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 100 662.85

Euro 100 779.36

Japanese yen 100 5.8813

Hong Kong dollar 100 84.890

British pound 100 889.07

Australian dollar 100 520.93

New Zealand dollar 100 478.72

Singapore dollar 100 488.14

Swiss franc 100 682.67

Canadian dollar 100 531.60

Malaysian ringgit 63.585 100

Ruble 876.20 100

Rand 204.65 100

Korean won 17,219 100

UAE dirham 55.353 100

Saudi riyal 56.517 100

Hungarian forint 3,993.44 100

Polish zloty 55.458 100

Danish krone 95.470 100

Swedish krona 122.77 100

Norwegian krone 119.81 100

Turkish lira 53.940 100

Mexican peso 274.70 100

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.