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Posted on March 19, 2025
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China will issue 6 billion yuan in sovereign green bonds in London, marking its first overseas issuance, following a China-UK economic discussion.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's finance ministry said on Wednesday it would issue up to 6 billion yuan ($829 million) of yuan-denominated sovereign green bonds in London, marking China's first issuance of such bonds overseas.
The announcement, which didn't provide more details, comes after a China-UK economic and financial discussion in Beijing chaired by Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves in January.
The plan for the green bond issuance was first announced in a statement outlining the policy outcomes of that meeting.
"China agrees that it would issue an inaugural yuan-denominated sovereign green bond in 2025 and that this would be listed in London, the first in a programme of Chinese green sovereign issuances in the UK," the finance ministry said in a statement.
In February, the ministry released a framework document on China's sovereign green bonds, calling it an effort to "attract international funds to support domestic green and low-carbon development."
In 2020, China pledged to bring its carbon dioxide emissions to a peak before 2030 and become carbon-neutral by 2060. The following years saw the world's second largest economy increasingly utilising financial instruments such as green bonds to help it achieve its goals.
China is willing to work with the UK to deepen cooperation in green and low-carbon development, Ding Xuexiang, China's vice premier, told British energy minister Ed Miliband in Beijing on Monday.
($1 = 7.2373 Chinese yuan)
(Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Mark Potter)
The main topic is China's issuance of yuan-denominated sovereign green bonds in the UK for the first time.
It marks China's first overseas issuance of green bonds, highlighting cooperation with the UK in green finance.
China aims to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
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