Recently, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) releases data on China's external portfolio investment assets (by country/region) at the end of 2019. The statistics show that China's external portfolio investment assets (excluding reserve assets) amounted to USD 646 billion by the end of 2019, including USD 373.8 billion in equity investments and USD 272.2 billion in bond investments. The top 5 recipients of Chinese investments were Hong Kong SAR, the US, Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and the UK, with the amount being USD 226.4 billion, USD 162.8 billion, USD 55.1 billion, USD 45.9 billion and USD 21.8 billion respectively. (End)2020-05-29/en/2020/0529/1691.html