Member Article

On 24 January 2024, to deepen the opening-up of the bond market and further facilitate the liquidity management of overseas institutional investors, the People's Bank of China ("PBOC") and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange published theAnnouncement on Further Supporting Overseas Institutional Investors Engaging in Bond Repurchase Business in the China Interbank Bond Market(draft for comments) (the "Announcement") (《关于进一步支持境外机构投资者开展银行间债券市场债券回购业务的公告(征求意见稿)》) to solicit public opinion. On the basis of the opening-up of cash bond trading to overseas institutional investors, the Announcement aims to further open up the onshore bond repo business in the China Interbank Bond Market ("CIBM") to overseas institutional investors to meet their liquidity management needs.