The company is headquartered in Shanghai and is one of China's top three state-owned airlines. Its predecessor can be traced back to the first flight squadron established by the Shanghai Civil Aviation Administration in January 1957. Listed in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Currently, China Eastern Airlines has “two cities and four routes” dual-core hubs in Beijing and Shanghai and regional hubs such as Xi'an and Kunming in China, and its business scope has achieved full coverage of provincial capitals and airports above the 10 million level. The company's main business scope is domestic and approved international and regional airline passenger, cargo, mail and luggage transportation services and extended services. In addition, the company has also been approved to carry out the following business operations: general aviation business; aircraft maintenance; aviation equipment manufacturing and maintenance; agency business for domestic and foreign airlines; other business related to air transportation; combined insurance agency services; e-commerce; air supermarkets; and product wholesale and retail. Key products and services include: international and regional airline passenger, cargo, mail, and luggage transportation services and extension services; general aviation; aircraft maintenance; aviation equipment manufacturing and maintenance; agents for domestic and foreign airlines; others related to air transportation; insurance and agency services; e-commerce; air supermarkets; and wholesale and retail of goods. Selected as WPP's Top 50 Most Valuable Chinese Brands for 8 consecutive years; selected as “Global Brand Value 500 Top 500” by British BrandFinance for 4 consecutive years; ranked among the “Top 20 Overseas Images of Chinese Enterprises” for 3 consecutive years. The company's 2019 annual report won the LACPVision Awards (American Media Professional League Annual Report Selection) Annual Report Design Gold Award and the ARC Annual Report Contest; “2023 Central Enterprise Holding Listed Companies ESG Rating 4 Stars”, “Golden Bee 2023 Outstanding Corporate Social Responsibility Report · Evergreen Award”, “2023 First Finance China Corporate Social Responsibility List ESG Innovation Practice Award”, and “China ESG Listed Companies Yangtze River Delta Pioneer 50 (2024)”.