To better serve the small and medium-sized enterprises, ICBC will launch the theme activity "E-touching turning stone into gold, Internet Banking accumulating wealth for you" featuring specialized services for small and medium-sized enterprises between April 20th, 2009 and October 31st, 2009. During this time period, small and medium-sized enterprises can enjoy more favorable terms when applying for ICBC's Corporate Internet Banking or using its services.

According to resources, this activity targets the small and medium-sized enterprises, which lasts nearly seven months and covers the entire country, including "buy one registration certificate and get one for free" and free trials for online financial software. During this period, ICBC will also organize professional service teams at different places across China, which can go to the small and medium-sized enterprises to provide on-site service and consultancy.

ICBC has always regarded as its social responsibility providing high-quality financial services to the small and medium-sized enterprises; at the same time, ICBC has taken serving the small and medium-sized enterprises as its strategic choice, and continued to develop innovative financial products and services for the small and medium-sized enterprises. In the area of e-Banking, ICBC has introduced the SME edition of Corporate Internet Banking, offering services such as account inquiry, account statement, transfer and remittance, wage payment, ICBC messenger, online tax, and online financial software. Such e-Banking services are user-friendly and widely adoptable, which can well meet the needs of the small and medium-sized enterprises by enhancing the computerization of their financial management, increasing their capital efficiency, and saving their operating costs.

It is recorded that in recent years, ICBC's Internet Banking business targeting small and medium-sized enterprises has sustained a sound and rapid growth. By the end of March, 2009, ICBC's e-Banking corporate clients have reached nearly 1.6 million, most of whom are small and medium-sized enterprises; in 2008, the e-banking transaction volume exceeded RMB 110 trillion in one year's time. Meanwhile, the Corporate Internet Banking services of ICBC have also won wide recognition from the media and the public. In 2008, the American financial magazine Global Finance awarded two grand prizes "Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Bank of China" and "Best Investment Management Corporate/Institutional Internet Bank of Asia" to ICBC.