People's Bank of China Shanghai Headquarters: As of the end of January 2026, foreign institutions hold 3.35 trillion yuan in interbank market bonds

2026-03-10 08:50:18

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The People’s Bank of Shanghai Headquarters released the January 2026 report on foreign institutional investment in the interbank bond market. As of the end of January 2026, foreign institutions held 3.35 trillion yuan of bonds in the interbank market, accounting for approximately 1.9% of the total custody volume of the interbank bond market.

In terms of bond types, foreign institutions held 1.99 trillion yuan in government bonds, accounting for 59.4%; 0.75 trillion yuan in policy financial bonds, accounting for 22.4%; 0.48 trillion yuan in interbank certificates of deposit, accounting for 14.3%; and 0.13 trillion yuan in other bond varieties, accounting for 3.9%.

In January, three new foreign institutional entities entered the interbank bond market. By the end of January, a total of 1,188 foreign institutional entities had entered the market, with 626 participating through settlement agency channels, 836 through the “Bond Connect” channel, and 274 through both channels simultaneously.

In January, foreign institutions traded approximately 1.36 trillion yuan of spot bonds in the interbank bond market, with an average daily trading volume of about 64.7 billion yuan.

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