China to issue more 50-year bonds for 2011

SHANGHAI: China's Ministry of Finance plans to issue a second batch of super long-term 50-year government bonds for 2011, trading sources said on Wednesday, in an apparent move to help asset allocation of financial institutions, in particular insurers.

The bonds are likely to be floated in November, the sources said.

The ministry floated its first batch of 50-year bonds this year worth 30 billion yuan ($4.7 billion) in May, but demand at that time appeared poor with the yield much higher at auction than the market had expected.

The ministry started to issue the super long-term bonds in 2009. It issued two batches of such bonds in 2010.