These measures include accelerating the development of small financial institutions, expanding the financing channels and increasing credit guarantee services to relieve the financing difficulties of small firms.

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Some companies have to seek new financing channels to get funded, said a manager in charge of credit with a Chinese joint-stock bank.

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"We were only able to get this property because of this REIT structure, " says Ms. Holler, noting that Mercy closed on the property in three months instead of the two years it would typically take to raise financing strictly through the nonprofit channels.

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