Renminbi
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The renminbi (Chinese: 人民币; pinyin: Rénmínbì; lit. 'People's Currency'; symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB) is the official currency of the People's Republic of China.[lower-alpha 1] The renminbi is issued by the People's Bank of China, the monetary authority of China.[3] It is the world's fifth most traded currency as of April 2022.[4]
Quick Facts 人民币 (Chinese) RMB, ISO 4217 ...
人民币 (Chinese) RMB | |
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ISO 4217 | |
Code | CNY (numeric: 156) |
Subunit | 0.01 |
Unit | |
Unit | yuán (元 / 圆) |
Plural | The language(s) of this currency do(es) not have a morphological plural distinction. |
Symbol | ¥ |
Nickname | kuài (块) |
Denominations | |
Subunit | |
1⁄10 | jiǎo (角) |
1⁄100 | fēn (分) |
Nickname | |
jiǎo (角) | máo (毛) |
Banknotes | |
Freq. used | ¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥20, ¥50, ¥100 |
Rarely used | ¥0.1, ¥0.5 |
Coins | |
Freq. used | ¥0.1, ¥0.5, ¥1 |
Rarely used | ¥0.01, ¥0.02, ¥0.05 |
Demographics | |
Date of introduction | 1948; 76 years ago (1948) |
Replaced | Nationalist-issued yuan |
User(s) | China (Mainland China) Wa State |
Issuance | |
Central bank | People's Bank of China |
Website | www |
Printer | China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation |
Website | www |
Mint | China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation |
Website | www |
Valuation | |
Inflation | 2.5% (2017) |
Source | [1] [2] |
Method | CPI |
Pegged with | Partially, to a basket of trade-weighted international currencies |
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Quick Facts Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese ...
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Simplified Chinese | 人民币 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 人民幣 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "People's Currency" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yuan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 圆 (or 元) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 圓 (or 元) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "circle" (ie. a coin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The yuan (元) is the basic unit of the renminbi. One yuan is divided into 10 jiao (角), and the jiao is further subdivided into 10 fen (分). The word yuan is widely used to refer to the Chinese currency generally, especially in international contexts.[lower-alpha 2]