1.   Loans will be targeted at such so-called pillar industries as machine-building, electronics, automobiles and the construction industry.

2.   Pillar industries will include the automobile industry, petrochemicals, telecommunications and transportation.

3.   The auto industry is the pillar of our pillar industries, and this venture will help spur growth in other industries.

4.   Analysts said the Shanghai government had hit on mergers to help its pillar industries regain markets and to get around restrictions on listing imposed by the central government.

5.   Companies engaged in businesses related to energy, raw materials and pillar industries could qualify for the issues if their profits exceed seven percent of their net assets.

6.   The six pillar industries of steel, automobiles, telecommunications, power station equipment, petrochemicals and household appliances were expected to account for half of total industrial production.