Hong Kong Industrial And Commercial Bank
Industrial and Commercial Bank (Traditional Chinese: 工商銀行) was a bank in Hong Kong. It was firstly established in 1917. Under the leadership of its general manager, Xue Xianzhou (Traditional Chinese: 薛仙舟), after 1919, its business role was developed on operating money remittances of Overseas Chinese and its branches were extended to Guangzhou, Hankou, Shanghai and Tianjin. However, the bank was closed down in 1930 after Xue's death and losing in foreign currency business.
Its new bank, Hong Kong Industrial and Commercial Bank (Traditional Chinese: 香港工商銀行), was re-established in 1964. In 1987, it was acquired by Dah Sing Bank. In 1994, its 40% interest was acquired by China Construction Bank and it was renamed to Jian Sing Bank (Traditional Chinese: 建新銀行). In 2002, Jian Sing Bank was totally acquired by China Construction Bank and renamed to China Construction Bank (Asia) Limited (Traditional Chinese: 中國建設銀行(亞洲)有限公司).
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