By Mao Xinhui
The Financial Office of Yangpu District recently launched a program that will organize 16 commercial banks in the district to set aside 10 billion yuan for loans to key enterprises affected by COVID-19 in the district to help them resume production and operation.
It is reported that under this program, eligible enterprises can get a loan of up to 20 million yuan at a cost 30 basis points lower than LPR30. So far, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Bank of Communications have joined the program.
"In the past 20-plus years, financial institutions are an important force which Yangpu District has relied on for transformation and development," said Li Changyi, Director of the Yangpu District Financial Office. He hopes that the commercial banks will help small, medium and micro enterprises overcome liquidity difficulties and help with the resumption of work and production as well as economic and social development in the district through measures such as offering preferential interest rates, increasing credit support, negotiating loan renewals, and adjusting repayment plans.
Since 1 April, the District Financial Office has guided financial institutions and organizations in the district to increase the issuance of inclusive small and micro loans, and refrain from tightening credit aid to enterprises in financial difficulty due to the pandemic.
At the same time, the District Financial Office, together with relevant departments of the Yangpu District government, Shanghai Stock Exchange, some commercial banks, securities companies and other market participants, held 3 online financial service events to share financial assistance policies and inclusive financial products with more than 200 participating companies.
As of the end of May, major commercial banks in Yangpu District had renewed loans and adjusted repayment plans for 176 small and medium-sized enterprises, involving 2.452 billion in loans.
In response to the new financing needs of small and medium-sized enterprises and enterprises involved in COVID control, people's livelihood security, etc., the District Financial Office has collected more than 90 types of financial products from commercial banks in the district to form a financial products package with standardized core product elements such as entry threshold, loan scale, and interest rate. The package is promoted on the WeChat public account "Shanghai Yangpu" so that enterprises can quickly find suitable banks and products according to their own needs.
At the same time, for loans obtained by enterprises through the guarantee by the Municipal Small and Medium Enterprise Policy-based Financing Guarantee Fund Management Center during the pandemic period, a subsidy up to 100,000 yuan will be given to each of those loan-receiving enterprises.