China's banking reform: The remaining agenda

Global Economic Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-178

  Kwong, Charles C L ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Banking reform; Chinese banks; Ownership reform; Rural finance; State owned commercial banks (SOCBs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960346511     PISSN: 1226508X     EISSN: 17443873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1226508X.2011.585056     Document Type: Article

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