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
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

Asia

46 %

Americas

25 %

Europe

21 %

Africa

5 %

Oceania

3 %

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
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