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'People's Currency' Chinese pronunciation: [ʐə˧˥nmi˧˥npi˥˩]; symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB), also known as the Chinese yuan, is the official currency of the People's Republic of China. [a] The renminbi is issued by the People's Bank of China, the monetary authority of China. [3]
'American yuan') in Chinese, and the euro is called Ouyuan (simplified Chinese: 欧元; traditional Chinese: 歐元; pinyin: Ōuyuán; lit. 'European yuan'). When used in English in the context of the modern foreign exchange market, the Chinese yuan (CNY) refers to the renminbi (RMB), which is the official currency used in mainland China.
The term Chinese currency may refer to: Renminbi, the currency of the People's Republic of China; New Taiwan dollar, the currency of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Hong Kong dollar, the currency of Hong Kong SAR; Yuan (currency), the base unit of a number of former and present-day currencies in China. Jiao (currency), 1 ⁄ 10 Yuan
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By 1935, only Hong Kong and China remained on the silver standard. In that year, Hong Kong, shortly after China, abandoned silver and introduced a crawling peg to sterling of £1 = HK$15.36 to HK$16.45. It was from this point in time that the concept of a Hong Kong dollar as a distinct unit of currency came into existence.
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The Chinese dollar may refer to various historical currencies: Dai Fook dollar (台伏票, taifupiao) of the Qing Empire; Yuan Shikai dollar (大洋银, dayangyin) of the Republic of China and the Chinese Empire; Fengtian dollar (奉票, fengpiao) of Warlord China; Harbin dollar (大洋票, dayangpiao) of Warlord China; Old Taiwan dollar; New ...
Since the late-2000s, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has sought to internationalize its official currency, the Renminbi (RMB). RMB internationalization accelerated in 2009 when China established the dim sum bond market and expanded Cross-Border Trade RMB Settlement Pilot Project, which helps establish pools of offshore RMB liquidity.