Recently, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) disseminated the country-specific data on China's external portfolio investment assets for the first time. The statistics show that China's external portfolio investment assets (excluding reserve assets) amounted to USD 286.8 billion as at the end of June 2015, including USD 177.8 billion in equity investments and USD 109.1 billion in bond investments. The top 5 recipients of Chinese investments were the US, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands, the UK and Japan, with the amount being USD 116.7 billion, USD 49.5 billion, USD 16.3 billion, USD 13 billion and USD 12.4 billion respectively.

At the end of 2015, the SAFE wrote to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), confirming its participation in the Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS). The compiling principle of the CPIS is consistent with the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6) published by the IMF. The data released this time were compiled in line with the requirements and formats of the CPIS, with the coverage consistent with the portfolio investment subentry under external assets in the BPM6, but the classified data were more detailed and country specific, with bond investments divided into long-term and short-term investments. The country-specific data on China's external portfolio investment assets are to be released on a half-year basis as required by the IMF.