Profits of private and small enterprises surged 5.3 percent and 8.8 percent, respectively, Zhu added.
Private enterprises, mainly SMEs, contribute up to 60 percent of China's GDP and 80 percent of urban employment. At the same time, small and medium-sized banks that provide a lot of financing for SMEs have asset quality problems.
Procurator-General Cao Jianming delivers a work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) at the second plenary meeting of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)
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Private investment picked up by 8.9 percent in the same period, up by 0.8 percentage point compared with the January-February period.