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Lending to small firms encouraged

The government has introduced new incentives to encourage more lenders to provide microcredit loans to labor-intensive small firms and laid-off workers starting new businesses. In a joint statement, the People's Bank of China, the Ministry of Finance... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Wed, Aug 20 2008

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