BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Finance announced Wednesday it will start selling 30 billion yuan (4.55 billion U.S. dollars) worth of certificate treasury bonds this week.6 W! s1 d$ L* f. C* u. M
With a maturity term of five years, the T-bonds would have a fixed annual par interest rate of 3.6 percent, the ministry said.: H5 S1 h0 l% c( {; W# x. N* {
The public will be able to purchase the bonds from Feb. 17 to 21 at the retailing outlets of designated underwriting institutions.) [0 j! H/ p. v* Q4 m, X. ]
The bonds will become tradable in all exchange markets from Feb. 23. The interests would be paid annually, said the ministry.
7 }7 M; P7 B' Z6 |1 M: Y6 S This is the fourth batch of book-entry national treasury bonds launched by the ministry this year |