On Monday, China central bank advisor Xia Bin was at a Beijing economics forum.
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On Wednesday, the People's Bank of China, the central bank, held a meeting with senior executives from China's big commercial banks the major underwriters and buyers of Chinese bonds to discuss how to enhance banks' internal risk controls in bond trading, according to the people.
Statistics from China's central bank show China had around 207 million credit cards in issue at the end of June, up 10% from the end of last year and more than quadruple the level at the end of 2006.
But shortly afterwards, China's central bank established a domestic competitor, China UnionPay, and gave it a de facto monopoly over the handling of local-currency payments between merchants and banks.
In remarks today, China's central bank governor acknowledged the challenges posed by China's trade surplus, but Chinese officials insist currency reforms will take place over time.
When China's central bank cut interest rates seven times between 1996 and 1999, China Life found itself paying out more to policy holders than it could earn through bank deposits.
In a little-noticed comment during the weekend's meetings, Yi Gang, a deputy governor of China's central bank and head of the country's foreign-exchange reserves, said that China aimed to bring its current-account surplus below 4% of GDP within 3-5 years.
Since then, China's central bank has made sure that the yuan has remained virtually stable against the dollar.
In China, the Central Bank has raised interest rates and the government has enforced price caps on new properties.
What's more, China's central bank seems to be in professional hands, as skilled as any in heading off debacles.
China's central bank governor has made it clear that Beijing is not offering any concessions on its exchange rates anyway.
China's central bank is sending mixed messages on where monetary policy is heading, and that is pushing investors to the sidelines.
Property companies were among the gainers in Hong Kong, after China's central bank said it planned measures to help first-time home buyers.
China's central bank cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point earlier this month, its first cut since December 2008.
Mr Zhang added that the moves by China's central bank to ease its policies had also contributed to the pick-up in prices.
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Just this week, the governor of China's Central Bank, Zhou Xiaochuan was allowed to remain in his role past the age of 65.
After these remarks, the head of China's central bank called for the creation of a new international currency reserve to replace the dollar.
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It says it was warned by China's central bank that Alipay would not be allowed to operate if it was, in effect, partly foreign-owned.
That may have prompted China's central bank to let the yuan rise to a rate of 6.4 redbacks to one green (see chart 2).
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China's central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, has praised the takeover as positive, but analysts here say the bailout will bring only short-term relief for China.
Its director is Wei Benhua, a veteran of China's central bank.
The governor of China's central bank called for a new world reserve currency to replace the dollar , which he suggested could be issued by the IMF.
Meanwhile, China's central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan said the yuan - which is currently tied to a narrow band against the dollar - would see its flexibility increased.
Large capital inflows have forced China's central bank to buy massive quantities of dollar reserves, which have spilled over into excessive growth in the money supply and credit.
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Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of China's central bank, caused a stir in March 2009 when he argued that the SDR should become a true global reserve asset to replace the dollar.
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China's central bank said in January that it was preparing for a trial program, called QDII2, that would allow domestic retail investors to invest overseas directly instead of through financial institutions.
Before the G-20 meeting, China's central bank chief, Zhou Xiaochuan, floated the idea of dumping the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency, replacing it with a super-sovereign international reserve currency.
The probe last month was led by China's central bank and top securities regulator and focused on a kind of transaction that could magnify trading risks for Chinese banks and brokerage firms.
The bond-market investigation, led by China's central bank and top securities regulator, focuses on a kind of transaction that could magnify trading risks for Chinese banks and brokerage firms, the people said.
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