新华-道琼斯国际金融中心发展指数报告（2013英文版）

Generally speaking, an international financial center has following major characteristics: first, it assembles certain number of financial institutions engaged in international businesses, such as international large banks, securities brokers, insurers, fund  firms, and so on; secondly, it boasts a relatively complete international finance market system, including a stock market, bond market, Interbank lending market, gold market, foreign exchange market, and so on; thirdly, it holds relative large-scale international finance trading activities, including issuing and trading of stocks, borrowing and lending of capital and so on; fourthly, it is located in a modern city, with developed communication networks, sound traffic conditions, a developed service industry, and a relatively high degree of openness.  

2013国际金融中心报告(英文版).pdf