Overseas investors held more Chinese yuan-denominated bonds at the end of January as China opens up its bond market wider to the world. The total amount of yuan bonds owned by overseas institutions under the depository of the China Central Depository & Clearing Co. Ltd. rose 25.04 percent from a year earlier to 1.89 trillion yuan

China's central bank issued 30 billion yuan of bills in Hong Kong on February 13. The move aims to enrich yuan-investment products with high credit ratings in Hong Kong and improve the yield curve of yuan bonds

Imported food value exceeded 84 billion yuan in Tianjin Municipality, north China, in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 63.35 percent. Tianjin was among the country's biggest importers of meat, dairy and plant oil last year, importing 1.86 million tons of beef, mutton, pork and poultry, the second highest in the country