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Profi le The predecessor of Agricultural Bank of China is Agricultural Cooperative Bank established in 1951. Since the late 1970s, the Bank has evolved from a state-owned specialized bank to a wholly state-owned commercial bank and subsequently a state-controlled commercial bank. The Bank was restructured into a joint stock limited liability company in January 2009. The Bank was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, respectively in July 2010, which marked the completion of our transformation into a public shareholding commercial bank. Being one of the major integrated fi nancial service providers in China, the Bank is committed to catering to the needs of Sannong and capitalizing on the synergy between the Urban Areas and the County Areas. The Bank strives to expand into the international market and provides diversifi ed services so as to become a fi rst- class modern commercial bank. Capitalizing on the comprehensive business portfolio, extensive distribution network and advanced IT platform, the Bank provides various corporate and retail banking products and services for a broad range of customers and carries out treasury operations for our own accounts or on behalf of customers. Our business scope includes, among others, investment banking, fund management, fi nancial leasing and life insurance. At the end of 2012, the Bank had total assets of RMB13,244,342 million, deposits of RMB10,862,935 million and loans of RMB6,433,399 million. Our capital adequacy ratio and non-performing loan ratio were 12.61% and 1.33%, respectively. The Bank achieved a net profi t of RMB145,131 million in 2012. The Bank had 23,472 domestic branch outlets, including the Head Offi ce, the Business Department of the Head Offi ce, three specialized institutions managed by the Head Offi ce, 37 tier-1 branches (including branches directly managed by the Head Offi ce), 348 tier-2 branches (including business departments of branches in provinces), 3,482 tier-1 sub-branches (including business departments in municipalities, business departments of branches directly managed by the Head Offi ce and business departments of tier-2 branches), and 19,600 other establishments. Our overseas branch outlets consisted of four overseas branches and fi ve overseas representative offi ces. Our major subsidiaries consisted of nine domestic subsidiaries and three overseas subsidiaries. In 2012, the Bank ranked No. 84 in Fortune’s Global 500, and ranked No. 5 in The Banker’s “Top 1000 World Banks” list in terms of profi t before tax for the year of 2011. In 2012, the Bank’s issuer credit ratings were assigned A/A-1 by Standard & Poor’s; the bank deposits ratings were assigned A1/P-1 by Moody’s Investors Service; and the long-/short-term foreign-currency issuer default ratings were assigned A/F1 by Fitch Ratings. The Bank’s outlook ratings assigned by the above credit rating agencies were “stable”. Defi nitions 2 Contents Basic Corporate Information 4 Financial Highlights 6 Honours and Awards 9 Chairman’s Statement 11 President’s Statement 15 Discussion and Analysis 19 Environment and Prospects 19 Three-year Plan 21 Financial Statement Analysis 23 Business Review 48 County Area Banking Business 71 Risk Management 78 Capital Management 100 Changes in Share Capital and Shareholdings of Substantial Shareholders 102 Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management 110 Corporate Governance 127 Report of the Board of Directors 148 Internal Control 154 Signifi cant Events 156 Organizational Chart 160 List of Domestic and Overseas Branches and Institutions 162 Appendix I — Auditor’s Report and Financial Statements 168 Appendix II — Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information 326 Column 1 Coping with the Challenges in the Internet Finance Era 61 Column 2 Seize Market Opportunities Arising From Urbanization 75 Column 3 Focusing on the Implementation of Advanced Measurement Approach for Capital to Enhance Overall Risk Management Standard 81 Defi nitions In this annual report, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings set out below: 1. ABC/We/Our Bank/the Group/ Agricultural Bank of China Limited or its predecessor as applicable, the Bank/Agricultural Bank and, except as the context otherwise requires, the subsidiaries of of China Agricultural Bank of China Limited and of its predecessor 2. Articles of Association of The Articles of Association of Agricultural Bank of China Limited the Bank/Articles of Association approved by the CBRC on 31 December 2012 3. Basis Point(s) A unit measure related to the change in an interest rate or exchange rate, which is equal to 0.01% 4. CASs/PRC GAAP The Accounting Standards for Enterprises promulgated on 15 February 2006 by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China and other related rules and regulations 5. CBRC China Banking Regulatory Commission 6. County Area(s) Areas designated