19-8  Balance Sheet of Monetary Authority (Balance at Year-end)
(100 million yuan)
Item 2010 2011
   
  Total Assets 259274.9 280977.6
  Foreign Assets 215419.6 237898.1
     Foreign Exchange 206766.7 232388.7
     Monetary Gold 669.8 669.8
     Other Foreign Assets 7983.1 4839.5
  Claims on Government 15421.1 15399.7
  Claims on Other Depository Corporations 9485.7 10247.5
  Claims on Other Financial Corporations 11325.8 10644.0
  Claims on Non-financial Sectors 25.0 25.0
  Other Assets 7597.7 6763.3
  Total  Liabilities 259274.9 280977.6
  Reserve Money 185311.1 224641.8
     Currency Issue  48646.0 55850.1
     Deposits of Financial Institutions  136665.1
        Deposits of Other Depository Corporations 136480.9 168791.7
        Deposits of Other Financial Corporations 184.2
     Deposits of Non-financial Sectors  
  Deposits of Financial Corporations not Included in Reserve Money 657.2 908.4
  Bond Issue 40497.2 23336.7
  Foreign Liabilities 720.1 2699.4
  Deposits of Government 24277.3 22733.7
  Own Capital 219.8 219.8
  Other Liabilities 7592.2 6438.0
     
a) Since January 2011, the People's Bank of China adopts IMF's definition of reserve money, which means deposits of other financial corporations
    in the monetary authority are not included in reserve money.
b) Since January 2011, deposits of overseas financial institutions in the People's Bank are counted as foreign liabilities instead of deposits of other      
    depository corporations.