What is the latest figure for China bond holders and settlement volume?

Interbank market holders: Foreign institutions stood at 27,396.99 100 million yuan in Sep 2026. That is −1.1% from Aug 2026 and −1.5% from a year earlier.

What does China's bond holder structure and settlement table track?

This table tracks month-end bond holdings by investor category and monthly settlement volume across transaction types for securities registered at China Central Depository & Clearing Co. (ChinaBond). It also records the total number of interbank and counter market investor accounts.

Which investor types are included in China interbank bond holdings?

ChinaBond breaks down interbank bond holdings into commercial banks, credit cooperatives, insurance institutions, securities companies, non-legal-entity products such as funds and wealth management plans, foreign institutions, and counter market participants.

Which transaction types are covered in China bond settlement volume?

Monthly settlement volume at ChinaBond covers cash bond trades, pledged repos, outright repos, tri-party repos, bond lending, and bond forwards, denominated in 100 million yuan.

China bond holders and settlement volume

Name: China bond holders and settlement volume
Creator: China Central Depository & Clearing Co. (ChinaBond) — Monthly Statistical Report
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China bond holder structure and settlement volume are published monthly by ChinaBond.

Source: China Central Depository & Clearing Co. (ChinaBond) — Monthly Statistical ReportLast updated: Oct 23, 2026, 09:03 UTCCurated by Bui Thanh Phuc

