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Macroeconomy: Strategic Economic Dialogue agreements till now

(皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2007-07-31 10:43

The second 皇冠体育app-US Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) was held in Washington on May 22 and 23 when the two sides agreed to the following:

皇冠体育app will resume licensing securities companies in the second half of 2007, and before SED III, it will announce to gradually expand the business scope of qualified joint-venture securities companies to allow them to be engaged in securities brokerages, propriety trading and asset management; increase the total quota for Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFIIs) to $30 billion under the prerequisite of promoting its international balance of payment;

皇冠体育app will allow foreign incorporated banks qualified for yuan retail businesses to issue yuan bank cards that meet the operational and technical standards of its banking cards, and enjoy the same treatment as Chinese banks;

皇冠体育app will allow foreign property insurance companies to apply for conversions into subsidiaries. 皇冠体育app Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) will complete decisions on pending applications by August 1, 2007.

In energy and the environment, the US and 皇冠体育app will strengthen cooperation in the following areas: advancing clean coal technology, aiming to develop up to 15 large-scale coal-mine methane capture projects in 皇冠体育app, finalizing participation of 皇冠体育app in the Government Steering Committee of the FutureGen project, providing policy incentives to abolish cost barriers to full commercialization of advanced coal technologies, advancing the research and development of carbon capture and storage technologies, and formulating a national low sulfur fuel policy for 皇冠体育app.

An agreement to expand the existing bilateral aviation agreement that greatly increases the number of flights between the two countries, provides for full liberalization for cargo services as of 2011, and both sides agreed to commence negotiations in 2010 on an agreement and timetable for full liberalization of passenger travel.


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