中国唱片集团有限公司 (China Record Group Co., Ltd., China Record Group Co. Ltd.; for release label please use its imprint 中国唱片)

1949-05-29: 上海市军事管制委员会 (Shanghai Military Control Commission) took over the then-named 大中华唱片厂 / Dà Zhōnghuá Chàngpiàn Chǎng (Great China Record Co.), which was based in Shanghai — sources: china-crc.com.cn, baike.baidu.com;
1950: 大中华唱片厂 renamed as 人民唱片厂 / Rénmín Chàngpiàn Chǎng (People's Record Factory), relocated to Beijing, merged with the Broadcasting Equipment Repairing Factory, which had also moved to Beijing from Shanghai. — sources: china-crc.com.cn, baike.com;
1952: 人民唱片厂 renamed as 上海唱片厂 (Shanghai Record Factory) — source: discogs;
1953: 上海唱片厂 renamed as 上海人民唱片厂 (Shanghai People’s Record Factory) — source: discogs, or;
1954-03, 人民唱片厂 moved back to Shanghai, merged with 上海人民唱片厂; (which suggests they were different entities, though less likely) — source: baike.com

1955: 人民唱片厂/上海人民唱片厂 renamed as 中国唱片厂 / Zhōngguó Chàngpiàn Chǎng (China Record Factory); began use of the Tiananmen trademark as its 中国唱片 (China Record) brand — source: china-crc.com.cn;
1958-06-17: 中国唱片社 / Zhōngguó Chàngpiàn Shè (China Record Society) formally established — source: china-crc.com.cn;
1960: China Record Factory’s record production department renamed as China Record Club’s Shanghai branch — source: china-crc.com.cn;
1963-11: 中国唱片发行公司 / Zhōngguó Chàngpiàn Fāxíng Gōngsī (China Record Distribution Company) established — source: china-crc.com.cn;
1964: China Record Club's Guangzhou branch formally established — source: china-crc.com.cn;

1982-11-15: 中国唱片社 (China Record Club), 中国唱片厂 (China Record Factory), and 中国唱片发行公司 (China Record Distribution Company) merged to form 中国唱片公司 / Zhōngguó Chàngpiàn Gōngsī (China Record Company) — source: china-crc.com.cn;
1983: China Record Company established branches in Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Chengdu — source: china-crc.com.cn;
1984: China Record Company established Beijing branch — source: china-crc.com.cn;
1985: 中国唱片公司 renamed as 中国唱片总公司 / Zhōngguó Chàngpiàn Zhǒnggōngsī (China Record Corporation), primary imprint unchanged as 中国唱片 (Zhōngguó Chàngpiàn) — source: china-crc.com.cn;
1988-11: China Record Corporation established Shenzhen branch — source: china-crc.com.cn;

CRC headquarters in Beijing, branches include Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.