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 ABN AMRO Bank launches first branch in Beijing

ABN AMRO Bank launched its branch in Beijing's . It is the bank's first branch in Beijing and also the fourth branch the bank has launched in China .

According to statistics，by October of 200419 countries and regions have established foreign-fund banks in China and foreign banks from 42 nations and areas have set up their representative offices in the country since the first foreign bank institution set up its representative office in the capital in 1979.

Now the number of solely-foreign-owned braches has reached 163 with 223 foreign bank offices in the country.

中文：荷兰银行创办北京第一家分行

荷兰银行在北京创办分部。这是荷兰银行第一家北京分支机构，并且是在中国的第四个分支机构。

根据统计，在2004年10月，有19个国家和地区在中国建立外国资助银行。自从1979 年第一家外国银行在北京设立它的办事处以来，已有42个国家和地区的外国银行在国内设立了他们的办事处。目前国内外资银行设立分支机构有163家，办事处223家。