of the parent company +Less: Profit for the year attributable to other equity instrument +348,338 +315,906 +holders of the parent company +(9,607) +(8,839) +Profit for the year attributable to ordinary shareholders of the parent company +Shares: +338,731 +307,067 +Basic earnings per share (RMB yuan) +Diluted earnings per share (RMB yuan) +The non-deductible expenses mainly represent non-deductible impairment provision and write-offs. +(not recognised as at 31 December): +Dividends on ordinary shares proposed for approval +Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue (in million shares) +2021 +16. PROFIT ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY HOLDERS OF THE PARENT COMPANY +2020 +The consolidated profit attributable to equity holders of the parent company for the year ended 31 December 2021 includes +a profit of RMB323,100 million (2020: RMB304,267 million) which has been dealt with in the financial statements of the +Bank (Note 51). +192 +ICBC +17. DIVIDENDS +Dividends on ordinary shares declared and paid: +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +2021 +2020 +Final dividend on ordinary shares for 2020: RMB0.2660 per share +(2019: RMBO.2628 per share) +Basic and diluted earnings per share were calculated using the profit for the year attributable to ordinary shareholders of the +parent company divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue. +8,839 +3,560 +9,607 +3,560 +Interests on perpetual bonds +94,804 +6,047 +Dividends or interests declared and paid to other equity instrument holders: +Dividends on preference shares +93,664 +5,279 +11,128 +10,012 +1,108 +12,277 +1,221 +Additions +454,878 +164,941 +8,521 +11,928 +39,752 +35,746 +At 1 January 2020 +Cost: +Total +vessels +vehicles +Aircraft and +76,898 +161,359 +8,573 +7,806 +1,143 +and motor +997 +Additions +465,403 +169,173 +79,885 +12,825 +35,211 +168,309 +At 31 December 2020 and 1 January 2021 +(15,469) +(7,163) +(211) +(301) +(2,077) +Disposals +138 +(16,517) +CIP transfer in/out) +(25,221) +553 +in progress +Subtotal +(17) +35,968 +(254) +(38) +16 +696 +(13) +21,200 +14,361 +Other +(348) +24,969 +(2,557) +(875) +537 +9,212 +25,763 +2,101 +40,124 +Leasehold +improvements +21,200 +2,797 +Construction +Properties and +buildings +equipment +Office +27. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT +(365) +62,147 +(2,818) +(1,015) +556 +2,869 +(206) +21,207 +41,554 +Total +(365) +60,937 +(2,811) +(913) +(13) +10,527 +35,173 +CIP transfer in/(out) +4 +2,282 +2,286 +Disposals +(1,374) +(4) +(159) +(6,555) +Impairment charge for the year +(2,779) +At 31 December 2021 +75,803 +34 +11,493 +62,340 +41,366 +191,036 +Carrying amount: +(10,871) +20,497 +5,901 +7,377 +Standard Bank +38 +70,824 +At 31 December 2020 and 1 January 2021 +(12,127) +(4,084) +(6,960) +(104) +(979) +Disposals +3,691 +3,691 +10,786 +61,514 +35,962 +179,124 +Depreciation charge for the year +6,353 +866 +At 31 December 2020 +97,485 +2,039 +18,371 +Accumulated depreciation and impairment: +481,332 +180,945 +81,632 +13,590 +18,216 +186,949 +At 31 December 2021 +(14,471) +(3,769) +(7,516) +(232) +(601) +(2,353) +Disposals +5,014 +51 +(24,915) +19,850 +At 1 January 2020 +30,400 +65,704 +9,983 +133,211 +286,279 +At 31 December 2021 +111,146 +18,182 +2,097 +19,292 +139,579 +290,296 +208 +ICBC +5,554 +6,683 +907 +6,099 +Depreciation charge for the year +168,317 +30,801 +61,791 +38 +Associates +784,483 +(7) +4,044 +Listed in Hong Kong SAR +Funds and other investments: +93,728 +90,746 +71,113 +57,288 +Unlisted +20,122 +31,675 +Listed outside Hong Kong SAR +3,349 +2,493 +Listed in Hong Kong SAR +Equity investments: +465,812 +420,283 +432,163 +395,818 +Unlisted +30,847 +21,164 +Listed outside Hong Kong SAR +2,802 +1,783 +Listed outside Hong Kong SAR +1,521 +1,226 +Listed outside Hong Kong SAR +Listed in Hong Kong SAR +Debt securities: +Analysed into: +Equity investments +Accrued interest +Corporate entities +Banks and other financial institutions +Policy banks +Governments and central banks +Debt securities, analysed by type of issuers: +31 December +2021 +(b) Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +202 +784,483 +623,223 +224,943 +112,194 +220,368 +106,629 +Unlisted +3,301 +Listed in Hong Kong SAR +Debt securities: +784,483 +19 +Corporate entities +3,370 +1,755 +12,858 +Banks and other financial institutions +Policy banks +Governments and central banks +Debt securities, analysed by type of issuers: +257,254 +270,335 +10,497 +9,417 +246,757 +260,918 +102,630 +92,666 +56,114 +58,218 +14,794 +12,670 +73,219 +97,364 +2020 +31 December +18,002 +Unlisted +Funds and other investments +154,776 +623,223 +354,451 +331,097 +70,167 +90,403 +83,231 +81,329 +201,053 +159,365 +1,827 +4,536 +188,144 +143,637 +11,082 +11,192 +Analysed into: +Funds and other investments +Equity investments +Corporate entities +Banks and other financial institutions +Policy banks +Debt securities, analysed by type of issuers: +Other financial investments measured at FVTPL +172,778 +21,791 +21,791 +Equity investments: +Listed in Hong Kong SAR +Listed outside Hong Kong SAR +Unlisted +2,056 +198 +80 +1,778 +Balance at 1 January 2020 +Total +Stage 3 +Stage 2 +Stage 1 +4,370 +1,341 +355 +2,674 +Balance at 31 December 2021 +(75) +(13) +(1) +(61) +Other movements +1,977 +1,070 +322 +585 +Charge for the year +44 +Transfer: +(44) +― to stage 1 +78 +Policy banks +Governments and central banks (i) +Debt securities, analysed by type of issuers: +31 December +2020 +2021 +31 December +(c) Financial investments measured at amortised cost +2,468 +240 +22 +2,206 +(60) +(6) +(54) +472 +48 +18 +406 +Balance at 31 December 2020 +Other movements +Charge for the year +― to stage 3 +2 +(2) +(78) +― to stage 2 +31 December +2021 +― to stage 3 +(12) +1,704,164 +1,067,060 +1,355,305 +219,291 +229,406 +172,667 +119,453 +1,540,988 +1,803,604 +81,970 +99,440 +1,459,018 +1,704,164 +19,398 +17,343 +509,422 +551,757 +281,215 +310,160 +169,478 +171,130 +479,505 +653,774 +2020 +31 December +1,459,018 +12 +2,656 +5,414 +2,468 +240 +22 +222 +Total +Stage 3 +Stage 2 +Stage 1 +2,206 +― to stage 2 +to stage 1 +Transfer: +Balance at 1 January 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +203 +Annual Report 2021 +The Group designates certain non-trading equity investments as financial investments measured at FVTOCI. In 2021, +dividend income from such equity investments was RMB3,388 million (2020: RMB2,355 million). There was RMB291 million +dividend income from equity investments derecognised in 2021 (2020: RMB133 million). In 2021, the value of equity +investments disposed of was RMB6,963 million (2020: RMB2,247 million) and the cumulative losses transferred into retained +earnings from other comprehensive income after disposal was RMB334 million (2020: cumulative gains of RMB221 million). +Movements of the allowance for impairment loss on financial investments measured at FVTOCI are accounted for in the +following way. Allowance for impairment losses on financial investments measured at FVTOCI is recognised in other +comprehensive income without decreasing the carrying amount of financial investments presented in the consolidated +statement of financial position, and any impairment gain or loss is recognised in the profit or loss. +1,540,988 +1,803,604 +81,970 +99,440 +71,016 +91,370 +8,569 +2,385 +Banks and other financial institutions (ii) +Financial investments designated as at FVTPL +Corporate entities +95,941 +171,201 +Write-offs and transfer out +(7) +(120,317) +(120,324) +Recoveries of loans and advances +previously written off +Other movements +(880) +(630) +78,244 +4,977 +(2,542) +(4,052) +Balance at 31 December 2020 +223,703 +89,151 +217,446 +530,300 +200 +ICBC +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(b) Movements of the allowance for impairment losses on loans and advances to customers +measured at FVTOCI are as follows: +4,977 +(2,984) +(Reverse)/charge for the year +58,592 +269,376 +110,649 +223,739 +603,764 +Stage 1 +Stage 2 +Stage 3 +Total +Balance at 1 January 2020 +215,316 +78,494 +184,688 +478,498 +Transfer: +― to stage 1 +24,002 +(22,507) +(1,495) +― to stage 2 +(6,913) +9,311 +(2,398) +― to stage 3 +(4,838) +(53,754) +Balance at 1 January 2021 +Transfer: +to stage 1 +― to stage 2 +to stage 1 +to stage 2 +_ +to stage 3 +(Reverse)/charge for the year +Other movements +(16) +645 +629 +(0) +(0) +Balance at 31 December 2020 +211 +650 +861 +24. FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS +Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +Financial investments measured at amortised cost +31 December +31 December +2021 +2020 +이 회 +623,223 +Transfer: +Balance at 31 December 2021 +232 +227 +to stage 3 +Reverse for the year +Write-offs and transfer out +Other movements +Balance at 31 December 2021 +Stage 1 +Stage 2 +211 +Stage 3 +650 +Total +861 +(13) +(7) +191 +(71) +(551) +(84) +(551) +(7) +28 +219 +Stage 1 +Stage 2 +Stage 3 +Total +Balance at 1 January 2020 +5 +(3,460) +(2,268) +(564) +23. LOANS AND ADVANCES TO CUSTOMERS +23.1 Loans and advances to customers by type of measurement: +Measured at amortised cost: +Corporate loans and advances +Loans +― Finance lease +Personal loans +Discounted bills +31 December +2021 +31 December +2020 +12,181,841 +12,000,191 +181,650 +7,944,781 +11,087,741 +10,913,984 +173,757 +7,115,279 +Accrued interest +2,370 +45,707 +3,091 +42,311 +20,174,699 +18,248,422 +Less: Allowance for impairment losses of loans and advances to customers +measured at amortised cost (note 23.2(a)) +(603,764) +(530,300) +19,570,935 +17,718,122 +As part of the reverse repurchase agreements, the Group has received securities that it is allowed to sell or repledge in +the absence of default by their owners. As at 31 December 2021, the Group had received securities with a fair value +of approximately RMB143,559 million on such terms (31 December 2020: RMB184,324 million). Of these, securities +with a fair value of approximately RMB107,698 million had been repledged under repurchase agreements (31 +December 2020: RMB119,984 million). The Group has an obligation to return the securities to its counterparties at the +maturity of the contract. If the collateral received declines in value, the Group may, in certain circumstances, require +additional collateral. +Measured at FVTOCI: +131,182 +(ii) +Banks and other financial institutions +Policy banks +Financial investments held for trading +Debt securities, analysed by type of issuers: +Governments and central banks +(a) Financial investments measured at FVTPL +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +201 +Annual Report 2021 +8,591,139 +9,257,760 +6,265,668 +6,830,933 +1,540,988 +1,803,604 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(i) +Based on master repurchase agreements and related supplementary agreements, the Group offsets certain reverse +repurchase agreements and repurchase agreements, and presents net asset (or liability) amounts as reverse repurchase +agreements (or repurchase agreements) in the consolidated financial statements in accordance with the accounting +policy of offsetting. +116,390 +31 December 2021 +Gross amounts +Reverse repurchase agreements +Repurchase agreements +Net amounts +104,765 +131,623 +Gross amounts +203,791 +31 December 2020 +Net amounts +218,583 +236,536 +263,394 +Equity investments +Corporate loans and advances +Discounted bills +530,300 +17,860 +(15,581) +(2,279) +to stage 2 +(9,856) +14,056 +(4,200) +― to stage 3 +(3,534) +(35,319) +38,853 +Charge for the year +41,831 +58,906 +67,614 +Write-offs and transfer out +(100,447) +168,351 +(100,447) +Recoveries of loans and advances +previously written off +9,020 +9,020 +Other movements +(628) +Total +― Loans +Stage 3 +217,446 +223,703 +Accrued interest +Measured at FVTPL: +9,271 +525,388 +11,078 +403,205 +12 +9 +534,671 +414,292 +Corporate loans and advances +Loans +3,594 +20,109,200 +3,914 +18,136,328 +As at 31 December 2021, the Group's allowance for impairment losses on loans and advances to customers measured at +FVTOCI was RMB219 million, refer to note 23.2(b) (31 December 2020: RMB861 million). +Annual Report 2021 +199 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +23.2 Impairment provision +(a) Movements of the allowance for impairment losses on loans and advances to customers +measured at amortised cost are as follows: +Stage 1 +Stage 2 +Balance at 1 January 2021 +Transfer: +to stage 1 +89,151 +Corporate entities +Accrued interest +5,661,784 +ICBC Wealth Management Co., Ltd.* +("ICBC Investment") +Shanghai, the PRC +Nanjing, the PRC +RMB7,980 million +RMB27,000 million +RMB27,000 million +100 +100 +ICBC Financial Asset Investment Co., Ltd.* +RMB12,505 million +60 +60 +100 +ICBC-AXA Assurance Co., Ltd.* +Lima, Peru +Beijing, the PRC +Tianjin, the PRC +RMB433 million +RMB11,000 million +USD120 million +USD120 million +RMB200 million +RMB18,000 million +100 +100 +ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.* +80 +80 +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Co., Ltd.* +100 +("ICBC Leasing") +100 +RMB16,000 million +RMB16,000 million +Interests in associates +26. INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURES +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +206 +There is no subsidiary of the Group which has material non-controlling interests during the reporting period. +The above table lists the principal subsidiaries of the Bank. To give details of other subsidiaries would, in the opinion of the +management, result in particulars of excessive length. +As at 31 December 2021 and 31 December 2020, the Group held 97.98% voting rights of ICBC Thai. Apart from ICBC Thai, +voting rights of other subsidiaries of the Group are in line with the Group's equity interests. +These subsidiaries incorporated in Chinese mainland are all limited liability companies. +* +Commercial banking +Commercial banking +Zhejiang, the PRC +Chongqing, the PRC +RMB120 million +RMB100 million +RMB200 million +RMB100 million +100 +100 +Chongqing Bishan ICBC Rural Bank Co., Ltd.* +60 +60 +Zhejiang Pinghu ICBC Rural Bank Co., Ltd.* +Wealth +management +Insurance +Financial asset +investment +Commercial banking +Fund management +Leasing +Beijing, the PRC +100 +ICBC Peru Bank ("ICBC Peru") +(Argentina) S.A +Commercial banking +80 +80 +80 +80 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Canada) +USD50.25 million +USD50 million +100 +100 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +Financial Services LLC +Commercial banking +Commercial banking +New York, United States +Vienna, Austria +EUR200 million +USD306 million +USD369 million +EUR200 million +Commercial banking +Istanbul, Turkey +USD425 million +TRY860 million +Commercial banking +Moscow, Russia +Banking +Commercial banking +London, United Kingdom +London, United Kingdom +CAD208 million +Interests in joint ventures +CAD218.66 million +Broker dealer and +margin trading +Commercial banking +Buenos Aires, Argentina +USD904 million +ARS28,415 million +100 +100 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Brasil) S.A. +Commercial banking +Sao Paulo, Brazil +Real202 million +Real202 million +Commercial banking +Mexico City, Mexico +MXN1,597 million +MXN1,597 million +100 +180 +100 +100 +10 +10 +100 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +100 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +Mexico S.A. +Delaware and +New York, United States +Toronto, Canada +Share of net assets +Goodwill +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +Name of +Balance of +allowance for +Declared +recognised +income +Investment +Movements during 2021 +Movements of associates and joint ventures investments of the Group are as follows: +(b) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +207 +Annual Report 2021 +25,763 +24,969 +consolidated financial statements +Balance of the Group's interest in Standard Bank in the +9,408 +8,447 +Goodwill +16,355 +16,522 +Group's share of net assets of the associate +20.06% +investee +20.06% +Balance +at beginning +Other +(102) +3 +72 +(193) +7 +1,430 +Joint ventures +of the year +of the year +Others +or profits +income +method +in capital +in capital +of the year +at end +(b) +comprehensive cash dividends +the equity +Decrease +Increase +impairment +Balance +distribution of +under +USD200 million +USD839 million +RUB10,810 million +81,530 +Net assets of the associate attributable to the parent company +Group's effective interest +31 December +31 December +Standard Bank +Other +(a) Carrying value of the Group's associates and joint ventures are as follows: +41,206 +61,782 +(348) +(365) +41,554 +62,147 +9,444 +15,039 +32,110 +47,108 +2020 +2021 +31 December +31 December +41,206 +1,430 +1,210 +61,782 +2020 +39,776 +60,572 +31 December +31 December +2021 +2021 +82,364 +2020 +25,415 +Equity method of the associate +5,459 +10,725 +Profit from continuing operations +95,979 +97,216 +1,033,331 +993,965 +1,129,310 +1,091,181 +Net assets +Liabilities +Assets +The associate +2020 +2021 +As at/ +year ended +31 December +year ended +31 December +As at/ +The accounting policies of Standard Bank are consistent with those of the Group. Its financial information is significant to +the Group and summarised as follows: +Standard Bank Group Limited ("Standard Bank") is a listed commercial bank registered in Johannesburg, the Republic of +South Africa with an issued capital of ZAR162 million and a strategic partner of the Group. As at 31 December 2021 and 31 +December 2020, the Group's equity interest and voting rights were 20.06%. +41,206 +61,782 +15,791 +37,161 +24,621 +USD200 million +USD1,083 million +RUB10,810 million +888888 +100 +127 +1,339 +2,255 +Balance at 1 January 2020 +Total +Stage 3 +Stage 2 +Stage 1 +7,957 +118 +2,200 +5,639 +Balance at 31 December 2021 +(8) +(3) +(5) +Other movements +2,892 +(116) +3,008 +Charge/(reverse) for the year +to stage 3 +to stage 2 +Total +5,073 +Stage 3 +121 +3,721 +(402) +Transfer: +to stage 2 +This includes a special government bond, which is a non-negotiable bond with a nominal value of RMB85,000 million +(31 December 2020: RMB85,000 million) issued by the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China (the +"MOF") to the Bank in 1998. The bond will mature in 2028 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 2.25% per annum. +This includes Huarong bonds of RMB90,309 million (31 December 2020: RMB90,309 million). Huarong bonds are a +series of long-term bonds issued by China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd. ("Huarong") in the year of 2000 +and 2001 to the Bank, with an aggregate amount of RMB312,996 million. The proceeds from the issuance of the +bonds were used to purchase non-performing loans of the Bank. The bonds are non-negotiable, with a tenure of 10 +years and bear interest at a fixed rate of 2.25% per annum. The MOF provides funding support for the repayment +of principal and interest of the bonds. In 2010, the Bank received a notice from the MOF that the maturity dates of +the Huarong bonds were extended for ten years. In 2020, the Bank received a notice from the MOF to adjust the +interest rate of the Huarong bonds, starting from 1 January 2020. Interest rate would be determined on yearly basis +with reference to the average level of five-year government bond yield in the previous year. In January 2021, the Bank +received notice from the MOF that the maturity dates of Huarong bonds were further extended for ten years. As at +31 December 2021, the Bank had received accumulated early repayments amounting to RMB222,687 million (31 +December 2020: RMB222,687 million). +(iii) +(ii) +(i) +Balance at 31 December 2020 +5,073 +121 +(235) +1,587 +(1) +GE +(5) +2,718 +2,234 +(209) +(21) +1,572 +16 +19 +(19) +(3 +3 +Other movements +Charge/(reverse) for the year +― to stage 3 +― to stage 1 +Other investments include debt investment plans, asset management plans and trust plans with fixed or determinable +payments. They will mature from January 2022 to November 2032 and bear interest rates ranging from 4.25% to +6.60% per annum. +402 +Stage 2 +Listed in Hong Kong SAR +Debt securities: +Analysed into: +6,270,741 +(5,073) +6,265,668 +6,830,933 +(7,957) +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +6,838,890 +162 +40,861 +38,463 +40,699 +38,341 +122 +Accrued interest +Other investments (iii) +6,229,880 +6,800,427 +78,888 +84,598 +46,759 +61,257 +370,300 +432,980 +528,587 +559,808 +5,205,346 +31,439 +2,718 +42,226 +147,531 +Stage 1 +2,234 +to stage 1 +Transfer: +Balance at 1 January 2021 +Movements of the allowance for impairment losses on financial investments measured at amortised cost are as follows: +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +204 +123,820 +179,807 +Market value of listed securities +38,018 +6,265,668 +6,830,933 +36,094 +38,018 +36,094 +Unlisted +Other investments: +6,227,650 +6,794,839 +6,106,393 +6,615,869 +Unlisted +79,031 +Listed outside Hong Kong SAR +1,210 +25. INVESTMENTS IN SUBSIDIARIES +31 December +100 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Almaty) Joint Stock Company +Commercial banking +Almaty, Kazakhstan +KZT8,933 million +KZT8,933 million +10 +100 +00 +100 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Thai) Public Company Limited ("ICBC Thai") +Commercial banking +Bangkok, Thailand +THB23,711 million +THB20,132 million +97.86 +97.86 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Malaysia) Berhad +Commercial banking +Commercial banking +Jakarta, Indonesia +Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia +USD361 million +MYR833 million +IDR3,706,100 million +MYR833 million +100 +100 +NZD234 million +Auckland, New Zealand +92.84 +100 +100 +88888 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(USA) NA +100 +ICBC Austria Bank GmbH +92.84 +ICBC Turkey Bank Anonim Şirketi +100 +Bank ICBC (Joint stock company) +ICBC Standard Bank PLC +100 +ICBC (London) PLC +(Europe) S.A. +Commercial banking +Luxembourg +EUR437 million +EUR437 million +80 +100 +100 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(New Zealand) Limited ("ICBC New Zealand") +Commercial banking +NZD234 million +Listed investments, at cost +Unlisted investments, at cost +100 +98.61 +(Asia) Limited ("ICBC Asia") +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +Name +31 December +31 December +31 December +Amount +paid-in capital +Percentage of equity interest % +Nominal value +of issued share/ +Particulars of the Group's principal subsidiaries as at the end of the reporting period are as follows: +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +205 +Annual Report 2021 +147,383 +163,283 +144,671 +160,571 +2,712 +2,712 +2020 +2021 +31 December +2021 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +2020 +100 +98.61 +PT. Bank ICBC Indonesia +(Macau) Limited ("ICBC Macau") +Commercial banking +Macau SAR, the PRC +MOP12,064 million +MOP589 million +89.33 +89.33 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +("ICBC International") +Investment banking +Hong Kong SAR, the PRC +HKD5,963 million +HKD5,963 million +100 +100 +ICBC International Holdings Limited +Commercial banking +activities +Principal +and operations +Hong Kong SAR, the PRC +Place of +incorporation/ +registration +invested +by the Bank +HKD54,738 million +2021 +HKD44,188 million +100 +at end +19,243 +Impairment charge for the year +Recognised +Goodwill (ii) +Land use rights +Right-of-use assets (i) +Precious metals +Settlement and clearing balances +2020 +2021 +31 December +31 December +29. OTHER ASSETS +As at 31 December 2021, the Group did not have significant unrecognised deferred tax assets (31 December 2020: Nil). +2,881 +(208) +1,216 +1,873 +860 +445 +415 +Other +Advance payments +Repossessed assets +Interest receivable +267,342 +717,915 +28,858 +110,574 +Other +1,985 +2,283 +7,357 +6,211 +8,878 +8,242 +8,945 +8,518 +16,225 +15,593 +34,068 +31,913 +278,429 +267,239 +349,590 +1,149 +734,335 +(208) +measured at FVTOCI +210 +67,713 +257 +4,920 +62,536 +(1,122) +(107) +(1,005) +(10) +Other +6,628 +338 +6,290 +Accrued staff costs +(5,417) +364 +(5,781) +measured at FVTOCI +Change in fair value of financial instruments +ICBC +Deferred tax liabilities: +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Change in fair value of financial instruments +1,809 +1,173 +636 +measured at FVTPL +Change in fair value of financial instruments +(937) +(402) +(535) +1,357 +Allowance for impairment losses +income +profit or loss +2020 +31 December +comprehensive +Recognised in +1 January +in other +Recognised +2020 +(2,470) +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +(5,077) +(60) +(39) +(714) +Decreases +7,803 +91 +623 +7,089 +Depreciation charge for the year +6,967 +104 +1,143 +5,720 +At 1 January 2020 +Accumulated depreciation: +50,730 +357 +16,109 +34,264 +(813) +At 31 December 2020 and 1 January 2021 +12,095 +1,727 +24 +At 1 January 2020 +Impairment: +18,817 +218 +2,075 +16,524 +At 31 December 2021 +(2,837) +At 31 December 2021 +(33) +(2,582) +Decreases +7,697 +116 +570 +7,011 +Depreciation charge for the year +13,957 +135 +(222) +(10,053) +(4,312) +(441) +22,463 +At 1 January 2020 +Cost: +Total +motor vehicles +equipment and +aircraft +and vessels +and buildings +Leased office +Leased +Leased +properties +(i) Right-of-use assets +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +211 +Annual Report 2021 +729,258 +707,862 +16,534 +1,628 +40,625 +Additions +(3,191) +Decreases +7,017 +91 +6,926 +Additions +48,025 +946 +16,550 +(680) +30,529 +(3,367) +(775) +(1,341) +(1,251) +Decreases +10,767 +93 +1,357 +9,317 +At 31 December 2020 and 1 January 2021 +(1,619) +(851) +measured at FVTPL +liabilities/ +temporary +liabilities/ +temporary +tax +(deductible) +tax +(deductible) +Deferred +Taxable/ +Deferred +Taxable/ +31 December 2020 +31 December 2021 +Deferred tax liabilities: +67,713 +271,766 +79,259 +319,327 +differences +(assets) +differences +(assets) +1,567 +6,285 +Other +1,149 +4,823 +690 +2,737 +measured at FVTOCI +Change in fair value of financial instruments +(1,122) +1,809 +3,635 +15,692 +measured at FVTPL +Change in fair value of financial instruments +(937) +(3,273) +(268) +(535) +Allowance for impairment losses +7,236 +3,465 +(5,106) +(7,847) +differences +(liabilities) +differences +tax +assets/ +(taxable) +temporary +tax +assets/ +temporary +(taxable) +31 December 2020 +Deductible/ +Deferred +Deferred +31 December 2021 +Deductible/ +Deferred tax assets: +(a) Analysed by nature +28. DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES +As at 31 December 2021, the construction in progress for aircraft and vessels was RMB9, 101 million (31 December 2020: +RMB12,623 million). +As at 31 December 2021, the carrying amount of aircraft and vessels owned by the Group that have been pledged as +security for liabilities due to banks and other financial institutions was RMB92,426 million (31 December 2020: RMB77,858 +million). +As at 31 December 2021, the carrying amount of aircraft and vessels leased out by the Group under operating leases was +RMB139,579 million (31 December 2020: RMB133,211 million). +As at 31 December 2021, the process of obtaining the legal titles for the Group's properties and buildings with an aggregate +carrying amount of RMB12,798 million (31 December 2020: RMB11,203 million) was still in progress. Management is of the +view that the aforesaid matter would neither affect the rights of the Group to these assets nor have any significant impact +on the business operation of the Group. +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(liabilities) +Allowance for impairment losses +328,794 +81,662 +Other +6,628 +26,512 +8,684 +34,823 +Accrued staff costs +(5,417) +(21,224) +(5,635) +(1,997) +(22,620) +Change in fair value of financial instruments +(2,470) +(9,858) +(3,455) +(13,823) +measured at FVTPL +Change in fair value of financial instruments +70,094 +281,442 +measured at FVTOCI +173 +860 +5,624 +1,149 +measured at FVTOCI +Change in fair value of financial instruments +3,635 +1,826 +1,809 +measured at FVTPL +Change in fair value of financial instruments +(268) +669 +(937) +Allowance for impairment losses +2021 +income +profit or loss +2021 +31 December +comprehensive +Recognised in +(459) +690 +Other +860 +Change in fair value of financial instruments +70,094 +7,206 +62,888 +Allowance for impairment losses +2020 +income +profit or loss +2020 +1 January +31 December +Recognised in +1 January +Deferred tax assets: +5,624 +(459) +3,202 +2,881 +1,567 +707 +Recognised +in other +comprehensive +24,179 +Recognised +in other +79,259 +70,094 +Allowance for impairment losses +2021 +income +comprehensive +Recognised in +profit or loss +2021 +1 January +31 December +in other +Deferred tax assets: +(b) Movements of deferred income tax +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +209 +Annual Report 2021 +2,881 +12,251 +11,568 +81,662 +Change in fair value of financial instruments +measured at FVTPL +(150) +11,696 +67,713 +(1,997) +68 +(943) +(1,122) +Other +8,684 +Deferred tax liabilities: +2,056 +Accrued staff costs +(5,635) +(218) +(5,417) +measured at FVTOCI +Change in fair value of financial instruments +(3,455) +(985) +(2,470) +6,628 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +Impairment charge for the year +101 +26/04/2019 +4.40% +45,000 +100 Yuan +24/04/2019 +19 ICBC 03 Tier 2 Bond +26/03/2019 +25/03/2019 25/03/2034 +4.51% +10,000 +100 Yuan +21/03/2019 +19 ICBC 02 Tier 2 Bond +26/03/2019 +25/03/2029 +25/03/2019 +4.26% +45,000 +100 Yuan +26/04/2029 +28/04/2019 +19 ICBC 04 Tier 2 Bond +24/04/2019 +16/11/2020 +4.15% +30,000 +100 Yuan +12/11/2020 +20 ICBC 02 Tier 2 Bond +25/09/2020 +24/09/2030 +24/09/2020 +21/03/2019 +4.20% +100 Yuan +22/09/2020 +20 ICBC 01 Tier 2 Bond +28/04/2019 +26/04/2034 +26/04/2019 +4.69% +10,000 +100 Yuan +60,000 +16/11/2030 +19 ICBC 01 Tier 2 Bond +22/11/2027 +30/06/2011 +5.56% +38,000 +100 Yuan +29/06/2011 +11 ICBC 01 +Value date +rate +(In RMB million) +(In RMB) +Issue date +Name +Maturity +Coupon +nominal amount +Issue price +Issued and +As approved by the PBOC and the CBIRC, the Bank issued callable subordinated bonds and tier 2 capital bonds through +open market bidding. These subordinated bonds and tier 2 capital bonds were traded on the National Interbank Bond +Market. The relevant information is set out below: +The Bank: +date Circulation date +30/06/2031 +30/08/2011 +12 ICBC 01 +11/06/2012 +22/11/2017 +4.45% +44,000 +100 Yuan +20/11/2017 +17 ICBC 02 Tier 2 Bond +10/11/2017 +08/11/2027 +08/11/2017 +23/11/2017 +4.45% +100 Yuan +06/11/2017 +17 ICBC 01 Tier 2 Bond +13/07/2012 +13/06/2027 +13/06/2012 +4.99% +20,000 +100 Yuan +44,000 +(a) Subordinated bonds and tier 2 capital bonds +17/11/2020 +12/11/2020 +The Bank: +(b) Other debt securities issued +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +215 +Annual Report 2021 +The above tier 2 capital bonds are separately listed on the Thai Bond Market Association and The Stock Exchange of Hong +Kong Limited. ICBC Thai and ICBC Macau have not had any defaults of principal or interest or other breaches with respect to +the tier 2 capital bonds in 2021 (2020: Nil). +On 12 September 2019, ICBC Macau issued a tier 2 capital bond with an aggregate nominal amount of USD500 million, +bearing a fixed interest rate of 2.875% per annum. The bond will mature on 12 September 2029. +On 23 March 2018, ICBC Thai issued a tier 2 capital bond with an aggregate nominal amount of THB5,000 million, bearing +a fixed interest rate of 3.5%. The bond will mature on 23 September 2028. +Subsidiaries: +The Bank has not had any defaults in respect of payments of principal or interest or other breaches with respect to the +subordinated bonds and tier 2 capital bonds in 2021 (2020: Nil). +The bonds cannot be redeemed before maturity. +Tier 2 capital bonds +15 USD +22/09/2015 +21/09/2025 +21/09/2015 +4.875% +(i) +(ii) +Head Office issued debt securities denominated in RMB at fixed interest rates amounting to RMB20,075 million in total +with maturities between 2023 and 2024. +Sydney Branch issued notes denominated in AUD, RMB, HKD and USD at fixed or floating interest rates amounting to +an equivalent of RMB11,372 million in total with maturities between 2022 and 2026. +(v) +ICBC International issued medium-term debt securities and notes denominated in USD at fixed interest rates +amounting to an equivalent of RMB12,709 million in total with maturities between 2022 and 2025. +(iv) +ICBC Thai issued medium-term debt securities and notes denominated in THB at fixed interest rates amounting to an +equivalent of RMB8,367 million in total with maturities between 2022 and 2026. +ICBC Leasing issued medium-term debt securities and notes denominated in RMB and USD at fixed or floating interest +rates amounting to an equivalent of RMB70,528 million in total with maturities between 2022 and 2031. +ICBC Asia issued medium-term debt securities and notes denominated in RMB and USD at fixed or floating interest +rates amounting to an equivalent of RMB8,469 million in total with maturities between 2022 and 2024. +(iii) +(ii) +(i) +12,700 +Subsidiaries: +(x) +(ix) London Branch issued notes denominated in GBP, USD and EUR at fixed or floating interest rates amounting to an +equivalent of RMB13,401 million in total with maturities between 2022 and 2025. +(viii) Hong Kong Branch issued notes denominated in USD at fixed or floating interest rates amounting to an equivalent of +RMB45,726 million in total with maturities between 2022 and 2026. +(vii) Dubai (DIFC) Branch issued notes denominated in USD at floating interest rates amounting to an equivalent of +RMB13,415 million in total with maturities between 2022 and 2024. +(vi) Luxembourg Branch issued notes denominated in USD and EUR at fixed or floating interest rates amounting to an +equivalent of RMB18,114 million in total with maturities between 2022 and 2024. +New York Branch issued notes denominated in USD at fixed interest rates amounting to an equivalent of RMB14,572 +million in total with maturities between 2022 and 2027. +(v) +(iv) Tokyo Branch issued notes denominated in JPY at fixed interest rate amounting to an equivalent of RMB249 million in +total that will mature in 2022. +(iii) Singapore Branch issued notes denominated in RMB, USD and EUR at fixed or floating interest rates amounting to an +equivalent of RMB48,080 million in total with maturities between 2022 and 2025. +Macau Branch issued notes denominated in MOP at fixed interest rates amounting to an equivalent of RMB3,239 +million in total with maturities between 2022 and 2023. +20 ICBC 03 Tier 2 Bond +2,000 +USD +3.48% +50,000 +100 Yuan +13/12/2021 +21 ICBC 02 Tier 2 Bond +22/01/2021 +21/01/2031 +21/01/2021 +4.15% +30,000 +100 Yuan +19/01/2021 +21 ICBC 01 Tier 2 Bond +17/11/2020 +16/11/2035 +16/11/2020 +4.45% +10,000 +100 Yuan +14/12/2021 +15/12/2031 +15/12/2021 +21 ICBC 03 Tier 2 Bond +21/09/2015 +Circulation date +Maturity date +Value date +Coupon +rate +(In RMB) +(million) +(In original +currency) +(million) +Currency Issued price +Issue date +99.189 +Ending +balance +Name +In 2015, the Bank issued tier 2 capital bonds denominated in USD. The bonds were approved for listing and dealing by The +Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The relevant information is set out below: +The Bank has the option to redeem these bonds on specific dates at par value in future upon the approval of the relevant +regulatory authorities. +15/12/2021 +14/12/2021 15/12/2036 +3.74% +10,000 +100 Yuan +13/12/2021 +Issued +amount +18 +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +ICBC +18,409 +60,704 +64,488 +4,889 +2020 +2021 +31 December +31 December +€ € +Other +Debt securities issued +and account-based investment products +Financial liabilities related to precious metals +Interbank wealth management products +30. FINANCIAL LIABILITIES DESIGNATED AS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +212 +11,574 +4,283 +10,771 +87,180 +258,465 +159,590 +226,907 +Banks and other financial institutions operating in Chinese mainland +Banks and other financial institutions operating outside Chinese mainland +Accrued interest +Money market takings: +2,179,522 +134,346 +1,775 +2,315,643 +2,431,689 +143,928 +1,269 +2,286,492 +The recoverable amount of the CGU is determined based on the discounted future cash flows of the CGU. The cash flow +projections are based on financial forecasts approved by management of the subsidiaries. The average growth rates are +projected based on the similar rates which do not exceed the long-term average growth rate for the business in which the +CGU operates in. The discount rate is the before-tax rate and reflects the specific risk associated with the CGU. +Banks and other financial institutions operating in Chinese mainland +Banks and other financial institutions operating outside Chinese mainland +Accrued interest +2021 +31 December +Deposits: +31. DUE TO BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS +For 2021 and 2020, there were no significant changes in the credit spread of the Group and therefore the amounts of +changes in fair value of the financial liabilities arising from changes in the credit risk and the accumulated amounts as at the +end of the respective years were not significant. The changes in fair value of the financial liabilities were mainly attributable +to changes in other market factors. +Financial liabilities related to precious metals and account-based investment products, and certain issued debt +securities have been matched with precious metals and derivatives of the Group as part of a documented risk +management strategy to mitigate market risk. An accounting mismatch would arise if these financial liabilities were +accounted for at amortised cost, whereas the related precious metals and derivative were measured at fair value with +movements in fair value taken through the statement of profit or loss. By designating these financial liabilities at +FVTPL, the movement in their fair values is recorded in the statement of profit or loss. As at 31 December 2021 and 31 +December 2020, the difference between the fair values of the financial liabilities related to precious metals, account- +based investment products and issued debt securities and the amounts that the Group would be contractually required +to pay to the holders of the financial liabilities related to precious metals, account-based investment products and +issued debt securities upon maturity was not significant. +The principal-guaranteed interbank wealth management products issued by the Group and the financial assets which +the aforesaid products held form part of a group of financial instruments that were managed together on a fair +value basis, and were classified as financial liabilities and financial assets designated as at FVTPL, respectively. As at +31 December 2020, the fair value of the interbank wealth management products was approximately the same as the +amount that the Group would be contractually required to pay to the holders of the wealth management products +upon maturity. +(i) +87,938 +31 December +2020 +304,413 +Goodwill arising from business combinations has been allocated to the Group's CGU, which is not larger than the reportable +segment of the Group, for impairment testing. +8,169 +18,392 +At 31 December 2021 +At 31 December 2020 +Carrying amount: +251 +219 +32 +At 31 December 2021 +(65) +316 +119 +197 +| || | +(55) +(10) +Decreases +274 +42 +At 31 December 2020 and 1 January 2021 +14,549 +811 +33,752 +17,708 +(359) +(349) +8,945 +8,518 +(572) +(427) +9,517 +8,945 +2020 +8,586 +2021 +Less: Allowance for impairment losses +Subtotal +Exchange difference +At 1 January +Goodwill +(ii) +31,662 +139 +13,815 +Net carrying amount +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +3,968 +489,340 +2,921,029 +31 December +이 +Accrued interest +Issued by subsidiaries +Issued by the Bank +Other debt securities +Accrued interest +Issued by subsidiaries +Issued by the Bank +Subordinated bonds and tier 2 capital bonds +35. DEBT SECURITIES ISSUED +As at 31 December 2021, pledged deposits included in above amounted to RMB228,227 million (31 December 2020: +RMB249,915 million). +25,134,726 +26,441,774 +267,941 +361,994 +261,389 +250,349 +11,953,629 +31 December +2021 +2020 +458,688 +214 +As at 31 December 2021, the amount of debt securities issued that were due within one year was RMB124,031 million (31 +December 2020: RMB120,429 million). +798,127 +791,375 +368,063 +320,569 +1,669 +1,768 +134,038 +12,905,739 +130,558 +188,243 +(b) +430,064 +470,806 +6,747 +8,002 +4,285 +4,116 +419,032 +232,356 +4,613 +6,463,929 +5,489,700 +7,874 +274,446 +341,718 +8,110 +2020 +2021 +31 December +31 December +Accrued interest +Cash received as collateral on securities lending +Repurchase agreements-securities +Repurchase agreements-bills +32. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +213 +Annual Report 2021 +2,784,259 +468,616 +16,015 +100 +365,943 +10,924 +190 +293,434 +5,798,353 +12,651,767 +12,923,692 +5,196,607 +5,390,582 +7,455,160 +7,533,110 +31 December +2020 +31 December +2021 +7,107,386 +Accrued interest +Personal customers +Corporate customers +Time deposits: +Personal customers +Corporate customers +Demand deposits: +34. DUE TO CUSTOMERS +Certificates of deposit issued by certain of the Bank's overseas branches and subsidiaries are measured at amortised cost. +33. CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT +Other +ICBC New Zealand issued medium-term debt securities and notes denominated in NZD at fixed or floating interest +rates amounting to an equivalent of RMB2,331 million in total with maturities between 2022 and 2024. +(vi) +789,355 +5,210 +5,658 +4,542 +6,515 +6,749 +8,090 +8,315 +2020 +2021 +31 December +31 December +Undiscounted lease liabilities +More than five years +Three to five years +Two to three years +One to two years +Less than one year +6,008 +5,113 +6,221 +32,492 +86,795 +(millions) +of shares +31 December 2021 +Number +Nominal +value +(millions) +value +of shares +Lease liabilities +Nominal +A shares of RMB1 Yuan each +H shares of RMB1 Yuan each +Issued and fully paid: +37. SHARE CAPITAL +(ii) There were no overdue payment for staff salaries, bonuses, allowances and subsidies payable as at 31 December 2021 (31 +December 2020: Nil). +Ending balance of lease liabilities +29,825 +28,340 +31 December 2020 +Number +86,795 +(i) +155,200 +394,880 +317,591 +Lease liabilities +Insurance contract liabilities +Settlement and clearing balances +2020 +2021 +31 December +31 December +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +36. OTHER LIABILITIES +ICBC +216 +(vii) ICBC Peru issued short-term debt securities denominated in PEN at fixed interest rates amounting to an equivalent of +RMB154 million in total that will mature in 2022. +ICBC Investment issued medium-term debt securities and notes denominated in RMB at fixed interest rates amounting +to RMB28,000 million in total with maturities between 2022 and 2025. +213,457 +170,846 +(i) +28,340 +Other +490 +32 +Early retirement benefits +1,193 +1,081 +Promissory notes +15,595 +48,424 +712,770 +16,454 +24,807 +32,751 +(ii) +Salaries, bonuses, allowances and subsidies payables +26,710 +24,449 +Provisions for credit commitments +29,825 +Sundry tax payables +86,795 +29,929 +269,612 +None +45,000 +45,000 +680 +700 +4.20% 100RMB/Share +Equity +19/09/2019 +86,795 +RMB2019 +4.58% 100RMB/Share +Equity +18/11/2015 +RMB2015 +Shares: +Domestic Preference +No +Mandatory +450 +None +70,000 None +No +ICBC +218 +The Bank shall distribute dividends for Offshore and Domestic Preference Shares in cash, based on the liquidation preference +amount for the issued and outstanding Offshore Preference Shares or total amount of issued and outstanding Domestic +Preference Shares during the corresponding period (i.e. the product of the issue price of Preference Shares and the number +of the issued and outstanding Preference Shares). +Non-cumulative dividend is a dividend on Offshore and Domestic Preference Shares which does not cumulate upon omission +of payment and the passed or omitted dividend of one year is not carried to the following year. After receiving a dividend at +the agreed dividend rate, preference shareholders of the Bank will not participate in the distribution of residual profits with +ordinary shareholders. +For Offshore and Domestic Preference Shares, if the Bank cancels all or part of the dividends to the Preference Shares, the +Bank shall not make any dividend distribution to ordinary shareholders before the Bank pays the dividends to the preference +shareholders in full for the current dividend period. +(iii) Dividend stopper and setting mechanism +The Bank can pay offshore and domestic dividends when it has distributable after-tax profit after making up previous years' +losses, contributing to the statutory reserve and making general provisions, and the Bank's capital adequacy ratios meet +regulatory requirements. Preference shareholders of the Bank are senior to the ordinary shareholders in respect of the right +to dividends. The order of payment of Domestic Preference Shares is equal to Offshore Preference Shares. The Bank may +elect to cancel all or part of offshore and domestic dividends and this shall not constitute a default for any purpose, but such +cancellation will require a shareholder's resolution to be passed. +(ii) Conditions to distribution of dividends +Mandatory No +Mandatory +Offshore and domestic dividends are set at a fixed rate for 5 years after issuance, and are reset every 5 years thereafter to +the sum of the benchmark rate and the fixed spread. The fixed spread is equal to the spread between the initial dividend +rate and the benchmark rate at the time of issuance. The fixed spread remains unchanged throughout the term of the +Preference Shares. +(i) Dividend +(b) Main clauses and basic information +134,614 +Book value +(102) +Less: issue fees +134,716 +Total +Offshore and domestic dividends are paid annually. +19,716 +70,000 +145 +In original +Amount +(a) Preference shares outstanding ("Preference Shares"): +(1) Preference shares +38. OTHER EQUITY INSTRUMENTS +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +217 +Financial instrument +outstanding +Annual Report 2021 +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +269,612 +269,612 +269,612 +2,900 +Except for the dividends for H shares which are payable in Hong Kong dollars, all of the ordinary A shares and H shares rank +pari passu with each other in respect of dividends on ordinary shares. +Issue date +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Accounting +classification +Equity +23/09/2020 +USD +Shares: +Offshore Preference +Conversion +condition +(million) Maturity +(million) +3.58% 20USD/Share +Issue price +rate +Conversion +In RMB +currency +(million +Dividend +shares) +100RMB/Unit +RMB2021 +No +None +800 +80,000 +80,000 +Perpetual bond Series 1 +None +04/06/2021 +700 +4.04% +100RMB/Unit +00 +70,000 +70,000 +None +No +None +Equity +4.45% +(million) +26/07/2019 +units) +RMB2021 +In RMB +(million) Maturity condition +Conversion +Conversion +Offshore +USD Perpetual bond +24/09/2021 +Equity +Equity +3.20% +N/A +6,160 +39,793 +None +None +No +Domestic +RMB2019 +Perpetual bond +Note (i) +Perpetual bond Series 2 +1,311 +(15,839) +Equity +(i) Interest +Each Domestic Perpetual Bond has a par value of RMB100, and the interest rate of the bonds for the first five years are +4.45% for 2019 Domestic Perpetual Bond, 4.04% for 2021 Domestic Perpetual Bond Series 1, and 3.65% for 2021 +Domestic Perpetual Bond Series 2, resetting every 5 years. The rates are determined by a benchmark rate plus a fixed spread. +The initial fixed spreads are the difference between the interest rate and the benchmark rate as determined at the time +of issuance. The fixed spread will not be adjusted once determined during the duration period. The interest of Domestic +Perpetual Bond shall be paid annually. +The interest rate of Offshore Perpetual Bond for the first five years is 3.20%, resetting every 5 years. The rate is determined +by a benchmark rate plus a fixed spread. The dividend shall be paid semi-annually. +(ii) Interest stopper and setting mechanism +The interest payment for both the Domestic Perpetual Bonds and Offshore Perpetual Bond is non-cumulative. The Bank +shall have the right to cancel, in whole or in part, distributions on the interest payment and any such cancellation shall not +constitute an event of default. The Bank may, at its sole discretion, use the proceeds from the cancelled distributions to meet +other obligations as they fall due. However, the Bank shall not distribute profits to ordinary shareholders until resumption of +full interest payment. +(iii) Order of distribution and liquidation method +The claims in respect of Domestic Perpetual Bonds will be subordinated to claims of depositors, general creditors, and +subordinated indebtedness that rank senior to Domestic Perpetual Bonds, and will rank in priority to all classes of shares held +by shareholders of the Bank. The claims in respect of Offshore Perpetual Bonds will be subordinated to claims of depositors, +general creditors, tier 2 capital bond holders and subordinated indebtedness that rank senior to the Offshore Perpetual +Bond, and will rank in priority to all classes of shares held by shareholders of the Bank. Domestic Perpetual Bond and +Offshore Perpetual Bond will rank pari passu with the claims in respect of any other Additional Tier 1 Capital instruments of +the Bank that rank pari passu with the perpetual bonds. +(iv) Write down conditions +For 2019 Domestic Perpetual Bond, upon the occurrence of an Additional Tier 1 Capital Trigger Event (Core Tier 1 Capital +Adequacy Ratio of the Bank falling to 5.125% or below), the Bank has the right to write down all or part of the total +nominal amount of the outstanding 2019 Domestic Perpetual Bond with the consent of the CBIRC but without the need for +the consent of the bond holders, in order to restore the Core Tier 1 Capital Adequacy Ratio of the Bank to above 5.125%. +Upon the occurrence of a Tier 2 Capital Trigger Event, without the need for consent of the bond holders, the Bank has the +right to write down all of the total nominal amount of the outstanding 2019 Domestic Perpetual Bond. +For 2021 Domestic Perpetual Bond Series 1 and 2021 Domestic Perpetual Bond Series 2, upon the occurrence of a Non- +Viability Trigger Event, the Bank has the right to write down all or part of the nominal amount of the outstanding perpetual +bonds without the need for the consent of the bond holders. +For Offshore Perpetual Bond, upon the occurrence of a Non-Viability Trigger Event, the Bank has the right to write down all +the perpetual bonds issued and outstanding at that time up to the total nominal value without the need for the consent of +the bond holders. +Annual Report 2021 +221 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(v) Redemption +The duration of the Domestic Perpetual Bonds and Offshore Perpetual Bond is the same as the continuing operation of the +Bank. Five years after the issuance date of the Domestic Perpetual Bonds and Offshore Perpetual Bond, the Bank shall have +the right to redeem them in whole or in part on each distribution payment date (including the fifth distribution payment +date since the issuance). In the event that the perpetual bond is not classified as additional tier 1 capital due to unpredicted +changes in regulations, the Bank shall have the right to redeem Domestic Perpetual Bonds and Offshore Perpetual Bond fully +instead of partly. +Issue price +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +220 +3.65% 100RMB/Unit +300 +00 +30,000 +30,000 +None +None +DO +No +24/11/2021 +Total +Less: issue fees +(76) +219,717 +(i) +Book value +Offshore USD Perpetual Bonds were issued in specific denomination of USD200,000 and integral multiplies of +USD1,000 in excess thereof at an issue price of 100%. +(b) Main clauses and basic information +With the approvals of relevant regulatory authorities, the Bank issued RMB80 billion, RMB70 billion and RMB30 billion of +undated capital bonds on 26 July 2019, 4 June 2021 and 24 November 2021 (hereinafter referred to as "2019 Domestic +Perpetual Bond", "2021 Domestic Perpetual Bond Series 1" and "2021 Domestic Perpetual Bond Series 2" respectively, +collectively "Domestic Perpetual Bonds") in the National Interbank Bond Market. +The Bank issued USD6.16 billion of undated capital bonds (hereinafter referred to as "Offshore Perpetual Bond") on The +Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 24 September 2021. The funds raised by the Bank from the bonds will be used +to supplement additional tier 1 capital of the Bank in accordance with the relevant laws and approvals by regulatory +authorities. +219,793 +Interest rate +For Offshore Preference Shares, upon the occurrence of any Non-Viability Trigger Event, the Bank shall have the right +to irrevocably and compulsorily convert all or part of the outstanding Offshore Preference Shares into H shares, under +the consent of the CBIRC but without the need for the consent of the offshore preference shareholders or the ordinary +shareholders. If the Offshore Preference Shares were converted into H shares, they cannot be converted to Preference Shares +again under any circumstances. +Issue date +In original +currency +(million) +In original +31 December 2021 +In original +In RMB +Amount +currency +In RMB +Amount +currency +In RMB +(million) +(million shares) +(million) +(million) (million shares) +(million) +(million) +Offshore Preference +Shares: +(million shares) +EUR +outstanding +instrument +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(iv) Order of distribution and liquidation method +The offshore preference shareholders and domestic preference shareholders will rank equally for payment. The preference +shareholders will be subordinated to the depositors, general creditors and holders of convertible bonds, holders of +subordinated debts, holders of tier 2 capital bonds and holders of other tier 2 capital instruments of the Bank, but will be +senior to the ordinary shareholders of the Bank. +(v) Mandatory conversion trigger events +For Domestic Preference Shares, upon the occurrence of an Additional Tier 1 Capital Trigger Event (Core Tier 1 Capital +Adequacy Ratio of the Bank falling to 5.125% or below), the Bank shall have the right without the need for the consent of +the domestic preference shareholders to convert all or part of the outstanding face value of Domestic Preference Shares into +A shares, in order to restore the Core Tier 1 Capital Adequacy Ratio of the Bank to above 5.125%. If Domestic Preference +Shares were converted into A shares, they cannot be converted to Preference Shares again under any circumstances. Upon +the occurrence of a Tier 2 Capital Trigger Event, the Bank shall have the right without the need for the consent of the +domestic preference shareholders to convert all the outstanding face value of Domestic Preference Shares into A shares. If +Domestic Preference Shares were converted into A share, they cannot be converted to Preference Shares again under any +circumstances. +(c) Changes in perpetual bond outstanding +The initial mandatory conversion prices are HKD5.73 for Offshore Preference Shares per H share; RMB3.44 for Domestic +2015 Preference Shares and RMB5.43 for Domestic 2019 Preference Shares. In case of stock dividends distribution of H or A +shares of the Bank or other circumstances, the Bank will make cumulative adjustment to the compulsory conversion price in +turn. +(vi) Redemption +Subject to obtaining the approval of the CBIRC and satisfying the conditions of redemption, the Bank has the right to +redeem all or part of the Offshore Preference Shares at the first call date and subsequent any dividend payment date. +Redemption price of Offshore Preference Shares is equal to liquidation preference price plus any declared but unpaid +dividend in current period. The first redemption date of Offshore Preference Shares is five years after issuance. +Under the premise of obtaining the approval of the CBIRC and compliance with relevant requirements, the Bank has the +right to redeem all or part of Domestic Preference Shares, after five years having elapsed since the date of issuance/the date +of closing. The redemption period of Domestic Preference Shares is from the start date of redemption to the date of full +redemption or conversion. Redemption price of Domestic Preference Shares is equal to book value plus any declared but +unpaid dividend in current period. +Annual Report 2021 +219 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(c) Changes in preference shares outstanding +1 January 2021 +Movement during the year +Financial +Amount +40 +600 +4,558 +450 +45,000 +45,000 +700 +70,000 +70,000 +(4,558) +134,716 +The Bank redeemed all of the EUR Offshore Preference Shares on 10 December 2021. +(2) Perpetual bond +(a) Perpetual bond outstanding +Financial +Amount +In original +instrument +Accounting +(16,212) +currency +outstanding +139,274 +Total +70,000 +70,000 +(40) +(600) +(4,558) +USD +145 +2,900 +19,716 +145 +45 +classification +2,900 +Domestic Preference +Shares: +RMB2015 +450 +45,000 +45,000 +20 +RMB2019 +700 +19,716 +Financial +(million +1 January 2021 +The Group enters into transactions in the ordinary course of business by which it transfers recognised financial assets to +third parties or structured entities. In some cases these transfers may give rise to full or partial derecognition of the financial +assets concerned. In other cases where the transferred assets do not qualify for derecognition as the Group has retained +substantially all the risks and rewards of these assets, the Group continues to recognise the transferred assets. +Repurchase transactions and securities lending transactions +Transferred financial assets that do not qualify for derecognition mainly include debt securities held by counterparties as +collateral under repurchase agreements and debt securities lent to counterparties under securities lending agreements. +The counterparties are allowed to sell or repledge those securities in the absence of default by the Group, but has an +obligation to return the securities at the maturity of the contract. If the securities increase or decrease in value, the Group +may in certain circumstances require additional cash collateral from counterparties or return part of the cash collateral +to counterparties. The Group has determined that it retains substantially all the risks and rewards of these securities and +therefore has not derecognised them. In addition, it recognises a financial liability for cash received as collateral. +Annual Report 2021 +227 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +43. TRANSFERRED FINANCIAL ASSETS +The following table analyses the carrying amount of the aforementioned financial assets transferred to third parties that did +not qualify for derecognition and their associated financial liabilities: +Carrying +amount of +31 December 2020 +Carrying +amount of +Carrying +amount of +transferred +associated +assets +liabilities +transferred +31 December 2021 +Carrying +amount of +assets +The consolidated structured entities of the Group are primarily the principal-guaranteed wealth management products, +certain investment funds, asset-backed securities and asset management plans issued or initiated and invested by the Group +or purchased due to regulatory requirements related to wealth management business. The Group controls these entities +because the Group has power over, is exposed to, or has rights to variable returns from its involvement with these entities +and has the ability to use its power over these entities to affect the amount of the Group's returns. +In 2021, the amount of the average exposure of financing transactions through placements and reverse repurchase +agreements from the Group with non-principal-guaranteed wealth management products sponsored by the Group was +RMB26,699 million (2020: RMB72,587 million). The transactions were conducted in the ordinary course of business under +normal terms and conditions and at market rates. +32,100 +311 +Asset management plans and asset-backed securities +Trust plans +204,344 +7,975 +45,658 +22,807 +21,397 +(c) Consolidated structured entities +259,562 +67,055 +226 +ICBC +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(b) Structured entities sponsored by the Group in which the Group does not consolidate +but holds an interest +The types of unconsolidated structured entities sponsored by the Group include non-principal-guaranteed wealth +management products and investment funds. The nature and purpose of these structured entities are to generate fees from +managing assets on behalf of investors. These structured entities are financed through the issuance of investment products +to investors. Interest held by the Group includes investments in the products issued by these unconsolidated structured +entities and fees charged for providing management services. As at 31 December 2021 and 31 December 2020, the carrying +amounts of the investments in the products issued by these structured entities and fee receivables being recognised were +not material in the consolidated financial statements. Management income earned by the Group was included in fee and +commission income of personal wealth management and private banking services and corporate wealth management +services set out in Note 7. +As at 31 December 2021, the amount of assets held by the unconsolidated non-principal-guaranteed wealth management +products and investment funds, which are sponsored by the Group, were RMB2,586,393 million (31 December 2020: +RMB2,708,427 million) and RMB1,810,281 million (31 December 2020: RMB1,462,393 million) respectively. +7,975 +associated +liabilities +Repurchase agreements +541 +(iv) Other comprehensive income recognised under the equity method +Foreign currency translation differences +(vi) Other +(v) +(253) +442 +(107) +68 +(146) +14 +374 +1,051 +1,827 +(ii) Credit losses of debt instruments measured at FVTOCI +(3,042) +1,623 +1,994 +(4,154) +(5,036) +(iii) Reserve from cash flow hedging instruments Gain/(loss) during the year +Less: Income tax effect +ICBC +228 +The Bank's share appreciation rights plan was approved in 2006, which allows share appreciation rights to be granted to +eligible participants including directors, supervisors, senior management and other key personnel designated by the board of +directors. The share appreciation rights will be granted and exercised based on the price of the Bank's H shares and will be +valid for 10 years. As at the approval date of these financial statements, no share appreciation rights have been granted. +33,039 +32,012 +42,124 +40,760 +Securities lending agreements +361,344 +255,660 +394,383 +32,012 +297,784 +40,760 +Securitisation transactions +The Group transfers credit assets to structured entities which issue asset-backed securities to investors. The Group may +acquire some asset-backed securities at the subordinated tranche level and accordingly, may retain parts of the risks and +rewards of the transferred credit assets. The Group would determine whether or not to derecognise the associated credit +assets by evaluating the extent to which it retains the risks and rewards of the assets. +For those in which the Group has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of the transferred +credit assets, and retained control of the credit assets, the Group recognises the assets on the consolidated statement +of financial position to the extent of the Group's continuing involvement and the rest is derecognised. The extent of the +Group's continuing involvement is the extent of the risks and rewards undertaken by the Group with value changes of the +transferred financial assets. As at 31 December 2021, loans with an original carrying amount of RMB619,736 million at the +time of derecognition (31 December 2020: RMB521,314 million) have been securitised by the Group under arrangements in +which the Group retained a continuing involvement in such assets. The carrying amount of assets that the Group continues +to recognise on the consolidated statement of financial position was RMB74,121 million as at 31 December 2021 (31 +December 2020: RMB63,808 million). +As at 31 December 2021, the carrying amount of asset-backed securities held by the Group in securitisation transactions +that were qualified for derecognition was RMB973 million (31 December 2020: RMB1,029 million), and its maximum +exposure approximated to the carrying amount. +With respect to the securitisation of financial assets that do not qualify for derecognition, the relevant financial assets are +not derecognised, and the consideration received is recorded as a financial liability. As at 31 December 2021, transferred +credit assets that were not qualified for derecognition of the Group amounted to RMB132 million at the time of transfer (31 +December 2020: Nil). +44. ASSETS PLEDGED AS SECURITY +Financial assets of the Group including securities and bills have been pledged as collateral for liabilities or contingent +liabilities, mainly for repurchase agreements and derivative contracts. As at 31 December 2021, the carrying amount of the +financial assets of the Group pledged as collateral amounted to approximately RMB319,877 million (31 December 2020: +approximately RMB249,499 million). +45. SHARE APPRECIATION RIGHTS PLAN +Wealth management products +5,777 +Investment funds +FVTOCI +1,791,122 +Annual Report 2021 +225 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +42. INTERESTS IN STRUCTURED ENTITIES +(a) Structured entities sponsored by third party institutions in which the Group holds an +interest +1,436,757 +The Group holds an interest in some structured entities sponsored by third party institutions through investments in +the products issued by these structured entities. Such structured entities include investment funds, wealth management +products, asset management plans and asset-backed securities, trust plans and the Group does not consolidate these +structured entities. The nature and purpose of these structured entities are to generate fees from managing assets on behalf +of investors and are financed through the issuance of investment products to investors. +31 December 2021 +Carrying +Maximum +31 December 2020 +Carrying +amount +exposure +amount +Investment funds +36,702 +The following table sets out an analysis of the carrying amounts and maximum exposure of interests held by the Group in +the structured entities sponsored by third party institutions: +36,702 +625,784 +Reverse repurchase agreements with original maturity of three months or less +41. