Bank of China Ltd.(601988.SH) 's Hong Kong unit hired HSBC Holdings Plc to help it sell 132 million yuan of one- year fixed-rate certificates of deposit, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The senior unsecured notes, due August 2012, pay an annual 1.4 percent coupon, the person said, asking not to be identified as details are private.

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