Central bank: Bond market will be opened further

China will continue to open up its bond market, senior officials with the central bank said on Friday.

Zhou Xiaochuan, central bank governor, said progress made in the last year, referring to the yuan's inclusion into the International Monetary Fund's special drawing rights basket, has attracted foreign investors into domestic bond market.

Pan Gongsheng, vice-governor of the central bank, said China would improve the tax system to support the opening-up of the bond market.