(1) According to the bond term, corporate bonds can be divided into short-term corporate bonds, medium-term corporate bonds and long-term corporate bonds.
(2) According to whether the bonds are registered, corporate bonds can be divided into registered bonds and registered bonds.
(3) According to whether the bonds are secured or not, corporate bonds can be divided into credit bonds and secured bonds.
(4) According to whether bonds can be redeemed in advance, corporate bonds can be divided into bonds that can be redeemed in advance and bonds that cannot be redeemed in advance.
(5) According to the change of bond coupon rate, corporate bonds can be divided into fixed interest rate bonds, floating interest rate bill bonds and progressive interest rate bonds.
(6) According to whether the issuer gives investors the option, corporate bonds can be divided into corporate bonds with option and corporate bonds without option.
(7) According to the issuance method, corporate bonds can be divided into public bonds and private placement bond.
(8) According to whether the holders participate in the distribution of corporate profits, corporate bonds can be divided into participating corporate bonds and non-participating corporate bonds.
(9) According to the purpose of issuing bonds, corporate bonds can be divided into ordinary corporate bonds, restructured corporate bonds, interest-bearing corporate bonds and deferred corporate bonds.
Legal basis: Article 157 of the Company Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Corporate bonds can be registered bonds or bearer bonds.