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China's rural outstanding loans hit 7.59 trillion yuan
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-29 13:30 China's outstanding loans to the rural sector grew 11.9 percent year-on-year to 7.59 trillion yuan ($1.11 trillion) in the first half, accounting for 20.8 percent of the country's total outstanding loans, said a report from the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, Tuesday.
The government has been trying to channel lending to the countryside to boost rural development as the rural financial market has been regarded as underdeveloped. The Communist Party of China Central Committee issued a document in October last year to call for the widening of financing channels to steer more credit to rural development. The call also urged lenders to expand agriculture-supporting businesses and offer more policy-based financial aid for agricultural development. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
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