The issuance of green bonds increased by 70.27% in March compared with the same period last year.

[March Green Bond Market issuance increased by 70.27% compared with the same period last year] according to Wind statistics, China's green bond market issued 159.444 billion yuan in March, more than in the first two months of this year combined. At the same time, trading in the secondary market also continued to pick up, with the total volume of green bond transactions reaching 255.956 billion yuan in March, an increase of 26.25% over the previous month. According to Wind statistics, in March, China's bond market issued a total of 100 green bonds, including financial bonds, corporate bonds, medium-term notes, asset-backed securities and short-term financing bonds, with an issuance volume of 159.444 billion yuan, an increase of 70.27 percent over the same period last year, exceeding the combined size of January (89.167 billion yuan) and February (59.859 billion yuan) and the highest since July last year.