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BOC 2010 loans rose 35 percent

Bank of China Ltd's outstanding loans to small enterprises rose 35.1 percent last year, much faster than the lender's overall credit growth, according to Liu Xiaozhong, general manager of the bank's corporate finance department.

The non-performing loan ratio for small enterprise loans dropped 2.7 percentage points last year, Liu told reporters at a briefing in Beijing on Thursday.