As at the end of September 2023, China’s external financial assets reached USD 9304.6 billion, external financial liabilities reached USD 6448.1 billion, and net external assets totaled USD 2856.5 billion.
In the external financial assets, direct investment assets amounted to USD 2878.9 billion, portfolio investment assets, USD 1075.9 billion, financial derivative assets, USD 22.5 billion, other investment assets, USD 2018.9 billion, and reserves assets, USD 3308.5 billion, accounting for 31 percent, 12 percent, 0.2 percent, 22 percent and 36 percent of external financial assets respectively.
In external liabilities, direct investment liabilities were USD 3345.0 billion, portfolio investment liabilities, USD 1673.6 billion, financial derivative liabilities, USD 21.6 billion and other investment liabilities, USD 1407.8 billion, accounting for 52 percent, 26 percent, 0.3 percent and 22 percent of the external financial liabilities respectively.
In SDR terms, China’s external financial assets and liabilities reached SDR 7075.8 billion and SDR 4903.6 billion respectively, and external net assets totaled SDR 2172.3 billion at the end of September 2023.（End）
China's International Investment Position,
End of September 2023
Item | Line No. | Position in 100 million USD | Position in 100 millionSDR |
Net Position | 1 | 28565 | 21723 |
Assets | 2 | 93046 | 70758 |
1 Direct Investment | 3 | 28789 | 21893 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 4 | 24579 | 18692 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 5 | 4209 | 3201 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 6 | 3935 | 2992 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 7 | 3695 | 2810 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 8 | 240 | 182 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 9 | 24854 | 18901 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 10 | 20885 | 15882 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 11 | 3970 | 3019 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 12 | 10759 | 8182 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 13 | 6099 | 4638 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 14 | 4660 | 3544 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 15 | 225 | 171 |
4 Other Investment | 16 | 20189 | 15353 |
4.1 Other Equity | 17 | 99 | 75 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 18 | 4651 | 3537 |
4.3 Loans | 19 | 8088 | 6151 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 20 | 278 | 211 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 21 | 6292 | 4785 |
4.6 Others | 22 | 781 | 594 |
5 Reserve Assets | 23 | 33085 | 25160 |
5.1 Monetary Gold | 24 | 1318 | 1002 |
5.2 Special Drawing Rights | 25 | 523 | 398 |
5.3 Reserve Position in the IMF | 26 | 96 | 73 |
5.4 Foreign Currency Reserves | 27 | 31151 | 23689 |
5.5 Other Reserve Assets | 28 | -3 | -2 |
Liabilities | 29 | 64481 | 49036 |
1 Direct Investment | 30 | 33450 | 25438 |
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 31 | 30397 | 23116 |
1.2 Debt Instruments | 32 | 3053 | 2322 |
1.a Financial Sectors | 33 | 1864 | 1417 |
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 34 | 1668 | 1268 |
1.2.a Debt Instruments | 35 | 196 | 149 |
1.b Non-financial Sectors | 36 | 31587 | 24021 |
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 37 | 28729 | 21848 |
1.2.b Debt Instruments | 38 | 2858 | 2173 |
2 Portfolio Investment | 39 | 16736 | 12728 |
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares | 40 | 10736 | 8164 |
2.2 Debt Securities | 41 | 6000 | 4563 |
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options | 42 | 216 | 164 |
4 Other Investment | 43 | 14078 | 10706 |
4.1 Other Equity | 44 | 0 | 0 |
4.2 Currency and Deposits | 45 | 5104 | 3882 |
4.3 Loans | 46 | 3722 | 2830 |
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes | 47 | 265 | 201 |
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances | 48 | 3797 | 2887 |
4.6 Others | 49 | 714 | 543 |
4.7 Special Drawing Rights | 50 | 476 | 362 |
Notes:1. This table employs rounded-off numbers.
2.Net International Investment Position refers to assets minus liabilities.Positive figure refers to netassets, and negative figure refers to netliabilities.
3.The SDR denominated data is converted from the USD denominated data, using the exchange rate of SDR againstUSD at the end of the quarter.
4.The IIP data is revised regularly; please findthe latest data in “Data and Statistics”.
