As at the end of 2019, China’s external financial assets reached USD 7714.5 billion, external financial liabilities reached USD 5590.5 billion, and net external assets totaled USD 2124.0 billion.
In the external financial assets, direct investment assets amounted to USD 2094.5 billion, portfolio investment assets, USD 646.0 billion, financial derivative assets, USD 6.7 billion, other investment assets, USD 1744.3 billion, and reserves assets, USD 3222.9 billion, accounting for 27 percent, 8 percent, 0.1 percent, 23 percent and 42 percent of external financial assets respectively.
In external liabilities, direct investment liabilities were USD 2928.1 billion, portfolio investment liabilities, USD 1364.6 billion, financial derivative liabilities, USD 6.5 billion and other investment liabilities, USD 1291.3 billion, accounting for 52 percent, 24 percent, 0.1 percent and 23 percent of the external financial liabilities respectively.
In SDR terms, China’s external financial assets and liabilities reached SDR 5578.7 billion and SDR 4042.8 billion respectively, and external net assets totaled SDR 1536.0 billion at the end of 2019.
The SAFE has revised the IIP data for each quarter since 2018 according to the latest data，and released it through the section of "Data and Statistics" at the official website of the SAFE.
In addition, in order to facilitate understanding of China’s International Investment Position among all social groups, the BOP Analysis Team of the SAFE released China's Balance of Payments Report 2019. (End)
China's International Investment Position,
End of 2019
Item | Line No. | Position in 100 million USD | Position in 100 million SDR |
Net Position | 1 | 21,240 | 15,360 |
Assets | 2 | 77,145 | 55,787 |
1 Direct Investment | 3 | 20,945 | 15,147 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 4 | 17,811 | 12,880 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 5 | 3,135 | 2,267 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 6 | 2,839 | 2,053 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 7 | 2,739 | 1,981 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 8 | 100 | 72 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 9 | 18,107 | 13,094 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 10 | 15,072 | 10,899 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 11 | 3,035 | 2,195 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 12 | 6,460 | 4,671 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 13 | 3,738 | 2,703 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 14 | 2,722 | 1,968 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 15 | 67 | 49 |
4 Other Investment | 16 | 17,443 | 12,614 |
4.1 Other Equity | 17 | 84 | 61 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 18 | 4,179 | 3,022 |
4.3 Loans | 19 | 6,963 | 5,035 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 20 | 135 | 97 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 21 | 5,604 | 4,053 |
4.6 Others | 22 | 479 | 346 |
5 Reserve Assets | 23 | 32,229 | 23,307 |
5.1 Monetary Gold | 24 | 954 | 690 |
5.2 Special Drawing Rights | 25 | 111 | 80 |
5.3 Reserve Position in the IMF | 26 | 84 | 61 |
5.4 Foreign Exchange Reserves | 27 | 31,079 | 22,475 |
5.5 Other Reserve Assets | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Liabilities | 29 | 55,905 | 40,428 |
1 Direct Investment | 30 | 29,281 | 21,175 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 31 | 26,748 | 19,343 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 32 | 2,533 | 1,832 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 33 | 1,605 | 1,161 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 34 | 1,426 | 1,031 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 35 | 179 | 129 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 36 | 27,676 | 20,014 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 37 | 25,321 | 18,311 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 38 | 2,354 | 1,703 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 39 | 13,646 | 9,868 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 40 | 8,617 | 6,231 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 41 | 5,029 | 3,636 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 42 | 65 | 47 |
4 Other Investment | 43 | 12,913 | 9,338 |
4.1 Other Equity | 44 | 0 | 0 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 45 | 4,245 | 3,070 |
4.3 Loans | 46 | 4,605 | 3,330 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 47 | 135 | 97 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 48 | 3,644 | 2,635 |
4.6 Others | 49 | 189 | 136 |
4.7 Special Drawing Rights | 50 | 97 | 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 net liabilities.
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.
