Report Industry Investment Rating No industry investment rating was provided in the report. Core Viewpoints of the Report - In 2025, the domestic bond ETF market experienced rapid growth, with the scale increasing from 174 billion yuan at the end of 2024 to 829 billion yuan at the end of 2025. The product structure showed differentiation, with credit - bond ETFs becoming the main growth driver. [1] - The participation of bond ETFs continued to expand, but the scale barriers of leading fund companies were relatively stable. The market was mainly dominated by institutional investors. [1][2] - The performance of interest - rate bond ETFs was related to duration, and there was significant differentiation. Credit - bond ETFs such as science - innovation bond ETFs and benchmark market - making credit - bond ETFs showed stable performance. Convertible bond ETFs also achieved high - speed growth. [2] - The domestic bond ETF market may further concentrate on leading institutions in single categories. Future product innovation may focus on diversified expansion to meet the differentiated needs of investors. [2] Summary by Relevant Catalogs 1. Domestic Bond ETF Market Overview 1.1 Bond ETF Development Process - The development of domestic bond ETFs has gone through three stages: the start - up stage from 2013 - 2018, the slow - growth stage from 2019 - 2021, and the rapid - growth stage from 2021 to the present. As of December 31, 2025, the scale reached 829 billion yuan. [6] 1.2 Bond ETF Scale Growth in 2025 - In 2025, the bond ETF market grew rapidly. By the end of 2025, there were 53 listed bond ETFs, with a total scale of 829 billion yuan, a 377% increase compared to the end of 2024. The scale expansion showed an accelerating trend. [9] - Among the 53 bond ETF products, 37 had a scale of over 10 billion yuan, accounting for about 70%, indicating rapid market development in 2025. [14] 1.3 Bond ETF Benchmark Index - As of the end of 2025, the domestic bond ETF benchmark index had formed a system covering all categories such as interest - rate bonds, credit bonds, and convertible bonds, with a total of 25 indices compiled by index institutions such as China Securities Index and China Bond Index. [17] - Different types of ETFs correspond to different target indices, which can meet the diversified needs of investors from stable allocation to thematic investment. [18] 1.4 Bond ETF Product Classification System - Domestic bond ETFs can be divided into interest - rate bond ETFs, credit - bond ETFs, and convertible bond ETFs. Interest - rate bond ETFs are the basic products, credit - bond ETFs were the main growth driver in 2025, and there are currently 2 convertible bond ETFs. [21][22] 1.5 Bond ETF Managers - As of the end of 2025, 28 fund companies managed a total of 53 bond ETFs. The scale of leading fund managers showed a long - term stagnation followed by rapid growth. [23] - The market pattern showed significant leading effects and high concentration. Haitong Fund ranked first, followed by Boshi Fund and Fuguo Fund. Both leading institutions and new entrants promoted the expansion of the industry. [28][31] 2. Bond ETF Product Line and Recent Trends 2.1 Structural Differentiation of Bond ETF Scale Growth in 2025 - In terms of scale and quantity, interest - rate bond, credit - bond, and convertible bond ETFs showed significant differentiation in 2025, reflecting the different demand for products with different risk - return characteristics. [33] - Products with a duration of 0 - 3 years and 3 - 7 years accounted for a relatively large proportion, with the proportion increasing by 12.33 percentage points compared to the end of 2024. [38] - The launch of science - innovation bond ETFs and benchmark market - making credit - bond ETFs was the highlight of the market in 2025. The total scale of science - innovation bond ETFs exceeded 35.53 billion yuan, contributing nearly 54% of the annual market scale increment. [41] 2.2 Interest - Rate Bond ETFs - The scale of interest - rate bond ETFs expanded steadily. As of the end of December 2025, the asset - net - value scale was 152.8 billion yuan, accounting for 18.4% of the overall bond ETF market. Policy support promoted the inflow of funds. [45][51] - The product system was improving and achieved full - duration coverage, but there was still room for innovation in some niche categories. [52] - The competition pattern was relatively stable, with leading institutions taking the lead. Competition focused on duration coverage, tracking - error control, and liquidity maintenance. [54] 2.3 Credit - Bond ETFs - Before 2025, there were only 3 credit - bond ETFs. In 2025, it was a big year for credit - bond ETF issuance, with the launch of benchmark market - making credit - bond ETFs and science - innovation bond ETFs. [57] - **Benchmark Market - Making Credit - Bond ETFs**: In January 2025, 8 benchmark market - making credit - bond ETFs were listed. Their scale showed a trend of rapid expansion in the first half of the year and high - level oscillation in the second half. The underlying assets were concentrated in medium - and short - duration, high - rating bonds, mainly including general public - offering corporate bonds and science - innovation bonds. [58][59][62] - **Science - Innovation Bond ETFs**: In 2025, science - innovation bond ETFs grew rapidly, with a total scale of 35.53 billion yuan at the end of the year, accounting for over 40% of the overall bond ETF scale. They were driven by policies and had a three - pillar tracking - index system, with products concentrated in leading fund companies. [70][73][76] - **Other Credit - Bond ETFs**: There were only 3 other credit - bond ETFs, focusing on short - term financing, urban investment bonds, and high - grade corporate bonds. [79] 2.4 Convertible Bond ETFs - In a low - interest - rate environment, convertible bond ETFs became an important allocation target. As of the end of 2025, there were only 2 convertible bond ETFs. The market had achieved leap - forward growth in recent years, and although the scale decreased in 2025, it remained at a high level. [81][82] 3. Bond ETF Product Holder Structure - Bond ETFs were mainly held by institutional investors, and the investor structure of treasury - bond ETFs was relatively balanced. As of June 2025, institutional investors held 92% of the asset - net - value scale, and individual investors held 8%. [84] - In terms of concentration, the concentration of policy - financial bond ETFs was the highest, and that of convertible bond ETFs was the lowest. The top three institutional investors in terms of holding scale were other institutions, securities firms, and securities investment funds. [88][89] 4. Bond ETF Performance - As of the end of 2025, the performance of interest - rate bond ETFs showed significant differentiation, with long - duration products having larger declines and short - duration products achieving positive returns. Most products had a tracking - deviation mean of less than 0.1. [92] - The performance of credit - bond ETFs also showed differentiation. Some science - innovation bond ETFs and benchmark market - making credit - bond ETFs performed well, and the annualized returns of some early - established credit - bond ETFs were higher. [95][97] - The recovery - unit - net - value trends of Haitong Shanghai - Stock - Exchange Investment - Grade Convertible Bond ETF and Boshi Convertible Bond ETF were highly synchronized, with 2025 returns of 13.1% and 18.0% respectively, and annualized returns since establishment of 4.5% and 5.5% respectively. [98] 5. Future Development of Bond ETFs - The domestic bond ETF market showed a trend of concentration among leading institutions, and there were problems such as product homogenization and lack of richness, which were difficult to meet the differentiated needs of investors. [102] - Referring to the US bond ETF market, the domestic bond ETF market could enrich the product matrix from multiple dimensions, including expanding product - gradient coverage, developing Smart Beta and actively managed bond ETFs, adding cross - border and cross - market bond ETFs if QDII quotas were sufficient, and adding over - the - counter connection funds. [103][104][107]