- 1921: Equitable Eastern Banking Corporation, a subsidiary of Equitable Trust Company, opens its Shanghai branch.
- 1929: Equitable Eastern Banking Corporation opens a second China branch in Tianjin.
- 1973: Chase Manhattan Bank Chairman David Rockefeller leads a U.S. delegation to China to meet with China's Premier Zhou Enlai. In the same year, Chase becomes the first U.S. bank to be designated as Bank of China's correspondent bank.
- 1981: Chase Manhattan Bank opens its first representative office in Beijing.
- 1994: J.P. Morgan & Co. opens representative offices in Beijing and Shanghai.
- 1996: J.P. Morgan & Co. jointly leads the first "century" bond for a sovereign borrower—a hundred-year, US$100 million issue for the People's Republic of China.
- 2002: JPMorgan Chase Bank Shanghai branch receives its local currency license.
- 2004: J.P. Morgan Asset Management establishes China International Fund Management, a joint venture with the Shanghai International Group in Shanghai.
- 2007: JPMorgan Chase Bank (China) Company Limited, the firm’s locally incorporated bank, is established.
- 2007: J.P. Morgan receives the approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to enter into a joint venture futures company, known as the J.P. Morgan Futures Company Limited.
- 2009-2012: J.P. Morgan opens branches in Guangzhou, Chengdu and Shenzhen.
- 2011: J.P. Morgan China works with First Capital Securities Co. to form a new joint venture, J.P. Morgan First Capital Securities Co., which will focus on underwriting domestic equities and corporate bonds.
- 2016: J.P. Morgan Asset Management establishes JPMorgan Asset Management (Shanghai) Limited in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
- 2018: J.P. Morgan is appointed by the People’s Bank of China as an RMB clearing bank in the U.S.
- 2019: J.P. Morgan Securities (China) Company Limited, the firm's majority-owned securities company in China, is established. It opens for business in March 2020.
- 2020: J.P. Morgan receives approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission to increase its stake in J.P. Morgan Futures Company Limited to 100%, making it the first futures company in China to be fully owned by a foreign institution.
- 2021: J.P. Morgan receives approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission to take 100% ownership of J.P. Morgan Securities (China) Company Limited (JPMSC) and becomes the first foreign bank to fully own a securities venture in China.
- 2023: J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has received regulatory approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission to complete its acquisition of China International Fund Management Co., Ltd. (CIFM). CIFM will be operating under the JPMAM brand in China, reflecting its integration into the firm’s global operating model.