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS +31 December +31 December +2021 +2020 +Cash on hand +62,872 +64,833 +649,929 +Balances with central banks other than restricted deposits +Deposits with banks and other financial institutions with +619,968 +original maturity of three months or less +228,082 +241,109 +Placements with banks and other financial institutions with +original maturity of three months or less +157,323 +239,428 +338,551 +32,100 +Wealth management products +311 +Financial +investments +measured at +FVTPL +FVTOCI +Financial +investments +measured at +amortised cost +Investment funds +36,702 +Asset management plans and asset-backed securities +Trust plans +18,661 +Financial +investments +measured at +2,740 +1,435 +19,468 +instrument +2,740 +76,064 +Financial +investments +measured at +FVTPL +31 December 2020 +Financial +investments +measured at +(12,353) +885 +(8,172) +31 December 2021 +The following tables set out an analysis of the line items in the consolidated statement of financial position in which assets +were recognised relating to the Group's interests in structured entities sponsored by third party institutions: +The maximum loss exposures in the above investment funds, wealth management products, asset management plans and +asset-backed securities, trust plans are the carrying amounts which are measured at amortised cost or the fair value of the +investments held by the Group at the reporting date. +Maximum +exposure +32,100 +311 +Asset management plans and +asset-backed securities +77,997 +77,997 +257,977 +257,977 +Trust plans +20,903 +20,903 +44,204 +44,204 +135,602 +135,602 +334,592 +334,592 +Financial +investments +measured at +amortised cost +Changes in fair value of debt instruments measured at FVTOCI +Less: Amount transferred to profit or loss from other comprehensive +income and income tax effect +56,798 +Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: +300 +30,000 +30,000 +300 +70,000 +70,000 +n0 +700 +30,000 +70,000 +700 +000 +80,000 +80,000 +800 +Total +Series 2 +RMB2021 Perpetual bond +70,000 +30,000 +86,691 +133,102 +225,819 +354,331 +2,667,683 +2,903,424 +(1) Equity attributable to ordinary shareholders of the parent company +(2) Equity attributable to other equity instrument holders of the parent company +Total equity attributable to non-controlling interests +2. +2,893,502 +3,257,755 +Total equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company +1. +2020 +2021 +Items +31 December +31 December +(3) Interests attributable to equity instruments' holders +The Group exercised its call option to redeem all of the outstanding USD2016 Perpetual Bond on 21 July 2021. +(i) +219,793 +Series 1 +17,503 +RMB2021 Perpetual bond +80,000 +(million) +(million) +(million units) +(million) +(million) +(million units) +currency +Amount +(million units) +In RMB +Amount +In RMB +currency +Amount +31 December 2021 +In original +Movement during the year +In original +In original +(i) +currency +(million) +In RMB +(million) +1 +800 +RMB2019 Perpetual bond +Domestic +USD2021 Perpetual bond +USD2016 Perpetual bond(i) +Offshore +outstanding +39,793 +6,160 +NA +N/A +39,793 +6,160 +N/A +(6,691) +(1,000) +(1) +6,691 +1,000 +80,000 +16,013 +56,596 +17,503 +(12,117) +2,251 +Movement during 2021 +(10,428) +(4,923) +(27,882) +22,377 +31 December 2020 and 1 January 2021 +1,951 +(9,162) +(9,314) +(903) +Movement during 2020 +(1,266) +(5,978) +(18,568) +23,280 +1 January 2020 +1,055 +(7,915) +24,628 +(39,999) +(1) Equity attributable to ordinary shareholders of non-controlling interests +8 +28 +(5) +15 +1,289 +(1,180) +Changes in fair value of equity instruments designated as at FVTOCI +(ii) Other comprehensive income recognised under the equity method +(iii) Other +(i) +2020 +2021 +Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss: +(b) Other comprehensive income in the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other +comprehensive income +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +224 +(18,343) +(2,972) +Total +Other +31 December 2021 +revaluation +(c) General reserve +The Bank's overseas entities appropriate their profits to other surplus reserves or statutory reserve in accordance with the +relevant laws and regulations promulgated by the local regulatory bodies. +(iii) Other surplus reserve +After making the appropriation to the statutory surplus reserve, the Bank may also appropriate its profit for the year +determined under the PRC GAAP to the discretionary surplus reserve upon approval by the shareholders in general meeting. +Subject to the approval by the shareholders, the discretionary surplus reserve may be used to offset accumulated losses of +the Bank, if any, and may be converted into capital. +(ii) Discretionary surplus reserve +Pursuant to the resolution of the board of directors' meeting held on 30 March 2022, the total appropriation to surplus +reserve of the Bank was RMB32,494 million (2020: RMB30,550 million), among which an appropriation of 10% of the profit +of the Bank for the year determined under the PRC GAAP to the statutory surplus reserve, in the amount of RMB32,438 +million (2020: RMB30,449 million) was approved and a total surplus reserve made by overseas branches was RMB56 million +(2020: RMB101 million) pursuant to the requirements of local authorities. +Subject to the approval of the shareholders, the statutory surplus reserve may be used to offset accumulated losses of the +Bank, if any, and may also be converted into capital of the Bank, provided that the balance of the statutory surplus reserve +after such capitalisation is not less than 25% of the registered capital immediately before capitalisation. +(i) Statutory surplus reserve +(b) Surplus reserves +Capital reserve mainly includes share premium arising from the issuance of new shares at prices in excess of par value. +(a) Capital reserve +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +39. RESERVES +ICBC +222 +16,013 +differences +(2) Equity attributable to other equity instrument holders of non-controlling interests +In accordance with the "Administrative Measures for the Provision of Reserves of Financial Enterprises" (Cai Jin [2012] No. +20) issued by the MOF, the Bank maintains a general reserve within equity, through the appropriation of profit, which should +not be less than 1.5% of the period-end balance of its risk assets, to partially cover unidentified possible losses. +The Bank's subsidiaries appropriate their profits to the general reserve according to the applicable local regulations. +Pursuant to the resolution of the board of directors' meeting held on 30 March 2022, the total appropriation to general +reserve of the Bank was RMB97,505 million (2020: RMB33,247 million), The general reserve balance of the Bank as at 31 +December 2021 amounted to RMB426,714 million, which reached 1.5% of the year-end balance of the Bank's risk assets. +The Bank is required to appropriate 10% of its profit for the year, as determined under the Accounting Standards for +Business Enterprises and other relevant requirements ("PRC GAAP"), pursuant to the Company Law of the PRC and the +Articles of the Bank to the statutory surplus reserve until the reserve balance reaches 50% of its registered capital. +(d) Investment revaluation reserve +translation +Investment +Foreign +(a) Other comprehensive income attributable to equity holders of the parent company in +the consolidated statement of financial position +40. OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME +The Bank's distributable profit is based on its retained earnings as determined under PRC GAAP and IFRSS, whichever is +lower. The amount that the Bank's subsidiaries can legally distribute is determined by referring to their profits as reflected +in their financial statements prepared in accordance with the accounting regulations and principles promulgated by the +local regulatory bodies. These profits may differ from those dealt with in these financial statements, which are prepared in +accordance with IFRSS. +(h) Distributable profits +Other reserves represent reserves other than the items listed above, including other comprehensive income recognised under +the equity method. +(g) Other reserves +currency +(f) Cash flow hedge reserve +The foreign currency translation reserve is used to record exchange differences arising from the translation of the financial +statements of the subsidiaries and branches incorporated outside Chinese mainland. +(e) Foreign currency translation reserve +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +223 +The cash flow hedge reserve comprises the effective portion of the gains or losses on the hedging instruments. +The investment revaluation reserve records the fair value changes and impairment provision of financial investments +measured at FVTOCI. +Annual Report 2021 +424,899 +3,346 +85,326 +Profit before taxation +140,569 +2,869 +2,869 +195,658 +Income tax expense +Other segment information: +Profit for the year +350,216 +Depreciation and amortisation +Capital expenditure +Segment assets +Other non-current assets (ii) +Including: Investments in associates and joint ventures +Property and equipment +Share of results of associates and joint ventures +(74,683) +422,030 +111,278 +85,326 +Unallocated assets +Operating income +398,373 +346,172 +5,057 +860,880 +Operating expenses +(94,823) +(121,173) +(16,885) +(3,346) +(236,227) +Impairment losses on assets +(162,981) +(29,341) +(9,067) +(1,234) +(202,623) +Operating profit +140,569 +195,658 +477 +Total assets +4,425,332 +Unallocated liabilities +61,782 +61,782 +112,952 +43,468 +120,366 +37,432 +19,546 +290,296 +20,945 +6,304 +9,944 +80,661 +79,259 +35,171,383 +13,960,681 +13,213,984 +37,176 +198,061 +31,798,058 +98,067 +31,896,125 +2,730,369 +238 +35,092,124 +Segment liabilities +169,482 +8,399,240 +Total liabilities +Other segment information: +Credit commitments +1,674,769 +1,055,600 +(i) +Includes net trading income, net gains on financial investments and other net operating income. +(ii) +Includes intangible assets, goodwill, long-term deferred expenses, right-of-use assets and other non-current assets. +10,452 +10,901 +3,370 +125 +24,848 +18,219 +19,027 +5,870 +215 +43,331 +31 December 2021 +12,436,885 +14,086,517 +5,057 +(a) Operating segments +(2,800) +Due to customers +99,904 +0.38% +47,032 +0.19% +Credit commitments +14,895 +0.55% +15,713 +16.52% +0.58% +Interest income +Interest expense +Amount Percentage +64,456 +3,214 +5.55% +0.68% +236 +ICBC +2020 +2021 +23,290 +12.27% +8,754 +25.78% +Due from banks and other financial institutions +212,450 +25.68% +260,127 +24.04% +Loans and advances to customers +7,466 +0.04% +0.09% +Derivative financial assets +9,172 +12.05% +23,913 +17.82% +Due to banks and other financial institutions +299,519 +10.25% +305,742 +10.98% +Derivative financial liabilities +Amount +24,292 +Percentage +6.08% +banking +Treasury +operations +Other +Total +External net interest income +292,402 +146,911 +251,367 +690,680 +banking +Internal net interest income/(expense) +17,262 +148,301 +(165,563) +78,082 +53,760 +1,182 +133,024 +Other income/(expense), net (i) +10,627 +Net fee and commission income +Personal +Corporate +2021 +0.50% +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +48. SEGMENT INFORMATION +The Group is organised into different operating segments, namely corporate banking, personal banking and treasury +operations, based on internal organisation structure, management requirements and internal reporting system. +Corporate banking +The corporate banking segment covers the provision of financial products and services to corporations, government agencies +and financial institutions. The products and services include corporate loans, trade financing, deposit-taking activities, +corporate wealth management services, custody activities and various types of corporate intermediary services. +Personal banking +The personal banking segment covers the provision of financial products and services to individual customers. The products +and services include personal loans, deposit-taking activities, card business, personal wealth management services and +various types of personal intermediary services. +Treasury operations +The treasury operations segment covers the Group's treasury operations which include money market transactions, +investment securities, foreign exchange transactions and the holding of derivative positions, for its own accounts or on +behalf of customers. +Other +This segment covers the Group's assets, liabilities, income and expenses that are not directly attributable or cannot be +allocated to a segment on a reasonable basis. +Management monitors the operating results of the Group's business units separately for the purpose of making decisions +about resources allocation and performance assessment. Segment information is prepared in conformity with the accounting +policies adopted for preparing and presenting the financial statements of the Group. +Transactions between segments mainly represent the provision of funding to and from individual segments. The internal +transfer pricing of these transactions are determined with reference to the market rates and have been reflected in the +performance of each segment. Net interest income and expense arising on internal fund transfer are referred to as "internal +net interest income or expense". Net interest income and expense relating to third parties are referred to as "external net +interest income or expense". +Annual Report 2021 +237 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Segment revenues, expenses, results, assets and liabilities include items directly attributable to a segment as well as those +that can be allocated on a reasonable basis. The basis for allocation is mainly based on occupation of or contribution to +resources. Income taxes are managed on a group basis and are not allocated to operating segments. +66,479 +2,232 +15,663 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +23.53% +As at 31 December 2021, bonds issued by Huijin ("the Huijin Bonds") held by the Group are of an aggregate face value +of RMB63.66 billion (31 December 2020: RMB71.39 billion), with terms ranging from one to thirty years and coupon rates +ranging from 2.15% to 4.38% per annum. The Huijin Bonds are government-backed bonds, short-term bills and medium- +term notes. The Group's subscription of the Huijin Bonds was conducted in the ordinary course of business, in compliance +with relevant regulatory and the corporate governance requirements of the Group. +Annual Report 2021 +231 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The Group entered into banking transactions with Huijin in the ordinary course of business under normal commercial terms +and the transactions are priced based on market rates. Details of the major transactions are as follows: +Balances at end of the year: +Central Huijin Investment Ltd. ("Huijin") is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Investment Corporation, and in accordance +with the authorisation of the State Government, Huijin makes equity investments in major state-owned financial enterprises, +and shall, to the extent of its capital contribution, exercise the rights and perform the obligations as an investor on behalf +of the Government in accordance with applicable laws, to achieve the goal of preserving and enhancing the value of state- +owned financial assets. Huijin does not conduct any other businesses or commercial activities nor intervene in the day-to- +day business operations of the financial enterprises in which it invests. Huijin was established on 16 December 2003 with a +total registered and paid-in capital of RMB828,209 million. As at 31 December 2021, Huijin directly owned approximately +34.71% (31 December 2020: approximately 34.71%) of the issued share capital of the Bank. +Debt securities purchased +Due to customers +31 December +31 December +2021 +2020 +64,841 +72,472 +4,005 +Loans and advances to customers +(b) Huijin +Other related party transactions between the Group and enterprises under the control or joint control of the MOF are +disclosed in note 47(i) "transactions with state-owned entities in the PRC". +43,609 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(g) Fiduciary activities +The Group provides custody, trust and asset management services to third parties. Revenue from such activities is included in +"net fee and commission income" set out in Note 7. Those assets held in a fiduciary capacity are not included in the Group's +consolidated statement of financial position. +47. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES +In addition to the transactions detailed elsewhere in these consolidated financial statements, the Group had the following +transactions with related parties during the year: +(a) The MOF +The MOF is a ministry under the State Council of the PRC, primarily responsible for, among others, state fiscal revenues, +expenses and taxation policies. As at 31 December 2021, the MOF directly owned approximately 31.14% (31 December +2020: approximately 31.14%) of the issued share capital of the Bank. The Group enters into banking transactions with the +MOF in its ordinary course of business. Details of the major transactions are as follows: +Balances at end of the year: +The PRC government bonds and the special government bond +Transactions during the year: +Interest income on the government bonds +31 December +2021 +31 December +2020 +1,563,353 +1,495,673 +2021 +2020 +42,953 +60,331 +15,957 +2021 +2020 +633,728 +198,607 +251,578 +3,794 +10,610 +7,375 +20,669 +289,661 +299,691 +6,318 +917 +8,750 +20,007 +1,065 +12,690 +2021 +2020 +Transactions during the year: +Interest income on debt securities purchased +17,805 +18,634 +536,655 +ICBC +2020 +31 December +2021 +Transactions during the year: +Interest income on debt securities purchased +Interest income on loans and advances to customers +Interest expense on amounts due to customers +2,306 +2,360 +74 +561 +799 +149 +Huijin holds equity interests in certain other banks and financial institutions under the direction of the State Government. +The Group enters into transactions with these banks and financial institutions in the ordinary course of business under +normal commercial terms and the transactions are priced based on market rates. Management considers that these banks +and financial institutions are competitors of the Group. Details of major transactions during the year conducted with these +banks and financial institutions are as follows: +Balances at end of the year: +Debt securities purchased +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Loans and advances to customers +Derivative financial assets +Due to banks and other financial institutions +Derivative financial liabilities +Due to customers +Credit commitments +31 December +230 +The designated loans represent the loans granted to specific borrowers designated by the trustors on their behalf according +to the entrust agreements signed by the Group and the trustors. The Group does not bear any risk. +The designated funds represent the funding that the trustors have instructed the Group to use to make loans to third parties +as designated by them. The credit risk remains with the trustors. +2021 +449,141 +2020 +343,233 +50,114 +54,361 +444,418 +446,460 +54,466 +51,517 +114,733 +129,015 +50,199 +91,410 +497,892 +574,420 +1,069,406 +1,021,038 +2,730,369 +2,711,454 +31 December +31 December +31 December +With an original maturity of under one year +With an original maturity of one year or over +Undrawn credit card limits +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +46. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES +(a) Capital commitments +At the end of the reporting period, the Group had capital commitments as follows: +Contracted but not provided for +31 December +2021 +31,307 +31 December +2020 +42,797 +(b) Credit commitments +The Group has outstanding commitments to extend credit including approved loans and undrawn credit card limits. +The Group provides letters of credit and financial guarantees to guarantee the performance of customers to third parties. +Bank acceptances comprise undertakings by the Group to pay bills of exchange drawn on customers. The Group expects +most acceptances to be settled simultaneously with the reimbursement from the customers. +The contractual amounts of credit commitments by category are set out below. The amounts disclosed in respect of loan +commitments and undrawn credit card limits are under the assumption that the amounts will be fully advanced. The +amounts for bank acceptances, letters of credit and guarantees represent the maximum potential losses that would be +recognised at the end of the reporting period had the counterparties failed to perform as contracted. +Bank acceptances +Guarantees issued +- Financing letters of guarantees +- Non-financing letters of guarantees +Sight letters of credit +Usance letters of credit and other commitments +Loan commitments +Credit risk-weighted assets of credit commitments +Interest income on amounts due from banks and other financial institutions +31 December +2020 +32,192 +59,648 +73,626 +135,796 +158,054 +The Group is involved in lawsuits and arbitrations during its normal course of operations. As at 31 December 2021, there +were a number of legal proceedings and arbitrations outstanding against the Bank and/or its subsidiaries with a total claimed +amount of RMB6, 165 million (31 December 2020: RMB4,928 million). +In the opinion of management, the Group has made adequate allowance for any probable losses based on the current facts +and circumstances, and the ultimate outcome of these lawsuits and arbitrations will not have a significant impact on the +financial position or operations of the Group. +(e) Redemption commitments of government bonds and securities underwriting +commitments +As an underwriting agent of the MOF, the Bank underwrites certain PRC government bonds and sells the bonds to the +general public. The Bank is obliged to redeem these bonds at the discretion of the holders at any time prior to maturity. The +redemption price for the bonds is based on the nominal value of the bonds plus any interest accrued up to the redemption +date. The MOF will not provide funding for the early redemption of these PRC government bonds on a back-to-back basis +but is obliged to repay the principal and the respective interest upon maturity. The redemption obligations, which represent +the nominal value of government bonds underwritten and sold by the Group, but not yet matured as at 31 December 2021 +were RMB75,553 million (31 December 2020: RMB81,112 million). Management expects that the redemption obligation of +these PRC government bonds by the Bank prior to maturity will not be material. +As at 31 December 2021, the Group's outstanding securities underwriting commitments were RMB6,350 million (31 +December 2020: Nil). +(f) Designated funds and loans +Designated funds +Designated loans +31 December +2021 +31 December +2020 +2,361,366 +2,783,961 +2,783,778 +2,361,289 +27,840 +2021 +1,082,099 +18,975 +16,043 +1,106,377 +Annual Report 2021 +229 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(c) Operating leases +At the end of the reporting period, the Group's total future minimum lease receivables in respect of non-cancellable +operating leases of assets are as follows: +Within one year +Over one year but within two years +Over two years but within three years +Over three years but within five years +Over five years +(d) Legal proceedings and arbitrations +31 December +2021 +31 December +2020 +16,451 +17,218 +15,920 +15,937 +665 +582 +Interest income on loans and advances to customers +Interest expense on amounts due to banks and other financial institutions +Interest expense on amounts due to customers +95 +186 +0 +0 +Transactions between the Group and the associates and their affiliates were conducted under normal commercial terms and +conditions and priced based on market rates. +(f) Joint ventures and affiliates +Balances at end of the year: +Loans and advances to customers +Due to customers +Transactions during the year: +Interest income on loans and advances to customers +Interest expense on amounts due to customers +31 December +31 December +2021 +2020 +65 +18 +62 +7 +33 +80 +983 +1,797 +3,244 +9,858 +6,051 +638 +3 +2,436 +3,283 +6,145 +3,023 +2021 +2020 +Transactions during the year: +Interest income on debt securities purchased +387 +479 +Interest income on amounts due from banks and other financial institutions +181 +Interest income on loans and advances to customers +3,672 +2021 +0 +The aggregate balance of loans and credit card overdrafts to the persons who are considered as related parties according +to the relevant rules of Shanghai Stock Exchange was RMB12.23 million as at 31 December 2021 (31 December 2020: +RMB15.29 million). +The transactions between the Group and the aforementioned parties were conducted in the ordinary course of business +under normal terms and conditions and priced based on market rates. +Annual Report 2021 +235 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(h) Annuity Fund +Apart from the obligations for defined contributions to the Annuity Fund established by the Bank, Annuity Fund held A +shares of the Bank with market value of RMB3.16 million (31 December 2020: RMB39.17 million), and bonds issued by the +Bank of RMB324.13 million as at 31 December 2021 (31 December 2020: RMB10.00 million). +(i) Transactions with state-owned entities in the PRC +The Group operates in an economic environment predominated by enterprises directly or indirectly owned and/or controlled +by the Government through its authorities, affiliates or other organisations (collectively the "state-owned entities"). During +the year, the Group entered into extensive banking transactions with these state-owned entities including, but are not +limited to, lending and deposit taking, taking and placing of interbank balances, entrusted lending and the provision of +intermediary services, the sale, purchase, underwriting and redemption of bonds issued by other state-owned entities, and +the sale, purchase, and leasing of properties and other assets. +The transactions with state-owned entities are activities conducted in the ordinary course of business under normal terms +and conditions and priced based on market rates, and that the dealings of the Group have not been significantly or unduly +affected by the fact that the Group and those state-owned entities are ultimately controlled or owned by the Government. +The Group has also established pricing policies for products and services and such pricing policies do not depend on whether +or not the customers are state-owned entities. +(j) Proportion of major related party transactions +The major balances and transactions with subsidiaries have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. When +calculating the proportion of related party transactions, transactions with the subsidiaries are excluded. +31 December 2021 +Balance Percentage +31 December 2020 +Balance +Percentage +Financial investments +2,178,011 +In 2021, there were no material transactions and balances with key management personnel individually or in the aggregate +(2020: Immaterial). The Group entered into banking transactions with key management personnel in the ordinary course of +business. +2020 +Related parties of the Group include key management personnel of the Group and their close relatives, as well as companies +controlled, jointly controlled or significantly influenced by key management personnel or their close relatives. +The above remuneration before tax payable to key management personnel for 2020 represents the total amount of their +annual remunerations, which includes the amount disclosed in the 2020 annual report. +2 +0 +0 +Transactions between the Group and joint ventures and their affiliates were conducted in the ordinary course of business +under normal terms and conditions and priced based on market rates. +234 +ICBC +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(g) Key management personnel +The key management personnel are those persons who have the authority and responsibility to plan, direct and control the +activities of the Group, directly or indirectly, including members of the board of directors and the board of supervisors, and +executive officers. +The aggregate compensation of key management personnel for the year, other than those disclosed in note 12 above, is as +follows: +Salaries and other short-term employment benefits +Post-employment benefits +2021 +2020 +In RMB'000 +6,787 +355 +In RMB'000 +9,154 +216 +7,142 +9,370 +The total compensation packages for senior management have not been finalised in accordance with the regulations of the +PRC relevant authorities. The total remuneration not yet accrued is not expected to have a significant impact on the Group's +2021 financial statements. The total compensation packages will be further disclosed when determined by the relevant +authorities. +2,214,553 +8,549 +12,680 +Derivative financial liabilities +Credit commitments +31 December +2021 +31 December +2020 +38,000 +30,000 +2021 +2020 +1,284 +775 +31 December +2021 +31 December +2020 +33,753 +30,425 +437,377 +375,028 +45,269 +45,958 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +7,897 +Derivative financial assets +Due from banks and other financial institutions +52 +110 +Interest expense on amounts due to banks and other financial institutions +Interest expense on amounts due to customers +1,026 +1,068 +10 +54 +232 +ICBC +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(c) National Council for Social Security Fund of the People's Republic of China +National Council for Social Security Fund (the 'SSF') is a public institution managed by the MOF. It is the management and +operating organisation of the national social security fund. As at 31 December 2021, the SSF held 5.69% (31 December +2020: 5.69%) of the Bank's issued share capital. The Group entered into banking transactions with the SSF in the ordinary +course of business under normal commercial terms and the transactions are priced based on market rates. Details of the +major transactions are as follows: +Balances at end of the year: +Due to customers +Transactions during the year: +Interest expense on amounts due to customers +(d) Subsidiaries +Balances at end of the year: +Financial investments +Loans and advances to customers +13,843 +4,945 +183,059 +233 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(e) Associates and affiliates +Balances at end of the year: +Debt securities purchased +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Loans and advances to customers +Derivative financial assets +Due to banks and other financial institutions +Due to customers +Derivative financial liabilities +Credit commitments +31 December +31 December +2021 +2020 +13,162 +Annual Report 2021 +151,307 +The major balances and transactions with subsidiaries have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. +5,636 +8,519 +5,004 +60,280 +53,161 +2021 +2020 +Transactions during the year: +Interest income on financial investments +1,386 +982 +Interest income on amounts due from banks and other financial institutions +728 +523 +Interest income on loans and advances to customers +653 +681 +Interest expense on amounts due to banks and other financial institutions +Fee and commission income +599 +993 +6,233 +ICBC +(2,642) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(i) +The principal or interest of loan is past due more than 90 days to the Group; +(ii) Write-offs of loan; or +(iii) +The Group considers the borrower is unlikely to pay its credit obligations to the Group in full. +Impairment assessment +A financial asset is generally considered to be credit-impaired if: +It has been overdue for more than 90 days; +In light of economic, legal or other factors, the Group has made concessions to a borrower in financial difficulties, +which would otherwise have been impossible under normal circumstances; +• +• +It is probable that the borrower will be insolvent or carry out other financial restructurings; +The Group defines a retail business borrower as in default when any single credit asset of a borrower meets one or more of +the following criteria: +Due to serious financial difficulties, the financial asset cannot continue to be traded in an active market; +Parameters, assumptions and estimation techniques +ECL for a financial instrument is measured at an amount equal to 12-month ECL or lifetime ECL depending on whether a +significant increase in credit risk on that financial instrument has occurred since initial recognition and whether an asset is +considered to be credit-impaired. The loss allowance for loans and advances to customers, other than those corporate loans +and advance to customers which are credit-impaired, is measured using the risk parameters method. The key parameters +include Probability of Default ("PD"), Loss Given Default ("LGD"), and Exposure at Default ("EAD"), considering the time +value of money. +PD is the possibility that a customer will default on its obligation within a certain period of time in light of forward-looking +information. The Group's PD is adjusted based on the results of the Internal Ratings-Based Approach under the New Basel +Capital Accord, taking the forward-looking information into account and deducting the prudential adjustment to reflect the +debtor's point-in-time PD under the current macro-economic environment. +LGD is the magnitude of the likely loss if there is a default in light of forward-looking information. LGD depends on the type +of counterparty, the method and priority of the recourse, and the type of collaterals, taking the forward-looking adjustments +into account. +EAD refers to the total amount of on- and off-balance sheet exposures in the event of default and is determined based on +the historical repayment records. +The assumptions underlying the ECL calculation, such as how the PDs and LGDs of different maturity profiles change are +monitored and reviewed on a quarterly basis by the Group. +There have been no significant changes in estimation techniques or significant assumptions adopted in ECL calculation +during the year. +244 +ICBC +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The impairment loss on credit-impaired corporate loans and advance to customers applied discounted cash flow method. If +there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on a loan or advance has incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as +the difference between the asset's gross carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted +at the asset's original effective interest rate. The allowance for impairment loss is deducted in the carrying amount. The +impairment loss is recognised in the consolidated statement of profit or loss. In determining allowances on an individual +basis, the following factors are considered: +There are other objective evidences that indicate the financial asset is impaired. +The corporate borrower has the matters refer to in (i) or (ii) above in other financial institutions. +The corporate borrower is unlikely to pay its credit obligations to the Group in full, without recourse by the Group to +actions such as liquidation against collateral; or +(iii) +The board of directors (the "Board") has the ultimate responsibility for risk management and oversees the Group's risk +management functions through the Risk Management Committee and the Audit Committee of the Board. +The President supervises risk management and reports directly to the Board. He chairs two management committees +including the Risk Management Committee and the Asset and Liability Management Committee, which set the risk +management strategies and appetite, evaluate and formulate risk management policies and procedures, and make +recommendations through the President to the Risk Management Committee of the Board. The Chief Risk Officer assists the +President to supervise the Bank's risk management. +The Group has clearly defined the roles of each department in monitoring financial risks within the Group. The Credit and +Investment Management Department monitors credit risk, the Risk Management Department together with the Asset and +Liability Management Department monitor market and liquidity risks, and the Internal Control and Compliance Department +monitors operational risk. The Risk Management Department is primarily responsible for establishing and coordinating a +comprehensive risk management framework, preparing consolidated reports on credit risk, market risk and operational risk +and reporting directly to the Chief Risk Officer. +The Bank maintains a dual-reporting risk management structure at the branch level. Under this structure, the risk +management department of the branches report to both the Group risk management department and the management of +the branches. +242 +ICBC +(a) Credit risk +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Definition and scope +Credit risk is the risk of loss arising from a borrower or counterparty's failure to perform its obligations. Operational failures +which result in unauthorised or inappropriate guarantees, financial commitments or investments by the Group may also give +rise to credit risk. The Group's credit risk is mainly attributable to its loans, due from banks and other financial institutions +and financial investments. +The Group is also exposed to credit risk in other areas. The credit risk arising from derivative financial instruments is limited +to derivative financial assets recorded in the consolidated statement of financial position. In addition, the Group provides +guarantees for customers and may therefore be required to make payments on their behalf. These payments would be +recovered from customers in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Therefore, the Group assumes a credit risk similar +to that arising from loans and applies the same risk control procedures and policies to reduce risks. +Credit risk assessment method +Stage of financial instruments +The Group classifies financial instruments into three stages and makes provisions for expected credit loss accordingly, +depending on whether credit risk on that financial instrument has increased significantly and whether the assets have been +impaired since initial recognition. Refer to Note 4(10) Impairment of financial assets for the definition of the three stages. +Significant increase in credit risk +The assessment of significant increase in credit risk and whether the assets have been impaired since initial recognition is +performed at least on a quarterly basis for financial instruments held by the Group. The Group takes into consideration all +reasonable and supportable information (including forward-looking information) that reflects significant change in credit +risk for the purposes of classifying financial instruments. The main considerations are regulatory and operating environment, +internal and external credit risk rating, debt-servicing capacity, operating capabilities, contractual terms, and repayment +records. The Group compares the risk of default of a single financial instrument or a portfolio of financial instruments with +similar credit risk characteristics as at the end of the reporting period and its risk of default at the date of initial recognition +to determine changes in the risk of default over the expected lifetime of a financial instrument or a portfolio of financial +instruments. In determining whether credit risk of a financial instrument has increased significantly since initial recognition, +the Group considers factors indicating whether the probability of default has risen sharply, whether the financial instrument +has been past due for more than 30 days, whether the market price has been falling continuously and other indicators. +The Group has provided credit facilities for further extension of deferral in principal repayment and interest payment to the +inclusive loans to micro and small-sized businesses in accordance with the government's regulations. The Group classifies the +credit risk based on the actual situation of the borrower and the judgement of the substantive risk of the business for those +loans with deferred principal repayment and interest payment. However, the temporary deferral in principal repayment and +interest payment are not considered as an automatic trigger event for a significant increase in credit risk. +Annual Report 2021 +243 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Definition of default +The Group defines a corporate borrower as in default when it meets one or more of the following criteria: +(i) +The principal or interest of loan is past due more than 90 days to the Group; +(ii) +The sustainability of the borrower's business plan; +49. FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT +• +• +Reverse repurchase business is mainly collateralised by bills and investment securities. As part of certain reverse repurchase +agreements, the Group has received securities that it is allowed to sell or repledge in the absence of default by their owners. +Corporate loans and discounted bills are mainly collateralised by properties or other assets. As at 31 December 2021, the +gross carrying amount of corporate loans and discounted bills amounted to RMB12,722,464 million (31 December 2020: +RMB11,509,029 million), of which credit exposure covered by collateral amounted to RMB3,849,616 million (31 December +2020: RMB3,534,852 million). +Retail loans are mainly collateralised by residential properties. As at 31 December 2021, the gross carrying amount of retail +loans amounted to RMB7,944,781 million (31 December 2020: RMB7,115,279 million), of which credit exposure covered by +collateral amounted to RMB7,056,652 million (31 December 2020: RMB6,269,321 million). +The Group prefers more liquid collateral with relatively stable market value and does not accept collateral that is illiquid, with +difficulties in registration or high fluctuations in market value. The value of collateral should be appraised and confirmed by +the Group or valuation specialists engaged by the Group. The value of collateral should adequately cover the outstanding +balance of loans. The Group takes into consideration the types of collateral, state of condition, liquidity, price volatility and +realisation cost to determine the loan-to-value ratio of collateral. All collateral has to be registered in accordance with the +relevant laws and regulations. The credit officers inspect the collateral and assess the changes in the value of collateral +regularly. +The Group monitors the market value of the collaterals and when needed, require additional collateral according to +agreements. The Group disposes of repossessed assets in an orderly manner. +In 2021, the Group took possession of collateral held as security with a carrying amount of RMB41 million (2020: RMB377 +million). +(i) +Maximum exposure to credit risk without taking into account of any collateral and other +credit enhancements +As at the end of the reporting period, the maximum credit risk exposure of the Group without taking into account of any +collateral and other credit enhancements is set out below: +31 December +31 December +2021 +2020 +The amount and type of collateral required depends on the assessment of credit risk of the counterparty. Guidelines are in +place specifying the types of collateral and valuation parameters which can be accepted. +Balances with central banks +Derivative financial assets +Reverse repurchase agreements +Loans and advances to customers +3,035,566 +3,472,962 +827,150 +1,081,897 +76,140 +663,496 +20,109,200 +134,155 +739,288 +18,136,328 +Financial investments +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Collaterals and other credit enhancements +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +The estimated recoverable cash flows from projects and liquidation; +• +The availability of other financial support and the realisable value of collateral; and +• +The timing of the expected cash flows. +It may not be possible to identify a single, or discrete events that result in the impairment, but it may be possible to identify +impairment through the combined effect of several events. The impairment losses are evaluated at the end of each reporting +period, unless unforeseen circumstances require more careful attention. +Forward-looking information contained in ECL +The calculation of ECL incorporates forward-looking information. The Group has performed historical data analysis and +identified Gross Domestic Product ("GDP"), Consumer Price Index ("CPI"), Purchasing Managers' Index ("PMI") and other +macro-economic indicators as impacting the ECL for each portfolio. The impact of these economic variables on the PD and +LGD has been determined by performing statistical regression analysis to understand the correlations among the historical +changes of the economic variables, PD and LGD. Forecasts of these economic variables are carried out at least quarterly by +the Group that provide the best estimate view of the economy over the next year. +When calculating the weighted average ECL provision, the Group determines the optimistic, neutral and pessimistic scenarios +and their weightings through a combination of macro-statistical analysis and expert judgement. +As at 31 December 2021, the Group has taken into account different macro-economic scenarios, combined with the impact +of factors such as COVID-19 on economic development trends, and made forward-looking forecasts of macro-economic +indicators. Of which, the year-on-year GDP growth rate used to estimate ECL is 5.5% in the neutral scenario for 2022. +The Group has carried out sensitivity analysis of macro-economic indicators used in forward-looking measurement. As at +31 December 2021, when the key economic indicators in the neutral scenario moved up or down by 10%, the ECL did not +change by more than 5% (31 December 2020: less than 5%). +Financial assets contract modification +The Group might modify the terms of loan with a customer based on commercial renegotiations, or when the customer is in +financial difficulty, with a view to maximise the recovery of loan. +Such modifications include restructuring the loan to provide extended payment term arrangements, payment holidays +or payment forgiveness. Restructuring policies and practices are based on indicators or criteria which, in the judgement +of management, indicate that payment will most likely continue, and reviewed regularly. Such restructures are especially +common for medium-term loans. The classification of a rescheduled loan shall not be upgraded unless it has met certain +criteria and after an observation period of at least 6 months. +The following table includes carrying amount of rescheduled loans and advance to customers: +Rescheduled loans and advances to customers +Impaired loans and advances to customers included in above +31 December +31 December +2021 +19,134 +2020 +11,960 +7,455 +4,504 +Annual Report 2021 +245 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +The borrower's ability to improve performance when a financial difficulty arises; +(ii) Includes intangible assets, goodwill, long-term deferred expenses, right-of-use assets and other non-current assets. +Includes net trading income, net gains or losses on financial investments and other net operating income. +(i) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Assets by geographical areas +Including: Investments in associates and +31 December 2020 +Chinese mainland (HO and domestic branches) +Yangtze +Pearl +Bohai +Central +Western +241 +Northeastern +Head Office +River Delta +River Delta +Rim +China +China +China +and other +Eliminations +Total +9,665,936 +7,183,515 +Overseas +Annual Report 2021 +51,530 +20,457 +42,655 +66,598 +2,593 +27,188 +11 +392,126 +(74,441) +317,685 +Other segment information: +Depreciation and amortisation +2,883 +3,168 +2,533 +3,849 +3,382 +3,931 +1,425 +2,277 +23,448 +Capital expenditure +4,692 +5,269 +3,925 +6,346 +4,072 +5,413 +1,356 +4,935,763 +4,994,061 +3,334,445 +4,249,027 +Liabilities by geographical areas +7,250,493 +7,840,257 +4,886,621 +7,507,515 +3,203,936 +3,811,490 +1,360,916 +838,331 +(6,356,682) +30,342,877 +Unallocated liabilities +92,666 +Total liabilities +30,435,543 +Other segment information: +Credit commitments +1,077,366 +999,018 +683,005 +785,796 +371,823 +565,802 +145,460 +675,725 +(2,592,541) +2,711,454 +33,345,058 +Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Total assets +Unallocated assets +1,246,742 +4,024,527 +(6,356,671) +33,277,345 +joint ventures +41,206 +41,206 +Property and equipment +13,929 +32,725 +12,791 +21,477 +18,374 +23,164 +9,088 +154,731 +286,279 +Other non-current assets (ii) +14,352 +7,817 +6,065 +7,534 +8,580 +9,950 +2,256 +25,969 +82,523 +67,713 +76,322 +465,064 +1,704,164 +18,624,308 +Overdue loans and advances to customers +The composition of the Group's gross overdue loans and advances to customers (excluding accrued interest) by collaterals is +as follows: +Overdue +Overdue for +for 1 to +91 days to +90 days +1 year +31 December 2021 +Overdue +for 1 to +3 years +Overdue +for over +3 years +20,667,245 +Total +22,405 +22,502 +29,315 +3,269 +77,491 +Guaranteed loans +10,326 +15,031 +26,406 +6,117 +57,880 +Loans secured by mortgages +Unsecured loans +1,401,565 +1,720,583 +8,703,068 +7,944,781 +7,115,279 +Discounted bills +527,758 +406,296 +Total for loans and advances to customers +20,667,245 +Annual Report 2021 +18,624,308 +247 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +By collaterals +The composition of the Group's gross loans and advances to customers (excluding accrued interest) by collaterals is analysed +as follows: +Unsecured loans +Guaranteed loans +Loans secured by mortgages +Pledged loans +Total +31 December +2021 +31 December +2020 +6,988,877 +6,259,230 +2,459,887 +2,260,445 +9,497,898 +38,491 +Subtotal for personal loans +30,029 +8,546 +Guaranteed loans +19,315 +20,100 +18,985 +7,639 +66,039 +Loans secured by mortgages +40,909 +27,878 +31,687 +8,161 +108,635 +79,246 +Pledged loans +3,252 +4,999 +1,350 +13,587 +Total +98,963 +74,820 +72,467 +21,257 +267,507 +248 +ICBC +3,986 +4,107 +16,796 +23,590 +110,551 +Pledged loans +1,222 +2,495 +4,041 +1,221 +8,979 +Total +72,444 +70,057 +93,247 +19,153 +254,901 +31 December 2020 +Overdue +Overdue for +for 1 to +91 days to +Overdue +for 1 to +Overdue +for over +90 days +1 year +3 years +3 years +Total +Unsecured loans +34,753 +33,485 +865,326 +879,655 +Other +Pearl River Delta +Bohai Rim +791,994 +3.83% +772,372 +4.15% +4,163,732 +20.15% +3,582,682 +19.24% +3,134,781 +15.17% +Yangtze River Delta +2,746,019 +3,371,325 +16.31% +3,030,552 +16.27% +Central China +3,133,539 +15.16% +2,789,085 +14.98% +Western China +3,746,867 +18.13% +14.74% +Head Office +Percentage +Amount +638,485 +1,459,018 +― Financial investments measured at amortised cost +Other +6,830,933 +6,265,668 +294,960 +377,563 +34,006,673 +32,305,364 +Credit commitments +Total maximum credit risk exposure +(ii) Risk concentrations +2,730,369 +2,711,454 +36,737,042 +35,016,818 +Credit risk is often greater when counterparties are concentrated in one single industry or geographic location, or have +comparable economic features. In addition, different geographic areas and industrial sectors have their unique characteristics +in terms of economic development, and could present a different credit risk. +246 +ICBC +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(1) Loans and advances to customers +By geographical distribution +The composition of the Group's gross loans and advances to customers (excluding accrued interest) by geographical +distribution is analysed as follows: +31 December 2021 +31 December 2020 +Amount +Percentage +3,369,916 +18.09% +Northeastern China +895,238 +Real estate +932,390 +958,314 +Wholesale and retail +559,559 +549,412 +Finance +357,229 +310,559 +Construction +343,860 +292,748 +Science, education, culture and sanitation +312,352 +272,189 +Mining +239,155 +219,701 +Other +349,997 +341,885 +Subtotal for corporate loans +12,194,706 +11,102,733 +Personal mortgage and business loans +7,065,126 +6,249,953 +1,085,151 +Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +1,152,584 +1,177,193 +4.33% +841,595 +4.52% +Overseas and other +Total +1,429,769 +20,667,245 +6.92% +1,492,087 +8.01% +100.00% +18,624,308 +100.00% +By industry distribution +The composition of the Group's gross loans and advances to customers (excluding accrued interest) by industry is analysed as +follows: +31 December +2021 +31 December +2020 +Transportation, storage and postal services +3,017,397 +2,659,916 +Manufacturing +1,801,933 +1,718,400 +Leasing and commercial services +1,739,367 +1,517,265 +Water, environment and public utility management +1,388,883 +Production and supply of electricity, heating, gas and water +67,383 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +34,081 +Head Office +River Delta +River Delta +Rim +China +China +China +and other +Eliminations +Total +External net interest income +268,554 +Overseas +79,643 +24,702 +77,869 +105,129 +12,041 +38,891 +690,680 +Internal net interest (expense)/income +(202,860) +39,174 +11,381 +106,166 +20,293 +83,851 +Northeastern +Western +Central +239 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(b) Geographical information +The Group operates principally in Chinese mainland, and also has branches and subsidiaries operating outside Chinese +mainland. The distribution of the geographical areas is as follows: +Chinese mainland (Head Office and domestic branches) +Head Office ("HO"): +Yangtze River Delta: +Pearl River Delta: +Bohai Rim: +Central China: +Western China: +Northeastern China: +the HO business divisions (including institutions directly managed by the HO and its offices); +including Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ningbo; +including Guangdong, Shenzhen, Fujian and Xiamen; +including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong and Qingdao; +including Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Jiangxi and Hainan; +including Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, +Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Tibet; and +including Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Dalian. +Overseas and other +Branches located outside Chinese mainland, domestic and overseas subsidiaries, and investments in associates and joint +ventures. +Chinese mainland (HO and domestic branches) +2021 +Yangtze +Pearl +Bohai +12,805 +Annual Report 2021 +15,066 +Net fee and commission income +860,880 +Operating expenses +(32,376) +(34,986) +(26,051) +(37,142) +(33,208) +(38,426) +(12,923) +(21,184) +69 +(236,227) +(69) +Impairment losses on assets +(17,638) +(21,724) +(44,135) +(25,034) +(22,896) +(15,400) +(10,715) +(202,623) +Operating profit +58,031 +83,920 +59,699 +(45,081) +74,045 +29,582 +126,799 +47,014 +21,368 +14,503 +17,067 +8,623 +11,540 +2,361 +12,120 +(1,572) +133,024 +Other income/(expense), net (i) +22,780 +(3,641) +(2,261) +(2,275) +(1,428) +(2,675) +114 +25,059 +1,503 +37,176 +Operating income +135,488 +136,544 +107,474 +145,660 +105,357 +(2,025) +(ii) Includes intangible assets, goodwill, long-term deferred expenses, right-of-use assets and other non-current assets. +Includes net trading income, net gains or losses on financial investments and other net operating income. +(i) +318,058 +83,931 +4,425 +800,075 +Operating expenses +(85,731) +(103,482) +(14,730) +(206,585) +Impairment losses on assets +(161,027) +(40,107) +393,661 +(1,002) +(202,668) +Operating profit +146,903 +174,469 +68,199 +1,251 +390,822 +Share of results of associates and joint ventures +1,304 +1,304 +Profit before taxation +146,903 +(532) +Operating income +22,095 +4,425 +75,295 +2020 +Personal +Treasury +banking +banking +operations +Other +Total +External net interest income +275,644 +131,043 +240,078 +646,765 +Internal net interest income/(expense) +32,948 +131,818 +(164,766) +Net fee and commission income +76,173 +53,761 +1,281 +131,215 +Other income, net (i) +8,896 +1,436 +7,338 +174,469 +68,199 +2,555 +392,126 +36,616 +286,279 +Other non-current assets (ii) +42,553 +18,012 +6,601 +15,357 +82,523 +Unallocated assets +67,713 +Total assets +33,345,058 +Segment liabilities +13,733,030 +12,126,286 +4,376,074 +107,487 +30,342,877 +Unallocated liabilities +92,666 +Total liabilities +30,435,543 +Other segment information: +Credit commitments +1,716,094 +995,360 +2,711,454 +37,244 +64,383 +101,573 +Property and equipment +Income tax expense +(74,441) +Profit for the year +317,685 +Other segment information: +Depreciation and amortisation +10,360 +9,262 +3,509 +317 +23,448 +Capital expenditure +22,759 +20,475 +7,696 +600 +51,530 +31 December 2020 +Segment assets +11,339,394 +7,454,567 +14,366,145 +117,239 +33,277,345 +Including: Investments in associates and joint ventures +41,206 +41,206 +110,846 +47,115 +Corporate +1,259 +20,128 +71,669 +95,814 +13,968 +31,948 +646,765 +Internal net interest (expense)/income +(219,971) +41,775 +14,623 +112,918 +20,533 +74,150 +15,508 +1,587 +Net fee and commission income +42,859 +23,086 +15,433 +16,336 +8,646 +12,950 +2,445 +10,729 +(1,269) +131,215 +13,027 +69,071 +270,017 +External net interest income +450,171 +611,013 +147,856 +631,815 (3,200,118) +2,730,369 +(i) +(ii) +Includes net trading income, net gains on financial investments and other net operating income. +Includes intangible assets, goodwill, long-term deferred expenses, right-of-use assets and other non-current assets. +2020 +Chinese mainland (HO and domestic branches) +Yangtze +Pearl +Bohai +Central +Western +Northeastern +Overseas +Head Office +River Delta +River Delta +Rim +China +China +China +and other +Eliminations +Total +Other income/(expense), net (i) +791,688 1,001,597 +14,900 +(1,304) +(24,212) +(12,180) +(36,824) +(26,376) +(19,625) +(17,622) +(14,543) +(202,668) +Operating profit +34,081 +75,295 +67,383 +(51,286) +76,322 +66,598 +2,593 +25,884 +11 +390,822 +Share of results of associates and joint +ventures +Profit before taxation +Income tax expense +Profit for the year +65,477 +1,304 +42,655 +Impairment losses on assets +(206,585) +111 +(3,455) +(1,997) +(2,936) +2,902 +16,324 +1,169 +22,095 +Operating income +107,805 +130,424 +102,902 +145,927 +98,851 +121,336 +32,342 +60,588 +(100) +800,075 +Operating expenses +(22,438) +(30,917) +(23,339) +(32,781) +(29,820) +(35,113) +(12,127) +(20,161) +(3,508) +1,172,580 +1,304 +Credit commitments +1,123,767 +6,089 +4,639 +3,845 +3,710 +4,100 +4,625 +1,501 +14,822 +43,331 +240 +ICBC +24,848 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +31 December 2021 +Chinese mainland (HO and domestic branches) +Yangtze +Pearl +Bohai +Central +Western +Northeastern +Overseas +Head Office +River Delta +River Delta +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +2,155 +1,450 +4,040 +42,146 +422,030 +Share of results of associates and joint +ventures +Profit before taxation +Income tax expense +Profit for the year +2,869 +2,869 +58,031 +83,920 +59,699 +64,383 +47,115 +65,477 +1,259 +45,015 +424,899 +(74,683) +350,216 +Other segment information: +Depreciation and amortisation +3,910 +3,412 +2,584 +3,939 +3,358 +Rim +China +Capital expenditure +China +6,075 +7,087 +8,457 +9,685 +2,317 +23,613 +80,661 +Unallocated assets +79,259 +Total assets +35,171,383 +Liabilities by geographical areas +5,470,908 +8,944,022 +5,645,178 +7,928,583 +3,568,847 +3,745,729 +1,539,014 +1,088,995 +(6,133,218) +31,798,058 +Unallocated liabilities +98,067 +Total liabilities +China +Other segment information: +7,371 +16,056 +31,896,125 +290,296 +Other non-current assets (ii) +and other +Total +Assets by geographical areas +8,145,032 +8,248,981 +5,870,705 +5,186,815 +3,786,925 +4,553,489 +1,333,077 +4,100,318 +(6,133,218) +Eliminations +Including: Investments in associates and +35,092,124 +8,865 +157,573 +23,331 +18,911 +13,729 +20,726 +13,971 +Property and equipment +61,782 +61,782 +joint ventures +33,190 +252 +Includes repurchase agreements. +(***) Undated loans and advances to customers and financial investments are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more than +one month. +ICBC +repayable +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +31 December 2020 +Overdue/ +One to +Less than +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +(**) +31,896,125 +(*) +3,275,258 +3,190,277 +643,248 +6,429,388 +538,067 14,692,050 +887,422 +124,894 +173,032 +170,157 +5,130,013 +(377,347) +117,672 +1,935,469 +(415,735) +three +(89,448) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +Three +months to +910,499 +Over +1,139 +Derivative financial assets +1,821,185 +5,289 +36,773 +345,966 +339,155 +866,392 +227,610 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +3,537,795 +2,601,656 +One to +20,301 +2,101 +Cash and balances with central banks +Assets: +Total +(***) +five years +five years +one year +months +one month +on demand +Undated +3,238 +(14,262,606) +787,121 +2,421,997 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +71,337 +7,195 +12,768 +26,766 +13,773 +10,670 +165 +Derivative financial liabilities +87,180 +4,243 +3,689 +2,268,162 +12,378 +622 +64,944 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +39,723 +2,360 +36,252 +1,111 +Due to central banks +Liabilities: +35,171,383 +3,190,277 +102,151 +1,304 +488,000 +175,347 +278,804 +15,336,010 +Total liabilities +791,375 +464,341 +203,003 +86,298 +28,189 +9,544 +301,667 +Other +Debt securities issued +26,441,774 +18,860 +5,972,715 +4,409,851 +1,491,308 +1,546,301 +13,002,739 +Due to customers +290,342 +8,877 +109,507 +106,765 +65,193 +Certificates of deposit +3,286,972 +23,715 +52,944 +Net liquidity gap +20,613 +4,214,320 +59,392 +202,816 +390,573 +2,130,667 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +140,973 +10,887 +15,722 +58,840 +32,207 +21,579 +1,738 +Derivative financial liabilities +272,281 +87,938 +14,535 +1,212 +5,268 +1,669 +60,714 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +54,974 +1,995 +52,373 +555 +51 +Due to central banks +4,540 +54,030 +27,326 +3,077,693 +298,621 +23,055 +15,335,298 +81,164 +167,625 +128,581 +Other +798,127 +418,831 +258,867 +90,158 +19,554 +10,717 +Debt securities issued +25,134,726 +20,908 +5,194,433 +3,849,682 +1,336,721 +1,233,220 +13,499,762 +Due to customers +335,676 +9,944 +154,694 +111,560 +59,478 +Certificates of deposit +Liabilities: +33,345,058 +3,351,427 +13,841,088 +683,550 +269,234 +102,340 +77,937 +-Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +784,483 +160,412 +240,195 +79,888 +244,359 +27,728 +21,033 +10,868 +- Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Financial investments +18,136,328 +110,426 +10,659,555 +3,038,875 +2,603,777 +743,562 +943,639 +36,494 +Loans and advances to customers +134,155 +10,377 +16,793 +325,957 +25,841 +81,970 +- Financial investments measured at +amortised cost +6,626,160 +1,580,065 +2,220,441 +1,511,557 +Total assets +796,971 +67,268 +39,108 +18,471 +28,909 +138,401 +179,867 +324,947 +Other +286,279 +286,279 +Property and equipment +41,206 +41,206 +Investments in associates and joint ventures +6,265,668 +2,210 +2,560,607 +2,751,810 +642,382 +199,800 +108,859 +1,540,988 +80,479 +6,967,455 +1,459,018 +59,652 +1,519,734 +29,216,728 +Total +177,581 +and lending +Precious metal leasing +(5,073) +(121) +(2,718) +(2,234) +(530,300) +(217,446) +(89,151) +951 +161 +393,200 293,640 29,903,568 +(223,703) +375,083 +7,819 +17,580,020 +6,262,762 +Financial investments +to customers +Loans and advances +(117) +(117) +584,793 +584,793 +Reverse repurchase agreements +(1,227) +(13) +293,319 18,248,422 +160 6,270,741 +(1,214) +178,693 +(120) +(650) +(211) +414,292 +659 +413,633 +to customers +Loans and advances +at FVTOCI +Total +Stage 3 +Stage 2 +Stage 1 +(479) +Total +Stage 2 +Stage 1 +Provision for ECL +Gross carrying amount +31 December 2020 +Financial assets measured +(537,420) +(217,671) +(92,002) +(227,747) +(703) +(104) +Stage 3 +1,083,124 +9,347 +1,073,777 +(4,589) +(1,369) +(355) +(2,865) +341 2,238,835 +630 +2,237,864 +Total +(4,370) +(1,341) +(355) +(2,674) +Credit commitments +1,704,164 +630 +1,703,228 +Financial investments +(219) +(28) +(191) +534,671 +35 +534,636 +to customers +Loans and advances +95,489 +306 +2,711,256 +17,598 +1,515 2,730,369 +other financial institutions +Due from banks and +3,537,795 +3,537,795 +with central banks +Total +Stage 3 +Stage 2 +Stage 1 +Total +Stage 3 +Stage 2 +Provision for ECL +Gross carrying amount +31 December 2020 +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +Stage 1 +Cash and balances +at amortised cost +Financial assets measured +ICBC +250 +(24,449) +(987) +(3,581) +(19,881) +(861) +Financial investments +1,458,639 +326 +167,956 +81,410 +163,412 +23,625 +6,662 +88,573 +-Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Financial investments +20,109,200 +83,219 +11,723,988 +3,219,890 +91,585 +3,116,875 +76,140 +6,666 +11,996 +29,509 +14,924 +12,784 +1,097,463 +17,882 +Loans and advances to customers +261 +Derivative financial assets +1,490,646 +3,041 +849,883 +623,223 +- Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +66,225 +2,332,549 +1,073,404 +Total assets +279,318 +106,055 +Other +290,296 +290,296 +Property and equipment +61,782 +61,782 +Investments in associates and joint ventures +6,830,933 +2,391 +3,029,696 +2,831,810 +748,029 +137,289 +81,718 +amortised cost +-Financial investments measured at +1,803,604 +99,451 +380,896 +702,386 +347,980 +206,666 +39,484 +136,411 +4,752,666 +204,230 +2,459,402 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +251 +Annual Report 2021 +(26,710) +(1,732) +(2,957) +(22,021) +2,711,454 +4,389 +24,509 +2,682,556 +Credit commitments +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(3,329) +(22) +(2,417) +1,873,310 +712 +326 +1,872,272 +Total +(2,468) +(240) +(22) +(2,206) +53 +(890) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(b) Liquidity risk +Liquidity risk is the risk that funds will not be sufficient or funds will not be raised at a reasonable cost in a timely manner to +meet the need of asset growth or repayment of debts due, although the Group remains solvent. This may arise from amount +or maturity mismatches of assets and liabilities. +6,220 +1,965 +225,730 +9,741 +778,638 +239,523 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +621,110 +Cash and balances with central banks +Assets: +Total +(***) +Undated +Over +five years +One to +five years +31 December 2021 +Three +months to +one year +One to +three +months +Less than +one month +on demand +Overdue/ +repayable +The tables below summarise the maturity profile of the Group's assets and liabilities. The Group's expected remaining +maturity of its financial instruments may vary significantly from the following analysis. For example, demand deposits from +customers are expected to maintain a stable or increasing balance although they have been classified as repayable on +demand in the following tables. +(i) Maturity analysis of assets and liabilities +Maintaining an efficient internal fund transfer mechanism to ensure sufficient liquidity at branch level. +― +Projecting cash flows and evaluating the level of current assets; and +- +Maintaining the stability of the deposit base; +Optimising the structure of assets and liabilities; +The Group manages its liquidity risk through the Asset and Liability Management Department and aims at: +3,098,438 +33,956 +761,694 +Total liabilities +97,545 +(95,502) +2,043 +Cash outflow +Including: Cash inflow +Derivative financial instruments settled on gross basis +Derivative financial instruments settled on net basis +Derivative cash flows: +2,743 +30,723,617 +582,365 +5,902,378 +619,198 +28,620 +980,305 +(873,719) +106,586 +62,143 +495,458 +353,643 +112,222 +23,469 +5,647 14,894 +1,728,787 4,569,431 +25,497,225 +21,395 +5,401,402 +3,957,547 +337,635 +10,474 +154,446 +113,008 +995,804 +59,707 +1,233,820 1,376,867 +11,012 +9,467 +1,707,120 +655,210 1,119,090 189,256 26,883 +(494,113) (846,380) (179,399) (25,437) +161,097 272,710 +9,857 +1,446 +553,739 +215,011 +105,556 +1,211,830 +Credit commitments +Total +Over +five years +One to +five years +Three +months to +one year +three months +One to +Less than +one month +Repayable +on demand +3,068,289 +(2,514,550) +31 December 2021 +(iii) Analysis of credit commitments by contractual expiry date +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +255 +Annual Report 2021 +(*) Includes repurchase agreements. +7,077 +(47) +(581) +6,822 +(1,860) +Management does not expect all of the commitments to be drawn down before the expiry of the commitments. +498,427 +16,233,536 +Other +Debt securities issued +One to +three +months +Less than +one month +on demand +Overdue/ +repayable +(***) Undated loans and advances to customers and financial investments are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more than +one month. +terms. +The maturity profile of the rescheduled loans' undiscounted contractual cash flows is determined according to the negotiated +(**) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +46,122,858 +3,359,551 +31 December 2020 +Three +months to +one year +660,910 +88 +9,248 +8,449 +5,231,400 10,687,256 21,214,128 +1,691,662 +2,152,760 +1,786,101 +19,349 +27,405 +595,580 +Other +7,550,757 +3,150 +791 +One to +five years +Over +five years +Undated +13,506,194 +Due to customers +Certificates of deposit +3,130,269 +32,352 +58,071 +276,707 +203,992 +391,443 +2,167,704 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (*) +88,518 +14,658 +1,212 +5,278 +1,671 +61,159 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +54,968 +1,987 +52,403 +526 +52 +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities: +Non-derivative cash flows: +Total +497,709 +420,178 +280,085 +2,730,369 +VaR does not reflect liquidity risk. In the VaR model, a one-day holding period assumes that it is possible to hedge +or dispose positions within that period without restriction, the price of the financial instruments will fluctuate in the +specified range, and the correlation between these market prices will remain unchanged. This may not fully reflect +the market risk arising at times of severe illiquidity, when a one-day holding period may be insufficient to liquidate or +hedge all positions fully; +(3) +(2) +(1) +Although VaR is an important tool for measuring market risk under normal market environment, the assumptions on which +the model is based do give rise to some limitations, mainly including the following: +VaR. +VaR for each risk factor is the derived largest potential loss due to fluctuations solely in that risk factor. As there is a +diversification effect due to the correlation amongst the risk factors, the individual VaRs do not add up to the total portfolio +73 +284 +14 +94 +62 +Even though positions may change throughout the day, VaR only represents the risk of the portfolios at the close of +each business day, and it does not account for any losses that may occur beyond the 99% confidence level; and +268 +Minimum +171 +264 +40 +41 +157 +230 +49 +Average +Year end +64 +1111 +161 +29 +VaR relies heavily on historical data to provide information and may not clearly predict the future changes and +modifications of the risk factors, especially those of an exceptional nature due to significant market moves. +Annual Report 2021 +257 +ICBC +258 +(1,552) +(402) +(448) +(1,331) +(155) +306 +566 +-1% +HKD +(210) +-1% +31 December +2020 +31 December +2021 +31 December +2020 +2021 +31 December +Change in +currency rate +Currency +USD +Effect on equity +Effect on profit +before taxation +The tables below indicate a sensitivity analysis of exchange rate changes to which the Group had significant on- and off- +balance sheet exposure on its monetary assets and liabilities and its forecasted cash flows. The analysis calculates the effect +of a reasonably possible movement in the currency rates against RMB, with all other variables held constant, on profit before +taxation and equity. A negative amount in the table reflects a potential net reduction in profit before taxation or equity, +while a positive amount reflects a potential net increase. While the table below indicates the effect on profit before taxation +and equity of a 1% depreciation of USD and HKD against RMB, there will be an opposite effect with the same amount if +the currencies appreciate by the same percentage. This effect, however, is based on the assumption that the Group's foreign +exchange exposures as at the end of the reporting period are kept unchanged and, therefore, have not incorporated actions +that would be taken by the Group to mitigate the adverse impact of this currency risk. +The Group manages its currency risk through various methods, including limit management and risk hedging to hedge +currency risk, and performs currency risk sensitivity analysis and stress testing regularly. +The Group conducts its businesses mainly in RMB, with certain transactions denominated in USD, HKD, and other currencies +to a lesser extent. The exchange rate of RMB to USD is managed under a floating exchange rate system. The HKD exchange +rate has been pegged to the USD and therefore the exchange rate of RMB to HKD has fluctuated in line with the changes in +the exchange rate of RMB to USD. Transactions in foreign currencies mainly arise from the Group's foreign currency treasury +operations, foreign exchange dealings and overseas investments. +(ii) Currency risk +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +Maximum +3,136,236 +2020 +Commodity risk +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +256 +Sensitivity analysis, interest rate repricing gap analysis and foreign exchange risk concentration analysis are the major market +risk management tools used by the Group. The Bank monitors market risk separately in respect of trading and other non- +trading portfolios. The Value-at-risk ("VaR") analysis is a major tool used by the Bank to measure and monitor the market +risk of its trading portfolios. The following sections include a VaR analysis by risk type of the Group's trading portfolios and a +sensitivity analysis based on the Group's currency risk exposure and interest rate risk exposure (both trading and non-trading +portfolios). +The Group considers the market risk arising from stock price fluctuations in respect of its investment portfolios to be +immaterial. +The Group's currency risk mainly results from the risk arising from exchange rate fluctuations on its foreign exchange +exposures. Foreign exchange exposures include the mismatch of foreign currency assets and liabilities, and off-balance sheet +foreign exchange positions arising from derivative transactions. +The Group is primarily exposed to structural interest rate risk arising from commercial banking and interest rate risk arising +from treasury business positions. Interest rate risk is inherent in many of its businesses and largely arises from mismatches +between the repricing dates of interest-generating assets and interest-bearing liabilities. The analysis of the interest rate risk +in the banking book is disclosed in note 49(d). +Market risk is the risk of loss, in respect of the Group's on- and off-balance sheet activities, arising from adverse movements +in market rates including interest rates, foreign exchange rates, commodity prices and stock prices. Market risk arises from +both the Group's trading and non-trading businesses. +(c) Market risk +2,711,454 +314,306 +361,217 +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +528,653 +113,370 +1,179,024 +Total +Over +five years +five years +One to +Three +months to +one year +One to +three months +Less than +one month +Repayable +on demand +31 December 2020 +Credit commitments +214,884 +(i) VaR +VaR analysis is a statistical technique which estimates the potential maximum losses that could occur on risk positions taken +due to movements in interest rates, foreign exchange rates or prices over a specified time horizon and at a specified level +of confidence. The Bank adopts a historical simulation model to calculate and monitor trading portfolio VaR with 250 days' +historical market data (with a 99% confidence level, and one-day holding period) on a daily basis. +A summary of VaRs by risk type of trading portfolios is as follows: +Currency risk +Interest rate risk +80 +347 +198 +144 +12 +105 +37 +14 +71 +288 +172 +95 +46 +153 +88 +72 +Minimum +Maximum +Average +Year end +2021 +Total portfolio VaR +Commodity risk +Currency risk +Interest rate risk +Total portfolio VaR +3,331,990 +at FVTOCI +207,927 +3,404,308 +919,230 +167,261 +116,381 +-Financial investments measured at amortised cost +1,989,126 +99,726 +444,114 +777,859 +385,083 +212,545 +69,799 +3,666,299 +-Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +92,607 +184,838 +106,924 +173,529 +24,438 +6,717 +88,573 +-Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Financial investments +32,238,213 +468,472 +19,491,028 +677,626 +3,147 +8,276,626 +Other +One to +five years +31 December 2021 +Three +months to +one year +One to +three +months +Less than +one month +on demand +Overdue/ +repayable +Undated loans and advances to customers and financial investments are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more than +one month. +The maturity profile of the rescheduled loans' undiscounted contractual cash flows is determined according to the negotiated +terms. +(***) +(**) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +48,425,127 +3,123,357 +23,794,660 +5,657,784 10,613,859 +1,708,257 +2,456,896 +1,070,314 +644,069 +3 +5,041 +83,643 +128,358 +49,188 +279,659 +98,177 +6,198,405 +Over +3,837,204 +1,194,834 +Maturity analysis of undiscounted contractual cash flows +(ii) +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +253 +Annual Report 2021 +(***) Undated loans and advances to customers and financial investments are impaired or not impaired but overdue for more than +one month. +Includes repurchase agreements. +(**) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +The tables below summarise the maturity profile of the Group's financial instruments based on the undiscounted contractual +cash flows. The balances of some items in the tables below are different from the balances in the consolidated statement +of financial position as the tables incorporate all cash flows relating to both principal and interest. The Group's actual cash +flows on these instruments may vary significantly from the following analysis. For example, demand deposits from customers +are expected to maintain a stable or increasing balance although they have been classified as repayable on demand in the +following tables. +2,909,515 +981,145 13,324,640 +30,435,543 +516,448 +5,645,015 +4,777,861 +(563,541) +(209,780) +335,580 +(14,309,956) +Net liquidity gap +1,789,845 +1,884,861 +15,821,513 +3,351,427 +Overdue/ +repayable +One to +Less than +22,930 +Loans and advances to customers (**) +1,500,873 +3,340 +42,720 +208,024 +227,507 +779,758 +239,524 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +3,098,594 +2,459,402 +1,978 +9,748 +621,110 +Cash and balances with central banks +Financial assets: +Non-derivative cash flows: +Total +(***) +Undated +Over +five years +One to +five years +31 December 2021 +Three +months to +one year +three +months +one month +on demand +1,025,340 +805,436 +five years +Total +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +6,750 +2,101 +910,499 +Cash and balances with central banks +Financial assets: +Total +(***) +five years +Over Undated +One to +five years +Three +months to +one year +227,824 +months +on demand +three +Less than +repayable +One to +Overdue/ +31 December 2020 +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +Non-derivative cash flows: +ICBC +254 +one month +867,500 +341,302 +Loans and advances to customers (**) +109,760 +-Financial investments measured at amortised cost +1,705,647 +75,956 +386,509 +765,296 +290,770 +104,163 +82,953 +-Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +826,026 +150,441 +271,393 +115,710 +227,824 +28,274 +21,431 +10,953 +-Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Financial investments +2,601,656 3,541,307 +2,127,791 +527,557 29,710,420 +298,328 +17,121,574 +40,478 +20,301 +352,359 +3,570,003 6,424,534 +983,897 +1,041,610 +41,245 +Includes repurchase agreements. +Undated +(*) +306 +290,018 +175,898 +488,702 +65,201 +1,551,479 +10,862 +286,731 +2,403,599 +15,337,379 +Other +Debt securities issued +13,003,897 +Due to customers +Certificates of deposit +87,299 +4,249 +3,701 +61,495 +12,476 +623 +64,944 +2,268,538 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (*) +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +40,089 +2,360 +36,614 +1,114 +1 +Due to central banks +Financial liabilities: +Non-derivative cash flows: +1,306 +24,381 +3,309,032 +106,862 +1,510,507 4,519,399 +2,463,558 +(2,438,420) +23,254 +(22,948) +65,958 1,097,393 450,359 647,297 179,297 +(65,601) (1,080,685) (449,200) (638,174) (181,812) +357 +16,708 +1,159 9,123 (2,515) +Cash outflow +4,414 +260 +493 +2,138 +1,308 +215 +Derivative financial instruments settled on net basis +Derivative financial instruments settled on gross basis +Including: Cash inflow +Derivative cash flows: +32,040,784 +592,293 +447,509 +7,190 +100,695 +984,572 +535,026 +298,841 +31,300 108,543 +36,804 16,089 +1,863,791 5,093,002 6,750,720 +26,881,281 +21,447 +6,274,552 +291,002 +9,076 +109,863 +25,138 +Total +4,540 +Stage 2 +By rating distribution +8,054,193 +6,148,761 +1,439,620 +465,812 +660,470 +46,572 +509,422 +104,476 +Corporate entities +898,658 +369,815 +281,215 +247,628 +Banks and other financial institutions +725,625 +528,516 +169,478 +27,631 +Policy banks +Total +5,769,440 +5,203,858 +479,505 +The Group adopts a credit rating approach to manage the credit risk of the debt securities portfolio held. The ratings are +obtained from Bloomberg Composite, or major rating agencies where the issuers of debt securities are located. The carrying +amounts of debt securities investments (excluding accrued interest) analysed by rating as at the end of the reporting period +are as follows: +Unrated +AAA +31 December 2021 +AA +12,010 +4,868 +41,550 +5,259,285 +3,133,938 +384,700 +165,078 +Corporate entities +382,264 +380,276 +financial institutions +Banks and other +754,719 +86,077 +Total +6,409,814 +12,167 +6,324 +38,194 +698,003 +Policy banks +18,747 +18,348 +4,454,127 +1,890,581 +Governments and central banks +A +Below A +28,011 +31 +103,667 +Governments and central banks +FVTOCI +6,409,814 +5,658,676 +653,774 +97,364 +Governments and central banks +Total +amortised cost +FVTOCI +FVTPL +measured at +measured at +measured at +investments +investments +Financial +Financial +investments +31 December 2021 +Financial +The following tables present an analysis of debt securities (excluding accrued interest) by types of issuers and investments: +By issuers distribution +(2) Debt securities investments +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +Stage 3 +Policy banks +23,862 +171,130 +559,727 +FVTPL +measured at +measured at +measured at +investments +investments +Financial +31 December 2020 +Financial +Financial +investments +8,817,345 +6,710,241 +amortised cost +1,686,821 +710,039 +61,080 +551,757 +97,202 +Corporate entities +942,773 +430,758 +310,160 +201,855 +Banks and other financial institutions +754,719 +420,283 +98,708 +233,289 +6,356 +942,773 +710,039 +and lending +Precious metal leasing +(7,957) +(118) +(603,764) +(223,739) +166,184 +293,394 20,174,699 (269,376) (110,649) +157 6,838,890 (5,639) (2,200) +19,380,019 +6,832,308 +Financial investments +to customers +Loans and advances +(128) +505,969 +501,286 +6,425 +Total +30,811,159 +298 +508,009 +Stage 2 Stage 3 +Stage 1 +Provision for ECL +Gross carrying amount +31 December 2021 +Financial assets measured +(614,196) +(223,878) +(112,907) +(277,411) +(1,256) +(21) +(58) +(1,177) +24 166,506 +293,575 31,612,743 +505,969 +Total +Reverse repurchase agreements +(1,091) +31 December 2021 +The Group's credit risk stages of financial instruments are as follows: +(iii) Three-stage analysis of financial instruments' risk exposure +8,054,193 +162,654 +213,421 +Stage 1 +43,574 +660,470 +62,224 +81,893 +5,317 +369,783 +64,556 +56,685 +149,283 8,817,345 +4,621,561 +Gross carrying amount +Stage 2 +Provision for ECL +Stage 3 +828,241 +828,241 +other financial institutions +Due from banks and +3,098,438 +3,098,438 +with central banks +Cash and balances +at amortised cost +Financial assets measured +Total +Stage 3 +Stage 2 +Stage 1 +Total +(1,091) +Stage 1 +(128) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +13,444 +23,941 +26,272 +5,769,440 +710,867 +1,703 +11,822 +1,233 +725,625 +3,878,911 +Banks and other +333,991 +372,867 +23,110 +95,765 +72,925 +898,658 +Corporate entities +141,253 +3,012,983 +Annual Report 2021 +financial institutions +1,826,872 +Policy banks +Total +Below A +A +AA +AAA +Unrated +31 December 2020 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +249 +Governments and central banks +(958) +HKD +6,126 +(1,551) +(5,873) +Increased by 100 basis points +USD +43,662 +(140) +27,350 +(39,969) +1,551 +958 +25,728 +Currency +31 December 2020 +51,624 +(47,643) +(25,728) +Total +1,694 +(1,029) +(1,661) +1,029 +Other +(27,350) +142 +RMB +equity +income +• +• +Interest rate risk in the banking book is defined as the risk of loss in the overall return and the economic value of the +banking book arising from adverse movements in interest rate and term structure. This type of risk may occur in the +following situations: +(d) Interest rate risk in the banking book +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +260 +(**) Includes repurchase agreements. +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +2,711,454 +175,595 +The repricing period of different financial instruments are different when the interest rate changes; +70,784 +2,001,018 +Credit commitments +2,909,515 +341,526 +(15,233) +76,481 +2,506,741 +Net long/(short) position +30,435,543 +714,394 +461,495 +2,256,272 +27,003,382 +464,057 +Effect on +net interest +Despite the similarities in maturity periods, changes in the benchmark interest rate vary among on- and off-balance +sheet business with different pricing benchmark interest rates; +Due to changes in expected default levels or market liquidity, the market's assessment of the credit quality of financial +instruments changes, leading to changes in credit spreads. +equity +income +Currency +Effect on +net interest +Effect on +Effect on +Decreased by 100 basis points +Increased by 100 basis points +Effect on +net interest +31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +The Bank or the counterparty can elect to change the level or the maturity of future cash flows of financial instruments +when the Bank holds equity derivative or when there are embedded option terms or implied options in the on- and +off-banking book businesses; and +261 +The effect on net interest income is the impact of the assumed changes in interest rates on the net interest income, arising +from the financial assets and financial liabilities held at the end of the reporting period that are subject to repricing within +the coming year, including the effect of hedging instruments. The effect on equity is the impact of the assumed changes in +interest rates on other comprehensive income, calculated by revaluing fixed rate financial assets measured at FVTOCI held at +the end of the reporting period, including the effect of any associated hedges. +The following tables demonstrate the sensitivity to a reasonably possible change in interest rate, with all other variables held +constant, on the Group's net interest income and equity. +The Group measures interest rate risk mainly by analysing the sensitivity of projected net interest income under various +interest rate movements (scenario analysis). The Group aims to mitigate the impact of prospective interest rate movements +which might reduce future net interest income, while balancing the cost of hedging on the current revenue. +Hedging: using interest rate derivatives for hedging management in a timely manner. +• +Limit management: optimising the positions of interest-generating assets and interest-bearing liabilities and controlling +the impact on profit or loss and equity; and +Pricing management: managing the deviation of the pricing of interest-generating assets and interest-bearing liabilities +from the benchmark interest rates or market interest rates; +Duration management: optimising the differences in timing between contractual repricing (maturities) of interest- +generating assets and interest-bearing liabilities; +Interest rate prediction: analysing the macro-economic factors that may impact the PBOC benchmark interest rates and +market interest rates; +• +• +• +The Group manages the interest rate risk in the banking book through the Asset and Liability Management Department, and +the following methods have been adopted: +Annual Report 2021 +Decreased by 100 basis points +other financial institutions (*) +Effect on +net interest +29,219 +(40,883) +202,551 +1,769 +30 +(1,766) +(30) +(29,219) +68 +1,734 +43,935 +(68) +7,345 +169 +(7,340) +(169) +34,753 +36,170 +3,041 +41,362 +1,490,646 +(1,734) +Derivative financial assets +The interest rate sensitivities set out in the tables above are for illustration only and are based on simplified scenarios. The +figures represent the effect of the expected movements in net interest income and equity based on the projected yield curve +scenarios and the Group's current interest rate risk profile. This effect, however, does not incorporate actions other than +hedging that would be taken by management to mitigate the impact of interest rate risk. The projections above also assume +that interest rates of all maturities move by the same degree and, therefore, do not reflect the potential impact on net +interest income and equity in the case where some rates change while others remain unchanged. +ICBC +Due from banks and +3,098,438 +311,608 +2,786,830 +Cash and balances with central banks +Assets: +Total +bearing +five years +262 +five years +Over +One to +months to +one year +Three +Less than +three +months +31 December 2021 +The tables below summarise the contractual repricing or maturity dates, whichever is earlier, of the Group's assets and +liabilities. +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +Non- +interest- +Effect on +76,140 +Loans and advances to customers +Total liabilities +measured at amortised cost +350,431 +735,724 +2,718,515 +2,939,372 +1,207,522 +27,286 +(31,709) +-Financial investments +(27,286) +Other +HKD +USD +RMB +equity +income +equity +income +Effect on +Total +76,140 +1,803,604 +369,260 +7,520,367 +11,830,293 +386,803 +327,354 +44,383 +20,109,200 +Financial investments +-Financial investments +measured at FVTPL +116,783 +33,045 +69,283 +164,957 +205,548 +623,223 +-Financial investments +measured at FVTOCI +334,480 +340,866 +642,215 +150,390 +805,436 +251,608 +11,170 +HKD +31 December 2020 +USD +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +259 +Annual Report 2021 +Includes repurchase agreements. +(**) +Other +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +2,730,369 +172,111 +76,881 +395,773 +2,085,604 +Credit commitments +3,275,258 +301,414 +64,390 +(*) +79,225 +Total +RMB +31,640 +77,834 +Derivative financial assets +1,821,185 +121,927 +23,981 +591,437 +1,083,840 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +(in RMB +3,537,795 +21,381 +143,125 +3,258,416 +Cash and balances with central banks +Assets: +(in RMB +equivalent) +(in RMB +equivalent) +(in RMB +equivalent) +equivalent) +114,873 +10,693 +2,830,229 +31,896,125 +50,762 +20,490 +177,383 +41,707 +Certificates of deposit +3,286,972 +186,816 +42,953 +702,938 +290,342 +2,354,265 +71,337 +10,922 +5,687 +35,831 +18,897 +Derivative financial liabilities +87,180 +79,850 +6,719 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +Net long position +Due to customers +864,226 +680,882 +446,184 +2,131,395 +28,637,664 +887,422 +18,879 +9,600 +117,020 +741,923 +24,914,524 +Total liabilities +791,375 +35,127 +593 +227,278 +528,377 +Debt securities issued +26,441,774 +296,163 +366,861 +Other +13,988 +134,155 +Loans and advances to customers +686,933 +2,182,407 +Due to banks and other financial institutions (**) +140,973 +13,686 +10,787 +32,326 +84,174 +Derivative financial liabilities +32,959 +87,938 +179 +6,207 +13,183 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +54,974 +3,655 +523 +50,796 +Due to central banks +68,369 +33,345,058 +175,394 +Certificates of deposit +196,560 +583,037 +Other +798,127 +42,747 +4,744 +272,067 +478,569 +Debt securities issued +3,077,693 +25,134,726 +377,699 +883,119 +23,571,992 +Due to customers +335,676 +93,958 +23,957 +178,537 +39,224 +301,916 +1,055,920 +446,262 +2,332,753 +6,078,227 +― Financial investments measured at amortised cost +1,540,988 +110,915 +29,136 +311,551 +1,089,386 +― Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +784,483 +107,089 +12,656 +30,251 +736,199 +-Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Financial investments +18,136,328 +332,657 +337,456 +822,891 +16,643,324 +5,377 +10,743 +69,609 +6,265,668 +29,510,123 +796,971 +86,891 +6,613 +157,713 +381,037 +Liabilities: +Total assets +Other +286,279 +2,023 +713 +136,037 +147,506 +Property and equipment +41,206 +25,664 +169 +1,019 +14,354 +Investments in associates and joint ventures +14,669 +6,830,933 +Liabilities: +joint ventures +219,143 +354,331 +Additional tier 1 capital instruments and related premiums +219,790 +354,986 +Additional tier 1 capital +2,653,002 +2,886,378 +Net core tier 1 capital +7,980 +7,980 +Valid portion of minority interests +institutions that are under control but not subject to consolidation +(4,616) +(4,202) +Cash flow hedge reserve that relates to the hedging of items that +are not fair-valued on the balance sheet +4,582 +5,669 +Other intangible assets other than land use rights +8,107 +7,691 +Goodwill +16,053 +17,138 +Investments in core tier 1 capital instruments issued by financial +(10,178) +655 +Net tier 1 capital +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +13.18% +13.31% +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +20,124,139 +21,690,349 +Risk-weighted assets (i) +3,396,186 +3,909,669 +Net capital base +1,114 +647 +1,116 +170,712 +248,774 +Surplus provision for loan impairment +351,568 +418,415 +Valid portion of tier 2 capital instruments and related premiums +523,394 +668,305 +Tier 2 capital +2,872,792 +3,241,364 +Valid portion of minority interests +(18,658) +3,552 +3,539 +The capital adequacy ratios and related components of the Group are calculated based on the statutory financial statements +of the Group prepared under the PRC GAAP. During the year, the Group has complied in full with all its externally imposed +regulatory capital requirements. +The Group calculates the following core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio, the tier 1 capital adequacy ratio and the capital +adequacy ratio in accordance with the Regulation Governing Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional) and relevant +requirements. The requirements pursuant to these regulations may be different from those applicable in Hong Kong SAR and +other jurisdictions. +According to Regulation Governing Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional), Measures for the Assessment of Systemically +Important Banks, Additional Regulation of Systemically Important Banks (Provisional), and the capital surcharge applied to +global systemically important banks as required by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the minimum core tier 1 +capital adequacy ratio, the tier 1 capital adequacy ratio and the capital adequacy ratio shall not be lower than 9%, 10% and +12% respectively. In addition, overseas entities are directly regulated by local banking regulators, and the required capital +adequacy ratios differ by countries or regions. +Since 1 January 2013, the Group commenced calculating the capital adequacy ratios in accordance with the Regulation +Governing Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional) and other relevant regulations. In April 2014, the CBIRC officially +approved the Bank to adopt the advanced capital management approach. Within the approved scope of risk exposures that +meet the regulatory requirements, the Bank can adopt the foundation internal ratings-based (IRB) approach for its corporate +credit risk exposures, the IRB approach for its retail credit risk exposures, the internal model approach (IMA) for its market +risk exposures, and the standardised approach for its operational risk exposures. +The management monitors the capital adequacy ratios regularly based on regulations issued by the CBIRC. The required +information is semi-annually and quarterly filed with the CBIRC by the Group and the Bank. +The Group manages its capital structure and makes adjustments in light of changes in economic conditions and the risk +profiles of its business operations. In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group may adjust its profit +distribution policies, issue or repurchase its own shares, qualified additional tier 1 capital instruments, eligible tier 2 capital +instruments, or convertible bonds. +Make effective use of various capital instruments, continuously enhance capital strengths, refine the capital structure, +improve capital quality, reduce capital costs, and maximise shareholders' returns. +Leverage on the results of quantitative assessments of material risks for daily risk management, establish a bank- +wide value management mechanism with a core of economic capital, improve the aligned policies, processes, and +applications in business management, strengthen the capital constraints and capital incentives mechanism, enhance +the product pricing and decision-making support, and improve the capital allocation efficiency; and +Adopt the advanced capital measurement approach, improve the internal capital adequacy assessment process +(ICAAP), publicly disclose information on capital management, cover all types of material risks, and ensure stable +operations of the Group; +Maintain sound capital adequacy to meet regulatory requirements on capital, keep stable capital base to ensure the +Group's business growth and the implementation of business development and strategic plans in order to achieve +comprehensive, balanced, and sustainable development; +. +Annual Report 2021 +• +The Group has set the following capital management objectives: +(e) Capital management +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +ICBC +264 +The data set out in the above table includes trading book data. +Includes repurchase agreements. +(**) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +N/A +• +265 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +1,508,562 +1,618,142 +339,486 +438,640 +322,692 +356,849 +148,534 +148,597 +356,407 +356,407 +2,669,055 +2,903,516 +31 December 2020 +31 December 2021 +Core tier 1 capital deductions +Other +Valid portion of minority interests +Retained profits +General reserve +Surplus reserve +Valid portion of capital reserve +Paid-in capital +Core tier 1 capital +The core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio, the tier 1 capital adequacy ratio and the capital adequacy ratio calculated after +implementation of the advanced capital measurement approaches approved by the CBIRC are as follows: +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +14.94% +14.28% +Capital adequacy ratio +18.02% +53,839 +39,746 +5,855 +Equity investments +1,704,164 +2,827 +1,407,578 +293,759 +Debt securities +Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +623,223 +99,440 +95,326 +92,733 +112,194 +32,799 +26,400 +52,995 +Funds and other investments +90,746 +58,687 +16,751 +15,308 +Equity investments +435,164 +299,614 +1,447,324 +56,666 +ICBC +268 +454,645 +1,993 +447,815 +4,837 +71,337 +1,426 +65,089 +4,822 +Derivative financial liabilities +87,180 +567 +86,598 +15 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +296,128 +296,128 +Due to customers +Financial liabilities: +3,198,887 +153,164 +2,648,936 +396,787 +1,803,604 +420,283 +N/A +3,840 +24,430 +For unquoted other liabilities at FVTPL, discounted cash flow model is used based on current yield curve appropriate for +the remaining term to maturity adjusted for market liquidity and credit spreads; and Heston model is applied based on +parameters including yields, foreign exchange forward rates, foreign exchange rate volatilities, which are calibrated by active +market quotes of standard European option with the same underlying items. +Other liabilities at fair value through profit or loss +The loans and advances to customers that use valuation techniques are mainly the bill business and discounted cash flow +model is used. For bank acceptance bill, based on the different credit risk of the acceptor, interest rate yield curve is set up +using the actual market data; for commercial bill, based on the interbank offered rate, interest rate yield curve is constructed +according to the credit risk and liquidity point difference adjustment. +Loans and advances to customers +Structured products are mainly valued using dealer's quotations. +Derivatives that use valuation techniques with market observable inputs are mainly interest rate swaps, foreign exchange +forwards, swaps and options. The most frequently applied valuation techniques include discounted cash flow model and +Black-Scholes model. The models incorporate various inputs including foreign exchange spot and forward rates, foreign +exchange rate volatility, interest rate yield curves. +Derivatives +The majority of the debt securities classified as level 2 are RMB bonds. The fair value of these bonds are determined based +on the valuation results provided by China Central Depository & Clearing Co., Ltd., which are determined based on a +valuation technique for which all significant inputs are observable market data. +Financial investments that use valuation techniques for their valuation include debt securities, asset-backed securities and +unlisted equity instruments. The Group values such securities by incorporating either only observable data or both observable +and unobservable data. Observable inputs include assumptions regarding current interest rates; unobservable inputs include +assumptions regarding expected future default rates, prepayment rates and market liquidity discounts. +Financial investments +The following is a description of the fair value of financial instruments measured at fair value which are determined using +valuation techniques. They incorporate the Group's estimate of assumptions that a market participant would make when +valuing the instruments. +Annual Report 2021 +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +ICBC +266 +Level 3 inputs: valuation techniques for which certain inputs that have a significant effect on the recorded fair value are not +based on observable market data. +Level 2 inputs: valuation techniques for which all inputs that have a significant effect on the recorded fair value are +observable, either directly or indirectly; and +Level 1 inputs: quoted (unadjusted) prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; +Fair value estimates are generally subjective in nature, and are made as of a specific point in time based on the characteristics +of the financial instruments and relevant market information. The Group uses the following hierarchy for determining and +disclosing the fair value of financial instruments: +The Group has established policies and internal controls with respect to the measurement of fair values, specifically the +framework of fair value measurement of financial instruments, fair value measurement methodologies and procedures. Fair +value measurement policies specify valuation techniques, parameter selection and relevant concepts, models and parameter- +seeking methods. Operating procedures specify measurement procedures, timing of valuation, market parameter selection +and corresponding allocation of responsibilities. In the process of fair value measurement, front office is responsible for daily +transaction management. The Financial Accounting Department plays a lead role in formulating accounting policies of fair +value measurement, valuation methodologies and system implementation. The Risk Management Department is responsible +for verifying trade details and validating models. +50. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS +Refers to risk-weighted assets after the capital floor and adjustments. +(i) +16.88% +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +267 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Debt securities +Financial investments measured at FVTPL +534,671 +534,671 +at FVTOCI +Loans and advances to customers measured +3,594 +106 +3,488 +Loans and advances to customers measured +at FVTPL +157,655 +157,655 +Reverse repurchase agreements measured +at FVTPL +76,140 +1,066 +70,634 +4,440 +Derivative financial assets +Total +Level 3 +31 December 2021 +Level 2 +Level 1 +Financial assets: +(a) Financial instruments measured at fair value +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +392,013 +2,884,728 +(1,560,515) +7,486,102 +Includes repurchase agreements. +(**) +Includes reverse repurchase agreements. +(*) +N/A +N/A +3,320,310 +(2,301,496) +8,383,705 +(6,440,087) +Interest rate mismatch +The data set out in the above table includes trading book data. +31,896,125 +791,375 +483,674 +6,224,975 +4,880,504 +18,672,762 +Total liabilities +7,133 +86,118 +9,834 +456,464 +146,410 +887,422 +Annual Report 2021 +263 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +5,289 +35,806 +345,048 +1,405,431 +financial institutions (*) +Due from banks and other +3,537,795 +347,676 +3,190,119 +Cash and balances with central banks +Assets: +Total +bearing +five years +interest- +Over +One to +five years +months to +one year +three +months +Non- +Three +Less than +31 December 2020 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +62,391 +29,611 +116,340 +1,968 +Debt securities issued +1,069 +2,360 +36,252 +1,108 +designated as at FVTPL +Financial liabilities +Due to central banks +611 +35,171,383 +1,947,036 +3,803,984 +7,214 +787,121 +70,493 +3,923,479 +13,264,209 +12,232,675 +Total assets +4,385 +Other +290,296 +290,296 +Property and equipment +61,782 +61,782 +712,243 +1,066 +3 +39,723 +290,342 +26,441,774 +660,872 +18,530 +5,951,386 +4,353,175 +15,457,811 +Due to customers +331 +5,947 +109,344 +174,720 +Certificates of deposit +3,286,972 +31,697 +1,547 +31,688 +302,294 +2,919,746 +institutions (**) +Due to banks and other financial +71,337 +71,337 +Derivative financial liabilities +87,180 +77,831 +Other +Investments in associates and +1,821,185 +134,155 +335,676 +7,010 +154,366 +174,300 +Certificates of deposit +3,077,693 +13,407 +27,239 +52,264 +268,836 +2,715,947 +Due to customers +institutions (**) +140,973 +140,973 +Derivative financial liabilities +87,938 +71,271 +14 +11,618 +63 +4,972 +54,974 +35 +Due to banks and other financial +15,597,045 +3,808,680 +5,137,289 +(6,378,856) +Interest rate mismatch +30,435,543 +1,570,851 +472,750 +5,376,554 +4,350,806 +18,664,582 +Total liabilities +805,436 +773,695 +6,426 +16,703 +5,987 +2,625 +Other +798,127 +418,829 +149,678 +60,501 +169,119 +Debt securities issued +25,134,726 +571,470 +20,242 +1,992 +Derivative financial assets +52,373 +designated as at FVTPL +1,540,988 +81,970 +314,100 +614,011 +258,282 +272,625 +measured at FVTOCI +-Financial investments +784,483 +317,253 +147,550 +-Financial investments +71,188 +117,682 +measured at FVTPL +-Financial investments +Financial investments +16,977 +336,693 +406,172 +10,463,879 +6,912,607 +Loans and advances to customers +134,155 +130,810 +measured at amortised cost +384,141 +638,819 +Financial liabilities +Due to central banks +Liabilities: +33,345,058 +2,048,907 +3,357,478 +3,816,039 +11,836,908 +12,285,726 +796,971 +793,780 +70 +3,121 +Total assets +Other +286,279 +286,279 +Property and equipment +41,206 +41,206 +joint ventures +Investments in associates and +6,265,668 +2,553,846 +2,688,862 +574 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +18,136,328 +2,363 +78,487 +1,490,646 +Derivative financial assets +24,951 +33,808 +5,804 +11,577 +76,140 +Loans and advances to customers +18,705,303 +780,912 +319,687 +303,298 +20,109,200 +Financial investments +- Financial investments measured at FVTPL +565,961 +25,637 +515,224 +871,298 +Due from banks and other financial institutions (*) +39,723 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +A breakdown of the assets and liabilities analysed by currency is as follows: +31 December 2021 +Assets: +USD +RMB +37,844 +(in RMB +equivalent) +Other +(in RMB +equivalent) +Total +(in RMB +equivalent) +Cash and balances with central banks +2,724,409 +174,831 +66,652 +132,546 +3,098,438 +HKD +(in RMB +equivalent) +6,913 +9,770 +782,369 +1,634,210 +623,223 +673 +2,137 +290,296 +Other +Total assets +Liabilities: +454,407 +79,085 +23,585 +230,044 +787,121 +2,210,620 +510,574 +982,296 +35,171,383 +Due to central banks +37,360 +143,589 +143,897 +31,467,893 +61,782 +- Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +Property and equipment +1,300,499 +338,301 +54,886 +109,918 +1,803,604 +-Financial investments measured at amortised cost +6,641,400 +12,505 +6,607 +76,910 +6,830,933 +Investments in associates and joint ventures +35,768 +1,010 +106,016 +130 +24,874 +128,581 +Net structural position +13,036 +79,582 +(146,024) +803 +Net (short)/long position +3,817 +32 +2,443 +79,478 +26,055 +Forward purchases +Spot assets +Spot liabilities +Forward sales +Net option position +Net (short)/long position +Net structural position +2,195,697 +31 December 2020 +HKD +445,380 +Other +1,028,233 +Total +3,669,310 +1,342 +155,439 +USD +Spot liabilities +(2,944,886) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +1. +Statement of differences between the financial statements prepared under IFRSS and +those prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP +There are no differences between the profit attributable to equity holders of the parent company under PRC GAAP and IFRSS +for year ended 31 December 2021 and 2020. There are no differences between the equity attributable to equity holders of +the parent company under PRC GAAP and IFRSS as at 31 December 2021 and 31 December 2020. +2. +Currency concentrations +USD +Spot assets +(2,240,038) +Forward purchases +2,066,021 +31 December 2021 +HKD +509,771 +Other +955,285 +Total +3,531,077 +(2,115,377) +(446,184) +(680,182) +(3,241,743) +2,112,979 +166,543 +385,249 +2,664,771 +Forward sales +(2,210,989) +(153,095) +(580,802) +Net option position +(461,495) +120,822 +(3,414,874) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +3. +(i) +Loans and advances to customers (excludes accrued interest) +Overdue loans and advances to customers +Gross loans and advances to customers of the Group which have been overdue +with respect to either principal or interest for periods of: +31 December +31 December +2021 +2020 +Between 3 and 6 months +28,208 +32,328 +Between 6 and 12 months +41,849 +42,492 +Over 12 months +112,400 +93,724 +182,457 +168,544 +As a percentage of the total gross loans and advances to customers: +Between 3 and 6 months +0.14% +0.17% +Between 6 and 12 months +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +275 +Annual Report 2021 +investments in overseas subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures. +2,856,506 +327,221 +457,654 +3,641,381 +(2,864,682) +(208,738) +(754,429) +(3,827,849) +(14,060) +3,651 +(1,597) +(12,006) +(713,341) +(66,577) +16,520 +55,962 +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial +Statements +882 +26,634 +148,338 +The net option position is calculated using the delta equivalent approach required by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. +The net structural position of the Group includes the structural positions of the Bank's overseas branches, banking +subsidiaries and other subsidiaries substantially involved in foreign exchange. Structural assets and liabilities include: +• +property and equipment, net of depreciation charges; +• +capital and statutory reserves of overseas branches; and +• +106,019 +ICBC +other equity instrument holders +The consolidated financial statements were approved by the board of directors on 30 March 2022. +Profit for the year +Other comprehensive income +Total comprehensive income +Dividends ordinary shares 2020 final +(note 17) +Distributions to +19,687 +(8,839) +(8,839) +30,550 +30,550 +(30,550) +33,247 +--- - 33,247 +(33,247) +19,687 +(211) +(211) +211 +(18) +(18) +(18) +356,407 +219,143 +153,285 317,903 +1 January 2021 +Balance as at 31 December 2020 and +Other +transferred to retained earnings +304,267 304,267 +Other comprehensive income +(1,396) (2,021) +157 +152 +(3,108) +(3,108) +Total comprehensive income +Dividends ordinary shares 2019 final +(note 17) +Distributions to +(1,396) +329,209 +(2,021) +152 +(3,108) 304,267 +301,159 +(93,664) +(93,664) +other equity instrument holders +(note 17) +Appropriation to surplus reserve (i) +Appropriation to general reserve (ii) +Capital injection by +other equity instrument holders +Other comprehensive income +157 +22,342 +(2,097) +(4,082) +97,505 +(97,505) +Capital injection by +other equity instrument holders +139,730 +139,730 +Capital reduction by +Over 12 months +(4,542) +63 +63 +(4,479) +(32,494) +Balance as at 31 December 2021 +354,331 153,348 350,397 426,714 24,106 +(4,773) +(3,996) +2 945,798 1,486,265 3,142,801 +(i) +(ii) +Includes the appropriation made by overseas branches in the amount of RMB56 million (2020: RMB101 million). +Includes the appropriation made by overseas branches in the amount of RMB47 million (2020: RMB11 million). +52. EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD +A final dividend of RMBO.2933 (pre-tax) per share after the appropriation of statutory surplus reserve and general reserve, +was approved at the board of directors' meeting held on 30 March 2022, and is subject to the approval of the Bank's +shareholders at the forthcoming annual general meeting. Based on the number of ordinary shares issued as at 31 December +2021, the final dividend amounted to approximately RMB104,534 million in total. The dividend payable was not recognised +as a liability in the consolidated financial statements. +53. COMPARATIVE AMOUNTS +Certain comparative amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year's presentation. +54. APPROVAL OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS +356,407 +274 +32,494 +(9,607) +63 +816,623 +1,397,575 2,789,748 +323,100 +323,100 +1,764 +(2,676) +86 +(61) +(887) +(887) +1,764 +(2,676) +(9,607) +86 +(887) 323,100 +322,213 +1 +1 +(94,804) +(94,804) +other equity instrument holders +(note 17) +Appropriation to surplus reserve (i) +Appropriation to general reserve (ii) +32,494 +97,505 +(61) +0.20% +2021 +0.54% +| | | +risk on fair-valued liabilities +15 +Defined-benefit pension fund net assets (net of deferred +tax liabilities) +16 +17 +7 +Direct or indirect investments in own ordinary shares +Reciprocal cross-holdings in core tier 1 capital between +banks, or between banks and other financial institutions +Annual Report 2021 +277 +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Item +18 +Deductible amount of non-significant minority +19 +20 +21 +22 +23 +24 +25 +investments in core tier 1 capital instruments issued +by financial institutions that are not subject to +consolidation +Deductible amount of significant minority investments +in core tier 1 capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are not subject to consolidation +Mortgage servicing rights +Unrealised gains and losses due to changes in own credit +14 +Gain on sales related to asset securitisation +13 +3,552 +2,669,055 +X25 +Core tier 1 capital: Regulatory adjustments +7 +Prudential valuation adjustments +8 +Goodwill (net of deferred tax liabilities) +7,691 +8,107 +X16 +9 +Other intangible assets other than land use rights (net of +deferred tax liabilities) +Deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences +(amount above 10% threshold, net of deferred tax +liabilities) +5,669 +X14-X15 +10 +Deferred tax assets that rely on future profits excluding +those arising from temporary differences (net of +deferred tax liabilities) +11 +Cash flow hedge reserve that relates to the hedging of +items that are not fair-valued on the balance sheet +(4,202) +(4,616) +X20 +12 +234 +Shortfall of provision for loan impairment +4,582 +2,903,516 +Deductible amount exceeding the 15% threshold for +significant minority capital investments in core tier 1 +capital instruments issued by financial institutions +that are not subject to consolidation and undeducted +portion of deferred tax assets arising from temporary +differences (net of deferred tax liabilities) +Including: Deductible amount of significant minority +investments in core tier 1 capital +instruments issued by financial institutions +Including: Deductible amount of mortgage servicing +rights +Including: Deductible amount in deferred tax assets +arising from temporary differences +31 December +219,143 +31 +Including: Portion classified as equity +354,331 +ICBC +278 +Direct or indirect investments in own additional tier 1 +instruments +37 +Additional tier 1 capital: Regulatory adjustments +adjustments +36 Additional tier 1 capital before regulatory +219,790 +354,986 +Including: Invalid portion to additional tier 1 capital +after the transition period +35 +X26 +647 +655 +Valid portion of minority interests +34 +transition period +Invalid instruments to additional tier 1 capital after the +33 +Including: Portion classified as liabilities +32 +354,331 +Additional tier 1 capital instruments and related premiums +30 +Additional tier 1 capital: +2020 +Reference +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +26a +Investments in core tier 1 capital instruments issued by +financial institutions that are under control but not +subject to consolidation +7,980 +7,980 +X11 +26b +31 December +2021 +Shortfall in core tier 1 capital instruments issued by +26c +27 +Other that should be deducted from core tier 1 capital +Undeducted shortfall that should be deducted from +additional tier 1 capital and tier 2 capital +28 +Total regulatory adjustments to core tier 1 capital +17,138 +16,053 +29 +Core tier 1 capital +2,886,378 +2,653,002 +financial institutions that are under control but not +subject to consolidation +Core tier 1 capital before regulatory adjustments +3,539 +Valid portion of minority interests +41,772 +27,324 +25,489 +10,769 +10,705 +254,901 +267,507 +31 December 2021 +31 December 2020 +Rescheduled loans and advances +19,134 +% of total +loans and +advances +0.09% +% of total +loans and +advances +11,960 +0.06% +Less: Rescheduled loans and advances +overdue for more than three months +Rescheduled loans and advances overdue +for less than three months +(2,301) +(0.01%) +(2,055) +(0.01%) +16,833 +0.08% +9,905 +30,210 +28,398 +28,978 +38,411 +0.50% +0.88% +0.90% +The definition of overdue loans and advances to customers is set out as follows: +Loans and advances with a specific repayment date are classified as overdue when the principal or interest is overdue. +For loans and advances repayable by regular instalments, if part of the instalments is overdue, the whole amount of the +loans and advances would be classified as overdue. +(ii) Overdue loans and advances to customers by geographical distribution +Head Office +Bohai Rim +Western China +Central China +Pearl River Delta +Yangtze River Delta +0.05% +Northeastern China +(iii) Rescheduled loans and advances to customers +31 December +31 December +Profit for the year +2020 +35,969 +36,358 +50,790 +46,167 +33,400 +40,207 +37,461 +Overseas and other +276 +ICBC +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +X22 +2c +Retained profits +1,618,142 +1,508,562 +X23 +3 +Accumulated other comprehensive income (and other +129,939 +138,356 +public reserve) +За +339,486 +Capital reserve +148,534 +X19 +3b +Other +(18,658) +(10,178) +X24 +4 +Valid portion to core tier 1 capital during the transition +period (only applicable to non-joint stock companies. +Fill in 0 for joint stock banks) +56 +148,597 +0.23% +438,640 +2b +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +4. +Exposures to non-bank entities in Chinese mainland +The Bank is a commercial bank incorporated in Chinese mainland with its banking business primarily conducted in Chinese +mainland. As at 31 December 2021 and 31 December 2020, substantial amounts of the Bank's exposures arose from +businesses with entities or individuals in Chinese mainland. Analyses of various types of exposures by counterparty have been +disclosed in the respective notes to the financial statements. +5. Correspondence between balance sheet in published financial statements and capital +composition +The disclosure of correspondence between balance sheet in published financial statements and capital composition is based +on the Notice on Issuing Regulatory Documents on Capital Regulation for Commercial Banks (Yin Jian Fa, No. 33, 2013) +Appendix 2 Notice on Enhancing Disclosure Requirements for Composition of Capital. +(i) Capital composition +Item +Core tier 1 capital: +31 December +2021 +31 December +2020 +Reference +General reserve +1 +356,407 +356,407 +X18 +2 +Retained earnings +2,413,631 +2,170,740 +2a +Surplus reserve +356,849 +322,692 +X21 +Paid-in capital +756,163 1,259,397 2,571,423 +equity +capital instruments +(4,239) +(2,937) +25,737 +(23,109) +(74,585) +153,164 +Financial liabilities: +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +(615) +48 +Derivative financial liabilities +(1,596) +(82) +(2,211) +(34) +Financial assets: +(567) +(28) +203 +77 +(1,426) +(28) +203 +77 +(1,993) +1 January +1,040 +227,018 +53,839 +(6,318) +73,710 +(2,826) +1,878 +(9,187) +(4,888) +58,687 +Funds and other investments +25,563 +4,220 +9,976 +(5,559) +(1,401) +Total +gains/(losses) +recorded in +32,799 +Debt securities +464 +(39) +2,092 +(311) +621 +2,827 +Equity investments +59,216 +(2,898) +10,733 +(6,894) +Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +Total +effect +in other +2020 +profit or loss +12,604 +(2,203) +(2,182) +73,710 +Funds and other investments +55,444 +(117) +6,575 +(24,268) +(12,071) +25,563 +Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +1,319 +Debt securities +464 +(47) +464 +Equity investments +44,895 +(528) +18,298 +(2,025) +(1,424) +59,216 +219,630 +3,602 +47 +Equity investments +64,172 +66,046 +comprehensive +income +Additions +Disposals and +settlements +Transfer +in/(out) of +level 3 +31 December +2020 +Derivative financial assets +1,010 +782 +33 +(345) +211 +Equity investments +1,691 +measured at FVTPL +1,149 +(61) +(760) +328 +Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Debt securities +52,913 +1,679 +13,909 +(2,436) +(19) +Loans and advances to customers +(528) +3,840 +(356) +17,300 +2,718 +73,710 +93,728 +Funds and other investments +24,128 +175,252 +25,563 +224,943 +49,008 +570,156 +165,319 +784,483 +Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +Debt securities +349,978 +1,108,576 +464 +1,459,018 +Equity investments +8,504 +358,482 +14,250 +1,122,826 +59,216 +81,970 +Equity investments +465,812 +66,046 +392,186 +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +31 December 2020 +Level 1 +Level 2 +Level 3 +Total +Financial assets: +Derivative financial assets +4,691 +127,773 +Reverse repurchase agreements measured +at FVTPL +154,612 +59,680 +1,691 +154,612 +Loans and advances to customers measured +at FVTPL +3,586 +328 +3,914 +Loans and advances to customers measured +at FVTOCI +414,292 +414,292 +Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Debt securities +7,580 +134,155 +1,540,988 +412,181 +2,393,245 +Total +(losses)/gains +recorded in +profit or loss +Total +effects +in other +comprehensive +income +Additions +Disposals and +settlements +Transfer +in/(out) of +level 3 +31 December +2021 +Derivative financial assets +1,691 +(191) +57 +(589) +2021 +98 +Loans and advances to customers +measured at FVTPL +328 +(9) +(213) +106 +16 +Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Debt securities +66,046 +(154) +1,001 +1,066 +(62,697) +1 January +The following table shows the movement of level 3 financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value during the +year: +227,018 +3,032,444 +Financial liabilities: +Due to customers +693,173 +693,173 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +331 +86,992 +615 +87,938 +Derivative financial liabilities +Financial assets: +5,846 +1,596 +140,973 +6,177 +913,696 +2,211 +922,084 +Annual Report 2021 +269 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(b) Movement of level 3 financial instruments measured at fair value +133,531 +51,883 +(32,084) +(15,485) +Due to central banks +39,648 +54,304 +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +70,256 +70,938 +Derivative financial liabilities +39,994 +94,891 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +2,821,165 +2,707,115 +Repurchase agreements +178,256 +Certificates of deposit +238,632 +90,113 +277,683 +Due to customers +25,659,484 +24,338,306 +Income tax payable +91,029 +87,273 +Debt securities issued +Other liabilities +31,630,879 +33,440,403 +642,714 +630,440 +8,562,631 +7,948,361 +396,261 +574,295 +Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +1,522,578 +1,265,920 +Financial investments measured at amortised cost +6,643,792 +6,108,146 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +Investments in subsidiaries +TOTAL LIABILITIES +163,283 +Investments in associates +35,042 +34,242 +Property and equipment +133,698 +131,865 +Deferred tax assets +Other assets +TOTAL ASSETS +LIABILITIES +76,066 +65,858 +147,383 +EQUITY +Share capital +655,515 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +The statement of changes in equity of the Bank are set out below. +Reserves +Foreign +Other +Share +X28+X32 +Investment currency +Capital Surplus General revaluation translation +Cash flow +hedging +273 +Other +reserve +reserve +reserve +reserve +reserve +reserves +Retained +Total +Subtotal earnings equity +Balance as at 1 January 2020 +356,407 199,456 +153,303 +287,353 295,962 23,949 +(76) +reserve +17,307,271 +Annual Report 2021 +General Manager of +658,765 +503,623 +461,743 +30,297,602 +28,841,131 +356,407 +356,407 +Other equity instruments +354,331 +219,143 +Reserves +945,798 +Finance and Accounting Department +816,623 +1,486,265 +1,397,575 +TOTAL EQUITY +3,142,801 +2,789,748 +TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY +33,440,403 +31,630,879 +Chen Siqing +Chairman +Liao Lin +Vice Chairman and President +Liu Yagan +Retained earnings +19,310,688 +560,271 +523,897 +2020 +296 +1,012 +710 +2,675 +1,006 +3,687 +Due to changes in market conditions for certain securities, quoted prices in active markets were available for these securities. +Therefore, these securities were transferred from level 2 to level 1 of the fair value hierarchy as at the end of the reporting +period. +Due to changes in market conditions for certain securities, quoted prices in active markets were no longer available for +these securities. However, there was sufficient information available to measure the fair values of these securities based on +observable market inputs. Therefore, these securities were transferred from level 1 to level 2 of the fair value hierarchy as at +the end of the reporting period. +In 2021, the transfers between level 1 and level 2 of the fair value hierarchy for financial assets and liabilities of the Group +were not significant. +(ii) Transfers between level 2 and level 3 +At the end of the reporting period, certain financial instruments were transferred out from level 2 to level 3 of the fair +value hierarchy for financial assets and liabilities when significant inputs used in their fair value measurements, which was +previously observable became unobservable. +2021 +At the end of the reporting period, certain financial instruments were transferred out from level 3 of the fair value hierarchy +for financial assets and liabilities, when significant inputs used in their fair value measurements, which was previously +unobservable became observable, or when there was a change in valuation technique. +Financial instruments valued with significant unobservable inputs primarily include certain structured derivatives, certain debt +securities and asset-backed securities. These financial instruments are valued using discounted cash flow model. The models +incorporate various unobservable assumptions such as discount rates and market rate volatilities. +As at 31 December 2021, the effects of changing the significant unobservable assumptions to reasonably possible alternative +assumptions were not significant (31 December 2020: not significant). +Annual Report 2021 +271 +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +(e) Fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities not carried at fair value +There are no significant differences between the carrying amount and the fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities +not measured at fair value, except for the following items: +31 December 2021 +Carrying +amount +Fair value +(d) Valuation of financial instruments with significant unobservable inputs +Level 1 +Transfers between level 1 and level 2 +(c) Transfers between levels +227,018 +Financial liabilities: +Financial liabilities designated as at FVTPL +(592) +(23) +Derivative financial liabilities +(1,052) +108 +(1,644) +85 +22 +(615) +(i) +(2) +(1,027) +(1,596) +(2) +377 +(1,027) +(2,211) +270 +ICBC +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Net gains or losses on level 3 financial instruments are set out below: +Realised +Unrealised +377 +(89) +Level 2 +Financial assets +(i) +(ii) +The fair values of financial investments measured at amortised cost relating to the restructuring of the Bank are +estimated on the basis of the stated interest rates and the consideration of the relevant special clauses of the +instruments evaluated in the absence of any other relevant observable market data, and the fair values approximate +to their carrying amounts. The fair values of financial investments measured at amortised cost irrelevant to the +restructuring of the Bank are determined based on the available market values. If quoted market prices are not +available, fair values are estimated on the basis of pricing models or discounted cash flows. +The fair values of subordinated bonds and tier 2 capital bonds are determined with reference to the available market +values. If quoted market prices are not available, fair values are estimated on the basis of pricing models or discounted +cash flows. +All of the aforementioned assumptions and methods provide a consistent basis for the calculation of the fair values of the +Group's financial assets and financial liabilities. However, other institutions may use different assumptions and methods. +Therefore, the fair values disclosed by different financial institutions may not be entirely comparable. +272 +ICBC +Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +51. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AND STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY OF +THE BANK +The statement of financial position of the Bank are set out below. +31 December 2021 +Subject to the existence of an active market such as an authorised stock exchange, the market value is the best reflection +of the fair value of a financial instrument. As there is no available market value for certain financial assets held and financial +liabilities issued by the Group, discounted cash flow or other valuation methods described below are adopted to determine +the fair values of these financial assets and financial liabilities: +31 December 2020 +Cash and balances with central banks +Due from banks and other financial institutions +Derivative financial assets +Reverse repurchase agreements +Loans and advances to customers +Financial investments +Financial investments measured at FVTPL +2,959,034 +998,406 +3,459,273 +1,242,972 +47,218 +90,669 +ASSETS +Level 3 +432,954 +430,064 +Financial investments measured at amortised cost +6,830,933 +6,886,188 +29,158 +6,644,213 +212,817 +Financial liabilities +Subordinated bonds and tier 2 capital bonds +470,806 +481,954 +481,954 +31 December 2020 +432,954 +Carrying +amount +Level 1 +Level 2 +Level 3 +Financial assets +Financial investments measured at amortised cost +6,265,668 +6,299,526 +88,094 +6,072,770 +138,662 +Financial liabilities +Subordinated bonds and tier 2 capital bonds +Fair value +219,143 +No +288 +institutions +468,616 +468,616 +489,340 +489,340 +Placements from banks and other financial +54,974 +2,315,643 +2,315,643 +2,431,689 +2,431,689 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +Financial liabilities measured at FVTPL +54,974 +39,723 +Due to central banks +Liabilities +33,142,554 +33,345,058 +34,920,291 +35,171,383 +Total assets +440,548 +453,592 +430,485 +39,723 +87,180 +87,180 +87,938 +40,659 +41,083 +25,134,726 +25,134,726 +26,441,774 +26,441,774 +Taxes payable +Employee benefits payable +Due to customers +335,676 +335,676 +290,342 +290,342 +Certificates of deposit +282,458 +293,434 +351,049 +365,943 +Repurchase agreements +140,973 +140,973 +71,337 +71,337 +Derivative financial liabilities +87,938 +443,997 +67,713 +67,713 +79,259 +FVTPL +732,478 +784,483 +560,683 +623,223 +-Financial investments measured at +8,429,328 +8,591,139 +9,060,427 +9,257,760 +Financial investments +18,134,777 +18,136,328 +20,107,266 +20,109,200 +Loans and advances to customers +738,958 +739,288 +662,544 +663,496 +Reverse repurchase agreements +134,155 +134,155 +76,140 +76,140 +― Financial investments measured at +32,460 +1,803,604 +1,540,988 +79,259 +Other assets +Deferred tax assets +35,166 +35,173 +18,172 +18,182 +Construction in progress +249,008 +249,067 +269,952 +270,017 +Fixed assets +49,186 +41,206 +69,762 +61,782 +Long-term equity investments +6,198,842 +6,265,668 +6,756,647 +6,830,933 +― Financial investments measured at +amortised cost +FVTOCI +1,498,008 +1,743,097 +32,073 +108,897 +108,871 +9,805 +17,503 +Minority interests +parent company +2,891,322 +2,893,502 +3,254,308 +3,257,755 +Equity attributable to equity holders of the +1,508,562 +1,510,558 +1,618,142 +1,620,642 +Retained profits +339,486 +339,701 +438,640 +438,952 +General reserve +322,692 +322,911 +356,849 +357,169 +Surplus reserve +(10,178) +Total equity +(10,428) +3,275,258 +16,013 +2,909,515 +capital instruments issued by financial institutions that +are not subject to consolidation +Including: Non-significant minority investments in core tier 1 +Financial investments measured at FVTPL +Financial investments +X04 +232,865 +X03 +579,219 +Less: Provision for loan impairment under the internal ratings-based approach +Including: Valid cap of surplus provision for loan impairment in tier 2 +capital under the internal ratings-based approach +X02 +15,909 +X01 +24,545 +Less: Provision for loan impairment under the weighted approach +Including: Valid cap of surplus provision for loan impairment in tier 2 +capital under the weighted approach +20,711,030 +Total loans and advances to customers +Reference +20,107,266 +scope of +consolidation +31 December 2021 +Balance sheet +under regulatory +Loans and advances to customers +Item +(iii) Description of related items +(*) Prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP. +9,159 +2,900,481 +3,264,113 +558,984 +(18,658) +Other comprehensive income +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +281 +Annual Report 2021 +Prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP. +(*) +30,242,073 +483,519 +1,994 +2,881 +664,715 +30,435,543 +4,648 +508,191 +31,656,178 +31,896,125 +Total liabilities +731,818 +Other liabilities +5,624 +Deferred tax liabilities +798,127 +798,127 +791,375 +791,375 +Debt securities issued +105,356 +105,380 +31 December 2021 +(18,343) +Consolidated +balance sheet +as in published +financial +statements* +31 December 2021 +Balance sheet +148,534 +148,534 +148,597 +148,597 +Capital reserve +225,819 +225,819 +354,331 +354,331 +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +356,407 +Other equity instruments +Share capital +Equity +scope of +consolidation* +regulatory +under +Balance sheet +31 December 2020 +Consolidated +balance sheet +as in published +financial +statements* +scope of +under +regulatory +31 December 2020 +consolidation* +558,984 +480,693 +480,693 +31 December +2020 +31 December +2021 +Item +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +279 +Annual Report 2021 +X31 +Shortfall in tier 2 capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are under control but not subject to +consolidation +Investments in tier 2 capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are under control but not subject to +consolidation +instruments issued by financial institutions that are not +subject to consolidation +56b +56a +Significant minority investments in tier 2 capital +55 +institutions that are not subject to consolidation +Direct or indirect investments in own tier 2 instruments +Reciprocal cross-holdings in tier 2 capital between banks, +or between banks and other financial institutions +Deductible portion of non-significant minority investments +in tier 2 capital 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+Investments in additional tier 1 capital instruments issued +by financial institutions that are under control but not +subject to consolidation +capital instruments issued by financial institutions that +are not subject to consolidation +Significant minority investments in additional tier 1 +investments in additional tier 1 capital instruments +issued by financial institutions that are not subject to +consolidation +Deductible amount of non-significant minority +Reciprocal cross-holdings in additional tier 1 capital +between banks, or between banks and other financial +institutions +43 +42 +41c +41b +41a +40 +40 +39 +38 +Item +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Reference +Valid portion of surplus provision for loan impairment +Tier 2 capital before regulatory adjustments +capital +Additional tier 1 capital +50 +Including: Invalid portion to tier 2 capital after the +transition period +49 +X27 +1,114 +1,116 +Valid portion of minority 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+Valid cap to additional tier 1 capital instruments for the +82 +the current period due to phase-out arrangements +Excluded from core tier 1 capital due to cap +81 +80 +Valid cap of surplus provision for loan impairment in +tier 2 capital under the internal ratings-based approach +Capital instruments subject to phase-out arrangements +Valid cap to core tier 1 capital instruments for +X04 +under +regulatory +162,910 +scope of +31 December 2020 +Consolidated +balance sheet +as in published +financial +statements* +277,705 +277,705 +265,962 +265,962 +489,231 +522,913 +301,191 +346,457 +3,537,795 +3,537,795 +3,098,438 +3,098,438 +Derivative financial assets +other financial institutions +Placements with banks and +Precious metals +institutions +Due from banks and other financial +Cash and balances with central banks +Assets +consolidation* +scope of +regulatory +under +31 December 2020 +Balance sheet +consolidation* +4.0% +232,865 +X03 +8.0% +8.0% +6.0% +6.0% +5.0% +5.0% +71 Capital adequacy ratio +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +70 +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +69 +Domestic minima for regulatory capital +8.18% +8.31% +68 Percentage of core tier 1 capital meeting buffers to +risk-weighted assets +1.5% +1.5% +Including: G-SIB buffer requirements +67 +Including: Countercyclical buffer requirements +66 +2.5% +2.5% +Including: Capital conservation buffer requirements +65 +Amounts below the thresholds for deduction +79 +72 +74 +507,096 +579,219 +tier 2 capital under the weighted approach +Surplus provision for loan impairment under the internal +ratings-based approach +78 +X02 +7,802 +15,909 +X01 +23,204 +24,545 +Provision for loan impairment under the weighted approach +Valid cap of surplus provision for loan impairment in +77 +76 +Valid caps of surplus provision for loan impairment in +tier 2 capital +N/A +65,719 +74,611 +N/A +X06+X10+X13 +32,452 +28,773 +X05+X07+X08+ +X09+X12+X29+X30 +138,247 +155,815 +Undeducted portion of non-significant minority +investments in capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are not subject to consolidation +Undeducted portion of significant minority investments +in capital instruments issued by financial institutions +that are not subject to consolidation +Mortgage servicing rights (net of deferred tax liabilities) +Deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences +(net of deferred tax liabilities) +75 +73 +560,683 +206 +X05 +N/A +Including: If temporary write-down, +Including: If write-down, permanent or temporary +Including: If write-down, full or partial +Including: If write-down, write-down trigger(s) +No +No +No +3 +N/A +N/A +The Bank +Core tier 1 capital +Mandatory +The initial conversion price +is equal to the average +trading price of the A shares +of the Bank for the +20 trading days preceding +25 July 2014, the date of +publication of the Board +resolution in respect of +the issuance plan +Trigger Event occurs; +fully convertible when +a Tier 2 Capital Trigger 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+Including: Transition arrangement +Regulatory treatment +Bond Issuance in China's +Inter-bank Bond Market, as +well as other applicable laws, +regulations and normative +documents/China +Republic of China, the +Regulation Governing +Capital of Commercial Banks +(Provisional) and the Measures +for Administration of Financial +Governed by the Commercial +Banking Law of the People's +The creation and issue of the +Offshore Preference Shares +and the rights and obligations +(including non-contractual +rights and obligations) +attached to them are governed +by, and shall be construed in +accordance with, PRC law +Company Law of the People's +Republic of China, Securities +Law of the People's Republic +of China, Guidance of the +State Council on Launch of +Preference Shares Pilot, Trial +Administrative Measures on +Preference Shares, Guidance +on the Issuance of Preference +Shares of Commercial Banks to +Replenish Tier 1 Capital/China +The Bank +1928018 +Undated additional tier 1 +capital bonds (Domestic) +Preference shares +(Offshore) +The Bank +4620 +Preference shares +(Domestic) +The Bank +360036 +Governing law(s) of the instrument +Unique identifier +Issuer +capital instrument +Main features of regulatory +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +286 +N/A +No +Additional tier 1 capital +instrument +RMB79,987 +Including: Post-transition arrangement of +Additional tier 1 capital +USD2,900 +Other equity +RMB70,000 +Other equity +19 September 2019 +Perpetual +RMB equivalent 19,687 +instrument +RMB69,981 +Parent company/Group +Additional tier 1 capital +Additional tier 1 capital +instrument +Additional tier 1 capital +Parent company/Group +Parent company/Group +call dates and redemption amount +Including: Optional call date, contingent +Issuer call (subject to prior supervisory approval) +Including: Original maturity date +Perpetual or dated +Original date of issuance +Accounting treatment +Par value of instrument (in millions) +(in millions, as at the latest reporting date) +Amount recognised in regulatory capital +Instrument type +company/group level +Including: Eligible to the parent +Commercial Banks (Provisional) +Regulation Governing Capital of +Additional tier 1 capital +Additional tier 1 capital +ICBC +N/A +Floating +Including: Preference shares +354,331 +Other equity instruments +X18 +356,407 +Share capital +X17 +418,415 +Including: Valid portion of tier 2 capital instruments and their premiums +791,375 +Debt securities issued +115,381 +Other +3,946 +Repossessed assets +5,541 +Long-term deferred expenses +X16 +7,691 +Goodwill +274,468 +Other receivables +X15 +15,506 +Including: Land use rights +134,614 +X14 +X28 +219,717 +Surplus reserve +Other +Foreign currency translation reserve +Changes in share of other owners' equity of associates and joint ventures +Item +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +283 +Annual Report 2021 +X20 +(4,202) +items that are not fair-valued on the balance sheet +Including: Cash flow hedge reserve that relates to the hedging of +(4,243) +Reserve for cash flow hedging +24,435 +Reserve for changes in fair value of financial assets +X24 +(18,658) +Other comprehensive income +X19 +148,597 +Capital reserve +X32 +Including: Perpetual bonds +General reserve +21,175 +2,283 +31 December 2021 +capital instruments issued by financial institutions that +are not subject to consolidation +Including: Significant minority investments in tier 2 +capital instruments issued by financial institutions that +are not subject to consolidation +Financial investments measured at amortised cost +Including: Non-significant minority investments in tier 2 +capital instruments issued by financial institutions that +are not subject to consolidation +Including: Non-significant minority investments in tier 2 +capital instruments issued by financial institutions that +are not subject to consolidation +Including: Significant minority investments in core tier 1 +Including: Non-significant minority investments in core tier 1 +capital instruments issued by financial institutions that +are not subject to consolidation +Financial investments measured at FVTOCI +Item +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +capital instruments issued by financial institutions that +are not subject to consolidation +X08 +140,871 +X07 +Including: Non-significant minority investments in tier 2 +Including: Non-significant minority investments in additional tier 1 +capital instruments issued by financial institutions that +are not subject to consolidation +capital instruments issued by financial institutions that +are not subject to consolidation +X06 +21 +Including: Significant minority investments in core tier 1 +Balance sheet +under regulatory +Intangible assets +scope of +consolidation +13,052 +430,485 +Interest receivable +Other asset +are not subject to consolidation +X13 +26,284 +Including: Undeducted portion of significant minority investments in +capital instruments issued by financial institutions that +financial institutions that are not subject to consolidation +investments in capital instruments issued by +X12 +1,686 +Including: Undeducted portion of non-significant minority +X11 +7,980 +Including: Investments in core tier 1 capital instruments issued by financial +institutions that are under control but not subject to consolidation +69,762 +Long-term equity investments +X31 +X30 +6,756,647 +X29 +X10 +2,468 +X09 +Reference +1,743,097 +Including: Coupon rate and any related index +Retained profits +Including: Valid portion of core tier 1 capital +Additional tier 1 +Group +Preference shares +(Domestic) +Parent company/ +Share capital, +capital reserve +19 October 2006 +Perpetual +RMB269,612 +capital instrument +RMB336,554 +Including: Original maturity date +Perpetual or dated +Original date of issuance +Accounting treatment +Par value of instrument (in millions) +(in millions, as at the latest reporting date) +Amount recognised in regulatory capital +Instrument type +Group +Group +Core tier 1 +Ordinary shares +(H share) +Parent company/ +Parent company/ +Including: Eligible to the parent company/ +group level +Ordinary shares +(A share) +capital instrument +Main features of regulatory +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +Core tier 1 +capital instrument +284 +RMB168,374 +RMB86,795 +Floating +Including: Fixed or floating dividend/coupon +Coupons/dividends +N/A +N/A +N/A +N/A +if applicable +Including: Subsequent call dates, +dates and redemption amount +Including: Optional call date, contingent call +approval) +Issuer call (subject to prior supervisory +Yes +No maturity date +No maturity date +No +No +No maturity date +Perpetual +Perpetual +18 November 2015 +Other equity +RMB45,000 +RMB44,947 +Share capital, +capital reserve +19 October 2006 +capital instrument +Minority interests +Commercial Banks (Provisional) +Additional tier 1 capital +X25 +3,539 +9,805 +X23 +1,618,142 +X22 +438,640 +X21 +356,849 +1,609 +(39,707) +(752) +Reference +scope of +consolidation +31 December 2021 +Balance sheet +under regulatory +Including: Transition arrangement +Regulatory treatment +Governing law(s) of the instrument +Unique identifier +Issuer +capital instrument +Main features of regulatory +(iv) Main features of eligible capital instruments +Including: Valid portion of tier 2 capital +Including: Valid portion of additional tier 1 capital +655 +Regulation Governing Capital of +X26 +X27 +Core tier 1 capital +Core tier 1 capital +Including: Post-transition arrangement of +of Regulation Governing Capital +of Commercial Banks (Provisional) +Additional tier 1 capital +Core tier 1 capital +Core tier 1 capital +Commercial Banks +to Replenish Tier 1 +Capital/China +the Issuance of +Preference Shares of +Guidance on +Preference Shares, +Administrative Measures on +Shares Pilot, Trial +State Council on +Launch of Preference +Guidance of the +Securities Law of the +People's Republic of China. +Company Law of the +People's Republic of China, +360011 +The Bank +Securities and Futures +Ordinance of Hong Kong/ +Hong Kong SAR, China +Securities Law of the +People's Republic of +China/China +The Bank +1398 +Preference shares +(Domestic) +Ordinary shares +(H share) +Ordinary shares +(A share) +The Bank +601398 +1,116 +3.58% (dividend rate) +before 23 September 2025 +Yes +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +424,899 +11,781 +8,044 +3,737 +46.5 +20,667,245 +37,176 +22,095 +15,081 +68.3 +Other non-interest related gains amounted to RMB37,176 million, RMB15,081 million or 68.3% higher than that of the +previous year. Specifically, the increase in net trading income was mainly attributable to the increase in gains on derivative +financial instruments; the increase in net gains on financial investments was primarily due to the increase in gains on equity +instruments and bond investments; and the increase in other net operating income was mainly because of the increase in net +gains on exchange and exchange rate products. +Operating Expenses +Item +2021 +2020 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Increase/ Growth rate +(decrease) +(%) +Staff costs +139,363 +126,572 +12,791 +10.1 +Other operating income, net +39.0 +4,611 +11,829 +1,809 +1.4 +In 2021, the Bank's net fee and commission income was RMB133,024 million, an increase of RMB1,809 million over last +year. Specifically, income from settlement, clearing business and cash management increased by RMB2, 169 million, mainly +driven by the growth of third party payment business income; income from investment banking business registered an +increase of RMB956 million, mainly due to the income increase from securitization service etc.; asset custody business +income increased by RMB1,193 million, principally attributable to the increasing income from mutual fund custody business. +The Bank adhered to the business transformation and implemented the policy of fee reduction and profit concessions, +resulting in the income decrease on bank card, corporate wealth management, guarantee and commitment businesses. +Annual Report 2021 +25 +Discussion and Analysis +Other Non-Interest Related Gains +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Increase/ +Growth rate +Property and equipment expenses +Item +2020 +(decrease) +(%) +Net trading income +8,955 +2,222 +6,733 +303.0 +Net gains on financial investments +16,440 +2021 +28,822 +27,960 +862 +Income Tax Expense +Income tax expense increased by RMB242 million or 0.3% to RMB74,683 million as compared to the previous year. The +effective tax rate stood at 17.58%. Please see "Note 15. to the Consolidated Financial Statements: Income Tax Expense" for +the reconciliation of income tax expense applicable to profit before tax at the PRC statutory income tax rate and the effective +income tax expense. +26 +ICBC +Summary Geographical Segment Information +Discussion and Analysis +In RMB millions, except for percentages +2020 +2021 +Percentage +Share of results of associates and joint ventures stood at RMB2,869 million, representing an increase of RMB1,565 million +or 120.0% over last year, mainly due to the increase in the Bank's share of results from Standard Bank, an associate of the +Bank. +Percentage +Amount +(%) +Amount +(%) +Operating income +860,880 +100.0 +800,075 +100.0 +Head Office +Item +131,215 +Share of Results of Associates and Joint Ventures +Impairment Losses on Assets +3.1 +Taxes and surcharges +9,318 +8,524 +794 +9.3 +Amortisation +3,125 +2,607 +518 +In 2021, the Bank set aside the impairment losses on assets of RMB202,623 million, a decrease of RMB45 million as +compared to that of last year. Specifically, the impairment losses on loans was RMB168,267 million, indicating a decrease +of RMB3,563 million or 2.1%. Please refer to "Note 23. to the Consolidated Financial Statements: Loans and Advances to +Customers; Note 14. to the Consolidated Financial Statements: Impairment Losses on Assets" for details. +19.9 +Total +55,599 +40,922 +14,677 +35.9 +236,227 +206,585 +29,642 +14.3 +In 2021, operating expenses amounted to RMB236,227 million, an increase of RMB29,642 million or 14.3% over last year. +Other +133,024 +Net fee and commission income +1.6 +1.61 +24 +24 +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis +Interest Expense on Due to Banks and Other Financial Institutions +Interest expense on due to banks and other financial institutions was RMB44,387 million, RMB7,090 million or 13.8% lower +than that of last year, principally attributable to the decline in cost as affected by the factors such as market interest rates +and product maturities. +Interest Expense on Debt Securities Issued +Interest expense on debt securities issued was RMB29,526 million, indicating a decrease of RMB580 million or 1.9% over +last year. Please refer to "Note 35. to the Consolidated Financial Statements: Debt Securities Issued" for the debt securities +issued by the Bank. +Non-interest Income +364,173 +In 2021, non-interest income was RMB170,200 million, RMB16,890 million or 11.0% higher than that of last year, +accounting for 19.8% of the operating income. Specifically, net fee and commission income increased by 1.4% to +RMB133,024 million, and other non-interest related gains rose by 68.3% to RMB37,176 million. +Item +2021 +2020 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Increase/ +(decrease) +Growth rate +(%) +Settlement, clearing business and +41,270 +39,101 +2,169 +Net Fee and Commission Income +5.5 +22,670,373 +397,625 +11,429,562 +189,118 +18,678 +207,796 +2.98 5,723,692 +167,153 +2.92 +0.37 +4,509,984 +17,243 +0.38 +1.82 +1.62 +10,233,676 +1.80 +Overseas business +984,304 +9,981 +1.01 +892,484 +14,048 +1.57 +Total deposits +24,477,111 +184,396 +135,419 +cash management +30,001 +7,545 +1,193 +15.8 +Trust and agency services +1,808 +1,617 +191 +11.8 +Other +2,894 +8,738 +3,037 +(4.7) +Fee and commission income +148,727 +146,668 +2,059 +1.4 +Less: Fee and commission expense +15,703 +15,453 +250 +(143) +Personal wealth management and +Asset custody business +(345) +29,630 +371 +1.3 +private banking services +Investment banking business +22,416 +21,460 +956 +4.5 +Bank card business +(3.4) +16,679 +(1,944) +(10.4) +Corporate wealth management services +15,165 +15,554 +(389) +(2.5) +Guarantee and commitment business +9,756 +10,101 +18,623 +Subtotal +15.8 +13.5 +Reverse repurchase agreements +Other +Total assets +663,496 +1.9 +739,288 +2.2 +1,215,339 +3.4 +1,258,611 +3.8 +35,171,383 +100.0 +33,345,058 +100.0 +Note: (1) Please see "Note 23. to the Consolidated Financial Statements: Loans and Advances to Customers". +Loan +The Bank continued to improve the quality and efficiency +of serving the real economy, actively supported the +construction of ongoing infrastructure projects and major +projects for making up shortcomings, and implemented +strategic arrangements such as new urbanization initiatives +and building a country with strong transportation +network. It fully supported the high-quality development +of the manufacturing industry, served the state's energy +supply security and low-carbon transformation strategy, +and grasped the development opportunities of green +finance comprehensively. It mainly supported the state's +food security, stable production and supply of important +agricultural products, transformation and upgrading +of agricultural industries and integrated development +of industrial chains. As at the end of 2021, total loans +amounted to RMB20,667,245 million, RMB2,042,937 +million or 11.0% higher compared with the end of the +previous year, of which RMB denominated loans of +domestic branches were RMB18,929,925 million, up by +RMB2,124,707 million or 12.6%. +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS BY BUSINESS LINE +At 31 December 2021 +financial institutions +3.2 +1,081,897 +2.4 +603,764 +(%) +Amount +18,624,308 +42,320 +530,300 +Percentage +(%) +Net loans and advances to customers(1) +Investment +20,109,200 +57.2 +18,136,328 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2020 +54.4 +26.3 +8,591,139 +25.8 +Cash and balances with central banks +3,098,438 +8.8 +3,537,795 +10.6 +Due from banks and other +827,150 +9,257,760 +Percentage +Percentage +Item +38.2 +Residential mortgages +6,362,685 +30.8 +5,728,315 +30.8 +Personal consumption loans +187,316 +0.9 +183,716 +7,115,279 +0.9 +702,441 +3.4 +521,638 +2.8 +Credit card overdrafts +692,339 +3.3 +681,610 +3.7 +Total +Personal business loans +45,719 +38.4 +Personal loans +Corporate loans +Amount +12,194,706 +(%) +59.0 +Amount +11,102,733 +(%) +59.6 +Short-term corporate loans +2,737,742 +13.2 +7,944,781 +2,643,212 +Medium to long-term corporate loans +9,456,964 +45.8 +8,459,521 +45.4 +Discounted bills +527,758 +2.6 +406,296 +2.2 +14.2 +20,667,245 +Amount +Percentage +29,582 +3.4 +32,342 +4.0 +Overseas and other +74,045 +8.6 +60,588 +7.6 +Profit before taxation +Northeastern China +424,899 +392,126 +100.0 +Head Office +58,031 +13.6 +34,092 +8.7 +Yangtze River Delta +83,920 +19.8 +100.0 +75,295 +15.2 +14.7 +Yangtze River Delta +136,544 +15.9 +130,424 +16.3 +Pearl River Delta +107,474 +12.5 +102,902 +12.9 +121,336 +Bohai Rim +16.9 +145,927 +18.1 +Central China +105,357 +12.2 +98,851 +12.4 +Western China +126,799 +145,660 +107,705 +19.2 +59,699 +2,593 +0.7 +Overseas and other +45,015 +10.5 +27,188 +6.9 +Note: Please see "Note 48. to the Consolidated Financial Statements: Segment Information" for details. +Balance Sheet Analysis +In 2021, in response to the changes in external +development trends, the Bank earnestly implemented +macro-economic and financial policies and regulatory +requirements, and continued to enhance the foresight, +scientificity and initiative of asset and liability management, +and appropriately arranged the aggregate amount, +structure and pace of assets and liabilities. While +maintaining a moderate growth of the total assets and +liabilities, the Bank earnestly followed the regulatory +orientation, continued to promote liability quality +management, and gradually established a liability quality +management system that is commensurate with the +development of liability business. Besides, it strived to +cement the foundation for deposit development, and +maintained steady development of liability business. The +Bank deeply promoted the continuous optimization of the +asset and liability structure and coordinated development +of quantity and price, and enhanced the adaptability, +competitiveness and inclusiveness of serving the real +economy. +0.3 +Assets Deployment +Annual Report 2021 +27 +Discussion and Analysis +Item +Total loans and advances to customers +Add: Accrued interest +Less: Allowance for impairment losses on +loans and advances to customers +measured at amortised cost +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2020 +At 31 December 2021 +As at the end of 2021, total assets of the Bank amounted +to RMB35,171,383 million, RMB1,826,325 million or +5.5% higher than that at the end of the previous year. +Specifically, total loans and advances to customers +(collectively referred to as "total loans") increased by +RMB2,042,937 million or 11.0% to RMB20,667,245 +million, investment increased by RMB666,621 million or +7.8% to RMB9,257,760 million, and cash and balances +with central banks decreased by RMB439,357 million or +12.4% to RMB3,098,438 million. +Pearl River Delta +1,259 +17.0 +Profit before taxation +ICBC +28 +100.0 +18,624,308 +14.1 +67,383 +17.2 +Bohai Rim +64,383 +Northeastern China +15.2 +19.4 +Central China +47,115 +11.1 +42,655 +10.9 +Western China +65,477 +15.4 +66,598 +76,322 +5,091,927 +Total +6,337,635 +Loans and advances to customers +19,996,414 +832,136 +4.16 +17,979,409 +766,407 +4.26 +Investment +7,999,530 +262,827 +3.29 +7,223,638 +243,545 +3.37 +Due from central banks (2) +2,888,381 +42,027 +1.46 +2,848,543 +42,022 +1.48 +cost (%) +Item +Assets +income/ Average yield/ +expense +1,878 +1,779 +99 +5.6 +Annual Report 2021 +21 +Discussion and Analysis +Net Interest Income +In 2021, net interest income was RMB690,680 million, RMB43,915 million or 6.8% higher than that of last year, accounting +for 80.2% of the Bank's operating income. Interest income grew by RMB69,697 million or 6.4% to RMB1,162,218 million +and interest expenses increased by RMB25,782 million or 5.8% to RMB471,538 million. Net interest spread and net interest +margin ("NIM") came at 1.92% and 2.11% respectively, down 5 basis points and 4 basis points respectively from the +previous year, mainly because the Bank continued to provide favorable fee policy for the real economy and further reduced +the financing cost of enterprises. +AVERAGE YIELD OF INTEREST-GENERATING ASSETS AND AVERAGE COST OF INTEREST-BEARING LIABILITIES +Demand deposits +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Interest +2021 +Interest +Average +income/ Average yield/ +Average +balance +expense +cost (%) +balance +2020 +Due from banks and other +1,772,522 +25,228 +1.62 +22,670,373 +364,173 +1.61 +Due to banks and other +3,287,917 +44,387 +1.35 +2,938,129 +51,477 +397,625 +1.75 +Debt securities issued +1,072,667 +29,526 +2.75 +1,028,929 +30,106 +2.93 +Total interest-bearing liabilities +28,837,695 +471,538 +financial institutions(3) +Non-controlling +interests +24,477,111 +Liabilities +1.42 +2,003,882 +40,547 +2.02 +financial institutions(3) +Total interest-generating assets +32,656,847 +1,162,218 +3.56 +30,055,472 +Deposits +1,092,521 +Non-interest-generating assets +2,659,895 +2,865,115 +Allowance for impairment losses on +(574,932) +(506,316) +assets +Total assets +34,741,810 +32,414,271 +3.64 +under PRC GAAP and Those +under IFRSS +Statements Prepared +33 Reconciliation of Differences +between the Financial +Operating income +11.0 +16,890 +153,310 +170,200 +Non-interest income +6.8 +43,915 +646,765 +690,680 +860,880 +Net interest income +(decrease) +2020 +2021 +Item +Increase/ Growth rate +In RMB millions, except for percentages +CHANGES OF KEY INCOME STATEMENT ITEMS +In 2021, facing the complicated and tough business environment, the +Bank maintained sound business quality, constantly elevated the quality +and efficiency of financial services, and further improved its capability in +balancing and coordinating sustainable development. In the year, the Bank +realized a net profit of RMB350,216 million, representing an increase of +RMB32,531 million or 10.2% as compared to the previous year. Return +on average total assets stood at 1.02%, and return on weighted average +equity was 12.15%. Operating income amounted to RMB860,880 million, +representing an increase of 7.6%, of which, net interest income grew +by 6.8% to RMB690,680 million; non-interest income was RMB170,200 +million, up by 11.0%. Operating expenses amounted to RMB236,227 +million, representing an increase of 14.3%, and the cost-to-income ratio +was 26.36%. Impairment losses on assets were RMB202,623 million. +Income tax expense rose by 0.3% to RMB74,683 million. +Income Statement Analysis +• Shareholders' Equity +(%) +• Assets Deployment +• Liabilities +800,075 +7.6 +joint ventures +• Off-balance Sheet Items +120.0 +1,565 +1,304 +2,869 +Share of results of associates and +8.0 +31,208 +390,822 +60,805 +422,030 +(0.0) +(45) +202,668 +202,623 +Less: Impairment losses on assets +14.3 +29,642 +206,585 +236,227 +Less: Operating expenses +Operating profit +1.64 +27 Balance Sheet Analysis +• +ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS +Discussion and Analysis +392,126 +32,773 +8.4 +33 Analysis on Statement of +Cash Flows +Less: Income tax expense +Net profit +74,683 +74,441 +242 +In 2021, the global economy recovered on the whole, but +in the second half of the year, affected by the impact of +the epidemic, energy shortage, supply chain bottleneck +and other factors, the economic recovery momentum +witnessed marginal slowdown and rising inflation. The +monetary policy shift of major developed economies +accelerated, with increasing fluctuation in the international +financial market. +0.3 +317,685 +32,531 +10.2 +Attributable to: Equity holders +348,338 +315,906 +32,432 +10.3 +of the parent +company +350,216 +Summary Geographical +Segment Information +China's economy continued to recover steadily. In 2021, +China's gross domestic product (GDP), retail sales of +consumer goods, fixed asset investment (excluding rural +households), industrial added value of enterprises above +designated size, and total (RMB-denominated) imports +and exports of trade in goods rose by 8.1%, 12.5%, +4.9%, 9.6% and 21.4% year on year respectively, while +consumer price index (CPI) increased mildly by 0.9% year +on year. +supply chain. Moreover, China promoted coordinated +development between urban and rural areas, and +supported the effective link between the achievements of +poverty alleviation and rural revitalization. +• Income Tax Expense +• Share of Results of +Associates and Joint +Ventures +• Impairment Losses on +Assets +Operating Expenses +• +• Non-interest Income +• Interest Expense +• Interest Income +• Net Interest Income +21 Income Statement Analysis +Proactive fiscal policy was implemented to improve quality +and efficiency. China deepened the reform of the fiscal +and tax systems, carried out the tax and fee reduction +policy, optimized the management of special bonds of +local governments, and improved the regular mechanism +for targeted allocation of fiscal funds. It continuously +increased investment in science and technology and +people's livelihood, and stabilized the industrial chain and +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +20 +In 2021, ICBC steadily pushed forward the strategic +pattern of "bringing out our strengths to make up for +our weaknesses and laying a solid foundation and base", +reinforced the working method of "Three Comparisons, +Three Reviews and Three Improvements" and achieved +operating results of making progress while maintaining +stability and improving quality. The Bank continued +to consolidate its scale advantage, and ranked first in +the industry in terms of asset scale, green loans, loans +to strategic emerging industries, balance of loans to +manufacturing and balance of deposits. The Bank +continued to enhance its profitability, and maintained a +leading position among peers in terms of income scale and +total profit. Asset quality continued to be consolidated and +the risk offsetting capacity continued to be enhanced. The +Bank maintained its advantage in international influence, +ranking the 1st place among the Top 1000 World Banks by +The Banker, the 1st place in the Global 2000 by Forbes, and +the 1st place in the list of commercial banks of the Global +500 in Fortune for the ninth consecutive year. +The asset scale of commercial banks grew steadily, +with continuously improving asset quality, stronger +risk offsetting capacity, robust profitability and steadily +enhanced global competitiveness. At the end of 2021, +the RMB and foreign-currency assets of commercial banks +totaled RMB288.6 trillion, up 8.6% year on year. The +balance of NPLs reached RMB2.8 trillion, with a NPL ratio +of 1.73% and allowance to NPLs of 196.9%. The capital +adequacy ratio was 15.13%. Specifically, the RMB and +foreign-currency assets of large commercial banks totaled +RMB138.4 trillion, accounting for 48.0%. The balance of +NPLs of large commercial banks reached RMB1.1 trillion, +with a NPL ratio of 1.37% and allowance to NPLs of +239.2%. The capital adequacy ratio was 17.29%. Among +the Top 1000 World Banks 2021 by The Banker, six major +state-owned commercial banks ranked in the top 15. +The financial system ran smoothly. At the end of 2021, +the balance of broad money supply (M2) was RMB238.3 +trillion, up 9.0% year on year. The existing social financing +scale size stood at RMB314.1 trillion, up 10.3% year on +year. The outstanding RMB loans reached RMB192.7 +trillion, increasing by 11.6% year on year. The balance +of RMB deposits amounted to RMB232.3 trillion, up +9.3% year on year. The total issuance amount of various +bonds in the bond market reached RMB61.4 trillion, up +7.8% year on year. The stock market index fluctuated +upward, with the Shanghai Composite Index and the +Shenzhen Component Index increasing by 4.8% and +2.7% respectively over the end of last year. The central +parity of RMB against the US dollar was RMB6.3757, an +appreciation of 2.3% from the end of last year. +Regulatory policies have +supported high-quality +development. The real estate loan concentration +management, green finance evaluation plan, education +opinion of "easing the burden of excessive homework and +off-campus tutoring for students undergoing compulsory +education" and measures for regulating the economic +development of internet platforms were promulgated and +implemented to prevent risks and monopolies in promoting +development. The Guidelines on Macro Prudential Policies +(Trial), the Measures for Regulatory Rating of Commercial +Banks and the Additional Regulation on Systemically +Important Banks (Trial) were successively issued to enhance +risk management capability and prudential operation +of banks. The Guidelines on Corporate Governance of +Banking and Insurance Institutions and other regulations +were issued to strengthen shareholder equity supervision +and regulate the performance of directors and supervisors. +The pilot program of pension wealth management +products was launched, and relevant policies on equity- +convertible capital bonds were improved to support capital +replenishment of small and medium-sized banks. +Discussion and Analysis +19 +Annual Report 2021 +The prudent monetary policy was flexible, targeted and +appropriate. PBC maintained reasonable and adequate +liquidity by comprehensive use of various tools such as +reserve requirement ratio (RRR) cut and structural policies. +It created tools supporting carbon emission reduction, +launched special relending for clean and efficient utilization +of coal, and made good use of relending for supporting +agriculture and small enterprises and two directly targeting +instruments, to strengthen support for key areas such as +scientific and technological innovation, manufacturing, +small and micro enterprises and green development. +By playing a role of the Loan Prime Rate (LPR), PBC +pushed forward to reduce comprehensive financing cost +of enterprises while maintaining it at an overall stable +level, and optimized the method of determining the self- +disciplined capping of deposit interest rate, to improve the +freedom and accuracy of independent pricing of deposit +interest rate of commercial banks and promote orderly +competition in the industry. Besides, PBC deepened the +market-oriented reform of exchange rates and kept the +flexibility of RMB exchange rates. +FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANALYSIS +26,637,431 +100.0 +1.67 +income +balance +income +Due to banks and other financial institutions +balance +Item +Average yield +Interest +Average +Average yield +(%) +Interest +2020 +2021 +4,663 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +ANALYSIS OF THE AVERAGE YIELD OF LOANS AND ADVANCES TO CUSTOMERS BY BUSINESS LINE +Discussion and Analysis +23 +Annual Report 2021 +advances to customers +4.26 +Average +766,407 +Corporate loans +439,575 +2.32 +32,723 +1,412,759 +Overseas business +4.77 +314,940 +6,606,897 +4.71 +349,572 +7,415,770 +10,787,207 +Personal loans +11,883 +443,764 +2.70 +10,266 +380,678 +Discounted bills +4.23 +400,605 +9,461,995 +4.08 +2.68 +1,466,753 +17,979,409 +832,136 +Item +In RMB millions, except for percentages +ANALYSIS OF THE AVERAGE YIELD OF LOANS AND ADVANCES TO CUSTOMERS BY MATURITY STRUCTURE +Interest income on loans and advances to customers was RMB832,136 million, RMB65,729 million or 8.6% higher as +compared to that of last year, mainly due to the increase in the size of loans and advances to customers. +Interest Income on Loans and Advances to Customers +Interest Income +Note: Changes in volume are measured by the changes in average balances, while the changes in interest rate are measured by the changes +in average interest rates. Changes resulted from the combination of volume and interest rate have been allocated to the changes +resulted from business volume. +43,915 +(25,013) +68,928 +Average +balance +Changes in net interest income +(11,338) +37,120 +Changes in interest expenses +(580) +(1,852) +(11,753) +(7,090) +Debt securities issued +1,272 +445,756 +25,782 +4.16 +2021 +Interest +income +Average yield +19,996,414 +Total loans and +4.44 +623,364 +14,044,578 +4.32 +689,587 +15,951,269 +Medium to long-term loans +3.64 +2020 +143,043 +3.52 +142,549 +4,045,145 +Short-term loans +(%) +Average yield +Interest +income +balance +(%) +Average +3,934,831 +38,979 +(%) +Total loans and +Net increase/ +(decrease) +Loans and advances to customers +83,708 +(17,979) +65,729 +Investment +25,061 +(5,779) +19,282 +Due from central banks +Interest rate +575 +5 +Due from banks and other financial institutions +(3,296) +(12,023) +(15,319) +Changes in interest income +106,048 +(36,351) +69,697 +Liabilities +(570) +Deposits +Volume +In RMB millions +Non-interest-bearing liabilities +Total liabilities +1,991,928 +30,829,623 +2,114,998 +28,752,429 +Net interest income +690,680 +646,765 +Net interest spread +1.92 +1.97 +Comparison between 2021 and 2020 +Increase/(decrease) due to +Net interest margin +2.15 +Notes: (1) The average balances of interest-generating assets and interest-bearing liabilities represent their daily average balances. The +average balances of non-interest-generating assets, non-interest-bearing liabilities and the allowance for impairment losses on +assets represent the average of the balances at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year. +(2) Due from central banks mainly includes mandatory reserves and surplus reserves with central banks. +(3) Due from banks and other financial institutions includes the amount of reverse repurchase agreements, and due to banks and +other financial institutions includes the amount of repurchase agreements etc. +22 +ICBC +ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN INTEREST INCOME AND EXPENSE +Item +2.66 +Discussion and Analysis +2.11 +31,185 +Assets +33,452 +Average +balance +(%) +Average cost +Interest +expense +Average +balance +Item +2021 +ANALYSIS OF AVERAGE DEPOSIT COST BY PRODUCTS +Interest expense on deposits amounted to RMB397,625 million, representing an increase of RMB33,452 million or 9.2% +over the previous year, principally due to the expansion in the size of due to customers. +Interest Expense on Deposits +In RMB millions, except for percentages +2020 +Interest +expense +Interest Expense +Interest income on investment amounted to RMB262,827 million, representing an increase of RMB19,282 million or 7.9% as +compared to that of last year, mainly due to the increased scale in investment. +Interest Income on Investment +advances to customers +4.26 +2,267 +766,407 +17,979,409 +4.16 +832,136 +19,996,414 +Interest Income on Due from Banks and Other Financial Institutions +Average cost +Interest income on due from banks and other financial institutions was RMB25,228 million, representing a decrease of +RMB15,319 million or 37.8% as compared to that of last year, principally due to the factors such as reduced lending