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Bonds in custody by holder3
Interbank bond market7	1,303,335.32	1,295,044.32	1,287,006	1,275,320.61	1,272,603.01	1,262,624.77	1,259,979.37	1,251,198.42	1,238,668.22	1,229,547.02	1,224,494.94	1,215,186.05	1,212,640.05	1,206,335.52	1,191,172.07	1,177,275.72	1,162,906.15	1,148,406.14	1,142,223.36	1,130,280.05	1,114,050.08	1,108,498.68	1,093,783.91	1,083,116.11	1,070,583.02	1,058,709.81	1,045,633.77	1,041,046.3	1,034,242.27	1,020,544.44	1,022,732.15	1,020,207.93	1,017,910.19	1,016,085.89	1,008,577.68	997,906.67	985,879.02
Interbank market holders: Commercial banks	886,790.81	882,503.61	876,047.14	871,129.57	865,830.98	848,250.56	841,778.93	829,971.99	823,038.9	812,823.64	809,098.44	803,001.87	805,353.69	800,541.56	788,269.81	772,396.64	767,336.9	750,032.71	740,870.97	733,775.51	725,223.85	734,405.49	738,060.08	741,184.39	735,300.47	727,331.42	718,263.99	718,583.37	717,455.93	706,856.58	708,813.98	703,663.5	702,505.93	702,488.85	701,218.96	694,472.17	681,087.43
Interbank market holders: Credit cooperatives	12,169.07	12,770.52	12,796.64	13,561.43	13,679.65	13,847.82	14,103.97	14,462.72	16,128.32	15,659.05	16,055.34	16,000.27	16,255.96	15,698.58	15,501.44	14,908.13	14,968.55	14,533.33	14,655.96	14,470.32	13,846.37	13,534.3	13,198.41	13,598.39	13,080.51	13,145.04	12,917.57	12,845.49	13,376.9	13,091.76	12,816.01	12,222.33	11,997.38	12,041.22	12,578.05	12,628.1	12,186.57
Interbank market holders: Insurance institutions	44,809.77	45,761.57	45,741.33	45,877.55	45,089.45	44,727.99	45,036.37	44,266.55	44,265.28	44,389.88	44,076.41	44,085.78	44,102.85	43,863.47	43,479.22	42,618.97	42,280.52	42,324.64	41,874.72	41,044.5	40,070.53	39,608.33	39,540.76	39,588.87	38,816.79	38,382.9	37,939.81	37,279.18	37,988.63	37,342.86	36,800.22	36,547.46	36,596.78	36,207.54	36,294.89	36,472.91	35,837.66
Interbank market holders: Securities companies	22,342.28	21,439.86	21,964.91	22,069.04	22,800.12	22,305.65	21,274.28	21,427.11	21,136.18	20,561.73	20,190.69	21,483.38	20,025.78	20,414.34	20,264.18	21,796.55	20,886.91	21,842.82	20,137.83	19,290.58	19,684.2	19,815.84	20,929.89	19,481.17	19,061.58	18,897.93	19,529.31	19,731.51	19,322.16	19,324.58	21,909.21	22,516.08	22,845.74	22,321.4	21,359.6	20,595.85	21,123.56
Interbank market holders: Non-legal-entity products (funds, wealth management)	198,108.04	193,231.03	193,493.54	193,001.76	191,470.75	189,969.11	189,429.32	188,435.36	187,990.22	192,730.01	193,300.57	194,581.27	194,315.79	196,228.09	196,521.5	198,767.95	191,717.03	191,280.23	189,511.48	186,795.49	186,003.67	188,321.35	185,611.71	183,471.57	184,044.17	182,043.13	182,564.7	180,081.27	174,295.96	173,651.98	171,970.05	173,960.82	172,543.81	172,421.25	168,002.84	166,257.77	168,588.17
Interbank market holders: Foreign institutions	27,396.99	27,688.05	27,749.12	27,630.06	27,593.86	26,842.62	27,096.15	27,797.59	27,341.39	27,529.43	27,882.99	28,050.02	27,828.32	27,717.15	28,017.3	29,309.85	29,604	29,781.5	29,109.18	29,107.93	29,039.97	29,599.97	30,066.5	30,456.5	31,390.66	32,628.08	32,299.19	32,062.34	32,130.76	31,383.66	31,280.19	32,087.08	32,239.65	31,398.72	30,191.75	28,619	28,246.25
Interbank market holders: Others	111,718.37	111,649.69	109,213.33	102,051.2	106,138.2	116,681.03	121,260.35	124,837.1	118,767.92	115,853.29	113,890.5	107,983.45	104,757.67	101,872.33	99,118.6	97,477.63	96,112.24	98,610.91	106,063.23	105,795.72	100,181.49	83,213.4	66,376.56	55,335.21	48,888.85	46,281.31	42,119.2	40,463.12	39,671.93	38,893.03	39,142.49	39,210.66	39,180.9	39,206.91	38,931.59	38,860.87	38,809.38
Counter (OTC) market	12,288.22	11,643.2	11,911.47	11,508.79	10,890.71	10,900.58	10,589.53	10,425.2	10,428.7	10,497.46	10,340.63	9,741.82	10,136.16	9,600.82	9,981.53	9,725.41	9,162.33	9,017.02	8,731.86	8,640.49	8,591.27	8,670.95	8,459.03	7,964.49	8,269.2	7,687.26	7,968.83	7,763.63	7,394.31	7,450.54	7,664.27	7,891.28	7,892.01	7,838.01	7,823.74	7,779.68	7,802.58
Other markets	50,034.02	49,359.86	49,169.26	48,467.13	47,518.26	47,192.74	47,128.9	46,963.17	46,947.25	46,660.57	46,798.73	45,748.5	45,203.97	43,156.68	42,557.44	42,608.17	42,106.84	42,099.28	41,119.12	40,065.22	39,606.98	38,632.19	37,615.43	37,384.37	37,254.35	37,038.02	36,750.41	36,713.85	36,100.07	35,911.08	36,393.81	36,656.94	36,733.81	37,021.86	36,116.59	34,894.8	34,684.82
Bond settlement volume in the month6	1,259,559.94	1,324,800.52	1,433,070.03	1,306,218.19	1,329,232.57	1,626,058.55	1,679,000.24	1,082,637.05	1,585,940.99	1,685,355.75	1,437,243.86	1,257,054.26	1,577,757.97	1,584,500.5	1,701,094.79	1,500,932.95	1,280,033.88	1,353,795.76	1,274,802.24	938,435.66	1,069,809.73	1,541,372.85	1,506,340.4	1,302,341.49	1,232,816.63	1,398,560.03	1,506,197.67	1,230,267.76	1,274,087.25	1,440,582.39	1,527,968.36	1,085,236.4	1,655,224.48	1,422,380.96	1,435,000.98	1,175,724.02	1,384,960.79
Settlement: Cash bond trades	211,508.52	244,511.03	250,972.08	277,497.87	222,199.6	277,374.88	269,017.11	147,151.16	217,717.99	218,908.15	212,440.7	183,395.9	232,330.86	233,360.7	247,852.28	225,594.07	202,220.71	227,405.16	245,230.49	181,054.54	167,355.39	202,064.92	190,886.35	159,404.79	176,577.58	183,534.69	244,492.1	217,608.4	217,676.64	241,055.81	270,395.33	165,465.42	227,596.13	191,830.71	193,820.83	144,782.17	179,658.1
Settlement: Pledged repos	988,698.69	1,022,759.73	1,120,800.56	967,269.71	1,045,792.35	1,281,382.17	1,351,854.87	902,152.44	1,311,262	1,412,920.98	1,177,389.51	1,031,741.38	1,286,492.01	1,289,395.91	1,397,418.61	1,229,499.48	1,033,368.64	1,080,788.04	980,807.56	716,818.15	864,224.19	1,299,575.06	1,274,136.99	1,102,811.71	1,018,050.4	1,168,589.64	1,209,274.98	969,257.99	1,014,860.35	1,161,768.52	1,221,679.73	898,309.82	1,398,426.9	1,203,615.78	1,210,115.95	1,003,587.8	1,174,287.37
Settlement: Outright repos	13,974.77	12,054.4	12,748.62	12,514.01	10,944.46	9,948.16	9,566.37	4,634.3	6,708.03	7,423.91	7,268.74	5,901.99	8,636.82	7,799.98	8,480.06	7,889.42	7,595.47	7,764.8	6,813.32	5,102.01	5,016.52	7,126.08	7,187.74	6,484.48	7,364.52	7,474.61	6,705.54	6,062.93	6,788.26	6,729.91	6,457.2	4,060.22	6,081.54	4,577.87	4,607.13	3,987.86	3,879.78
Settlement: Tri-party repos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Settlement: Bond lending	44,667.99	44,880.9	47,951.66	48,374.61	49,681.41	56,909.84	48,195.09	28,381.75	50,003.49	45,905.33	39,973.28	35,800.25	50,049.88	53,780.02	47,262.44	37,846.88	36,813.45	37,809.35	41,906.37	35,459.47	33,168.43	32,603.59	34,119.32	33,603.01	30,816.14	38,961.08	45,725.05	37,337.43	34,761	31,028.15	29,436	17,400.94	23,118.06	22,356.6	26,457.07	23,366.2	27,135.54
Settlement: Bond forwards	709.98	594.47	597.1	562	614.75	443.5	366.8	317.4	249.48	197.38	171.63	214.73	248.4	163.9	81.4	103.1	35.6	28.4	44.5	1.5	45.2	3.2	10	37.5	8	0	0	1	1	0	0.1	0	1.85	0	0	0	0
Number of interbank market investors	40,939	41,730	43,264	44,206	43,614	43,087	43,029	43,140	43,289	42,900	42,107	41,755	41,520	41,130	40,498	40,134	39,789	39,417	39,185	39,302	39,520	39,451	39,106	38,892	38,924	38,815	38,656	38,415	38,174	38,042	37,950	37,742	37,408	37,396	36,988	36,660	36,450
Number of counter market investors	37,033,027	36,745,400	36,654,550	36,394,501	35,811,000	35,721,749	35,394,229	35,210,836	35,146,969	35,085,545	35,023,260	34,839,314	34,772,379	34,592,249	34,510,373	34,327,002	34,093,617	34,016,681	33,789,523	33,678,169	33,595,725	33,544,952	33,444,789	33,240,074	33,128,684	32,921,311	32,780,794	32,575,453	32,361,340	32,101,099	31,980,780	31,873,528	31,828,424	31,783,242	31,745,413	31,667,124	31,485,448

