 | The water of the Qing Huai Canal flows with illumination, the hills of the Zhongshan Mountain display auspicious. With expectation and hope, Bank of Nanjing was born on Friday 8th ,1996. Its nativity is destined to make a difference, and its growth is destined to be outstanding.
Looking back on the road behind us, it is painted with extraordinary and significance. Sowing in one season, the fragrance of the plum blossom lasts for ten years. We have ever trudged over the hardness in building up the business, but we have also experienced the conviviality in the harvesting. Ten years of seasonal cycling, ten years of toiling in the storm and rain, ten years of carving out in the adversity. Looking at the gaining experience of the past, we feel grateful and exhilarating; facing the growing steps of the road behind, we feel more proud and glorious.
The grand planning by the Board of Directors gives us a clearer idea for the future growth and a more defined target for tomorrow. The corporate governance keeps improving; Shareholder¡¯s Meeting, Board of Directors, Board of Supervisors and the Management exercise their separate responsibilities; IFC equity investment opened up the door to the outside world and the strategic cooperation with BNP Paribas brought us into the big family of international finance. Our target is to become a regional listed bank with a sizeable business and strength on the basis of constructing a framework for a modern commercial bank.
The scientific management of the management team accelerates our steps for business development and helps to regulate the management activities. The consolidation of the IT system and the upgrading of the technology helped to solidify the business infrastructure and enhanced the competence of the bank. Tide with the time and speed up the development. Great potentiality was released within the bank and all are marveling and hailing at our achievements. Organization restructuring and procedure reengineering lade away the burdening weight. Human resources adjustment and comprehensive reform bestow us a totally new image.
The haloes are illuminating and glamorous, and they belong to the people of NJCB as well. With our own strength, we have established in the inter-bank money market our own brand image and enjoyed high prestige; with unprecedented endeavor, we organized the Meeting and Forum of the Chinese City Commercial Banks, winning us high praise from the banking industry and China Banking Regulatory Commission; after 7 tutorship programs and 8 projects, we have passed successfully the verification and examination on our listing tutorship and become the first city commercial bank which have forwarded the IPO application, thereafter China Security Regulatory Commission accepted to process with our application; actively exploring new mechanism for strengthening our capital basis, we set an unique example for city commercial banks in issuing subordinated bond in the capital market through public offering.
Deepening the reform, strengthening the management, controlling the risk and pushing forward the development are our development policy. It is a good illustration of the in-depth meaning underlying the business management of modern commercial banks. Initial Public Offering, strategic cooperation with foreign bank and regional expansion are a bright beacon illuminating our target to develop into a modern commercial bank.
The ten miles of Qing Huai flows with prosperity and glory, and the ancient capital of six dynasties is a story of exceeding and dream fulfilling. Being ten years old, Bank of Nanjing, ringing out the old and ushering in the new, will paint the picture of a thriving tomorrow; at the age of ten, Bank of Nanjing will be fully ready for a new round of race; at its tenth anniversary, Bank of Nanjing, being fully confident and vigorous, will be applauding and embracing a bright tomorrow.
The road ahead is long, and we shall plough up and down. Today Bank of Nanjing is heading toward a new journey. We are at an age changing at an amazing speed. Just like a boat sailing against tide, we shall either forge ahead or fall behind. Although there will be difficulties lying ahead, we firmly believe that our tomorrow shall be nowhere but be bright. The sharpness of a sword comes from anneal, the fragrance of plum blossom comes from bitterness and coldness. Ten years from now, fighting out stronger storm and rain, Bank of Nanjing will become one beautiful flower in the Chinese financial industry. When the flowers are blossoming all over the mountain, the fragrance of the plum blossom will spread over the ancient city of Jing Ling and flying over every mountain and sea. | |
