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Yuan

The yuan, formally the renminbi (RMB) and denoted by the ISO code CNY, is the official currency of China. It is issued and managed by the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, which sets a daily reference rate against which the currency is allowed to trade within a managed band. The yuan is not fully free-floating, reflecting Beijing's tightly controlled capital account and its preference for gradual, managed liberalisation. A separate, more freely traded offshore version, known as CNH, circulates in financial centres such as Hong Kong. The currency's basic unit is the yuan, informally called the kuai, subdivided into jiao and fen. As China has grown into the world's second-largest economy and a dominant trading nation, the yuan's international role has expanded, including its inclusion in the International Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights basket. It features prominently in commodities trading, particularly through yuan-denominated contracts on exchanges such as the Shanghai Gold Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange, which compete with established benchmarks like the London Metal Exchange. Chinese authorities have periodically intervened to manage the yuan's value amid trade tensions and capital flow pressures. Its gradual internationalisation is viewed as part of a broader strategy to reduce reliance on the dollar in global trade and finance. The currency was introduced in 1948 by the People's Bank of China ahead of the founding of the People's Republic.

Yuan News


Gold on trolley being pushed
Hong Kong sets out global gold hub as driver for commodities, yuan
16th September 2026 By: Bloomberg

Hong Kong’s plan to build a global gold hub will provide “an entry point” for trading other commodities and expanding the yuan’s usage on world markets, according to its first-ever five year plan.... 


Coal heaps
China’s coal-to-chemicals push pays off with record profits
13th August 2026 By: Bloomberg

China’s decade-plus quest to replace oil with coal in chemicals production is paying off for industry leader Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group, which pulled in record profits as crude prices soared... 


Mr Marion lithium mine
China exchange to open lithium futures to overseas traders from July 3
18th June 2026 By: Reuters

China's Guangzhou Futures Exchange said on Thursday that its lithium carbonate futures and options would be opened to overseas traders from July 3. The opening up of the lithium contract, which... 


Coal
Coking coal prices surge after China's worst coal mine disaster in 17 years
25th May 2026 By: Reuters

China's coking coal futures prices surged by nearly 8% to hit their daily upper limits after a deadly coal mine accident in a major coal production hub sparked a wave of stringent safety checks... 


Chinese yuan banknotes
China plants another Africa marker in campaign to globalise yuan
19th January 2026 By: Bloomberg

Zambia is the first African country to let Chinese mining companies pay taxes in yuan. It probably won’t be the last, as Beijing seeks to internationalize the currency and dilute its dollar... 


Iron-ore stockpiles
Iron-ore set for weekly decline on China's weakening property demand
15th August 2025 By: Reuters

Iron-ore futures slipped on Friday, on track for a weekly loss, as property demand in China weakened. The most-traded January iron-ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1... 


China's coking coal prices hit daily limit again on chatter about government mine inspections
China's coking coal prices hit daily limit again on chatter about government mine inspections
22nd July 2025 By: Reuters

Prices of coking coal futures in China hit their ceiling for a second successive session on Tuesday, amid market chatter about potential government inspections in China's major coal production hubs... 


A gold nugget on dollar banknotes
Central banks eye gold, euro and yuan as dollar dominance wanes
24th June 2025 By: Reuters

The custodians of trillions of dollars of global central bank reserves are eyeing a move away from the greenback into gold, the euro and China's yuan as the splintering of world trade and... 


A trader gestures while working on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange after the White House announced a 90-day pause and lowered 10% reciprocal tariff for other countries.
Trump's stunning tariff pause focuses trade war on China
10th April 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump's stunning decision to pause the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries sent battered global stock markets surging on Thursday even as he ratcheted up a... 


An openpit coal mine
A glut of coal in China is set to push falling prices even lower
19th December 2024 By: Bloomberg

China’s booming coal production is running well ahead of demand at the onset of winter, leading to swelling inventories and plunging prices that analysts forecast will fall further. A gauge of... 


Scott Bessent
Base metals climb as dollar drops after Trump’s Treasury choice
25th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

Base metals and iron-ore gained as the dollar dropped following US President-elect Donald Trump’s measured pick for Treasury secretary. All major contracts on the London Metal Exchange advanced,... 


Steel products stored in a warehouse
China’s steel demand has shrunk to less than half global total
21st October 2024 By: Bloomberg

China will account for less than half of global steel consumption in 2024 for the first time in six years, according to the World Steel Association, as the decline in the country’s real estate... 


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