China’s Banking Industry Part II
Agreements and Reforms after Joining the WTO
When China joined the WTO, the organization demanded China to comply with special obligations concerning the bank business in the country. China had to agree to open their bank sector completely to foreign banks within five years after joining the WTO from 2001 - 2006. China specifically agreed, that it would allow foreign banks to accomplish foreign currency business without any market access or national treatment limitations, and to conduct foreign currency business with foreign-invested companies and foreign individuals, subject to certain geographic restrictions. Two years after joining the WTO, foreign banks should have been able to conduct domestic currency business with Chinese companies subject to…
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