香港银色债券认购数额创新高

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香港债券市场今年持续稳定发展，至今共有296只债券成功上市，总集资额9,355亿港元。七月共迎来52只债券在香港交易所上市，共募集1,440亿港元。与去年同期相比，上市债券数目和集资额分别增加18%及11%。同时，截至七月底，香港交易所上市债券市场存续债券数量共有1,713只，市场规模约6.2万亿港元。

近年，在香港上市的ESG债券数量不断增加。七月共有13只ESG债券在港上市，其中包括11只绿色债券、1只过渡债券和1只可持续债券；其中3只债券已加入香港交易所可持续及绿色交易所STAGE平台。

继香港特别行政区政府在六月成功发行第八批通胀挂鈎债券(iBond) 后，第六批银色债券已于七月底开放予六十岁以上的合资格香港居民认购。根据最新的政府资料显示，今年的银色债券收到超过25万份申请，最终发行额为300亿港元，是历年来发行量最高的银色债券。

英文译文：

The Hong Kong bond market has continued to develop steadily this year. So far, 296 bonds have been successfully listed, with a total capital of HK $935.5 billion. In July, 52 bonds were listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, raising a total of HK $144 billion. Compared with the same period last year, the number of listed bonds and fund-raising increased by 18% and 11% respectively. At the same time, by the end of July, there were 1713 existing bonds in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed bond market, with a market scale of about HK $6.2 trillion.

In recent years, the number of ESG bonds listed in Hong Kong has been increasing. In July, 13 ESG bonds were listed in Hong Kong, including 11 green bonds, 1 transition bond and 1 sustainable bond; Among them, three bonds have joined the stage platform of the sustainable and green exchange of the Hong Kong stock exchange.

Following the successful issuance of the eighth batch of inflation linked bonds (ibond) by the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in June, the Sixth Batch of silver bonds was opened to eligible Hong Kong residents over the age of 60 at the end of July. According to the latest government data, this year's silver bonds received more than 250000 applications, with a final issuance of HK $30 billion, the highest issuance of silver bonds over the years.