China increased its Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) quota to
$176.17 billion, up $5.3 billion from a month earlier, marking the largest rise
since 2021. The move aims to support outbound investment and advance financial
opening. Becky Liu, head of China macro strategy at Standard Chartered Bank,
said: “The trend was largely expected... But the timing and scale is
interesting.” She added the larger cap suggests limited capital outflow pressure
despite global uncertainty.
