Private companies get policy boost

Regulators introduce range of measures to help overcome funding shortage

A broad range of financing instruments have been selected by China's monetary authority and financial regulatory bodies to help overcome the funding shortage faced by much of the nation's private sector.

Intensive policy announcements from financial regulators since the weekend have all focused on easing the financing conditions for the private sector and improving the business environment, to ease investors' recent concerns that the private sector may face more challenges under economic slowdown pressure.