CMBC Initiatives for the Development of Small and Micro Enterprises
2011-10-17
October 13, 2011 China Economic Times Wang Xinchuan
Beijing, Oct. 13 (Reporter Wang Xinchuan) - China Minsheng Banking Corporate Limited claims today that since the launching of Shang Dai Tong in 2009, it has supported a total of 370,000 small and micro enterprises, provided them loans of 360 billion yuan, and according to a conservative estimate, number of jobs thus created by CMBC is up to 1.5 million. In 2011, with loans of Shang Dai Tong increased make up 50% of the total new credits, its growth rate is much higher than the average growth rate of bank loans of CMBC.
Officials of CMBC said that the State Council did research October 12 on financial and taxation policies for strengthening the development of small and micro enterprises. It was the first time for China to shift its support to small and micro enterprises, a full affirmation of the important role and contribution of small and micro enterprises that account for more than 98% of the total number of China’s enterprises in aspects such as employment promotion, society stabilization, and industrial upgrading. As a financial institution with earlier propose of financial services concept of "small and micro enterprises", CMBC will take a number of initiatives to provide strong financial support to the development of small and micro enterprises.
2.0 upgrade for small and micro enterprise finance
CMBC is not satisfied with merely "lending you money to do business". According to CMBC Chairman of the Board Dong Wenbiao, CMBC will discover and cultivate customers from long-term perspective, take the initiative to guide customers to use modern financial instruments, sincerely help customer growth, so that more small and micro enterprises can enjoy modern and high-quality financial services. This is the path for the development of small and micro enterprise finance. With Shang Dai Tong balance exceeding 200 billion yuan this year, CMBC has conducted overall upgrading of financial services of small and micro enterprises and officially launched the corresponding 2.0 upgrade. 2.0 upgrade has made significant improvement in five aspects: First, it had developed a comprehensive range of services that allows more financing options on the one hand, and on the other hand, introduces a number of innovations in settlements, channels, wealth management, forms diversified financial product system and framework for small and micro enterprises, and changes from simple credit services into comprehensive financial services; second, it takes further initiative to increase the proportion of guarantee, credit, and other non-mortgage ways in the loan structure, so that more small and micro enterprises that can not provide collateral have access to financial support; third, it improves credit pricing system, realizes unity of customer value and risk identification, and develops long-term customer relationships; fourth, it strengthens after-sales services, changes from the traditional "extensive monitoring" to "partner service", and opens "Fortune Classroom" to publicize knowledge on modern financial services; fifth, it optimizes business model, builds credit facility for small and micro enterprises, and enhances business efficiency and service quality.
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