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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.
However, in written Chinese contexts, the Chinese character for yuan (Chinese: 元; lit. 'constituent', 'part') or, in formal contexts Chinese: 圆; lit. 'round', usually follows the number in lieu of a currency symbol. Renminbi is the name of the currency while yuan is the name of the primary unit of the renminbi.
It was replaced in 1948 by the gold yuan at a rate of 150,000 north-eastern yuan to 1 gold yuan. In 1945, notes were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 yuan. 500 yuan notes were added in 1946, followed by 1,000 and 2,000 yuan in 1947 and 5000 and 10,000 yuan in 1948. Various, mostly crude, coins were produced by the Soviets.
This means $1 could buy fewer Chinese yuan. The USD/CNH is about 1.6% lower so far this year. The currency pair was now around the 7.01 level at 12 p.m. in China Standard Time.
List of all Asian currencies Present currency ISO 4217 code Country or dependency (administrating country) Currency sign Fractional unit Russian Ruble [1]: RUB Abkhazia ...
The Chinese renminbi officially became a supplementary forex reserve asset on 1 October 2016. [39] It represents 10.92% of the IMF's Special Drawing Rights (SDR) currency basket. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] The Chinese renmimbi is the third reserve currency after the U.S. dollar and euro within the basket of currencies in the SDR. [ 40 ] (
The Hang Seng closed 1.2% lower. The Chinese yuan also hit a 16-month low on Monday, fueled by investor jitters ahead of the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump on January 20.
List of top municipalities and prefecture-level divisions by GDP [1] Nominal GDP is based on the official annual average exchange rate at CN¥ 6.7366 per US dollar in 2022; [2] CN¥3.988 per Int'l. dollar (according to World Economic Outlook published by IMF in October 2022 publication) [3] rank cities provinces GDP (billion CNY) GDP (billion US$)