By the end of 2010, the headquarter of CITIC Securities had set up five branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Hubei, Jiangsu and Guangdong, owning 49 outlets in 31 cities across the country, 5 outlets have been approved and are in preparation for business operation.

The brokerage line at the headquarter of CITIC Securities became one of the first securities houses approved for the margin trading and short selling business in 2010, and 15 outlets were granted the qualification for stock index futures IB business. The Company actively studied the trading opportunities provided by futures arbitrage etc., and conducted the research of trading strategies and development of programmed trading tools. It invited high-end talents to build its marketing workforce and investment advisor teams. It has extended the offering of customer services by establishing an Internet service platform that consisted of core client consulting service terminals, online outlet, mobile securities, VIP fast trading system, as well as dedicated investment advisor service and customer value-added service. While launching the products such as “one-to-multiple”, “special fund account” and “sunshine private placement”, it has also developed unique wealth management products by tapping the research strength of the Company, including the “funding appreciation program for high-end client”, offering direct investment opportunities to high-end clients such as private placement and PE cooperation, so as to build on the differentiated competitiveness of the Company’s brokerage service, offering differentiated investment and wealth management services to the clients with varied investment demands and risk preferences.

In 2010 the brokerage line of the parent company had a total client base of 1,318,500 together with a total of RMB 737.77 billion clients’ assets in custody, representing 3.82% of the market cap of total outstanding shares. It also recorded RMB 2,131.997 billion in total trading volume. Among which the trading volume of stocks and funds was RMB 1,988.986 billion, accounting for a market share of 1.80%. The trading volume per outlet ranked the third place among all peers; and the sales of fund wealth management products amounted to RMB 9.9 billion.