Annual Report 2012

INTRODUCTIONHeadquartered in Beijing, China Construction Bank Corporation has an operating history of nearly 60 years.The Bank was listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange in October 2005 (stock code: 939) and listed onthe Shanghai Stock Exchange in September 2007 (stock code: 601939). At the end of 2012, the marketcapitalisation of the Bank reached US$200 billion, ranking 2nd among listed banks in the world. The Bankhad a network of 14,121 branches and sub-branches in Mainland China, maintained overseas branches inHong Kong, Singapore, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Tokyo, Seoul, New York, Ho Chi Minh City, Sydney andMelbourne, and representative offices in Taipei and Moscow, and owned multiple subsidiaries, such as CCBAsia, CCB Financial Leasing, CCB International, CCB Trust, Sino-German Bausparkasse, CCB London,CCB Principal Asset Management, and CCB Life. The Group provides comprehensive financial services toits customers.We have included in this report certain forward-looking statements with respect to our financial position, operating results andbusiness development. We use words such as “will”, “may”, “expect”, “try”, “strive”, and similar expressions to identify forwardlookingstatements. These statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections. Although we believe that theexpectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that those expectationswill prove to have been correct, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Readers are cautionedthat a number of factors could cause actual results to differ, in some instances materially, from those anticipated or implied inany forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others: changes in general economic conditions in the marketsin which the Group operates, changes in the government’s adjustments and control policies and in laws and regulations, andfactors specific to the Group. Furthermore, readers are specially cautioned on all kinds of risks disclosed in this annual report,including but not limited to the risks set out in the “Risk Management” of the annual report.4 China Construction Bank Corporation annual report 2012