CCDC is a wholly state-owned central institution. It started as a centralized depository for government bonds, and has expanded into providing registration, custody and settlement services under the approval and funding of the
State Council. In July 2015, CCDC established a branch in
Shanghai, reorganized as a "Shanghai headquarters" in December 2017, with a mandate to develop five platforms: the RMB bond cross-border issuance center, RMB bond cross-border settlement center, ChinaBond collateral business center, ChinaBond pricing center, and Shanghai data center. In 2018, the Shanghai headquarters of CCDC facilitated the issuance of bonds in the following market segments: local government bonds (99 issues, raising RMB 482.8 billion); corporate bonds (66 issues, RMB 61.2 billion); asset-backed securities (12 issues, RMB 64.6 billion); and other financial bonds (2 issues, RMB 6 billion). == See also ==