The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) releases data on China's external portfolio investment assets (by country/region) at the end of June2019.The statistics show that China's external portfolio investment assets (excluding reserve assets) amounted to USD 560.2 billion by the end of June 2019, including USD 303.4 billion in equity investments and USD 256.8 billion in bond investments. The top 5 recipients of Chinese investments were Hong Kong, the U.S., CaymanIslands, the British Virgin Islands and the UK, with the amount being USD 179.7 billion, USD 144.3 billion, USD 47.9 billion, USD 40.3 billion and USD 18.1 billion respectively. (End)