Renminbi (RMB)/Yuan Appreciation & Internationalization

jli88 said:

This is literal madness. 2.5% for a country (no offense to Pakistan) who has been in near-default multiple times, and is still facing loan repayment issues.

China's own government raises at ~1.3%. (Completely risk free rate of return)

This is literal madness, chinese markets need to mature by facing some pain I guess.

Edit: Finally was able to make sense of this issuance. AIIB/ADB jointly have guaranteed 95% of the debt issuance, which coupled with strong ratings for both, makes the coupon rate realistic.

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Goldman Sachs has found that trade settlement in the Chinese yuan has nearly tripled since 2019, at a time when Beijing is

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through trade, cross-border payments and financial flows. China-linked trade settlements in yuan grew from 13 per cent in 2019 to 30 per cent last year, although they still lagged the country’s relative weight in the global economy, the New York-based investment bank said in a research note. Total cross-border yuan transactions also rose “sharply” from 9 trillion yuan (US$1.32 trillion) in 2017 to 64 trillion yuan in 2024, according to the note by the bank’s China economist Chen Xinquan.

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Digital yuan deposit balances and account numbers are now key metrics in how banks are evaluated, the person said, adding that the goal is to build critical mass and an ecosystem that pulls in broader participation. To boost domestic usage, the PBOC is testing applications using "smart contracts" - embedded programs that ⁠trigger automatic payments when predefined conditions are met. Pilots include lottery draws, prepaid cards, government fiscal spending and supply chain financing, the industry sources said. Authorities are also testing the digital yuan to curb medical insurance fraud and track green electricity consumption, leveraging its ability to trace money flows with precision, said the sources. Local governments have set numerical adoption targets and are piloting internal use cases including salary payments and healthcare disbursements, one person at a payment company said. The PBOC is also considering establishing a clearinghouse similar to China UnionPay ⁠to process digital yuan transactions among all operating banks and improve efficiency, sources said. These uses have not been previously reported.

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About 133 billion yuan-worth of panda bonds were issued through May 29 this year, according to data provider Wind. That is nearly double the amount in the same period last year and 68% of the full-year tally, putting issuances on track to surpass the record 195 billion yuan in 2024.

The ratio of foreign companies in panda bond issuances by value grew from 27% in 2023 to 41% in the first quarter of 2026, according to Lei Wang, head of research for S&P Global (China) Ratings. "We expect the share of non-Chinese issuers to keep rising and could become the main force in the market," he said.

Driving demand is a low interest rate environment that has remained intact even as the Iran war drives oil prices higher and raises the inflation outlook in other parts of the world. The yield on 10-year government bonds in China stood at 1.73% on May 28, having fallen about 0.8 percentage points since the Iran war started on Feb. 28. During the same period, yields have climbed in the U.S., Japan and Germany.

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LONDON -- Russia will issue yuan-denominated sovereign bonds worth 10 billion yuan ($1.47 billion) Wednesday, the Finance Ministry said, illustrating how Moscow increasingly raises money in China's currency in lieu of dollars to offset the toll of sanctions. The new bonds can be bought with the yuan or the ruble, and the maturity is set at 10 years with a coupon of 7.65%. U.S.-imposed sanctions on the Moscow Exchange, where the bonds will be available, make purchases by overseas buyers complicated.

This follows the first-ever issuance of yuan-denominated bonds by Russia's Finance Ministry in December. The two tranches of three-year and seven-year maturities totaled 20 billion yuan. The bonds being offered this week carry a longer maturity. The move appears intended to meet demand from Russian companies, which often settle payments in yuan, and domestic investors seeking long-term investments in foreign currencies.

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