Legal basis: Regulations on the Management of Housing Provident Fund
Twelfth housing provident fund management committee shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the People's Bank of China, designate commercial banks entrusted with the financial business of housing provident fund (hereinafter referred to as the entrusted banks); The housing provident fund management center shall entrust the entrusted bank to handle financial services such as housing provident fund loans and settlement, as well as the establishment, deposit and return procedures of housing provident fund accounts. The housing provident fund management center shall sign an entrustment contract with the entrusted bank.
Twenty-sixth workers who have paid housing provident fund can apply for housing provident fund loans to the housing provident fund management center when purchasing, building, renovating or overhauling their own houses. The housing provident fund management center shall make a decision on whether to grant loans within 15 days from the date of accepting the application, and notify the applicant; Where a loan is granted, the entrusted bank shall go through the loan formalities. The risk of housing provident fund loans shall be borne by the housing provident fund management center.