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    2020-06-24
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    SAFE Releases China’s International Investment Position as at the End of March 2020
SAFE Releases China’s International Investment Position as at the End of March 2020

    As at the end of March 2020, Chinas external financial assets reached USD 7635.4 billion, external financial liabilities reached USD 5498.1 billion, and net external assets totaled USD 2137.3 billion.

    In the external financial assets, direct investment assets amounted to USD 2089.5 billion, portfolio investment assets, USD 640.8 billion, financial derivative assets, USD 10.5 billion, other investment assets, USD 1714.3 billion, and reserves assets, USD 3180.3 billion, accounting for 27 percent, 8 percent, 0.1 percent, 22 percent and 42 percent of external financial assets respectively.

    In external liabilities, direct investment liabilities were USD 2906.4 billion, portfolio investment liabilities, USD 1263.2 billion, financial derivative liabilities, USD 11.9 billion and other investment liabilities, USD 1316.6 billion, accounting for 53 percent, 23 percent, 0.2 percent and 24 percent of the external financial liabilities respectively.

 In SDR terms, Chinas external financial assets and liabilities reached SDR 5594.5 billion and SDR 4028.5 billion respectively, and external net assets totaled SDR 1566 billion at the end of March 2020. (End)

 


China's International Investment Position,

End of March 2020

Item

Line No.

Position in 100 million USD

Position in 100 million SDR

Net Position

1

21,373

15,660

Assets

2

76,354

55,945

1 Direct Investment

3

20,895

15,310

1.1  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

4

17,755

13,009

1.2  Debt Instruments

5

3,141

2,301

1.a  Financial Sectors

6

2,642

1,936

1.1.a  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

7

2,548

1,867

1.2.a  Debt Instruments

8

94

69

1.b  Non-financial Sectors

9

18,253

13,374

1.1.b  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

10

15,207

11,142

1.2.b  Debt Instruments

11

3,046

2,232

2 Portfolio Investment

12

6,408

4,695

2.1  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

13

3,625

2,656

2.2  Debt Securities

14

2,783

2,039

3 Financial Derivatives  (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options

15

105

77

4 Other Investment

16

17,143

12,561

4.1  Other Equity

17

84

61

4.2  Currency and Deposits

18

3,928

2,878

4.3  Loans

19

7,315

5,360

4.4  Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes

20

148

108

4.5  Trade Credit and Advances

21

5,136

3,763

4.6  Others

22

532

390

5 Reserve Assets

23

31,803

23,302

5.1  Monetary Gold

24

1,008

738

5.2  Special Drawing Rights

25

110

81

5.3  Reserve Position in the IMF

26

81

59

5.4  Foreign Exchange Reserves

27

30,606

22,426

5.5  Other Reserve Assets

28

-2

-2

Liabilities

29

54,981

40,285

1 Direct Investment

30

29,064

21,295

1.1  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

31

26,539

19,446

1.2  Debt Instruments

32

2,524

1,850

1.a  Financial Sectors

33

1,559

1,142

1.1.a  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

34

1,387

1,016

1.2.a  Debt Instruments

35

172

126

1.b  Non-financial Sectors

36

27,504

20,153

1.1.b  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

37

25,152

18,429

1.2.b  Debt Instruments

38

2,352

1,724

2 Portfolio Investment

39

12,632

9,255

2.1  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

40

7,595

5,565

2.2  Debt Securities

41

5,037

3,691

3 Financial Derivatives  (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options

42

119

88

4 Other Investment

43

13,166

9,647

4.1  Other Equity

44

0

0

4.2  Currency and Deposits

45

4,606

3,375

4.3  Loans

46

4,722

3,460

4.4  Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes

47

142

104

4.5  Trade Credit and Advances

48

3,267

2,394

4.6  Others

49

334

245

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 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.

 

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