The Asset (HK) announced the winners of the corporate governance awards held earlier in Hong Kong. ICBC edged ahead all rivals to win the highest honor - Platinum Award for All-Round Excellence, for the third consecutive year, and the "Most Promising Company in China".

The Asset's Platinum Award for All-Round Excellence was given to companies who achieved excellence in corporate governance, financial performance, social responsibility, environmental responsibility and investor relations. Scores were given for each of the categories by the participating companies' questionnaires, interviews with investors and analysts. The Asset chose the winning companies from the opinions gathered on their management acumen.

In recent years, ICBC is committed to the development of corporate governance as the foundation to core competence. That includes a modern corporate governance framework, independent and efficient Board of Directors, improvement in business management and finance performance, enhancement in risk management and internal control, efforts to maintain investor relations and good management on information disclosure and be a socially responsible lending institution. For the past one year ICBC proceed steadily to oversee a transformation and maintain good momentum despite the complex business conditions. The two awards bestowed to ICBC demonstrate the confirmation from the public and investors on ICBC excellence in corporate governance, business management, and ICBC commitment toward social responsibility and investor relations management.