As a lead underwriter, Bank of China assisted in the issuance of a green sci-tech innovation bond worth RMB 5 billion by Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) with a maturity of 3+2 years.

This bond marks the largest single-tranche green sci-tech innovation bond ever issued in China's interbank bond market. The proceeds will fund day-to-day operations of CATL's lithium-ion battery production, supporting its technological iteration and sustainable development.

Since 2012, BOC has deepened its strategic cooperation with CATL, delivering comprehensive, systematic, and efficient integrated financial services. Tailored to the enterprise's full life cycle development needs, it has provided diversified and phased solutions covering deposit-taking, credit facilities, settlement, payroll disbursement, IPO, and other key areas. Services are closely aligned with priority development directions including the green economy, high-end manufacturing, scientific and technological innovation, and strategic emerging industries. BOC has supported CATL in its global business development, capital operations, and industrial-chain coordination, helping it grow into a globally influential industry leader.

Leveraging its global expertise and comprehensive services, BOC has supported and partnered with private enterprises in recent years.

Focusing on sci-tech innovation and green transition

BOC advances innovation in its bond business, helps private enterprises issue special-purpose bonds for scientific and technological innovation as well as green low-carbon development, and continuously diversifies financing channels for private businesses.

Full-chain services for private enterprises going global

In 2025, Bank of China released a solution to support the high-quality development and global operations of private enterprises. Centered on the core demands of private enterprises transitioning from export-oriented operations to going global, it provides cross-border settlements, convenient financing, and intellectual services for their international development.

Increasing credit supply for private enterprises

BOC keeps refining the long-term mechanism to encourage banks to dare, be willing, and be capable of granting loans, and works to ease private enterprises' difficulties in accessing affordable financing. Over the past three years, BOC's loans to private enterprises rose by 82%, the number of borrowing clients increased by 96%, and loan interest rates dropped by 111 basis points, delivering sound growth in volume, outreach, and quality.

Bank of China will continue to respond to the development needs of private enterprises, deliver multi-faceted services, and broaden financing channels from various perspectives. Through concrete actions, it will underpin the high-quality development of private enterprises and the private economy.