China's new yuan-denominated lending in September rose to 516.7 billion yuan (about US$75.68 billion) from August's 410.4 billion yuan, People's Bank of China, the central bank, said Wednesday.

The country's new yuan-denominated loans in the first nine months stood at 8.67 trillion yuan, 5.19 trillion yuan more than the same period of last year.

(Xinhua News Agency October 14, 2009)