国家外汇管理局5月份宣布,到一九九九年十二月底,中国登记外债余额折合美元一千五百一十八点三亿美元(不包括香港、澳门和台湾地区对外负债),比上年末增加五十七点九亿美元,增长百分之四。其中,中长期外债余额为一千三百六十六点五亿美元,比上年末增加七十九点五亿美元;短期外债余额为一百五十一点八亿美元,比上年末减少二十一点六亿美元。去年新借入外 In May, the SAFE announced that as of the end of December 1999, the balance of China’s registered foreign debts amounted to US $ 151.33 billion (excluding external liabilities in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) Year-end increased by 5.79 billion U.S. dollars, up 4%. Among them, the balance of medium and long-term foreign debts was 136.65 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 7.95 billion U.S. dollars over the previous year; the balance of short-term foreign debts was 15.88 billion U.S. dollars, a decrease of 2 Eleven six hundred million dollars. New borrowing last year