© Reuters. FILE PHOTO - China's Central Bank Governor Yi Gang speaks at the annual session of CDF 2018 in Beijing
BOAO, China (Reuters) - China will allow domestic and foreign financial firms to compete on an equal footing and "sharply" expand the business scope for foreign banks, central bank governor Yi Gang said on Wednesday.
The pledge, made at the annual Boao Forum for Asia in southern Hainan province, echoed previous promises from Beijing to open the financial sector but comes at a time of heightened pressure on China from the United States over trade and access to China's markets.
On the trade front, Yi said China and the United States should deal with their trade issues in a rational way, and added that the central bank would not let the yuan
Yi, who became governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) last month, said China would allow foreign investors into trust, financial leasing, auto finance and consumer finance by the end of the year.
The government would also not set foreign ownership limits for investment in wealth management companies set up by commercial banks by the end of 2018.
Yi renewed China's pledge to further open the financial markets, and said most financial opening measures would be implemented by the end of June. He did not specify exactly what policies he was referring to.
Yi also said interest rate differentials between China and the United States were in a comfortable range, and said China was prepared for global monetary policy normalization.
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