China's overseas securities investments increased by over 400 percent year on year in the first half of 2006 to a record 44.8 billion U.S. dollars.

The appetite of Chinese institutional investors for overseas securities is mainly due to higher interest rates in overseas markets.

Chinese institutional investors invested 8.5 billion U.S. dollars in overseas securities in the first half of 2005.

In the same period, overseas investments in China's securities market surged by 108 percent to reach 15.6 billion dollars.

With more Chinese banks and enterprises pursuing overseas stock exchanges and the revitalization of China's stock market, overseas investments in China's securities market will continue to rise in the future.

Source:佚名