March China holdings of $23.7 billion trillion in US Treasuries

China and Japan continue to be the first and second largest holders of US Treasuries, the U.S. Treasury Department 15th released data showing that by the end of March, China's holdings of $767.9 billion trillion in U.S. Treasuries, compared with the end of February increased by 23.7 billion U.S. dollars, accelerated the pace of increase in the chain, continues to be the largest holder of China bought $14.985 billion trillion in U.S. long-term securities in March, accounting for 26.6% of net purchases of U.S. long-term securities by foreign investors in March.　　Among them, a net purchase of 14.841 billion U.S. dollars in long-term Treasury bonds, a net sale of 390 million dollar institutional bonds, a net increase of 518 million dollar corporate bonds, a net increase of 16 million dollar company shares. Since last September, China has been the world's largest holder of U.S. government debt. By the end of March, China's holdings of US Treasuries were 81.2 billion dollars higher than Japan's second-highest.　　Analysts point out that China is unlikely to significantly reduce its holdings of U.S. Treasuries in the context of China's huge foreign exchange reserves and the relative low credit risk of the US Treasury. Data show that foreign investors in March net buy US long-term securities 56.4 billion U.S. dollars. Among them, private investors buy 30 billion dollars net, the official agency net buys 26.4 billion dollars. While private investors are still more willing to hold the dollar than the government, the confidence of foreign governments in the dollar is gradually recovering.　　In addition, U.S. residents net buy 600 million yuan foreign long-term securities. In addition, the number of major holders of U.S. Treasury bonds in March has changed. Russia and Britain surpass Brazil as the third and fourth largest lenders in the United States. Japan continues to be the second largest holder of US Treasuries with a 686.7 billion dollar hold. In addition, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan are also continuing to increase their holdings of U.S. Treasuries, with a total of seventh and eighth holdings. Among them, Hong Kong increased its holdings of $2.6 billion trillion, holding a total of $78.9 billion trillion, and Taiwan increased its holdings of $2.2 billion to $74.8 billion.