BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, announced on Thursday that it will conduct a 500-billion-yuan (about 73.3 billion U.S. dollars) outright reverse repo operation on Friday to maintain ample liquidity in the banking system.

The operation will have a fixed quantity and be carried out through interest-rate bidding, with winning bids determined at various price levels. It will have a tenor of three months, or 92 days, with a maturity date of Sept. 5, according to the central bank.

A total of 800 billion yuan of three-month outright reverse repos will mature this June. This implies that the central bank's upcoming operation on Friday constitutes a partial rollover with a reduced volume.

Outright reverse repo operations -- a tool the central bank introduced in October 2024 to manage liquidity in the national banking system -- are conducted each month with a tenor of no more than one year.

These operations have enriched the country's monetary policy toolkit, complementing previous measures such as temporary repos, temporary reverse repos, and the purchase and sale of treasury bonds. ■