China's central bank issues 25 bln yuan of bills in Hong Kong

BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- China's central bank issued 25 billion yuan (about 3.74 billion U.S. dollars) worth of central bank bills in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Monday.

Of the total, 10 billion yuan worth of central bank bills will mature in three months, and the other 15 billion yuan will mature in one year, with respective interest rates of 2.49 percent and 2.8 percent, according to the