as counties or county-level cities under China’s administrative division system, excluding municipal districts 7. County Area Banking Business We provide customers in the County Areas with a broad range of fi nancial products and services through our branch outlets located in counties and county-level cities in China. We refer to such banking business as the “County Area Banking Business” or “Sannong Banking Business” 8. County Area Banking Division An internal functional department of the Bank established in accordance with the requirements of restructuring state-owned commercial banks into shareholding enterprises. The department focuses on the operation of the County Area Banking Business with independent governance, operational decision making, fi nancial accounting as well as incentives and restrictions systems 9. CSRC China Securities Regulatory Commission 10. Duration An approach employed to measure the average term of cash fl ows of debt securities, mainly refl ecting the sensitivity of debt securities to interest rate movements 11. Economic capital Capital allocated to assets or business for the purpose of mitigating risks based on internal assessment of the management of commercial banks 2 Defi nitions 12. Hong Kong Listing Rules The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited 13. Hong Kong Stock Exchange The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited 14. Huijin Central Huijin Investment Ltd. 15. Industries with high energy Industries with high energy consumption, high pollution or overcapacity consumption, high pollution or overcapacity 16. MOF Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China 17. PBOC The People’s Bank of China 18. Sannong Agriculture, rural areas and farmers 19. SSF National Council for Social Security Fund of the PRC 20. Subordinated Bonds Bonds issued by commercial bank which ranks after other equity capital and other debts. Subordinated Bonds fulfi lling the conditions can be classifi ed into supplementary capital Annual Report 2012 3 Basic Corporate Information Legal name in Chinese and 中國農業銀行股份有限公司 abbreviation 中國農業銀行 Legal name in English and AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED abbreviation AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA (ABC) Legal representative JIANG Chaoliang Authorized representative ZHANG Yun Li Zhenjiang Board Secretary and Li Zhenjiang Company Secretary Address: No. 69, Jianguomen Nei Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing, PRC Tel: 86-10-85109619 Fax: 86-10-85108557 E-mail: [email protected] Registered offi ce address and No. 69, Jianguomen Nei Avenue, Dongcheng District, postal code Beijing, 100005, PRC Internet website www.abchina.com Principal place of business 25/F, Agricultural Bank of China Tower, in Hong Kong 50 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong Selected newspapers for China Securities Journal, Shanghai Securities News, information disclosure Securities Times and Securities Daily Website of Shanghai www.sse.com.cn Stock Exchange publishing the annual report (A share) Website of Hong Kong www.hkexnews.hk Stock Exchange publishing the annual report (H share) Location where copies of Offi ce of the Board of Directors of the Bank this annual report are kept Listing exchange of A shares Shanghai Stock Exchange Stock name 農業銀行 Stock code 601288 Share registrar China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited, Shanghai Branch (Address: 36/F, China Insurance Building, No. 166 Lujiazui Dong Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, PRC) Listing exchange of H shares The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited Stock name ABC Stock code 1288 Share registrar Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited (Address: Shops 1712–1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Center, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong) 4 Basic Corporate Information Date of registration 3 May 2012 modifi cation and State Administration for Industry and Commerce, PRC registration authority Initial Registration Please refer to the section headed “Statutory and General Information” in the prospectus of the Bank for the initial public offering for details Corporate business 100000000005472 license registration No. Organizational code 10000547-4 Financial license B0002H111000001 registration No. Tax registration Jing Shui Zheng Zi 110108100005474 certifi cate No. Name and address of King & Wood Mallesons Lawyers domestic legal advisor 40/F, Offi ce Tower A, Beijing Fortune Plaza, 7 East 3rd Ring Middle Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing Name and address of Freshfi elds Bruckhaus Deringer Hong Kong legal advisor 11/F, Two Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong Name and address of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certifi ed Public Accountants LLP domestic auditor (known as Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu