The People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced in Beijing on Thursday
that at the end of last year, outstanding foreign exchange deposits
in China's financial institutions stood at US$134.88 billion, up
5.2 percent, or US$6.12 billion from the previous year.
Statistics show that by the end of last year, there were 45.29
billion US$ in outstanding corporate forex deposits, while savings
by residents reached US$81.56 billion.
At
the same time, there were US$80.65 billion of outstanding forex
loans, down US$4.28 billion.
(Xinhua News Agency January 18, 2002)
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