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gaohuasecurities
companylimited—
Growing with the
Chinese capital markets.
I D E A S
In2004,GoldmanSachsformedauniquejointventure—
GoldmanSachsGaoHuaSecuritiesCompanyLimited—which
willbringGoldmanSachs’experienceandpracticestoChina’s
domesticmarketforthefirsttime.Thisventurerepresentsthe
firsttimeaglobalinvestmentbankhasteamedupwithanewly
establishedlocalfirm,andisoneofthefirstjointventureinvest-
mentbanksapprovedbyChinasinceitsmomentousaccession
totheWorldTradeOrganization.Ourcooperationwiththe
ChinesesecuritiesfirmBeijingGaoHuaSecuritiesCompany
Ltd.buildsonGoldmanSachs’leadershipinrepresentingleading
Chinesecompaniesininternationalcapitalmarkets.
C A P I TA L
Asoneofthefastestgrowingmajoreconomiesintheworld,
ChinaremainsastrategicpriorityforGoldmanSachs.Thisnew
venturewillprovidethefirmunprecedentedaccesstolocal
Chineseclients,helpingthemfurthertheirgoalsinboththe
domesticandglobalcapitalmarkets.Itdeepensourability
toconnectcapitalwiththebestideasinoneofthemost
dynamicpartsoftheworld.Establishmentofthisnewand
historicventureisthefoundationofGoldmanSachs’long-
termcommitmenttoChina.
PEOPLE
ThecreationofGoldmanSachsGaoHuaSecuritiesCompany
Limitedbroughttogetheradiverseteamacrossbusiness
disciplinesandregionstodevelopthisuniquejointventure.
ItrequiredsupportfromthehighestlevelsoftheChinese
governmentaswellaslocalregulators.Withsingularfocus,a
dedicatedgroupofpeoplefrombothpartnersworkedthrougha
widerangeofsignificantchallengestolaunchthisnewcompany.
Together,theywillprovidethefirm’sseamless,highquality
serviceacrossabroadarrayofproductsforChineseclients.
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