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    000014453-2021-0118
  • Dispatch date:
    2021-12-31
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    SAFE Releases China's International Investment Position as at the End of September 2021
SAFE Releases China's International Investment Position as at the End of September 2021

As at the end of September 2021, Chinas external financial assets reached USD 9056.6 billion, external financial liabilities reached USD 7031.4 billion, and net external assets totaled USD 2025.1 billion.

In the external financial assets, direct investment assets amounted to USD 2468.5 billion, portfolio investment assets, USD 966.9 billion, financial derivative assets, USD 13.8 billion, other investment assets, USD 2234.4 billion, and reserves assets, USD 3373 billion, accounting for 27 percent, 11 percent, 0.2 percent, 25 percent and 37 percent of external financial assets respectively.

In external liabilities, direct investment liabilities were USD 3422.3 billion, portfolio investment liabilities, USD 2054.8 billion, financial derivative liabilities, USD 10.4 billion and other investment liabilities, USD 1543.9 billion, accounting for 49 percent, 29 percent, 0.1 percent and 22 percent of the external financial liabilities respectively.

In SDR terms, Chinas external financial assets and liabilities reached SDR 6428.2 billion and SDR 4990.8 billion respectively, and external net assets totaled SDR 1437.4 billion at the end of September 2021. (End)

China's International Investment Position,

End of September 2021

Item

Line No.

Position in 100 million USD

Position in 100 million SDR

Net Position

1

20251

14374

Assets

2

90566

64282

1 Direct Investment

3

24685

17521

1.1  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

4

21160

15019

1.2  Debt Instruments

5

3525

2502

1.a  Financial Sectors

6

3567

2532

1.1.a  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

7

3437

2440

1.2.a  Debt Instruments

8

130

92

1.b  Non-financial Sectors

9

21119

14990

1.1.b  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

10

17723

12580

1.2.b  Debt Instruments

11

3396

2410

2 Portfolio Investment

12

9669

6863

2.1  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

13

6430

4564

2.2  Debt Securities

14

3239

2299

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

15

138

98

4 Other Investment

16

22344

15859

4.1  Other Equity

17

93

66

4.2  Currency and Deposits

18

4964

3524

4.3  Loans

19

9813

6965

4.4  Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes

20

212

150

4.5  Trade Credit and Advances

21

6233

4424

4.6  Others

22

1028

730

5 Reserve Assets

23

33730

23941

5.1  Monetary Gold

24

1092

775

5.2  Special Drawing Rights

25

533

379

5.3  Reserve Position in the IMF

26

101

72

5.4  Foreign Exchange Reserves

27

32006

22718

5.5  Other Reserve Assets

28

-2

-2

Liabilities

29

70314

49908

1 Direct Investment

30

34223

24291

1.1  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

31

31077

22058

1.2  Debt Instruments

32

3146

2233

1.a  Financial Sectors

33

1950

1384

1.1.a  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

34

1745

1238

1.2.a  Debt Instruments

35

206

146

1.b  Non-financial Sectors

36

32273

22907

1.1.b  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

37

29333

20820

1.2.b  Debt Instruments

38

2940

2087

2 Portfolio Investment

39

20548

14585

2.1  Equity and Investment Fund Shares

40

12729

9035

2.2  Debt Securities

41

7819

5550

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

42

104

74

4 Other Investment

43

15439

10958

4.1  Other Equity

44

0

0

4.2  Currency and Deposits

45

5884

4176

4.3  Loans

46

4527

3213

4.4  Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes

47

232

165

4.5  Trade Credit and Advances

48

3920

2782

4.6  Others

49

366

260

4.7  Special Drawing Rights

50

510

362

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”.



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