OREANDA-NEWS. October 08, 2012. Hu Hao, the Board Secretary of ICBC, has been awarded the title of "Golden Board Secretary in Investor Relations" at the recent Seventh "Chinese Securities Cup - Top 10 Chinese Listed Company in Competitiveness and Public Confidence" Award Ceremony, jointly sponsored by Chinese Securities Journal and finance.sina in Suzhou, reported the press-centre of ICBC.

In China, with an annual circulation of more than 800,000, Chinese Securities Journal is the largest securities newspaper, largest base of readers buying the newspaper at own expense. Now in its seventh year, the "Chinese Securities Cup - Top 10 Chinese Listed Company in Competitiveness and Public Confidence" has been held since 2005. The ceremony, having a strong influence in China's capital market, was attended by senior officials from China Securities Regulatory Commission, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the Sate Council, Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange, major institutional investors (Bosera Funds, Harvest Fund Management, Dacheng Fund Management), publicly traded companies (Bank of Communications, China Merchants Bank, Ping An Insurance).

This year's competition invited large and retail investors, institutional investors, investment banking executives and research institutes to vote, online at sina, through Chinese Securities Journal and questionnaires to institutional investors. Winners were recognized for implementing the highest professional standards, moral ethics and skills, and excellent performance in investor relations management, corporate governance and information disclosure. ICBC is also the only listed company among the large banks to win the award.