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China to conclude 200b yuan local government bond sales

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-09-05 17:18

The Ministry of Finance said Friday that the 200 billion yuan ($29.28 billion) local government bond sales will complete after the last four batches of bonds will be sold at early next week.

The last four batches, with a total value of 11 billion yuan are composed of 2 billion yuan for Hebei province, 3.6 billion yuan for Shanghai, 2.7 billion yuan for Zhejiang province, 2.7 billion yuan for Shaanxi province, said the ministry on its website.

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The four batches of bonds, with an annual interest rate of 2.24 percent and a term of three years, will be sold to the public as of September 7 to September 9 this year. They will become tradable as from September 11, with interest calculated as of September 7 and repaid annually.

The ministry issued this year's first batch of local government bonds of 3 billion yuan on behalf of Xinjiang at the end of March.

The 200-billion-bond sales are intended to help finance local governments under the central government's 4-trillion-yuan economic stimulus package.