The official website of China Everbright Bank. Founded in August 1992, China Everbright Bank completed its joint-stock transformation in January 1997 and became the first state-controlled national joint-stock commercial bank in China with the participation of international financial organizations. It has more than 600 branches in more than 60 economic centers in 27 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, as well as in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.