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TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2022
Chinese regions unveil credit support for virus-hit firms

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Reuters
01 February, 2020, 02:20 pm
Last modified: 01 February, 2020, 03:07 pm

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Chinese regions unveil credit support for virus-hit firms

The banking and insurance regulator in China’s export hub Guangdong has pledged to provide support for firms in retail, wholesale, catering, logistics, transportation and tourism sectors that have been hit by the outbreak

Reuters
01 February, 2020, 02:20 pm
Last modified: 01 February, 2020, 03:07 pm
A staff member wearing a face mask arranges stacks of Chinese yuan banknotes at a bank in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China January 30, 2020. Picture taken January 30, 2020/ China Daily via Reuters
A staff member wearing a face mask arranges stacks of Chinese yuan banknotes at a bank in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China January 30, 2020. Picture taken January 30, 2020/ China Daily via Reuters

Financial regulators in Guangdong province in southern China, Chengdu and Beijing have unveiled detailed measures to support firms hit by the coronavirus outbreak amid worries about a sharper economic slowdown.

The banking and insurance regulator in Guangdong, China's export hub, has pledged to provide support for firms in retail, wholesale, catering, logistics, transportation and tourism sectors that have been hit by the outbreak.

Banks and other financial institutions in Guangdong need to take measures such as delaying loan repayment deadlines and cutting interest rates to help firms, the regulator said in a statement.

The regulator also pledged to provide more credit lines and simplify the credit approval process for such firms.

In Chengdu, the capital of southwestern province of Sichuan, the local branch of the central bank called on securities firms to ask listed companies to disclose relevant information about the epidemic in line with laws and regulations, to keep communication lines open with investors and prevent speculation or misinterpretation of policy.

It also encouraged investors to rationally and objectively analyze the impact of epidemic and adhere to the concept of long-term value investing.

The regulator in Beijing has taken steps to support services firms hurt by the epidemic, telling banks to lower interest rates appropriately and debt-clearing firms to acquire non-performing assets from struggling firms.

The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) has urged banks not to cut off lending to firms facing difficulties and encouraged banks to reduce loan rates for firms hit by the outbreak.

China's economic growth may drop to 5% or even lower due to the coronavirus outbreak, possibly pushing policymakers to introduce more stimulus measures, a government economist has said.

China reported that growth slowed to a near 30-year low of 6% in the fourth quarter.

Analysts at Nomura believed the virus outbreak could cut China's first-quarter economic growth by 2 percentage points.

"We expect more detailed measures in coming days. RRR cuts, rate cuts, various lending facilities, and open market operations all are possible options," they said in the report.

"We believe the PBOC (central bank) may also roll out some targeted credit easing measures, to help corporates and households that are likely to suffer more from the virus outbreak."

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