The Shanghai headquarters of the People's Bank of China released the August 2026 foreign institutional investment interbank bond market briefing. As of the end of August 2026, overseas institutions held 3.19 trillion yuan of interbank market bonds, accounting for about 1.7% of the total escrow volume of the interbank bond market. In terms of securities, overseas institutions held 2.03 trillion yuan of treasury bonds, accounting for 63.6%, 0.76 trillion yuan of policy financial bonds, accounting for 23.8%, 0.26 trillion yuan of interbank deposits, accounting for 8.2%, and 0.14 trillion yuan of other types of bonds, accounting for 4.4%. In August, 3 new overseas institutional entities entered the interbank bond market. By the end of August, a total of 1204 overseas institutions had entered the market, of which 639 had entered the market through settlement agency channels, 844 had entered the market through the “Bond Connect” channel, and 279 had entered the market through two channels at the same time. In August, the cash trading volume of overseas institutions in the interbank bond market was about 1.39 trillion yuan, with an average daily trading volume of about 66.1 billion yuan.

The Shanghai headquarters of the People's Bank of China released the August 2026 foreign institutional investment interbank bond market briefing. As of the end of August 2026, overseas institutions held 3.19 trillion yuan of interbank market bonds, accounting for about 1.7% of the total escrow volume of the interbank bond market. In terms of securities, overseas institutions held 2.03 trillion yuan of treasury bonds, accounting for 63.6%, 0.76 trillion yuan of policy financial bonds, accounting for 23.8%, 0.26 trillion yuan of interbank deposits, accounting for 8.2%, and 0.14 trillion yuan of other types of bonds, accounting for 4.4%. In August, 3 new overseas institutional entities entered the interbank bond market. By the end of August, a total of 1204 overseas institutions had entered the market, of which 639 had entered the market through settlement agency channels, 844 had entered the market through the “Bond Connect” channel, and 279 had entered the market through two channels at the same time. In August, the cash trading volume of overseas institutions in the interbank bond market was about 1.39 trillion yuan, with an average daily trading volume of about 66.1 billion yuan.