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

2024-04-01 09:00:10 · SAFE

As at the end of 2023, China’s external financial assets reached USD 9581.7 billion, external financial liabilities reached USD 6673.5 billion, and net external assets totaled USD 2908.2 billion.

In the external financial assets, direct investment assets amounted to USD 2939.1 billion, portfolio investment assets, USD 1098.4 billion, financial derivative assets, USD 19.0 billion, other investment assets, USD 2075.5 billion, and reserves assets, USD 3449.7 billion, accounting for 31 percent, 11 percent, 0.2 percent, 22 percent and 36 percent of external financial assets respectively.

In external liabilities, direct investment liabilities were USD 3553.1 billion, portfolio investment liabilities, USD 1701.6 billion, financial derivative liabilities, USD 19.4 billion and other investment liabilities, USD 1399.3 billion, accounting for 53 percent, 25 percent, 0.3 percent and 21 percent of the external financial liabilities respectively.

In SDR terms, China’s external financial assets and liabilities reached SDR 7141.6 billion and SDR 4974.0 billion respectively, and external net assets totaled SDR 2167.6 billion at the end of 2023.

The SAFE has revised the IIP data for each quarter since 2022 according to the latest data and released it through the section of "Data and Statistics" at the official website of the SAFE.

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 2023.

China's International Investment Position,

End of 2023

Item	Line No.	Positionin100 million USD	Positionin100 millionSDR
Net Position	1	29082	21676
Assets	2	95817	71416
1 Direct Investment	3	29391	21906
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares	4	25580	19066
1.2 Debt Instruments	5	3811	2840
1.a Financial Sectors	6	4094	3052
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares	7	3868	2883
1.2.a Debt Instruments	8	226	169
1.b Non-financial Sectors	9	25297	18855
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares	10	21712	16183
1.2.b Debt Instruments	11	3584	2672
2 Portfolio Investment	12	10984	8187
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares	13	6226	4640
2.2 Debt Securities	14	4758	3546
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options	15	190	142
4 Other Investment	16	20755	15469
4.1 Other Equity	17	99	74
4.2 Currency and Deposits	18	5015	3738
4.3 Loans	19	8068	6013
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes	20	287	214
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances	21	6440	4800
4.6 Others	22	847	631
5 Reserve Assets	23	34497	25712
5.1 Monetary Gold	24	1482	1105
5.2 Special Drawing Rights	25	536	399
5.3 Reserve Position in the IMF	26	97	73
5.4 Foreign Currency Reserves	27	32380	24134
5.5 Other Reserve Assets	28	1	1
Liabilities	29	66735	49740
1 Direct Investment	30	35531	26483
1.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares	31	32437	24177
1.2 Debt Instruments	32	3094	2306
1.a Financial Sectors	33	1993	1486
1.1.a Equity and Investment Fund Shares	34	1765	1316
1.2.a Debt Instruments	35	228	170
1.b Non-financial Sectors	36	33538	24997
1.1.b Equity and Investment Fund Shares	37	30672	22861
1.2.b Debt Instruments	38	2866	2136
2 Portfolio Investment	39	17016	12683
2.1 Equity and Investment Fund Shares	40	10211	7611
2.2 Debt Securities	41	6805	5072
3 Financial Derivatives (other than reserves) and Employee Stock Options	42	194	145
4 Other Investment	43	13993	10429
4.1 Other Equity	44	0	0
4.2 Currency and Deposits	45	4943	3684
4.3 Loans	46	3660	2728
4.4 Insurance, Pension, and Standardized Guarantee Schemes	47	269	200
4.5 Trade Credit and Advances	48	3911	2915
4.6 Others	49	724	540
4.7 Special Drawing Rights	50	486	362

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