The story
1928: Established in Shanghai with its Chinese name of 國華銀行.
1938: Set up Hong Kong branches.
1948: Changed its Chinese name to 國華商業銀行.
1980: Moved its headquarters to Beijing.
1989: Became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of China Group.
2001: Merged to form Bank of China (Hong Kong).
From Wikipedia’s article on China State Bank, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3