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PBOC: Foreign Holdings in Government Bond Market at RMB3.4 Trillion by End-February
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The People's Bank of China released the February financial market operation report, showing that as of the end of February, the custody balance of foreign institutions in China's bond market was RMB3.4 trillion, accounting for 1.7% of the custody balance of China's bond market. In the first two months of 2026, Panda bonds were issued cumulatively at RMB50.44 billion, with four new foreign institutions entering the interbank bond market.

In February, the average daily turnover of interbank lending was RMB429.32 billion, an increase of 87.1% year-on-year; the average daily turnover of bond repos in the interbank market was RMB7.4 trillion, an increase of 52.9% year-on-year. As of the end of February, the outstanding balance of interbank lending was RMB1 trillion, and the outstanding balance of bond repos in the interbank market was RMB11.6 trillion.

In February, net financing of government bonds amounted to RMB1.4 trillion, a year-on-year decrease of RMB292.53 billion; net financing of corporate bonds was RMB152.18 billion, a year-on-year decrease of RMB18.02 billion. As of the end of February, the custody balance of the bond market was RMB198.9 trillion.

As of the end of February, the Shanghai Gold Exchange Au(T+D) contract closed at RMB1,142.5 per gram, down 3.3% from the end of January. In February, the Shanghai Gold Exchange traded 2,813.9 tons of gold, a year-on-year decrease of 52.9%; the Shanghai Futures Exchange traded 14,000 tons of gold, a year-on-year decrease of 7.4%.

In February, the average daily turnover of the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets was RMB2.29 trillion, a month-on-month decrease of 24%. (ta/w)

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