Why China’s Top State Banks Are Leading the DevOps Certification Wave

On April 25, 2025, the 25th GOPS Global Operations Conference and Digital Governance Technology Summit were held in Shenzhen, where the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) announced the simultaneous evaluation results of the ITU DevOps international standard and the domestic DevOps standard.

Notably, the Agricultural Bank of China became the first state‑owned bank to pass the CAICT internal coach talent cultivation assessment, achieving an AAAAA‑level DevOps coach talent system.

The conference also revealed the assessment outcomes for the financial industry under both the ITU DevOps international standard and the CAICT domestic DevOps standard ("R&D‑Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model").

China Industrial and Commercial Bank evaluated its "Business Fast Loan" project, achieving a Level 3 assessment in the BizDevOps international and domestic standards for Business Value Management, indicating a leading domestic capability.

Through BizDevOps implementation, the bank enhanced business demand understanding, agile response, cross‑department collaboration, and data governance, creating a closed loop of demand‑technology‑data that improves end‑to‑end efficiency.

The Shenzhen Stock Exchange successfully passed the ITU DevOps international standard and the domestic continuous delivery Level 3 assessment for its "Trading Supervision System Investigation and Process Optimization" project, demonstrating leading capabilities in collaborative development, security, process standardization, and industry coordination.

Galaxy Securities achieved Level 3 assessments in the continuous testing (CT) standard for two projects, "Yinhe Tian Gong Account Service Platform" and "Bond Investment Business Support System," reflecting top domestic capabilities.

Statistics show the number of state‑owned banks, exchanges, and securities/fund/trust institutions that have passed various DevOps assessments, illustrated by the accompanying charts.

Additional information includes the introduction of the new BizDevOps standard system, its alignment with business‑technology integration, and its role in creating end‑to‑end business value from requirement to service operation.

The article also references the 2024 Digital Finance High‑Quality Development Action Plan, which emphasizes the formation of cross‑technology and business task teams, reinforcing the importance of BizDevOps in financial digital transformation.

Details on the ITU DevOps international standard, its development history, and its adoption in cloud computing contexts are provided, along with images of the standard documents and frameworks.

The domestic DevOps standard, "R&D‑Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model," is described as a collaborative effort led by CAICT with major internet, financial, and telecom enterprises, now officially recognized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

For inquiries about DevOps standard assessments, contact CAICT representatives Bai Huanxiong (phone: 159 1076 9206, email: [email protected]) and Zhang Jianyi (phone: 158 1031 7021, email: [email protected]), as well as the Efficient Operations Community (Wei Huanxin, phone: 185 0025 5645, email: [email protected]).