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Sunday, April 7, 2013
Small, micro firms in China are hungry for long-term loans
From - http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-04/07/content_16379110.htm
China 's small and micro enterprises are still struggling with lackluster business , and most badly need long-term rather than short-term loans , said a report based on a survey released on Saturday at the Boao Forum for Asia .
Of the 1,000 small and micro enterprises surveyed across China , 56.7 percent said their order numbers declined or stayed flat last year compared with 2011, and 57.7 percent said profit dropped or kept flat in 2012. In addition , 49.9 percent complained about an unstable workforce .
One-third of SMEs need medium - and long-term loans to upgrade their equipment or invest in new products , the survey found , yet 63.3 percent of loans they got were short-term , less than a year .
"This stands in conflict with the fact that driven by fiercer competition , 39.3 percent of SME s have considered improving their product quality , 43.9 percent of SMEs have considered extending their product chain and 27.7 percent have considered upgrading their technology ,"said Ba Shusong , a banking expert with the Development Research Center under the State Council , who led the research .
A revelation of the report is that though 66.7 percent of SMEs regard bank loans as a primary financing measure , 62.1 percent of them do not now have them .
Yao Wang , executive president of the Research Institute of the Boao Forum for Asia , said SMEs have little expectation of getting bank loans .
"The survey showed most SMEs don 't have bank loans . They don 't expect to get a loan from big banks . This is pathetic ," Yao said .
In consequence , SMEs sought financing from family members and friends - 24.3 percent of micro enterprises and 7.5 percent of small enterprises . They are much less aware of the multiple new financing methods : 38.8 percent of SMEs , for example , do not know about intangible assets mortgages .
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So it's not only British banks who are shy of lending to SMEs!
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