OREANDA-NEWS. December 19, 2011. With the theme of "Focus on Macro Policy", CBN Annual Conference • Annual Economic Expert Summit & CBN Annual Financial Value Ranking (CFV) Award Ceremony was recently held in Beijing. At the Conference, ICBC has been named 2011 "Best Precious Metal Investment and Management Bank" in recognition of its outstanding performance and brand influence in precious metal business, reported the press-centre of ICBC.

Now in its fourth year, CBN Annual Financial Value Ranking (CFV) is organized by China Business News ("CBN"). Being a leading economic and financial information provider, the organizer, CBN establishes an influential financial value evaluation criteria in the academic, commercial and media and compiles an authoritative, benchmark ranking which reflects objectively the companies and product values of the financial institutions in China. The ranking is highly respected in the academic, commercial and media. This is the first year of presenting precious metal awards to commercial banks, a reflection of growing importance of precious metal business.

Winning the Award is a confirmation from all to ICBC's performance in precious metal services over the past few years. The next move of ICBC, as related by an ICBC executive, is to continue the effort to loom large, reinforce market dominance, lead the industry and offer more excellent precious metal products to the customers.