History

• 1928: Established in Shanghai with its Chinese name of 國華銀行.
• 1938: Set up Hong Kong branches.
• 1948: Change its Chinese name to 國華商業銀行.
• 1980: Moved its headquarters to Beijing.
• 1989: Became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of China Group
  Bank of China Group
  Bank of China Group was the brand used to denote 13 banks that were almost entirely owned by the Chinese government that operated in Hong Kong, until their merger in 2001 to form Bank of China . The exception was the Hong Kong branch of the Bank of Communications, which left BOCG in 1998...
  
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• 2001: Merged to form Bank of China (Hong Kong)
  Bank of China (Hong Kong)
  Bank of China Limited is the second-largest commercial banking group in Hong Kong in terms of assets and customer deposits, with more than 300 branches in Hong Kong. It was established on 1 October 2001 from a merger of 12 subsidiaries and associates of the Bank of China in Hong Kong, and listed...
  
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