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Chinese Financial Group to visit Justus

A Chinese financial group is visiting the Cheshire headquarters of peer-to-peer consumer lender JustUs with a view to increasing its investment and discussing strategic international partnerships.

A four-strong delegation from GuanQun Investment (GQI) will meet with the Alderley Edge-based business on 29 July 2016. It invested £50,000 into JustUs four months ago.

London-based GQI is part of Guanqun Chicheng, a Beijing-based group and peer-to-peer lender in China.

Guanqun Chicheng was founded in 2009 and has supported around 200,000 small and medium-sized enterprises. It has more than 10,000 employees based at some 500 branches across China.

Lee Birkett (pictured), founder and chief executive of JustUs, said: “We are excited and delighted to welcome the distinguished delegation from GQI, including members of the investment committee, and look forward to continuing our relationship with this important strategic partner. Read More