Global Finance Names The Stars Of 2014

NEW YORK, September 18, 2014 — Global Finance is proud to present the winners of the 7th annual Stars of China Awards, honoring the best banks and companies in China. The Reach of Global Finance Global Finance’s Stars of China Awards are the preeminent evaluation of Global Finance, founded in China’s companies and financial institutions by international media. 1987, has a circulation of 50,050 and readers in 180 The list on the following page and a full report on the winners will countries. Its circulation is audited by BPA. Global Finance’s be published in the November issue of Global Finance, along with an audience includes chairmen, exclusive ranking of the Top 10 Safest Banks in China and an in-depth presidents, CEOs, CFOs, look at the success stories behind the Stars of China winners and their treasurers and other senior financial officers responsible various approaches to business excellence in the unique environment of for making investment the People’s Republic. and strategic decisions at multinational companies and financial institutions.Global “China’s top banks and companies profit from the geopolitical stability of Finance also targets the 8,000 the country. As the government enacts change to improve the business international portfolio investors environment and provide further impetus to the economy, they will be responsible for more than 80% of all global assets under primary beneficiaries,” said Joseph D. Giarraputo, Publisher and Editorial professional management. Its Director of Global Finance. “The banks and companies being recognized website — GFmag.com — offers as the Stars of China 2014 have seized the opportunity inherent in this analysis and articles that are the heritage of 27 years of environment and are leading the way for their competitors.” experience in international financial markets, and provides Please see the following page for the full list of winners. a valuable source of data on 192 countries. Global Finance is headquartered in New York, page 1 of 2 with offices in London and Milan.

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FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS COMPANIES

City Commercial Bank Harbin Bank Airline China Southern Best Consumer Bank Domestic: ICBC Automotive Dongfeng Motor Foreign: Citi Consumer Products Metersbonwe Group Corporate Governance Construction China State Construction Engineering Best Corporate Bank Domestic: ICBC Electronics Huawei Technologies Foreign: DBS Bank Food and Beverages Best Commercial Corporate Credit Card ICBC Insurance Best Consumer Credit Card Program Deutsche Bank/Hua Xia Bank Media Baidu Best Bank in Cross Border Payments Domestic: Foreign: Citi Metals and Mining Chalco Debt Capital Markets (DCM) Domestic: CITIC Securities Oil and Gas PetroChina Foreign: SC Lowy Property/Real Estate China Equity Capital Markets (ECM) Domestic: China Securities Renewable Energy Yingli Green Energy Foreign: Goldman Sachs Steel Jiangsu Shagang Group (Shasteel) Foreign Exchange Domestic: Bank of China Telecommunications Foreign: Citi Infrastructure Lending/Project Finance Domestic: Bank of China Foreign: ANZ Group Innovative Bank Investment Bank Domestic: CITIC Securities Foreign: UBS M&A Domestic: China International Capital Corp Foreign: Morgan Stanley Mutual Fund Tianhong Asset Management Best Wealth Management Services Domestic: China Merchants Foreign: Standard Chartered Rural Finance Domestic: China Construction Bank Foreign: HSBC Best Subcustodian Bank Domestic: ICBC Foreign: HSBC Small Business Lending Domestic: China Construction Bank Foreign: Standard Chartered Supply Chain Finance Domestic: Bank of China Foreign: Standard Chartered Trade Finance Domestic: Bank of China Foreign: DBS Treasury and Cash Management Domestic: ICBC Foreign: DBS

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