The Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced here on Thursday that it will start issuing the first electronic savings bonds of the year starting on May 16. Only individual investors can buy these bonds, the MOF said. The first such bonds were issued in June 2006. 财政部于本周四宣布今年第一期电子式储蓄国债将于5月16日起发行。财政部指出此类国债只面向个人投资者发售。电子国债是于2006年6月首次面世的。