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Panda bond issuances up in Jan-Sept period

China's panda bond issuances registered stable growth in the first three quarters, thanks to new market-boosting measures. About 75.4 billion yuan ($10.4 billion) of such bonds were issued in the first nine months, up 8.7 percent from a year ago, said the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors. Issuances by international development institutions jumped 27.8 percent year-on-year to 11.5 billion yuan. The association launched a pilot program this year to streamline the panda bond registration and issuance mechanism. The issuer base for universal registration was expanded, and repetitive disclosures were reduced.

Anhui sees growing Q1-Q3 foreign trade

East China's Anhui province recorded robust foreign trade growth in the first three quarters, said the local Customs authority. The province's goods trade value hit 566.29 billion yuan ($78.14 billion) from January to September, up 13.5 percent year-on-year. Exports surged 20.3 percent year-on-year to 350 billion yuan, while imports increased 4.1 percent to 216.29 billion yuan, Hefei Customs said. During the period, exports of Anhui's mechanical and electrical products expanded by 20.6 percent year-on-year to account for 62.1 percent of the province's total export volume.

Xinhua - China Daily