As at the end of March 2021, China’s external financial assets reached USD 8877.6 billion, external financial liabilities reached USD 6737.5 billion, and net external assets totaled USD 2140 billion.
In the external financial assets, direct investment assets amounted to USD 2431.9 billion, portfolio investment assets, USD 965.8 billion, financial derivative assets, USD 16.5 billion, other investment assets, USD 2166.2 billion, and reserves assets, USD 3297.1 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 3238.6 billion, portfolio investment liabilities, USD 2028.9 billion, financial derivative liabilities, USD 10.4 billion and other investment liabilities, USD 1459.6 billion, accounting for 48 percent, 30 percent, 0.2 percent and 22 percent of the external financial liabilities respectively.
In SDR terms, China’s external financial assets and liabilities reached SDR 6264.1 billion and SDR 4754.1 billion respectively, and external net assets totaled SDR 1510 billion at the end of March 2021. (End)
China's International Investment Position,
End of March 2021
Item | Line No. | Position in 100 million USD | Position in 100 million SDR |
Net Position | 1 | 21,400 | 15,100 |
Assets | 2 | 88,776 | 62,641 |
1 Direct Investment | 3 | 24,319 | 17,160 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 4 | 21,006 | 14,822 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 5 | 3,313 | 2,338 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 6 | 3,172 | 2,238 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 7 | 3,094 | 2,183 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 8 | 78 | 55 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 9 | 21,147 | 14,922 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 10 | 17,912 | 12,639 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 11 | 3,235 | 2,282 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 12 | 9,658 | 6,815 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 13 | 6,655 | 4,696 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 14 | 3,003 | 2,119 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 15 | 165 | 116 |
4 Other Investment | 16 | 21,662 | 15,285 |
4.1 Other Equity | 17 | 89 | 63 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 18 | 5,292 | 3,734 |
4.3 Loans | 19 | 9,355 | 6,601 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 20 | 178 | 126 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 21 | 5,850 | 4,128 |
4.6 Others | 22 | 897 | 633 |
5 Reserve Assets | 23 | 32,971 | 23,265 |
5.1 Monetary Gold | 24 | 1,059 | 747 |
5.2 Special Drawing Rights | 25 | 113 | 80 |
5.3 Reserve Position in the IMF | 26 | 103 | 72 |
5.4 Foreign Exchange Reserves | 27 | 31,700 | 22,368 |
5.5 Other Reserve Assets | 28 | -5 | -3 |
Liabilities | 29 | 67,375 | 47,541 |
1 Direct Investment | 30 | 32,386 | 22,852 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 31 | 29,415 | 20,756 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 32 | 2,971 | 2,096 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 33 | 1,816 | 1,281 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 34 | 1,648 | 1,163 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 35 | 168 | 119 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 36 | 30,570 | 21,570 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 37 | 27,767 | 19,593 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 38 | 2,803 | 1,978 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 39 | 20,289 | 14,316 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 40 | 12,803 | 9,034 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 41 | 7,486 | 5,282 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 42 | 104 | 74 |
4 Other Investment | 43 | 14,596 | 10,299 |
4.1 Other Equity | 44 | 0 | 0 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 45 | 5,682 | 4,009 |
4.3 Loans | 46 | 4,575 | 3,228 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 47 | 178 | 125 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 48 | 3,691 | 2,604 |
4.6 Others | 49 | 372 | 262 |
4.7 Special Drawing Rights | 50 | 99 | 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”.
