Shanghai: China took another step in opening its US$44 trillion financial sector to the world, announcing plans to remove limits on ownership in local banks and scrap size requirements for foreign firms that operate onshore.
Among the changes, overseas insurance groups would be allowed to set up units in the world’s second biggest economy, the China banking and insurance regulator said as high-level trade talks between China and the United States got under way in Beijing.
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