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2026-02-13 16:43:39
[PBOC Shanghai Headquarters: Foreign Institutions Held 3.35 Trillion Yuan in Interbank Bonds as of the End of January 2026] The PBOC Shanghai Headquarters released a briefing on foreign institutions' investment in the interbank bond market in January 2026. As of the end of January 2026, foreign institutions held 3.35 trillion yuan in interbank bonds, accounting for approximately 1.9% of the total custody volume of the interbank bond market. In terms of bond type, foreign institutions held 1.99 trillion yuan in government bonds (59.4%), 0.75 trillion yuan in policy bank bonds (22.4%), 0.48 trillion yuan in interbank certificates of deposit (14.3%), and 0.13 trillion yuan in other types of bonds (3.9%). In January, three new foreign institutional entities entered the interbank bond market. As of the end of January, a total of 1,188 foreign institutional entities had entered the market, of which 626 entered through settlement agency channels, 836 through the "Bond Connect" channel, and 274 through both channels. In January, the trading volume of spot bonds by overseas institutions in the interbank bond market was approximately RMB 1.36 trillion, with an average daily trading volume of approximately RMB 64.7 billion.
