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Crédit Agricole printed a Rmb1bn ($142m) three year renminbi bond in China on Wednesday. Despite being a senior preferred deal and including write-down and conversion to equity clauses, both new to onshore investors, the Panda still managed to achieve tight pricing and a well-covered book. Rebecca Feng reports.

Zhuhai Huafa Group Co showed a vote of confidence in Macau’s stock exchange on Wednesday when it priced a $200m bond that was tailored to Macau's investors.

China Huaneng Group, one of the mainland's largest power generators, sold a three-tranche dollar bond on Tuesday, taking $1.5bn off the table near the end of the year, when investors are still looking to put money to work.

Chinese local government financing vehicle (LGFV) Weifang Binhai Investment Development Co made its debut in the dollar market last Friday with a 363 day bond.

Bank of China’s Macau branch guaranteed a $600m bond for Bank of China Group Investment (BOCGI) that was issued through a special purpose vehicle — a structure that has fallen out of favour among the big Chinese banks.

Dalian Wanda Commercial Management Group Co, a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group, raised a larger-than-expected $400m bond at a premium, amid media spotlight onshore on a member of the family that owns the firm.

Two local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) from the Zhejiang province, Shaoxing Shangyu State-owned Capital Investment and Operation Co and Hangzhou Linjiang Investment Development Co, priced their inaugural dollar bonds this week.

China deepened its dollar debt curve on Tuesday with a $6bn jumbo bond. With its biggest dollar deal yet, the sovereign has set a new benchmark for issuers from the country.

The People's Republic of China is planning to raise around $6bn from its return to the dollar bond market on Tuesday.

United Overseas Bank (China), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore’s UOB, raised Rmb1bn ($142m) of tier two capital this week, becoming the first issuer in China’s domestic market to obtain an international rating for a subordinated deal. That proved crucial to driving demand, writes Rebecca Feng.

Commodities company Mercuria has closed its annual borrowing at a size of $1.2bn after 24 banks joining the deal during general syndication.

Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co has returned to the dim sum bond market after a five year break. The tightly priced Rmb1bn ($142m) deal was the first from an investment grade state-owned corporate issuer in the CNH market this year.