Bank of China to open office in Brazil in 2009
28/11/2008 16:40
The Bank of China, one of the four state-owned commercial banks in China,
will start its business in Brazil in March 2009, the bank's general manager
Zhang Jianhua said yesterday.
The decision to operate in Brazil was made last
year and the authorization was given by Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva earlier this month.
Speaking at the 1st Asia-Brazil Business Round
Table, Zhang said it would be the first office of the bank in a Latin American
country.
The Bank of China has so far woven its network in 27 countries and
regions with over 600 overseas operations.
The meeting was organized by the
Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency to help boost the relations
between Brazilian and Asian companies.
"Brazil today has a very sophisticated
mechanism of investment and is prepared to receive investment from Asia,
especially, from China and Singapore," said Vicente Gil Gama, a sponsor of the
Round Table.
Xinhua
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