size +and low interest rate environment. +Corporate deposits +53,752 +(%) +0.79 +165,729 +1.44 +Personal deposits +6,787,204 +11,544,213 +179,848 +12,063,245 +Subtotal +Time deposits +1.49 +58,618 +Time deposits +4,929,388 +0.82 +2.46 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following information is disclosed in accordance with the Administrative Measures for Leverage Ratio of Commercial +Banks (Revised) (CBRC No.1, 2015). +6. Disclosure of Leverage Ratio +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +ICBC +300 +N/A +No +the present bonds; and pari +passu with other tier 2 capital +instruments that will possibly +be issued in the future and are +pari passu with the present +bonds +other subordinated debts +that have been issued by the +Issuer and are pari passu with +Subordinated to depositor and +general creditor; but senior to +equity capital, additional tier 1 +capital instruments and hybrid +capital bonds; pari passu with +(i) CBIRC having decided that +a write-down is necessary, +without which the Issuer +would become non-viable; +or (ii) any relevant authority +having decided that a public +sector injection of capital +or equivalent support is +necessary, without which the +Issuer would become +non-viable +Partial or full write-down +Permanent write-down +N/A +Total consolidated assets as per published financial statements +Consolidated adjustments for accounting purposes but outside +7 +the scope of regulatory consolidation +Adjustments for derivative financial instruments +Item +S/N +(ii) Leverage Ratio, Net Tier 1 Capital, Balance of Adjusted On- and Off-balance Sheet Assets +and Related Information +35,300,338 +(16,053) +2,059,325 +29,188 +85,324 +33,345,058 +(202,504) +40,027 +2,244,477 +(17,138) +37,292,522 +104,865 +(251,092) +35,171,383 +31 December +2020 +31 December +2021 +Balance of adjusted on- and off-balance sheet assets +Other adjustments +Adjustment for off-balance sheet items +Adjustment for securities financing transactions +Adjustments for fiduciary assets +11,893 +12,178,241 +6,666 +7,093,483 +17,538 +10,164 +12,295,976 +small business customers: +9 +5698 - +Stable deposits +6,534,836 +Less stable deposits +37,393 +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +42,896 +10,502 +6,973 +93,225 +6,497,443 +7,050,587 +7 Wholesale funding: +Retail deposits and deposits from +4 +Other capital instruments +31 December 2021 +Unweighted value +No. Item +No maturity +< 6 months +6 months to +< 1 year +Weighted +≥ 1 year +value +Available stable funding (ASF) item +1 +Capital: +3,514,552 +418,412 +2 +3 +Regulatory capital +3,514,552 +418,412 +3,932,964 +3,932,964 +7,036 +The Group discloses net stable funding ratio information in accordance with Measures for the Disclosure of Information on +Net Stable Funding Ratio by Commercial Banks (Yin Bao Jian Fa [2019] No. 11). +3,191 +8,598,100 +654,537 +629,422 +12 +NSFR derivative liabilities +13 +All other liabilities and +10,434 +1,002,488 +24,738 +24,738 +629,422 +equities not included +in the above categories +14 +Total ASF +Required stable funding (RSF) item +15 +Total NSFR high-quality +47,918 +606,619 +1,002,488 +10,434 +Other liabilities: +6,565,799 +309,032 +226,568 +7,450,606 +Operational deposits +8,253,459 +574,876 +14,226 +4,293 +4,425,573 +Other wholesale funding +344,641 +5,990,923 +294,806 +222,275 +3,025,033 +10 Liabilities with +matching interdependent assets +11 +12,202,751 +24,308,968 +Quantitative Information Disclosure of Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) Using +Advanced Capital Management Approach +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Retail deposits and deposits form small business customers of which: +2 +Cash outflows +5,840,091 +Total high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) +value +10 +11 +13,206,445 +Additional requirements, of which: +1,261,208 +Outflows related to derivative exposures and other collateral requirements +1,111,158 +1,111,158 +12 +Outflows related to loss of funding on debt products +13 +Credit and liquidity facilities +3,070,500 +1,317,060 +3 4 5 6 +Stable deposits +69,361 +69,361 +Unsecured debt +2,541,472 +5,699,530 +Non-operational deposits (all counterparties) +789 +banking activities) +2,187,318 +8,996,693 +Operational deposits (excluding those generated from correspondent +4,798,151 +14,765,584 +Unsecured wholesale funding, of which: +1,314,997 +13,149,973 +Less stable deposits +2,063 +56,472 +1,959,342 +8. +150,050 +Other contractual funding obligations +Total cash inflows +3,141,741 +2,364,988 +Total Adjusted +Value +21 +Total HQLA +22 +20 +Total net cash outflows +Liquidity coverage ratio (%) +Data of the above table are the simple arithmetic average of the 92 calendar days' figures of the recent quarter. +302 +ICBC +5,840,091 +5,207,733 +112.20% +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +23 +1,109,461 +1,112,279 +Other cash inflows +77,534 +77,512 +15 +Other contingent funding obligations +5,289,975 +16 +Total cash outflows +106,897 +7,572,721 +Cash inflows +17 +Secured lending (including reverse repos and securities borrowing) +528,439 +292,256 +18 +Inflows from fully performing exposures +1,501,023 +963,271 +10 +19 +14 +979,487 +liquid assets (HQLA) +16 +56,602* +11,320 +posted +31 +All other assets not included in +312,841 +418,055 +37,139 +13,883 +82,150 +the above categories +32 +Off-balance sheet items +8,033,526 +33 +Total RSF +34 +Net Stable Funding Ratio (%) +731,640 +61,801 +additional variation margin +NSFR derivative liabilities with +Physical traded commodities, +329,722 +16,881 +418,055 +37,139 +148,589 +775,134 +14,349 +including gold +28 +Assets posted as initial margin for +4,638 +3,942 +29 +2 +30 +derivative contracts and +contributions to +default funds of CCPs +value +NSFR derivative assets +247,195 +19,262,629 +126.20% +27 +(*) +304 +4 +Retail deposits and deposits from +6,408,762 +7,201,693 +11,731 +10,364 +12,275,079 +small business customers: +Other capital instruments +569% o +39,189 +50,721 +5,065 +6,613 +96,838 +Less stable deposits +6,369,573 +7,150,972 +Stable deposits +3 +3,737,677 +3,737,677 +358,573 +ICBC +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +30 September 2021 +Unweighted value +Item +1 +Capital: +2 +No. +Available stable funding (ASF) item +Regulatory capital +No maturity +< 6 months +6 months to +< 1 year +≥ 1 year +Weighted +value +3,379,104 +358,573 +3,379,104 +The amount of derivative liabilities shall be filled in for this item, which is the amount of NSFR derivative liabilities without +regard to maturity before deducting variation margin. It is excluded from the item 26 "Other assets". +Other assets: +26 +25 +171,280 +406,765 +secured by non-Level 1 HQLA +and unsecured loans to +financial institutions +20 +Loans to retail and +2,327,769 +247,457 +2,194,968 +small business customers, +non-financial institutions, +sovereigns, central banks and +PSES, of which: +21 +With a risk weight of +491,444 +360,373 +9,550,942 10,295,054 +745,042 +Loans to financial institutions +19 +Deposits held at +165,913 +37,813 +1,457 +914 +104,314 +other financial institutions for +operational purposes +17 +Loans and securities: +1,266 +18 +Loans to financial institutions +3,844,322 +479,994 +2,622,168 +1,701 +16,955,026 +136 +17,156,499 +72,421 +secured by Level 1 HQLA +298,663 +607,380 +less than or equal to 35% +under the Basel II +3,384 +429 +6,376,331 +value +5,419,938 +14,451 +10,029 +credit risk +24 +Securities that are not in +1,266 +289,424 +174,658 +856,337 +962,321 +default and do not qualify as +HQLA, including +exchange-traded equities +25 +Assets with matching +interdependent liabilities +2,093 +428 +3,751 +≥ 1 year +6 months to +< 1 year +standardised approach for +credit risk +Annual Report 2021 +303 +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +No. +Item +22 +Residential mortgages, of which: +23 +With a risk weight of +less than or equal to 35% +under the Basel II +standardised approach for +31 December 2021 +Unweighted value +No maturity +< 6 months +Weighted +299 +operational purposes +Debt securities issued +13 December 2021 +List of Domestic and Overseas Branches and Offices +307 +Annual Report 2021 +Tel: 0574-87361162 +Fax: 0574-87361190 +Postcode: 315010 +West Road, Ningbo City, +Zhejiang Province, China +Address: No. 218 Zhongshan +NINGBO BRANCH +Tel: 0471-6940833/6940297 +Fax: 0471-6940048 +NINGXIA BRANCH +Address: No. 67 Zhonghai Road, +Jinfeng District, Yinchuan +City, Ningxia Autonomous +Region, China +Postcode: 010060 +Xincheng District, Hohhot +INNER MONGOLIA BRANCH +Address: No. 10 East 2nd Ring Road, +Fax: 024-23491609 +Tel: 024-23491600 +Postcode: 110001 +Shenyang City, Liaoning +Province, China +Address: No. 88 Nanjing North +Road, Heping District, +LIAONING BRANCH +Fax: 0791-86695230 +City, Inner Mongolia +Autonomous Region, +China +Postcode: 750002 +Tel: 0951-5890912 +Fax: 0951-5890917 +Province, China +Taiyuan City, Shanxi +Address: No. 145 Yingze Street, +SHANXI BRANCH +Fax: 0531-87941749/66681200 +Tel: 0531-66681114 +Postcode: 250001 +Address: No. 310 Jingsi Road, Jinan +City, Shandong Province, +China +SHANDONG BRANCH +Fax: 0971-6152326 +Tel: 0971-6169722/6152326 +Postcode: 810001 +China +Address: No. 2 Shengli Road, Xining +City, Qinghai Province, +QINGHAI BRANCH +Fax: 0532-85814711 +Tel: 0532-66211001 +Postcode: 266071 +City, Shandong Province, +China +Address: No. 25 Shandong Road, +Shinan District, Qingdao +QINGDAO BRANCH +Tel: 0791-86695682/86695018 +Postcode: 330008 +Province, China +Address: No. 233, Fuhe North Road, +Nanchang City, Jiangxi +17 +HUBEI BRANCH +Fax: 0451-84698115 +Tel: 0451-84668023/84668577 +Postcode: 150010 +China +Daoli District, Harbin City, +Heilongjiang Province, +Address: No. 218 Zhongyang Street, +HEILONGJIANG BRANCH +Tel: 0371-65776888/65776808 +Fax: 0371-65776889/65776988 +Postcode: 450011 +Address: No. 99 Jingsan Road, +Zhengzhou City, Henan +Province, China +HENAN BRANCH +Tel: 0311-66000001 +Fax: 0311-66000002 +Postcode: 050051 +Address: Tower B, Zhonghua +Shangwu Tower, No. 188 +Zhongshan West Road, +Shijiazhuang City, Hebei +Province, China +HEBEI BRANCH +Tel: 0898-65303138/65342829 +Fax: 0898-65342986 +Postcode: 570203 +Road, Haikou City, Hainan +Province, China +Address: No. 54 Heping South +Address: No. 31 Zhongbei Road, +Postcode: 030001 +Wuchang District, Wuhan +City, Hubei Province, China +Tel: 027-69908676/69908658 +Fax: 027-69908040 +JIANGXI BRANCH +Fax: 025-52858111 +Tel: 025-52858000 +Postcode: 210006 +Jiangsu Province, China +South Road, Nanjing City, +Address: No. 408 Zhongshan +JIANGSU BRANCH +Fax: 0431-88923808 +Tel: 0431-89569718/89569007 +Postcode: 130022 +Jilin Province, China +Changchun City, +Address: No. 9559 Renmin Avenue, +JILIN BRANCH +Fax: 0731-84430039 +Tel: 0731-84428833/84420000 +Postcode: 410011 +City, Hunan Province, +China +Address: No. 619 Furong Middle +Road Yi Duan, Changsha +HUNAN BRANCH +Postcode: 430071 +HAINAN BRANCH +Tel: 0351-6248888/6248011 +SHAANXI BRANCH +Province, China +Address: 19-20/F, Tower B, Yang +Zi S&T Innovation Center +Phase I, Jiangbei New +Area, No. 211 Pubin Road, +Nanjing City, Jiangsu +ICBC Financial Asset Investment +Co., Ltd. +Fax: 021-58792299 +Tel: 021-58792288 +Postcode: 200120 +ICBC-AXA Assurance Co., Ltd. +Address: 19/F Mirae Asset Tower, +No. 166 Lujiazui Ring +Road, Pudong New Area, +Shanghai, China +Annual Report 2021 +No. 62 Second Street, +Economic Development +Zone, Tianjin, China +Postcode: 300457 +Postcode: 211800 +ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. +Address: Taida MSD-B1, +Postcode: 100033 +Xicheng District, Beijing, +China +No. 5 Financial Street, +Address: Tower A, Xinsheng Plaza, +Management Co., Ltd. +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset +Fax: 0571-87808207 +Tel: 0571-87803888 +Postcode: 310016 +Tel: 010-66583349 +Fax: 010-66583158 +Tel: 025-58172219 +ICBC Wealth Management Co., +Ltd. +Address: No. 6 Financial Street, +ICBC +308 +Fax: 0573-85139626 +Tel: 0573-85139616 +Postcode: 314200 +Zhejiang Province, China +Road, Pinghu City, +Address: No.258 Chengnan West +Zhejiang Pinghu ICBC Rural +Bank Co., Ltd. +Fax: 023-85297709 +Tel: 023-85297704 +Postcode: 402760 +District, Chongqing, China +Biquan Street, Bishan +Address: No.8 Xianshan Road, +Chongqing Bishan ICBC Rural +Bank Co., Ltd. +Fax: 010-86509901 +Tel: 010-86509184 +Postcode: 100032 +Beijing, China +Xicheng District, +Hangzhou City, Zhejiang +Province, China +Address: No. 66 Juyuan Road, +Jianggan District, +ZHEJIANG BRANCH +Fax: 0871-63134637 +Fax: 028-82866025 +TIANJIN BRANCH +Tel: 028-82866000 +Postcode: 610020 +SICHUAN BRANCH +Address: No. 45 Zongfu Road, +Jinjiang District, Chengdu +City, Sichuan Province, +China +Fax: 0755-82246247 +Tel: 0755-82246400 +Postcode: 518015 +District, Shenzhen City, +Guangdong Province, +China +Shennan East Road, Luohu +Center, No. 5055 +Address: North Block Financial +SHENZHEN BRANCH +Fax: 021-58882888 +Tel: 021-58885888/68088888 +Postcode: 200120 +Address: No. 8 Yincheng Road, +Pudong New District, +Shanghai, China +SHANGHAI BRANCH +Fax: 029-87602999 +Tel: 029-87602608/87602630 +Postcode: 710004 +Address: No. 395 Dongxin Street, +Xi'an City, Shaanxi +Province, China +Address: No. 123 Weidi Road, Hexi +District, Tianjin, China +Fax: 0351-6248004 +Postcode: 300074 +Fax: 022-28400123/022-28400647 +Tel: 0871-65536313 +Postcode: 650021 +Qingnian Road, Kunming +City, Yunnan Province, +China +Address: Bank Mansion, No. 395 +YUNNAN BRANCH +Fax: 0891-6898001 +Tel: 0891-6898002 +Postcode: 850000 +Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous +Region +Address: No. 31 Jinzhu Mid-Rd., +TIBET BRANCH +Fax: 0991-2828608 +Tel: 0991-5981888 +Postcode: 830002 +Address: No. 231 Renmin Road, +Tianshan District, Urumqi, +Xinjiang Autonomous +Region, China +XINJIANG BRANCH +Fax: 0592-5054663 +Tel: 0592-5292000 +Postcode: 361012 +Address: No. 17 Hubin North +Road, Xiamen City, Fujian +Province, China +XIAMEN BRANCH +Tel: 022-28400648 +Tel: 0851-88606280/88620018 +Fax: 0851-85963911 +Tel: 022-66283766/010-66105888 +Fax: 022-66224510/010-66105999 +Address: No. 200 Zhonghua North +Road, Yunyan District, +Guiyang City, Guizhou +Province, China +subordinated debts +that have been issued +by the Issuer and are +pari passu with the +present bonds; and pari +passu with other tier +2 capital instruments +that will possibly be +issued in the future and +are pari passu with the +present bonds +No +N/A +instruments and +hybrid capital bonds; +pari passu with other +Tier 2 capital bonds +Subordinated to +depositor and general +creditor; but senior +instruments and +hybrid capital bonds; +pari passu with other +subordinated debts +that have been issued +by the Issuer and are +pari passu with the +present bonds; and pari +passu with other tier +2 capital instruments +that will possibly be +issued in the future and +are pari passu with the +present bonds +No +N/A +Main features of regulatory capital instrument +Issuer +to equity capital, +additional tier 1 capital +Tier 2 capital bonds +Subordinated to +depositor and general +creditor; but senior +to equity capital, +additional tier 1 capital +No +N/A +present bonds +Main features of regulatory +capital instrument +Position in subordination hierarchy in liquidation +(specify instrument type immediately +senior to instrument) +Non-compliant transitioned features +Including: If yes, specify non-compliant features +Tier 2 capital bonds +Subordinated to +depositor and general +creditor; but senior +to equity capital, +additional tier 1 capital +instruments and +hybrid capital bonds; +pari passu with other +subordinated debts +that have been issued +by the Issuer and are +pari passu with the +present bonds; and pari +passu with other tier +2 capital instruments +that will possibly be +issued in the future and +are pari passu with the +present bonds +No +N/A +Tier 2 capital bonds +Subordinated to +depositor and general +creditor; but senior +to equity capital, +additional tier 1 capital +instruments and +hybrid capital bonds; +pari passu with other +subordinated debts +that have been issued +by the Issuer and are +pari passu with the +present bonds; and pari +passu with other tier +2 capital instruments +that will possibly be +issued in the future and +are pari passu with the +Unique identifier +Governing law(s) of the instrument +Regulatory treatment +Tier 2 capital bonds +Parent company/Group +Parent company/Group +Tier 2 capital instrument +Tier 2 capital instrument +company/group level +Instrument type +Amount recognised in regulatory +capital (in millions, as at the +latest reporting date) +Par value of instrument (in millions) +Accounting treatment +Original date of issuance +RMB30,000 +RMB30,000 +RMB50,000 +RMB50,000 +Debt securities issued +19 January 2021 +Debt securities issued +13 December 2021 +RMB10,000 +RMB10,000 +Postcode: 550001 +Parent company/Group +For the year ended 31 December 2021 +(In RMB millions, unless otherwise stated) +Including: Eligible to the parent +Governing Capital of Commercial +The Bank +2128002 +Tier 2 capital bonds +The Bank +2128051 +Governed by the Commercial +Banking Law of the People's +Tier 2 capital bonds +Governed by the Commercial +Banking Law of the People's +Republic of China, the +Regulation Governing +Capital of Commercial Banks +(Provisional) and the Measures +for Administration of Financial +Bond Issuance in China's +Inter-bank Bond Market, as +well as other applicable laws, +regulations and normative +documents +Republic of China, the +Regulation Governing +Capital of Commercial Banks +(Provisional) and the Measures +for Administration of Financial +Bond Issuance in China's +Inter-bank Bond Market, as +well as other applicable laws, +regulations and normative +documents +The Bank +2128052 +Governed by the Commercial +Banking Law of the People's +Republic of China, the +Regulation Governing +Capital of Commercial Banks +(Provisional) and the Measures +for Administration of Financial +Bond Issuance in China's +Inter-bank Bond Market, as +well as other applicable laws, +regulations and normative +documents +Including: Transition arrangement of +Tier 2 capital +Tier 2 capital +Tier 2 capital +Regulation Governing +Capital of Commercial Banks (Provisional) +Including: Post-transition +Tier 2 capital +Tier 2 capital +Tier 2 capital +arrangement of Regulation +Banks (Provisional) +Unaudited Supplementary Information To The Consolidated Financial Statements +Tier 2 capital instrument +25 +Fax: 023-62918059 +Tel: 023-62918002 +Postcode: 400061 +Address: No. 61 Taichang Road, +Nan'an District, +Chongqing, China +CHONGQING BRANCH +Fax: 010-66410579 +Tel: 010-66410579 +Postcode: 100031 +Address: Tower B, Tianyin Mansion, +No. 2 Fuxingmen South +Street, Xicheng District, +Beijing, China +DALIAN BRANCH +BEIJING BRANCH +Tel: 0551-62869178/62868101 +Postcode: 230001 +China +Address: No. 189 Wuhu Road, +Hefei City, Anhui Province, +ANHUI BRANCH +Domestic Institutions +List of Domestic and Overseas Branches and Offices +ICBC +306 +Fax: 0551-62868077 +Address: No. 5 Zhongshan Square, +Dalian City, Liaoning +Province, China +Postcode: 116001 +Fax: 0771-5316617/2806043 +GUIZHOU BRANCH +Weighted +value +954,346 +Tel: 0771-5316617 +Postcode: 530022 +GUANGXI BRANCH +Address: No. 15-1 Jiaoyu Road, +Nanning City, Guangxi +Zhuang Autonomous +Region, China +Postcode: 510120 +Tel: 020-81308130 +Fax: 020-81308789 +Guangdong Province, +China +Guangzhou City, +Address: No. 123 Yanjiang West Road, +GUANGDONG BRANCH +Tel: 0931-8434172 +Postcode: 730030 +Address: No. 408 Qingyang Road, +Chengguan District, +Lanzhou City, Gansu +Province, China +GANSU BRANCH +Fax: 0591-83353905/83347074 +Tel: 0591-88087819/88087000 +Postcode: 350005 +Fuzhou City, Fujian +Province, China +Address: No. 108 Gutian Road, +FUJIAN BRANCH +Tel: 0411-82378888 +Fax: 0411-82808377 +The amount of derivative liabilities shall be filled in for this item, which is the amount of NSFR derivative liabilities without +regard to maturity before deducting variation margin. It is excluded from the item 26 "Other assets". +128.18% +Fax: 0931-8435166 +34 +default funds of CCPs +contributions to +derivative contracts and +30,297 +35,643 +39,435 +767,339 +127,440 +33,460 +398,452 +338,265 +46,394 +Assets posted as initial margin for +28 +Physical traded commodities, +27 +Other assets: +26 +225 +Assets with matching +Net Stable Funding Ratio (%) +interdependent liabilities +29 +23 +including gold +30 +33 +NSFR derivative assets +8,051,576 +Off-balance sheet items +32 +Total RSF +669,514 +246,740 +19,015,607 +27,819 +33,460 +398,452 +in the above categories +All other assets not included +291,871 +63,978 +50,086* +10,017 +18,076 +posted +31 +additional variation margin +NSFR derivative liabilities with +SWIFT: ICBKGB2L +Email: hradmin@it.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +39-0200668899 +Fax: +39-0200668888 +SWIFT: ICBKITMM +Fax: +44-2073978899 +Tel: +44-2073978888 +Email: admin@icbclondon.com +Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited, London +Branch +Address: 81 King William Street, +London EC4N 7BG, UK +Address: Plac Trzech Krzyży 18, +00-499, Warszawa, Poland +Email: info@pl.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +48-222788066 +Fax: +48-222788090 +SWIFT: ICBKPLPW +Email: GAD@gr.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +30-2166868888 +Fax: +30-2166868889 +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Europe) S.A. 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Milan +Branch +Address: 32, Boulevard Royal, +Address: 81, Avenue Louise, +Industrial and Commercial Bank +SWIFT: ICBKLULL +Fax: +352-26866666 +Tel: +352-2686661 +Email: office@eu.icbc.com.cn +B.P.278 L-2012 +Luxembourg +Address: 32, Boulevard Royal, +L-2449 Luxembourg, +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Luxembourg +Branch +SWIFT: ICBKDEFF +Fax: +49-6950604708 +Tel: +49-6950604700 +Email: icbc@icbc-ffm.de +Address: Bockenheimer Anlage 15, +60322 Frankfurt am Main, +Germany +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Frankfurt +Branch +Na Strži 1702/65, +Europe +SWIFT: ICBKNZ22 +of China (Europe) S.A. +1050 Brussels, Belgium +Email: info@be.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +32-2-5398888 +Fax: +32-2-5398870 +SWIFT: ICBKBEBB +L-2449 Luxembourg, +Luxembourg +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Europe) S.A. Brussels +Branch +Fax: +31-205706603 +SWIFT: ICBKNL2A +Tel: +31-205706666 +Email: office@nl.icbc.com.cn +the Netherlands +Address: Johannes Vermeerstraat +7-9, 1071 DK, +Amsterdam, +Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China (Europe) S.A. +Amsterdam Branch +SWIFT: ICBKFRPP +Fax: +33-140065899 +Tel: +33-140065858 +Email: administration@fr.icbc.com.cn +Address: 73 Boulevard Haussmann, +75008, Paris, France +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Europe) S.A. 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Bank ICBC Indonesia +Address: The City Tower 32nd Floor, +JI. M.H. Thamrin No. 81, +Jakarta Pusat 10310, +Indonesia +Fax: +63-284032023 +SWIFT: ICBKPHMM +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Thai) Public Company +Limited +No.358, Unit 12, +Address: Asean Road, Home +of China Limited, Vientiane +Branch +Industrial and Commercial Bank +Email: hcmadmin@vn.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +84-28-35208991 +building, 33 Le Duan +Street, District 1, Ho Chi +Minh City, Vietnam +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Ho Chi Minh +City Representative Office +Address: 12th floor Deutsches Haus +List of Domestic and Overseas Branches and Offices +309 +Annual Report 2021 +Email: admin@vn.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +84-2462698888 +Fax: +84-2462699800 +SWIFT: ICBKVNVN +Center, No.360, Kim Ma +Str., Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi, +Vietnam +Fax: +66-26639888 +SWIFT: ICBKTHBK +Tel: +66-26295588 +Road, Khlong Ton, Khlong +Toei, Bangkok, Thailand +11th-13th Fl., Sukhumvit +Address: 622 Emporium Tower +Email: busanadmin@kr.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +82-514638868 +Fax: +82-514636880 +SWIFT: ICBKKRSE +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Busan Branch +Address: 1st Floor, ABL Life Bldg., +# 640 Jungang-daero, +Busanjin-gu, Busan 47353, +Korea +Email: icbcseoul@kr.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +82-237886670 +Fax: +82-27553748 +SWIFT: ICBKKRSE +Bldg., #73 Sejong-daero, +Jung-gu, Seoul 100-767, +Korea +ICBC International Holdings +Limited +SWIFT: UBHKHKHH +Fax: +852-28051166 +Email: enquiry@icbcasia.com +Tel: +852-35108888 +3 Garden Road, Central, +Hong Kong SAR, China +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Asia) Limited +Address: 33/F, ICBC Tower, +SWIFT: ICBKHKHH +Fax: +852-25881160 +Tel: +852-25881188 +Email: icbchk@icbcasia.com +3 Garden Road, Central, +Hong Kong SAR, China +Address: 33/F, ICBC Tower, +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Hong Kong +Branch +Hong Kong SAR and Macau +SAR +Overseas Institutions +List of Domestic and Overseas Branches and Offices +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Beijing, +Zurich Branch +Address: 37/F, ICBC Tower, +Sibounheuang Village, +3 Garden Road, Central, +Hong Kong SAR, China +Fax: +852-26833900 +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Seoul Branch +Address: 16th Floor, Taepyeongno +Email: icbctokyo@icbc.co.jp +Tel: +813-52232088 +Fax: +813-52198525 +SWIFT: ICBKJPJT +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Tokyo Branch +Address: 5-1 Marunouchi 1-Chome, +Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo, +100-6512, Japan +Asia-Pacific +Fax: +853-28338064 +SWIFT: ICBKMOMM +Tel: +853-28555222 +Email: icbc@mc.icbc.com.cn +No.393-437, 9 Andar, +Edf. Dynasty Plaza, +Macau SAR, China +d'Assumpcao, +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Macau Branch +Address: Alm. Dr. Carlos +Fax: +853-28338064 +SWIFT: ICBKMOMX +Tel: +853-28555222 +Email: icbc@mc.icbc.com.cn +Macau SAR, China +Macau Landmark, 555 +Avenida da Amizade, +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Macau) Limited +Address: 18th Floor, ICBC Tower, +SWIFT: ICILHKH1 +Email: info@icbci.com.hk +Tel: +852-26833888 +Email: info@nz.icbc.com.cn +Chanthabouly District, +Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR +Tel: +856-21258888 +Tower), Floor 7&8, +Address: Building 2A(Al-Tijaria +Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited, Kuwait +Branch +Tel: +966-112899800 +Fax: +966-112899879 +SWIFT: ICBKSARI +Email: service@sa.icbc.com.cn +Kingdom of Saudi Arabia +No: 7277-King Fahad Road +Al Olaya, Zip Code: 12212, +Additional No.: 3333, +Unit No.:95, +Al-Soor Street, Al-Morqab, +Block 3, Kuwait City, +Tower Building +SWIFT: ICBKQAQA +Fax: +974-44072751 +Tel: +974-44072758 +Email: ICBCDOHA@doh.icbc.com.cn +P.O. BOX: 11217 +Address: Level 20, Burj Doha, Al +Corniche Street, West Bay, +Doha, Qatar +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Doha (QFC) +Branch +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Riyadh Branch +Address: Level 4&8, A1 Faisaliah +Kuwait +Email: info@kw.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +965-22281777 +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Auckland +Branch +List of Domestic and Overseas Branches and Offices +ICBC +310 +SWIFT: ICBKNZ2A +Tel: +64-93747288 +Fax: +64-93747287 +Email: info@nz.icbc.com.cn +New Zealand +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (New Zealand) Limited +Address: Level 11, 188 Quay Street, +Auckland 1010, +Fax: +612-82885878 +SWIFT: ICBKAU2S +Tel: +612-94755588 +Email: info@icbc.com.au +100 Barangaroo Avenue, +Sydney NSW 2000 +Australia +Address: Level 42, Tower 1, +International Towers, +Industrial and Commercial +Bank of China Limited, Sydney +Branch +SWIFT: ICBKKWKW +Fax: +965-22281799 +Fax: +971-24998622 +SWIFT: ICBKAEAA +Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, +United Arab Emirates +P.O. Box 62108 +Email: dboffice@dxb.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +971-24998600 +5207, 5208 and 5209, +Address: Addax Tower Offices +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China (Almaty) Joint Stock +Company +SWIFT: ICBKMMMY +Tel: +95-019339258 +Fax: +95-019339278 +Kamayut Township, +Yangon, Myanmar +Tower, Kyun Taw Road, +Address: ICBC Center, Crystal +Bank of China Limited, Yangon +Branch +Industrial and Commercial +SWIFT: ICBKKHPP +Fax: +855-23965268 +Tel: +855-23955880 +Email: icbckh@kh.icbc.com.cn +Street 106, Phnom Penh, +Cambodia +Square, No. 19-20, +Address: 17th Floor, Exchange +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Phnom Penh +Branch +Fax: +856-21258897 +SWIFT: ICBKLALA +Address: 150/230, Abai/Turgut +Ozal Street, Almaty, +Kazakhstan. 050046 +Email: icbcvte@la.icbc.com.cn +Email: office@kz.icbc.com.cn +SWIFT: ICBKKZKX +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Abu Dhabi +Branch +Fax: +971-47031199 +SWIFT: ICBKAEAD +Tel: +971-47031111 +Email: dboffice@dxb.icbc.com.cn +United Arab Emirates +P.O. Box: 506856 +International Financial +Center, Dubai, +Building 1, Dubai +Address: Floor 5&6, Gate Village +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Dubai (DIFC) +Branch +Address: 801, 8th Floor, A Wing, +One BKC, C-66, G +Block, Bandra Kurla +Complex, Bandra East, +Mumbai-400051, India +Email: icbcmumbai@india.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +91-2271110300 +Fax: +91-2271110353 +SWIFT: ICBKINBB +Bank of China Limited, Mumbai +Branch +Industrial and Commercial +Email: service@pk.icbc.com.cn +Tel: +92-2135208988 +Fax: +92-2135208930 +SWIFT: ICBKPKKA +Pakistan.P.C:75600 +Block-9, Scheme # 5, +Main Clifton Road, +Karachi, +Tower, G-3, +Industrial and Commercial Bank +of China Limited, Karachi Branch +Address: 15th & 16th Floor, Ocean +Tel: +7-7272377085 +Address: Nüschelerstrasse 1, +13,435 +1,540,988 +Discussion and Analysis +Corporate Deposits +Unit: RMB100 millions +Transportation, storage and +25.8% +postal services +by industry of loan customers +Leasing and commercial services +Manufacturing +15.1% +● Water, environment and public +utility management +12.5% +75,331.10 +74,551.60 +15.2% +Corporate loans of domestic branches +4 +4 +0.6 +51 Outlet Development +Note: Please see "Note 48. to the Consolidated Financial Statements: Segment +Information" for details. +51 Service Improvement +52 Human Resources +Management, Employees +and Institutions +54 Internationalized Operation +58 Diversified Operation and +Subsidiary Management +61 Major Controlled Subsidiaries +and Equity Participating +Company +Corporate Banking +Adhering to using corporate banking services as an important means +to boost the high-quality development of the real economy, the Bank +innovated the corporate credit layout of new manufacturing, new services, +new basic industries and high-tech customer groups, improved the supply +of financial resources for the key areas and weak links in the real economy, +and actively shouldered the responsibilities as a large bank. At the end +of 2021, corporate loans reached RMB12,194,706 million, representing +an increase of RMB1,091,973 million or 9.8% over the end of last year. +Corporate deposits stood at RMB13,331,463 million, representing an +increase of RMB386,603 million or 3.0%. ++ +New breakthroughs have been achieved in customer base. The +Bank deeply conducted the "net making and patching" program, +expanded the customer base, improved customer quality, activated +customer transactions, and enhanced customer expansion and +maintenance capability. While focusing on high-quality customer +marketing, the Bank vigorously expanded medium-sized enterprise +customer groups to establish a coordinated, active and loyal +customer base comprising large, medium and small enterprises. At +the end of 2021, the number of corporate customers increased by +12.1% over the end of the previous year to 9,691 thousand. +34 +ICBC +Production and supply of +2,555 +9.7% +electricity, heat, gas and water +2021 +Demand deposits +2.9% +The Bank served the high-quality development of the +manufacturing. It has carried out the campaign of +"Year of Financial Services for Manufacturing" for +three consecutive years, and has signed a strategic +cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Industry +and Information Technology to strengthen product +innovation and resource guarantee. At the end of +2021, the balance of manufacturing loans exceeded +RMB2 trillion, ranking first among peers in terms of +both the balance and increment. +The Bank supported the high-level self-reliance +and self-improvement in science and technology. +It upgraded the financial service system for +technological innovation, signed a strategic +cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Science +and Technology, carried out the campaign of +"Financial Service for National High-tech Industrial +Development Zones and High-tech Enterprises" +and initially formed a service pattern driven by +"technological innovation and strategic emerging +industries". At the end of 2021, the balance of loans +to enterprises in key high-tech fields and strategic +emerging industries supported by the state both +exceeded RMB1 trillion. +The Bank provided comprehensive financial +services for private enterprises. It implemented the +"Eight Comprehensive Measures" to serve private +enterprises, and carried out the "Project of Improving +Services for Private Enterprise Partners". At the end +of 2021, the balance of loans to private enterprises +reached RMB3.39 trillion. +2020 +The Bank drove green development with green +finance. It actively supported green and low-carbon +transformation, especially the financial needs of +The Bank actively integrated into the regional +coordinated development strategy. It stepped +up financial support focusing on coordinated +development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, +integrated development of the Yangtze River +Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay +Area, the rise of central China, and the Chengdu- +Chongqing economic circle. At the end of 2021, +RMB corporate loans in key regions reached +RMB7.54 trillion, accounting for 71% of the balance +of RMB corporate loans of domestic branches, +representing an increase of RMB884.0 billion over +the end of the previous year. +Inclusive Finance +In light of China's 14th Five-Year Plan and vision for the +year 2035, the Bank implemented the new development +concept, served the new development paradigm, +and promoted high-quality development in the new +development stage. With the high-quality development +of inclusive finance as an important measure to better +serve the real economy and enhance its competitiveness, +the Bank continued to push forward product innovation, +strengthen service channels, improve comprehensive +services and promote the high-quality and sustainable +development of inclusive financial services. +Annual Report 2021 +35 +Discussion and Analysis +green industries such as clean energy and green +transportation. At the end of 2021, the balance of +green loans amounted to RMB2.48 trillion. The Bank, +as the lead underwriter, underwrote RMB63,637 +million worth of green bonds (including carbon +neutrality bonds) in the year. +Time deposits +0.7% +Lodging and catering +Others +⚫ Real estate +6.5% +Wholesale and retail +4.2% +57,983.53 +54,897.00 +52,957.04 +●Construction +2.9% +Science, education, culture +2.6% +and sanitation +● Mining +1.9% +2019 +67,325.58 ++ +0.8 +Other +Percentage +(%) +Operating income +860,880 +100.0 +800,075 +100.0 +Amount +41 Asset Management Services +398,373 +46.3 +393,661 +49.2 +Personal banking +346,172 +Corporate banking +(%) +Amount +Item +Net cash outflows from investing activities amounted +to RMB674,556 million. Specifically, cash inflows were +RMB2,718,919 million, representing an increase of +RMB613,048 million over last year, mainly due to the +increased cash proceeds from the sale and redemption +of financial investments; and cash outflows were +RMB3,393,475 million, representing an increase of +RMB152,507 million, mainly due to the increase in cash +payment for financial investments. +Net cash outflows from financing activities amounted +to RMB11,553 million. Specifically, cash inflows were +RMB975,234 +an +million, representing +increase of +RMB27,759 million over last year, mainly due to the +increased cash proceeds from the issuance of other equity +instruments; and cash outflows were RMB986,787 million, +representing a decrease of RMB7,637 million mainly due +to the decreased cash payment for repayment of debt +securities. +Reconciliation of Differences between +the Financial Statements Prepared +under PRC GAAP and Those under IFRSS +In respect of the financial statements of the Bank prepared +under PRC GAAP and those under IFRSS, net profit +attributable to equity holders of the parent company for +the year ended 31 December 2021 and equity attributable +to equity holders of the parent company as at the end of +the reporting period have no differences. +Annual Report 2021 +33 +Discussion and Analysis +BUSINESS OVERVIEW +34 Corporate Banking +SUMMARY OPERATING SEGMENT INFORMATION +In RMB millions, except for percentages +2021 +2020 +39 Personal Banking +Percentage +40.2 +3,346 +318,058 +Treasury operations +33.1 +146,903 +37.5 +Personal banking +195,658 +46.0 +140,569 +174,469 +48 Internet Finance +Treasury operations +85,326 +20.1 +68,199 +17.4 +44.5 +Corporate banking +44 FinTech +taxation +111,278 +12.9 +83,931 +10.5 +42 Financial Market Business +Other +5,057 +0.6 +4,425 +0.6 +Profit before +424,899 +100.0 +392,126 +100.0 +39.7 +4 +The Bank continuously provided stable and efficient +inclusive credits. It adhered to digital inclusive +development, accelerated the improvement of +the centralized operation system and online and +offline integrated service channels in line with +the characteristics of "digital inclusive finance", +and supported the sustained and rapid growth of +inclusive loans and customers. +The Bank provided targeted support for the key +links of inclusive finance. Catering for the needs +of the real economy, it increased first loans, loan +renewal, credit loans and manufacturing loans for +small and micro enterprises. It optimized the regional +layout, and promoted the rapid business growth +in the regions with active operation of small and +micro enterprises, to attain the key regions-driven +development. It stepped up support for regions with +weak business foundation to achieve sustainable +regional development. +At 31 December 2021 +At 31 December 2020 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Total +Other bonds +Policy bank bonds +Percentage +Central bank bonds +Item +DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT IN BONDS BY ISSUERS +100.0 +8,591,139 +100.0 +9,257,760 +Government bonds +Percentage +Amount +(%) +1,652,812 +8,817,345 +9.0 +725,625 +8.6 +754,719 +0.4 +32,072 +0.4 +38,207 +71.2 +5,737,368 +72.3 +6,371,607 +(%) +Amount +98,448 +18.7 +1.1 +3.1 +Total +Accrued interest +Funds and other +Equity instruments +Bonds +Item +At 31 December 2021 +In 2021, the Bank continued to reinforce its financial +service capability for the real economy and scaled up its +investments in local government bonds, green bonds and +other bonds. As at the end of 2021, investment amounted +to RMB9,257,760 million, representing an increase of +RMB666,621 million or 7.8% from the end of the previous +year. Among these, bonds rose by RMB763,152 million or +9.5% to RMB8,817,345 million. +Please see the section headed "Discussion and Analysis +Risk Management" for detailed analysis of the Bank's loans +and their quality. +good reputation and increasing market shares of online +inclusive finance product "e-Mortgage Quick Loan". +Personal loans increased by RMB829,502 million +11.7% from the end of last year. Specifically, residential +mortgages grew by RMB634,370 million or 11.1%; +personal business loans increased by RMB180,803 million +or 34.7%, and the rapid growth is mainly because of the +or +Corporate loans rose by RMB1,091,973 million or +9.8% from the end of last year. Specifically, short-term +corporate loans and medium to long-term corporate +loans increased by RMB94,530 million and RMB997,443 +million respectively. The Bank continued to increase credit +allocation to manufacturing, strategic emerging industries, +inclusive finance, green finance, rural revitalization and +other key fields, and the Bank's corporate loans in key +strategic areas such as the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, +Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao +Greater Bay Area, Central China and Chengdu-Chongqing +economic circle continued to grow. +Discussion and Analysis +Investment +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2020 +Percentage +Percentage +262,800 +1.6 +148,166 +2.0 +175,698 +2.1 +190,186 +93.8 +8,054,193 +95.2 +8,817,345 +(%) +Amount +(%) +Amount +102,063 +100.0 +1,559,128 +8,054,193 +19.4 +Annual Report 2021 +37 +Discussion and Analysis +Strengthening Settlement Finance Support and +Coordination to Serve the Bank's Strategy +Facilitating to build the "No.1 Personal Bank”. The Bank promoted the interactions among government, business +and consumption ("GBC") through ICBC e BillPay. In 2021, it handled payment services of RMB713 billion for +customers, served 144 million individual customers in total, and saw an increase in the flows of both corporate and +individual customer. In 2021, ICBC e Bill Pay was awarded the "Best Aggregate Payment Product in China" by The +Asian Banker. +Facilitating to build the "Preferred Bank for Foreign Exchange Business". It took a global response approach +to extend global cash management services to more than 80 countries and regions. It deepened bank-enterprise +cooperation, and effectively served 64 "going global" state-owned enterprises directly under the central government, +accounting for 77% of total, and 149 customers out of the Fortune Global 500. In 2021, the Bank was awarded the +"Best Asian International Cash Management Bank in Asia Pacific" by The Asian Banker. +At the end of 2021, the Bank maintained +11,216 thousand corporate settlement accounts, +representing an increase of 1,110 thousand over the +end of the previous year. It had 1,609 thousand cash +management customers, including 9,615 global cash +management customers. The volume of corporate +settlements reached RMB2,598.13 trillion. +Facilitating to implement the Strategy for Sharpening Competitive Edge in Key Regions. Focusing on the +building of two zones in Beijing, it launched the pilot project of domestic and foreign currency integrated cash pool. +Focusing on the building of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Bank took the lead in the industry +to launch the universal free trade (FT) cash pool business in Guangzhou and Hengqin. Focusing on the Yangtze River +Delta Integration, the Bank provided strategic customers with innovative services for cross-border cash pool under the +Shanghai Free Trade Zone policy. +Investment Banking ++ The Bank served the high-quality development +of the real economy, focusing on key areas such +as the reform of state-owned enterprises, capital +market, industrial integration, and the Belt and Road +Initiative. As the first bank to issue more than RMB1 +trillion of M&A financing accumulatively, the Bank +increased credit supply in manufacturing industry +and maintained a leading position in domestic and +overseas M&A markets. By number of M&A deals +led by the Bank, the Bank ranked first in China +in Refinitiv's ranking of Any Chinese Involvement +Completed and first in the ranking of China +Outbound Announced M&A. +The Bank assisted with the supply-side structural +reform through the new model of investment- +loan interconnection and interaction +commercial banking and +between +investment banking. +Facilitating to implement the Urban-Rural Collaborative Development Strategy. It was the first to launch +the "rural collective intelligent account opening service", provided door-to-door services with portable intelligent +terminals, and comprehensively improved the service experience of agro-related non-enterprise accounts. It carried +out chain marketing with a focus on leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization, and assisted high-quality +enterprises with reserve grain purchase projects. +The Bank deeply served the broadest customer +base, and made a breakthrough in "net making +and patching" program. It gave full play to the +advantages of settlement finance to serve large +customers, and provided comprehensive financial +services for group enterprises and large and +medium enterprises relying on the advantages of +cash management business. It served medium-sized +customers with high-quality settlement products, +upgraded the "ICBC Pooling" platform, embedded +the "ICBC E Enterprise Payment" into the trading +platform, and provided efficient online payment +and settlement services for traders. It offered +digital batch service for small and micro customers, +embedded "non-financial + financial" services in +enterprise operation and management through +small and micro financial service platform, realized +targeted marketing, big data operation and digital +risk control, and effectively improved the coverage +and capability of services for small and micro +enterprises. +The Bank provided high-quality account services in a +customer-centric manner. It actively implemented the +requirements for "delegating power, streamlining +administration and optimizing government +services" and strengthened the digital convenient +service coverage of settlement accounts in various +typical scenarios. It enhanced cooperation with +government departments, and provided enterprises +with source account opening services through the +"Enterprise Link" business. It broadened customer +base by platform, and made the account opening +appointment interface available to help improve the +business environment. ++ +Innovation of inclusive finance products was +advanced constantly. The Bank upgraded the "Quick +Lending for Operation", accelerated the integration +and application of multidimensional data, and +improved the non-contact service mode. The Bank +launched innovative scenarios such as "Technical +Innovation Loan", "Prosperous Agriculture Loan" +and "Solar Power Loan" to better meet the needs +of market segments. The Bank continued to +promote the online transformation of the whole +process of "e-Mortgage Quick Loan" product, to +improve business processing efficiency and customer +experience; "e-Enterprise Quick Loan", an innovative +financing product, was launched to further enrich +online collateral products. The Bank optimized the +financial service platform for supply chain, created +a unified service portal for digital supply chain +financing, and further enhanced its service capability. +The Bank continuously enhanced the capability +of inclusive finance services. It deeply identified +customer needs, strengthened strategic coordination, +and leveraged the Group's comprehensive business +advantages to render the inclusive finance services +that combined financing, consulting and commercial +services; it continued to carry out a series of +activities such as "ICBC Inclusive Finance Travel", +"One Thousand Experts Serving Small and Micro +Enterprises", "Ten Thousand Small and Micro +Enterprises Growth Plan" and "Specialization, +Refinement, Differentiation and Innovation • +Chunfeng Action", and gradually formed a set +of inclusive finance service models with strategic +value; it gave full play to the advantages of the +Group's domestic and foreign service outlets, +upgraded and built version 2.0 of the "ICBC Business +Matchmaker", a cross-border matchmaking platform +that provides intelligent, full-process and closed- +loop cross-border matchmaking services consisting +of five features, i.e. events, marketplace, feature +zone, financial service and information message, and +allows 7x24-hour, one-point access to the global +industrial chain for small and medium enterprises. +At the end of 2021, inclusive small and micro +enterprise loans amounted to RMB1,099,012 million, +representing an increase of RMB378,448 million or +52.5% over the beginning of the year; inclusive small +and micro enterprise loan customers numbered 795 +thousand, representing an increase of 204 thousand; +the average interest rate of newly granted inclusive +loans was 4.10%. The balance of agriculture-related +loans was RMB2,661,317 million, representing an +increase of RMB404,101 million or 17.9% over the +beginning of the year; the Bank had 1,182 thousand +agriculture-related loan customers, representing +an increase of 240 thousand; the average interest +rate of newly granted agriculture-related loans was +4.13%, down 19 basis points from the previous year. +The Bank had 342 small and micro financial business +centers, up 18 over the end of the previous year. +Institutional Banking +The Bank consolidated its dominant position in +traditional fields such as finance and social security, +and served the national reform. In the financial field, +the Bank strengthened basic financial services for +financial funds and provided high-quality financial +services to financial departments and budget units +at all levels; in the field of social security, "ICBC +e Social Security" services were made available in +all provinces and autonomous regions in China; in +the field of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, it +took the lead in the industry to launch the "Digital +Villages" comprehensive service platform to assist +agricultural and rural authorities at all levels in +strengthening the standardized management of rural +collective economy and improving the smart public +services and social governance in rural areas, which +have covered 31 provinces, 260 prefectures and +cities across the country. The Bank has established +information technology-based cooperation with +770 district and county-level agricultural and rural +departments. Its project was rated as "2021 Excellent +Project of New Technology, New Product and New +Model of Digital Agriculture in Rural Areas" by the +Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. +36 +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis ++ ++ +The Bank gave full play to the advantages of FinTech +and tapped the growth potential in education, +healthcare, public resources, social organizations and +other fields. In the field of education, it took the lead +in the industry to launch the "Education and Training +Cloud" supervision platform, carried out IT-based +fund supervision cooperation with 938 education +authorities at all levels in China, and assisted to +strengthen the management of education and +training institutions and the supervision of training +funds. In the medical field, the Bank launched +the "ICBC Cloud Healthcare", an open platform +of intelligent healthcare, and formed a matrix of +intelligent healthcare products and services in 45 +sub-categories out of five categories, covering all +services and products in line with the major policies +on the national "healthcare, medical insurance and +medicine" interconnection reform. It was awarded +the "excellent case of digital healthcare innovation +services" at the 16th China Health Information +Technology Application and Exchange Conference +of the Information Center of the National Health +Commission. In the field of public resource trading, +the Bank independently developed the "e-Enterprise +Guarantee", a blockchain e-guarantee platform that +provides a new online service mode of e-guarantee +with automatic processing, real-time receiving and +whole-process management in the field, and helps +improve the business environment. In the field of +social organizations, the Bank launched a "Civil +Affairs Capital Verification Link" and cooperated +with local civil affairs departments to provide +online capital verification services for new social +organizations. +The Bank built a new model of cooperation in +financial institutions to serve the real economy. +It improved the mechanism for customer service, +established a "systematic, digital, ecological and +professional" service system, and served thousands +of customers of different types identified by level, +class, group or category. It launched the "Gong +Tong Ying", an innovative comprehensive service +platform for financial customers, which provides +customers with all-round and one-stop services. The +Bank deepened financial infrastructure cooperation, +optimized innovation support for exchanges, +registration and settlement, guarantee funds, +payment systems and other financial infrastructure +customers, and facilitated the development of +financial institutions through platform services. It was +among those first successfully participating in the +commodity clearing business in Shanghai Clearing +House, and ranked first in the market in terms of +contractual customers and clearing amount. It was +also among those first obtaining the online financing +qualification of standard warehouse receipts on +Dalian Commodity Exchange and carried out the first +interbank transaction. The Bank served the building +of multi-level capital market, strove to be the capital +hub and leading bank in the capital market, and +signed a tripartite strategic cooperation agreement +with the National Equities Exchange and Quotations +Co., Ltd. and Beijing Stock Exchange. It helped +with interbank risk prevention and control through +FinTech, and provided nearly 30 small and medium +banks, securities companies, insurance and other +interbank customers with five categories of scientific +and technological products, including "ICBC +BRAINS" intelligent anti-money laundering system +and credit management system. +Settlement and Cash Management +The Bank actively participated in publicly offered +REITS to support infrastructure construction, and +strengthened services for scientific and technological +innovation, +advanced manufacturing, green ++ +environmental protection and other industries. +The Bank innovated equity financing products to +help enterprises optimize their capital structure +and provide fund support for major infrastructure +projects. The Bank expanded actively managed +asset securitization business to meet the needs of +enterprises for comprehensive financial services. +The Bank accelerated the financing rearrangement +and enterprise debt restructuring, and mitigated the +liquidity pressure and potential risks of customers. +The Bank enriched the mobile scenarios of customer +services, upgraded the functions of "ICBC e +Confirmation Service", "ICBC e Intelligence", "ICBC +e Security", "ICBC e RM" and "ICBC ISP" and +enhanced the new driving force of digital services. +At 31 December 2021 +Note: (1) Refers to overdue bonds. +Total +Over 5 years +1 to 5 years +3 to 12 months +Less than 3 months +Undated(1) +Remaining maturity +DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT IN BONDS BY REMAINING MATURITY +Discussion and Analysis +29 +Annual Report 2021 +In terms of distribution by issuers, government bonds increased by RMB634,239 million or 11.1% over the end of last year, +mainly due to the increase in local government bonds and national bonds; central bank bonds increased by RMB6,135 +million or 19.1%; policy bank bonds went up by RMB29,094 million or 4.0%; and other bonds increased by RMB93,684 +million or 6.0%. +100.0 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Net cash inflows from operating activities amounted +to RMB360,882 million, representing a decrease of +RMB1,196,734 million as compared to last year, principally +due to the decrease of cash inflows resulted from the +decrease of net increase of due to customers and due to +banks and other financial institutions. Specifically, cash +outflows of operating assets increased by RMB8,130 +million; and cash inflows of operating liabilities decreased +by RMB1,185,927 million. +At 31 December 2020 +Percentage +In 2021, the Bank acted as the lead underwriter for +2,673 Chinese bond projects with a total value of +RMB1,807,765 million, ranking first in the market for +15 consecutive years. It acted as the lead underwriter +for a total of RMB81,357 million worth of ESG bonds +such as green bonds (including carbon neutrality +bonds), sustainability-linked bonds and rural +revitalization bonds, ranking first in the market. +38 +ICBC +6.1 +495,137 +5.8 +514,685 +0.0 +35 +0.0 +167 +(%) +Amount +(%) +Amount +Percentage +Analysis on Statement of Cash Flows +1.1 +Off-balance Sheet Items +20,700 +4.21 +13 April 2025 +Policy bank bonds 2020 +19,461 +3.23 +Policy bank bonds 2015 +23 March 2030 +18,440 +2.96 +17 April 2030 +Policy bank bonds 2019 +17,663 +3.45 +Policy bank bonds 2020 +losses(1) +Maturity date +impairment +8,591,139 +100.0 +As at the end of 2021, the Group held RMB1,607,183 million of financial bonds', including RMB754,719 million of policy +bank bonds and RMB852,464 million of bonds issued by banks and non-bank financial institutions, accounting for 47.0% +and 53.0% of financial bonds, respectively. +1 Financial bonds refer to the debt securities issued by financial institutions on the bond market, including bonds issued by policy banks, +banks and non-bank financial institutions but excluding debt securities related to restructuring and central bank bonds. +30 +ICBC +TOP 10 FINANCIAL BONDS HELD BY THE BANK +Discussion and Analysis +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Allowance +for +Nominal +Bond name +value +Annual +interest rate (%) +Policy bank bonds 2019 +100.0 +17,071 +Policy bank bonds 2015 +5 February 2025 +Note: (1) Excludes stage 1 allowance for impairment losses set aside in accordance with the expected credit loss model. +Liabilities +As at the end of 2021, total liabilities reached RMB31,896,125 million, an increase of RMB1,460,582 million or 4.8% +compared with the end of last year. +At 31 December 2021 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2020 +3.81 +Item +Percentage +(%) +Percentage +Due to customers +26,441,774 +82.9 +Amount +25,134,726 +Amount +Policy bank bonds 2015 +16 November 2030 +3.74 +16,250 +4.29 +8 January 2029 +7 April 2025 +☐ ☐ +Policy bank bonds 2020 +15,135 +3.79 +26 October 2030 +Policy bank bonds 2020 +14,256 +3.70 +20 October 2030 +Policy bank bonds 2020 +13,500 +3.48 +(%) +9,257,760 +73.0 +100.0 +8,054,193 +100.0 +8,817,345 +2.8 +229,463 +In terms of currency structure, RMB-denominated bonds rose by RMB721,712 million or 9.8% over the end of last year; +USD-denominated bonds increased by an equivalent of RMB14,066 million or 3.2%; other foreign currency bonds increased +by an equivalent of RMB27,374 million or 11.9%. During the reporting period, the Bank improved the investment portfolio +structure of foreign currency bonds and moderately increased the investment in bonds denominated in other currencies. +2.9 +5.4 +436,381 +5.1 +450,447 +91.8 +7,388,349 +256,837 +DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT BY MEASURING METHOD +Item +Amount +The off-balance sheet items of the Bank mainly include +derivative financial instruments, contingencies and +commitments. For details on the nominal amount and +fair value of derivatives financial instruments, please refer +to "Note 21. to the Consolidated Financial Statements: +Derivative Financial Instruments". For details on +contingencies and commitments, please refer to "Note 46. +to the Consolidated Financial Statements: Commitments +and Contingent Liabilities". +19.5 +1,803,604 +Financial investments measured at fair value +through other comprehensive income +Financial investments measured at amortised +cost +9.1 +(%) +Percentage +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2020 +784,483 +6.7 +Amount +Percentage +(%) +At 31 December 2021 +623,223 +Financial investments measured at fair value +through profit or loss +92.0 +Total +8,110,061 +Amount +40.4 +3,556,934 +43.4 +3,493,342 +39.9 +3,517,415 +3,086,756 +12.2 +13.9 +1,228,144 +17.9 +6,830,933 +73.8 +6,265,668 +978,923 +38.3 +8,817,345 +100.0 +(%) +Amount +Percentage +Percentage +At 31 December 2021 +At 31 December 2020 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Total +Other foreign currency bonds +USD-denominated bonds +RMB-denominated bonds +Item +DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT IN BONDS BY CURRENCY +100.0 +8,054,193 +(%) +82.6 +20 September 2029 +2,921,029 +Percentage +Amount +(%) +Head Office +38,290 +0.1 +Percentage +(%) +42,611 +Yangtze River Delta +5,436,282 +20.6 +5,057,963 +20.0 +Pearl River Delta +0.2 +Amount +Item +At 31 December 2021 +0.9 +261,389 +1.0 +361,994 +1.4 +267,941 +1.1 +26,441,774 +100.0 +25,134,726 +100.0 +Note: (1) Includes outward remittance and remittance payables. +DISTRIBUTION OF DUE TO CUSTOMERS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2020 +3,495,325 +13.2 +3,335,179 +Due to banks and other financial institutions +5.2 +Overseas and other +955,294 +3.7 +Total +26,441,774 +100.0 +975,900 +25,134,726 +3.9 +100.0 +32 +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis +Shareholders' Equity +As at the end of 2021, shareholders' equity totaled +RMB3,275,258 million, RMB365,743 million or 12.6% +higher than that at the end of the previous year. Equity +attributable to equity holders of the parent company +recorded an increase of RMB364,253 million or 12.6% to +RMB3,257,755 million. Please refer to the "Consolidated +Financial Statements: Consolidated Statement of Changes +in Equity" for details. +1,308,155 +250,349 +5.3 +Northeastern China +Bohai Rim +6,885,411 +26.0 +6,733,969 +26.8 +Central China +3,900,441 +14.8 +3,608,490 +14.4 +Western China +4,320,355 +16.3 +4,072,459 +16.2 +1,410,376 +46.4 +13.3 +47.3 +100.0 +30,435,543 +100.0 +Annual Report 2021 +31 +Discussion and Analysis +Due to Customers +Due to customers is the Bank's main source of funds. As at +the end of 2021, due to customers was RMB26,441,774 +million, RMB1,307,048 million or 5.2% higher than that +at the end of the previous year. In terms of customer +structure, corporate deposits increased by RMB386,603 +million or 3.0%; and personal deposits increased by +RMB837,432 million or 7.2%. In terms of maturity +structure, time deposits increased by RMB952,110 million +or 8.0%, while demand deposits increased by RMB271,925 +million or 2.1%. In terms of currency structure, RMB +deposits stood at RMB24,914,524 million, an increase of +RMB1,342,532 million or 5.7%. Foreign currency deposits +were equivalent to RMB1,527,250 million, a decrease of +RMB35,484 million or 2.3%. +DISTRIBUTION OF DUE TO CUSTOMERS BY BUSINESS LINE +Item +Corporate deposits +At 31 December 2021 +Percentage +Amount +4.7 +(%) +4.3 +Total liabilities +9.2 +11,660,536 +2,784,259 +9.1 +Repurchase agreements +365,943 +1.1 +293,434 +1.0 +Debt securities issued +791,375 +2.5 +798,127 +2.6 +Other +1,376,004 +31,896,125 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2020 +1,424,997 +Percentage +Time deposits +Demand deposits +Subtotal +Other deposits (1) +Total +7,107,386 +26.9 +6,463,929 +25.7 +5,390,582 +20.4 +5,196,607 +Amount +20.7 +12,497,968 +Personal deposits +51.5 +Accrued interest +5,489,700 +Time deposits +5,798,353 +21.9 +21.8 +Demand deposits +12,944,860 +7,533,110 +7,455,160 +29.7 +Subtotal +13,331,463 +50.4 +28.5 +(%) +At the end of 2021, the Bank had 199.5 thousand +private banking customers, representing an increase +of 17.6 thousand or 9.7% over the end of the +previous year. The assets under management +totaled RMB2.32 trillion, representing an increase of +RMB144.2 billion or 6.6%. +Bank Card Business +Based on the crossover scenario of "finance plus +tourism", the Bank issued the co-branded credit +card of ICBC Universal Beijing Resort with exclusive +authorization. It also issued various innovative +debit cards and carried out continuous promotional +campaigns such as "Palace Museum Card Applicant +Gifts" and "CNPC UnionPay Cloud Flash Pay +Discount". +In light of the "customer-centric" business philosophy, the Bank comprehensively promoted the transformation from +"business-oriented" to "customer-oriented", strengthened the overall planning to meet the needs of customers, and +significantly improved the cohesion and competitiveness of personal banking. Focusing on the building of personal +customer ecosystem and customers' needs to spend money, make money, borrow money and manage money, the +Bank promoted the comprehensive building of wealth management, consumer finance, payment and settlement +and smart account business system, with the operation of key customer groups as the foothold. The Bank further +strengthened capacity-building, assessment orientation and digital transformation, and established a digital operation, +investment research and consulting, and innovation empowerment team of the Head Office, providing stronger +support and guarantee for building the No.1 Personal Bank to the satisfaction of the people. +The Bank was awarded the "Overall Best State- +Owned Private Bank in China" by the Asiamoney, the +"Excellent Private Bank of the Year" by the National +Business Daily, and the "The Competitive Private +Bank in 2021" by the China Business Journal. +By the end of 2021, the Bank had issued 1,169 +million bank cards, an increment of 41.70 million +compared with the end of last year. Specifically, +1,006 million debit cards and 163 million credit +cards had been issued. The overdraft balance of +credit cards reached RMB692,339 million. In 2021, +ICBC bank cards registered a spending volume of +RMB22.99 trillion, including RMB20.43 trillion from +debit cards and RMB2.56 trillion from credit cards. +The Bank accelerated the building of ICBC e Life +platform by creatively promoting "credit card plus +e-CNY" closed loop where both e-CNY payment and +QR code payment could be completed with the e +Life APP. The Bank supported the acceptance of Visa +overseas cards in its e-CNY wallet to back up the +Winter Olympic Games. +Focusing on the financial business "serving, benefiting and reassuring the people", the Bank improved the +adaptability, competitiveness and inclusiveness of financial services, with the total number of personal customers +topping 700 million. Among them, the number of mobile banking customers reached 469 million. Credit card +consumption tended to recover gradually, giving an impetus to services for the strategy of expanding domestic +demand. Focusing on the goal of common prosperity, the Bank vigorously developed wealth management business, +managed personal financial assets of nearly RMB17 trillion, remaining in the leading position in the industry. The +balance of personal wealth management products under the new rules stood at RMB1.71 trillion, representing an +increase of 102.71% over the end of the previous year. Relying on "Rural Revitalization • Funong Card", the Bank +quickened the pace of expanding county markets, and promoted financial services at the grass-roots level. It launched +the "ICBC with You" service brand, created products, services, channels and theme activities suitable for the elderly, +and accelerated the building of all-in-one social security card as a move to fulfill the responsibility of a large bank. It +held nearly half of the newly increased market share of social security cards. +Discussion and Analysis +In line with the buyer's market trend of wealth +management, the Bank grasped the diversified needs +of private banking customers, shifted from single +product marketing to comprehensive service, and +built a comprehensive service ecosystem for private +banking customers jointly built in multiple scenarios +of "individuals, families, enterprises and social +responsibility". ++ ++ +In light of the core objective of strategic breakthrough, the Bank strengthened the upgrading of financial supply side +services, and promoted high-quality business development. Personal deposits exceeded RMB12 trillion, hitting a new +high. The cost was effectively controlled and the capacity of volume-price coordination was significantly enhanced. The +balance of personal loans approached to RMB8 trillion. The quality of assets improved steadily, and the balance and +ratio of non-performing loans both declined. Income from fee-based personal banking increased steadily. +Private Banking +ICBC +Asset Management Services +The Bank adhered to product and service innovation. +It made efforts to build a service ecosystem +for entrepreneurs, and listed 100 branches as +"Entrepreneurs Service Center". It jointly issued +the Report on ICBC Entrepreneur Wealth Health +Index with renowned universities. The Bank strove +to build a comprehensive service platform for +family customers, vigorously developed family trust +consulting business, and successfully launched +insurance trust, fund trust, equity trust and other +full-spectrum family wealth management services. +The Bank firmly implemented the regulatory requirements, +seized development opportunities, pushed forward +the transformation of asset management business +and products in a steady and compliant manner and +comprehensively enhanced investment management and +research capabilities. It established an asset management +business system allowing allocation of capital in all markets +and value creation across the whole value chain by relying +on the strength of the Group's asset management, custody +and pension businesses as well as its comprehensive +subsidiaries specialized in fund, insurance, leasing, +investment banking and wealth management, to serve +direct financing, and provide diversified, integrated and +specialized services for customers. +In light of China's strategy of actively responding to +the aging population, the Bank made every effort +to promote the transformation and development of +pension business to pension finance business, build +a business ecosystem centering on pension fund +finance, senior care service finance and senior care +industry finance, help improve people's well-being +and fulfill the responsibilities of a large bank. +In compliance with regulatory requirements and +New Rules on Asset Management, the Bank made +comprehensive use of wealth management product +undertaking, asset return to the balance sheet and +market-based transfer and other measures that +comply with the new regulations, and overdid the +task of rectifying and reducing existing wealth +management products during the transition +period. At the end of 2021, the balance of wealth +management products reached RMB2,586.9 billion. +Please refer to the section headed "Business +Overview Diversified Operation and Subsidiary +Management" for details on the business +development of ICBC Wealth Management. +At the end of 2021, the annuity funds under custody +amounted to RMB407.0 billion. The Bank managed +11.98 million individual enterprise annuity accounts, +and the annuity funds under custody reached +RMB1,152.3 billion. The Bank obtained the trustee, +custodian and investment manager qualifications +for occupational annuities in 33 regions under +overall planning, with the total size of occupational +annuities of the three qualifications ranking first in +the market. The Bank ranked first among peers in +terms of the scale of enterprise annuity funds under +custody, number of individual enterprise annuity +accounts and annuity funds under custody. +Financial Market Business +In 2021, the Bank quickened the pace of deepening the No.1 Personal Bank Strategy, made new progress and new +breakthroughs, and took on a new look. ++ +The Bank won the "Tianji Award for Pension +Financial Services Bank of the Year" by the +Securities Times, the "2021 Top 10 Supply Wealth +Management Innovation" by The Chinese Banker, +and the "2020-2021 Investible Pension Financial +Institution" by the Economic Observer. +Pension Services +At the end of 2021, the size of custody business +reached RMB22.1 trillion. +The Bank was awarded the "Best Custodian Bank in +China" and the "Best Insurance Custodian Bank in +China" by The Asset and the "Best Custodian Bank +in China (Mega Bank)" by The Asian Banker. +The building of intelligent custodian bank was +advanced steadily. The Bank officially released the +"ICBC Intelligent Custody System", launched the +ICBC custody mobile banking and the intelligent +investment service platform, and comprehensively +improved its custody service. +New breakthroughs were made in key products, +and the Bank's leading position in the industry +was further consolidated. The mutual funds under +custody amounted to RMB3.7 trillion, representing +an increase of RMB663.7 billion over the end of +the previous year. The pension funds under custody +totaled RMB2.3 trillion, an increase of RMB359.1 +billion. The enterprise annuity funds, occupational +annuity funds and pension fund products under +custody ranked first in the industry. The insurance +asset under custody was RMB5.9 trillion, an increase +of RMB479.8 billion. The Bank achieved an important +breakthrough in global custody business, and was +approved eligible for the first batch of pilot custody +and clearing bank under "Southbound Bond +Connect" scheme. The outsourcing business of asset +management products developed rapidly, with a size +over RMB2.5 trillion. ++ +4 ++ +Asset Custody Services +Discussion and Analysis +41 +Annual Report 2021 +Wealth Management Services +ICBC Deepened the No.1 Personal Bank Strategy +4 +2020 +40 +Discussion and Analysis +Discussion and Analysis +Discounted Bills ++ +The Bank grasped the development trend of financial +services, successfully made a debut of banker's +acceptance rediscounting service of supply chain bill +in China, and launched featured products such as +"Monthly Discount", "Weekend Discount", "ICBC +i Green Discount", "Supply Chain Bill Pay Plus", +"ICBC e Discount + Agreed Interest". The "bill +business platform scenario" project was connected +with the high-quality industrial platform to further +improve the user function experience of bill business +in corporate internet banking channels. +In 2021, discounted bills amounted to +RMB1,708,223 million, representing an increase of +15.8% year on year, ranking first in the market. +Discounted bills for small and micro enterprises +reached RMB473,966 million. At the end of 2021, +the balance of discounted bills for small and micro +enterprises was RMB213,796 million. +Personal Banking +In 2021, the Bank continued to deepen the No.1 Personal +Bank Strategy, to make it a bank satisfactory to the +people. Focusing on the building of an individual customer +ecosystem, the Bank promoted the high-quality business +development relying on the "intelligent brain" decision +pivot and full-spectrum operation system. ++ +It upgraded the "intelligent brain" decision pivot. +Relying on the "intelligent brain", the Bank drew +up a plan for differentiated and targeted services, +and developed the overall plan and strategy for +personal customer marketing services through online +and offline multi-channel service outlets. A total of +34 intelligent models have been developed and put +into operation to realize automatic triggering and +real-time response, strengthen the empowerment +support for marketing and management +personnel, and promote the digital and intelligent +transformation of personal banking. +The broadest customer base service system was +upgraded comprehensively. Being customer-centric, +the Bank launched "ICBC Star Privileges", a brand- +new high-star personal customer value-added +equity brand, and deeply carried out the activities, +including "March Forward with Wealth and Gift", a +medium and high-end customer marketing activity, +"Treasure Hunt", a credit reward activity, and "Star +Promotion", a targeted marketing activity. The +number of customers with the average monthly/daily +financial assets of RMB50,000 and above increased +by 6.5% over the end of the previous year. +The +Bank promoted the transformation and +development of wealth management business. It +organized and carried out activities such as "828 +ICBC Wealth Season" and "AXA Theme Day", +launched a series of wealth management products +that are open, selected, best-selling and exclusive +under new financial regulations, and promoted +intelligent asset allocation services. +The Bank fully met customers' consumer financing +needs. Adhering to the guideline that "housing is +for living in, not for speculation", the Bank satisfied +the reasonable needs of customers, including first +time home buyers, and continued to carry out +special marketing activities, such as "Home-backed +Finance", "Merchants Mate", "Online Merchants +Loan" and "Entrepreneurship Dream". +At the end of 2021, the number of personal +customers increased by 23.41 million over the end of +the previous year to 704 million. Personal financial +assets totaled RMB 16.96 trillion. Specifically, +personal deposits reached RMB12,497,968 million, +representing an increase of RMB837,432 million +or 7.2%. Personal loans stood at RMB7,944,781 +million, representing an increase of RMB829,502 +million or 11.7%. Funds under agency sales +amounted to RMB645.4 billion, government bonds +under agency distribution were valued at RMB57 +billion, and personal insurance products under +agency sales reported at RMB108.2 billion. +Money Market Activities +Personal Deposits +2021 +Unit: RMB100 millions +Unit: RMB100 millions +2019 +Demand deposits +2021 +2020 +Time deposits +2019 +71,073.86 +64,639.29 +61,496.54 +HE H +Ht +79,447.81 +71,152.79 +63,836.24 +53,905.82 +51,966.07 +43,280.90 +Personal Loans +In terms of RMB, the Bank actively fulfilled its +responsibilities as a large bank and assisted in +maintaining the smooth operation of the money +market. It rationally devised financing maturities, +varieties and counterparty structure, and constantly +improved the profitability of fund operation. As +it steadily promoted business innovation and +development, it completed the first batch of offshore +RMB negotiable certificate of deposit ("NCD") +investments via "Southbound Connect". +The Bank spared no effort to promote innovation +in the field of green finance, worked with ICBC +Wealth Management to create "Hengrui" series of +green finance themed products, helped serve major +strategies such as national rural revitalization and +common prosperity, and carried forward China's +contemporary entrepreneurship. +ICBC ++ +The Bank deepened the layout of FinTech consisting of +"one department, three centers, one subsidiary, and one +research institute". It stepped up efforts in mechanism +innovation, promoted penetration of the technology +gene, continued to improve financial innovation response +efficiency and supply capability, and unleashed the +vitality of the Bank's FinTech innovation. The Bank +invested RMB25,987 million in FinTech in 2021, and it +had 35 thousand FinTech personnel at the end of 2021, +accounting for 8.1% of all employees across the Bank. +Accelerating Reforms of Technology +Governance Mechanisms +Innovating in ecosystem cooperation. The Bank built +the "1+N" intelligent government services product +system and established the "all-in-one network" +government service platform to fully empower +government services. It promoted integration +of government service data across the board +and launched more than 300 bank-government +cooperation scenarios in 29 branches. The Bank +I was one of the first contracted data traders of +the Shanghai Data Exchange, concluded the first +transaction and the first financing based on the data +asset voucher at the Shanghai Data Exchange, and +strengthened innovation in cooperation with local +data markets. The Bank built an intelligent industry +ecosystem, by establishing a series of platforms +such as Julian and Jurong, connecting to supply +chain scenarios in the upstream and downstream +sections of large enterprises such as procurement +and sales management, providing a package of +personalized financial services, and empowering the +transformation and upgrading into digital supply +chains. ++ +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +46 +Strengthening product innovation. The Bank +upgraded the intelligent custody platform, +launched the featured deposit product "Intelligent +Corporate Deposit Express", added e-CNY support +into ICBC e Bill Pay and bank-enterprise interlink, +and completed the industry's first public e-CNY +payment with the State Grid e-commerce platform, +the first of its kind in the industry. The Bank +empowered cross-border finance. It established +the "Southbound Bond Connect" business system +to support the development of cross-border +RMB business. It promoted the innovation and +application of the Intelligent Trade Finance Platform. +It was the first among its peers to join the cross- +border financial blockchain service platform of +the State Administration of Foreign Exchange +as an authentication node, it was among the +first institutions in the industry to complete the +connection to the electronic L/C forfaiting system +of PBC, and it was also the first in the industry +to embed L/C products into the customs' Single +Window platform. The Bank innovated in inclusive +finance and launched "ICBC Inclusive", the three- +in-one online channel brand that combines "an +exclusive version of personal mobile banking, a +WeChat applet, and a dedicated zone in enterprise +mobile banking". It upgraded the cross-border +business matchmaking platform, "ICBC Business +Matchmaker", and launched its 2.0, which provides +intelligent, whole-process closed-loop cross-border +business matchmaking services to small and medium +enterprises. The Bank empowered rural revitalization. +It creatively launched the ICBC Xingnongtong APP, +an online financial service channel for rural areas +featured by services and functions concerning +people's livelihood, agency services, inclusive finance +services, village affairs, etc. It also established +three service platforms, namely, the Xingnong +matchmaking platform, the rural revitalization +statistical monitoring platform, and the "Digital +Villages" comprehensive service platform, to assist in +the digital transformation of rural finance. ++ +Promoting model innovation. The Bank encouraged +innovation in non-contact services. It was the first +among its peers to launch the "Cloud ICBC" brand +system. By integrating and optimizing diverse service +scenarios such as cloud business handling, screen- +to-screen handling of urgent matters, around-the- +clock communication, service integration, open- +type intelligent ecosystem, etc., the system allows +customers to handle their banking business anytime +anywhere. The Bank promoted innovation in +integration of data and intelligent technology. The +Bank was the first in the industry to establish the +enterprise-level data middle-office and was also +the first to load the whole group's data into the +data lake. It deposited 14 categories of customer +features and provided more than 1,000 enterprise- +level data services to business systems in the fields of +customer marketing, product innovation, risk control, +operation management, etc., which fully improved +the capability to convert enterprise data into value. +The Bank upgraded "intelligent brain" marketing +and offered intelligent service solutions that are +unique to 700 million personal customers. By +using interactive techniques such as digital human, +intelligent Q&As and voice interaction, the Bank +intensified application of "Machine substitution" at +the front office of customer service, the back office +of business operation, etc. and launched more than +600 intelligent application scenarios with digital +employee attributes. ++ +Centering on the needs of national strategies such as +serving the real economy, preventing financial risks and +deepening the financial reform, based on the intelligent +banking ecosystem development project ECOS, the Bank +deepened technological empowerment from the three +dimensions of model innovation, production innovation, +and ecosystem opening up and innovation and developed a +series of quality services that the people are satisfied with. +Promoting Innovation as a Drive of High- +quality Development of the Bank +Discussion and Analysis +45 +Annual Report 2021 +Building an active pattern and increasing innovation +supply. The Bank implemented the FinTech talent +development project, carried out the "Tech Elite" +training program, and actively introduced high- +end social technical personnel. It fully promoted +the "trained by technology used by business" +talent pool mechanism and used layered and +- +targeted incentives to unleash talents' innovation +vitality. Meanwhile, the Bank established the open +competition mechanism to encourage innovation, +implemented the agile R&D model across the board, +and organized more than one hundred flexible teams +for agile R&D, who efficiently responded market +demand. ICBC Information and Technology (Beijing) +Co., Ltd. was established to reinforce the value +output capability and market influence. +Deepening industry-university-research-application. +The Bank gave play to the R&D capabilities of the +FinTech Institute and laboratories and strengthened +joint innovation and R&D. Centering on prospective +technology fields such as secure multi-party +computation, federal learning, quantum technology, +blockchain, 5G application, etc., joint laboratories +such as financial information infrastructure, financial +application of 5G, Al, etc. were built, assisting in +China's independent technological innovation. The +Bank cooperated with scientific research institutes +and leading enterprises and focused on cutting-edge +technologies. The Bank was the first in the industry +to release the White Paper on Privacy Computing in +Promoting the Development of the Data Ecosystem +of the Financial Industry, and a total of 12 projects +were designated as the pilot projects for innovation +and supervision of FinTech, among which "IoT- +based Item Traceability Certification Management +and Supply Chain Finance" was among the first pilot +projects completed for whole-process innovation and +supervision of FinTech in China. +39 +ICBC +48 +Deepening online and offline integrated +development. A total of 16 thousand "cloud" +outlets, 28 thousand wealth managers, over 100 +remote customer service representatives provided +online and offline integrated services in the +"intelligent manual" and "text + voice + video" +forms via "cloud outlets, cloud studios and cloud +customer service", making the Bank, employees +and services available online. The services and +functions of "cloud" outlets were upgraded, and +capabilities in online and offline marketing and +publicity, characteristic operation and collaborative +output were improved. Twelve cloud outlets with +ancient building characteristics and benchmarking +"cloud" outlets on Universal City Walk were created, +and marketing of characteristic outlet brands was +strengthened. Enterprise-level WeChat accounts +were integrated and upgraded, resulting in resource +concentration and efficient operation of the WeChat +ecosystem. Moreover, connection between mobile +banking and remote banking and outlets was +deepened, with the launch of the real-time same- +screen tutoring service, an upgrade from "face +Improving the functions and user experience of +enterprise mobile banking and internet banking. +The Bank launched Enterprise Mobile Banking 4.0, +improved the basic platform service capability of +enterprise internet finance, and carried out the +"Excellence Project" of frequently used functions +of corporate internet banking. In 2021, average of +the monthly active customers of corporate internet +banking hit 4.41 million, and that of Enterprise +Mobile Banking 1.60 million. The Bank maintained a +leading position by customer activity in the industry. +Deepening government-business-consumption +coordination and assisting in "net making and +patching" program. Seizing the opportunities of +reforms to streamline administration and delegate +power, improve regulation, and upgrade services +and the development of digital economy, the Bank +promoted bank-government-enterprise cooperation +in depth. Through "Ju Fu Tong", it connected to +nearly 200 platforms and served 73 government +and public service platforms. The Bank assisted +customers in traditional manufacturing circulation +fields in going online and served 26 thousand +corporate customers. In the field of consumer +internet, the Bank actively explored cross-border +e-commerce business, intensified marketing of cross- +border e-commerce platforms, and strengthened +cooperation with rural revitalization related +platforms. In this field, it served 19.60 million +personal customers. +Building No.1 Personal Mobile Bank and empowering +the No.1 Personal Bank Strategy. The Bank launched +Version 7.0 of personal mobile banking that features +"five intelligent companionships", namely, wealth +companionship, cloud companionship, exclusive +companionship, account companionship, and +privilege companionship and provides interaction +in all respects and companionship throughout the +whole customer journey. The Bank established a +personalized service system. It released exclusive +versions including Happy Life Version 2.0, Beautiful +Home Version 2.0, Inclusive Finance for Small and +Micro Enterprises Version 1.0, the English version +and the payroll payment agency service zone, "ICBC +Salary Manager", improved exclusive services for +key customer groups such as elderly customers, +customers in counties, small and micro enterprises, +cross-border service customers and payroll payment +agency service customers, and met customers' +diversified financial needs. The Bank improved +user experience of mobile banking by upgrading a +number of frequently used transaction functions. +It also intensified precision marketing of financial +products. Wealth management, fund and insurance +transaction volume via online channels accounted +for over 95%. At the end of 2021, personal mobile +banking customers recorded 469 million, and ICBC +Mobile Banking became the first application in +banking industry that topped 100 million monthly +active users ("MAU"), with over 150 million MAUS +at mobile terminals, leading the industry in terms of +customer size and activity. +Accelerating Platform Innovation and +Deepening Synergy among Channels +Finance. +Group's information security protection +capability was further improved. The Bank promoted +the implementation of version 2.0 of network +security rating and protection regulations and +completed external evaluations for all its protection +systems, all of were granted the highest grade +of "Excellent". The Bank established the group- +wide integrated intelligent information security +management sub-center, allowing tier-one (directly +managed) branches to conduct automated and +visual management of tier-two branches within their +jurisdiction. The Bank preliminarily established a +financial attack-defense range and a safe operation +model that uses attack to improve defense which +won the first place in many security competitions +held by the relevant departments. As the first +financial institution member of the technology team +of the China National Vulnerability Database (CNVD), +the Bank fulfilled its responsibilities as a large bank +and actively looked for 0 day vulnerabilities. +The Bank actively adapted to new needs of the digital +development of the national economy. Based on key +strategies, it accelerated reform and innovation, made +overall plans for all channels, services via all channels and +online customer operation, promoted the development +of e-ICBC 4.0, and built the "One Body, Two Wings" +development pattern featuring "own platforms + open +banking". In 2021, transaction volume via electronic +channels hit RMB732.85 trillion, an increase of 14.4% +from the previous year, and business handled via electronic +channels accounted for 98.8%. The Bank won a number of +important awards in the field of internet finance, including +"Best Digital Consumer Bank in China" and "Best +Corporate/Institutional Digital Bank in China" from Global +Discussion and Analysis +47 +Annual Report 2021 +launch", which has supported and assisted in the +spreading of creativity across the Bank. +- +- +In terms of foreign currencies, the Bank continued +to strengthen research of global central banks' +monetary policies and closely tracked changes in the +fund liquidity and interest rates of foreign currency +markets. While ensuring liquidity safety, it flexibly +employed foreign currency market operation tools to +support the foreign currency financing needs of the +real economy. The Bank was among the first on the +market to make foreign currency repurchase with +domestic foreign currency NCD and bonds under +custody of China Bond as collaterals. In 2021, the +Bank won many honors, including the "Best Foreign +Currency Lending Panel Bank", the "Best Foreign +Currency Lending Member" and the "Best Foreign +Currency Repo Member" conferred by China Foreign +Exchange Trade System. +Building an innovation culture. The Bank has held +the ICBC Cup FinTech Innovation Competition for +National College Students outside the Bank for +12 consecutive years. In 2021, more than 40,000 +students from some 700 universities across the +country signed up and submitted over 8,000 works. +The Competition focused on hot issues and key +fields, stimulated students' innovation vitality, and +created a good technological innovation atmosphere. +Within the Bank, by holding "Creative ICBC" series +activities and establishing the incubation system, +the Bank has formed the long-acting mechanism +of "gathering tutoring - testing incubation +Internet Finance +The +Annual Report 2021 +The Bank took the initiative to deal with the new +challenges brought by the complex and volatile external +situation and technological reforms, adhered to the +bottom line of safe production, further promoted the +transformation of production, operation and maintenance, +and upgraded and built in an information security defense +system for the whole group and the whole process. The +Group's production safety was maintained at a high level. +42 +Investment ++ +In terms of RMB bonds, the Bank continued to +strengthen its capability to serve the real economy. +It actively invested in local government bonds in +strategic regions and key fields, and the scale of +new investment in local government bonds ranked +No.1 in the market for the seventh consecutive year. +The Bank actively practiced green and low-carbon +development and the rural revitalization strategy. +It was among the first banks to invest in carbon +neutrality bonds and sustainability linked bonds, +and increased investment in rural revitalization +bonds. Meanwhile, the Bank actively invested +in energy supply guarantee related bonds, and +bonds of advanced manufacturing industry and +private enterprises, to give full play to the financial +guarantee for energy security effect. +In terms of foreign-currency bonds, the Bank +steadily increased investments, moderately expanded +portfolio investments, optimized the portfolio +structure, and intensified support to the real +economy and green finance. It completed the first +batch of foreign-currency bond transactions via +"Southbound Connect". +In 2021, the Bank was honored as the "Top +Investment Houses in Asian G3 Bonds" by The Asset. ++ +The Bank reasonably adjusted the financing structure +based on liquidity management requirements, and +operating benefit improved steadily. It actively +advanced the development of the business system, +improved the level of refined business management, +and promoted the steady development of the +financing business. For details on the Bank's CDs and +debt securities issued, please refer to "Note to the +Consolidated Financial Statements: 33. Certificates of +Deposit; 35. Debt Securities Issued". +Discussion and Analysis +Treasury Trading Business on Behalf of +Customers +In terms of foreign exchange settlement and sales on +behalf of customers and foreign exchange trading, +the Bank continuously enriched foreign exchange +settlement and sales and foreign exchange trading +currencies, improved the trading functions of online +channels, and provided convenient service for +enterprises in exchange rate risk management. In +terms of corporate commodity derivative trading, +under the routine pandemic control mechanism, the +Bank actively carried out online business promotion +and marketing to attract customers, delivered good +service to existing customers, promptly responded +to customer queries and trading needs, and helped +corporate customers properly respond to commodity +price fluctuation risks during the pandemic. In terms +of RMB interest rate derivative business, the Bank +continued to provide interest rate risk management +service to corporate customers like small and micro +enterprises and manufacturing enterprises. In terms +of the over-the-counter ("OTC") bond business, +the Bank distributed China Development Bank's +financial bonds with the themes of "Coordinated +Development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region" +"Carbon Neutrality" and "Ecological Protection and +High-quality Development of the Yellow River Basin", +Agricultural Development Bank of China's "Carbon +Neutrality" financial bonds and the OTC local +government bonds in 36 provinces (autonomous +regions, municipalities directly under the Central +Government, and cities specifically designated in +the state plan) to investors in the OTC market, +contributing to the coordinated development of +key regions and assisting in green finance, rural +revitalization and regional development. The Bank +was awarded the "Excellent Underwriter Award +for Over-the-counter Circulating Bonds" and +"Excellent Underwriter Award for Over-the- +Counter Local Government Bonds" by China Central +Depository & Clearing Co., Ltd. In terms of foreign +institutional investors trading business in China's +inter-bank market, the Bank took an active part in +serving foreign institutional investors from more +than 60 countries and regions. It won the "Opening- +Up Contribution Award" granted by the National +Interbank Funding Center and the "Excellent +Settlement Agent under Global Connect Business" +granted by China Central Depository & Clearing Co., +Ltd. +an +Annual Report 2021 +43 +Discussion and Analysis +The transformation of production and operation +maintenance was carried out in an orderly manner. +The Bank strengthened technical support capacity. +Based on the distributed system framework, +it realized the betterment of high-availability +architecture deployment of key business lines such +as mobile banking, internet banking, fast payment, +financial markets, etc. The Bank improved emergency +response capability. It was the first among its peers +to complete the total switching drill of the cloud +platform, and successfully simulated cross-park quick +emergency switch at the ten-thousand node level +under large-scale, complex fault scenarios. The drill +verified the high availability level of key technology +infrastructure. The Bank optimized the business +operation monitoring system and realized full-link +integrated monitoring of application and equipment +in key applications, and formed correlation analysis +and full-link tracking capabilities of cross-application +transactions. +Asset Securitization Business ++ +The asset securitization business effectively +supported the Bank in disposing of non-performing +assets and optimizing credit structure, and further +improved the Bank's capability to serve the real +economy. In 2021, the Bank issued 19 asset-backed +securities totaling RMB112,592 million, including the +first green vehicle installment asset-backed securities +issued by a commercial bank in China. By introducing +cross-border funds via "Bond Connect", it further +promoted financial cooperation between domestic +and foreign institutions and the two-way opening up +of the Chinese green bond market. +Financing ++ +A series of leading enterprise-level independent +innovation technology platforms were built. The +Bank built the first, reliable, efficient and scalable +big data platform among peers, and established a +big data service ecosystem integrating technology, +data and services. It upgraded Al technology systems. +It was the first among its peers to complete the +enterprise-level Robot Process Automation ("RPA") +platform, and also the first to pass the application +maturity assessment of RPA systems and tools by +the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology +and the China Academy of Information and +Communications Technology. A blockchain platform +with proprietary intellectual property rights was built, +which has integrated more than 150 technology +breakthroughs. It was among the first batch to pass +the five certifications under special evaluation for +"Trusted Blockchain" by the Ministry of Industry and +Information Technology and the China Academy of +Information and Communications Technology, and +was selected as part of the 2021 Blockchain 50 by +Forbes. +Precious Metal Business +stack basic resources for independent innovation. +The Bank sought technology breakthroughs in key +fields such as cloud platforms, operating system +and database in a centralized way, connected +key breakpoints in the independent innovation +and transformation of the financial industry, and +developed a complete package of technical solutions +that can be copied and promoted for various fields +including office management, data analysis, risk +control, business management, regulatory reporting, +etc., providing a model template for independent +innovation, transformation, upgrading, application +and promotion for the financial industry. +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +The Bank explored new "highlands" in cutting- +edge technologies. By integrating satellite remote +sensing technology with Al technology and using +high-definition satellite remote sensing data and +intelligent monitoring models, the Bank conducted +post-lending monitoring of crop growth and +construction of large engineering projects. The +Bank was the first in the industry to complete the +homemade intelligent POS monitoring system with +the Beidou Navigation Satellite System as its only +signal source. It made breakthroughs in the feasibility +testing and pilot application of quantum technology +in important financial encryption scenarios. It +employed the privacy computation technology to +develop innovative post-lending risk monitoring +measures regarding small and micro enterprises. +1 Refers to AI, BLOCK-CHAIN, Cloud Computing, Big Data and IoT. +The Bank spared no effort to promote technology +breakthroughs in key fields. The Bank was the first +among its peers to realize the deployment of the +"one cloud with multiple cores" architecture and to +complete the compatible adaption of cloud platforms +with general open platforms and the independent +innovation technology system, which provided the +Bank with the large-scale supply capacity of full +The Bank built the world-leading "cloud computing ++ distributed" technology architecture, leading the +industry to transform from a traditional centralized +one to a fully distributed one. The Bank completed +the world's largest financial cloud platform with the +strongest technological capacity and full coverage +of business scenarios. With the platform, it realized +automated and intensive management and full +stack independent innovation cloud service supply. +The Bank was the first among its peers to meet the +Level 4 security capacity requirement for private +clouds and the Level 3 security capacity requirement +for ecosystem clouds, and it declared more than +200 patents for invention. It also established the +distributed technology system with the most systems +and the most extensive application among its peers, +with an average daily service invocation of over 12.0 +billion times. +44 +Reinforcing Production Safety +Fortifying Digital Infrastructure +In 2021, the Bank was ranked at first place in the +banking industry for the eighth consecutive year in +CBIRC's IT supervision ratings. The intelligent banking +ecosystem ECOS won PBC's special award of the "FinTech +Development Awards". The Bank became the first +enterprise in the Chinese financial industry to obtain the +highest Data Management Capability Maturity (DCMM) +rating (Level 5), and it won the "Best Financial Innovation +Award" from The Chinese Banker for the sixth consecutive +year. +Centering on the FinTech development plan (2021-2023), +the Bank practiced technology self-reliance, strengthened +the "dual wheel drive" of technological innovation +and system reform, built new advantages in FinTech +development, and empowered the development of +"D-ICBC" with technology, which assisted in the Bank's +high-quality development and better fostered a new +development pattern. +FinTech +The Bank promoted +development of the physical precious metal +business, to meet customers' demands for quality +improvement in investment and consumption. It +launched physical precious metal products with the +theme of China International Import Expo, and on +the basis of the "Magnificent China" theme, it rolled +out "Most Beautiful Hometown" and "Beautiful +Countryside" physical precious metal product +series to fully demonstrate the appearance of rural +revitalization. It also promoted the green and low- +carbon development of the precious metal leasing +business and opened up new space for business +development. In 2021, the Bank ranked first among +all dealers in Shanghai Gold Exchange in terms of +gold and silver trading volume, clearing amount and +gold leasing scale, was reelected "First Prize Winner +of the Excellent Financial Member" by Shanghai Gold +Exchange, and was named "Best Provider of Precious +Metals Services" by Global Finance. +transformation and +The Bank adhered to technology self-reliance, promoted +technology breakthrough in key fields of infrastructure +system, and strengthened research and application of +cutting-edge technologies. A series of new enterprise- +level technology platforms with strong service capability +and industry-leading advantages were built up based on +5G+ABCDI'. As at the end of 2021, the Bank had the most +newly added and accumulated patents among Chinese +banks. +the +Number of +Percentage of +by the Head Office, 459 branches in capital cities +and tier-two branches, 15,508 outlets, 32 Head +Office-level profitability units along with their +directly managed institutions and branches, and 133 +subsidiaries and their branches. +Number of +Percentage +of assets +GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS, INSTITUTIONS AND EMPLOYEES +Percentage of +institutions +Assets +(in RMB +employees +Item +millions) +(%) +institutions +(%) +(%) +As at the end of 2021, the Bank had a total of +16,590 institutions. Among them, there were +16,169 domestic institutions and 421 overseas ones. +Domestic institutions included the Head Office, 36 +tier-one branches and branches directly managed +employees +Discussion and Analysis +50.7% +Annual Report 2021 +12.7% +Head Office +◆ Operation management +8.9% +⚫ Female +49.3% +⚫ FinTech +8.1% +Risk and compliance +6.5% +management +Emerging business +2.1% +Non-banking business +1.0% +⚫ Others +2.3% +53 +8,145,032 +Bohai Rim +33 +16.4 +68,065 +15.7 +Central China +3,786,925 +10.8 +3,453 +20.8 +83,257 +19.2 +Western China +4,553,489 +12.9 +3,678 +22.2 +87,859 +20.2 +2,713 +23.2 +14.7 +Corporate banking +0.2 +19,812 +4.6 +Yangtze River Delta +8,248,981 +23.5 +2,537 +15.3 +61,639 +14.2 +Pearl River Delta +5,870,705 +16.7 +1,983 +11.9 +48,234 +11.1 +5,186,815 +● Operation and comprehensive 16.5% +support +22.3% +Personal banking +4 +Steadily promoting outlet optimization and +adjustment. Throughout 2021, the Bank optimized +the layout of 714 outlets, and renovated 1,528 +outlets. The Bank effectively increased service +supply in counties by setting up 151 new outlets in +counties, including 15 counties that had never had +an ICBC outlet before. The Bank practiced the green +financial development philosophy. It piloted "zero +carbon outlets" in Guangdong, Tianjin, Guangxi, +etc. and actively fulfilled its responsibilities as a large +bank. +Service Improvement +Continuing to enrich outlets' pan-finance services +and functions. With a focus on reforms to streamline +administration and delegate power, improve +regulation, and upgrade services, the Bank promoted +one-stop government services and added 3,020 +outlets that offer "outlet +" one-stop government +services. The Bank led the industry in launching such +functions as issuance of electronic social insurance +cards, printing of credit reports and issuance of +electronic medical insurance vouchers in intelligent +devices. As a result, outlets' "finance + pan-finance" +comprehensive service capability further improved. +Accelerating digital transformation of outlets. The +Bank extensively applied new technological means +such as big data, Al, intelligent voice and RPA in the +layout, location selection, systems & platforms, self- +service devices, business operation, etc. of outlets, +which further improved the resource utilization +efficiency of outlets. It continued to promote the +mode of operations services featuring convenient +online acceptance, intensive and efficient handling +and speedy delivery of services at outlets, and +completed its promotion and application in the +scenarios of the five major fields of products in kind, +information, cash, account, and foreign exchange. +In addition, the Bank continuously optimized +the combined service process of intelligent teller +machines and expanded "medialess" services at +outlets to cover more than 150 high-frequency +transactions including debit card deposit and draw- +down, transfer & remittance, account information +query, etc. ++ +At the end of 2021, the Bank had 15,767 outlets, +24,145 self-service banks, 79,793 intelligent +devices, and 66,563 ATMs with trading volume of +RMB5,312.6 billion. +Outlet services were improved continuously. The +Bank carried out the campaign of "Financial +Standards for the Benefit of People and Enterprises", +took a combination of measures to improve the +service quality of outlets and endeavored to become +a service benchmark of outlets. The Bank enriched +barrier-free facilities, upgraded 4,691 outlets for the +elderly, promoted the service functions of self-service +devices for the elderly, and put in place ATMs with +passbook function to meet the needs of the elderly +to provide them with more convenient and intimate +and faster services. In 2021, 110 outlets of the Bank +were named 1,000 Best Role Model Units in China's +banking industry. +More services were supplied for the people's +livelihood. Relying on 15.5 thousand "ICBC Sharing +Stations", the Bank carried out more than 40 +thousand diverse public welfare activities with the +theme of warm care in winter, volunteer service +publicity, support for national college entrance +exam and anti-fraud on the Double Ninth Festival +etc., cumulatively serving more than 40 million +person-times customers. It constantly enriched the +connotation of public welfare service of "ICBC +Sharing Stations" and cooperated with All-China +Federation of Trade Unions to build "Trade Union's +Service Stations for Outdoor Workers ICBC Sharing +Stations". +An +experience monitoring and evaluation +system was established. The Bank launched a +special campaign to solve the hotspot problems +complained by customers. The Bank established a +system for "feedback of customers" and "voice +of employees", set up a customer satisfaction +monitoring system combining instant feedback and +special survey, conducted experience monitoring +in multiple dimensions and strove to enhance +customer satisfaction. In 2021, the Bank's customer +satisfaction stood at 86.8%, and 92.9% of problems +reported via phone by customers were solved at first +instance, ranking at the forefront among its peers. +The intelligent transformation of customer services +was accelerated. The Bank expanded the intelligent +service entrances of ICBC intelligent robot "Gino +(Gong Xiao Zhi)" to 96, including incoming and +outgoing calls, audio + text, online + offline and +inside + outside of the Bank. The accuracy of audio +and text recognition was above 97%. 630 million +Annual Report 2021 +51 +Discussion and Analysis +intelligent services were provided, up 11% from last +year. In the First Intelligent Service Robot Contest +held by China Banking Association, the Bank was +ranked No. 1 in intelligent audio robot and No. 2 in +intelligent text robot. +Human Resources Management, +Employees and Institutions +Human Resources Management +4 +Outlet Development +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis ++ +to face" service at outlets to "screen to screen" +interaction online. The scope of remote online +video review business was expanded to include +more frequently used services including debit card +password changing, cancellation of loss reporting of +debit cards, etc. Card-free and certificate-free service +scenarios at outlets and medialess service scenarios +of intelligent devices were enriched by launching +the "Scan and take a queue number" function and +the counter service evaluation function on mobile +banking. The "ordering online and mailing offline" +service of mobile banking covered ten scenarios +including issuance of credit certification, printing of +details of history, query of loan details, etc., and its +replacement rate of outlet services exceeded 90%. +Accelerating interconnection between domestic +and overseas business and serving domestic and +international circulations. Centering on mobile +finance, corporate service and cross-border scenarios, +the Bank worked faster to improve the quality and +standard of overseas online financial services. Version +6.0 of overseas personal mobile banking was fully +upgraded at pilot institutions including ICBC (Asia), +ICBC (Macau), Singapore Branch, and ICBC (Thai). +Overseas corporate internet financial services were +further improved, and the global version of corporate +internet banking was continuously promoted at +overseas institutions. New highlights such as overseas +study remittance and payment were developed +in cross-border business scenarios, the overseas +study remittance product was launched in personal +mobile banking, and the overseas services of ICBC +e-Payment were promoted, making overseas mobile +payment more convenient. +Serving the Real Economy and Building an +Ecological Bank +In serving the rural revitalization strategy, the +Bank promoted common prosperity and interactive +development of urban and rural areas. Adhering to +going online, going digital and going ecological, +the Bank established the new-type rural financial +service system in which online and offline services +are integrated and complement each other, and +developed the "ICBC Xingnongtong" APP. Based on +its core financial capabilities such as account, loan, +payment, village affairs and business matchmaking, +the Bank launched four types of agriculture- +related services, namely, people's livelihood related +finance, inclusive finance, government services +related finance, and agricultural assistance finance, +and developed new farm tools, new supermarkets +and new platforms that are easy to operate for +"Sannong" (agriculture, farmers and rural areas) +customers and which they are willing to use. The +Bank also upgraded the county edition of mobile +banking to version 2.0. At the end of 2021, +customers of the county version 2.0 of mobile +banking reached 16.03 million. Moreover, the Bank +continued to use ICBC Mall to assist Sannong. Rural +revitalization related transaction volume of ICBC Mall +recorded RMB2.76 billion. +In serving small and micro enterprises, the Bank +actively implemented bailout policy and inclusive +finance. The Bank rolled out the exclusive personal +mobile banking version of Inclusive Finance for Small +and Micro Enterprises and the inclusive finance zone +on Enterprise Mobile Banking. By putting together +urgent financial services such as online credit limit +testing and speedy loan granting and adopting +video interview, face recognition and other technical +means, it improved the efficiency and risk control +level of application, approval, contract signing, draw- +down, payment and repayment procedures. +In serving consumption relating to people's +livelihood, the Bank assisted in ensuring basic +living standards and improving the quality of and +expanding consumption. Centering on the fields +of education, healthcare, etc., the Bank provided +convenient online financial services such as "Campus +Affairs Management Cloud" "Commercial Medical +Cloud", electronic certificates of medical insurance +and electronic social insurance cards to more than +25 thousand schools, some 100 medical institutions +and over ten million personal customers. Using the +strategy of expanding domestic consumption as an +opportunity, with a focus on the fields of travel, +shopping, catering, entertainment, e-commerce, +etc., the Bank continued to carry out series payment +activities aimed to benefit the people, and expanded +e-CNY application scenarios, contributing to quality +improvement and expansion of consumption. ++ +Annual Report 2021 +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC Launched Mobile Banking 7.0 +On 18 November 2021, the Bank officially launched Mobile Banking 7.0. After a decade, ICBC Mobile Banking has +become the most trustworthy banking APP with the most users. Themed by "companionship", with comprehensive +upgrades in wealth management, services, personality, interaction and privileges, Mobile Banking 7.0 aims to provide +all-round interaction and whole-journey companionship to nearly 470 million customers. +Building the "intelligent operation engine". The new version of mobile banking has adopted the leading "intelligent +brain operation engine" technology. Supported by strong GPU server computing power and data storage +and management capabilities and hundreds of intelligent algorithms, it can push suitable contents like product +information, news and privileges in a targeted manner to customers when they use relevant services of mobile +banking, thus providing personalized, guided journey services. +Upgrading the wealth management service. The new version has upgraded from wealth management product sales +to wealth companionship and established a set of wealth companionship service system running through the whole +investment process (before, during and after investment). Before investment, it can detect the health condition of +the customer's asset allocation via one button and generate personalized investment advice; during investment, it +can provide friendly interactive experience of product transaction; and after investment, it can provide customers +with bank statements and fund taking services. In addition, the new version has added the intelligent payroll +planning service, which, with a focus on salary payment, check and use journeys, can meet customers' remuneration +management needs. +Innovating in "cloud" service modes. The new version has launched the same-screen tutoring service. When having +difficulties transferring or remitting money via mobile banking, customers can contact a remote customer service +representative via one button, and the remote customer service representative will assist customers completing the +whole business procedures by "checking the page via video and explaining services and instructing customers via +voice", thus solving customers' difficulties in a "screen-to-screen" way. In addition, "cloud" outlets, "cloud" studios +and "cloud" customer service have introduced "online malls" of 16 thousand ICBC outlets and 28 thousand wealth +managers to provide "one-to-one" exclusive service to customers online. +Establishing a diversified service system. A personalized service system has been established to meet customers' +diversified financial service needs. For elderly customers, the Bank has launched Happy Life 2.0, which helps elderly +customers cross the "digital divide" with larger characters and simpler interaction. For people with visual impairment, +barrier-free services have been upgraded. By adding the screen reading function on the function interface, it has made +it easier for people with visual impairment to use the mobile application. For key markets in counties, the Bank has +launched Beautiful Home 2.0. It has developed exclusive products designed to bring tangible benefits to the people, +business and customers in rural areas and made quality financial services available in counties, towns and villages, +making financial contributions to the implementation of the national strategy of rural revitalization. For small and +micro enterprise customers, the Bank has launched the Inclusive Finance version. With "one-stop" inclusive financial +services with financing at the core and a series of "Small and Micro Enterprise e Loan" products including credit loans, +pledged loans and digital supply chain, it has improved the inclusiveness and availability of financial services. +The new version of mobile banking has strengthened value creation with "human + digital" resources, and it has +focused more on leveraging platform advantages, paid more attention to users' mindset and experience and attached +more importance to common growth with users' wealth. It has delivered a value to users, that is, "companionship +itself is the best wealth". It