China's Ministry of Finance said Friday it will sell 10 billion yuan (US$1.49 billion) of 182-day book-entry treasury bonds from November 15.

The bonds will carry a fixed interest rate of 2.04 percent, the ministry said in a statement on its website.

The bonds will be sold to the public from November 15 to November 17 and become tradable on November 19.

(China Daily November 13, 2010)