China pledges to continue issue loans to SCO states

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) -- China will continue delivering preferential loans to other SCO members, Chinese President Hu Jintao said at the SCO Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan.

"China will continue delivering preferential loans to other SCO members and try to turn the Euro-Asia Economic Forum and the China-Asia-Europe Expo into regional economic cooperation platforms so as to better promote regional economic development and prosperity," Hu said.

He recalled that China promised to provide the SCO states preferential loans for US$12 billion, RIA Novosti reported.