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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.
After 2010, the exchange rate floated in line with fundamentals, [10] staying mostly between 6 and 7 CNY per USD. In 2018, the renminbi lost value as China's exports were targeted by USA tariffs and markets had doubts about the strength of the economy. [ 11 ]
The pre-existing, national currency yuan came to be associated only with the Nationalist, Kuomintang government. In 1935, the Kuomintang Government enacted currency reforms to limit currency issuance to four major government controlled banks: the Bank of China, Central Bank of China, Bank of Communications and later the Farmers Bank of China ...
In July 2005, the daily trading price of the US dollar against the renminbi in the inter-bank foreign exchange market was allowed to float within a narrow band of 0.3% around the central parity [58] published by the People's Bank of China; in a later announcement published on 18 May 2007, the band was extended to 0.5%. [59]
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.
CFETS provides a major trading platform and pricing center for renminbi and foreign exchange-related products. [2] It is the trading platform of the China Interbank Bond Market (though not for the Chinese repo market, which is traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange) and participates in China's policy of internationalization of the renminbi.
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 December 2024, China's reserves totalled US $3.202 trillion, which is the highest foreign exchange reserves of any country [4]
In the first quarter 2020, the share of RMB in global foreign exchange reserves rose to 2.02%, a record high. As of the end of 2019, the People's Bank of China has set up RMB clearing banks in 25 countries and regions outside of Mainland China, which has made the use of RMB more secure and transaction costs have decreased. [26]