Bank of China Limited (BOC) was officially listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing Limited and the trading of the bank's H share began on Thursday.

 

BOC is the second listed bank among the four biggest commercial banks in the Chinese mainland and the bank's initial public offering is the world's biggest of the kind in six years.??

 

The price of each share is HK$2.95.?

 

(Xinhua News Agency June 1, 2006)