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China's Citic, AIbank to lend Haidilao restaurants 2.1 billion yuan

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Citic Bank and AIBank will lend 2.1 billion yuan ($298.77 million) to hotpot chain Haidilao International (HK:) to help it manage the plunge in demand during the coronavirus outbreak, according to a statement on AIBank’s official WeChat account on Friday.

AIBank is a digital bank jointly owned by Citic Bank Corp Ltd (SS:) and search engine company Baidu (O:).

The banks have already issued 810 million yuan to the restaurant chain, said the statement.

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