The People's Bank of China, the nation's central bank, said on Monday it has rolled out a supporting tool for carbon reduction. -.>b7ui
中国人民银行11月8日宣布，推出碳减排支持工具。 0Y_?r$M
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The bank will provide low-cost loans to financial institutions through the carbon reduction supporting tool, and will guide those institutions to provide loans to firms in key carbon-reduction fields on the premise of independent decision-making and risk-taking. 3~I|KF7x
人民银行将通过碳减排支持工具向金融机构提供低成本资金，引导金融机构在自主决策、自担风险的前提下，向碳减排重点领域内的各类企业提供碳减排贷款。 6 K +DgNK
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The interest rates provided by financial institutions should be basically in line with the benchmark lending rates, or the loan prime rates, it said. 6 V" |
贷款利率应与同期限档次贷款市场报价利率(LPR)大致持平。 x +=zG4Hm
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The PBOC will adopt a "system for direct funds," which means financial institutions could apply for low-cost funding from the central bank after loans for carbon reductions are made. QUPZe~G>L
碳减排支持工具向金融机构提供资金采取"先贷后借"的直达机制。 N:j, 9p0,
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The PBOC will provide 60 percent of the loan principal made by financial institutions for carbon emission cuts, with a one-year lending rate of 1.75 percent. eDh]uKg
人民银行按贷款本金的60%向金融机构提供碳减排贷款资金支持，利率为1.75%，期限1年。 2qw -:
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The central bank also requires those financial institutions to publicly disclose information on carbon-reduction loans and the emission cuts financed by such loans. TSGJ2u5ie%
金融机构向人民银行申请碳减排支持工具时，需提供碳减排项目相关贷款的碳减排数据，并承诺对公众披露相关信息。 u?(@hUV.
