China financial services News

Adviser to China Central Bank Urges Two-Track Opening for Financial Services

China’s financial services market should be opened further to foreign competition, but liberalization of cross-border capital flows should be done more cautiously, an adviser to China’s central bank said at a forum on Sunday. Financial opening also should an orderly …

Opening of China’s Financial Sector Offers Opportunities, Risks

China’s $42 trillion financial sector is set to open up to the world like never before. To deliver on longstanding pledges and help stave off the threat of tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese officials have set a June …

China’s Baidu Selling Majority Stake in Fintechs; May Enter Insurance

China’s Baidu Inc. said it will sell a majority stake in its financial services business for about $1.9 billion to a consortium led by TPG Capital Management LP and Carlyle Group LP, as it looks to deepen its push into …

China’s Premier Says Government Debt ‘Controllable’; Promises Insurance Reforms

China’s Premier Wen Jiabao said the nation’s government debt is at an “overall safe and controllable” level, that funding for key projects would be ensured and that applying the brakes to the problem would be done in a way to …