The predecessor of Agricultural Bank of China is Agricultural Cooperative Bank established in 1951. Since late 1970s, the Bank has evolved from a state-owned specialized bank to a wholly state-owned commercial bank and subsequently a state-controlled commercial bank. On 15 January 2009, the Bank was restructured into a joint stock limited liability company. On 15 and 16 July 2010, the Bank was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange respectively, which marked the completion of our historical transformation into a public shareholding commercial bank.
Capitalizing on the comprehensive business portfolio, extensive distribution network and advanced IT platform, the Bank provides various corporate and retail banking products and services for a broad range of customers and carry out treasury operations for our own accounts or on behalf of customers. As at 31 December 2010, the Bank had total assets of RMB10,337,406 million, deposits of RMB8,887,905 million and loans of RMB4,956,741 million. Our capital adequacy ratio and non-performing loan ratio were 11.59% and 2.03%, respectively. The Bank achieved a net profi t of RMB94,907 million.
In 2010, the Bank ranked No. 141 in the global Fortune 500 companies, and ranked No. 14 in The Banker's "Top 1000 World Banks" list in terms of profi t before tax for the year of 2009. In 2010, the Bank was rated A1/Stable by the Moody's.