Primary Market - A total of 31 offshore bonds were issued this week (August 18-22, 2025), including 2 offshore RMB bonds, 19 USD bonds, 8 HKD bonds, 1 THB bond, and 1 JPY bond, with issuance scales of 1.484 billion RMB, 10.097 billion USD, 4.25 billion HKD, 700 million THB, and 10.1 billion JPY [1] - The largest single issuance in the offshore RMB bond market was 774 million RMB by Hangzhou Fuyang Transportation Development Investment Group [1] - The highest coupon rate for RMB bonds this week was 5%, issued by Zhengzhou Jianzhong Construction Development Group [1] - In the USD bond market, the largest single issuance was 5 billion USD by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, with the highest coupon rate of 7% issued by Zhangzhou Yuanshan Development Co., Ltd. [1] Secondary Market - The yield on Chinese USD bonds mostly increased this week, with the Markit iBoxx Chinese USD bond composite index rising by 0.03% to 246.82 [2] - The investment-grade USD bond index also increased by 0.03% to 239.26, while the high-yield USD bond index rose by 0.04% to 246.82 [2] - The real estate USD bond index decreased by 0.09% to 183.34, while the city investment USD bond index increased by 0.1% to 150.95 [2] - The financial USD bond index rose by 0.04% to 286.88 [2] Default and Restructuring - China Glass announced a default on a loan of 140 million USD, failing to make a payment of 141.7 million USD on the due date [4] - Country Garden is working towards completing its overseas debt restructuring by the end of 2025, with strong support from creditors [10] - Sunac China announced plans to restructure 9.552 billion USD of debt, with approximately 75% of creditors signing a support agreement [11] - Guangzhou Times Holdings announced a suspension of all outstanding corporate bonds starting August 25, 2025, to arrange for future debt repayments [12] - Yuzhou Group's restructuring proposal for its 375 million USD offshore debt due in 2027 has been approved by a majority of qualified bondholders [13] Market News - The Bond Connect Northbound trading volume reached 957.6 billion RMB in July, with policy financial bonds and government bonds being the most active [5] - A total of 14 new science and technology innovation bond ETFs were reported on August 20, indicating rapid expansion in this category [6][7] - The People's Bank of China announced the issuance of 45 billion RMB central bank bills in Hong Kong, with two different maturities [8] Overseas News - The Federal Reserve's July meeting minutes indicated expectations of rising inflation in the short term, with most officials believing inflation risks outweigh employment risks [9]