Bank of China
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Bank of China is one of China’s largest and oldest state-owned commercial banks, providing a wide range of financial services domestically and internationally.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bank of China canonical | 10 |
| Bank of China Group | 2 |
| Bank of China (Canada) | 1 |
| Bank of China (UK) Limited | 1 |
| Bank of China Limited | 1 |
| Big Four state-owned commercial banks of China | 1 |
| 中国银行 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8906368 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bank of China Context triple: [Bank of China Building (Shanghai), occupant, Bank of China]
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A.
China Merchants Bank
China Merchants Bank is one of China’s leading commercial banks, known for its nationwide retail and corporate banking services and its headquarters in Shenzhen.
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B.
People's Bank of China
The People's Bank of China is the central bank of the People's Republic of China, responsible for formulating and implementing monetary policy, regulating financial institutions, and managing the country's currency and foreign exchange reserves.
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C.
China Development Bank
China Development Bank is a major Chinese state-owned policy bank that provides large-scale financing for domestic development and international infrastructure projects, including those under the Belt and Road Initiative.
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D.
Ping An Bank
Ping An Bank is a major Chinese commercial bank affiliated with the Ping An Insurance Group, offering a wide range of retail and corporate banking services.
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E.
Beihai Bank
Beihai Bank was an early Chinese financial institution that functioned as a precursor to the modern central banking system later formalized by the People's Bank of China.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bank of China Target entity description: Bank of China is one of China’s largest and oldest state-owned commercial banks, providing a wide range of financial services domestically and internationally.
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A.
China Merchants Bank
China Merchants Bank is one of China’s leading commercial banks, known for its nationwide retail and corporate banking services and its headquarters in Shenzhen.
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B.
People's Bank of China
The People's Bank of China is the central bank of the People's Republic of China, responsible for formulating and implementing monetary policy, regulating financial institutions, and managing the country's currency and foreign exchange reserves.
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C.
China Development Bank
China Development Bank is a major Chinese state-owned policy bank that provides large-scale financing for domestic development and international infrastructure projects, including those under the Belt and Road Initiative.
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D.
Ping An Bank
Ping An Bank is a major Chinese commercial bank affiliated with the Ping An Insurance Group, offering a wide range of retail and corporate banking services.
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E.
Beihai Bank
Beihai Bank was an early Chinese financial institution that functioned as a precursor to the modern central banking system later formalized by the People's Bank of China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial bank
ⓘ
public company ⓘ state-owned bank ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| currencyServices |
foreign currencies
ⓘ
renminbi ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese yuan
|
| foundedBy |
Government of the Republic of China
ⓘ
linked to:
Republic of China government
|
| foundingDate | 1912 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Shanghai ⓘ |
| governedBy | Articles of Association of Bank of China Limited ⓘ |
| hasOfficeIn |
Dubai
ⓘ
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
Johannesburg ⓘ
linked to:
Johannesburg, South Africa
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Luxembourg ⓘ New York City ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Sydney ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ Toronto ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
BOC Aviation
ⓘ
BOC International ⓘ
linked to:
BOC
Bank of China (Canada) ⓘ
linked to:
Bank of China
Bank of China (Hong Kong) ⓘ Bank of China (New Zealand) ⓘ Bank of China (UK) Limited ⓘ
linked to:
Bank of China
Bank of China Group Insurance ⓘ Bank of China Group Investment ⓘ
linked to:
Bank of China Group Investment Limited
Bank of China Group Life Assurance ⓘ
linked to:
Bank of China Group Insurance
Bank of China Group Trustee ⓘ
linked to:
Bank of China Group Investment Limited
|
| headquartersLocation |
Beijing
ⓘ
China ⓘ |
| industry |
banking
ⓘ
financial services ⓘ |
| ISIN | CNE1000001Z5 ⓘ |
| language |
Chinese
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| legalForm | state-owned enterprise ⓘ |
| logoDescription | red circular emblem with stylized ancient Chinese coin and the letters BOC ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Big Four state-owned commercial banks of China
ⓘ
linked to:
Bank of China
Global Systemically Important Banks ⓘ |
| nativeName |
中国银行
ⓘ
linked to:
Bank of China
|
| notableFor |
being one of the largest state-owned commercial banks in China
ⓘ
being one of the oldest banks in China ⓘ extensive international operations ⓘ |
| owner |
Central Huijin Investment
ⓘ
Government of China ⓘ
linked to:
People's Republic of China government
|
| parentOrganization | Central Huijin Investment ⓘ |
| regulator | China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission ⓘ |
| role | RMB clearing bank in multiple offshore markets ⓘ |
| sector | Chinese banking sector ⓘ |
| service |
asset management
ⓘ
corporate banking ⓘ credit cards ⓘ foreign exchange services ⓘ insurance ⓘ investment banking ⓘ personal banking ⓘ trade finance ⓘ treasury services ⓘ wealth management ⓘ |
| shortName | BOC ⓘ |
| stockExchange |
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
ⓘ
Shanghai Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tradedAs |
SEHK:3988
ⓘ
SSE:601988 ⓘ |
| website | https://www.boc.cn ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bank of China Description of subject: Bank of China is one of China’s largest and oldest state-owned commercial banks, providing a wide range of financial services domestically and internationally.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Bank of China Building
subject linked to:
Bank of China Building
linked to: Bank of China
linked to: Bank of China
linked to: Bank of China
linked to: Bank of China
linked to: Bank of China
linked to: Bank of China