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PICC

PICC

People’s Insurance Company of China Group (PICC) was founded in 1949, and has 2.42 million institutional insurance clients and about 130 million individual insurance customers. It is controlled by China’s Ministry of Finance, with an 88.7 per cent stake, while the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) holds the remaining 11.3 per cent. It was due to hold an initial public offering in Hong Kong in November 2012.

Chairman / President

Wang Yanke

CEO / Managing Director

Zhao Peng

CFO / Finance Director

Zhou Houjie

Industry

Insurance

Website

picc.com

Headquarters address

No. 9 Fuxingmennei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing 100036, China

Stock Code

SEHK:2333
SSE:601319

Year founded

1949

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