| Acronym |
Full Name |
| ABC |
Agricultural Bank of China |
| AMC |
asset management company |
| BIT |
Bilateral Investment Treaty |
| BOC |
Bank of China |
| BOC (HK) |
Bank of China (Hong Kong) |
| BoCom |
Bank of Communications |
| BRICS |
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa |
| CBRC |
China Banking Regulatory Commission |
| CCB |
China Construction Bank |
| CCIEE |
China Center for International Economic Exchanges |
| CELAP |
China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong |
| CIC |
China Investment Corporation |
| CICC |
China International Capital Corporation |
| CNOOC |
China National Offshore Oil Corporation |
| CNPC |
China National Petroleum Corporation |
| CPC |
Communist Party of China |
| CSRC |
China Securities Regulatory Commission |
| FTZ |
free-trade zone |
| G7 |
Group of Seven nations |
| G8 |
Group of Eight nations |
| G20 |
Group of Twenty nations |
| GDE |
Guangdong Enterprises (Holdings) |
| GDI |
Guangdong Investment Limited |
| GDP |
gross domestic product |
| GITIC |
Guangdong International Trust and Investment Corporation |
| GSE |
government-sponsored enterprise |
| ICBC |
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IPO |
initial public offering |
| ITIC |
international trust and investment corporation |
| JV |
joint venture |
| MEP |
Ministry of Environmental Protection |
| MOF |
Ministry of Finance |
| MPT |
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications |
| NDRC |
National Development and Reform Commission |
| NGO |
nongovernmental organization |
| NPC |
National People’s Congress |
| NPL |
nonperforming loan |
| NYSE |
New York Stock Exchange |
| PBOC |
People’s Bank of China |
| PLA |
People’s Liberation Army |
| PM |
particulate matter |
| PRC |
People’s Republic of China |
| SAFE |
State Administration of Foreign Exchange |
| SAR |
special administrative region |
| SARS |
severe acute respiratory syndrome |
| SASAC |
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission |
| SDPC |
State Development and Planning Commission |
| SEC |
Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SED |
Strategic Economic Dialogue |
| S&ED |
Strategic and Economic Dialogue |
| SEM |
School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University |
| SEPA |
State Environmental Protection Administration |
| SEZ |
special economic zone |
| SOE |
state-owned enterprise |
| TNC |
The Nature Conservancy |
| TPP |
Trans-Pacific Partnership |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |