BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited is an investment holding company. The Company, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the provision of banking and related financial services in Hong Kong. The Company鈥檚 principal operating subsidiary is Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (BOCHK). The Company operates in four segments: Personal Banking, Corporate Banking, Treasury and Insurance. Both Personal Banking and Corporate Banking segments provide general banking services. Personal Bankingmainly serves individual customers while Corporate Banking mainly deals with non individual customers. The Treasury segment is responsible for managing the capital, liquidity, and the interest rate and foreign exchange positions of the Company. The Insurance segment shows business relates to the long-term life insurance products, including traditional and linked individual life insurance and group life insurance products.

Established on 1 October 2001, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (referred to as Bank of China (Hong Kong) or BOCHK) is a locally incorporated licensed bank.  It has combined the businesses of ten* of the twelve banks in Hong Kong originally belonging to the Bank of China Group.  In addition, it holds shares in Nanyang Commercial Bank Limited and Chiyu Banking Corporation Limited, both of which are incorporated in Hong Kong, as well as BOC Credit Card (International) Limited.

Bank of China (Hong Kong) is a leading listed commercial banking group in Hong Kong in terms of assets and customer deposits. With over 270 branches and 510 ATMs and other distribution channels in Hong Kong, BOCHK and its subsidiaries offer a comprehensive range of financial products and services to retail and corporate customers. BOCHK is one of the three note issuing banks in Hong Kong. In addition, BOCHK Group (comprising BOCHK, Nanyang Commercial Bank and Chiyu Banking Corporation) and its subsidiaries have 24 branches and sub-branches in the Mainland of China to provide cross-border banking services to customers in Hong Kong and the Mainland. BOCHK is appointed by the People's Bank of China as the Clearing Bank for Renminbi business in Hong Kong. On 13 July 2010, BOCHK was authorised as the Clearing Bank of RMB cashnotes business for Taiwan.

BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited (the Company) was incorporated in Hong Kong on 12 September 2001 to hold the entire equity interest in BOCHK, its principal operating subsidiary.  After a successful global IPO, the Company began trading on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on 25 July 2002, with stock code "2388", ADR OTC Symbol "BHKLY".

* Ten banks include Bank of China Hong Kong Branch, the Hong Kong branches of the seven banks incorporated in the Mainland of China (The Kwangtung Provincial Bank, Sin Hua Bank Limited, The China & South Sea Bank Limited, Kincheng Banking Corporation, The China State Bank Limited, The National Commercial Bank Limited and The Yien Yieh Commercial Bank Limited), as well as two locally-incorporated banks, Hua Chiao Commercial Bank Limited and Po Sang Bank Limited.