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History in China

1911 J.P. Morgan headed a syndicate of underwriters to manage Huguang Railway's $7.5 million bond issuance.
1921 Equitable Eastern Banking Corp., one of J.P. Morgan's predecessor firms, opened its Shanghai branch.
1923 Chase National Bank, another J.P. Morgan's predecessor firm, established a branch in Shanghai.
1929 Equitable Eastern Banking Corp. opened a second China branch in Tianjin.
1930 The merger of Equitable Eastern Banking Corp. with Chase Bank included the acquisition of both Chinese branch offices in Shanghai and Tianjin.
1973 Chase Chairman David Rockefeller led a US delegation to China and met with China's premier Zhou Enlai.
In the same year, Chase became the first US bank designated as Bank of China's correspondent bank.
1981 Chase opened its first representative office in Beijing.
1993 J.P. Morgan opened representative offices in Beijing and Shanghai.
1994 Chase opened its first operating branch in Tianjin.
1997 J.P. Morgan acted as a joint book runner for the People's Republic of China's US$500 million bond issuance.
2001
J.P. Morgan Chairman and CEO Bill Harrison met with China's President Jiang Zemin in Beijing.
2002
J.P. Morgan Chase Bank Shanghai branch received a local currency license.
2003
J.P. Morgan received Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) status from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC).
2004
J.P. Morgan Asset Management established a fund management joint venture, China International Fund anagement, in Shanghai with the Shanghai International Group.
2007
J.P. Morgan established the locally incorporated bank – J.P. Morgan Chase Bank (China) Company Limited.
In the same year, J.P. Morgan received the CSRC's approval to enter into a joint venture futures company – J.P. Morgan Futures Company Limited
2008
J.P. Morgan entitled to underwrite Chinese treasury bonds.
2009
J.P. Morgan opened branches in Guangzhou and Chengdu.
In the same year, J.P. Morgan established a commodities wholly owned foreign enterprise in Shanghai – J.P. Morgan (China) Commodities Corporation.
2010
J.P. Morgan established a venture capital firm in Beijing – J.P. Morgan (China) Venture Capital Investment Company Limited.
2011
J.P. Morgan established a securities joint venture, J.P. Morgan First Capital Securities Company Limited, in Beijing with First Capital Securi­ties Company Limited.
J.P. Morgan opened a branch in Harbin.

 
 

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