International Financial Centers Under Different Political Systems

Download or read book International Financial Centers Under Different Political Systems written by Lo Cheung and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "International Financial Centers Under Different Political Systems: a Study of Financial Center Development in China" by Lo, Cheung, 張露, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: International Financial Centers under Different Political Systems: A Study of Financial Center Development in China Abstract This paper explores, theoretically and empirically, the international financial centers under different constitutional systems and discusses the development trend of national financial center in China. Generally, this paper consists' seven sections and can be divided into 3 main parts: first of all, it carries out a brief introduction of the types and meanings of the financial center and defines the meaning of international financial center. Secondly, it extracts the layout of the international financial centers under different constitutional systems and gives a broad historical overview of the vicissitudes of Beijing and Shanghai since the modern age. Thirdly, it analyzes the essential conditions and determining factors for a national financial center, and then evaluates the relative strengths and weaknesses of the two cities. The paper ends with some concluding remarks. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3654834 Subjects: Financial institutions - China - Beijing Financial institutions - China - Shanghai