China News Agency, Beijing, May 14 (Reporter Wei Xi) On May 14, the People's Bank of China successfully issued two renminbi central bank bills in Hong Kong, including a three-month central bank bill of 20 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), The one-year central bank bill is 10 billion yuan, and the winning bid rates are 1.77% and 1.78%, respectively.
The issuance was widely welcomed by foreign investors, including institutional investors such as banks, central banks, funds and other countries and regions in the United States, Europe, Asia and other countries and international financial organizations. The total amount of bids was about 80 billion yuan, close to the issuance The amount of 2.7 times shows that RMB assets have a strong attraction to foreign investors, and it also reflects the confidence of global investors that they are optimistic about the Chinese economy.
Since November 2018, the People's Bank of China has gradually established a normal mechanism for issuing RMB central bank bills in Hong Kong. This issuance is a rolling issuance due. After the issuance, the balance of RMB central bank bills in Hong Kong is still 80 billion yuan.
The People's Bank of China said on the 14th that the stable and continuous issuance of RMB central bank bills in Hong Kong is conducive to enriching the Hong Kong market's high credit rating RMB investment product series and RMB liquidity management tools, meeting the needs of offshore market investors, and improving the offshore RMB yield curve To promote the development of the offshore RMB currency market, and to promote other issuers to issue RMB bonds in the offshore market, and promote RMB internationalization. (Finish)