National Industrial Bank of China (NIBC; ) was a bank established in September 1915 or 1919 in Tianjin. It moved its headquarters to Shanghai in 1932, into a building which became an icon for the bank and was displayed on its banknotes, built in 1929 at the corner of Huqiu and Beijing roads. That building, designed by , was renovated in the early 2010s by David Chipperfield Architects to become part of the Rockbund Art Museum complex. It was occasionally referred to as one of the "four small banks" (together with the Commercial Bank of China, Ningpo Commercial and Savings Bank also known as Siming Bank, and Sin Hua Bank), in contrast to the "four big banks" that were the Central Bank of China, Bank of China, Bank of Communications, and Farmers Bank of China.

Buildings

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File:原中国实业银行大楼.jpg|First NIBC headquarters building in Tianjin

File:NIBC Shanghai.jpg|Second NIBC headquarters building in Shanghai

File:Shanghai NIBC Monogram.jpg|NIBC monogram at the entrance of the Shanghai building

File:中国实业银行青岛分行 1080318.jpg|Former NIBC branch building in Qingdao

File:中国实业银行大楼(汉口).jpg|Former NIBC branch building in Hankou

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Banknotes

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File:10 Yuan - National Industrial Bank of China (01.06.1922) 02.png|10 Yuan (1922)

File:5 Yuan - National Industrial Bank of China (1924).jpg|5 Yuan (1924)

File:1 Yuan - National Industrial Bank of China (1931) 02.jpg|1 Yuan (1931), depicting the bank's Shanghai headquarters building

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