Major Issues

Government

The China Foreign Exchange Trade Center & National Interbank Funding Center (CFETC/NIFC) provides monthly information on bond issues and listings on the interbank bond market.

The Shanghai Stock Exchange publishes an annual Fact Book describing the development of the securities market. The Bond Market section provides data on treasury bond issues from the Ministry of Finance (MOF).

Quasi-Government

CFETC/NIFC provides monthly information on bond issues and listings on the interbank bond market.

Corporate

The Shanghai Stock Exchange publishes an annual Fact Book describing the development of the securities market. The Bond Market section provides data on the corporate bond market, requirements for listing corporate and convertible bonds, corporate bond issuances, and trading values of these bonds.

Major corporate issues include the CNY8 billion China Mobile Corporate Bond and the CNY5 billion Three Gorges Bond.

Trading Statistics

Size and Composition

The People's Bank of China (PBC) and Ministry of Finance (MOF) established China Government Securities Depository Trust & Clearing Co. (CDC) to support the formation of a safe, efficient, and low-cost bond market. With approval from the State Council, CDC is set to undertake the functions of centralized depository and settlement for the interbank bond market. It also serves as an information resource on the bond market and money market, collecting statistics on the size and composition of these markets.

The Fact Books of the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges contain market overviews with historical data of outstanding corporate and government bonds listed on each exchange.

Securitization

No centralized data is currently available for asset securitization deals.

Market Liquidity

Summary trading statistics of bonds listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges are accessible through the links below. No data is currently available for the interbank bond market.

Prices and Yields

ChinaBond, which is linked below, provides daily yields of CNY-denominated bonds traded in the interbank bond market.

Foreign Exchange

Daily yuan foreign exchange rates published by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) and ChinaMoney are accessible through the links below.