(November 22, 2013, Beijing, China) China International Capital Corporation Ltd. (“CICC”) leads Institutional Investor 2013 All China Research Team. According to the result released by Institutional Investor this week, CICC not only captains the 2013 All-China Research Team for a second straight year, but also increases its team-position total by six, to 25, and doubles its number of first-place appearances, to 10.

CICC analysts seizes top honors in 10 categories, including Junhua Mao in Banks, Zheng Gao in Basic Materials, Haiyan Guo in both Consumer/Discretionary and Consumer/Nondiscretionary, Bin Guan in Energy, Huimin Wu in Industrials, Xin Yang in Infrastructure & Transportation, Shengbo Tang in Insurance, Hongyu Cai in Metals & Mining, and Haofei Chen in Telecommunications.

“CICC has been committed to providing domestic and overseas clients with the most forward-looking investment analyses from rigorous, independent and professional research.” said Dr. Hong Liang, managing director and head of CICC research department. “We have restructured the research team this year by cutting the head count while expanding our coverage. The approach helps us focusing more on key industries and in the meantime increasing the efficiency.”

Institutional Investor’s fourth annual All-China Research Team reflects the opinions of more than 970 buy-side analysts and money managers at some 450 institutions that manage an estimated $613 billion in Chinese equities.

Now in its fifth decade, Institutional Investor has consistently distinguished itself among the world’s foremost financial publications with groundbreaking journalism that provides essential intelligence for a global audience. In addition, Institutional Investor offers a host of proprietary research and rankings that are regarded as respected industry benchmarks.