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

Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan

U.S. dollar 100 659.09

Euro 100 784.77

Japanese yen 100 5.9845

Hong Kong dollar 100 84.226

British pound 100 852.28

Australian dollar 100 523.27

New Zealand dollar 100 472.98

Singapore dollar 100 485.94

Swiss franc 100 686.64

Canadian dollar 100 528.22

Malaysian ringgit 64.810 100

Ruble 880.90 100

Rand 197.36 100

Korean won 17,059 100

UAE dirham 55.752 100

Saudi riyal 56.927 100

Hungarian forint 3,897.08 100

Polish zloty 54.127 100

Danish krone 94.77 100

Swedish krona 120.50 100

Norwegian krone 117.71 100

Turkish lira 52.394 100

Mexican peso 271.52 100 ( 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.