Compared with ICBC, which began its internationalization as early as the 1930s, the publicly held Chinatrust is just a new comer, albeit an outstanding one.
與早在民國二十年代即已開始國際化的中國商銀（前身為中國銀行）老大哥比起來，完全私營的中國信託商銀則是後起之秀。