Thecover.cn:
In the financial statistics of the first half of the year, we noticed that RMB loans have increased by 12.76 trillion yuan, up by 667.7 billion yuan year-on-year. Loans to enterprises and public institutions increased by 8.37 trillion yuan. What's your opinion on the scale of loans to those enterprises? What will PBC do to further increase financial support to the real economy. Thank you.
Ruan Jianhong:
The RMB loans increased by 12.76 trillion yuan in the first half of the year, up by 667.7 billion yuan. In the end of June, the growth rate of RMB loans was 12.3%, up by 0.1 percentage points month-on-month and a decrease of 0.9 percentage points year-on-year, representing a steady growth over the high baseline last year. This year, our credit policy continues to serve the real economy, providing powerful support for high-quality economic growth.
You mentioned that loans to enterprises and public institutions rose by 8.37 trillion yuan in the first half of the year, down by 402.1 billion yuan. Specifically, short-term loans increased by 1.23 trillion yuan, a drop of 1.6 trillion yuan year-on-year, representing that the liquidity demand for businesses is returning to normal. At the same time, medium- and long-term loans increased by 6.62 trillion yuan, up by 1.77 trillion yuan year-on-year, indicating that financial institutions have provided strong support for the medium- and long-term investment in businesses.
According to the structure of medium- and long-term investment, the financial sector has provided steady and strong support to manufacturing, infrastructure, and the service industry (not including real estate). The structure of credit supply has continued to improve.
Medium- and long-term loans to manufacturers increased rapidly. At the end of June, the outstanding balance of medium- and long-term loans to manufacturers grew by 41.6% year-on-year, up by 16.9 percentage points from the same period last year, and 24.8 percentage points higher than that of all industries, increasing by more than 40% for the fourth straight month. Specifically, medium- and long-term loans to high-tech manufacturers increased by 46.3%, continuing a relatively high growth rate.
Medium- and long-term loans to the infrastructure industry also increased rapidly. At the end of June, the outstanding balance of medium- and long-term loans to the infrastructure industry increased by 17.3% year-on-year, up 5.4 percentage points from the same period last year. In the first half of the year, medium- and long-term loans to infrastructure increased by 2.49 trillion yuan, up by 967.4 billion yuan year-on-year.
Support for the service industry (not including real estate) continued to grow. At the end of June, medium- and long-term loans to the industry grew by 19.1% year-on-year, 2.3 percentage points higher than that of all industries. Thank you.
