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Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of The People’s Bank of China, (above right) receives his award as The Banker’s Central Banker of the Year 2007 in Asia from editor-in-chief Stephen Timewell
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Pan Gongsheng, secretary of the board of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, (above right) accepts the bank’s award for The Banker’s Deal of the Year global winner for its $21.9bn IPO, the largest in the world to date
| Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of The People’s Bank of China, spoke about the importance of increased disclosure |
| Sponsor Makameh Afkhami, head of banking and brokerage services at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), spoke about the increasing financial links between China and the Gulf |