China’s International Investment Position as at the End of March 2021

2021-06-28 09:00:00

As at the end of March 2021, China’s external financial assets reached USD 8877.6 billion, external financial liabilities reached USD 6737.5 billion, and net external assets totaled USD 2140 billion.

In the external financial assets, direct investment assets amounted to USD 2431.9 billion, portfolio investment assets, USD 965.8 billion, financial derivative assets, USD 16.5 billion, other investment assets, USD 2166.2 billion, and reserves assets, USD 3297.1 billion, accounting for 27 percent, 11 percent, 0.2 percent, 24 percent and 37 percent of external financial assets respectively.

In external liabilities, direct investment liabilities were USD 3238.6 billion, portfolio investment liabilities, USD 2028.9 billion, financial derivative liabilities, USD 10.4 billion and other investment liabilities, USD 1459.6 billion, accounting for 48 percent, 30 percent, 0.2 percent and 22 percent of the external financial liabilities respectively.

In SDR terms, China’s external financial assets and liabilities reached SDR 6264.1 billion and SDR 4754.1 billion respectively, and external net assets totaled SDR 1510 billion at the end of March 2021. (End)

China's International Investment Position,

End of March 2021

Item	Line No.	Position in 100 million USD	Position in 100 million SDR
Net Position	1	21,400	15,100
Assets	2	88,776	62,641
1 Direct Investment	3	24,319	17,160
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares	4	21,006	14,822
1.2 Debt Instruments	5	3,313	2,338
1.a Financial Sectors	6	3,172	2,238
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares	7	3,094	2,183
1.2.a Debt Instruments	8	78	55
1.b Non-financial Sectors	9	21,147	14,922
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares	10	17,912	12,639
1.2.b Debt Instruments	11	3,235	2,282
2 Portfolio Investment	12	9,658	6,815
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares	13	6,655	4,696
2.2 Debt Securities	14	3,003	2,119
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options	15	165	116
4 Other Investment	16	21,662	15,285
4.1 Other Equity	17	89	63
4.2 Currency and Deposits	18	5,292	3,734
4.3 Loans	19	9,355	6,601
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes	20	178	126
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances	21	5,850	4,128
4.6 Others	22	897	633
5 Reserve Assets	23	32,971	23,265
5.1 Monetary Gold	24	1,059	747
5.2 Special Drawing Rights	25	113	80
5.3 Reserve Position in the IMF	26	103	72
5.4 Foreign Exchange Reserves	27	31,700	22,368
5.5 Other Reserve Assets	28	-5	-3
Liabilities	29	67,375	47,541
1 Direct Investment	30	32,386	22,852
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares	31	29,415	20,756
1.2 Debt Instruments	32	2,971	2,096
1.a Financial Sectors	33	1,816	1,281
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares	34	1,648	1,163
1.2.a Debt Instruments	35	168	119
1.b Non-financial Sectors	36	30,570	21,570
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares	37	27,767	19,593
1.2.b Debt Instruments	38	2,803	1,978
2 Portfolio Investment	39	20,289	14,316
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares	40	12,803	9,034
2.2 Debt Securities	41	7,486	5,282
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options	42	104	74
4 Other Investment	43	14,596	10,299
4.1 Other Equity	44	0	0
4.2 Currency and Deposits	45	5,682	4,009
4.3 Loans	46	4,575	3,228
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes	47	178	125
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances	48	3,691	2,604
4.6 Others	49	372	262
4.7 Special Drawing Rights	50	99	70

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”.

Read The Whole Passage