ICBC won the "Best Continuous Investment Value Award" in recognition of its outstanding performance, at the recent Seventh "Chinese Securities Cup - Top 10 Chinese Listed Company in Competitiveness and Public Confidence" Award Ceremony, jointly sponsored by Chinese Securities Journal and finance.sina in Suzhou.

In China, with an annual circulation of more than 800,000, Chinese Securities Journal is the largest securities newspaper, largest base of readers buying the newspaper at own expense. Now in its seventh year, the "Chinese Securities Cup - Top 10 Chinese Listed Company in Competitiveness and Public Confidence" has been held since 2005. This year's competition invited large and retail investors, institutional investors, investment banking executives and research institutes to vote, online at sina, through Chinese Securities Journal and questionnaires to institutional investors. The "Best Continuous Investment Value Award" is aimed to recognize listed companies with excellent sustainable profitability, strong competitiveness, stellar performance after going public, good corporate governance, highly efficient operation and clear development strategy. ICBC is the only listed company among the large banks to win the award.