BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua) -- China's external portfolio investment assets, excluding reserve assets, had climbed to 1.42 trillion U.S. dollars by the end of 2024, official data showed on Friday.

Of the total, 859.8 billion dollars was in equity investment and 557.5 billion dollars was in bond investment, according to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.

Non-bank financial institutions held 795.5 billion dollars of external portfolio investment assets, accounting for 56 percent of the total. Banks held 422.1 billion dollars, or 30 percent of the total.

The non-financial sector held 199.8 billion dollars of such assets, accounting for 14 percent of the total. Enditem