How China’s Top Banks Accelerate IT Efficiency with DevOps Maturity Assessments

Overview

In the context of digital transformation, Chinese banks are adopting DevOps to improve IT efficiency. The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) has issued the “R&D Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model” standards, which many leading banks have evaluated.

Participating Banks and Assessment Scope

Seven joint‑stock banks—China Merchants Bank, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, CITIC Bank, Ping An Bank, China Minsheng Bank, China Everbright Bank, and Zheshang Bank—have taken part, completing a total of 62 project/module assessments across various DevOps standards.

Bank‑Specific Assessment Highlights

China Merchants Bank

Completed 25 projects under the Continuous Delivery (Standard 3) assessment, focusing on improving development experience, toolchain investment, process automation, and cultural change.

CITIC Bank

Evaluated three projects: a new personal mobile banking app, a rapid collaboration platform upgrade, and an asset custody clearing system, addressing challenges of large‑scale teams, containerized pipelines, and high release frequency.

China Minsheng Bank

Assessed the Open Platform project, built on a container cloud with micro‑services, supporting millions of accesses and providing modular financial services.

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank

Assessed five early projects (Internet loan product, enterprise micro‑service platform, cash‑flow analysis, fund‑monitoring system, financial IC‑card system) and later eight projects covering settlement, payment, industry insight, loan command, compliance risk monitoring, community, digital finance, and smart office.

China Everbright Bank

Evaluated two projects: a Java‑based POIN development platform and a cash‑management cloud service, establishing a DevOps measurement system with 43 metrics.

Zheshang Bank

Assessed the Industrial Chain Financial Service Platform, achieving improvements in delivery cycle, build speed, code quality, test efficiency, and production issue reduction.

Ping An Bank

Evaluated the Intelligent Due Diligence System and the Starlink development‑operations integration platform, implementing DevSecOps practices and integrating security throughout the lifecycle.

Standard‑Specific Findings

Continuous Delivery (Standard 3)

Banks reported increased release frequency, reduced build times, and higher build success rates after adopting containerized pipelines and toolchain enhancements.

Technical Operation (Standard 4)

Starlink platform at Ping An Bank provides end‑to‑end automation, data‑driven efficiency metrics, and supports organization‑wide DevOps transformation.

Security and Risk Management (Standard 6)

Ping An Bank’s Intelligent Due Diligence System integrates security requirements via DevSecOps, ensuring lifecycle security.

System and Tools (Standard 8)

Various banks achieved system‑level assessments, with platforms like Starlink and POIN offering unified toolchains and measurement capabilities.

BizDevOps (Standard 9)

China Merchants Bank’s “Lean Star – Demand Space” project linked business value delivery with DevOps, improving demand lifecycle management.

Performance Measurement (Standard 12)

Starlink’s Kepler module provides comprehensive data collection, metric definition, analysis, and visualization for fine‑grained R&D efficiency management.

About the DevOps Capability Maturity Model

The model, jointly developed by CAICT, the Cloud Computing Open‑Source Industry Alliance, the Efficient Operations Community, BATJ and major financial and telecom enterprises, is the first comprehensive DevOps standard in China and has been recognized internationally, including by ITU‑T.

For further information, contact the CAICT representatives listed.