China's foreign debt rises 3.7% to US$2.13 trillion in first half 2020 amid Covid-19 crisis


BEIJING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- China has seen a steady rise in outstanding foreign debt in the first half of this year (H1) amid government measures to facilitate cross-border financing.

The country's outstanding foreign debt stood at 2.13 trillion U.S. dollars by the end of H1, up 75.1 billion dollars from the end of 2019, an increase of 3.7 percent, data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange showed.

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