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I、MOODYS Rating Moodys’ rating for 8 major Chinese bnaks： MOODYS CLASS LT Deposit Note/CD Program Bank Financial Strength Curr-Rating Data Curr-Rating Data Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Baa1 15 SEP 2000 E+ 12 APR 2001 China Construction Bank Baa1 15 SEP 2000 E+ 12 APR 2001 Agricultural Bank of China Baa1 15 SEP 2000 E 3 DEC 1998 Bank of China Baa1 15 SEP 2000 D- 12 APR 2001 China Merchants Bank Ba2 3 DEC 1998 D- 12 APR 2001 Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Ba2 3 DEC 1998 D- 12 APR 2001 Shenzhen Development Bank Co., Ltd Ba3 21 SEP 1998 E+ 12 APR 2001 China Minsheng Banking Co., Ltd - - - - Data from / ? II、Global Rankings From 1996, CMB has been ranked among The Banker’s “Top 25 capital profit ratio bank in the world” three years in a row. In term of first-tier capital, the bank is ranked 276th in The Banker’s 2001 ranking of “the World’s Top 1000 Banks”. In term of ROE, CMB is ranked number 1 in Euromoney’s 1999 “Top 100 Banks in Asia”. In 2000, Global Finance honored the CMB as “the Best Domestic Bank in China”. In 2001, Asia Finance also honored the bank “the best domestic commercial bank in China” In March 1997, the bank obtained the ISO9001 Affirmation for its retail business in Shenzhen--the first bank obtained such an affirmation in China. In October 1999, CMB got the affirmation of ISO9001 again for its overall retail banking business. Table 1. Banker’s year 2001 ranking of major domestic banks in China Domestic Ranking Bankers Top 1000 year 2001 Bank 1 7 Industrial Commercial Bank of China 2 18 Bank of China 3 21 Agricultural Bank of china 4 29 China Construction bank 5 108 Bank of Communications 6 210 China Everbright Bank 7 276 China Merchants Bank 8 318 CITIC Industrial Bank 9 321 Shanghai Pudong Development Bank 10 376 China Minsheng Banking Corporation 11 466 Guangdong Development Bank 12 561 Hua Xia Bank 13 568 Fujian Industrial Bank 14 939 Xiamen International Bank III、Comparison of major financ