Central Bank: As of the end of July, the custody balance of overseas institutions in the Chinese bond market reached 4.0 trillion yuan.

The central bank released the operating situation of the financial market in July 2025. The data shows that as of the end of July, the custody balance of overseas institutions in the Chinese bond market was 4.0 trillion yuan, accounting for 2.1% of the total custody balance of the Chinese bond market. Among them, the custody balance of overseas institutions in the interbank bond market was 3.9 trillion yuan; by type of bonds, overseas institutions held 2.0 trillion yuan in national bonds, accounting for 51.4%, 1.0 trillion yuan in interbank certificates of deposit, accounting for 24.9%, and 0.8 trillion yuan in policy bank bonds, accounting for 19.3%.