As at the end of June 2021, China’s external financial assets reached USD 9027.8 billion, external financial liabilities reached USD 7041.8 billion, and net external assets totaled USD 1986 billion.
In the external financial assets, direct investment assets amounted to USD 2462 billion, portfolio investment assets, USD 1013.2 billion, financial derivative assets, USD 14.3 billion, other investment assets, USD 2192.3 billion, and reserves assets, USD 3345.9 billion, accounting for 27 percent, 11 percent, 0.2 percent, 24 percent and 37 percent of external financial assets respectively.
In external liabilities, direct investment liabilities were USD 3365 billion, portfolio investment liabilities, USD 2109 billion, financial derivative liabilities, USD 8.5 billion and other investment liabilities, USD 1559.3 billion, accounting for 48 percent, 30 percent, 0.1 percent and 22 percent of the external financial liabilities respectively.
In SDR terms, China’s external financial assets and liabilities reached SDR 6329 billion and SDR 4936.7 billion respectively, and external net assets totaled SDR 1392.3 billion at the end of June 2021.
In addition, to facilitate understanding of China’s Balance of Payments and International Investment Position among all users, the BOP Analysis Team of SAFE released China’s Balance of Payments Report for the First Half of 2021 (in Chinese). (End)
China's International Investment Position,
End of June 2021
Item | Line No. | Position in 100 million USD | Position in 100 millionSDR |
Net Position | 1 | 19860 | 13923 |
Assets | 2 | 90278 | 63290 |
1 Direct Investment | 3 | 24620 | 17260 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 4 | 21180 | 14848 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 5 | 3440 | 2412 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 6 | 3359 | 2355 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 7 | 3250 | 2278 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 8 | 110 | 77 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 9 | 21261 | 14905 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 10 | 17930 | 12570 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 11 | 3331 | 2335 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 12 | 10132 | 7103 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 13 | 6949 | 4872 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 14 | 3183 | 2231 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 15 | 143 | 100 |
4 Other Investment | 16 | 21923 | 15370 |
4.1 Other Equity | 17 | 93 | 65 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 18 | 4795 | 3362 |
4.3 Loans | 19 | 9836 | 6896 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 20 | 195 | 137 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 21 | 6013 | 4215 |
4.6 Others | 22 | 990 | 694 |
5 Reserve Assets | 23 | 33459 | 23457 |
5.1 Monetary Gold | 24 | 1105 | 774 |
5.2 Special Drawing Rights | 25 | 114 | 80 |
5.3 Reserve Position in the IMF | 26 | 103 | 72 |
5.4 Foreign Exchange Reserves | 27 | 32140 | 22532 |
5.5 Other Reserve Assets | 28 | -3 | -2 |
Liabilities | 29 | 70418 | 49367 |
1 Direct Investment | 30 | 33650 | 23590 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 31 | 30593 | 21447 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 32 | 3056 | 2143 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 33 | 1896 | 1329 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 34 | 1710 | 1199 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 35 | 186 | 130 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 36 | 31754 | 22261 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 37 | 28883 | 20249 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 38 | 2870 | 2012 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 39 | 21090 | 14785 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 40 | 13534 | 9488 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 41 | 7557 | 5298 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 42 | 85 | 60 |
4 Other Investment | 43 | 15593 | 10931 |
4.1 Other Equity | 44 | 0 | 0 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 45 | 6217 | 4358 |
4.3 Loans | 46 | 4755 | 3333 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 47 | 220 | 154 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 48 | 3863 | 2708 |
4.6 Others | 49 | 438 | 307 |
4.7 Special Drawing Rights | 50 | 100 | 70 |
Notes:1. This table employs rounded-off numbers.
2.Net International Investment Position refers to assets minus liabilities. Positive figure refers to netassets, 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.
4.The IIP data is revised regularly; please findthe latest data in “Data and Statistics”.