has completed the transformation from "face to face" interaction at traditional physical +outlets to online "screen to screen" interaction, from traditional wealth management product recommendation and +sales to professional wealth investment advice giving that focuses on long-term growth, and from simple recording +of account payments to deep connection of finance with scenarios. It has made financial life more convenient and +friendlier to users, and has injected new vitality and connotation into the Bank's brand of "By Your Side and As Your +Trust". +50 +49 +41.9% ++ +The Bank endeavored to promote the acceptance of +corporate culture. The Bank, focusing on its strategy, +expanded the connotation of corporate culture, +strengthened cultural transmission, and reinforced +employees' strategic consensus and cultural identity +by preparing and publishing white papers on cultural +building and producing micro-videos to interpret the +strategy. The Bank carried forward the "Innovative +ICBC" project, put into production the incubation +system, and created an atmosphere of innovation +for all employees. ICBC continued to implement +the cultural event "That's China, That's ICBC" to +promote cultural integration and dissemination. The +Bank launched "Red Financial Footprint" campaign +to guide employees to inherit the tradition and spirit +of revolution. The Bank produced special educational +films such as "Comprehensive and Strict Governance +Iover Party and ICBC", carried out special warning +education on "Financial Criminal Cases", to foster a +clean and honest financial culture. +Northeastern China +Below associate +7.2% +Structure of Employee Gender +O +Male +Structure of Employee Age +0 +●Below 30 years old +20.6% +31-40 years old +26.9% +41-50 years old +23.0% +Above 51 years old +29.5% +Employee Specialization +Associate +60.5% +0.2% +9.8% +Doctorate +The Bank continued to develop tiered and +classified training programs to meet the needs of +business development and talent team building. +The Bank concentrated efforts on implementing +leadership training camp, Mini MBA Program, credit +management and executive English training for +managers to enhance their management capabilities. +The Bank continued to carry out thematic training +on FinTech, inclusive finance, AML and ESG to +improve the professional competency and business +capabilities of professionals. The Bank started cross- +provincial rotating training for the heads of front- +line outlets, coordinated and strengthened training +for personnel on other positions, extensively +carried out the bank-wide reading campaign and +helped employees perform duties and grow up on +appropriate positions. +Remuneration Policy +in +The Bank adopted a remuneration policy that was +in line with corporate governance requirements, +combination with high-quality development +targets, in adaptation to risk management system +and talent development strategy, and well-matched +with employees' value contribution, so as to advance +the sound operation and high-quality development +of the whole bank. The Bank's remuneration +management policy was formulated and adjusted +in strict accordance with applicable national +regulations, regulatory requirements and corporate +governance procedures. +Employee +remuneration consisted of basic +remuneration, performance-based remuneration and +welfare income. In particular, the basic remuneration +depended on an employee's value contribution and +ability to perform duties, and the performance-based +remuneration was based on the overall situation of +the Bank, the employee's institution or department, +and the employee's personal performance +measurement results. Meanwhile, the performance- +based remuneration to the Senior Management and +employees on key positions was subject to a deferred +payment and recourse deduction mechanism, so +as to balance risks and incentives. For employees +who violated regulations and disciplines or had +abnormal exposure of risk losses within their duties, +the performance-based remuneration for the +corresponding period shall be deducted, stopped in +payment and recovered according to the severity. +During the reporting period, according to relevant +measures, the Bank deducted or stopped payment of +corresponding performance-based remuneration to +employees who were subject to disciplinary action or +other treatment due to violation of regulations and +disciplines or abnormal exposure of risk losses within +their duties. +52 +With the focus on high-quality development of +operation and areas vital to market competition, +the Bank assigned more human resources to +strategic areas. The Bank deepened technological +empowerment, moved ahead with the construction +of retail and FinTech teams and improved operation +through the transformation and upgrading of +human resources. The Bank expanded frontline +marketing service personnel to strongly support +the competitiveness enhancement of outlets. In +line with the trend of digital transformation, the +Bank optimized institutional function setting and +deepened online and offline integrated development. +The Bank increased support for personnel in key +counties and rural areas and promoted financial +service resources to lower tiers. +ICBC ++ +The Bank continuously optimized the remuneration +resource allocation mechanism with value creation +as the core, resolutely maintained a fair allocation +concept with incentive commensurate with restraint, +transmitted the Group's strategic objectives +for business management, and allocated more +remuneration resources to the grassroots employees, +for the purpose of mobilizing and inspiring the +business vitality of institutions at all tiers. +The Bank's 2021 remuneration plan was prepared +and implemented as per the internal decision-making +process. The execution of total annual salaries was +reported to the authority for filing according to +national regulations. During the reporting period, the +Bank's Senior Management fulfilled the indicators +concerning economic, risk and social responsibilities +well, and final results will be determined after +deliberation by the Board of Directors. +Basic Information on Employees and Institutions +As at the end of 2021, the Bank had a total of 434,089 employees, including 410,766 employees in the Head Office +and domestic branches, 7,467 employees in domestic subsidiaries, and 15,856 employees in overseas institutions. +Educational Background of Employees +0 +⚫ Master +Bachelor +Discussion and Analysis +1,333,077 +5.4 +1,639 +ICBC +DISTRIBUTION OF OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS +Discussion and Analysis +Asia-Pacific Region (except Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR) +Institutions (country/region) +Tokyo Branch (Japan) +Seoul Branch (South Korea) +Busan Branch (South Korea) +Mongolia Representative +Office (Mongolia) +Singapore Branch (Singapore) +ICBC (Indonesia) (Indonesia) +ICBC (Malaysia) (Malaysia) +Manila Branch (Philippines) +ICBC (Thai) (Thailand) +Hanoi Branch (Vietnam) +Ho Chi Minh City Representative +Office (Vietnam) +Vientiane Branch (Lao PDR) +Phnom Penh Branch (Cambodia) +Yangon Branch (Myanmar) +ICBC (Almaty) (Kazakhstan) +Karachi Branch (Pakistan) +Mumbai Branch (India) +Dubai (DIFC) Branch (UAE) +Abu Dhabi Branch (UAE) +Doha Branch (Qatar) +Riyadh Branch (Saudi Arabia) +Kuwait Branch (Kuwait) +Sydney Branch (Australia) +ICBC (New Zealand) (New +Zealand) +Auckland Branch (New Zealand) +Europe +Institutions (country/region) +Frankfurt Branch (Germany) +Luxembourg Branch (Luxembourg) +ICBC (Europe) (Luxembourg) +Paris Branch (France) +Amsterdam Branch +56 +(the Netherlands) +reporting period was USD3,414 million, representing +an increase of USD397 million or 13.2% and +accounting for 5.1% of the Group's profit before +taxation. Total loans amounted to USD197,279 +million, representing a decrease of USD5,565 million +or 2.7% from the end of the previous year; and total +deposits were USD149,273 million, representing an +increase of USD1,052 million or 0.7%. +Note: (1) The assets represent the balance of the Bank's investment in Standard Bank and the profit before taxation represents the Bank's +gain on investment recognized by the Bank during the reporting period. +Subtotal +451,549 +418,192 +3,084 +2,859 +421 +426 +Investment in Standard Bank(1) +3,870 +3,887 +330 +158 +Total +455,419 +422,079 +3,414 +3,017 +421 +426 +As at the end of 2021, total assets of overseas +institutions (including overseas branches, subsidiaries +and investment in Standard Bank) of the Bank were +USD455,419 million, representing an increase of +USD33,340 million or 7.9% from the end of the +previous year, and they accounted for 8.2% of the +Group's total assets. Profit before taxation during the +(44,378) +Brussels Branch (Belgium) +Milan Branch (Italy) +Madrid Branch (Spain) +Warsaw Branch (Poland) +Greece Representative Office +(Greece) +ICBC Standard Bank (UK) +Bank ICBC (JSC) (Russia) +Argentina (Argentina) +Inversora Diagonal (Argentina) +Panama Branch (Panama) +Annual Report 2021 +57 +Discussion and Analysis +Diversified Operation and Subsidiary +Management +The Bank remained committed to serving the real +economy and supply-side structural reform, focused on +main business, refined specialized business, and gradually +created a diversified operation pattern covering fund, +leasing, overseas investment banking, insurance, wealth +management, debt-for-equity swap and technology. +Strategic coordination efficiency was continuously raised. +The Bank made unremitting efforts in perfecting the +management system of "Four Beams and Eight Columns", +issued the Rules for Management of Overseas Institutions, +Rules for Management of Domestic Integrated Subsidiaries +and other important policies, and established a subsidiary +management mechanism featuring "leading coordination +and focusing on lines" to promote the perfection of the +subsidiary management system. +The Bank optimized the governance structure of +subsidiaries, strengthened the support for duty +performance by directors and supervisors assigned +to subsidiaries, promoted the organic integration of +Party building and corporate governance of domestic +subsidiaries, and continuously improved the effectiveness +of corporate governance of subsidiaries. The Bank +promoted the deep and accurate transmission of the +Group's strategy to subsidiaries, and improved the Group's +full-product, full-market, full-process and full-lifecycle +service system and value chain. The Bank improved the +efficiency of capital use, and optimized the assessment +mechanism and resource allocation. The industry influence, +core competitiveness and customer service capability of +subsidiaries were constantly enhanced. +The Bank strictly abided by local regulatory requirements, +developed the Group's unified risk management strategy +and risk appetite based on the work idea of "plan +ahead, see the big from the small, remedy in time and +draw inferences", promoted inclusion of investment and +financing data of domestic subsidiaries into the data lake +to effectively identify, measure, monitor, control and report +various risks, and enhanced enterprise risk management. +The Bank adopted strict consolidated and penetration +management, improved risk prevention & control and +internal control & compliance capabilities, and pursued +high-quality development. +ICBC CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management is mainly engaged +in fund raising, fund sales, asset management and other +businesses approved by CSRC. It had many business +qualifications such as mutual fund, QDII, enterprise +annuity, specific asset management, domestic (foreign) +investment manager of social security fund, RQFII, +insurance fund management, special asset management, +occupational annuity and basic endowment insurance +investment manager, and was one of the "fully qualified" +fund companies in the industry. ++ +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management quickened +steps in high-quality development, and continuously +improved the value contribution. The investment +performance remained in a leading position and +the average yields of equity funds and bond funds +actively managed remained in the forefront of +large fund companies. ICBC Credit Suisse Asset +Management practiced the concept of socially +responsible investing, and won the "Gold Fund SRI +(ESG) Return Fund Management Company Award" +of Shanghai Securities News. +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management served the +wealth management needs of residents. It upgraded +the customer service mode and provided the +whole process companion service of "investment + +advisory". It set up an investor protection committee, +strengthened the protection of investors' legitimate +rights and interests, and further promoted investor +education, which was evaluated as excellent in the +assessment of the national securities and futures +investor education base. +At the end of 2021, ICBC Credit Suisse Asset +Management managed 207 mutual funds, and more +than 690 annuities, special accounts and special +portfolios, with assets totaling RMB1.72 trillion. +ICBC LEASING +ICBC Leasing was mainly engaged in financial leasing +of large-scale equipment in key areas such as aviation, +shipping, energy and power, rail transit and equipment +manufacturing, and provided a number of financial and +industrial services such as rent transfer, investment fund, +investment asset securitization, asset trading and asset +management. +58 +ICBC +ICBC (Argentina) (Argentina) +ICBC Investments +ICBC (London) (UK) +London Branch (UK) +ICBC (Peru) (Peru) +ICBC (Canada) (Canada) +ICBC Turkey (Turkey) +Prague Branch (Czech Republic) +Zurich Branch (Switzerland) +ICBC (Austria) (Austria) +Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR +Institutions (country/region) +Hong Kong Branch +(Hong Kong, China) +ICBC (Asia) (Hong Kong, China) +ICBC International +(Hong Kong, China) +ICBC (Macau) (Macau, China) +Macau Branch (Macau, China) +Africa +Institutions (country/region) +Investments in Standard Bank +(South Africa) +African Representative Office +(South Africa) +ДД +America +Institutions (country/region) +New York Branch (USA) +ICBC (USA) (USA) +ICBCFS (USA) +ICBC (Mexico) (Mexico) +ICBC (Brasil) (Brazil) +(51,999) +Eliminations +1 ++ +Corporate banking: The Bank provided "one-stop" +financial services in local and foreign currencies for +Chinese enterprises "Going Global" and foreign +enterprises "Bringing In" by making comprehensive +use of financial products such as overseas bond +issuance, cross-border merger and acquisition, +project financing, international trade financing, +derivative trading and global cash management. +The Bank has remained the first place in terms +of the number of deals completed for the cross- +border acquisition transactions of Chinese-invested +enterprises according to the ranking promulgated +by Refinitiv. The Bank was among market leaders in +Hong Kong IPO underwriting and sponsorship, and +the underwriting of overseas bonds and offshore +China bonds. +Personal banking: The Bank was the first to launch +"Cross-boundary Wealth Management Connect" +business in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater +Bay Area, providing "Southbound Connect" and +"Northbound Connect" investment services for the +customers in nine cities in the Pearl River Delta, Hong +Kong SAR and Macau SAR. The Bank built a cross- +border service platform for entrepreneurs through +"Entrepreneurs Service Center" in the Greater +Bay Area. The Bank gathered pace in overseas +bank card product innovation and digital service +improvement, rolled out new products (digital bank +card, private banking credit card and debit card of +wealth management) abroad and diversified online +financial services (such as card opening, installment +and acquiring). The Bank continued to optimize the +functions of overseas mobile payment and acquiring +products of bank cards, promoted ICBC e Payment, +and further promoted the interconnection of cross- +border payment in the Greater Bay Area. +54 +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis +Internet financial services: Through internet banking, +mobile banking and other online channels, the Bank +offered services across 46 countries and regions +in 15 languages. A full range of financial services, +including account query, transfer and remittance, +investment and wealth management, payroll, fund +payment and cross-border payment were available +to customers. Focusing on key products, scenarios +and regions, the Bank promoted online business +innovation and characteristic development of +overseas institutions. +Financial market business: The Bank completed +"Southbound Connect" investment trading with +its own funds in the first batch, assisted overseas +institutions in financing in the interbank market +through panda bond underwriting service, and +established the interbank bond and foreign +exchange market business partnership with +overseas institutional investors from more than 60 +countries and regions. The Bank provided prime +trading services for "Going Global" and "Bringing +In" customers, and increased foreign exchange +settlement and sale business for spot (10 currencies +such as CZK) and forward (6 currencies such as HKD) +difference delivery. The Bank entered the first prime +brokerage trading for foreign exchange swap in +RMB in the interbank foreign exchange market and +the first USD rate swap of USD-linked SOFR, and +constantly enhanced market making capabilities and +market competitiveness of foreign exchange trading. +Global asset management business: The Bank +further advanced the steady development of foreign +exchange and cross-border wealth management +business. At the end of 2021, China CGB Index Fund +"ICBC CSOP WGBI CGB Index ETF" for which ICBC +Wealth Management and ICBC Asset Management +(Global) provided investment advisory service, as +the world's largest offshore pure CGB ETF product, +become an important channel for overseas funds to +invest in CGB assets. "ICBC CSOP Bloomberg CGB+ +Policy Bank Bond Index ETF" became the largest +Chinese rate bond ETF product in Hong Kong's +market. +Global custody business: The global custody +business hit another record high. Specifically, +the custody of domestic investment by overseas +customers surpassed RMB200.0 billion. The Bank +was approved eligible for pilot custody clearing bank +of the first batch of "Southbound Bond Connect" +and completed the first batch of trading. The +Bank was among the first batch to support QFIs +to complete securities investment and refinancing +securities lending in Beijing Stock Exchange, and +the first exercise of employees' CDR right. It further +reinforced innovation advantages of cross-border +custody. +Cross-border RMB business: The Bank pressed head +with the construction of cross-border RMB product +system and multi-scenario services, fostered offshore +RMB market, innovated offshore RMB investment +and financing products, and continued to promote +RMB-denominated settlement in the whole process +of bulk commodity transactions. The Bank promoted +the construction of the account system of the +separate accounting units in free trade zones, and +supported the innovative development of cross- +border RMB business in key areas such as Shanghai +Lingang Special Area, Greater Bay Area and Hainan +Free Trade Port. The Bank strengthened cooperation +with payment institutions, cross-border e-commerce +platforms and other entities, continuously optimized +the cross-border payment business platform of +"Cross-border e-Business Connect", and supported +the development of new cross-border e-commerce +firms. In 2021, cross-border RMB business exceeded +RMB8.5 trillion. +The Bank continued to improve its global network +layout. Panama Branch was officially opened. At +the end of 2021, the Bank established 421 overseas +institutions in 49 countries and regions and indirectly +covered 20 African countries as a shareholder of +Standard Bank Group. It had 125 institutions in 21 +countries along the Belt and Road. The Bank also +established correspondent banking relationships with +1,404 overseas banking institutions in 142 countries +and regions, making its service network covering +six continents and important international financial +centers around the world. +Annual Report 2021 +55 +Discussion and Analysis +MAJOR INDICATORS FOR OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS +Assets +(in USD millions) +Profit before taxation +The Bank served and integrated into the high-level +opening-up of the state, actively grasped changes in +foreign investment and trade patterns, deeply implemented +the strategy to become the preferred bank for foreign +exchange business, officially unveiled the financial product +brand of "YES ICBC" for foreign exchange, and proactively +drove domestic business development and the Group's +market competitiveness enhancement through high-quality +internationalized development. +(in USD millions) +Internationalized Operation +100.0 +9.9 +41,900 +9.6 +Overseas and other +4,100,318 +11.7 +554 +3.3 +23,323 +Eliminated and +(6,053,959) +(17.3) +unallocated assets +Total +35,171,383 +100.0 +16,590 +100.0 +434,089 +Note: Overseas and other assets include investments in associates and joint ventures. +Number of institutions +At the end +At the end +90 +(except Hong Kong SAR +and Macau SAR) +Europe +83,726 +89,030 +401 +302 +75 +75 +America +59,548 +51,106 +253 +42 +152 +152 +African Representative Office +1 +90 +91 +950 +1,057 +At the end +At the end +Item +of 2021 +of 2020 +2021 +2020 +of 2021 +of 2020 +3.8 +Hong Kong SAR and +204,181 +1,373 +1,565 +102 +108 +Macau SAR +Asia-Pacific Region +145,860 +118,253 +214,414 ++ +Charge/(reverse) +68 +Board of Supervisors +President +Board of Directors +Department +Global Market +Bank Card +Department +InDepartmanking +Personal Banking +Department +Corporate Banking +Department +Business departments +Senior Executive +Vice Presidents +The Bank's organizational structure of risk management comprises the Board of Directors and its special committees, the +Board of Supervisors, the Senior Management and its special committees, the risk management departments, the internal +audit departments, etc. The risk management organizational structure is illustrated below: +Discussion and Analysis +63 +Annual Report 2021 +78 Country Risk +Enterprise risk management is a process to effectively identify, assess, +measure, monitor, control or mitigate and report risks in order to ensure +the realization of the Group's operating and strategic objectives by setting +up effective and balanced risk governance structure, fostering robust and +prudent risk culture, formulating unified risk management strategies and +risk appetite, and implementing the risk limit and risk management policies. +The principles of enterprise risk management of the Bank include full +coverage, matching, independence, perspectiveness and effectiveness, etc. +In 2021, the Bank adhered to the risk management path of "active +prevention, smart control and comprehensive management", promoted +the implementation of key measures for "management of personnel, +assets, defense lines and bottom lines" and improved enterprise risk +management results. The Bank developed and implemented a three- +year plan for risk management, perfected the risk management system, +reinforced three lines of defense for risk management, and carried out risk +management responsibilities. The Bank strengthened risk appetite and limit +management, intensified risk monitoring and early warning, and made +risk prevention and control more proactive and foresighted. Relying on +intelligent platforms such as ICBC e Shield, the Bank accelerated the digital +and intelligent transformation of risk management. The Bank strengthened +risk management in emerging fields, incorporated climate risk into the +enterprise risk management system, established a climate risk governance +framework, stepped up climate risk identification and management, and +carried out climate risk stress testing. +Enterprise Risk Management System +78 Reputational Risk +76 Operational Risk +74 Liquidity Risk +Risk Management Committee +72 Interest Rate Risk in the +Banking Book +Audit Committee of +of the Board of Directors +Legal Affairs Department +Office of Steering Group +for Deepening Reform +Financial Technology +Department +Executive Office +Legal risk +IT risk +Strategic risk +Reputational risk +Operational risk, compliance risk Compliance Department +Internal Control & +Asset & Liability +Management Department +Credit and Investment +Management Department +Liquidity risk, interest rate risk +in the banking book +Credit risk +First line of defense +branches and subsidiaries +Business departments of +Management of Branches +Risk Management +Department +Enterprise risk, market risk, +country risk +Chief Risk Officer +the Board of Directors +US Risk Committee +Board of directors of subsidiaries +71 Market Risk +63 Enterprise Risk Management +System +Insurance +ICBC-AXA Assurance Co., Ltd. +22.36 +399.90 +2,948.03 +180 +Leasing +ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. +27.94 +140.92 +176.27 +2 +ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Co., Ltd. Fund management +Net profit +Net assets +Total assets +paid-in capital +Principal business +Institution +capital/ +2021 +125.05 +64 Credit Risk +2,581.34 +16.07 +Discussion and Analysis +RISK MANAGEMENT +ICBC +62 +customer expansion, project financing, product innovation, +risk management, FinTech and staff exchange. At the +end of 2021, Standard Bank recorded total assets of +ZAR2,725,817 million and net assets of ZAR242,849 +million. It generated a net profit of ZAR28,059 million +during the year. +Standard Bank is the largest commercial bank in Africa. Its +scope of business covers commercial banking, investment +banking, life insurance business and other areas. The Bank +holds 20.06% ordinary shares of Standard Bank. Based +on mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, the two +sides furthered their cooperation in equity cooperation, +STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMITED +Major Equity Participation Company +8.92 +177.00 +187.91 +160 +Wealth management +ICBC Wealth Management Co., Ltd. +investment +101.97 +401.23 +1,725.91 +270 +Financial asset +ICBC Financial Asset Investment Co., Ltd. +183.01 +Senior management of subsidiaries +Asset & Liability +Management Committee +Risk Management +Committee +18,624,308 +100.00 +20,667,245 +0.16 +29,614 +0.14 +29,551 +0.81 +149,926 +0.62 +128,983 +0.61 +114,438 +0.66 +134,895 +1.58 +293,978 +1.42 +293,429 +2.21 +411,900 +100.00 +1.99 +According to the five-category classification, pass loans amounted to RMB19,961,778 million at the end of 2021, +representing an increase of RMB2,043,348 million when compared with the end of the previous year and accounting for +96.59% of total loans. Special mention loans stood at RMB412,038 million, representing an increase of RMB138 million, and +accounting for 1.99% of the total, with a drop of 0.22 percentage points. NPLs amounted to RMB293,429 million, showing +a decrease of RMB549 million, and NPL ratio was 1.42%, with a decrease of 0.16 percentage points. +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2020 +59.6 +11,102,733 +2.09 +254,887 +59.0 +12,194,706 +Corporate loans +(%) +NPLs +(%) +Loan +(%) +NPLs +(%) +Loan +Item +NPL ratio +Percentage +NPL ratio +Percentage +At 31 December 2021 +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AND NPLS +412,038 +96.21 +(%) +According to the regulatory requirement on loan risk +classification, the Bank implemented five-category +classification management in relation to loan quality +and classified loans into five categories: pass, special +mention, substandard, doubtful and loss, based on the +possibility of collecting the principal and interest of loans. +In order to implement sophisticated management of credit +asset quality and improve risk management, the Bank +implemented the twelve-category internal classification +system for corporate loans. The Bank applied five-category +classification management to personal credit assets and +ascertained the category of the loans based on the number +of months in default, expected loss ratio, credit rating, +collateral and other quantitative and qualitative factors. +The Bank accurately grasped the layout and direction +of investment and financing business and strengthened +credit risk management. The Bank continued to strengthen +the construction of credit policy system, optimized +credit product rules, and continuously consolidated the +foundation of non-standard agency investment policies. +The Bank highlighted support for key industries, key +regions, key customers, key projects and other "four +key and one major" quality credit markets. The Bank +actively supported the consumption upgrading service +sectors such as "New infrastructure, New urbanization +initiatives and Major projects", high-quality development +of manufacturing industry, medical care, education and +senior care. The Bank provided key support for strategic +emerging industries, inclusive finance, green finance, rural +revitalization, etc. The Bank actively implemented the +development strategies of five key regions (namely, Beijing- +Tianjin-Hebei region, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong- +Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, central China and +Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle), kept improving +differentiated region credit policies, and actively supported +the financing needs of relevant industries boosting +domestic and international circulations and improving +the global supply chain in the Chinese market. The Bank +constantly promoted "mobile, digital, intelligent and +important affairs of credit risk management, and performs +its duty in accordance with the Charters of the Credit +Risk Management Committee. The credit and investment +management departments at different levels undertake +the responsibility of coordinating credit risk management +at respective levels, and the business departments +implement credit risk management policies and standards +for their respective business areas in accordance with their +functions. +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +64 +The Bank strictly adheres to regulatory requirements +regarding credit risk management, diligently fulfills +established strategies and objectives under the leadership +of the Board of Directors and the Senior Management, +and implements an independent, centralized and vertical +credit risk management mode. The Board of Directors +assumes the ultimate responsibility for the effectiveness +of credit risk management. The Senior Management is +responsible for executing the strategies, overall policy +and system regarding credit risk management approved +by the Board of Directors. The Credit Risk Management +Committee of the Senior Management is the reviewing +and decision-making organ of the Bank in respect of credit +risk management, is responsible for reviewing material and +Credit risk is the risk where loss is caused to the banking +business when the borrower or counterparty fails to +meet its contractual obligations. The Bank's credit risks +mainly originate from loans, treasury operations (including +deposits with banks and other financial institutions, +placements with banks and other financial institutions, +reverse repurchase agreements, corporate bonds and +financial bonds investment), receivables and off-balance +sheet credit business (including guarantees, commitments +and financial derivatives trading). +Credit Risk Management +Credit Risk +At the level of the Board of Directors +At the level of Head Office +At the level of branches +Risks not mentioned above have been incorporated +into the enterprise risk management system. +-Third line of defense ― +Primary reporting line +Secondary reporting line +Second line of defense +Internal Audit Sub-bureau +Internal Audit Bureau +Market Risk +Management Committee +Risk management departments and internal control & +compliance departments of branches and subsidiaries +Credit Risk +Management Committee +specialized" credit risk management of personal loans, +continued to strengthen the application of "smart brain" +to empower personal loan credit risk management, +improved the comprehensive risk monitoring system of +personal loans, enhanced the credit risk management +capability of key business links, and stepped up efforts in +the risk prevention and control of important risk points +such as customer access and mortgage projects. +The Bank imposed stringent control over risks in fields +of local government debt, real estate, high polluting, +etc. +high energy-consuming industries, +The Bank +strictly implemented the national laws and regulations +and regulatory policies on local debt management +and financing platforms, continued with credit access +management and monitoring, firmly held the bottom +line for regional systemic risks, and actively studied and +prevented operation risks in commercial construction. +The Bank steadily cooperated with local governments +and financing platform companies to resolve the risks in +existing financing due, and devoted great efforts in debt +risk mitigation and financing monitoring & analysis. The +Bank strictly implemented the national policy guidance for +real estate, steadily carried out the prudential management +requirements for real estate, continued to implement limit +management for commercial real estate investment and +financing, paid close attention to the changes of real estate +market risks in various regions, strictly guarded against +the risks of real estate group customers engaging high- +leverage expansion, and improved refined management. +The Bank implemented the concept of green development, +further strengthened the investment and financing +control over the high polluting, high energy-consuming +industries, and strengthened the adjustment of investment +and financing structure and risk prevention & control in +a forward-looking manner, to promote the "low-carbon +transformation" of high-carbon industries. +Credit Risk Analysis +At the end of 2021, the Bank's maximum exposure to +credit risk, without taking into account of any collateral +and other credit enhancements, was RMB36,737,042 +million, an increase of RMB1,720,224 million compared +with the end of the previous year. Please refer to "Note +49.(a)(i) to the Consolidated Financial Statements: +Maximum Exposure to Credit Risk Without Taking +Into Account of Any Collateral and Other Credit +Enhancements". For mitigated risk exposures of credit +risk asset portfolio of the Bank, please refer to the section +headed "Credit Risk" of the 2021 Capital Adequacy +Ratio Report of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +Limited. +Amount +17,918,430 +96.59 +19,961,778 +(%) +Amount +Percentage +Percentage +At 31 December 2020 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2021 +In RMB100 millions +Total +Doubtful +Substandard +NPLs +Special mention +Pass +Item +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS BY FIVE-CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION +Discussion and Analysis +65 +Annual Report 2021 +Loss +Issued share +At 31 December 2021 +Major Domestic Subsidiaries +HKD44,188 million +Commercial banking +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +Net profit +(in USD +millions) +millions) +millions) +paid-in capital +Principal business +Institution +(in USD +Net assets +Total assets +(in USD +capital/ +Issued share +2021 +At 31 December 2021 +Major Overseas Subsidiaries +Major Controlled Subsidiaries and Equity Participating Company +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +60 +118,979.38 +100.0 +18,416.05 +(Asia) Limited +13.87 +435.04 +4,421.83 +IDR3.71 trillion +MYR833 million +Commercial banking +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Malaysia) Berhad +Commercial banking +PT. Bank ICBC Indonesia +(Macau) Limited +282.98 +3,720.41 +54,595.95 +MOP589 million +Commercial banking +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +2.74 +1,680.45 +7,954.56 +HKD5,963 million +Investment banking +ICBC International Holdings Limited +726.58 +2,103,354 +11.1 +233,083 +ICBC WEALTH MANAGEMENT +Discussion and Analysis +59 +Annual Report 2021 +ICBC Investment actively and steadily expanded and +improved market-oriented debt-for-equity swap +business, focused on supply-side structural reform, +strengthened coordination with the Group, exerted +strict customer access and diversified fund-raising +channels. The "headquarters-to-headquarters" +cooperation based on fund of funds was innovatively +carried out to boost the clean energy development +and continuously improve the quality and efficiency +in serving the real economy. ICBC Investment actively +played its part as a shareholder, and sent directors +and supervisors to the shareholding subsidiaries in +which it conducted debt-for-equity swap. It provided +comprehensive financial services for debt-for-equity +swap enterprises, and energetically supported the +reform and development of these enterprises. +ICBC Investment is one of the first pilot banks in China to +conduct debt-for-equity swap. It holds the franchise license +of non-bank financial institution and is mainly engaged in +debt-for-equity swap and the supporting business. +ICBC INVESTMENT +It gave full play to the role of insurance as a +social stabilizer, activated the contingency plan +against natural disasters such as rainstorm in a +timely manner, and opened a green channel for +claim settlement, so as to ensure full and fast +compensation. It adhered to the principle of +"insurance for the benefit of people", boosted +inclusive insurance projects, and actively participated +in the "Huimin Insurance" business. +It took a customer-centric approach to improve +services. It greatly expanded the customer coverage +of the service, continued to adequately settle +customer claims, and optimized the claim settlement +process, with the odds of small claims reaching +99.34%. Operations were digitally transformed in a +push for online underwriting, policy owner service +and claim settlement for personal insurance. ++ +ICBC-AXA operated various insurance businesses such as +life insurance, health insurance and accident insurance, +as well as reinsurance of the aforesaid businesses, +business permitted by national laws and regulations to use +insurance funds and other businesses approved by CBIRC. +ICBC-AXA +Focusing on key industries and fields, it provided +all-round investment and financing services for the +real economy, and made every effort to build the +characteristic brand of investment banking. The four +business segments, i.e. investment banking, sales +and trading, investment management and asset +management, achieved smooth development. ICBC +International was among the top-tier market players +of Hong Kong market by IPO underwriting volume, +and stayed ahead in the bond market for Chinese +offshore investment-grade enterprises by overseas +bond underwriting. It was still among the Class-B +securities firms on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It +made a breakthrough in double GP actively managed +fund business. It was awarded "Best Bond Advisor in +Hong Kong" by The Asset. ++ +ICBC International is a Hong Kong licensed financial service +integrated platform wholly owned by the Bank, mainly +providing various financial services such as corporate +financing, investment management, sales transaction and +asset management. +ICBC INTERNATIONAL +Regarding domestic comprehensive leasing +business, it continuously stepped up marketing +and business development efforts in the fields of +"New infrastructure", "New infrastructure, New +urbanization initiatives and Major projects", "New +manufacturing, New services, New basic industries +and High-tech industries", concretely promoted +innovation and transformation, actively optimized +asset structure, extensively carried out marketing +interconnection between banks and companies, +deeply tapped needs of key customers, strengthened +business reserves and investment, and drove key +strategic regional markets through key projects. +It effectively consolidated its market position in terms +of aviation business, deeply developed high-quality +customers, and explored innovative business areas +such as cargo aircraft leasing. It actively implemented +the Belt and Road Initiative in terms of maritime +business. It deepened strategic cooperation with +key customers, boosted the transformation and +upgrading of China's shipbuilding industry, and +supported domestic shipyards to build high-tech and +high value-added ships. +Discussion and Analysis ++ +ICBC +ICBC Wealth Management engages mainly in the issuance +of wealth management products, wealth management +advisory and consulting service and other activities +approved by CBIRC. ++ +It fully accommodated the requirements of the new +regulations on wealth management business, pushed +forward the net-worth transformation of products, +and continued to develop products and services. It +was the first among peers to exceed RMB2 trillion in +wealth management products, significantly increased +the proportion of non-cash management and open +net worth products, and provided customers with +richer asset allocation choices. In 2021, it won more +than 30 important awards in the industry such +as the "Golden Bull Award for Banking Wealth +Management Company" from China Securities +Journal. It was ranked first among domestic wealth +management companies on the list of IPE Top 500 +Global Asset Management Companies. +It accelerated business transformation and +innovation, continuously enhanced the adaptability +and competitiveness of serving the high-quality +development of the real economy, and shouldered +its social responsibility. It innovated financial services +for senior care, became the first batch of pilot +institutions for wealth management business for +senior care in China, and released ICBC Wealth +Management Yi Xiang An Tai wealth management +products for senior care and helped the construction +of the national multi-level senior care system. It +innovated green finance services, and was the +4.7 +98,541 +Total +Other assets +Non-standard debt assets +48.3 +1,016,593 +Bonds +bonds under reverse repurchase agreements +1.7 +987.88 +36,546 +718,591 +Percentage +(%) +Amount +Placement with banks and other financial institutions and +Cash, deposits and negotiable certificate of deposit +Asset type +In RMB millions, except for percentages +DIRECT AND INDIRECT INVESTMENTS IN WEALTH MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS AS AT THE END OF 2021 +As at the end of 2021, the balance of ICBC Wealth +Management's wealth management products was +RMB2,021,804 million, an increase of RMB951,731 +million over the end of the previous year, all of which +were net-worth products. By fundraising methods, +the balance of public offering wealth management +products was RMB1,975,907 million, an increase +of RMB940,656 million, accounting for 97.73%; +the balance of private offering wealth management +products was RMB45,897 million, an increase of +RMB11,075 million, accounting for 2.27%. By +customer types, the balance of personal wealth +management products was RMB1,714,603 million, +an increase of RMB889,838 million, accounting +for 84.81%. The balance of corporate wealth +management products was RMB307,201 million, +an increase of RMB61,893 million, accounting for +15.19%. +first in the industry to issue "carbon neutrality" +asset allocation index and green finance themed +wealth management products. It innovated inclusive +finance services, developed fixed-income products +suitable for the risk-return appetite of county and +rural residents, and expanded the coverage of +rural wealth by financial services. It innovated and +opened up financial services, steadily promoted the +establishment of joint ventures, actively participated +in the pilot business of "Cross-boundary Wealth +Management Connect" in the Greater Bay Area, +innovated and developed new wealth management +products with the theme of "Southbound Connect" +under new regulations, and contributed to the +internationalization of RMB and the interconnection +between Hong Kong and Chinese mainland. +34.2 +253,815 +299.77 +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Thai) Public Company Limited +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Almaty) Joint Stock Company +Commercial banking +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +Mexico S.A. +13.97 +291.67 +1,801.00 +CAD208 million +Commercial banking +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Canada) +securities margin +trading +(20.61) +80.76 +24,631.67 +USD50 million +Broker dealer, +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +Financial Services LLC +14.92 +404.80 +2,991.49 +(0.56) +218.02 +975.56 +MXN1,597 million +EUR200 million +USD369 million +269.41 +2.39 +Discussion and Analysis +61 +Annual Report 2021 +(Argentina) S.A. +82.17 +877.76 +4,767.40 +7.95 +99.11 +1,477.99 +USD120 million +ARS28,415 million +Commercial banking +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +Commercial banking +ICBC PERU BANK +(2.17) +35.20 +260.49 +BRL202 million +Commercial banking +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Brasil) S.A. +34.16 +Commercial banking +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(USA) NA +Commercial banking +687.53 +7,148.71 +EUR437 million +Commercial banking +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(Europe) S.A. +7.89 +192.38 +1,530.75 +NZD234 million +Commercial banking +Industrial and Commercial Bank of China +(New Zealand) Limited +18.80 +83.51 +599.72 +KZT8,933 million +Commercial banking +81.88 +1,114.66 +9,120.79 +THB20,132 million +Commercial banking +(7.58) +ICBC (London) PLC +Commercial banking +USD200 million +ICBC Austria Bank GmbH +14.10 +125.03 +2,978.87 +TRY860 million +Commercial banking +ICBC Turkey Bank Anonim Şirketi +13.49 +167.08 +1,252.37 +11.01 +RUB10,810 million +Bank ICBC (Joint stock company) +98.50 +1,369.84 +26,268.36 +USD1,083 million +Banking +ICBC Standard Bank PLC +15.35 +466.86 +1,432.36 +Commercial banking +2.29 +Operational Risk +Management Committee +2,737,742 +1.15 +31,540 +14.8 +2,746,019 +1.08 +33,860 +15.2 +3,134,781 +Pearl River Delta +1.26 +45,304 +19.2 +3,582,682 +0.84 +35,149 +20.2 +4,163,732 +Yangtze River Delta +2.80 +21,603 +4.1 +Bohai Rim +772,372 +3,371,325 +72,241 +18.1 +3,369,916 +Short-term corporate +47,031 +18.1 +3,746,867 +Western China +1.38 +38,584 +15.0 +2,789,085 +1.28 +40,046 +15.2 +3,133,539 +Central China +2.37 +71,763 +16.3 +3,030,552 +2.14 +16.3 +2.74 +21,668 +3.8 +245,127 +100.0 +2.22 +5,495 +2.5 +247,866 +9,768,044 +2.22 +242,380 +100.0 +10,938,653 +Total +1.80 +5,732 +2.9 +317,641 +Other +14.00 +11,743 +0.9 +83,886 +11.08 +2.51 +The Bank continued to propel the optimization and +adjustment of the industry's credit structure and stepped +up efforts to shore up the development of the real +economy. Loans to transportation, storage and postal +services increased by RMB348,830 million as compared +with the end of the previous year, representing a growth +rate of 14.1%, mainly due to active support for the +liquidity needs of highway, railway, airport and berth +projects and large transportation group companies. +Loans to leasing and commercial services increased by +RMB225,688 million, representing a growth rate of 15.7%, +mainly for supporting the financing needs of developing +projects for "New infrastructure, New urbanization. +initiatives and Major projects", people's wellbeing, projects +for strengthening areas of weaknesses in infrastructure, +and of enterprise headquarters, parks and commercial +complex management service customers. Loans to water, +environment and public utility management grew by +RMB216,051 million, representing a growth rate of 18.7%, +mainly for steadily satisfying the investment and financing +needs arising from significant projects and projects for +people's livelihood in the areas of urban infrastructure +construction, ecological environment protection and +public services. Manufacturing loans rose by RMB99,228 +million, an increase of 6.4%, mainly due to continuously +increased support for manufacturing, faster credit granting +structure adjustment and fast growth of loans to leading +and backbone enterprises in manufacturing of electrical +equipment, general equipment, food and medicine. +The Bank continued to strengthen risk management of +financing in various industries, intensified the disposal +of non-performing assets with RMB190.1 billion NPLs +recovered or disposed accumulatively, and actively +promoted the transformation of risk asset management. +Except for the deterioration of loans to customers in +some industries due to external factors such as COVID-19 +pandemic, the loan quality was generally stable. +791,994 +Head Office +(%) +NPLs +(%) +Loan +(%) +NPLs +(%) +Loan +47,788 +Item +Percentage +NPL ratio +Percentage +At 31 December 2020 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2021 +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AND NPLS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA +Discussion and Analysis +67 +Annual Report 2021 +NPL ratio +8,095 +1.42 +895,238 +(100,447) +Write-offs and +(84) +(71) +(13) +168,351 +67,614 +58,906 +41,831 +38,853 +(35,319) +(3,534) +to stage 3 +(4,200) +14,056 +(9,856) +to stage 2 +(2,279) +(15,581) +17,860 +to stage 1 +(100,447) +Transfer: +(551) +transfer out +As at the end of 2021, the allowance for impairment losses on loans stood at RMB603,983 million, of which RMB603,764 +million at amortised cost, and RMB219 million at fair value through other comprehensive income. Allowance to NPLs was +205.84%, showing an increase of 25.16 percentage points over the end of last year; allowance to total loans ratio was +2.92%, showing an increase of 0.07 percentage points. +Note: Please see "Note 23. to the Consolidated Financial Statements: Loans and Advances to Customers" for details. +31 December 2021 +219 +28 +(7) +191 +603,764 +223,739 +(7) +(3,460) +(2,268) +(564) +110,649 +(628) +269,376 +Balance at +Other movements +previously written off +and advances +9,020 +9,020 +Recoveries of loans +(551) +1 January 2021 +861 +650 +1.42 +293,429 +100.0 +20,667,245 +Total +0.60 +8,985 +8.0 +1,492,087 +0.90 +12,834 +6.9 +1,429,769 +Overseas and other +3.38 +28,411 +4.5 +841,595 +3.42 +30,600 +4.3 +18,624,308 +100.0 +293,978 +1.58 +Total +Stage 3 +Stage 2 +Stage 1 +211 +530,300 +217,446 +Total +Stage 3 +customers measured at FVTOCI +impairment losses on loans and advances to +Northeastern China +89,151 +Balance at +Stage 2 +Stage 1 +Item +Movements of allowance for +customers measured at amortised cost +impairment losses on loans and advances to +Movements of allowance for +In RMB millions +MOVEMENTS OF ALLOWANCE FOR IMPAIRMENT LOSSES ON LOANS +223,703 +0.7 +1.26 +Lodging and catering +1.89 +12,906 +3.7 +681,610 +1.90 +13,179 +3.3 +692,339 +Credit card overdrafts +loans +1.30 +6,760 +2.8 +521,638 +0.97 +6,811 +3.4 +702,441 +Personal business +consumption loans +2.00 +Total +3,668 +20,667,245 +293,429 +(%) +NPLs +(%) +Loan +Item +NPL ratio +Percentage +NPL ratio +Percentage +At 31 December 2021 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2020 +DISTRIBUTION OF CORPORATE LOANS AND NON-PERFORMING CORPORATE LOANS OF DOMESTIC BRANCHES BY +INDUSTRY OF LOAN CUSTOMERS +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +66 +Corporate NPLs were RMB254,887 million, showing an increase of RMB1,072 million when compared with the end of the +previous year, and representing a NPL ratio of 2.09%, with a decrease of 0.20 percentage points. Personal NPLs amounted +to RMB38,542 million, showing a decrease of RMB999 million, and represented a NPL ratio of 0.49%, with a decrease of +0.07 percentage points. +1.58 +293,978 +100.0 +18,624,308 +1.42 +100.0 +0.9 +183,716 +1.65 +2.6 +527,758 +Discounted bills +corporate loans +1.45 +122,922 +45.4 +8,459,521 +1.56 +147,497 +45.8 +9,456,964 +Medium to long-term +loans +4.95 +130,893 +14.2 +2,643,212 +73,063 +107,390 +13.2 +406,296 +2.2 +622 +0.15 +3,092 +0.9 +187,316 +Personal +0.28 +16,207 +30.8 +5,728,315 +0.24 +15,460 +Loan +30.8 +Residential mortgages +0.56 +39,541 +38.2 +7,115,279 +0.49 +38,542 +38.4 +7,944,781 +Personal loans +6,362,685 +(%) +3.92 +(%) +312,849 +Construction +13.78 +60,272 +4.5 +437,283 +8.31 +38,558 +4.2 +464,169 +Wholesale and retail +2.32 +16,238 +7.2 +701,094 +4.79 +33,820 +6.5 +705,714 +Real estate +gas and water +2.9 +5,538 +1.77 +260,667 +NPLs +4.28 +1.8 +177,408 +1.71 +3,470 +1.9 +203,130 +Mining +culture and sanitation +of electricity, heat, +2.23 +2.5 +245,378 +2.42 +6,947 +2.6 +287,601 +Science, education, +3.31 +8,636 +2.7 +5,462 +0.40 +7,593 +10.2 +Manufacturing +commercial services +2.17 +31,242 +14.8 +1,441,688 +2.03 +33,824 +15.2 +1,667,376 +Leasing and +and postal services +0.84 +20,683 +25.2 +2,467,959 +0.88 +24,762 +25.8 +3,977 +2,816,789 +1,654,610 +15.1 +Transportation, storage +3.72 +61,602 +995,232 +0.81 +8,653 +9.7 +1,065,459 +Production and supply +and public utility +0.73 +8,425 +management +1,154,201 +0.83 +11,379 +12.5 +1,370,252 +Water, environment +4.20 +65,361 +11.8 +1,555,382 +15.9 +1,694 +25,728 +As at the end of 2021, the Bank had a positive cumulative +interest rate sensitivity exposure within one year of +RMB1,943,618 million, representing an increase of +RMB836,372 million from the end of the previous year, +Note: Please refer to "Note 49.(d) to the Consolidated Financial Statements: Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book". +Interest Rate Exposure Analysis +(1,029) +51,624 +(1,661) +(47,643) +1,551 +1,029 +142 +958 +(140) +(958) +6,126 +(1,551) +(5,873) +mainly caused by the increase in repriced or matured +loans and advances to customers within one year. It had a +positive cumulative interest rate sensitivity exposure above +one year of RMB1,018,814 million, representing a decrease +of RMB305,399 million, mainly resulted from the increase +in repriced or matured due to customers above one year. +43,662 +(25,728) +Annual Report 2021 +1 to 5 years +Discussion and Analysis +74 +27,350 +Objective of liquidity risk management: By establishing +and improving the liquidity risk management system, +the Bank aims at realizing effective identification, +measurement, monitoring and control of the liquidity +risk at the Group level, the Bank, the affiliates, the +branches and the business lines, and ensuring the liquidity +demand is satisfied at a reasonable cost in time under +the normal business scenario and the stress scenario. The +Bank's liquidity risk management strategy and policy are +formulated in accordance with the liquidity risk appetite, +and they cover all businesses on- and off-balance sheet, +all domestic and overseas business departments, branches +and affiliates that are likely to have a material impact on +the liquidity risk, and contain the liquidity risk management +under normal and stressed scenarios. The liquidity risk +management strategy specifies the overall objective and +mode of liquidity risk management and lists major policies +and procedures. The policies for liquidity risk management +are formulated in accordance with external and macro +operating environments and business development of the +Bank, with a view to striking an effective balance among +security, liquidity and profitability. The Bank conducts stress +testing quarterly or by subject by fully considering various +macro and micro factors that may affect the liquidity of +the Bank, changes in the external operating environment, +regulatory requirements, and business characteristics and +complexity of the Bank. +2,884,728 +3,320,310 +The Bank's liquidity risk management system conforms +to the overall development strategy and the overall risk +management system, and is commensurate with the +business scale, business nature, complexity and other +aspects of the Bank. The system includes the following +fundamental elements: effective governance structure +for liquidity risk management; sound strategy, policy +and procedures for liquidity risk management; effective +identification, measurement, monitoring and control for +liquidity risk and a complete management information +system. In respect of liquidity risk management, the Bank's +governance structure embodies the decision-making +system comprising the Board of Directors and its special +committees as well as the Asset and Liability Management +Committee and the Risk Management Committee of +the Head Office; the supervision system comprising the +Board of Supervisors, the Internal Audit Bureau and the +Internal Control and Compliance Department of the +Head Office; and the execution system comprising the +Asset and Liability Management Department, leading +management departments of on- and off-balance sheet +businesses, the information technology departments, +operation management departments of the Head Office +and relevant departments of branches. Each of these +systems performs the corresponding functions of decision +making, supervision and execution according to division of +responsibilities. +Liquidity Risk Management +Liquidity risk is the risk that the Bank is unable to raise +funds on a timely basis at a reasonable cost to settle +liabilities as they fall due, or perform other payment +obligations and satisfy other funding demands arising from +the normal course of business. Liquidity risk may arise from +the following events or factors: material adverse changes +in market liquidity, withdrawal of customers' deposits, +drawing of loans by customers, overdue payment of +debtors, mismatch between assets and liabilities, difficulties +in assets realization, operating losses and risk associated +with its affiliates. +Liquidity Risk +Note: Please refer to "Note 49.