10月12日，深圳市在港发行50亿元离岸人民币地方政府债券。这是首次有内地地方政府在港发债，是推动人民币国际化的重要里程碑。请看本报昨日的报道：

Shenzhen is issuing up to 5 billion yuan (US$775 million) of offshore renminbi local government bonds in Hong Kong, making it the first local government on the Chinese mainland to do so.

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The bonds, which are registered at Hong Kong Stock Exchange for trading, are issued in tenors of two, three, and five years. The three-year and five-year bonds are green bonds.

报道中的green bond指的是“绿色债券”，指将所得资金专门用于资助符合规定条件的绿色项目或为这些项目进行再融资的债券工具。例如：

In 2016, Apple issued US$1.5 billion in green bonds and was the first green bond issued by a U.S. technology company.

2016年，苹果公司发行了15亿美元的绿色债券，也是第一笔由美国科技公司发行的绿色债券。