China’s Central Bank: The total amount of personal housing loans issued in the first half of the year increased by 516.4 billion yuan year-on-year

Liu Guoqiang, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, said at the press conference of the State Council Information Office on July 14 that at the end of June, the balance of medium and long-term loans in the manufacturing industry increased by 40.3% year-on-year, 29 percentage points higher than the growth rate of various loans. The balance of medium and long-term loans in the infrastructure industry increased by 15.8% year-on-year, 4.5 percentage points higher than the growth rate of various loans. 

The balance of “professional, refined, special and new" SME loans increased by 20.4% year-on-year, 9.1 percentage points higher than the growth rate of various loans. The balance of inclusive small and micro loans increased by 26.1% year-on-year, 14.8 percentage points higher than the growth rate of various loans. The number of small and micro credit customers was 59.35 million, close to 60 million, a year-on-year increase of 13.3%. In the first half of the year, the total amount of personal housing loans issued increased by 516.4 billion yuan year-on-year.

(Note: "Professional, refined, special and new" small and medium-sized enterprises refer to small and medium-sized enterprises with the characteristics of "specialization, refinement, specialization and novelty".)