(d) to the Consolidated Financial Statements: Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book". +(1,560,515) +7,486,102 +(2,301,496) +Over 5 years +3 months to +1 year +8,383,705 +3 months +(6,440,087) +(6,378,856) +Less than +At 31 December 2020 +At 31 December 2021 +In RMB millions +INTEREST RATE RISK EXPOSURE +73 +In 2021, the Bank adhered to a steady and prudent +liquidity management strategy, and the Group's liquidity +was stable. The Bank intensified the monitoring of funds +and maintained a proper and sufficient liquidity reserve. +The Bank optimized and upgraded the liquidity risk +management mechanism and system, and continuously +enhanced the automation and intelligence level of liquidity +risk monitoring, measurement and control. The Bank +strengthened on- and off-balance sheet liquidity risk +management in local and foreign currencies in domestic +and overseas institutions, optimized the multi-level and +multi-dimensional liquidity monitoring and early warning +system, and further enhanced the Group's liquidity risk +prevention and emergency response capabilities. +and continuously deepened the new pattern of cross- +cyclical stable interest rate risk management. The Bank +strengthened the research and anticipation of interest +rate risk strategy in a forward-looking and active manner, +made combined use of asset and liability amount, price +and derivative tools to accurately adjust the allocation +structure of the Group's asset and liability interest rate +portfolio, effectively resisted the impact of global economic +and financial operation and internal and external risk +challenges, and realized the balanced growth of current +income and long-term value. +(27,350) +The objective of management of interest rate risk in the +banking book: The Bank aims at maximizing the risk- +adjusted net interest income within the tolerable level +of interest rate risk under its risk management and risk +appetite. The Bank formulated strategies and clarified +objectives and modes for managing interest rate risk +in the banking book based on risk appetite, risk status, +macroeconomic and market changes. Based on the pre- +judging of the interest rate trend and measurement +results of the changes in overall profit and economic +value, the Bank formulated and put into practice relevant +management policies, and adopted a coordinated +approach to using interest rate risk control tools to +mitigate and manage risks, so as to ensure the Bank's +actual interest rate risks conform to its bearing capability +and willingness. On the basis of management strategies +and objectives, the Bank developed policies and made clear +the modes and instruments for managing interest rate risk +in the banking book. By developing and modifying such +methods as on-balance sheet adjustment and off-balance +sheet hedging to manage interest rate risk, adeptly using +quantity, pricing and derivative instruments regarding +assets and liabilities, and applying limit management +system, business plan, performance assessment and capital +evaluation in all areas for interest rate risk management +and assessment, the Bank achieved effective control of +interest rate risk at the business lines, the branches, the +affiliates and the products and portfolios easily affected by +interest rate risk. +the ultimate and executive responsibilities, respectively, +for managing interest rate risk in the banking book. The +Asset & Liability Management Department of the Head +Office takes the leading role in managing interest rate +risk in the banking book, and other departments and +institutions play their roles in implementing policies and +standards concerning interest rate risk in the banking +book. The Internal Audit Bureau and the Internal Control & +Compliance Department of the Head Office are responsible +for reviewing and evaluating duties in respective of interest +rate risk in the banking book. +The Bank's management system for interest rate risk in +the banking book conforms to the system importance, risk +status and business complexity, and fits the Bank's overall +development strategy and the enterprise risk management +system. The system mainly consists of the following +elements: an effective risk governance structure; sound +risk management strategies, policies and procedures; +effective risk identification, measurement, monitoring, +control and mitigation that cover all areas; a complete +internal control and review mechanism; a fully-built risk +management system; and adequate information disclosure +and reporting. The Bank strictly complied with regulatory +requirements for interest rate risk in the banking book, +effectively managed interest rate risk in the banking book +at the Bank and consolidated level, and developed a sound +governance structure for interest rate risk management in +the banking book that is fully built and well-structured, +with clearly defined rights and responsibilities. The Board +of Directors and the Senior Management are vested with +Management of Interest Rate Risk in the +Banking Book +Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book +Interest rate risk in the banking book is defined as the +risk of loss in the economic value and overall profit of the +banking book arising from adverse movements in interest +rate and maturity structure, etc. +Please refer to the section headed "Market Risk" of the +2021 Capital Adequacy Ratio Report of Industrial and +Commercial Bank of China Limited issued by the Bank for +further information on market risk capital measurement. +Please refer to "Note 49. (c)(ii) to the Consolidated +Financial Statements: Currency Risk" for the exchange rate +sensitivity analysis. +31,242 +204,300 +26,484 +168,475 +Total foreign exchange exposure, net +exchange items, net +(30,351) +(198,474) +(43,435) +(276,298) +Exposure of off-balance sheet foreign +exchange items, net +ICBC +equivalent +61,593 +72 +(39,969) +ICBC +In line with the principles of comprehensiveness, prudence +and foresight, the Bank's stress testing on interest rate +risk in the banking book adopted the interest rate risk +exposure measurement approach and standardized +duration approach to measure the effect of interest rate +changes under different stress scenarios on the overall +profit and economic value. Based on the domestic and +overseas regulatory requirements, the bank-wide asset and +liability business structure, operation and management as +well as risk appetite, the Bank set stress testing scenarios +for interest rate risk in the banking book by taking into +account the current interest rate level, historical changes +and trends, total assets and liabilities and their term +characteristics, business development strategies, customer +behaviors and other factors, and conducted stress testing +quarterly. +equity +income +Effect on +net interest +Effect on +equity +income +net interest +Effect on +-100 basis points +Effect on ++100 basis points +In RMB millions +Total +Other +HKD +USD +Currency +RMB +Supposing that there is parallel shift of overall market +interest rates, and taking no account of possible risk +management actions taken by the management to mitigate +the interest rate risk, the analysis on interest rate sensitivity +of the Bank categorized by major currencies at the end of +2021 is shown in the following table: +Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis +Analysis on Interest Rate Risk in the +Banking Book +In 2021, the Bank implemented the new development +concept, improved the combined regulation mechanism +for whole process management, all-factor regulation +and full-lifecycle coverage of interest rate risk, built an +intelligent interest rate risk monitoring, early warning and +business control platform, improved the ability to respond +quickly and actively to complex market environment, +Discussion and Analysis +Discussion and Analysis +(89,448) +The Bank assesses liquidity risk status by comprehensive use of a variety of methods and tools such as liquidity indicator +analysis and liquidity exposure analysis. +76 +Legal risk is the risk of incurring legal sanctions, regulatory +penalties, financial losses, reputational losses or other +negative consequences that arises out of or in connection +with the failure of the Bank to comply with relevant laws, +regulations, administrative rules, regulatory provisions or +requirements of other relevant rules during the Bank's +operation; the unfavorable legal defects that exist in +products, services or information provided to clients, +transactions engaged in, and contracts, agreements or +Legal Risk +In 2021, the Bank continued to reinforce operational +risk management in line with regulatory focuses and +operational risk trends. It optimized the risk limit +management mechanism, and effectively transmitted +the Group's operational risk management appetite. The +Bank formulated and issued 2021-2023 Development +Plan for the Internal Control System, and kept perfecting +internal control mechanism with all-round coverage, +whole-process control and all-employee participation. The +operational risk and control self-assessment of special lines +under "regulatory red line" was carried out. In view of +serious risks, the Bank promoted optimization of policies, +processes, systems and mechanisms. The Bank carried out +risk governance in key business areas, strengthened case +warning education, and continuously tightened employee +behavior control. Moreover, the operational risk application +and management system was optimized, to continuously +enhance effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting +capabilities. During the reporting period, the operational +risk management system of the Bank operated smoothly, +and the operational risk was controllable on the whole. +risk across credit and market risks. The Internal Audit +Department performs the functions as the third line of +defense and assumes the responsibility for supervision, +which is responsible for supervising the effectiveness of +operational risk management. +The Bank strictly complies with regulatory requirements +on operational risk management. The Board of Directors, +the Board of Supervisors, the Senior Management and its +Operational Risk Management Committee are respectively +responsible for decision-making, supervision and +execution with respect to operational risk management, +and relevant departments act as the "three lines of +defense" for operational risk management pursuant to +their management functions, thus forming an operational +risk management system with close connection and +mutual checks and balances. Institutions and departments +function as the first line of defense, which assume +the direct responsibility for respective operational risk +management. Classified management departments such +as Internal Control & Compliance, Legal Affairs, Security, +Financial Technology, Finance & Accounting, Operation +Management and Human Resources as well as cross- +risk management departments including Credit and +Investment Management and Risk Management jointly +perform the functions as the second line of defense, which +are respectively responsible for the lead management of +operational risk, the classified management of certain type +of operational risk and the management of operational +Operational risk is defined as the risk of loss resulting from +insufficient or problematic internal processes, employees +and IT systems or from external events, including legal +risk, but excluding strategic and reputational risk. There +are seven major types of operational risks faced by the +Bank, including internal fraud, external fraud, employment +system and workplace safety, customers, products and +business activities, damage to physical assets, IT system, +execution and delivery and process management. Among +these, external fraud, execution, delivery and process +management constitute major sources of operational risk +losses of the Bank. +Operational Risk Management +Operational Risk +ICBC +Note: Please refer to "Note 49. (b) to the Consolidated Financial Statements: Liquidity Risk". +At 31 December 2020 +(14,262,606) +At 31 December 2021 +Total +years +Undated +14,692,050 3,190,277 3,275,258 +13,324,640 3,351,427 2,909,515 +981,145 +(563,541) +(209,780) +335,580 +(14,309,956) +Discussion and Analysis +other documents executed by the Bank; legal disputes +(litigation or arbitration proceedings) between the Bank +and its clients, counterparties and stakeholders; important +changes in relevant laws and regulations, administrative +rules, regulatory provisions and other relevant rules; +and other relevant legal events that occur internally and +externally. +Based on the objective to ensure legal and compliant +operation, the Bank always attaches great importance +to establishing a sound legal risk management system, +forming a full-process legal risk prevention and control +mechanism to support and secure business innovation and +market competition, and to prevent and eliminate various +potential or practical legal risks. The Board of Directors +is responsible for reviewing and determining the strategy +and policy relating to legal risk management, and assumes +the ultimate responsibility of legal risk management. +The Senior Management is responsible for executing the +strategy and policy relating to legal risk management, +examining and approving relevant important affairs. +The Legal Affairs Department of the Head Office is in +charge of legal risk management across the Group, with +relevant business departments providing related support +and assistance on legal risk prevention and control. The +affiliates, domestic and overseas branches undertake the +responsibility of legal risk management of their respective +institutions. +RMB +402,774 +Reputational Risk +Reputational risk is defined as the risk of negative +comments on the Bank from stakeholders, the public +or the media as a result of the behaviors of the Bank or +practitioners or external events, thereby damaging brand +value, detrimental to normal operation, and even affecting +market and social stability. Reputational risk may arise +in any part of the Bank's operation and management, +and usually co-exists and correlates with credit risk, +market risk, operational risk and liquidity risk. Good +reputation is central to the operation and management of +a commercial bank. The Bank highly values its reputation +and has incorporated reputational risk management in the +corporate governance and enterprise risk management +system to prevent reputational risk. +The Board of Directors is responsible for reviewing and +finalizing bank-wide policies concerning reputational risk +management that are in line with the strategic objective of +the Bank, establishing a bank-wide system of reputational +risk management, monitoring the overall status and +effectiveness of reputational risk management across +the Bank and assuming the ultimate responsibility for +reputational risk management. The Senior Management +is responsible for leading reputational risk management +of the Bank, implementing the strategies and policies +established by the Board of Directors, reviewing and +finalizing the rules, measures and operating procedures +for reputational risk management, preparing plans for +responding to and coping with extraordinarily major +reputational risk events and ensuring the proper and +effective operation of the reputational risk management +system. The Bank has established a special reputational +risk management team to take charge of the daily +management of reputational risk. +In 2021, the Bank kept improving the structure of +reputational risk management system, to optimize relevant +working mechanism and enhance reputational risk +management. The Bank revised and issued the Measures +for Reputational Risk Management of ICBC (Version 2021) +and further improved the construction of the whole- +process reputational risk management system across +the Group. The Bank raised the efficiency of "dual-line +management" (speciality and local) and prevented hidden +reputational risks at the source. In addition, the Bank +actively responded to social concerns, and organized and +promoted influential brand communication activities, to +enhance the Bank's brand image. During the reporting +period, the reputational risk of the Bank was stable and +within a controllable range. +Country Risk +Country risk is the risk incurred to a bank arising from +the inability or refusal by the borrower or debtor to repay +bank debt, losses suffered by the Bank or its commercial +presence in such country or region and other losses due +to economic, political and social changes and events +in a country or a region. Country risk may be triggered +by deterioration of economic conditions, political and +social turmoil, asset nationalization or expropriation, +government's refusal to pay external debt, foreign +exchange control or currency depreciation in a country or a +region. +The Bank strictly observes regulatory requirements on +country risk management. The Board of Directors assumes +the ultimate responsibility for the effectiveness of country +risk management. The Senior Management is responsible +for executing the country risk management policies +approved by the Board of Directors. The Risk Management +Committee of the Head Office is responsible for reviewing +matters regarding country risk management. The Bank +manages and controls country risk with a series of tools, +including country risk assessment and rating, country risk +limit, country risk exposure calculation and monitoring and +stress testing. The Bank reviews the country risk rating and +limits at least once every year. +In 2021, facing the increasingly complicated, severe and +uncertain external environment, the Bank strictly abode +by regulatory requirements and, with consideration of its +business development needs, continued to strengthen +country risk management. The Bank closely observed +changes in country risk exposures, constantly tracked, +monitored and reported country risk, and timely updated +and adjusted the country risk rating and limits. It continued +to strengthen early warning mechanism for country risk, +proactively conducted stress testing on country risk and +reasonably and effectively controlled country risk while +steadily promoting internationalization. +78 +ICBC +Discussion and Analysis +77 +Annual Report 2021 +measurement. +Please refer to the section headed "Operational Risk" +of the 2021 Capital Adequacy Ratio Report of Industrial +and Commercial Bank of China Limited issued by the +Bank for further information on operational risk capital +In strict compliance with anti-money laundering ("AML") +laws and regulations of China and host countries (regions) +of overseas institutions, the Bank sincerely fulfilled the +legal obligations and social responsibilities concerning +AML. The Bank actively adapted to AML changes in the +new era, established the global, comprehensive and brand- +new money laundering risk management concept involving +all personnel, spanning all processes and covering all +risk exposures, accommodated to "cross-border, cross- +industrial and cross-sector" development requirements, +practiced the management principle of "active prevention, +smart control and comprehensive management", and +coordinated it efforts to strengthen Group-wide money +laundering risk management. The Bank continuously +improved the Group's AML governance system, constantly +promoted the comprehensive management regarding +customer identification, implemented new regulations +on money laundering risk assessment, created a digital +AML ecosystem, ramped up efforts in overseas AML +infrastructure, etc. The quality and efficiency of money +laundering risk management has been further improved. +Anti-Money Laundering +Bank ameliorated the function design and management +mechanic for the electronic signing system, to strengthen +its strict control of seal use in business contracts during +the whole process, and effectively prevent and control +operational risk, legal risk and reputational risk caused +by misuse of contract seal. It reinforced authorization +management, related party management, trademark +management and intellectual property protection, and +made efforts to effectively institutionalize risk management +and control, and refine the structure of the system. +The Bank devoted great energy to strongly deal with +lawsuit cases to protect the Bank's rights and interests +in accordance with law and avoid and reduce risk losses. +In addition to the active assistance in online judicial +inquiry and enforcement, the Bank played a positive role +in improving the efficiency of law enforcement and case +handling by competent authorities and building a social +credibility system. +In 2021, the Bank continued to strengthen legal risk +management, by improving the risk prevention and control +capacity in legal risk management, ensuring the legal and +compliant operation, healthy business development and +overall business stability of the Group. In accordance with +new laws and regulations such as the Personal Information +Protection Law, its business rules and relevant agreements +were continuously improved, and legal risk prevention and +control in key areas and links was further pushed forward +in line with new requirements of financial regulators. +The Bank also conducted ongoing monitoring of legal +risks and improved both the vertical interconnection and +horizontal coordination mechanism between the Head +Office and branches. By systematically embedding legal risk +prevention and control into business negotiations, product +design, contract signing and other links, the Bank made +risk prevention and control more prospective, proactive +and targeted. It improved the cross-border coordination +and management for legal work and strengthened the +legal risk management of overseas institutions, properly +responding to cross-border legal issues emerging in the +development of international operations. Moreover, the +538,067 +(377,347) +(415,735) +years +88.9 +>=25.0 +Foreign currency +RMB and foreign +currency +43.0 +43.2 +41.5 +>=25.0 +RMB +2019 +31 December +31 December +2020 +2021 +31 December +Regulatory +criteria +At +At +At +Loan-to-deposit ratio (%) +Liquidity ratio (%) +Item +At the end of 2021, RMB liquidity ratio and foreign currency liquidity ratio of the Bank were 41.5% and 88.9% respectively, +both meeting the regulatory requirements. Loan-to-deposit ratio was 77.3%. +91.4 +Liquidity Risk Analysis +85.9 +72.8 +1 year +months +1 month +demand +Over 5 +1 to 5 +1 to 3 3 months to +Less than +on +In RMB millions +repayable +Overdue/ +LIQUIDITY EXPOSURE ANALYSIS +Discussion and Analysis +75 +Annual Report 2021 +of Liquidity Coverage Ratio of Commercial Banks, please +refer to the section headed "Unaudited Supplementary +Information to the Consolidated Financial Statements". +As at the end of 2021, the liquidity exposure for less +than 1 month turned negative from positive from the end +of last year, mainly due to the increase of matured due +to customers within corresponding term. The negative +liquidity exposure for 1 to 3 months expanded, mainly +due to the increase of matured due to customers within +corresponding term. The negative liquidity exposure for +3 months to 1 year decreased slightly, mainly due to the +increase of matured loans and advances to customers with +corresponding term. The positive liquidity exposure for 1 +to 5 years decreased slightly mainly due to the increase +of matured due to customers within corresponding +term. The positive liquidity exposure for the category +of over 5 years expanded, which was mainly due to the +increase in matured loans and advances to customers and +bond investments within corresponding term. Deposits +maintained steady growth with a high deposition rate, +and at the same time the Bank made major investment in +highly liquid bond assets, and possessed sufficient liquidity +reserves. Therefore, the overall liquidity of the Bank was +maintained at a safe level. +The daily average liquidity coverage ratio for the fourth +quarter of 2021 was 112.20%, 0.96 percentage points +higher than the previous quarter, mainly because of the +continuous growth of qualified high-quality liquid assets. +High-quality liquid assets cover cash, available central bank +reserve under stress and primary and secondary bond +assets that can be included in the liquidity coverage ratio +under the regulatory requirements. For the quantitative +information for liquidity coverage ratio based on the +Administrative Measures for the Information Disclosure +Net stable funding ratio aims to ensure commercial banks +have sufficient stable sources of funding to meet the needs +for stable funding of assets and off-balance sheet risk +exposures. The net stable funding ratio is the ratio of the +available stable funding to the required stable funding. As +at the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, the net stable +funding ratio was 126.20%, 1.98 percentage points lower +than that at the end of the previous quarter, mainly due +to the rapid growth of stable funds required. For the +quantitative information for net stable funding ratio in +accordance with Disclosure Rules on Net Stable Funding +Ratio of Commercial Banks, please refer to the section +headed "Unaudited Supplementary Information to the +Consolidated Financial Statements". +Note: The regulatory indicators in the table are calculated in accordance with related regulatory requirements, definitions and accounting +standards applicable to the current period. The comparative figures are not adjusted or restated. +71.6 +77.3 +69,919 +6,988,877 +20,667,245 +Exposure of on-balance sheet foreign +1.23 +254,901 +0.11 +21,257 +0.09 +19,153 +0.39 +72,467 +0.45 +267,507 +93,247 +74,820 +0.34 +70,057 +0.54 +98,963 +0.35 +72,444 +loans +Amount +0.40 +1.44 +Note: Loans and advances to customers are deemed overdue when either the principal or interest is overdue. For loans and advances to +customers repayable by installments, the total amount of loans is deemed overdue if part of the installments is overdue. +Overdue loans stood at RMB254,901 million, representing a decrease of RMB12,606 million from the end of the previous +year. Among which, loans overdue for over 3 months amounted to RMB182,457 million, representing an increase of +RMB13,913 million. +26.1 +36.4 +20.1 +31 December +2019 +1.5 +1.7 +1.6 +31 December +2020 +2021 +31 December +At +At +At +In percentages +Doubtful +Substandard +Special mention +Pass +Item +LOAN MIGRATION RATIO +Rescheduled loans and advances amounted to RMB19,134 million, representing an increase of RMB7,174 million as +compared to the end of the previous year. Rescheduled loans and advances overdue for over 3 months amounted to +RMB2,301 million, representing an increase of RMB246 million. +RESCHEDULED LOANS +loans +41.2 +Amount +% of total +1,720,583 +Pledged loans +46.8 +8,703,068 +46.0 +9,497,898 +Loans secured by mortgages +(%) +DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS BY COLLATERAL +8.3 +Discussion and Analysis +At 31 December 2020 +At 31 December 2021 +Percentage +Percentage +Item +Amount +(%) +Amount +444,773 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +1,401,565 +7.5 +Guaranteed loans +At 31 December 2020 +At 31 December 2021 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Total +1 to 3 years +3 months to 1 year +Less than 3 months +Overdue periods +OVERDUE LOANS +100.0 +18,624,308 +100.0 +33.6 +6,259,230 +33.8 +Total +Unsecured loans +12.1 +2,260,445 +11.9 +2,459,887 +% of total +60.9 +Over 3 years +14.3 +70 +For credit risk capital measurement, please refer to the section headed "Credit Risk" of the 2021 Capital Adequacy Ratio +Report of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited. +2.7 +554,249 +0.2 +34,468 +0.2 +36,781 +0.2 +ICBC +40,095 +Borrower I +Borrower J +Total +Borrower H +0.2 +42,375 +Transportation, storage and postal services +Borrower G +0.2 +42,660 +Transportation, storage and postal services +Finance +Finance +Finance +Discussion and Analysis +Market Risk +The Bank strictly complies with regulatory requirements +on market risk management, has implemented an +independent, centralized and coordinated market +risk management model, and formed a management +organizational structure featuring the segregation of the +front, the middle and the back offices in the financial +market business. The Board of Directors assumes the +ultimate responsibility for monitoring market risk +management. The Senior Management is responsible +for executing the strategies, overall policy and system +concerning market risk management approved by +the Board of Directors. The Market Risk Management +Committee of the Senior Management is the reviewing and +decision-making organ of the Bank in respect of market +risk management, is responsible for reviewing material +affairs of market risk management, and performs its duty +in accordance with the Working Regulations for the Market +Risk Management Committee. The risk management +departments at different levels undertake the responsibility +of coordinating market risk management at respective +levels, and the business departments implement market +risk management policies and standards for their respective +business areas in accordance with their functions. +equivalent +36.0 +RMB +Item +USD +USD +At 31 December 2020 +In RMB (USD) millions +At 31 December 2021 +FOREIGN EXCHANGE EXPOSURE +Discussion and Analysis +71 +Annual Report 2021 +In 2021, the Bank closely watched the changes in external +environment and market conditions, actively took a +combination of measures such as limit management +and hedging of risks to improve the matching degree of +the Group's foreign exchange assets and liabilities, and +strengthened capital fund preservation management of +overseas institutions. The currency risk was controllable in +general. +Currency risk is the risk of adverse movements of exchange +rate resulting in losses on the foreign currency exposure, +which is due to the currency structure's mismatch between +foreign currency assets and liabilities. The Bank's objective +of currency risk management is to control the impact of +exchange rate fluctuations on the Bank's financial position +and shareholders' equity within a tolerable extent. The +Bank mitigates such risk principally by limit management +and hedging of risks. The Bank carries out sensitivity +analysis and stress testing of currency risk on a quarterly +basis, and the Senior Management and the Market Risk +Management Committee review the currency risk reports +on a quarterly basis. +Currency Risk Management +The Bank kept strengthening trading book market risk +management and product control, and adopted the value- +at-risk (VaR), stress testing, sensitivity analysis, exposure +analysis, profit/loss analysis, price monitoring and other +means to measure and manage trading book products. +It continued to improve the portfolio-based market +risk limit management system, refined limit indicators, +ameliorated the dynamic management mechanism to meet +the requirements of new products and businesses for +timeliness, and realized quick and flexible limit monitoring +and dynamic adjustments based on the GMRM system. +For VaR of the trading book, please refer to "Note 49. (c)(i) +to the Consolidated Financial Statements: VaR". +Book +Management of Market Risk in the Trading +Management ("GMRM") system to overseas institutions +and steadily pushed forward the implementation of the +standardized market risk approach of Basel III Final Reform +Package issued by Basel Committee. +In 2021, the Bank continued to deepen the Group's market +risk management, tightened the Group's market risk limit +control, and verified and issued the Group's market risk +limit plan for 2021. A forward-looking analysis of interest +rate, exchange rate and commodity risks was conducted in +a timely manner. It continuously conducted global financial +market monitoring and perfected the fast risk reporting +mechanism. Empowered by technologies, the market risk +management system was more intelligent. It continuously +promoted the extended application of Global Market Risk +Borrower F +0.2 +Market risk is defined as the risk of loss to the Bank's +on- and off-balance sheet activities caused by adverse +movements in market rates (including interest rates, +exchange rates, stock prices and commodity prices). The +Bank is primarily exposed to interest rate risk and currency +risk (including gold). Market risk management is the +process of identifying, measuring, monitoring, controlling +and reporting market risk. The objective of market risk +management is to control market risk exposures within a +tolerable level and maximize risk-adjusted return according +to the Bank's risk appetite. +Transportation, storage and postal services. +14.2 +3.1 +31 December +2019 +31 December +2020 +3.5 +3.6 +2021 +31 December +At +At +Loan concentration to the single largest borrower (%) +Loan concentration to the top ten borrowers (%) +Item +As at the end of 2021, the total amount of loans granted by the Bank to the single largest borrower and top ten single +borrowers accounted for 3.6% and 14.2% of the Bank's net capital base respectively. The total amount of loans granted to +the top ten single borrowers was RMB554,249 million, accounting for 2.7% of the total loans. +BORROWER CONCENTRATION +The Bank carried out large exposures management in strict accordance with regulatory requirements, improved the large +exposures management system, optimized large exposures limit management, promoted the construction of large exposures +management related systems, and continuously improved the Group's large exposures management. +Large Exposures Management +Discussion and Analysis +69 +Annual Report 2021 +48,999 +15.6 +19.2 +14.8 +12.6 +At +In RMB millions, except for percentages +0.2 +49,479 +The table below shows the details of the loans granted to the top ten single borrowers of the Bank as at the end of 2021. +Finance +Borrower D +Borrower E +0.2 +50,828 +Borrower C +0.3 +67,107 +Finance +Borrower B +0.8 +141,457 +Transportation, storage and postal services +loans +Amount +Industry +Transportation, storage and postal services +Borrower +Borrower A +% of total +12.15% +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +38,000 +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio +Capital adequacy ratio +Higher operating efficiency +40,000 +Unit: % +2021 +Net capital base +2020 +First, operational efficiency was further boosted. +ROE reached 12.15% and ROA was 1.02%, up 20 basis +points and 2 basis points from last year, respectively, an +outstanding level among world's largest banks. Second, +the capital base was increasingly strengthened. +Capital adequacy ratio stood at 18.02%, an increase +of 1.14 percentage points from the end of last year, +maintaining a leading position in the global banking sector. +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio was 13.31%, up 0.13 +percentage points, and tier 1 capital adequacy ratio was +14.94%, up 0.66 percentage points. Net capital base was +RMB3,909.7 billion, an increase of 15.1% from the end of +last year, remaining at a leading position worldwide. +4.0% +8.0% +12.0% +16.0% +20.0% +Unit: RMB100 millions, % +Stronger capital base +I. The input and output efficiency of assets +and capital constantly enhanced +"I +In 2021, ICBC adhered to the "48-character" guideline and +coordinated COVID-19 prevention and control efforts with +business development. Through high-quality investment +and financing, the Bank provided comprehensive services +against a new development paradigm, implemented the +new development plan by steadily pushing forward the +mantra of "bringing out our strengths to make up for +our weaknesses and laying a solid foundation and base", +strengthened risk control on every front by improving the +risk management system and comprehensively deepened +reform and innovation through well-focused efforts to +enhance governance capacity. While contributing to high- +quality economic growth, the Bank further improved its +sustainability, further cemented the foundation for its +own high-quality development and delivered remarkable +performance in main business indicators. In summary, ICBC +continued to highlight the qualities of "strong, excellent +12.07% +and large" and delivered to investors an impressive +'answer sheet". +0.0% +36,000 +NIM remained good +34,000 +2.13% +Hot Topic 1: An Impressive "Answer +Sheet" from ICBC +2.15 +2.16% +2.20% +Unit: % +comparable domestic banks. The Bank demonstrated +a strong ability to manage assets and liabilities, and +implemented the policy of fee reduction and profit +concessions and serving the real economy. Second, the +profit structure was optimized with an increasing +proportion of non-interest income. Non-interest income +accounted for 19.77% of operating income, up 0.61 +percentage points compared with the previous year. +First, net interest margin ("NIM") remained good. +NIM stood at 2.11%, still an outstanding level in the +banking sector. Against the backdrop of persistently low +interest rates worldwide and narrowing banking spreads, +the contraction (-4 basis points) in NIM outperformed +II. Capital profitability and risk control +capability continuously improved +Discussion and Analysis +85 +Annual Report 2021 +⚫ ROA +ROE +2021 +2020 +0.98% +11.85% +-30,000 +0.99% +1.01% +1.02% +1.04% +32,000 +11.92% +12.00% +Discussion and Analysis +2,092,121 +counter-cyclical policy arrangements, and provide targeted +support for the implementation of major projects during +the 14th Five-Year Plan period to keep the macro-economy +on an even keel. The Bank will integrate financial services +into the processes of production, distribution, circulation +and consumption to help build a complete demand system +and smoothen the circulation of the national economy and +the global economy. Third, it will implement the new +development plan at a high-quality standard. The +Bank will give greater prominence to quality, efficiency and +innovation, make itself stronger and better based on actual +conditions, and improve qualitative development. It will +push forward the implementation of key strategies such +as the No.1 Personal Bank, the Preferred Bank for Foreign +Exchange Business, Sharpening Competitive Edge in Key +Regions, and Urban-Rural Collaborative Development. The +Bank will strive to achieve new results while "bringing +out our strengths to make up for our weaknesses and +laying a solid foundation and base" and make mid-term +breakthroughs in the implementation of new development +plan. Fourth, it will carry out the high-quality +enterprise risk management. Adhering to the systematic +thinking pattern, the Bank will strengthen risk awareness +and bottom-line thinking, comprehensively sort out and +identify potential risks, and develop targeted response +plans and countermeasures. The Bank will improve credit +risk management, and further stabilize the asset quality. +It will refine the risk management mechanism for online +and emerging businesses, and strictly forestall market risks. +The Bank will comprehensively enhance the effectiveness +of internal control and case prevention measures to ensure +that no major risk events and cases occur. Fifth, it will +press ahead with high-quality financial reform. The +Bank will further promote the organic integration of the +Party's leadership and corporate governance, put in place +the sound system of modern financial enterprise, and +modernize the governance system and capacity. It will fully +exploit its advantages in technology and data to boost +the development of the digital economy and ramp up its +efforts in building "D-ICBC". The Bank will roll out new +cutting-edge and controllable financial technology and +take solid measures to ensure the security in the process +of digital transformation. Sixth, it will reinforce the +building of talent teams in a high-quality manner. The +Bank will strengthen the top-level design for talent-related +work, devise and implement a new round of bank-wide +talent development plans. It will improve the evaluation, +appraisal and monitoring systems, refine the incentive and +restraint mechanisms, strengthen employee management +and supervision, and improve employee care. By doing +so, the Bank aims to build a strong bank with top-notch +talent teams and forge synergy for ICBC's high-quality +development. +Number of domestic operating institutions +Number of personal customers (in 10,000) +Number of corporate customers (in 10,000) +Agency and commission-based business +Assets under custody +Payments settled via payment systems or correspondent banks +Securities and other financing instruments issued +Intra-financial system liabilities +Intra-financial system assets +Indicator +In accordance with the Measures for Assessment of Systemically Important Banks issued by PBC and CBIRC and the Notice +on Launching the Assessment Data Completion of Systemically Important Banks issued by CBIRC, the Bank calculated and +disclosed the 2020 assessment indicators of domestic systemically important banks. +Assessment Indicators of Domestic Systemically Important Banks +Discussion and Analysis +ICBC +82 +2,069,735 +153,164 +784,582 +7,966,381 +Cross-jurisdictional liabilities +Cross-jurisdictional claims +Level 3 assets +Trading and available-for-sale securities +Notional amount of over-the-counter ("OTC") derivatives +2.09% +Derivatives +HOT TOPICS IN THE CAPITAL MARKET +In RMB millions, unless otherwise specified +35,300,338 +ICBC +84 +In 2022, the global economy is expected to continue +its rebound, but tensions in the global supply chain and +energy supplies may persist, and the prices of major asset +categories show a divergent trend. The accelerated shift in +monetary policy of major economies and the upward shift +in interest rate centers will pose challenges to the banking +sector in terms of liquidity management, asset allocation +and optimization of the debt structure. At present, the +Chinese economy faces pressures from three fronts, +namely shrinking demand, supply shock and weakening +expectations, but the momentum of sustained recovery +and development has not changed, and its economic +fundamentals remain strong in the long term. China is +stepping up efforts to foster a new development paradigm +featuring dual circulation, in which domestic and overseas +markets reinforce each other, with the domestic market as +the mainstay. This will bring new opportunities to the high- +quality development in the banking sector. +Adhering to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese +Characteristics for a New Era, ICBC will continue to +earnestly implement the decisions and arrangements +of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of +China and the State Council, advance full and accurate +implementation of the new development philosophy in the +new development stage, and actively serve and integrate +into the new development paradigm. The Bank will stay +committed to the general principle of pursuing progress +while ensuring stability, keep hold of the requirement +of "stability", fight for achievements in "progress", +redouble efforts in "reform", stick to the path of financial +development with Chinese characteristics, follow the +"48-character" guideline, and pursue its own high- +quality development while contributing to the country's +high-quality economic and social development. First, it +will reinforce the Party's establishment in a high- +quality manner. The Bank will uphold and strengthen +the Party's leadership, further integrate it with corporate +governance, better align the procedural rules of the +Party Committee and the decision-making mechanism in +corporate governance, and improve the modern financial +enterprise system. The Bank will give full play to its +role in full and strict Party self-governance in providing +political guidance and guarantees and strengthen strict +management and atmosphere. Second, it will serve +the new development paradigm in a high-quality +manner. The Bank will continue to focus on its main +responsibilities and businesses, scale up support for +manufacturing enterprises and small and micro enterprises, +and improve the service quality and efficiency for scientific +and technological innovation and green development. +The Bank will bring into full play to its dual functions as +monetary policy tools in the total amount and structure of +investment and financing, implement the cross-cyclical and +OUTLOOK +Discussion and Analysis +83 +Annual Report 2021 +1,070,072 +4,222,848 +Balance of wealth management products issued by the wealth management subsidiary +Cross-jurisdictional claims and liabilities +1,637,344 +Wealth management business +872,495 +790,093 +Assets of non-banking affiliates +Securities measured at fair value +8,085,879 +16,065 +68,030 +864 +7,448,878 +18,157,690 +480,825,563 +2,591,743 +3,121,151 +2,988,192 +2020 +0.55% +Unit: RMB100 millions +0.15% +390,000 +Unit: RMB100 millions +Total assets +Discussion and Analysis +87 +88 +Annual Report 2021 +Growth rate of profit before provision +Growth rate of operating income +Growth rate of net profit +2021 +-0.0% +4.0% +8.0% +12.0% +16.0% +Profit before provision +Operating income +Net profit +2020 +0 +2,000 +4,000 +6,000 +8,000 +10,000 +Unit: RMB100 millions, % +325,000 +Income and profit ranked first worldwide +260,000 +130,000 +ICBC +88 +ii. Making up for our weaknesses: focusing on +personal banking, foreign exchange business, key +areas and urban-rural collaborative development. In +terms of No.1 Personal Bank Strategy, personal assets +under management ("AUM", close to RMB17 trillion) +still led the market. The number of individual customers +exceeded 700 million and the number of mobile banking +customers reached 469 million. The Bank was the first +bank to have more than 100 million monthly active users +("MAU") of mobile banking. The balance of personal +loans reached nearly RMB8 trillion, and payroll service +reached over RMB5 trillion of distributions to more than +100 million customers. In terms of the Strategy of the +Preferred Bank for Foreign Exchange Business, the +Bank launched the "YES ICBC" financial service brand. +The average daily balance of domestic foreign exchange +deposits increased by 35% over the previous year. The +Group's cross-border RMB business volume exceeded +RMB8.5 trillion. The Bank became one of the first eligible +pilot banks for the "Southbound Bond Connect" scheme +and the "Cross-boundary Wealth Management Connect" +scheme in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater +Bay Area. It played a leading role as a big bank to serve +two-way opening-up of the financial market. In terms +of Strategy for Sharpening Competitive Edge in Key +Regions, the Bank enjoyed a dominance in total balance +of deposits and loans in five key areas, namely the Beijing- +In terms of transaction banking, the financial market +business generated more than RMB100 billion of net +profit, investment banking continued to rank first among +domestic peers by income from advisory and consulting +services, and mega asset management totaled RMB27 +trillion, representing a growth of 11.24%. +i. Bringing out our strengths: focusing on cementing +strengths in institutional banking, corporate banking, +settlement and transaction banking. In terms of +settlement service, RMB corporate settlement generated +RMB11.3 billion of fee income, ranking first among peers. +In terms of institutional banking, the customer base +hit a five-year high in growth, and deposits from banks +and other financial institutions remained in the first +place among comparable peers, manifesting a notable +competitive edge. In terms of corporate banking, +the Bank still took the first spot in both the number of +corporate customers and the amount of corporate loans +and deposits among comparable peers. The Bank was the +first commercial bank to break the RMB10 trillion mark of +RMB corporate loans. The asset quality improved steadily. +IV. Major breakthroughs made in "bringing +out our strengths to make up for our +weaknesses and laying a solid foundation +and base" +Fifth, the Bank remained in the first place in +international rankings. The Bank was ranked the 1st +place among the Top 1000 World Banks by The Banker, +the 1st place in the Global 2000 by Forbes, and the 1st +place in the list of commercial banks of the Global 500 +in Fortune for the ninth consecutive year, demonstrating +strong overall capacity and market influence. Sixth, brand +value kept increasing. According to the "2022 Top 500 +Banking Brand" by Brand Finance, a research institute of +global brand value, the Bank took the 1st place among the +world's top banking brands with a brand value of USD75.1 +billion for the sixth consecutive year. +Total liabilities +2021 +Customer deposits +2020 +0 +70,000 +140,000 +210,000 +280,000 +350,000 +1,259,003 +Total deposits +Loans and advances to customers +Total assets +2021 +Investment in bonds +2020 +0 +65,000 +195,000 +0.35% +First, the Bank ranked No. 1 by total income among +global banks. The Bank recorded RMB860.9 billion in +operating income, up 7.6% from the previous year, with +net fee and commission income maintaining its leading +position among domestic banks. Second, the Bank +ranked No. 1 by total profits among global banks. +Net profit reached RMB350.2 billion, representing an +increase of 10.2% over the previous year. Profit before +provision was RMB627.5 billion, up 5.5% from last year. +Third, the Bank ranked No. 1 by total assets among +global banks. Total assets reached RMB35,171.4 billion, +representing an increase of 5.5% over the end of the +previous year. Loans and advances to customers totaled +RMB20,667.2 billion, up 11.0% from the end of the +previous year. Investment in bonds was RMB8,817.3 +billion, up 9.5% from the end of the previous year. +Fourth, the Bank ranked No. 1 by total deposits +among global banks. Due to customers amounted to +RMB26,441.8 billion, an increase of 5.2% from the end of +the previous year. +◆ Allowance to total loans ratio +150 +300 +450 +Unit: RMB100 millions, % +Asset quality continued to improve +ICBC +86 +percentage points over the end of last year. Allowance to +total loans ratio was 2.92%, representing an increase of +7 basis points. Credit cost ratio was 0.86%, down 0.11 +percentage points. Fifth, capital discipline worked +effectively. RWA grew by 7.8%, 3.2 percentage points +slower than growth of credit assets. Sixth, the input/ +output efficiency was high. Cost-to-income ratio was +26.36%, still relatively low among global peers despite a +rise of 1.60 percentage points over last year. +Third, asset quality further improved. NPL ratio was +1.42%, down 16 basis points from the end of last year, +and basically returned to the pre-pandemic level. The +overdue loan rate was 1.23%, down 21 basis points. +The price scissors between overdue loans and NPLs +was RMB-38.5 billion, maintaining negative for seven +consecutive quarters, representing a record low. Fourth, +risk resilience was further boosted and the base +of risk allowances further fortified. Allowance to +NPLs was 205.84%, representing an increase of 25.16 +NIM +Decline rate +2020 +2.06% +-0.15 +2021 +2020 +2021 +-0.25% +-0.04 +19.77 +19.16 +Unit: % +Higher proportion of non-interest income +-0.05% +2.11 +0 +III. Scale merits and brand value leading the +world +-150 +-450 +Allowance to NPLs +2021 +-2.75% +2.84% +2.92% +2020 +◆ NPL ratio +2021 +150.00% +0.00% +0.20% +0.40% +0.60% +200.00% +0.80% +1.00% +1.20% +1.40% +250.00% +1.60% +Unit: % +Risk resilience was further boosted +Discussion and Analysis +Price scissors +Overdue rate +2020 +-300 +Trading volume of listed equities and other securities +At 31 December +2021 +Trading volume of fixed-income securities +5,669 +8,107 +7,691 +16,053 +17,138 +(10,178) +(18,658) +3,552 +3,539 +1,508,562 +1,618,142 +339,486 +4,582 +438,640 +356,849 +148,534 +148,597 +356,407 +356,407 +2,669,055 +2020 +At 31 December +2,903,516 +At 31 December +2021 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +Other intangible assets other than land use rights +322,692 +Goodwill +(4,202) +Cash flow hedge reserve that relates to the hedging of items +that are not fair-valued on the balance sheet +Surplus provision for loan impairment +351,568 +418,415 +Valid portion of tier 2 capital instruments and related premiums +523,394 +668,305 +Tier 2 capital +2,872,792 +3,241,364 +Net tier 1 capital +647 +655 +(4,616) +Valid portion of minority interests +354,331 +Additional tier 1 capital instruments and related premiums +219,790 +354,986 +Additional tier 1 capital +2,653,002 +2,886,378 +Net core tier 1 capital +institutions that are under control but not subject to consolidation +7,980 +7,980 +Investments in core tier 1 capital instruments issued by financial +219,143 +Core tier 1 capital deductions +Other +Valid portion of minority interests +Net capital base +2,605,594 +2,872,792 +2,944,636 +3,241,364 +Net tier 1 capital +2,404,030 +2,653,002 +2,614,392 +2,886,378 +Net core tier 1 capital +Parent +Company +3,909,669 +Group +Group +Item +At 31 December 2021 +In RMB millions, except for percentages +At 31 December 2020 +RESULTS OF CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO CALCULATION OF THE GROUP AND PARENT COMPANY +The Bank calculated its capital adequacy ratios at +all levels in accordance with the Capital Regulation. +According to the scope of implementing the advanced +capital management approaches as approved by the +regulatory authorities, the Bank adopted the foundation +internal ratings-based ("IRB") approach for corporate +credit risk, the IRB approach for retail credit risk, the +internal model approach ("IMA") for market risk, and +the standardized approach for operational risk meeting +regulatory requirements. The weighted approach was +adopted for credit risk uncovered by the IRB approach and +the standardized approach was adopted for market risk +uncovered by the IMA. +Capital Adequacy Ratio and Leverage +Ratio +capital management on risk-weighted assets and continued +to elevate the capital use efficiency. It holistically balanced +the endogenous and exogenous capital replenishment, and +further consolidated the capital base to further reinforce +its capacity in supporting the real economy. In 2021, +all capital indicators performed well, of which capital +adequacy ratio was kept at a sound and appropriate level. +In 2021, the Bank further deepened the capital +management reform, strengthened capital saving and +optimization, carried forward the disposal of low-efficiency +capital occupation, intensified the constraint of economic +The Bank implements a group-based capital management +mechanism, and takes capital as the object and an +instrument for its management activities, including +planning, measurement, allocation, application and +operation. The Bank's capital management aims at +maintaining appropriate capital adequacy ratio and +continuously meeting capital supervisory regulations +and policies; ceaselessly strengthening and enhancing +the capital base and supporting business growth and +implementation of strategic planning; establishing a +value management system focusing on economic capital, +reinforcing capital constraint and incentive mechanism +and improving capital allocation efficiency; innovating +and expanding capital replenishment channels, raising +capital quality and optimizing capital structure. The Bank's +capital management covers various operating entities in +the Group, and its contents include capital adequacy ratio +management, economic capital management, capital +investment and financing management. +Discussion and Analysis +CAPITAL MANAGEMENT +Parent +Company +3,600,883 +3,396,186 +3,114,878 +Retained profits +General reserve +Surplus reserve +Valid portion of capital reserve +Paid-in capital +Core tier 1 capital +Item +CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO +Discussion and Analysis +79 +Annual Report 2021 +As at the end of 2021, the core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio, tier 1 capital adequacy ratio and capital adequacy ratio +calculated by the Bank in accordance with the Capital Regulation stood at 13.31%, 14.94% and 18.02%, respectively, +complying with regulatory requirements. +17.02 +16.88 +18.30 +18.02 +Capital adequacy ratio (%) +14.24 +14.28 +14.97 +14.94 +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio (%) +13.14 +13.18 +13.29 +13.31 +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio (%) +248,774 +6,582,443 +170,712 +1,116 +The Bank issued a tier 2 capital bond of RMB30.0 billion +in China's national inter-bank bond market in January +2021. All proceeds were used to replenish the Bank's tier 2 +capital in accordance with the applicable laws as approved +by relevant regulatory authorities. +Issuance Progress of Tier 2 Capital Bonds +The Bank publicly issued two tranches of undated +additional tier 1 capital bonds of RMB70.0 billion and +RMB30.0 billion in China's national inter-bank bond +market in June and November 2021 respectively. All +proceeds from these issuances, after deduction of issuance +expenses, were used to replenish the Bank's additional tier +1 capital in accordance with applicable laws and approvals +by the regulatory authorities. +Issuance of Undated Additional Tier 1 +Capital Bonds +The Bank issued undated additional tier 1 capital bonds of +USD6.16 billion in the offshore market in September 2021. +All proceeds from this issuance, after deduction of issuance +expenses, were used to replenish the Bank's additional tier +1 capital in accordance with applicable laws and approvals +by the regulatory authorities. +On the basis of capital replenishment by retained profits, +the Bank proactively expanded the channels for external +capital replenishment and continuously promoted the +innovation of capital instruments, to reinforce the capital +strength, optimize capital structure and control the cost of +capital rationally. +Capital Financing Management +Note: Please refer to "Unaudited Supplementary Information to the Consolidated Financial Statements" for details on disclosed leverage +ratio information. +8.14 +8.12 +8.05 +8.31 +In 2021, the Bank received the approvals from CBIRC +and PBC respectively, for the Bank to publicly issue tier 2 +capital bonds of no more than RMB190.0 billion in China's +national inter-bank bond market. In December 2021 +and January 2022, the Bank issued two tranches of tier +8.69 +off-balance sheet assets +35,300,338 +2,872,792 +2,956,971 +36,423,221 +37,370,525 +3,009,641 +3,132,095 +37,682,357 +3,241,364 +37,292,522 +Balance of adjusted on- and +Net tier 1 capital +2020 +31 December +Leverage ratio (%) +31 March +2021 +Annual Report 2021 +Discussion and Analysis +2,272,838 +Underwritten transactions in debt and equity markets +19,980,932 +Assets under custody +493,730,289 +Payments settled via payment systems or correspondent banks +5,080,700 +Securities and other financing instruments issued +2,947,997 +Intra-financial system liabilities +2,088,082 +37,560,752 +81 +Intra-financial system assets +Indicator +2021 +In RMB millions +In accordance with the Guidelines on the Disclosure of +Global Systemically Importance Assessment Indicators for +Commercial Banks issued by CBIRC and the Instructions for +G-SIB Assessment Exercise issued by the Basel Committee +on Banking Supervision, the Bank calculated and disclosed +the global systemically importance assessment indicators. +Global Systemically Importance Assessment +Indicators of Commercial Banks +Assessment Indicators of Systemically +Important Banks +Economic capital management of the Bank includes three +major aspects: measurement, allocation and application. +Economic capital indicators include Economic Capital (EC), +Risk-Adjusted Return on Capital (RAROC) and Economic +Value-added (EVA). All of the above are applied in credit +resource allocation, quota management, performance +assessment, expenditure allocation, product pricing and +customer management, etc. +Allocation and Management of +Economic Capital +The Bank further improved the Group's economic capital +management system in terms of measurement, allocation +and assessment, strengthened the Group's economic +capital constraint and incentive mechanism, and promoted +the Group's intensive capital development. It further +improved its economic capital measurement policy and +optimized its economic capital measurement standards +and system. The Bank strictly implemented the quota +management of economic capital, continuously boosted +the refined management of economic capital, and +reinforced the capital constraint on domestic branches, +profitability units, overseas institutions and subsidiaries. +Moreover, the Bank upgraded the economic capital +measurement and appraisal policy of credit business and +proactively facilitated the adjustment of its credit structure. +It strengthened trainings on economic capital management +for institutions at all levels, and vigorously pushed +forward the application of economic capital in operational +management and business front-line. +For details on the issuance of capital instruments of the +Bank, please refer to the announcements published by the +Bank on the website of SSE, the "HKEXnews" website of +HKEX and the website of the Bank. +The Second Extraordinary General Meeting of 2021 of the +Bank reviewed and approved the Proposal on the Issuance +of Eligible Tier 2 Capital Instruments, which approved the +Bank's issuance of eligible tier 2 capital instruments in +domestic and offshore markets to replenish the Bank's tier +2 capital. The issuance plan of the eligible tier 2 capital +instruments is still subject to the approval of relevant +regulatory authorities. +2 capital bonds of RMB60.0 billion and RMB40.0 billion +in the national inter-bank bond market, respectively. All +proceeds were used to replenish the Bank's tier 2 capital +in accordance with the applicable laws as approved by +relevant regulatory authorities. +Balance of adjusted on- and off-balance sheet assets +30 June +2021 +2021 +2021 +Operational risk-weighted assets +Parts uncovered by internal model approach +Parts covered by internal model approach +Market risk-weighted assets +Parts covered by internal ratings-based approach +Parts uncovered by internal ratings-based approach +Credit risk-weighted assets +Item +RISK-WEIGHTED ASSETS +ICBC +80 +Note: (1) Refers to risk-weighted assets after capital floor and adjustments. +16.88 +Total +18.02 +14.28 +14.94 +Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio (%) +13.18 +13.31 +Core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio (%) +20,124,139 +21,690,349 +1,114 +3,396,186 +3,909,669 +Risk-weighted assets (1) +Net capital base +Capital adequacy ratio (%) +Discussion and Analysis +In RMB millions +At 31 December +Item +30 September +31 December +At +At +At +At +At +In RMB millions, except for percentages +LEVERAGE RATIO +Please refer to the 2021 Capital Adequacy Ratio Report of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited issued by the +Bank for further information on capital measurement. +20,124,139 +1,414,031 +1,493,708 +21,690,349 +80,546 +102,672 +94,238 +51,014 +174,784 +153,686 +6,255,661 +6,570,240 +12,279,663 +13,472,715 +18,535,324 +20,042,955 +2020 +Valid portion of minority interests +Balance of adjusted on- and off-balance sheet assets