China's Ministry of Finance said Wednesday that it would float a batch of 10-year book-entry treasury bonds worth30.44 billion yuan (4.5 billion U.S. dollars) from Thursday. A statement on the ministry website said the bonds, with a fixed annual interest rate of 3.28 percent, would be sold to the public from Aug. 5 to 9. Interest would be paid every half year. The bonds will become tradable on Aug. 11 through the country's inter-bank bond market and over the counter at designated commercial banks. This is the 24th batch of its kind launched by the ministry this year. 