(CQNEWS) “We will be more prudent when lending loans, but still keep our eyes on the SMEs in the financial crisis,” said the related principals from the Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC Bank a few days ago. 

　  Lin Yihong, president of the Chongqing Branch, Standard Chartered Bank, indicated that his bank had strengthened the financial service support for SMEs in Chongqing through a series of projects, such as the “small loan without mortgages for SMEs”, and financial products from 100 thousand yuan to 35 million yuan to basically satisfy their needs. 

　  This was not limited to the Standard Chartered Bank. The Chongqing Dazu HSBC Rural Bank Company Ltd. also showed that it would found more village-and-town level branches to improve its network coverage. (Translated by He Yuhua, Fathom Language International)