Qifang mainly focusses on helping poor students solve the problems of higher education expenses and full repayment and then gradually guides them to touch more education financial services and make their own financial plans correctly to develop their careers healthily.

Currently, Qifang focuses on students at Chinese universities or colleges and post-graduate training programs and their tuition needs. Any Chinese undergraduate who has received an admission letter or valid student ID can post their needs at Qifang.

Lenders are banks, companies, non-government organisations, non-profit organisations, philanthropists and individuals seeking investment returns. Qifang is also an innovator in technology. Integrating international concepts and revolutionary ideas from the diverse worlds of microfinance, rural development, web 2.0, and online social networking with the unique local cultural, regulatory and market environment.

Qifang is based in Shanghai, China with an international team in pursuit of a vision: education for all. Calvin Chin is the chief executive officer.

Image: Shnaghai, inset (Qifang logo). | Photograph, courtesy: Qifang Inc

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