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- China CITIC Financial Asset Management Co., Ltd. (2799.HK) operates as one of China's four state-owned financial asset management companies, specializing in distressed asset management and asset management and investment businesses; its core distressed asset management activities encompass disposal of troubled assets, revitalization of problematic projects, restructuring of struggling enterprises, and relief of institutions in crisis. The company provides distressed debt asset management, DES asset management, custody and agency services for distressed assets, distressed asset-based special situations investments, and distressed asset-based property development; it also offers asset management plans, financial investments, international business, interbank borrowing and lending, commercial financing for financial institutions, bankruptcy management, consulting, and advisory services. Founded on November 1, 1999, as China Huarong Asset Management Corporation and headquartered at No. 8 Financial Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, the company maintains 33 branches across 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in mainland China, plus operations in Hong Kong and Macau SARs; key subsidiaries include Rongde Asset, Industrial Company, China CITIC Financial AMC International Holdings Ltd., and Huitong Asset, with major shareholders comprising CITIC Group Corporation, the Ministry of Finance, China Insurance Rongxin Private Fund Co., Ltd., and China Life Insurance (Group) Company. In January 2024, the company officially changed its name from China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd. to China CITIC Financial Asset Management Co., Ltd., following its placement under the Party Committee of CITIC Group Corporation in March 2022; it completed the acquisition of a 7.93% stake in Sichuan Hexie Shuangma Co., Ltd. for approximately CNY 890 million in March 2024. As of December 31, 2024, total consolidated assets reach RMB984.329 billion, with net profit attributable to equity shareholders of RMB9.62 billion in 2024.