Year 2005
January 24
The winners list of "2004 China Best CRM Application Award" was unveiled, and the China Merchants Bank was given China Best CRM Application Award - Best Bank.
"China Best CRM Application Award" is an annual selection activity organized by the Greater China CRM, generally viewed as the most authoritative institution for "customer relations management" (CRM) in Greater China. This organization has a total membership of more than 700,000 from over 100 countries and territories. The entire process goes through overall candidate listing, public and expert vote for top 10 in each industrial category, top three in each category's submission and presentation of successful cases to the judge penal, as well as seven rounds of strict screening in six months, to eventually yield "the best enterprise of the year" in each category.
January 24
The Internet Weekly included the China Merchants Bank in its "2004 China New Economy Top 10 Excellent Enterprises of the Year," and CMB President Ma Weihua was also voted "China New Economy Person of the Year."
Morning, January 24
The list of "2005 Top 100 Chinese Corporate Websites" was officially announced, and the China Merchants Bank was on top of the list. The World Manager Weekly, the World IT Laboratory and the World Commercial Telegraph, with Sina Technology providing exclusive media support, jointly sponsored this activity.
January 23
The press conference in honor of "2004 Top 10 Influential Brands in China" and the First Annual Summit on Brand Influence in China were held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The China Merchants Bank was included in the "2004 Top 10 Influential Brands in China."
January 16
The Award Ceremony for 2004 Guangdong Top 10 Economic Heroes was held today in the studio at Guangdong Provincial TV Station, graced by provincial leaders including Communist Party of China Provincial Commission Deputy Secretary Cai Dongshi. Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Provincial Economic and Trade Commission, the Provincial State-owned Assets Commission, the Provincial Bureau of Medium and Small Enterprises, Guangdong Provincial TV Station and Yangcheng Evening Media Syndicate jointly sponsored this event. Based on three qualitative criteria of "creativity, influence and performance," the selection commission picked 20 out of 56 recommended candidates for media and on-line publication, and finalized the 2004 Guangdong Top 10 Economic Heroes. Ma Weihua, President China Merchants Bank, was among the winners.
January15
The list of "2004 China Top 500 Enterprises for Informationization" was officially unveiled in Beijing. This selection event was sponsored by the State Informationization Evaluation Center, co-sponsored by China Information Society and the Internet Weekly. China Merchants Bank's name appears on the final list.
January 14
The first session of "Most Valued Chinese Enterprise for Employee Development" selection was officially concluded. The event, advocated by China Human Resource Hotline, a renowned HR website, eventually found China Merchants Bank as the winner of this title.
January 12
Hu Run, an institute known for its "Top 100 Richest " selection, held a press conference in Shanghai to officially announce the choices of the richest persons in the country – "Report on 2004 Chinese Billionaires' Brand Options Survey." Among the 18 awards set in this survey, the China Merchants Bank got "the most favored RMB financial service provider" and "the most favored bank credit card," the only brand bagging two awards at the same time.
January 10
Glebors Global Financial Reports, a prestigious overseas financial magazine, carried the list of "Most Promising Chinese Brands" prepared by Rynand (sound translation, pls find proper name) International Survey, a globally famous brand survey institute. The China Merchants Bank ranked the fourth in the list.
January 6
"Successful Marketing" Magazine and Cenozoic Era Market Survey Institute jointly unveiled their list of "2004 Top 10 Most Influential Brands in China," in which, the China Merchants Bank got the second place.