China to funnel more capital to science, technology sectors
BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) -- China will funnel more capital into the real economy and innovation-oriented sectors to achieve self-reliance in science and technology, according to the People's Bank of China.
The country will deepen the supply-side structural reform of the financial sector and build a financial service system better suited to the financing needs of various types of technology-based enterprises, Zhang Qingsong, deputy governor of the central bank, told a press conference Thursday.
Such enterprises saw fast loan expansions in the first half of the year, data from the bank showed. During the period, middle and long-term outstanding loans of businesses in the high-tech manufacturing industry stood at 2.5 trillion yuan (about 350.8 billion U.S. dollars), up 41.5 percent year on year. Outstanding loans to small and medium-sized enterprises majoring in science and technology reached 2.36 trillion yuan, up 25.1 from a year earlier.
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