中國財政部將在倫敦發債30億元

China’s finance ministry will issue Rmb3bn ($458m) of bonds in London’s offshore renminbi market, a test of foreign investors' appetite for Chinese assets amid concerns about the currency’s depreciation and capital flight.

中國財政部將在倫敦的離岸人民幣市場發行30億元人民幣（合4.58億美元）債券。在人民幣貶值和中國的資本外逃引發擔憂之際，此舉將檢驗出外國投資者對中國資產的興趣。

The UK government has aggressively courted renminbi business for the City of London as part of a broad push to promote greater economic ties with the world’s largest economy in terms of purchasing power.

爲了加強與中國的經濟聯繫，英國政府一直在大力爲倫敦金融城(City of London)招攬人民幣業務。以購買力平價計，中國已是世界最大的經濟體。

Providing foreign investors with a deep and liquid pool of high-quality renminbi assets is crucial to China’s goal of boosting international use of its currency. Renminbi deposits have accumulated in offshore centres including Hong Kong, London, Singapore, and Frankfurt but the supply of offshore renminbi assets has lagged.

向外國投資者提供具有深度和較高流動性的高品質人民幣資產池，對於中國提升人民幣國際使用率的目標至關重要。在包括香港、倫敦、新加坡和法蘭克福在內的離岸人民幣中心，人民幣存款已經具備了一定規模。然而，離岸人民幣資產的供應卻落在了後面。

HSBC and Bank of China (UK) will coordinate the latest London debt sale, China’s finance ministry said in a statement late on Monday.

中國財政部在週一晚的聲明中表示，匯豐(HSBC)和中國銀行（英國）(Bank of China (UK)）將擔任此次發行的全球協調人。