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The series on this page is monthly and runs from Mar 2021 to Sep 2026. Source: China Central Depository & Clearing Co. (ChinaBond) — Monthly Statistical Report.

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China bond holder structure and settlement volume are published monthly by ChinaBond. Holder categories include commercial banks, insurance institutions, securities companies, foreign institutions, and non-legal-entity products. The table also tracks settlement volume across cash bond trades, pledged repos, outright repos, bond lending, and investor account numbers. Reported in 100 million yuan and accounts, monthly data from China Central Depository & Clearing Co. cover activity since 2021.

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What is the latest figure for China bond holders and settlement volume?: Interbank market holders: Foreign institutions stood at 27,396.99 100 million yuan in Sep 2026. That is −1.1% from Aug 2026 and −1.5% from a year earlier.
How far back does the China bond holders and settlement volume data go?: The series on this page is monthly and runs from Mar 2021 to Sep 2026. Source: China Central Depository & Clearing Co. (ChinaBond) — Monthly Statistical Report. Every series in the table can be charted over its full history and downloaded as CSV or Excel.
What does China's bond holder structure and settlement table track?: This table tracks month-end bond holdings by investor category and monthly settlement volume across transaction types for securities registered at China Central Depository & Clearing Co. (ChinaBond). It also records the total number of interbank and counter market investor accounts.
Which investor types are included in China interbank bond holdings?: ChinaBond breaks down interbank bond holdings into commercial banks, credit cooperatives, insurance institutions, securities companies, non-legal-entity products such as funds and wealth management plans, foreign institutions, and counter market participants.
Which transaction types are covered in China bond settlement volume?: Monthly settlement volume at ChinaBond covers cash bond trades, pledged repos, outright repos, tri-party repos, bond lending, and bond forwards, denominated in 100 million yuan.