Agricultural Bank of China ups loan support to county-level areas
Xinhua | Updated: 2023-05-07 13:40
BEIJING - Agricultural Bank of China, one of the country's four big State-owned lenders, has enhanced loan issuance and offered innovative products and services to support the development of China's county-level areas, the bank has confirmed.
The bank said its outstanding loans for county-level areas totaled 8.05 trillion yuan ($1.16 trillion) by the end of March, up 719.5 billion yuan or 9.82 percent from the beginning of this year.
More financial support has been tilted toward key areas in agriculture production as the bank's newly added loans for spring plowing exceeded 200 billion yuan as of the end of March.
The lender also rolled out various special financial products for large grain growers and agricultural material dealers.
By the end of the first quarter, the bank's outstanding loans for farmers reached 970.5 billion yuan, up 190.1 billion yuan from the start of this year.
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