Ta-Ching Government Bank

The Ta-Ching Government Bank (simplified Chinese: 大清银行; traditional Chinese: 大清銀行), known as the Ta-Ching Bank of the Ministry of Revenue (大清戶部銀行) from 1905 to 1908, was the name of the Bank of China as a government agency of the Qing dynasty until the empire's dissolution in 1912. It was originally created to serve as the central bank of China in 1905, originally as a division of the Ministry of Revenue, and would serve as the country's de facto central bank until the establishment of the Central Bank of China in 1924.

The Ta-Ching Government Bank was the first national bank in the history of China and served as both the country's central bank as well as a commercial bank to finance projects. It issued banknotes that were intended to unify the Qing dynasty's currency system.

The Ta-Ching Government Bank evolved into the Bank of China in mainland China and the Mega International Commercial Bank in Taiwan.

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