The Export-Import Bank of China
Last updated on 15 Feb 2024
Key facts
Government-owned export credit agency that supports Chinese exporters of goods and services, Chinese offshore contracts, and Chinese investments.
No. 30, FuXingMenNei Street
XiCheng District
Beijing 100031
People's Republic of China
+86 10 8357 9988
www.eximbank.gov.cn
XiCheng District
Beijing 100031
People's Republic of China
+86 10 8357 9988
www.eximbank.gov.cn
PUBLIC
1994
Credit rating (S&P)
A+
A+
Foreign currency
Local currency
Authorizations (export finance) and country trade data
2021 top export sectors
Machinery/electrical
43%
Textiles and clothing
9%
Metals
8%
Chemicals
6%
Transportation
5%
2022 export destinations
Financing modalities
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Products
- Credits to foreign parties importing Chinese products, technology, and services
- Eligible recipients: Foreign financial institutions, ministries of finance, host country authorized institutions, foreign companies, and ship owners
- Eligibility for buyers:
- Host country has a stable economic and political environment, and is creditworthy
- Borrowers are creditworthy
- Exported goods and services comply with Chinese regulations and rules
- Available to Chinese exporters
- Tenor: Less than 5 years
- Eligible goods and services:
- Shipping: Export of ships, repair and modification of foreign ships, ship technology and parts (not available to entities from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan)
- Equipment: Export of equipment and technical services
- New and hi-tech products (e.g., software, intellectual property)
- Mechanical and electronic products
- Offshore project contracting
- Outbound investment credit
- Outbound investment credit Agricultural exports
- Agricultural exports
- Cultural products and services exporting for registered entities
- Funding available to Chinese companies that import capital goods and in support of construction projects
- Tenor: 2–3 years
- Financing for the import of resources, energy, raw materials, spare parts, and semi-finished or finished products used for daily production of products
- Tenor: 2–3 years
- Provides official aid to developing countries
- Two Chinese government funded programs:
- Concessional loans to borrowing countries’ governments
- Preferential buyer credits to a foreign buyer (needs government approval)
- China EXIM is the official in-country lender for preferential and mixed loans from foreign governments and financial institutions to the Chinese government
- A mixed loan means the loan is the combination of the preferential loan from foreign governments and the export credit or credit from foreign banks
- Recipients: Legal entities in China
- Proceeds: Business contracts of projects, equipment, technology, and services under consultation contracts
- International settlement: L/C services and support
- Exchange settlement: Sale and purchase of spot foreign currencies against the CNY, sale and purchase of forward foreign currencies against the CNY, CNY swap, and foreign exchange swap
- Letters of Guarantee: Provision of broad range of guarantees in support of Chinese exporters of goods and services
- Provides domestic enterprise with the local and foreign currency loans to support China’s opening-up, promoting transformation and upgrading, realizing gradient transfer of processing trade, and undertaking infrastructure construction
- Eligibility:
- Borrowers comply with the laws and regulations of China
- The borrower’s credit rating shall be BB (inclusive) if the Bank’s existing measures are adopted; can be relaxed to B if full guarantee from banks or strategic customers
- Other examination, approval, recommendations or filing formalities for the proposed investment projects may be needed
- The bank offers numerous other products across its business, financial market, and equity investment businesses
Policies
- Financing available in CNY and foreign currencies
- Does not subscribe to Equator Principles but promotes green credit to focus on energy efficiency, emission reduction, and new energy sectors by:
- Controlling lending to highly-polluting or energy-intensive industries
- Increasing lending support to the economy, environment-related sectors, and technological upgrading projects for higher energy efficiency
- Promoting financing cooperation with international financial organizations on energy conservation and new energies
- Acts as principal to on-lend loans from foreign governments and international financial institutions to projects within China
- Rules and internal control over anti-money laundering by financial institutions
- Know-your-customer due diligence includes: Background information, ownership structure, description of business activities, regulatory status, non-shell bank arrangements, compliance with laws, and officer certifications
News
- 2023: The Export-Import Bank of China and Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Institute Signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation
- 2023: A Cooperation Framework Signed between The Export-Import Bank of China and The New Development Bank
- 2023: The Export-Import Bank of China and African Export-Import Bank Signed a Facility Agreement
