China Construction Bank raises capital, increases registered capital

China Construction Bank Corporation announced the successful completion of its domestic 2025 Tier-2 Capital Bonds (Third Tranche) issuance on December 8, 2025. This issuance raised RMB 40 billion through 10-year fixed-rate bonds with a conditional issuer redemption option at the end of the fifth year, carrying a coupon rate of 2.24%. The proceeds will bolster the bank's Tier-2 capital, following approval from its extraordinary general meeting on April 29, 2024, to issue up to RMB 200 billion in capital instruments.

Concurrently, the bank received approval from the National Financial Regulatory Administration to increase its registered capital. This follows a specific private placement of 11,589,403,973 A shares completed in June 2025. As a result, China Construction Bank's registered capital has increased from RMB 250,010,977,486 to RMB 261,600,381,459. The bank will amend its Articles of Association accordingly.