SWIFT code is a standard format of Bank Identifier Codes (BIC) and serves as a unique identifier for a bank or financial institution. These codes are used when transferring money between banks, particularly for international wire transfers. On top of that, the code is used to transmit messages between financial institutions and banks.
What do China SWIFT codes look like?
The SWIFT code consists of 8 to 11 characters (letters and digits) and for China, the SWIFT code has the following format:
First 4 characters (only letters) – bank code. A shortened version of the bank´s name.
Next 2 characters (only letters) – China´s ISO code.
Next 2 characters (letters and digits) – location code.
Last 3 characters (letters and digits) – bank branch (optional).
| SWIFT Code | Name of the Bank | Name of the City | Branch Address |
| ICBKCNBJ | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China | BEIJING | 26 XICHANGAN STREET |
| PCBCCNBJ | China Construction Bank | BEIJING | 28 XUANWUMEN WEST STREET, ENTRY 4 BUILDING, FLOOR 8 |
| ABOCCNBJ | Agricultural Bank of China | BEIJING | 100 XISANHUAN BEILU, HAIDIAN DISTRICT, JIN YU PLAZA |
| BKCHCNBJ | Bank of China | BEIJING | 2 CHAO YANG MEN NEI DA JIE, DONGCHENG DISTRICT |
| SDBCCNBJ | China Development Bank | BEIJING | 18 FUXINGMENNEI STREET |
| COMMCNSH | Bank of Communications | SHANGHAI | 99, ZHONG SHAN NAN YI LU |
| PSBCCNBJ | Postal Savings Bank of China (PSBC) | BEIJING | 3 FINANCIAL STREET, BUILDING A |
| FJIBCNBA | Industrial Bank Co Ltd | FUZHOU | 154 HUDONG ROAD, ZHONG SHAN BUILDING |
| CMBCCNBS | China Merchants Bank | SHENZHEN | 7088 SHENNAN BOULEVARD, CHINA MERCHANTS BANK TOWER |
| ADBNCNBJ | Agricultural Development Bank of China | BEIJING | A2 YUETAN BEIJIE, WEST DISTRICT, YUETAN BUILDING |
| SPDBCNSH | Shanghai Pudong Development Bank | SHANGHAI | 12 ZHONG SHAN DONG YI ROAD |
| MSBCCNBJ | China Minsheng Banking Corp | SHIJIAZHUANG | 10 XIDA STREET |
| CIBKCNBJ | China Citic Bank Corp | BEIJING | 9 CHAOYANGMEN BEIDAJIE, DONGCHENG DISTRICT |
| EVERCNBJ | China Everbright Bank | BEIJING | 1 XUANWUMEN NEI AVENUE, XICHENG DISTRICT, ROOM 501 |
| EIBCCNBJBJB | The Export-Import Bank of China (Eximbank) | BEIJING | 77 BEIHEYAN STREET DONGCHENG DISTRICT THE EXIMBANK BUILDING |
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