File photo shows the street view of the Lujiazui area of Pudong, east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)
SHANGHAI, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The balance of loans in the Yangtze River Delta region was 55.14 trillion yuan (7.89 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of August, up 13.9 percent year on year.
The balance of loans in Chinese yuan reached 53.87 trillion yuan at the end of August, up 14.3 percent year on year, according to the People's Bank of China Shanghai Head Office.
The balance of foreign currency loans was 183.9 billion U.S. dollars at the end of August, down 5.2 percent year on year.
The balance of the region's deposits stood at 67.21 trillion yuan at the end of August, up 13.3 percent year on year.
Shanghai and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces are under the ambit of the Yangtze River Delta region. ■
