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China Everbright Greentech (CEG) is drumming up interest for a $500m Hong Kong IPO, with investor meetings starting this week, said bankers on the deal.

Issuers from Greater China are dominating the dollar debt market, as they vie for investor attention on Thursday alongside a couple of south and southeast Asian names.

Emperor International Holdings, Xinjiang Guanghui Industry Investment (Group) Co and Zhuhai Huafa Group Co sealed new dollar deals on Thursday, going into their respective transactions with books fully covered.

Emperor International Holdings, Xinjiang Guanghui Industry Investment (Group) Co, Japfa Comfeed Indonesia and Zhuhai Huafa Group Co ventured into the debt market on Thursday, following some recovery in credits in the US overnight.

Emperor International Holdings is gearing up for a new dollar bond, hiring nine firms to work on the transaction, while Japfa Comfeed Indonesia is looking for fresh funds to partly redeem its 2018s.

Lenovo Group priced a five year fixed bond and a subordinated perpetual non call five in a soft market on Thursday and on the back of disappointing third quarter results. But investors shrugged off any concerns and poured into the transaction.

Chinese high yield names KWG Property Holding and Kangde Xin Composite Material Group Co, as well as unrated Lenovo Group, launched dollar deals on Thursday morning — just one day after Indian high yield issuer Eros International pulled its bond because of weak demand.

China Reinsurance (Group) Corp and China Cinda Asset Management Co ventured out on a busy Thursday with their respective five year prints that saw investors stand firmly by their sides. The two took a combined $3.8bn.

Events, including a rise in the probability of a March interest rate hike and US President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress, did not hold investors back from jumping into deals from Grand China Air, China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) and Hong Kong Express Airways (HK Express) on Tuesday.

Borrowers that ventured out to the Asia debt market on Wednesday should consider themselves lucky as the competition turned fierce on Thursday with six live deals. Beijing Properties (Holdings) and China Everbright Bank Hong Kong were among the names that managed to get ahead of the supply deluge.

The strength of the primary debt market in Asia shows no signs of abating, with a number of borrowers heading out on Thursday for fresh dollar fundraisings.

Tuesday turned out to be a big day for aviation related companies with Grand China Air, China Aircraft Leasing Group and Hong Kong Express Airways venturing out with their respective bonds, raising a combined $810m.