SAFE has announced rules to regulate foreign institutional investors investing in the domestic interbank bond market. The “People`s Republic of China Foreign Exchange Management Regulations” and the relevant provisions on foreign exchange control matters are hereby notified as follows:

  1. The notification referred to foreign institutional investors, which are consistent with “People`s Bank of China Announcement 2016” as commercial banks outside the People`s Republic of China in accordance with the law in which they are incorporated, insurance companies, securities companies, fund management companies and other asset managers and financial institutions.
  2. Foreign institutional investors to invest in the domestic interbank bond market should apply for registration.

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