The City of London in China

The City of London has established offices in Beijing and Shanghai to strengthen trading and investment links in both directions between China and the UK through the provision of world class financial services and products.

These representations build on the City of London’s longstanding engagement with the Chinese financial services sector, including regular Lord Mayoral visits and hosting regular visits to Guildhall and the Mansion House by Chinese government officials and businesses. As part of this ongoing commitment to strengthen links with China, the City of London has published ‘Scenarios for India and China 2015: Implications for the City of London’. Read the press release. 

The specific functions of the representations are to:

• promote the services of the City to Chinese public and private sector customers - including the raising of capital, insurance, asset management, infrastructure finance and consultancy, London’s exchanges, business education & training and legal & advisory services;
• facilitate the business development of City firms by providing support for their visits – through making introductions, arranging programmes, providing briefing material and making available space for meetings;
• gain and disseminate information on market opportunities for City firms;
• identify formal or informal barriers to market access for financial and related business services, so that action to overcome them can more readily be taken by the relevant authorities;
• promote the UK as a physical location for representation and investment by Chinese financial services companies within the European time zone;
• assist FCO Posts in planning and arranging future visits by the Lord Mayor and by our Chairman of Policy and Resources, as well as directly supporting visits by other City of London Corporation members and staff;
• support appropriate visits by Chinese decision-makers to the UK by identifying and assisting suitable visitors, and by encouraging a well-informed City response to such visitors.

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For information about business help for the (wholesale) financial services industry, please contact the officers below:

General contact
Eva George
China and India Business Development Officer 
Tel 020 7332 1565
china@cityoflondon.gov.uk

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