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    By Liu Yukun | China Daily | Updated: 2019-12-23 07:34
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    A sales woman of Longfeng Gold Shop displays a "golden mouse". [Photo by Wang Jiankang/for China Daily]

    Gold-backed exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, in China are surging as global economic uncertainties and interest rate cuts are spurring investment demand.

    Data from the World Gold Council showed that assets under management in Chinese gold-backed ETFs totaled 16.9 billion yuan ($2.4 billion) by the end of the third quarter of this year, a record high. That followed China's approval for its first gold-backed ETFs in six years in August.

    Chinese funds, primarily Huaan Yifu Gold ETF and Bosera Gold Exchange Trade Open-End Fund ETF, accounted for most of the growth in China, the WGC said in its recent Gold Demand Trends report.

    Wang Lixin, managing director for the WGC's China operations, said the country's gold-backed ETFs also contributed a major part of the 14.3 metric tons growth of Asian-listed funds in the third quarter.

    Wang said nearly half of investors who bought WGC-launched gold ETF products were individual investors, with the rest being institutional investors.

    "Gold remains a safe haven amid global economic uncertainties, and it is emerging as an investment with possible higher returns as central banks are cutting interest rates," said Huo Songling, secretary to the executive board of leading China National Gold Group Co Ltd.

    Compared with physical gold and futures, gold-backed ETFs also have lower transaction costs. This is another reason why they are popular among investors, according to media reports.

    In contrast to the rising demand for gold ETFs among Chinese investors, gold bars and coins, which are also an important source of gold investment, saw a 51-percent year-on-year drop to 42.8 tons in the third quarter, a three-year low.

    Investors have put off buying gold bars and coins due to surging gold prices, the WGC report said, adding many investors are holding off purchases in anticipation of a possible price fall.

    According to the WGC report, gold prices continued to rally and reached new multi-year highs. During the third quarter, gold prices rose by 5 percent. On Friday, the price of physical gold hit $1,478 per ounce.

    The surge in gold prices was due to ongoing geopolitical tensions, concerns of a slowdown in economic growth, lower interest rates, and the level of negative debt yields, the WGC report said.

    Alistair Hewitt, the WGC's head of market intelligence, said the factors underpinning inflows into gold-backed ETFs, including looser monetary policy and global economic uncertainties, will continue.

    Chinese consumers' need for gold jewelry also tempered due to rising gold prices, Wang said.

    In the third quarter, people bought 156.3 tons of gold jewelry, down 12 percent year-on-year.

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