At present, the total amount of gold on the earth is about 6.5438+0.5 million tons, of which about 40% exists in the world financial circulation field as negotiable financial reserve assets, with a total amount of about 60,000 tons. Among them, more than 30,000 tons of gold is the official financial strategic reserve owned by various countries, and more than 20,000 tons of gold is the private financial gold reserve owned by international private and private enterprises; Another 60% of gold exists in the state of general commodities, such as jewelry products, historical relics, electronic chemistry and other industrial products. It should be noted that a large part of this 60% gold can be converted into financial assets owned by private and non-governmental forces at any time to participate in the field of financial circulation.

The content of this article comes from: The New Encyclopedia of Financial Law (Fifth Edition) edited by China Law Publishing House.