Rural credit cooperatives are cooperative financial organizations composed of farmers' shares, which are democratically managed by shareholders and mainly serve them. They are legal financial institutions approved by the People's Bank of China. Rural credit cooperatives are an important part of China's financial system. Their main task is to raise idle funds in rural areas and provide financial services for agriculture, farmers and rural economic development.

As a banking financial institution, extended information rural credit cooperatives have their own characteristics, mainly in:

1, farmers and other individuals in rural areas jointly form cooperative financial organizations whose main purpose is mutual assistance. Its business operation is managed and operated by the personnel designated by the members on the basis of democratic election and is responsible to the members. Its highest authority is the member congress, and the executive body responsible for managing specific affairs and business operations is the Council.

2. The main sources of funds are shares paid by cooperative members, retained provident fund and absorbed deposits; Loans are mainly used to solve the capital needs of its members. At first, it mainly issued short-term production and living loans and consumer loans. Later, with the economic development, it gradually broadened the channels of borrowing, which is no different from commercial bank loans.

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