Founded in 1984, China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Ltd., a national non-banking financial institution regulated by the NFRA, is the only leasing business platform under China Development Bank and the first listed financial leasing company in China, with a registered capital of RMB12.64238 billion. The Company is a pioneer in the leasing industry in the PRC. The Company is dedicated to providing comprehensive leasing services to high-quality customers in fields including aircraft, shipping, regional development, inclusive finance, green energy and high-end equipment manufacturing, with leasing assets and business partners reaching throughout over 40 countries and regions all over the world, and consistently maintains quasi-sovereign international ratings, namely “A1” by Moody’s, “A” by Standard & Poor’s and “A+” by Fitch. Since its listing in 2016, The Company’s scale of assets have continued to grow and profitability has steadily improved, the non-performing asset ratio has maintained at 1% or below, and the average return on equity (ROE) has maintained over 10%.
The Company proactively fulfills its responsibilities as a state-owned financial enterprise, adheres to the basic requirement of financial sector serving the real economy, and continuously contributes to the high-quality development. The Company was the first leasing company to promote the marketization and international operation of aviation leasing in China and set up its first professional overseas aviation subsidiary, ranking Top 11 in the world in terms of the value of its active fleet. The asset quality, profitability and professional management level of the ship leasing business are at the leading position in the industry. The regional development leasing business focuses on major regional development strategies of the State, and continuously enhances the regional financial service efficiency to better assist the high-quality development of the regional economy. The green energy and high-end equipment leasing business proactively serves the national “dual carbon” goal, promotes the green transformation of energy and optimization of structure and supports the development of advanced manufacturing and strategic emerging industries. The inclusive finance business proactively responds to the call of the country by fulfilling its social responsibility and providing the financial services to facilitate medium, small and micro customers, promoting the deep development of construction machinery and vehicle leasing business.
The Company firmly follows the path of financial development with Chinese characteristics, closely adheres to the origin of leasing, focuses on the “five major areas” of finance, and continues to inject financial momentum into the development of new quality productive forces. With the gradual establishment of a modern industrial system in China, The Company has always insisted on the strategic positioning of “marketization, professionalization, internationalization and digitization”, continued to promote product and business transformation and innovation, continuously improved corporate governance, improved its professional service capability and formed a business development model with obvious core competitive advantages and outstanding sustainable development capabilities. In the future, The Company will continue to promote effective improvement in “quality” and reasonable growth in “quantity”, maintain steady development and industry-leading advantages, and continue to build a “world-class financial leasing company”.
