In order to support the effective operation of the documented compliance management system, to provide for the management a technical support platform for off-site supervision of comprehensive compliance risk management and to enable the management to be dynamically acquainted with the bank’s compliance risk management level, IB set about the construction of an IT system for compliance management. On May 23, 2008, the comprehensive compliance management system was officially put online. The system consists of nine functional modules: a laws & regulations database, system management, system document management, compliance monitoring, compliance evaluation, compliance reports, post compliance management, individual functions and system management. As a basic information platform that integrates operations, control and daily compliance management, the comprehensive compliance management system lays a foundation and provides a safeguard for better identifying and defending against compliance risks and for the bank’s sustainable development.
On January 26, 2011, the comprehensive compliance management system (phase 2) was officially put into operation. In the phase 2 system, functions of the existing modules of the phase 1 system were improved upon and optimized, and new modules were added to the phase 2 system, including legal issues management, internal control management, environment and social risks management, etc. The system’s efficiency in utilizing information data was constantly improved in order to: i) Build a working platform for legal and compliance management to information orient the daily legal and compliance work. ⅱ)Build a platform for monitoring, evaluating and re-evaluating and reporting compliance risks so as to effectively control compliance risks. iii) Build a platform for processed and regulated management of environmental and social risks so as to systematically identify, evaluate and fully control the environment and social risks of financing of projects to which the Equator Principles are applicable. iv) To build a platform to educate and train IB staff in compliance operational requirements and relevant management knowledge so as to continuously improve the bank’s legal and compliance risks management level and service efficiency and to provide effective support for the bank’s comprehensive compliance management.