Beijing Financial Street (BFS) () is where Chinese regulatory agencies are located. It is located inside Beijing's innermost
2nd Ring Road.
The
central bank
A central bank, reserve bank, national bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the monetary policy of a country or monetary union. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the mo ...
's headquarters as well as three key financial bodies are located here. They are the
People's Bank of China (PBC), the
National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA), the
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), and the
Central Financial Commission (CFC).
Beijing Financial Street is being developed by Beijing Financial Street Holding Company, Ltd. The architectural firm of
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
SOM, an initialism of its original name Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, is a Chicago-based architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings. In 1939, they were joined by engineer ...
; along wit
SWA landscape architects prepared the urban plan, landscape and the building design guidelines for the Central Park area of Financial Street currently in construction with build-out scheduled for 2008. The building facilities are designed around interior courtyards, a design concept which typifies the ancient
Hutong neighborhoods surrounding the
Forbidden City
The Forbidden City () is the Chinese Empire, imperial Chinese palace, palace complex in the center of the Imperial City, Beijing, Imperial City in Beijing, China. It was the residence of 24 Ming dynasty, Ming and Qing dynasty, Qing dynasty L ...
.
Buildings
(North to south, numerical order)
兆泰集团
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See also
* Beijing central business district
* List of economic and technological development zones in Beijing
References
External links
Beijing Financial Street Website
Beijing Financial Street 3D Guide
{{Economy of China
Economy of Beijing
Financial districts in China
Streets in Beijing
Xicheng District