The central banks of China and Qatar agreed to strengthen cooperation in areas such as developing their financial markets, a statement said Thursday, the latest in a series of agreements that the People's Bank of China has sealed globally in the last several months. Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attended the signing of the memorandum of understanding on Jan. 18 in Doha, Qatar's central bank said on its website (www.qcb.gov.qa). The memorandum boosts cooperation in information exchange as well as the stability and the development of financial market systems, and will spur the development of payments systems, the statement said.
