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China’s overseas investment portfolio worth $498 billion last year

BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China’s overseas portfolio investment rose last year to $498 billion from $360 billion at the end of 2016, with the Chinese territory of Hong Kong the prime destination, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday.

Of that money, $304 billion was held in equity investments while the remaining $194 billion was in bond investments, Xinhua said, citing figures from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.

Almost a third of the total was invested in Hong Kong, followed by the United States with $145 billion, and the Cayman Islands with $38 billion, it said.

Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Robert Birsel.

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