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Overseas buyers hold more Chinese bonds

Overseas investors raised their holdings of Chinese bonds for the 32nd month in a row in July as the yield on Chinese government bonds remained attractive. Overseas investors held Chinese bonds worth 3.38 trillion yuan ($522.6 billion), up by 75.4 billion yuan from June, data from China Central Depository& Clearing Co Ltd showed. China's economic resilience, the yuan's stable exchange rate and wider financial opening-up have combined to drive the foreign inflows, analysts said.

New standard for quick response codes

The first China-led international standard for quick response or QR and bar codes was released by the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission, two international organizations for standards, China News Service reported on Thursday. It is a breakthrough in the development of China's automatic identification and data collection technology.

Xinhua - China Daily