This Sept 28, 2018 photo shows the headquarters of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central bank, in Beijing. (PHOTO / VCG)

BEIJING - China's yuan-denominated loans rose by 15.73 trillion yuan ($2.19 trillion) in the first half of the year, central bank data showed Tuesday.

In June alone, the yuan-denominated loans rose by 3.05 trillion yuan, according to the People's Bank of China.

The M2, a broad measure of money supply that covers cash in circulation and all deposits, climbed 11.3 percent year-on-year to 287.3 trillion yuan at the end of June.

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The growth rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than at the end of May, and 0.1 percentage points lower than at the end of June last year.