VOA常速英语2007-World Bank Calls Singapore Easiest Place to Do B

By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 01 October 2007 Singapore has been ranked the world's easiest place to conduct business and Japan's trade surplus almost quadrupled in August. Claudia Blume at VOA's Asia News Center in Hong Kong has more on these and ot

2015年CRI Bank of China Becomes First Chinese Bank to Help Set Gold Price

Bank of China has joined seven other financial institutions to become a direct participant on the electronic platform that sets the gold price in London. Being the world's largest bullion consumer, China has never directly played a role in global gol

英闻天下——394 China's Central Bank Governor Stresses Stability

China's central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan now says the government will keep the monetary policy and financial reforms stable and continuous - no matter who becomes the new governor of the People's Bank of China. CRI's Su Yi has more. It does not m

China's first bank for technological innovation opens

SHANGHAI, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's first bank for technological innovation, a result of joint investment by Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) and America's Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), opened in Shanghai on Wednesday. With a 1-billion-yuan (ab

Monetary policy to remain prudent: central bank official

BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's central bank said Sunday it will maintain a prudent monetary policy as the country faces pressure in supporting growth and containing inflation. The remarks, made by an official with the People's Bank of China (PB

CCTV9英语新闻：Premier officiates first loan issued by China's first e-bank

Premier Li Keqiang pressed the 'enter' button on a computer on Sunday to finalize the first loan by WeBank, a new online bank and one of five privately funded banks given approval to open in China. During a visit to China's first Internet-based bank,

China establishes national gene bank in Shenzhen

SHENZHEN, June 18 (Xinhua) -- China established its first national gene bank on Friday in south China's city of Shenzhen with the support of the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), officials said. With the establishment of the National Gene Bank in She

China unveils 2011 list of top 500 companies

CHENGDU, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- A list of this year's top 500 Chinese enterprises was unveiled in the city of Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday. The Sinopec Group was ranked first, with last year's revenues reaching 1.97 trillion

China's central bank governor stresses inflation control

China's central bank governor stresses inflation control BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- China's central bank governor has urged fending off inflationary risks amid worldwide efforts to shore up the sluggish global economy by easing monetary policies. Z

China should reform banks to prevent risks: central bank

BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China should deepen the reform of its large commercial banks and policy financial institutions this year, in the wake of an increasingly complex external and internal environment, the country's central bank said Thursday.

China has confidence on EU market, says central bank

China has confidence on EU market, says central bank TOKYO, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- China is willing to offer the eurozone support on getting through the difficulties, said Yi Gang, the vice governor of the People's Bank of China on the annual meetings o

China's central bank keeps 3-month bill yield unchanged

BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The People's Bank of China (PBOC), or the central bank（中央银行 ）, auctioned 50 billion yuan (7.61 billion U.S. dollars) of three-month bills at a yield of 2.7944 percent on Thursday, temporarily easing speculati

2018年CRI World Bank commends China for improving business environment

Statistics from the World Bank show that, completing 26 business regulation reforms in the past 15 years, China ranks No. 3 in the East Asia and Pacific region in its efforts to improve the domestic business environment. The country is only surpassed

CCTV9英语新闻：Webank marks China's 1st internet-based private bank

Webank is China's first Internet-based bank. Its establishment marks a major step in deepening reform in the financial sector, one that's being constantly transformed by the Internet. Webank was approved by the country's regulators in July, 2014. Fiv

China to timely fine-tune monetary policy: central bank

BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhua) -- China will maintain a prudent monetary policy in the months ahead, while timely and appropriately fine-tuning the policy, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), or the central bank, said Thursday. The government will make its

China Construction Bank net profit up in H1

BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- China Construction Bank, the country's second largest state-owned bank, said its net profit rose 14.57 percent to 106.49 billion yuan (about 16.9 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of this year. The bank's business r

Former ABC vice president joins central bank

BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Pan Gongsheng, the former vice president of the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), has joined the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, as its vice president, according to updated information on the PBO

China changes three central bank advisors

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- China will change three members of the central bank's monetary policy committee, according to a circular released Wednesday by the State Council, or the Cabinet. The circular said the State Council has approved the appoi

Chinese banks to hold differentiated housing loans

BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- China's four biggest state-owned banks said Thursday they will continue implementing the differentiated housing loan policy. The four state-run lenders, dubbed the Big Four, are Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Ch

2016年CRI China to Meet Growth Target without Big Stimulus: Bank Chief

Central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan says the growth targets China has set for the next five years can be realized without major economic stimulus. I personally think China will stick to the prudent monetary policy on condition that there is no globa