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Financial Sector, Public Management and Regional Cooperation Division (EAFM) East Asia Department

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Business Areas • China and Mongolia

• Regional Cooperation − Central Asia: Customs cooperation and trade facilitation program (including China, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan)

− Financial sector − Public finance and macroeconomic analysis − Trade facilitation − Cooperation between China and Mongolia − Private Sector Development

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− Greater Mekong Subregion − Regional financial cooperation and integration initiatives

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Financial Sector • China − Support policy/regulatory reforms and strengthen financial supervision and coordination among financial regulators − Inclusive, market-oriented rural finance reform and increased access to financial services by SMEs − Structured finance solutions to assist provincial and local authorities to access to capital markets

• Mongolia − Address potential and immediate vulnerabilities from global financial crisis − Strengthen banking sector lending practices and risk mitigation − Enhancing financial sector stability − Expand financial services to rural areas

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Public Management • China − Strengthening procurement, financial management, and anticorruption in public financed projects − Public finance reforms and strategy formulation at provincial level including improvements in revenue collection − Decentralization and debt management at provincial level − Support for social security system development and reforms

• Mongolia − Strengthening procurement, financial management, and anticorruption in public financed projects − Improvement of public finance management and capacity building in line ministries and MOF − Creating an enabling legal and regulatory framework and building stakeholder capacity to support Public Private Partnerships. ADB Business Opportunities Fair 16 November 2009

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Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation • Customs Cooperation − Simplification/Harmonization of Customs Procedures − ICT for Customs Modernization and Data Exchange − Risk Management, Post-Entry Audit, Customs Intelligence, Anti-drug Smuggling and other Customs Offenses − Joint Customs Control − Regional Transit Development − Training and Capacity Building

• Integrated Trade Facilitation − Single Electronic Window Development − Support for Joint Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy − Trade Logistics Development − Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring − Strengthening cooperation mechanisms and implementation capabilities ADB Business Opportunities Fair 16 November 2009

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Trade Facilitation and Regional Cooperation • China - Mongolia

− Regional cooperation strategy for Mongolia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR) − Harmonized transport development planning between Mongolia and IMAR − Energy cooperation (power trade) − Customs cooperation (joint border control) − Trade logistics development and border town development (ZamynUud and Erenhot)

• China – Central Asian Republics

− Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Trade Logistics Development

• China – ASEAN

− Guangxi and Yunnan provincial strategies for regional cooperation − Pan Beibu Regional Cooperation Expert Group support

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For More Information Naomi Chakwin, Director Financial Sector, Public Management and Regional Cooperation Division (EAFM) Tel: +632 632 4677 Fax: +632 636 2494 Email: [email protected]

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