在制造业以后巨大全球性调动在上个世纪之内七十开始了，服务行业的全球性调动采取了冠军作为新的浪潮。 并且近海采购，作为新圆的全球性综合化的根本原理，带来了中国公司两个机会和挑战。
 
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根据 金融时报, 当我们决定是制作者、实行家和帮手，我们全部选择了错误事业。 大金钱在运动的金钱，并且最佳的薪金成交在中国现在被给交易者。

地方中国和国际金融服务公司受益于市场的最近开头。 外国公司到达了在一一味寻欢作乐，当现金的巨大的容量搅动在不报答的银行帐户或者说谎在床垫下。 它是供给和需求完善的会议。

Competition for the skills needed to manage huge volumes of investment has resulted in fast rising salaries, and many companies have been forced to reach outside the financial services industries to get the skills. This is hardly surprising Read the rest of “Skills Competition in China Finance” or post a comment

By Klaus Koehler

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 special geographic limitations, and within five years China agreed to lift all geographic restrictions. China also agreed that foreign banks are allowed to provide financial leasing services at the same time as their Chinese counterparts.

However, China was slow in implementing the agreements. In 2002 the People’s Bank of China issued regulations governing foreign-funded banks along with rules to keep pace with the WTO commitments but the PBOC was extremely cautious in opening their bank sector. This situation made it difficult for foreign banks to enter the market and expand their presence. To give an example, the PBOC allowed foreign-funded banks only to open one branch every 12 months. Of course this resulted in pressure from countries such as the USA, Australia, Canada Japan and several European countries. Therefore the PBOC announced in December 2003 that foreign banks were permitted to conduct domestic currency business with Chinese companies and the working capital requirements for foreign banks were reduced. Read the rest of “China’s Banking Industry Part II” or post a comment

By Klaus Koehler

When the China Industrial and Commercial Bank (ICBC) opened for public trading at the stock exchange end of October, the bank raised a total of USD 19.1 billion to start with, achieving the largest initial public offering ever. ICBC is now the top listed bank in Asia and the fifth biggest in the world.

Despite the enthusiasm created by ICBC’s listing, and the fact that international advisors such as Morgan Stanley are planning to add ICBC to its standard index soon, some analysts are still concerned about the basics and fundamentals of China’s banking industry. Over a long period, loans were approved by politically motivated reasons rather than economic decisions, and on several occasions, banks previously had to be “bailed out” by the government.

History of the Banking Industry in China

In the earlier years of the People’s Republic nationalization, the consolidation of the country’s banks received the highest priority. Therefore the banking industry was the first sector to be socialized. In order to maintain a firm control over all financial services, including credit and money supply, the banking system was centralized under the Ministry of Finance.
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Now that we are counting down to the 2008 Olympic games, first-time and not so recent visitors to China are no doubt wondering what they will see when they land in Beijing next August. In the run-up to the games, we will take every opportunity to describe the changes that are taking place in China and paint the picture of how the country will look in another year.

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