"It is inevitable for foreign banks to participate in Henan's economic development." Chen Xiaoming, president of ABN AMRO Shanghai Branch, said on the 28th that as a large bank with 100000 employees worldwide, ABN AMRO is willing to achieve win-win cooperation with Henan enterprises.
Li Shenghao, the chief representative of the Beijing Representative Office of the Korean Financial Supervision Institute, clearly stated that "Zhengzhou is the first target for Korean banks to develop institutions in mainland China."
At the symposium between the provincial government and foreign banks, the executives of foreign banks expressed their good impression of Henan and put forward their most concerned issues.
Lin Xun, Director of HSBC Branch, asked: "What is the proportion of Zhengzhou's primary, secondary and tertiary industries, and what is the industrial composition of Henan's GDP?"
Lin Xun also asked: "What industries and enterprises are the non-performing loans of Henan commercial banks concentrated in? What is the driving force for the growth of Henan banking industry in the first four months of this year? What is the proportion of intermediary banking business in the whole banking business?"
Liu Lin, senior manager of Bank of East Asia, asked: "How can foreign banks fully enjoy the policy of the rise of central China and open branches in central China like Henan as soon as possible?"
Chen Guohua, President of Singapore DBS Bank Shanghai Branch, asked: "What are the main industries for foreign investment in Henan?"
Yan Xiaojiang, the head of Dah Sing Bank in China, asked: "What is the financial talent reserve in Henan?"
Liang Zhenye, manager of Hang Seng Bank, said: "Personal finance business is Hang Seng's strength. We would like to know the development of Henan personal loan business such as real estate."
The questions of the members of the delegation of foreign banks were enthusiastically answered by the head of the provincial competent department. "After returning, we will actively report the development of Henan to the board of directors of Citibank in China and realize further cooperation as soon as possible," said Pei Yigen, president of Citibank Shanghai Branch. (Reporter Guo Jin intern Zhu Shengyan)
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People from the CBRC said that Foreign banks entering Henan can "take the green channel"
A report from our newspaper (reporter Guo Jin intern Zhu Shengyan) "We will give priority to the application of foreign banks to distribute in Henan, and we can 'take the green channel' in procedures." Xu Feng, director of the Third Banking Supervision Department of the CBRC, said in Zhengzhou on May 28.
He was speaking at the symposium between the provincial government and the foreign bank delegation. The investigation group of foreign banks organized by the CBRC is the first group to visit the mainland after the promulgation of the Regulations on the Administration of Foreign Banks in China. The focus of this investigation is the central region, and the first stop is in Henan.
"In Zhengdong New Area, we seem to see Pudong in the 21st century." Xu Feng said that Henan has huge business opportunities and is very attractive to foreign banks. "After the adoption of the Regulations on the Administration of Foreign Banks, some foreign banks will be registered as legal persons and carry out RMB business. They are very interested in the development of the mainland."
"At present, there are no foreign banks settled in Henan." Xu Feng said that the CBRC will speed up the approval process for the application of foreign banks to fill the regional gap, shorten the preparatory period as far as possible, encourage foreign institutions to set up sites in the mainland, and make the layout of foreign banks more reasonable.
It is understood that the foreign banks and regulators visited Henan this time include Bank of East Asia, Mizuho Industrial Bank of Japan, Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Bank of Japan, Hang Seng Bank, HSBC Bank, Singapore DBS Bank, Citibank, Bank of the Netherlands, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, Wing Hang Bank, Dah Sing Bank, Wing Lung Bank, Korea Financial Supervisory Authority Beijing Representative Office Yori Bank of Korea, Shinhan Bank of Korea, Small and Medium sized Enterprise Bank of Korea, Hana Bank of Korea.
Editor in charge: Xu Xiaojie