The central bank also said 7.37 trillion yuan of new bank loans were extended in the first half of the year, 4.92 trillion yuan more than in the same period a year ago.

Credits to non-financial businesses were 6.31 trillion yuan in the first half, up 4.32 trillion yuan year-on-year. Of the total, 1.32 trillion yuan were short-term loans, and 3.18 trillion yuan were mid-and-long-term loans. Bill financing was 1.71 trillion yuan.

In June, 1.53 trillion yuan of loans were issued, the second highest monthly figure this year.

The broad measure of money supply (M2), which covers cash in circulation and all deposits, rose 28.46 percent year-on-year to 56.89 trillion yuan by the end of June.

The narrow measure of money supply, M1 (cash in circulation plus corporate current deposits), was up 24.79 percent to 19.32 trillion yuan.