BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Overseas institutions added more holdings of Chinese bonds in September, the Xinhua-run Shanghai Securities News reported on Monday.
By the end of September, Chinese bonds held by foreign institutions rose 137.5 billion yuan (about 20.35billion U.S. dollars) from the end of August to 2.94 trillion yuan (about 435 billion U.S. dollars), accounting for nearly 2.96 percent of China's total outstanding bonds, showed statistics with Bond Connect Company Limited (BCCL).
In terms of bond varieties, overseas institutions mainly added their holdings of T-bonds and policy financial bonds by 77 billion yuan and 48.1 billion yuan, respectively, in September.
At the same time, commercial bank bonds and medium-term notes held by foreign investors increased by 7.1 billion yuan and 4.9 billion yuan month-on-month respectively.
(Edited by Yang Yifan with Xinhua Silk Road, yangyifan@xinhua.org)
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