The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) recently wrote letters to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) respectively, confirming its official participation in the Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) and the International Banking Statistics (IBS).

The CPIS collects information on the stock of cross-border portfolio investment holdings (by country or region). The BIS reflects the stock of the cross-border financial assets and liabilities of a country's banking industry. The compiling principles of the CPIS and IBS are consistent with the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6) published by the IMF. Participation in the CPIS and IBS is one of the motions of the G20 on data gaps.

The SAFE will release China's CPIS and IBS statistics soon.