The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) held on May 3, 2018 a seminar on "Deepening Reform and Opening up of Foreign Exchange Administration to Make It Easier to Do Business". Chaired by Pan Gongsheng, Administrator of the SAFE, the seminar was attended by representatives from The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, DBS Bank, Deutsche Bank, PWC, BMW, and Schneider Electric.

Based on their experience in company operation and customer service, the representatives discussed many issues such as the opening up and development of the foreign exchange market, the liberalization of the capital market and the promotion of trade and investment facilitation, and provided constructive ideas and suggestions. Pan Gongsheng pointed out that foreign exchange authorities will deepen reforms, boost two-way opening up of the financial market, promoting capital account convertibility, and enhancing trade and investment facilitation so as to serve opening up in all respects and the development of the real economy while guarding against risks associated with cross-border capital flows to create a favorable environment for Chinese and foreign-funded companies to do business.