BEIJING: China's outstanding foreign debt fell to $1.36 trillion at the end of first quarter, from $1.42 trillion at the end of 2015, the foreign exchange regulator said on Thursday.
Short-term foreign debt stood at $849.1 billion at end-March, down from $920.6 billion at the end of last year, the regulator said.
Short-term foreign debt accounted for 62 percent of the total at the end of the first quarter, while medium- and long-term debt made up for 38 percent of the total, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said in a statement on its website.
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