China's industrial loans record robust growth
BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's mid- and long-term loans to industry saw steady expansion in the first half of the year (H1), a report from the People's Bank of China shows.
By the end of June, the balance of the loans in yuan and foreign currencies stood at 15.25 trillion yuan (about 2.26 trillion U.S. dollars), surging 21.2 percent year on year, with a pace 10.4 percentage points faster than the overall gr