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China General Nuclear Power Group has opted for a green loan for its first offshore syndication in almost 30 years. Despite tight pricing, the $500m fundraising is expected to receive a warm welcome from bank lenders who are eager to lend to a state-owned company with strong credentials, writes Pan Yue.

China’s central bank offered investors a way of hedging the risk of a bank certificate of deposit this week, allowing Bank of Jinzhou to raise Rmb2bn ($289m) after suspicions it would be the next small bank to fail. Rebecca Feng reports.

China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) surprised the market with a change in strategy for its latest bond offering this week. High profile as always, the state-owned company’s four-tranche transaction was smaller in size, but tighter in price. Addison Gong reports.

China’s Zhenro Properties Group wrapped up its first attempt at issuing perpetual bonds offshore this week, selling the note with a senior-to-perp differential that was tighter than some of its higher rated peers.

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The long-awaited London-Shanghai Stock Connect faced its first test this week as Huatai Securities went on the road with its sale of global depository receipts (GDRs) on the London Stock Exchange. More issuers could follow as mainland investors hunt for opportunities to use their offshore capital, said market participants. Jonathan Breen and Aidan Gregory report.

China Merchants Bank priced three year bonds on Wednesday that were split between a $600m floating rate note (FRN) and a €300m fixed rate tranche.

Chinese private education provider JH Educational Technology has priced its float on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at the bottom of price guidance amid volatile markets.

China's regulators are speeding up the approval process of IPO candidates. After passing six potential issuers in the past two weeks, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) is set to wave through 13 more companies soon.

Two subsidiaries of Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Corp have closed their offshore borrowings at bigger sizes.

An order book that was more than 15 times covered allowed first-time issuer Shanghai International Port (Group) Co to not only beat its price target in the primary market, but also see its $700m bonds perform well in secondary.

Huatai Securities has already covered the minimum target for its global depository receipts (GDRs) IPO on the London Stock Exchange, according to a source close to the deal.