外媒称，中国外汇管理局已于2014年5月向8家境外公司授予了总计13亿美元的合格境外机构投资者（QFII）配额。

China's foreign exchange regulatory agency has awarded a total of $1.3 billion in qualified foreign institutional investor quotas to eight overseas firms in May 2014. 

2003年，QFII制度在中国内地正式启动，并作为一种外国投资者进入中国市场的方式。而伴随着近几期的配额，该制度的实际参与企业已达249家，累计配额达557亿美元。

The QFII scheme was launched in 2003 as a way for foreign investors to access Chinese markets. With these recent quotas, the number of participants in the programme now stand at 249, totalling $55.7 billion. 

本期新加入的每家企业获得了1亿美元的配额，名单包括加拿大灰石基金管理有限公司(GreystoneManagedInvestments)、现代证券(HyundaiSecurities)、职总英康保险合作社(NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative）、马修斯国际资本管理公司(Matthews International Capital Management)、Nordea投资管理公司（Nordea Investment Management ）以及海富通资产管理(香港)有限公司（HFT Investment Management Hong Kong）。而现有参与企业卡斯凯德投资公司(Cascade Investment )和阿布扎比投资局（Abu Dhabi Investment）分别获得了2亿美元和5亿美元的新增额度。

Newcomers received $100 million in quotas each, covering Greystone Managed Investments, Hyundai Securities, NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative, Matthews International Capital Management, Nordea Investment Management and HFT Investment Management Hong Kong. Existing participants Cascade Investment and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority received an additional $200 million and $500 million respectively. 

同时，最新放出的配额还对另一组配额进行了补充。其中，施罗德投资管理（香港）有限公司和麦格理基金管理（香港）有限公司的收到了人民币10亿元（约1.6亿美元）的人民币合格境外机构投资者（RQFII）额度，贝莱德资产管理有限公司获得了人民币20亿人民币RQFII额度，润晖投资则获得了13亿人民币RQFII额度。

The latest release of quotas complements another set of amounts given out separately, such as RBM1 billion ($160 million) in RQFII quotas to Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong) and Macquarie Funds Management Hong Kong. BlackRock Asset Management received RMB2 billion, while Cephei Capital Management (Hong Kong) was given RMB1.3 billion. 

2014年5月上旬，国家外汇管理局宣布改进跨境担保外汇管理方式，推动实现中、外资企业统一待遇。同时，将全面规范跨境担保外汇管理以及大力推动简政放权。

In early May 2014, SAFE announced that it is effecting reforms to its cross-border foreign exchange guarantees, so that all foreign firms will be treated the same way. This means standardising cross-border forex guarantee management and simplifying the approval process.