According to the Articles of the Bank, the Shareholders´ general meeting shall be the highest organ of power of the Bank. The Shareholders´ general meeting shall exercise, including but not limited to, the following powers in accordance with the laws: to review and approve the rules of procedure for Shareholders´ general meetings, the Board and the Board of Supervisors of the Bank; to elect and remove Directors, Shareholders´ representative Supervisors and external Supervisors, and determine the remuneration of the relevant Directors and Supervisors; to review and approve the reports of the Board of Directors and the Board of Supervisors; to amend the Articles of the Bank; to resolve on the listing or other fund-raising arrangements of the Bank; to review and approve matters concerning changes of the use of funds raised by the Bank; to resolve on an increase or reduction in the share capital and the issuance of any class of shares, warrants and other similar securities of the Bank; to decide on the repurchase of the shares of the Bank; to review and approve the equity incentive plans of the Bank; to resolve on matters such as financial restructuring, merger, division, dissolution and liquidation of the Bank; to resolve on the issuance of bonds of the Bank; to decide on operational objectives and investment proposals of the Bank; to review and approve annual financial budget plans, final account plans, profit distribution plans and loss recovery plans of the Bank; to examine and approve important guarantees stipulated in the Article 80 of the Articles of the Bank; to examine and approve any major investment matters by the Bank beyond its business scope with the amount exceeding 20% of the latest audited net assets of the Bank; to examine and approve any purchase or sale of major assets beyond the business scope of the Bank with the amount exceeding 20% of the latest audited net assets of the Bank (the purchases or sales of the same or relevant assets in consecutive 12 months shall be calculated on a cumulative basis); to examine and approve the reports of the Board on implementation of related party transactions management system and on related party transactions; to decide on the engagement, dismissal or discontinuation of the appointment of the accounting firm responsible for auditing the Bank; to listen to the Board of Supervisors´ reports on the performance evaluation results concerning the Board, senior management and members thereof and the self-evaluation and Supervisors´ performance evaluation results; to examine proposals raised by the Shareholders who individually or jointly hold above 3% of the total issued and outstanding voting shares of the Bank; to examine other issues which should be decided by the Shareholders´ general meeting as stipulated by the laws, regulations and the Articles of the Bank.
The universality and diversity of the composition of Shareholders of the Bank enabled the Shareholders´ general meeting of the Bank to get manifold comments and accumulate various advantages, which allows the Shareholders´ general meeting to make decisions scientifically and democratically.