Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a China-led international financial institution created to offer finance to infrastructure projects as part of China's Silk Road initiative, with a focus on bolstering links across Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Some government officials and analysts have said growing dissatisfaction among emerging economies at the failure to reform the International Monetary Fund's decision-making system encouraged China to set up the new international lender, with 57 participating countries.

Chairman / President

Jin Liqun

CEO / Managing Director

Luky Eko Wuryanto

CFO / Finance Director

Andrew Cross

Industry

Finance

Website

aiib.org/en/

Headquarters address

Beijing, China

Year founded

2016

Flags wave outside the Tianjin Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin on September 1. Photo: AFP

China trade

China-led SCO bloc looks to fast-track plan for new bank, rival Western lenders

Member states seek more financial autonomy and localised credit by advancing an effort to fund regional growth using their national currencies, not the US dollar.

29 May 2026 - 9:00PMvideocam

Banking & finance

AIIB launches US$10 billion facility to help nations hit by Iran war fallout

22 May 2026 - 7:07PMvideocam

Yuan

Editorial | Why China’s yuan is gaining appeal

19 May 2026 - 7:15AM

China trade

Pakistan to tap China debt market with first sale of yuan-priced ‘panda bonds’

Islamabad turns to ‘panda bonds’ to secure cheaper credit and diversify its borrowing into yuan-denominated funding, with a focus on sustainable development.

12 May 2026 - 10:00AMvideocam

Pakistan and China continue to forge stronger economic ties. Here, a family rides past a roadside display in the shape of their national flags in Lahore, Pakistan, ahead of a visit by Vice-Premier He Lifeng in 2023 to mark the 10th anniversary of a mega economic plan. Photo: AFP

Banking & finance

From banking to AI, these are the major economic bodies based in China

Amid what China sees as US’ polarising unilateral measures, a push for ‘global governance’ gives rise to a network of multi-country agencies.

1 May 2026 - 8:00PMvideocam

Sustainability

Opinion | Asia’s future depends on looking beyond the West and its institutions

The countries with the best practical experience in hard development are in Asia, with much practical knowledge and experience to share.

24 Apr 2026 - 8:30PM

Family offices

Hong Kong to expand tax waivers for family offices, pension fund investment

The government will submit a bill by June to add more tax-exempt products and funds, including gold and digital assets, a minister says.

2 Mar 2026 - 4:21PM

Hong Kong’s Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui Ching-yu. Photo: Dickson Lee

Banking & finance

In a turbulent world, funding Asia’s critical infrastructure a ‘duty’: AIIB

New president says private capital and international cooperation essential to funding infrastructure projects across continent.

26 Jan 2026 - 4:01PM

Banking & finance

Hong Kong AFF will showcase city’s ‘superconnector’ role

Titled Co-creating New Horizons amid an Evolving Landscape, the annual government flagship event will run from January 26 to 27.

19 Jan 2026 - 7:01PM

Banking & finance

Opinion | How yuan internationalisation is helping to close the climate finance gap

Through fast-growing markets for yuan-denominated bonds, China is showing it can support sustainability projects across the Global South.

3 Dec 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Engineers walk past solar panels at Benban Solar Park, one of the world’s largest solar power plants, in Aswan, Egypt, on October 19, 2022. Photo: AP

The Philippines

Chinese involvement stalls Manila Bay bridge project due to security fears

Philippines delays US$124 million infrastructure project after a maritime group raised concerns against China Harbour Engineering Company.

2 Dec 2025 - 8:36PM

Illustration of Bataan–Cavite Interlink Bridge Project. Photo: Handout

Bonds

Hong Kong dollar bonds to continue surge after record US$42 billion year

City’s deep, liquid market and low inflation attract issuers amid a structural shift away from the US dollar, analysts say.

28 Nov 2025 - 1:35PM

G20

At G20, China pushes multilateralism, solidarity and free trade amid US boycott

Chinese Premier Li Qiang urges reform of major Western-led international organisations, says developing countries must have a greater voice.

23 Nov 2025 - 7:04PMvideocam

Climate change

Opinion | A global green industrialisation initiative can have a ‘win-win-win’ outcome

China’s green manufacturing capacity could be aligned with the West’s technological and capital strengths and the Global South’s development needs.

14 Nov 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

Banking & finance

Editorial | AIIB office and fintech strategy a boost to Hong Kong’s ambitions

Beijing is offering robust support for Hong Kong’s effort to remain a top international financial centre and embrace fintech.

