National Commercial Bank (China)

The National Commercial Bank Limited, also known as Zhejiang Xingye Bank (Chinese: 浙江興業銀行), was a Chinese bank considered one of the "Three Southern Banks" during nationalist government era.^[1] It was merged to Bank of China (Hong Kong) in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

National Commercial Bank
Traditional Chinese	浙江興業銀行
Simplified Chinese	浙江兴业银行
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèjiāng Xīngyè Yínháng

Former head office building in Shanghai

History

• 1907: Founded in Hangzhou by Zhejiang Provincial Railway Company (Chinese: 浙江省鐵路公司).
• 1908: Opened its Shanghai branch.
• 1915: Moved headquarters to Shanghai.
• 1946: Established Hong Kong branches.
• 1980: Moved headquarters to Beijing.
• 1989: Became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of China Group.^[2]
• 2001: Merged to form Bank of China (Hong Kong).^[3]

• 
  Former branch in Hangzhou
• 
  Former branch in Tianjin
• 
  Former branch in Nanjing

Notable staff

• Xu Xinliu (Singloh Hsu), general manager^[4]