Project Data

Title of Component: Microfinance and Rural Financial Sector Reform
Duration: 11/2005 – 04/2010
Objective: Supervisory authorities and service providers in the banking sector are capable of structuring and promoting the Chinese rural financial sector in the five pilot provinces.
German Contribution: 3,500,000.-EUR
Commissioned by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)


Lead executing agency: People’s Bank of China
Other Partner Organizations: Financial Office of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Place: Beijing, five pilot provinces (Sichuan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Guizhou, Inner Mongolia)


Thematic Focus:
- Legal framework for microfinance institutions
- Training of relevant service providers in the sector
- Training of staff and management of microfinance institutions