As at the end of September 2019,China’s external financial assets reached USD 7468.1 billion, external financial liabilities reached USD 5311.9billion, and net external assets totaled USD 2156.2billion.
In the external financial assets, direct investment assets amounted to USD 1969.5 billion, portfolio investment assets, USD 584.9 billion, financial derivative assets, USD 7.4 billion, other investment assets, USD 1701.9 billion, and reserves assets,USD 3204.5 billion, accounting for 26 percent, 8 percent, 0.1 percent, 23 percent and 43 percent of external financial assets respectively.
In external liabilities, direct investment liabilities were USD 2777.3 billion,portfolio investment liabilities, USD 1220.8 billion, financial derivative liabilities, USD 11.4 billion and other investment liabilities, USD 1302.5billion, accounting for 52 percent, 23 percent, 0.2 percent and 25 percent of the external financial liabilities respectively.
In SDR terms, China’s external financial assets and liabilities reached SDR 5477.9 billion and SDR 3896.4 billion respectively, and external net assets totaled SDR 1581.6 billion at the end of September 2019. (End)
China's International Investment Position,
End of September 2019
Item | Line No. | Position in 100 million USD | Position in 100 million SDR |
Net Position | 1 | 21,562 | 15,816 |
Assets | 2 | 74,681 | 54,779 |
1 Direct Investment | 3 | 19,695 | 14,447 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 4 | 16,968 | 12,447 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 5 | 2,727 | 2,000 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 6 | 2,681 | 1,966 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 7 | 2,564 | 1,881 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 8 | 117 | 86 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 9 | 17,015 | 12,480 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 10 | 14,404 | 10,566 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 11 | 2,610 | 1,915 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 12 | 5,849 | 4,290 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 13 | 3,189 | 2,339 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 14 | 2,659 | 1,951 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 15 | 74 | 54 |
4 Other Investment | 16 | 17,019 | 12,483 |
4.1 Other Equity | 17 | 69 | 51 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 18 | 3,880 | 2,846 |
4.3 Loans | 19 | 6,748 | 4,950 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 20 | 118 | 86 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 21 | 5,656 | 4,149 |
4.6 Others | 22 | 548 | 402 |
5 Reserve Assets | 23 | 32,045 | 23,505 |
5.1 Monetary Gold | 24 | 930 | 682 |
5.2 Special Drawing Rights | 25 | 108 | 79 |
5.3 Reserve Position in the IMF | 26 | 84 | 62 |
5.4 Foreign Exchange Reserves | 27 | 30,924 | 22,683 |
5.5 Other Reserve Assets | 28 | -2 | -2 |
Liabilities | 29 | 53,119 | 38,964 |
1 Direct Investment | 30 | 27,773 | 20,371 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 31 | 25,494 | 18,700 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 32 | 2,278 | 1,671 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 33 | 1,533 | 1,124 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 34 | 1,385 | 1,016 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 35 | 147 | 108 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 36 | 26,240 | 19,247 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 37 | 24,109 | 17,684 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 38 | 2,131 | 1,563 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 39 | 12,208 | 8,955 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 40 | 7,470 | 5,479 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 41 | 4,738 | 3,475 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 42 | 114 | 84 |
4 Other Investment | 43 | 13,025 | 9,554 |
4.1 Other Equity | 44 | 0 | 0 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 45 | 4,322 | 3,171 |
4.3 Loans | 46 | 4,641 | 3,404 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 47 | 123 | 91 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 48 | 3,607 | 2,646 |
4.6 Others | 49 | 236 | 173 |
4.7 Special Drawing Rights | 50 | 95 | 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.
