Foreign investors increased their holdings of Chinese government bonds for the fourth consecutive month.

Based on data published by China Central Depository & Clearing Co. (CCDC), overseas institutions increased their holdings of Chinese government bonds by about RMB 1.6 billion in August, the fourth consecutive month of increases, bringing the holding scale to nearly RMB 2.03 trillion; holdings of policy bank bonds rose slightly by about RMB 600 million.