The Export-Import Bank of China
Last updated on 30 May 2026
Key facts
Chinese policy bank supporting foreign trade, overseas investment and international economic cooperation through export, import and overseas financing.
No. 30, FuXingMenNei Street
XiCheng District
Beijing 100031
People's Republic of China
+86 10 8357 9988
www.eximbank.gov.cn
XiCheng District
Beijing 100031
People's Republic of China
+86 10 8357 9988
www.eximbank.gov.cn
PUBLIC
1994
Credit rating (S&P)
A+
A+
Foreign currency
Local currency
Exposure and country export data
2024 top export sectors
Electrical, electronic equipment
26%
Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers
16%
Vehicles, other than tramway, railway
6%
Furniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings
4%
Plastics
4%
2024 export destinations
Financing modalities
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Products
- Credits to foreign parties importing Chinese products, technology, and services
- Eligible recipients: Foreign financial institutions, ministries of finance, host country authorized institutions, foreign companies, and ship owners
- Eligibility for buyers:
- Host country has a stable economic and political environment, and is creditworthy
- Borrowers are creditworthy
- Exported goods and services comply with Chinese regulations and rules
- Available to Chinese exporters
- Tenor: Less than 5 years
- Eligible goods and services:
- Shipping: Export of ships, repair and modification of foreign ships, ship technology and parts (not available to entities from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan)
- Equipment: Export of equipment and technical services
- New and hi-tech products (e.g., software, intellectual property)
- Mechanical and electronic products
- Offshore project contracting
- Outbound investment credit
- Outbound investment credit Agricultural exports
- Agricultural exports
- Cultural products and services exporting for registered entities
- Funding available to Chinese companies that import capital goods and in support of construction projects
- Tenor: 2–3 years
- Financing for the import of resources, energy, raw materials, spare parts, and semi-finished or finished products used for daily production of products
- Tenor: 2–3 years
- Provides official aid to developing countries
- Two Chinese government funded programs:
- Concessional loans to borrowing countries’ governments
- Preferential buyer credits to a foreign buyer (needs government approval)
- China EXIM is the official in-country lender for preferential and mixed loans from foreign governments and financial institutions to the Chinese government
- A mixed loan means the loan is the combination of the preferential loan from foreign governments and the export credit or credit from foreign banks
- Recipients: Legal entities in China
- Proceeds: Business contracts of projects, equipment, technology, and services under consultation contracts
- International settlement: L/C services and support
- Exchange settlement: Sale and purchase of spot foreign currencies against the CNY, sale and purchase of forward foreign currencies against the CNY, CNY swap, and foreign exchange swap
- Letters of Guarantee: Provision of broad range of guarantees in support of Chinese exporters of goods and services
- Provides domestic enterprise with the local and foreign currency loans to support China’s opening-up, promoting transformation and upgrading, realizing gradient transfer of processing trade, and undertaking infrastructure construction
- Eligibility:
- Borrowers comply with the laws and regulations of China
- The borrower’s credit rating shall be BB (inclusive) if the Bank’s existing measures are adopted; can be relaxed to B if full guarantee from banks or strategic customers
- Other examination, approval, recommendations or filing formalities for the proposed investment projects may be needed
- The bank offers numerous other products across its business, financial market, and equity investment businesses
Policies
- Financing available in CNY and foreign currencies
- Does not subscribe to Equator Principles but promotes green credit to focus on energy efficiency, emission reduction, and new energy sectors by:
- Controlling lending to highly-polluting or energy-intensive industries
- Increasing lending support to the economy, environment-related sectors, and technological upgrading projects for higher energy efficiency
- Promoting financing cooperation with international financial organizations on energy conservation and new energies
- Acts as principal to on-lend loans from foreign governments and international financial institutions to projects within China
- Rules and internal control over anti-money laundering by financial institutions
- Know-your-customer due diligence includes: Background information, ownership structure, description of business activities, regulatory status, non-shell bank arrangements, compliance with laws, and officer certifications
News
- 2025: BNDES and China's Exim Bank launch $1 billion fund to finance projects in Brazil
- 2024: China Exim Bank launched a regional office in Tashkent
- 2023: The Export-Import Bank of China and Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Institute Signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation
- 2023: A Cooperation Framework Signed between The Export-Import Bank of China and The New Development Bank
- 2023: The Export-Import Bank of China and African Export-Import Bank Signed a Facility Agreement