The Long Card Network is a nationwide network approved for offshore operation. Catering for the handling of Long Card-based transactions, the network is designed to improve the environment of application, speed of card authorization and security, as well as achieving real-time process and automatic transfers of such transactions within the bank.

The Long Card Network is a nationwide network approved for offshore operation. Catering for the handling of Long Card-based transactions, the network is designed to improve the environment of application, speed of card authorization and security, as well as achieving real-time process and automatic transfers of such transactions within the bank.

Established in July 1997, the Long Card Network was connected to the National Bank Card Information Exchange Center in July 2000. Given a tighter tourism, commerce and trade connections among Mainland, HK and Macau since the 21^st century, CCB   successfully launched its entrusted operations of the Renminbi-denominated Long Card in Hong Kong on Jan 18,2004,.CCB became one of the mainland banks pioneering in this kind of credit-card service. Later, on April 29, the bank initiated an agent business in the mainland of the Renminbi-denominated cards issued in Hong Kong. This realized a cross-border, interchangeable service of Renminbi-denominated cards between Mainland and HK., Since then CCB has launched bank card operations in 45 ^[1] countries and cities including Macau, Singapore and Korea, through China UnionPay’s foreign transaction system.

With customer-centric philosophy, CCB’s Long Card Network has undergone a number of system upgrades and function optimization in the recent years in response to an ever-changing demand from the market and clients. With its excellent network environment, advanced system designs, wide coverage and quality service the network has provided holders of over 240 million^[2] Long Cards with a sound environment of card application, facilitating the bank’s rapid development of the Card’s operations.

The Long Card Network system provides cardholders with fast transaction, account security, complete functionality, broad coverage of service, real-time settlement， high reliance of making transactions，and 7*24 operations

[1] Data as of July 2008.

[2] Data as of June 2008.