ICBC has recently been named "Best Bank" in Finance Asia's Country Awards for Achievements 2016 for the fourth time thanks to its outstanding operating performance as well as consistent reform and innovation capabilities. 

In 2015, given the opportunities arising from "Belt and Road" initiative, coordinated development within the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and development of Yangtze River Economic Belt, ICBC developed integrated financial service solutions to strengthen financial innovation and beef up financial support. The Bank has been committed to driving business transformation with innovation, and endeavored to develop retail finance, asset management, investment banking and other emerging businesses to diversify growth points in profit. To meet the public demand for financial services, ICBC has closely followed the economic trend of "Internet Plus" by innovating Internet finance services, making Internet finance strategy a new engine for business transformation and growth. In addition, ICBC has also promoted integrated and internationalized operation to provide diversified, comprehensive and in-depth financial services.

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