China conducts central bank bills swap

BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The People's Bank of China, China's central bank, has conducted a central bank bills swap (CBS) operation to improve the liquidity of perpetual bonds.

The three-month CBS, valued at 5 billion yuan (about 701.56 million U.S. dollars), is open to primary dealers for bidding at a fixed rate of 0.1 percent, the central bank said in a statement.

The CBS scheme allows dealers to swa