STANDARD Chartered Bank (China) Ltd opened five outlets in China's mainland this month, the bank said yesterday. The five sub-branches are in Chengdu, Nanjing, Beijing, Tianjin and Shenzhen.

All sub-branches are capable of providing full foreign currency business and partial yuan services. The outlets expansion boosted the bank's network in the mainland to 29, with 12 branches, 14 sub-branches and 3 representative offices in 15 cities.