China on Thursday pledged loans of more than $20 billion to support Southeast Asia's "connectivity construction", China's official Xinhua news agency said, according to Reuters. The offer, made by Premier Li Keqiang at an East Asia Summit in Myanmar, would provide a $10 billion preferential loan for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members and a $10 billion loan set up by China Development Bank for "regional infrastructure development", Xinhua said.