The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 23 major currencies announced on Thursday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System:

Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan

U.S. dollar 100 665.25

Euro 100 786.02

Japanese yen 100 6.1072

Hong Kong dollar 100 85.014

British pound 100 851.67

Australian dollar 100 526.27

New Zealand dollar 100 481.10

Singapore dollar 100 489.20

Swiss franc 100 689.29

Canadian dollar 100 530.37

Malaysian ringgit 64.301 100

Ruble 887.48 100

Rand 197.75 100

Korean won 16,959 100

UAE dirham 55.216 100

Saudi riyal 56.377 100

Hungarian forint 3,850.57 100

Polish zloty 54.498 100

Danish krone 94.63 100

Swedish krona 121.09 100

Norwegian krone 118.19 100

Turkish lira 52.306 100

Mexican peso 265.83 100

The central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day.

The central parity rate of the yuan against the Hong Kong dollar is based on the central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar and the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar against the U.S. dollar at 9 a.m. in international foreign exchange markets on the same business day.

The central parity rates of the yuan against the other 21 currencies are based on the average prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank foreign exchange market.