·The earthquake happened in Zhaotong City, YunNan Province on 10th August resulted in 4 death and 594 injured (among which 142 are seriously injured).

·The typhoon named “Yun Na” attack Taizhou, PICC Zhejiang prepaid RMB130,000,000 in consideration of urgency of the stricken enterprise.

·Bank of China has changed into a company limited by shares with the registered capital of RMB 186,390,000,000, and will be on list within the late part of last year. 2004/8/30

· Swiss Re forecast that premium growth in emerging markets is expected to remain strong at 7.5% per year in the next decade–China and India in the spotlight.

· State Foreign Exchange Reserves exceeds 470 billion USD.