China to set up 1st pension insurance company (Xinhua) Updated: 2004-06-16 11:25
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has approved a Shanghai
company's application to set up the country's first professional pension
insurance company, a move seen as a breakthrough in China's corporate pension
management market.
Shanghai-based Taiping Life Insurance Company (Taiping Life), one of China's
oldest insurance companies, said that it had started preparation to set up
Taiping Pension Insurance Co. Ltd, which is scheduled to start operation in
August this year.
The new company will have a registered capital of 200 million yuan (US$24
million) from five shareholders including Taiping Life, China Life (Holding) and
Fortis Insurance International NV.
It will cooperate with commercial banks closely to provide full services to
corporate businesses, sources with Taiping Life said.
Last year, Taiping Life became the country's first insurance company to set
up a corporate pension department.