BEIJING: China lifted some restrictions on foreign investment in the financial sector Saturday (Jul 20), as the world's second largest economy ...
BEIJING: China lifted some restrictions on foreign investment in the financial sector Saturday , as the world's second largest economy fights slowing growth at home and aChina will remove shareholding limits on foreign ownership of securities, insurance and fund management firms in 2020, a year earlier than originally planned, the Financial Stability and Development Committee said in a statement posted by the central bank Saturday.
Saturday's announcement followed a Friday meeting chaired by economic czar Liu He where policymakers focused on tackling financial risk and financial contagion and pledged new steps to support growth, according to a state council statement.Additional measures include scrapping entry barriers for foreign insurance companies like a requirement of 30 years of business operations and cancelling a 25 per cent equity cap on foreign ownership of insurance asset management firms.
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