As at the end of 2020, China’s external financial assets reached USD 8703.9 billion, external financial liabilities reached USD 6553.6 billion, and net external assets totaled USD 2150.3 billion.
In the external financial assets, direct investment assets amounted to USD 2413.4 billion, portfolio investment assets, USD 899.9 billion, financial derivative assets, USD 19.1 billion, other investment assets, USD 2014.9 billion, and reserves assets, USD 3356.5 billion, accounting for 28 percent, 10 percent, 0.2 percent, 23 percent and 39 percent of external financial assets respectively.
In external liabilities, direct investment liabilities were USD 3179.3 billion, portfolio investment liabilities, USD 1954.5 billion, financial derivative liabilities, USD 12.2 billion and other investment liabilities, USD 1407.6 billion, accounting for 49 percent, 30 percent, 0.2 percent and 21 percent of the external financial liabilities respectively.
In SDR terms, China’s external financial assets and liabilities reached SDR 6043.2 billion and SDR 4550.3 billion respectively, and external net assets totaled SDR 1493 billion at the end of 2020.
The SAFE has revised the IIP data since 2004 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 the data of Balance of Payments and International Investment Position among all data users, the BOP Analysis Team of the SAFE released China's Balance of Payments Report 2020.(End)
China's International Investment Position,
End of 2020
Item | Line No. | Position in 100 million USD | Position in 100 million SDR |
Net Position | 1 | 21,503 | 14,930 |
Assets | 2 | 87,039 | 60,432 |
1 Direct Investment | 3 | 24,134 | 16,757 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 4 | 20,844 | 14,472 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 5 | 3,290 | 2,285 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 6 | 3,077 | 2,136 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 7 | 2,990 | 2,076 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 8 | 87 | 60 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 9 | 21,057 | 14,620 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 10 | 17,854 | 12,396 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 11 | 3,203 | 2,224 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 12 | 8,999 | 6,248 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 13 | 6,043 | 4,196 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 14 | 2,955 | 2,052 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 15 | 191 | 133 |
4 Other Investment | 16 | 20,149 | 13,990 |
4.1 Other Equity | 17 | 89 | 62 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 18 | 4,865 | 3,378 |
4.3 Loans | 19 | 8,389 | 5,824 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 20 | 166 | 115 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 21 | 5,972 | 4,146 |
4.6 Others | 22 | 668 | 464 |
5 Reserve Assets | 23 | 33,565 | 23,305 |
5.1 Monetary Gold | 24 | 1,182 | 821 |
5.2 Special Drawing Rights | 25 | 115 | 80 |
5.3 Reserve Position in the IMF | 26 | 108 | 75 |
5.4 Foreign Exchange Reserves | 27 | 32,165 | 22,333 |
5.5 Other Reserve Assets | 28 | -5 | -3 |
Liabilities | 29 | 65,536 | 45,503 |
1 Direct Investment | 30 | 31,793 | 22,074 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 31 | 28,814 | 20,006 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 32 | 2,979 | 2,068 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 33 | 1,826 | 1,268 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 34 | 1,627 | 1,130 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 35 | 199 | 138 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 36 | 29,967 | 20,807 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 37 | 27,187 | 18,876 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 38 | 2,780 | 1,930 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 39 | 19,545 | 13,570 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 40 | 12,543 | 8,709 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 41 | 7,002 | 4,861 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 42 | 122 | 85 |
4 Other Investment | 43 | 14,076 | 9,773 |
4.1 Other Equity | 44 | 0 | 0 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 45 | 5,266 | 3,657 |
4.3 Loans | 46 | 4,555 | 3,163 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 47 | 167 | 116 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 48 | 3,719 | 2,582 |
4.6 Others | 49 | 267 | 185 |
4.7 Special Drawing Rights | 50 | 101 | 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.
4. The IIP data is revised regularly; please find the latest data in “Data and Statistics”.
