19 Oct — Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee met Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank President Zou Jiayi at Government House as the AIIB delegation attends the 2026 APEC finance ministers meeting. The Hong Kong government said it welcomes AIIB use of Hong Kong’s mature bond market to issue bonds and channel international capital into quality green projects to support carbon neutrality and the green transition. It also said it fully supports preparatory work for an AIIB office in Hong Kong.

People's Daily reports large-denomination certificates of deposit (minimum 200,000 yuan) — principal-and-interest guaranteed, typically paying slightly above comparable-term regular deposit rates and eligible for transfer or early withdrawal under rules — are being relaunched after issuance had contracted. Deposit holders are focused on offered rates, allocation limits and sales channels. Multiple banks have restarted these products; analysts cite a mix of factors including the low-rate, low-risk-appetite market environment, bank funding considerations and interest-rate liberalization. With volatility in wealth management products, funds and equities and abundant idle household liquidity, demand for capital-preserving, high-certainty products has risen, creating renewed market demand for large-denomination CDs, Qingdao Bank chief economist Liu Xiaoshu said.

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