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Published on ShanghaiDaily.com (http://www.shanghaidaily.com/) http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080702/article_365310.htm ICBC provides loans for rebuilding Created: 2008-7-2 THE Industrial and Commercial Bank of China announced yesterday that it has provided 8.06 billion yuan (US$1.17 billion) in loans to companies and public utilities for reconstruction after the May 12 earthquake which struck Sichuan Province. ICBC, the country's largest lender, also said it had signed a financing agreement for supporting reconstruction projects with the municipal government of Chengdu, the provincial capital. China's financial agencies had lent 52.95 billion yuan in reconstruction loans for quake-stricken areas by Sunday, of which 44.6 billion yuan went to Sichuan. Copyright © 2001-2009 Shanghai Daily Publishing House |