The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced on the 21st that the Ministry of Finance will issue RMB treasury bond through the central clearing system of the HKMA's debt instruments, with a total issuance scale of 12.5 billion yuan, divided into four years. This issue is an additional 2027 treasury bond with a total value of 3 billion yuan, an additional 2028 treasury bond with a total value of 4 billion yuan, an additional 2030 treasury bond with a total value of 4 billion yuan, and an additional 2040 treasury bond with a total value of 1.5 billion yuan. This batch of treasury bond will be tendered on August 27 and settled on August 29. After issuance, the additional treasury bond will be merged with the original 2027, 2028, 2030 and 2040 treasury bond to form a single series, with the annual interest rates of treasury bond being 1.75%, 1.80%, 1.88% and 2.10% respectively. The Ministry of Finance will issue 68 billion yuan of treasury bond in Hong Kong SAR in six phases in 2025. Among them, the first three treasury bond totaling 37.5 billion yuan were issued in February, April and June respectively. (New Society)