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- Zuoli Kechuang Micro-finance Company Limited (6866.HK) is a China-based microfinance company primarily engaged in providing financing solutions and loan services with flexible terms to customers including those in agricultural businesses, rural development activities, small and medium-sized enterprises, microenterprises, and online retailers. The company offers unsecured loans, guaranteed loans, collateralized loans, pledged loans; agriculture loans, individual business loans, supply chain loans, green loans, internet micro-loans, and other loans targeting sectors such as wholesale and retail, construction, manufacturing, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery, and others. Incorporated in 2011 and headquartered at No. 399 Deqing Avenue, Wukang Road, Deqing County, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China, it operates principally in Zhejiang Province through subsidiaries including Deqing Jinhui Micro-finance Company Limited (99.76% owned), Hangzhou High-tech District (Binjiang) Xing Yao Pu Hui Micro-finance Co., Ltd. (66% owned), and Zuoli Micro-finance Hong Kong International Investment Company Limited (100% owned). In recent developments, the company increased its equity interest in Xingyao Micro-finance from 60% to 66% in February 2023 by acquiring 6% from non-controlling shareholders for RMB8.244 million; approved and declared final dividends of RMB0.02 per share (RMB23.6 million) for 2023 at its June 2024 annual general meeting; reported interim profit of RMB46.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 (down from RMB58.8 million in 2023); and managed borrowings including repayments of RMB41.1 million to third parties, EUR7.0 million from Euro zone financings, and new CNH32.5 million financing due in 2029, with gross loans and advances to customers at RMB2.66 billion as of June 30, 2024.