A new poll forecasts that China's exports returned to growth for the first time in nine months in March while the pace of bank lending picked up.

The new Reuters poll also expects exports to be up 2.5 percent in March from a year earlier, while imports will be down 10.2 percent.

The poll also expects that banks provided 1.05 trillion yuan in new loans in March, up considerably from February. Growth in the broad M2 money supply is also predicted to have quickened on the month.