China finance ministry to auction 10 bln yuan 1-year bills

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday that it will auction 10 billion yuan in one-year government bills on January 8.

After the auction, the bonds will be issued from January 9 to 13 and begin secondary market trading on January 15, it said in a statement published on the ministry's website.

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(Reporting by Chen Yixin and Gabriel Wildau)