China Taiping

China Taiping Insurance Holdings Company Limited, China Taiping for short, was established in Shanghai in 1929. It is the longest-operating national insurance brand in Chinese history and the only state-owned financial enterprise that has its management headquarters overseas.

China Taiping originated from the three large national brands the Taiping Insurance Company, the China Insurance Company and Ming An Insurance. In 1956, the China Insurance Company and the Taiping Insurance Company suspended domestic operations according to unified national deployment and started specializing in insurance services in Hong Kong and Macao and overseas.In 1999, all state-owned insurance organizations operating overseas were incorporated into China Insurance International Holdings.In 2000, it was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, becoming the first Chinese insurance company listed overseas.In 2001, domestic operations were resumed under the Taiping brand.In 2009, the three large brands of China Insurance, Taiping and Ming An were conglomerated and renamed as China Taiping Insurance Co Ltd. In 2011, it came under the administration of the central government and was upgraded as a vice-ministerial-level central financial enterprise.In 2013, it was successfully restructured and reformed, listed as a whole entity and officially renamed as China Taiping Insurance Holdings Company Limited.