The company was founded in November 1996, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on December 3, 2015, and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on January 16, 2019. It is the first listed bank in Shandong Province and the second A+H listed commercial bank in the country. The Bank is focusing on building the country's first bank with blue finance characteristics, and is jointly promoting the “Blue Finance” project with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which belongs to the World Bank. The company's main business includes corporate banking, retail banking, financial market business, etc. Corporate honors: In 2018, the company won many awards, and its social reputation improved significantly. In the “World Bank Top 1000” ranking, it ranked among the top 300 for the first time; once again won the “Top 500 Asian Brands” and “China's 500 Most Valuable Brands”; won the “Five Star Diamond Award”, the highest honor in the global service industry for three consecutive years; won the first prize of the “2018 Banking Industry Information Technology Risk Management Research” from the China Banking Insurance Regulatory Commission. The scientific research ability was professionally recognized, the “3.15 Honest Financial Brand”, and the “2024 Outstanding Urban Commercial Bank Research Team Tianji Award” and “2024 Outstanding Bank Research Team Tianji Award” The annual “500 Most Valuable Brands in China” ranked 326th in the list, and was selected in the “Top 500 Asian Brands” list for 8 consecutive years, ranking 415th. At the end of the reporting period, the Bank had a total of 200 sales outlets in the 15 cities of Qingdao, Jinan, Dongying, Weihai, Zibo, Dezhou, Zaozhuang, Yantai, Binzhou, Weifang, Linyi, Jining, Tai'an, Heze, and Rizhao, including 16 branches. In the Qingdao area, the Bank has 1 head office sales department, 1 branch and 112 branch branches.