Liu Mingkang
(Reuters)
Updated: 2004-03-11 16:32

Liu Mingkang, chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, speaks during a news conference on the sidelines of an annual session of parliament in Beijing March 11, 2004. China will accelerate reforms this year to ensure its banks are in better shape to fend off foreign competition arising from its membership of the World Trade Organisation, the bank watchdog said on Thursday. [Reuters]