China's Ministry of Finance announced on Wednesday that it has successfully issued euro-denominated sovereign bonds worth 4 billion euros (about 4.63 billion U.S. dollars) in Luxembourg on Tuesday.

Of the total, the issuance of four-year bonds stood at 2 billion euros in value with a yield of 2.401 percent, and the issuance of seven-year bonds totaled 2 billion euros with a yield of 2.702 percent, the ministry said in a statement on its website.

This marks the first time that China had issued euro-denominated sovereign bonds in Luxembourg, said the ministry.