China is to issue treasury bonds worth 20 billion yuan from March 18 to 25, the Ministry of Finance announced Friday.
The T-bonds have a maturity period of ten years and an annual interest rate of 2.7 percent, with interest paid annually.
Some 50 qualified stock brokerage companies, trust investment companies and insurance companies throughout the country have entered bids to sell the T-bonds.
The Bank of China and the China Life Insurance Co. Ltd head the list in terms of sales volume.