As at the end of June 2020, China’s external financial assets reached USD 7860.2 billion, external financial liabilities reached USD 5660.5 billion, and net external assets totaled USD 2199.7 billion.
In the external financial assets, direct investment assets amounted to USD 2124.7 billion, portfolio investment assets, USD 700.6 billion, financial derivative assets, USD 9.9 billion, other investment assets, USD 1781.7 billion, and reserves assets, USD 3243.3 billion, accounting for 27 percent, 9 percent, 0.1 percent, 23 percent and 41 percent of external financial assets respectively.
In external liabilities, direct investment liabilities were USD 2947.2 billion, portfolio investment liabilities, USD 1378.3 billion, financial derivative liabilities, USD 10.7 billion and other investment liabilities, USD 1324.4 billion, accounting for 52 percent, 24 percent, 0.2 percent and 23 percent of the external financial liabilities respectively.
In SDR terms, China’s external financial assets and liabilities reached SDR 5713.6 billion and SDR 4114.7 billion respectively, and external net assets totaled SDR 1599 billion at the end of June 2020. (End)
China's International Investment Position,
End of June 2020
Item | Line No. | Position in 100 million USD | Position in 100 million SDR |
Net Position | 1 | 21,997 | 15,990 |
Assets | 2 | 78,602 | 57,136 |
1 Direct Investment | 3 | 21,247 | 15,444 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 4 | 18,023 | 13,101 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 5 | 3,224 | 2,343 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 6 | 2,751 | 2,000 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 7 | 2,664 | 1,937 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 8 | 87 | 63 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 9 | 18,496 | 13,444 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 10 | 15,359 | 11,164 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 11 | 3,137 | 2,280 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 12 | 7,006 | 5,093 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 13 | 4,106 | 2,984 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 14 | 2,900 | 2,108 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 15 | 99 | 72 |
4 Other Investment | 16 | 17,817 | 12,951 |
4.1 Other Equity | 17 | 84 | 61 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 18 | 4,162 | 3,026 |
4.3 Loans | 19 | 7,488 | 5,443 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 20 | 164 | 119 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 21 | 5,290 | 3,845 |
4.6 Others | 22 | 628 | 457 |
5 Reserve Assets | 23 | 32,433 | 23,576 |
5.1 Monetary Gold | 24 | 1,108 | 805 |
5.2 Special Drawing Rights | 25 | 110 | 80 |
5.3 Reserve Position in the IMF | 26 | 96 | 70 |
5.4 Foreign Exchange Reserves | 27 | 31,123 | 22,624 |
5.5 Other Reserve Assets | 28 | -3 | -2 |
Liabilities | 29 | 56,605 | 41,147 |
1 Direct Investment | 30 | 29,472 | 21,423 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 31 | 26,902 | 19,555 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 32 | 2,570 | 1,868 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 33 | 1,633 | 1,187 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 34 | 1,447 | 1,052 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 35 | 186 | 135 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 36 | 27,839 | 20,236 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 37 | 25,455 | 18,503 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 38 | 2,384 | 1,733 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 39 | 13,783 | 10,019 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 40 | 8,471 | 6,157 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 41 | 5,312 | 3,862 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 42 | 107 | 77 |
4 Other Investment | 43 | 13,244 | 9,627 |
4.1 Other Equity | 44 | 0 | 0 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 45 | 4,545 | 3,304 |
4.3 Loans | 46 | 4,827 | 3,509 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 47 | 147 | 106 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 48 | 3,241 | 2,356 |
4.6 Others | 49 | 388 | 282 |
4.7 Special Drawing Rights | 50 | 96 | 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 againstUSD at the end of the quarter.
