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- Index number:
- 000014453-2020-0085
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- Dispatch date:
- 2020-06-24
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- Publish organization:
- State Administration of Foreign Exchange
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- Exchange Reference number:
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- Name:
- SAFE Releases China’s International Investment Position as at the End of March 2020
As at the end of March 2020, China’s external financial assets reached USD 7635.4 billion, external financial liabilities reached USD 5498.1 billion, and net external assets totaled USD 2137.3 billion.
In the external financial assets, direct investment assets amounted to USD 2089.5 billion, portfolio investment assets, USD 640.8 billion, financial derivative assets, USD 10.5 billion, other investment assets, USD 1714.3 billion, and reserves assets, USD 3180.3 billion, accounting for 27 percent, 8 percent, 0.1 percent, 22 percent and 42 percent of external financial assets respectively.
In external liabilities, direct investment liabilities were USD 2906.4 billion, portfolio investment liabilities, USD 1263.2 billion, financial derivative liabilities, USD 11.9 billion and other investment liabilities, USD 1316.6 billion, accounting for 53 percent, 23 percent, 0.2 percent and 24 percent of the external financial liabilities respectively.
In SDR terms, China’s external financial assets and liabilities reached SDR 5594.5 billion and SDR 4028.5 billion respectively, and external net assets totaled SDR 1566 billion at the end of March 2020. (End)
China's International Investment Position,
End of March 2020
Item | Line No. | Position in 100 million USD | Position in 100 million SDR |
Net Position | 1 | 21,373 | 15,660 |
Assets | 2 | 76,354 | 55,945 |
1 Direct Investment | 3 | 20,895 | 15,310 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 4 | 17,755 | 13,009 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 5 | 3,141 | 2,301 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 6 | 2,642 | 1,936 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 7 | 2,548 | 1,867 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 8 | 94 | 69 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 9 | 18,253 | 13,374 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 10 | 15,207 | 11,142 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 11 | 3,046 | 2,232 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 12 | 6,408 | 4,695 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 13 | 3,625 | 2,656 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 14 | 2,783 | 2,039 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 15 | 105 | 77 |
4 Other Investment | 16 | 17,143 | 12,561 |
4.1 Other Equity | 17 | 84 | 61 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 18 | 3,928 | 2,878 |
4.3 Loans | 19 | 7,315 | 5,360 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 20 | 148 | 108 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 21 | 5,136 | 3,763 |
4.6 Others | 22 | 532 | 390 |
5 Reserve Assets | 23 | 31,803 | 23,302 |
5.1 Monetary Gold | 24 | 1,008 | 738 |
5.2 Special Drawing Rights | 25 | 110 | 81 |
5.3 Reserve Position in the IMF | 26 | 81 | 59 |
5.4 Foreign Exchange Reserves | 27 | 30,606 | 22,426 |
5.5 Other Reserve Assets | 28 | -2 | -2 |
Liabilities | 29 | 54,981 | 40,285 |
1 Direct Investment | 30 | 29,064 | 21,295 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 31 | 26,539 | 19,446 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 32 | 2,524 | 1,850 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 33 | 1,559 | 1,142 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 34 | 1,387 | 1,016 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 35 | 172 | 126 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 36 | 27,504 | 20,153 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 37 | 25,152 | 18,429 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 38 | 2,352 | 1,724 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 39 | 12,632 | 9,255 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 40 | 7,595 | 5,565 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 41 | 5,037 | 3,691 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 42 | 119 | 88 |
4 Other Investment | 43 | 13,166 | 9,647 |
4.1 Other Equity | 44 | 0 | 0 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 45 | 4,606 | 3,375 |
4.3 Loans | 46 | 4,722 | 3,460 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 47 | 142 | 104 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 48 | 3,267 | 2,394 |
4.6 Others | 49 | 334 | 245 |
4.7 Special Drawing Rights | 50 | 95 | 70 |
Notes:1. This table employs rounded-off numbers.
2.Net International Investment Position refers to assets minus liabilities. Positive figure refers to net assets, and negative figure refers to netliabilities.
3.The SDR denominated data is converted from the USD denominated data, using the exchange rate of SDR against USD at the end of the quarter.