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China issues local gov't bonds worth 507 bln yuan in February

March 23, 2022


Abstract : The value of China's local government bond issuance stood at 507.1 billion yuan (about 80 billion U.S. dollars) in February, official data showed Tuesday.

Aerial photo taken on Aug. 31, 2021 shows a high-speed railway under construction and an expressway in Gaoling Township of Du'an Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The value of China's local government bond issuance stood at 507.1 billion yuan (about 80 billion U.S. dollars) in February, official data showed Tuesday.

Of the total, the issuance of general bonds stood at 111.7 billion yuan while the special bond issuance came in at 395.4 billion yuan in the period, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement. The bonds had an average issuance term of 15.1 years and an average interest rate of 3.16 percent.

The issuance in February brought the total amount in the first two months of this year to about 1.21 trillion yuan.

At the end of last month, China's outstanding local government debt stood at around 31.64 trillion yuan. In 2021, the bond issuance by local governments totaled 7.49 trillion yuan.

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