▁China ▁In sur ance ▁Company ▁was ▁focused ▁on ▁over se as ▁business es , ▁receiving ▁over se as ▁assets ▁from ▁P IC C . ▁ ▁China ▁In sur ance ▁International ▁Hold ings ▁ ▁China ▁In sur ance ▁International ▁Hold ings ▁Company ▁Limited ▁became ▁a ▁listed ▁company ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁At ▁that ▁time ▁Swiss ▁Re ▁also ▁acquired ▁ 9 . 9 % ▁shares ▁of ▁the ▁newly ▁listed ▁company . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁first ▁annual ▁report , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁re venue ▁of ▁the ▁listed ▁company ▁in ▁year ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁came ▁from ▁re ins urance . ▁At ▁that ▁time ▁M ing ▁An ▁In sur ance ▁H K ▁( current ly ▁known ▁as ▁Ta ip ing ▁In sur ance ▁H K ) ▁was ▁not ▁yet ▁acquired , ▁and ▁Ta ip ing ▁In sur ance ▁was ▁not ▁yet ▁re - est ab lished ▁their ▁business es ▁in ▁Main land ▁China . ▁Moreover , ▁Ta ip ing ▁was ▁owned ▁by ▁China ▁In sur ance ▁Company , ▁the ▁parent ▁company ▁of ▁the ▁listed ▁company ▁at ▁that ▁time . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁China ▁In sur ance ▁Company ▁was ▁author ized ▁to ▁re - open ▁business es ▁in ▁Main land ▁China ▁as ▁an ▁ins urer . ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁the ▁listed ▁company ▁acquired ▁the ▁cont rolling ▁st ake ▁of ▁the ▁Main land ▁incorpor ated ▁Ta ip ing ▁Life ▁from ▁the ▁parent ▁company ▁China ▁In sur ance ▁Company , ▁for ▁about ▁H K $