National Industrial Bank of China (NIBC; simplified Chinese: 中国实业银行, traditional Chinese: 中國實業銀行) was a

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established in September 1915 or 1919 in

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. It moved its headquarters to

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in 1932, into a building which became an icon for the bank and was displayed on its banknotes, built in 1929 at the corner of Huqiu and Beijing roads. That building, designed by , was renovated in the early 2010s by David Chipperfield Architects to become part of the

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complex. The NIBC provided funding for the

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government in Shanghai's various projects around the city, and also issued bank notes. It was occasionally referred to as one of the "four small banks" (together with the Commercial Bank of China, Ningpo Commercial and Savings Bank also known as Siming Bank, and

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), in contrast to the "four big banks" that were the

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, and

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. The NIBC merged with

in 1935, although its branch in Hong Kong remained in operations under the National Industrial Bank name until 1954. The bank's former manager Liu Huizhi was a collector of antiques and rare books, and in the early 1930s financed a dedicated building to host his collection, which still survives in Shanghai.

Buildings

File:原中国实业银行大楼.jpg, First NIBC headquarters building in

File:NIBC Shanghai.jpg, Second NIBC headquarters building in

File:中国实业银行青岛分行 1080318.jpg, Former NIBC branch building in Qingdao File:中国实业银行大楼（汉口）.jpg, Former NIBC branch building in

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Banknotes

File:10 Yuan - National Industrial Bank of China (01.06.1922) 02.png, 10 Yuan (1922) File:5 Yuan - National Industrial Bank of China (1924).jpg, 5 Yuan (1924) File:1 Yuan - National Industrial Bank of China (1931) 02.jpg, 1 Yuan (1931), depicting the bank's Shanghai headquarters building

References

Defunct banks of China Banks of Hong Kong Banks established in 1915 Banks disestablished in 1954 {{Asia-bank-stub