China’s securities regulator announced Friday that qualified foreign investors will be allowed to trade treasury bond futures starting the same day, with such trading restricted to hedging purposes, Xinhua Net reported.
In a statement, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said the move is intended to broaden the range of investment instruments available to qualified foreign investors and to expand the toolkit for interest rate risk management among foreign institutional investors.
According to the CSRC, the policy is also expected to increase the attractiveness of yuan‑denominated bond assets, enhance the stability of foreign institutional investment behavior, and support the high-quality development of both the spot and futures segments of the bond market.
The regulator added that it will introduce further measures to deepen reform and development of the futures market and to advance the high-standard, institutional opening-up of China’s capital market.