单选题 In Shanghai, a growing number of foreign-funded banks are looking for local people to fill executive positions (行政主管的岗位) rather than people from their own countries as they did in the past. US-based Citibank (花旗银行) put a job announcement in a local newspaper last week calling for executive trainees. It was part of Citibank"s business plan in China to draw local professional. Demand for personal banking services has been on the rise since China joined the World Trade Organization at the end of 2001. Thence, more employees are needed in the banks. The move does not only happen to Citibank. Many other foreign-funded banks in the city have made similar decisions. The UK"s Standard Chartered last year employed over 30 graduates from Chinese universities and colleges as executive trainees. They are expected to take up managerial positions at the bank"s Shanghai branch after a two-year raining program overseas.
The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has announced it will employ more new graduates in China in the coming year. Local people account for over 92% of the office workers in its Shanghai operation.

单选题 Foreign-funded banks would rather employ executives from ______ in the past.

单选题 Executive trainees are those ______.

单选题 The reason why those foreign-funded banks need so many local professionals to fill the executive positions is that ______.

单选题 How can the executive trainees become formal executives in a Standard Chartered bank?

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