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The renminbi (RMB, also known as Chinese yuan; ISO code: CNY) is the official currency of the People's Republic of China. [1] Although it is not a freely convertible currency , and has an official exchange rate , the CNY plays an important role in the world economy and international trade .
A mutiny is taking place in the global currency market, with a growing number of countries ditching the U.S. dollar in favor of China’s yuan — at least, that’s the rumor going around.
However, during the onset of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, the renminbi was unofficially repegged to the US dollar. It was again depegged from the dollar in June 2010. After 2010, the exchange rate floated in line with fundamentals, [10] staying mostly between 6 and 7 CNY per USD.
"Silver Dragon" yuan coin, 1904. 5-yuan note from a private bank, 1906. 5-yuan note of the Republic of China (1941) Taiwanese note for 10,000 yuan (1949) The yuan ( / j uː ˈ ɑː n , - æ n / yoo- A(H)N ; sign : ¥ ; Chinese : 圓/元 ; pinyin : yuán ; [ɥæ̌n] ⓘ ) is the base unit of a number of former and present-day currencies ...
It also tracked down 0.6% against the Japanese yen to 152.11 and 0.5% against China's yuan in the onshore market. ... China is considering approving the issuance of over 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 ...
The yuan has become an important component of Russia's reserves as its economy increasingly becomes oriented towards China and other non-Western partners. By 2024, Russia's FX reserves were estimated to be around $570 billion to $600 billion, with a substantial portion in gold, yuan, and other non-traditional reserve assets.
China's foreign exchange reserves are held by People's Bank of China, China's central bank. [3] The total of the reserves is regularly announced by the central bank. In October 2024, China's reserves totalled US $3.261 trillion, which is the highest foreign exchange reserves of any country [4]
China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), began research on the digital currency in 2014 under the leadership of Governor Zhou Xiaochuan. [8] [2] In 2016, Fan Yifei, a deputy governor of the PBOC, wrote that "the conditions are ripe for digital currencies, which can reduce operating costs, increase efficiency and enable a wide range of new applications". [9]