ABC Weihai to start domestic factoring

Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) Weihai announces a breakthrough into factoring business, with the launch of a three million yuan domestic factoring facility for Weihai Honglin Electronics Co., Ltd.

China: Supply chain finance overview

Charles Wu, Vice President and Trade Product Manager of Global Transaction Services, Citi, provides an overview of supply chain finance in China for the 2011/2012 edition of the Supply Chain Finance Yearbook.

Ministry of Finance grants tax incentive for SME lenders

Following the Chinese State Council s call for providing more financial support to cash-strapped SMEs under the country s tightening monetary environment, the State Administration of Taxation and Ministry of Finance has recently co-issued a new circular that will grant favourable tax treatment to financial institutions when they offer loans to SMEs.

New survey: SMEs on the brink of going under

Close to 75 per cent of the labour-intensive SMEs in the Pearl River Delta in southern China are expected to post zero or negative earnings for the next six months amid an unsound business climate, a recent survey has found.

BOC opens first overseas forfaiting unit

BOC opens first overseas forfeiting unit Bank of China (BOC) has set up a forfaiting and commodities finance unit in Singapore to boost its trade finance services in Asia Pacific, GTR reports.