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PBOC pledges broader access to China’s financial markets and yuan bonds

China’s central bank governor pledged to further open the country’s financial markets and promote wider global use of yuan bonds as eligible collateral. The PBOC said it would expand risk-management tools, improve cross-border financial connections and support offshore yuan markets.

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What happened

Key facts

  • The PBOC statement said yuan assets can meet global investors’ growing diversification needs (per thestandard.com.hk).
  • The PBOC said it would continue expanding risk-management tools to facilitate investment and financing (per thestandard.com.hk).
  • Pan said the PBOC would promote broader global acceptance and use of yuan bonds as eligible collateral (per thestandard.com.hk).
  • Pan said the PBOC would strengthen cross-border financial infrastructure connections and support offshore yuan markets (per thestandard.com.hk).

The brief

China’s central bank governor pledged to widen access to the country’s financial markets and encourage greater global use of yuan bonds as eligible collateral. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) also said it would keep expanding risk-management tools intended to facilitate investment and financing, according to the statement reported by The Standard.

Pan said the central bank would work to make yuan bonds more broadly accepted and used as collateral internationally. The statement also identified two other strands of the effort: stronger connections between cross-border financial infrastructure and support for offshore yuan markets.

The PBOC described yuan assets as meeting the growing diversification needs of global investors. In a quote attributed to Pan, the statement cited China’s steady economic growth and the rapid development of high-tech industries as support for RMB assets.

The remarks were delivered in a Thursday speech on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, according to The Standard. Its account does not provide a calendar date for the speech. The central bank’s commitments were presented as continuing work to open China’s capital markets and promote wider international use of the yuan.

The Standard also situated those efforts in a period when, it said, U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and unpredictable foreign policies were denting trust in dollar assets. That is the outlet’s description of the context; the article provides no further details about how confidence in dollar assets has changed or how investors have acted.

The account sets out the PBOC’s stated aims and the areas where it says it will act: risk-management tools, yuan bonds as collateral, cross-border infrastructure and offshore yuan markets. It does not report implementation details or results. The central bank’s statement presents broader access and wider use of yuan assets as parts of its market-opening effort.

Why it matters

  • The PBOC’s stated measures center on mechanisms for investment and financing: expanded risk-management tools, yuan bonds as eligible collateral and connections between cross-border financial infrastructure.
  • The central bank identified global investors’ diversification needs as a reason yuan assets may be relevant, and said it would promote wider acceptance of yuan bonds.
  • The PBOC also named offshore yuan markets as an area it would support, linking that work to its stated effort to promote yuan internationalization.

What to watch next

  • Whether the PBOC expands the risk-management tools it said it would continue developing.
  • Whether the PBOC promotes broader international acceptance and use of yuan bonds as eligible collateral.
  • Whether the PBOC strengthens cross-border financial infrastructure connections.
  • Whether the PBOC supports the development of offshore yuan markets.

How it's being covered

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Timeline

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  1. China introduced the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor programme in 2002, allowing approved overseas institutions to invest in domestic securities under quotas.
    Background · from our historical context
  2. China and Hong Kong launched Stock Connect in November 2014, allowing eligible investors in each market to trade selected shares in the other.
    Background · from our historical context
  3. The China International Payment System, launched by the PBOC in October 2015, provided infrastructure for cross-border renminbi payments and clearing.
    Background · from our historical context
  4. In July 2017, Bond Connect began with a northbound channel through which overseas investors could buy mainland bonds via Hong Kong.
    Background · from our historical context
  5. In May 2023, the two sides launched Swap Connect, initially enabling overseas investors to access mainland interest-rate swap markets for hedging.
    Background · from our historical context

How we got here

The immediate backdrop was the gradual expansion of channels linking overseas investors to mainland China’s bond and equity markets. China and Hong Kong launched Stock Connect in November 2014, allowing eligible investors in each market to trade selected shares in the other.

In July 2017, Bond Connect began with a northbound channel through which overseas investors could buy mainland bonds via Hong Kong. In May 2023, the two sides launched Swap Connect, initially enabling overseas investors to access mainland interest-rate swap markets for hedging.

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