China may require banks to hold a minimum amount of cash in foreign currencies, a move aimed at controlling the rise in foreign-exchange lending, the official China Securities Journal reported, without citing anyone.

The requirement will help reduce the government's reserve holdings, the Beijing-based newspaper said, without elaborating.

For more details, please read the full story in Chinese (http://www.cs.com.cn/yh/08/200710/t20071018_1223331.htm).

(Shanghai Daily October 19, 2007)