| Different ethnic groups have their own unique cultural heritage, social background, ways of thinking and basic values. Religion is an important part of the culture. Different religious beliefs constitute different economic activities, then promote the socio-economic development through the mode of production, industrial structure, business philosophy, science and technology innovation, which contributes to the formation of a country's financial system to some extent. China has a deep-rooted Confucian culture, while the United Arab Emirates advocates the teachings of Islam. From the perspective of religion and culture, this dissertation compares the financial system differences of China with that of the UAE.This dissertation firstly explains how the impact of religious culture on a country's economic development and the formation of financial system. Then it compares direct financing market and indirect financing market of China with that of the UAE which has different religious and cultural backgrounds. The development degrees of direct financing markets in these two countries are similar, basically have reached a weak validity. Due to the unique nature of Islamic finance, the UAE's indirect financing market has a higher stability and operational efficiency than China's. However, by the end of 2009, debt crisis set off in Dubai. This dissertation makes a case analysis of the crisis, and concludes that the occurrence of the crisis dose not have a direct correlation with the Islamic financial system. On contrary, from the extent and outcome of the crisis, it shows the advantage of Islamic finance. Since the unique nature of security and stability of Islamic financial system, this dissertation puts forward a series of policies in order to introduce Islamic financial system and capital to China as well as lead China to step into the Islamic world. Through the selective introduction of the Islamic financial system, the China's financial system will develop into a more healthy way.
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