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Last update: 2016-05-24 00:00:00

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Last update: 2016-05-24 00:00:00
About
Website http://english.eximbank.gov.cn/
Headquarters
No.30, Fu Xing Men Nei Street, Xi cheng District,
100031 Beijing
China
CEO/chair Hu Xiaolian
CEO
Supervisor
China Banking and Investment Regulatory Commission (CBIRC)
Ownership

The China Exim Bank is  state owned.

Established in 1994, the China Export-Import Bank (China Exim) is China's official export credit agency, providing export credits, guarantees, concessional loans and on-lending to mostly Chinese state-owned businesses and their trading partners.  In 2007, China Exim Bank had more than ten business branches and domestic representative offices, three overseas representative offices in Johannesburg, Paris and St. Petersburg and had relationships with more than 300 banks worldwide.
Sustainability
Policies
Voluntary standards
2020-07-14 00:00:00

Guidance on Environmental and Social Assessment of China Exim Bank Loan Project

Bank policy
2020-07-14 00:00:00
2015-04-23 00:00:00

Green Finance

Bank policy
2015-04-23 00:00:00 | China Exim Bank
2007-08-01 00:00:00

Policy on environmental and social impact assessments

Bank policy
2007-08-01 00:00:00 | China Exim Bank
Export-Import Bank of China has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
Equator PrinciplesTags: Equator Principles | project finance | corporate social responsibility | sustainable development
Dodgy Deals

Export-Import Bank Of China is linked to a number of companies and projects that BankTrack considers controversial (so called Dodgy Deals), e.g. as a current or past financier or through an expression of interest. The profiles below provide more details on the nature of Export-Import Bank Of China's link to these deals.

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News
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Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Communities and activists in Uganda and Tanzania take to the streets in response to reports indicating that Chinese financing for EACOP may be imminent

2024-12-13 | #StopEACOP
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

China State Bank Shouldn’t Back East African Crude Oil Pipeline

Planned Fossil Fuel Project Threatens Human Rights, Drives Climate Change
2024-11-27 | Human Rights Watch
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Fate of vexed East African pipeline project may hinge on looming decision by China’s Exim Bank

2024-10-13 | Daily Maverick
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Global protests call on China to reject destructive East African Oil Pipeline

2023-11-20 | Kampala, Uganda | BankTrack, #StopEACOP, 350.org Africa
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

China steps in to save Uganda oil pipeline as Western lenders back out over environmental concerns

2023-09-23 | South China Morning Post
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Who is left to fund East Africa’s controversial oil pipeline?

As potential financiers pull out due to climate concerns, expectations are growing that Chinese banks and insurers will step in
2023-09-05 | China Dialogue
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Bosnia’s planned Tuzla 7 lignite plant on the rocks after state aid U-turn

2022-07-06 | CEE Bankwatch Network, Aarhus Centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Just Finance International
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

NGOs reveal top international companies, banks, and investors that fuel Russia's war machine

2022-04-04 | Berlin | urgewald, Ecodefense
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Russia's Arctic LNG 2 agrees loans worth 9.5 billion euros

Russian gas producer Novatek said its Arctic LNG 2 plant has signed loan agreements with foreign and Russian banks worth 9.5 billion euros ($10.8 billion), securing necessary external financing for the project.
2021-11-30 | Moscow | Reuters
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

265 Civil society groups call on Chinese actors to ensure that Covid-19 financial relief does not bail out harmful projects

2020-05-01 | BankTrack, Inclusive Development International
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Global finance sector failing to apply conservation criteria to pulp and paper funding

2020-03-21 | New York/Amsterdam | Environmental Paper Network
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

China-backed Sumatran dam threatens the rarest ape in the world

2018-05-03 | The Conversation
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Investing in a Green Belt and Road? Assessing the Implementation of China’s Green Credit Guidelines Abroad

The Chinese government has become an unexpected leader in pushing for new green credit policies, but are Chinese banks doing their part to keep the belt and road initiative green?
2017-12-13 | Friends of the Earth US
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Chinese investors compete for Bosnian coal projects

2017-07-10 | bne Intellinews
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Chinese banks ignore pleas of Ecuador mining campaigners

The failure to respond to an NGO letter challenging investment in the Mirador mining project has played to Ecuadorian fears about China's growing clout
2014-05-14 | Beijing | China Dialogue
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Australian coal projects could be ineligible to receive Chinese finance

2013-07-24 | Melbourne | Market Forces
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

China wants to invest in Nepal’s power sector in ‘a big way’

2010-09-14 | The Kathmandu post
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Ecuador’s most spectacular waterfall threatened by Chinese-funded hydroelectric project

2010-09-07 | Equador | Save America's Forests, Fundación Rio Napo
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Time to volunteer

2010-08-03 | China Dialogue
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Chinese NGOs announce the second Green Banking Innovation Award

2009-08-01 | Beijing | Green Watershed, Global Environmental Institute and other Chinese NGOs
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

民间环保团体评出第二届绿色银行创新奖

2009-08-01 | 中国 北京 | Friends of the Earth US
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

China adopts sustainable lending laws

Shows potential way forward for global financial regulators
2008-11-20 | US and Netherlands | Friends of the Earth US
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

中国采纳可持续借贷法规

为全球金融监管者指引潜在前进方向
2008-11-20 | US and Netherlands | Friends of the Earth US
Blog
BankTrack news BankTrack blog Partner news Partner blog

Chinese banks need to catch up on environmental policies

International banks must take responsibility in advocating for better standards
2007-05-09 | San Fransisco, Utrecht | Friends of the Earth US
Resources
Documents
Links
2022-09-12 00:00:00

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP): Finance Risk Update No. 3 (Chinese version)

东非原油管道:金融风险简报(更新三)
BankTrack publication
2022-09-12 00:00:00 | BankTrack
2020-07-14 00:00:00

Guidance on Environmental and Social Assessment of China Exim Bank Loan Project

Bank policy
2020-07-14 00:00:00
2020-01-31 00:00:00

Adding fuel to the fire

Export credit agencies and fossil fuel finance
NGO document
2020-01-31 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US, Oil Change International
2015-04-23 00:00:00

Green Finance

Bank policy
2015-04-23 00:00:00 | China Exim Bank
2014-11-25 00:00:00

Going out, but going green?

