Renminbi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"CNY" and "RMB" redirect here. For other uses, see CNY (disambiguation) and RMB (disambiguation).
| Renminbi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 人民币 (Chinese) | |||
| |||
| ISO 4217 code | CNY | ||
| Central bank | People's Bank of China | ||
| Website | www.pbc.gov.cn | ||
| Official user(s) |  China | ||
| Unofficial user(s) |  Mongolia[1][2][3] North Korea (until Nov 2009)[2] Burma (in Kokang andWa) | ||
| Inflation | 5.4% | ||
| Source | The World Factbook, 2011 est. | ||
| Pegged with | Partially, to a basket of trade-weighted international currencies | ||
| Subunit | |||
| 1 | yuán (元,圓) | ||
| 1/10 | jiǎo (角) | ||
| 1/100 | fēn (分) | ||
| Symbol | ¥ | ||
| Nickname | none | ||
| yuán (元,圓) | kuài (块) | ||
| jiǎo (角) | máo (毛) | ||
| Plural | The language(s) of this currency does not have a morphological plural distinction. | ||
| Coins | |||
| Freq. used | ¥0.1, ¥0.5, ¥1 | ||
| Rarely used | ¥0.01, ¥0.02, ¥0.05 | ||
| Banknotes | |||
| Freq. used | ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥20, ¥50, ¥100 | ||
| Rarely used | ¥0.1, ¥0.2, ¥0.5, ¥2 | ||
| Renminbi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 人民幣 | ||
| Simplified Chinese | 人民币 | ||
| |||
| yuan | |||
| Chinese | 元 | ||
| |||
The renminbi (RMB, sign: ¥; code: CNY; also CN¥, 元 and CN元) is the official currency of China (People's Republic of China). Renminbi is legal tender in mainland China, but not in Hong Kong, Taiwan, or Macau. It is issued by the People's Bank of China, the monetary authority of China.[4] Its name (simplified Chinese: 人民币; traditional Chinese: 人民幣; pinyin: rénmínbì) means "people's currency".
The primary unit of renminbi is the yuán (元). One yuan is subdivided into 10 jiǎo (角), which in turn is subdivided into 10 fēn (分). Renminbi banknotes are available in denominations from 1 jiao to 100 yuan (¥0.1–100) and coins have denominations from 1 fen to 1 yuan (¥0.01–1). Thus, some denominations exist in coins and banknotes. Coins under ¥0.1 are used infrequently.
Through most of its history, the value of the renminbi was pegged to the U.S. dollar. As China pursued its gradual transition from central planning to a market economy, and increased its participation in foreign trade, the renminbi was devalued to increase the competitiveness of Chinese industry. It has been claimed that the current official exchange rate is lower than the value of the renminbi by purchasing power parity, undervalued by as much as 37.5% (see below).[5]
Since 2005, the renminbi exchange rate has been allowed to float in a narrow margin around a fixed base rate determined with reference to a basket of world currencies. The Chinese government has announced that it will gradually increase the flexibility of the exchange rate. China has initiated various pilot projects to "internationalize" the RMB in the hope that it will become a reserve currency over the long term.[6][7]
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment