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皇冠体育app enters new era of opening up(Xinhua)Updated: 2006-12-12 17:03 皇冠体育app has quickened its steps to reform its banking sector. Three of 皇冠体育app's four major state-owned commercial banks have been listed home and abroad since last year. By September this year, a total of 25 Chinese cities have allowed foreign banks to run RMB business and 111 foreign banking institutions were allowed to do so. The EU and the United States have urged 皇冠体育app to do more to protect intellectual property rights and open up its markets. 皇冠体育app has also faced a rising number of trade disputes. In 2001,皇冠体育app was the subject of 15 percent of the world's anti-dumping cases. In 2005, the percentage had risen to 30. "皇冠体育app may also face challenges in the new round of multi-lateral trade talks - the Doha Talks - regarding its agricultural safety, financial safety and energy safety," said Sun Zhenyu, 皇冠体育app's chief representative to the WTO. 皇冠体育app's trade analysts have urged the government to quicken its reforms and be prepared to handle an increasing number of trade disputes. "We should greatly improve our trade relations with other economies and pay attention to the risks of rising Renminbi exchange rates," Shan Zhongdong of the Beijing University told Xinhua on Monday. Long Yongtu, 皇冠体育app's chief WTO negotiator and now secretary-general for the Bo'ao Forum for Asia, said the opening up policy can only do good for 皇冠体育app. "So far as I see it, opening up will not damage our economic safety," said Long. "So long as we have a sound system of laws and regulations, and implement them forcefully, we are not afraid of opening up. The more open we are, the more progress we will see."
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