7 Nov 2025 - 6:45AM

A view of Hong Kong from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority headquarters at the IFC building in Central, Hong Kong, on October 9. Photo: May Tse

Banking & finance

AIIB confirms plan for Hong Kong office, with opening expected next year

Preparatory work is progressing well, the Post has learned from the Beijing-headquartered multilateral development bank.

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US-China relations

Open Questions | ‘We live in anarchy’: John J. Mearsheimer on the limits of containing US, China

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Diplomacy

Opinion | China is supporting multilateralism one institution at a time

With a new organisation to promote mediation, among other global bodies, China is signalling its enthusiasm to get more involved in world governance.

26 Oct 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

Pedestrians take pictures of the International Organisation for Mediation’s Hong Kong headquarters, in Wan Chai, on May 30. Photo: Dickson Lee

Open Questions series

Open Questions | John Mearsheimer on Taiwan, US-China rivalry, Trump and Ukraine

International relations scholar weighs risks of great power conflict in East Asia, West’s blunder on Russia and what Donald Trump got right about China.

23 Oct 2025 - 6:47PMvideocam

Banking & finance

Policy address: Hong Kong unveils measures to boost financial centre status

Lee unveils plans to encourage more mainland banks to set up in city, tax incentives for family offices, and possible use of RMB to settle certain government expenditure.

17 Sep 2025 - 11:55PM

Banking & finance

Hong Kong can unlock capital to fill Asia’s climate-finance gap: AIIB

City’s ‘leadership and convening power as a global financial centre’ has a ‘clear’ role to play, bank’s chief investment officer says.

17 Sep 2025 - 2:46PM

A worker stands inside a wind turbine at Mingyang New Energy Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park in Baotou, in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on July 29, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

Belt and Road Initiative

Opinion | How Hong Kong can bolster Belt and Road Initiative in uncertain world

In a world of rising economic nationalism, the Belt and Road Summit offers Hong Kong an opening to reassert itself as a global hub.

9 Sep 2025 - 4:30PMvideocam

A visitor passes a sign at the Belt and Road Summit in Hong Kong on September 14, 2023. Photo: Reuters

Diplomacy

Macroscope | Shanghai spirit for new world order needs to be matched by the West

SCO summit’s vision can’t be implemented without the requisite monetary and financial systems in place. The West must play a role if the world is not to fragment into blocs.

6 Sep 2025 - 4:30PMvideocam

Hong Kong economy

Outside In | Hong Kong must be louder on trade to fight off threat of Trump protectionism

The city needs to find its voice to defend the global multilateral trading system and the rules that have fostered growth for eight decades.

5 Sep 2025 - 5:51PMvideocam

China-India relations

Opinion | How Modi’s visit to China can reshape Asia’s future

To build on their new-found consensus, both powers must not only set shared goals but also wisely manage challenges.

26 Aug 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

Renewable energy

Letters | Asean’s renewable push needs inclusive economic models

Readers discuss energy transition strategies, the low-altitude economy, and China buying ‘fourth-best’ AI chips.

19 Jul 2025 - 11:30AM

Workers clean solar panels at Jatijajar bus station in Depok, Indonesia on April 16. Photo: EPA-EFE

Asean

Opinion | How China’s pragmatic balancing puts it in Asean pole position

Prioritising Asean’s needs over ensuring reciprocity has given China a level of credibility the US lacks amid Trump’s trade tirades.

19 Jul 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

Banking & finance

Outside In | Having funded Asian infrastructure for a decade, what next for the AIIB?

Having survived Obama’s opposition, the development bank established by China will soon have a new president in a tricky Trumpian environment.

11 Jul 2025 - 5:57PMvideocam

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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

China-led SCO bloc looks to fast-track plan for new bank, rival Western lenders

Member states seek more financial autonomy and localised credit by advancing an effort to fund regional growth using their national currencies, not the US dollar.

AIIB launches US$10 billion facility to help nations hit by Iran war fallout

.css-1pcrwvc{color:#2aa191;}Editorial | Why China’s yuan is gaining appeal

Pakistan to tap China debt market with first sale of yuan-priced ‘panda bonds’

Islamabad turns to ‘panda bonds’ to secure cheaper credit and diversify its borrowing into yuan-denominated funding, with a focus on sustainable development.

From banking to AI, these are the major economic bodies based in China

Amid what China sees as US’ polarising unilateral measures, a push for ‘global governance’ gives rise to a network of multi-country agencies.

