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CCB, AVIC start $2.95b aviation-industry fund

CCB, AVIC start $2.95b aviation-industry fund

Write: Shankar [2011-05-20]

China Construction Bank Corp (CCB) and China Aviation Industry Corp (AVIC) started a fund to boost the country's aviation industry, according to a statement posted on the lender's website today.

The fund, which plans to raise as much as 5 billion yuan ($737.67 million) in the first phase, aims to boost capital to 20 billion yuan eventually, according to the statement

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