China's outstanding foreign debt at the end of September was US$386.8 billion, up 3.23% from the end of 2008.
The country's outstanding short-term foreign debt totaled US$221.9 billion at the end of September, down 5.3% from the end of 2008.
Outstanding short-term foreign debt accounted for 57.4% of total outstanding foreign debt.
U.S. Treasury statistics indicate that, at the end of 2006, non-US citizens and institutions held 44% of federal debt held by the public. About 66% of that was held by the central banks of Japan and China. In May 2009, the US owed China $772 billion.
