E-Bank

User IDs and passwords work fine today，but technology is changing the business of banking industry.E-banks have the potential to improve service for the public.

The“big four”banks in China are the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China，the Bank of China，the China Construction Bank，and the Agricultural Bank of China.(Figure 3:An article in China Daily on the“big four”．)

Figure 3

Take the Bank of China as an example，its Web site provides a detailed introduction of its e-bank.Further information is available at the following address: http://www.bank-of-china.com/en/common/third.jsp?category=ROOT%3Een%3EPersonal+Banking%3EE-Banking%3Ei-Banking+(Figure 4)

Figure 4

Practical Task

1.Browse http://www.boc.cn/en/static/index.html.Learn new words related to international finance.(Figure 5)

Figure 5:The homepage of Bank of China

2.Look up the world-famous banks mentioned in the short article above over the Internet.And find out their background information，such as their Chinese names，the location of their headquarters and their brief history.

3.Surf on the Internet to find the required information of the following Chinese Banks and then make comparison between them in terms of their major functions.

And then write a report of 400 words.

BC(Bank of China)中国银行

CBC(Construction Bank of China)中国建设银行

ABC(Agriculture Bank of China)中国农业银行

ICBC(Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)中国工商银行

CMB(China Merchants Bank)中国招商银行

CMSB(China MinSheng Bank)中国民生银行

HSBC(HongKong and Shanghai Banking Co.，Ltd.)汇丰银行有限公司