Opinion | Asia’s future depends on looking beyond the West and its institutions

The countries with the best practical experience in hard development are in Asia, with much practical knowledge and experience to share.

Hong Kong to expand tax waivers for family offices, pension fund investment

The government will submit a bill by June to add more tax-exempt products and funds, including gold and digital assets, a minister says.

In a turbulent world, funding Asia’s critical infrastructure a ‘duty’: AIIB

New president says private capital and international cooperation essential to funding infrastructure projects across continent.

Hong Kong AFF will showcase city’s ‘superconnector’ role

Titled Co-creating New Horizons amid an Evolving Landscape, the annual government flagship event will run from January 26 to 27.

Opinion | How yuan internationalisation is helping to close the climate finance gap

Through fast-growing markets for yuan-denominated bonds, China is showing it can support sustainability projects across the Global South.

Chinese involvement stalls Manila Bay bridge project due to security fears

Philippines delays US$124 million infrastructure project after a maritime group raised concerns against China Harbour Engineering Company.

Hong Kong dollar bonds to continue surge after record US$42 billion year

City’s deep, liquid market and low inflation attract issuers amid a structural shift away from the US dollar, analysts say.

At G20, China pushes multilateralism, solidarity and free trade amid US boycott

Chinese Premier Li Qiang urges reform of major Western-led international organisations, says developing countries must have a greater voice.

Opinion | A global green industrialisation initiative can have a ‘win-win-win’ outcome

China’s green manufacturing capacity could be aligned with the West’s technological and capital strengths and the Global South’s development needs.

Editorial | AIIB office and fintech strategy a boost to Hong Kong’s ambitions

Beijing is offering robust support for Hong Kong’s effort to remain a top international financial centre and embrace fintech.

AIIB confirms plan for Hong Kong office, with opening expected next year

Preparatory work is progressing well, the Post has learned from the Beijing-headquartered multilateral development bank.

.css-1f6sr3w{color:#727272;}Open Questions | ‘We live in anarchy’: John J. Mearsheimer on the limits of containing US, China

International relations expert discusses looming flashpoints in the US-China rivalry and the ‘colossal mistake’ if Ukraine joined Nato.

Opinion | China is supporting multilateralism one institution at a time

With a new organisation to promote mediation, among other global bodies, China is signalling its enthusiasm to get more involved in world governance.

Open Questions | John Mearsheimer on Taiwan, US-China rivalry, Trump and Ukraine

International relations scholar weighs risks of great power conflict in East Asia, West’s blunder on Russia and what Donald Trump got right about China.

Policy address: Hong Kong unveils measures to boost financial centre status

Lee unveils plans to encourage more mainland banks to set up in city, tax incentives for family offices, and possible use of RMB to settle certain government expenditure.

Hong Kong can unlock capital to fill Asia’s climate-finance gap: AIIB

City’s ‘leadership and convening power as a global financial centre’ has a ‘clear’ role to play, bank’s chief investment officer says.

Opinion | How Hong Kong can bolster Belt and Road Initiative in uncertain world

In a world of rising economic nationalism, the Belt and Road Summit offers Hong Kong an opening to reassert itself as a global hub.

Macroscope | Shanghai spirit for new world order needs to be matched by the West

SCO summit’s vision can’t be implemented without the requisite monetary and financial systems in place. The West must play a role if the world is not to fragment into blocs.

Outside In | Hong Kong must be louder on trade to fight off threat of Trump protectionism

The city needs to find its voice to defend the global multilateral trading system and the rules that have fostered growth for eight decades.

Opinion | How Modi’s visit to China can reshape Asia’s future

To build on their new-found consensus, both powers must not only set shared goals but also wisely manage challenges.

Letters | Asean’s renewable push needs inclusive economic models

Readers discuss energy transition strategies, the low-altitude economy, and China buying ‘fourth-best’ AI chips.

Opinion | How China’s pragmatic balancing puts it in Asean pole position

Prioritising Asean’s needs over ensuring reciprocity has given China a level of credibility the US lacks amid Trump’s trade tirades.

Outside In | Having funded Asian infrastructure for a decade, what next for the AIIB?

Having survived Obama’s opposition, the development bank established by China will soon have a new president in a tricky Trumpian environment.

Editorial | Why China’s yuan is gaining appeal

Open Questions | ‘We live in anarchy’: John J. Mearsheimer on the limits of containing US, China