Assessing the implementation of China's Green Credit Guidelines
BankTrack publication
2014-11-25 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Friends of the Earth US
2014-01-01 00:00:00

Annual Report 2013

Annual report
2014-01-01 00:00:00
2013-11-25 00:00:00

Green Credit Footprint of Chinese banks (2008-2012)

-Chinese version-
NGO document
2013-11-25 00:00:00 | Green Watershed
2013-05-01 00:00:00

Environmental and Social Policies in Overseas Investments

Progress and Challenges in China
NGO document
2013-05-01 00:00:00 | by Denise Leung, Yingzhen Zhao, Athena Ballesteros and Tao Hu
2013-01-01 00:00:00

Annual Report 2012

Annual report
2013-01-01 00:00:00
2012-11-26 00:00:00

Environmental report on Chinese banks 2011

-English summary-
NGO document
2012-11-26 00:00:00 | Green Watershed
2012-03-28 00:00:00

Executive Summary of Environmental Report on Chinese Banks (2011)

NGO document
2012-03-28 00:00:00 | Green Watershed
2012-02-24 00:00:00

Notice of the CBRC on Issuing the Green Credit Guidelines

Other bank document
2012-02-24 00:00:00 | China Banking Regulatory Commission
2011-06-24 00:00:00

China Sustainable Finance Newsletter #12 -English-

NGO document
2011-06-24 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US
2011-03-08 00:00:00

China Sustainable Finance Newsletter #11 -English-

NGO document
2011-03-08 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US
2010-11-29 00:00:00

China Sustainable Finance Newsletter #10 -English-

NGO document
2010-11-29 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US
2010-09-01 00:00:00

China Sustainable Finance newsletter #9 -English-

NGO document
2010-09-01 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US
2010-04-29 00:00:00

Chinese Banks Report -Chinese-

NGO document
2010-04-29 00:00:00 | Green Watershed
2010-03-26 00:00:00

中资银行:谁比谁更绿 民间报告首度披露14 家中资上市银行绿色信贷现状

Other document
2010-03-26 00:00:00 | Southern weekend
2009-11-17 00:00:00

China Sustainable Finance Newsletter #6

NGO document
2009-11-17 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US
2009-08-17 00:00:00

China Sustainable Finance Newsletter #5 -English-

NGO document
2009-08-17 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US
2009-05-15 00:00:00

China Sustainable Finance Newsletter #4 -English-

NGO document
2009-05-15 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US
2009-03-25 00:00:00

Green Investment III

NGO document
2009-03-25 00:00:00 | Greenpeace China
2009-03-12 00:00:00

China Sustainable Finance Newsletter #3 -English-

NGO document
2009-03-12 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US
2008-11-20 00:00:00

The Green Evolution: Environmental Policies and Practice in the Chinese Banking Sector

NGO document
2008-11-20 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth-US
2008-11-20 00:00:00

中国采纳可持续借贷法规, 为全球金融监管者指引潜在前进方向

NGO document
2008-11-20 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth-US
2008-11-20 00:00:00

绿色变革: 中国银行业的环境政策与实践

NGO document
2008-11-20 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth-US
2008-11-07 00:00:00

China Sustainable Finance Newsletter #1 -English-

NGO document
2008-11-07 00:00:00 | Friends of the Earth US
2008-05-14 00:00:00

新的供资方与环境 - New Financiers and the Environment

NGO document
2008-05-14 00:00:00 | International Rivers
2008-05-14 00:00:00

New Financiers and the Environment

NGO document
2008-05-14 00:00:00 | International Rivers
2007-08-01 00:00:00

Policy on environmental and social impact assessments

Bank policy
2007-08-01 00:00:00 | China Exim Bank
2007-05-09 00:00:00

Time to go Green; environmental responsibility in the Chinese banking sector

BankTrack publication
2007-05-09 00:00:00 | FoE US, BankTrack
2007-05-07 00:00:00

Time to Go Green (Chinese)

BankTrack publication
2007-05-07 00:00:00 | FoE US, BankTrack

China Exim Bank - Green Finance

China Exim Bank profile by International Rivers

information webpage with a focus on China Exim Bank's involvement in financing large dams

EPN assessment of policies against 14 minimum criteria - Export-Import Bank of China

Environmental Paper Network (EPN) evaluated the policies of 68 major financiers of the pulp and paper industry against 14 absolute minimum criteria that all financial institutions should require their clients, investments and business partners to respect in order to reduce social and environmental risks.

Accountability

This page evaluates Export-Import Bank of China's responses to instances of alleged human rights violations linked to its finance, raised by civil society organisations. It is not intended to be exhaustive, but covers selected impacts raised by BankTrack and other civil society partners since 2016. For the full scoring methodology, see here. For more information about BankTrack's evaluation of bank responses to human rights impacts, see the 2021 report "Actions speak louder: assessing bank responses to human rights violations".

Impacts reviewed
Responded?
Total score
Response
Action
Monitoring

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