Xin Hua Cai Jing·2026-01-25 07:28Primary Market - A total of 7 offshore bonds were issued this week (January 19-23, 2026), including 2 RMB bonds, 2 USD bonds, 1 HKD bond, and 2 AUD bonds [2] - The largest single issuance in the offshore RMB bond market was 1.092 billion RMB with a maximum coupon rate of 3.15%, issued by Ganzhou Urban Investment Holding Group [2] - In the USD bond market, the largest single issuance was 300 million USD by Panzhihua Panxi Technology City Development Co., with the highest coupon rate of 9.75% issued by Ruian Real Estate Co. [2] Secondary Market Overview - The yield on Chinese USD bonds slightly increased this week, with the Markit iBoxx Chinese USD Bond Composite Index rising by 0.11 to 252.07 [3] - The investment-grade USD bond index increased by 0.1% to 244.95, while the high-yield USD bond index rose by 0.21% to 243.79 [3] - The real estate USD bond index increased by 0.26% to 180.79, and the city investment USD bond index rose by 0.07% to 154.74 [3] Benchmark Spread - As of January 23, the spread between the 10-year benchmark government bonds of China and the U.S. widened to 240.9 basis points, an increase of 2.1 basis points from the previous week [4] Rating Changes - Moody's withdrew the "Ca" corporate family rating for Hailong Holdings Co., Ltd. at the company's request on January 19 [6] - Fitch downgraded the long-term foreign currency issuer ratings of Wanda Commercial Properties (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. to "RD" on January 19 [6] Defaults and Extensions - Vanke successfully passed a bond extension plan for 1.1 billion RMB with a high approval rate of 92.11% on January 21, marking its first successful extension since facing difficulties in late 2025 [7] Domestic News - In December 2025, over 10 trillion RMB worth of debt financing instruments were issued in the interbank market, with a total of 11,531 instruments issued throughout the year amounting to 10.09 trillion RMB [8] - Since the launch of the green foreign debt pilot in Shandong, approximately 330 million RMB in cross-border financing has been achieved, involving key green sectors [9] - The panda bond market reached a record issuance of 163.31 billion RMB in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 15.6%, with a total outstanding amount of 318.78 billion RMB [10] Overseas News - The Bank of Japan maintained its benchmark interest rate at 0.75% on January 23, to assess the impact of last month's rate hike on the economy [11] Offshore Debt Alerts - Vanke withdrew its application for the listing of the Huaxia Wanwei Warehousing Logistics Closed-End Infrastructure Securities Investment Fund on January 23 [12] - Luoyang Molybdenum Co. plans to issue 1.2 billion USD zero-coupon convertible bonds with a conversion premium of 28.7% [13] - Hongyi Culture extended the maturity date of its 60 million HKD convertible bonds to April 21, 2028 [14]