The need to build pipelines from gas fields to utilities and the requirement to build networks of charging stations on highways and in major cities will require a whole new massive infrastructure effort, which in turn will need the services of construction workers, engineers and other assorted building folk.

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Other similar opportunities abound in infrastructure, construction, real-estate development, financial services and health care, to name a few.

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It would also be a great way to gain access to China Construction Bank's list of commercial banking customers, to which Bear could sell an array of banking, custody and other services, including underwriting stock offerings.

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