BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Finance announced Friday it would issue two batches of book-entry treasury bonds with a face value of 25 billion yuan (3.66 billion U.S. dollars) next week.
The ministry said one batch, with a face value of 10 billion yuan would have a term of 91 days, with an issue price set at 99.71 yuan after bidding for a face value of 100 yuan. The annual interest rate would be 1.19 percent.
The other batch, with a face value of 15 billion yuan, will have a term of 273 days, and an issue price set at 98.992 yuan for100 yuan, with an annual interests of 1.37 percent.
The T-bonds will begin three-day sales on Sept. 7, with interest calculated on the same day. They will become tradable on September 11.
