8 Foreign banks are admitted as the first admitted as locally registered corporations. And they are: HSBC, Citigroup, Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of East Asia, Hang Seng Bank, Mizuho Corporate Bank, DBS Bank and ABN AMRO.

Origina link: http://english.cri.cn/2946/2006/12/11/65@172845.htm

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Top Banks: Commercial and Savings listed in Fortune 500 is http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2006/snapshots/13.html.