SAFE Releases China's International Investment Position as at the End of June 2023

2023-10-09 09:06:12 · SAFE

As at the end of June 2023, China's external financial assets reached USD 9367.0 billion external financial liabilities reached USD 6591.3 billion, and net external assets totaled USD 2775.8 billion.

In the external financial assets, direct investment assets amounted to USD 2833.0 billion, portfolio investment assets, USD 1081.7 billion, financial derivative assets, USD 20.2 billion, other investment assets, USD 2047.3 billion, and reserves assets, USD 3384.9 billion, accounting for 30 percent, 12 percent, 0.2 percent, 22 percent and 36 percent of external financial assets respectively.

In external liabilities, direct investment liabilities were USD 3384.0 billion, portfolio investment liabilities, USD 1751.1 billion, financial derivative liabilities, USD 23.2 billion and other investment liabilities, USD 1432.9 billion, accounting for 51 percent, 27 percent, 0.4 percent and 22 percent of the external financial liabilities respectively.

In SDR terms, China's external financial assets and liabilities reached SDR 7042.5 billion and SDR 4955.6 billion respectively, and external net assets totaled SDR 2086.9 billion at the end of June 2023.

In addition, in order to facilitate understanding of the data of Balance of Payments and International Investment Position among all data users, the BOP Analysis Team of the SAFE released China's Balance of Payments Report for the First Half of 2023.(End)

Item	Line No.	Positionin100 million USD	Positionin100 millionSDR
Net Position	1	27758	20869
Assets	2	93670	70425
1 Direct Investment	3	28330	21300
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares	4	24365	18318
1.2 Debt Instruments	5	3966	2982
1.a Financial Sectors	6	3908	2938
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares	7	3677	2765
1.2.a Debt Instruments	8	230	173
1.b Non-financial Sectors	9	24423	18362
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares	10	20687	15553
1.2.b Debt Instruments	11	3736	2809
2 Portfolio Investment	12	10817	8133
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares	13	6063	4558
2.2 Debt Securities	14	4754	3574
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options	15	202	152
4 Other Investment	16	20473	15392
4.1 Other Equity	17	98	73
4.2 Currency and Deposits	18	4761	3580
4.3 Loans	19	8256	6207
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes	20	269	202
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances	21	6112	4595
4.6 Others	22	976	734
5 Reserve Assets	23	33849	25449
5.1 Monetary Gold	24	1299	977
5.2 Special Drawing Rights	25	521	392
5.3 Reserve Position in the IMF	26	97	73
5.4 Foreign Currency Reserves	27	31930	24006
5.5 Other Reserve Assets	28	1	1
Liabilities	29	65913	49556
1 Direct Investment	30	33840	25442
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares	31	30643	23039
1.2 Debt Instruments	32	3197	2404
1.a Financial Sectors	33	1925	1447
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares	34	1704	1281
1.2.a Debt Instruments	35	221	166
1.b Non-financial Sectors	36	31915	23995
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares	37	28939	21758
1.2.b Debt Instruments	38	2976	2238
2 Portfolio Investment	39	17511	13166
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares	40	11350	8533
2.2 Debt Securities	41	6161	4632
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options	42	232	174
4 Other Investment	43	14329	10773
4.1 Other Equity	44	0	0
4.2 Currency and Deposits	45	5295	3981
4.3 Loans	46	3927	2952
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes	47	267	201
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances	48	3721	2798
4.6 Others	49	638	480
4.7 Special Drawing Rights	50	482	362

Notes:1. This table employs rounded-off numbers.

2.Net International Investment Position refers to assets minus liabilities. Positive figurerefers to net assets, andnegative figurerefers 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”.

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