Bank of China appoints new director, lists $500m in notes

Bank of China Limited (BOC) has announced the appointment of Mr. Hu Zhanyun as an independent non-executive director, effective November 7, 2025. Mr. Hu was elected at the 2024 Annual General Meeting on June 27, 2025, and his appointment has been approved by the National Financial Regulatory Administration. He will serve a three-year term, chairing the Related Transactions Control Committee and serving on the Audit and Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

Concurrently, BOC's Sydney branch has listed two tranches of notes under its US$40,000,000,000 Medium Term Note Programme on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. These include $500,000,000 floating rate notes due 2030 and RMB2,000,000,000 1.92% fixed rate notes due 2028. The notes are for professional investors only, with listing approval expected to commence on November 11, 2025.

The offering documents include a prospectus dated August 25, 2025, a supplementary prospectus dated September 19, 2025, and a pricing supplement dated November 3, 2025. The notes were not registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 and are not offered to persons in the United States.