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Written by Sally Guo Updated Jul. 4, 2022 The official currency in China is the Renminbi (RMB or CNY) or in Chinese "Ren-min-bi". It translates as "the people's money". The basic unit is the yuan (also known as "kuai"). It is used to express all quantities including prices in shops etc. The yuan comes in paper notes of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 yuan notes, and 1 yuan coins. Chinese Currency Facts • Legal tender in China: renminbi • Shortened form: RMB or CNY (Chinese Yuan) • Symbol: ￥ • Basic monetary unit: yuan (元) • Colloquial name: kuai (1 yuan = 1 kuai) • Fractional units: jiao (角) and fen (分) • Colloquial name: mao (1 mao = 1 jiao) • Money conversion: 1 jiao = 10 fen; 1 yuan = 10 jiao = 100 fen At present, paper notes often used in China are 1 jiao, 5 jiao, 1 yuan, 5 yuan, 10 yuan, 20 yuan, 50 yuan, and 100 yuan. Fen is nearly out of circulation in the mainland market. As for coins, the main denominations are 1 yuan, 5 jiao, and 1 jiao. Always check your change to be sure that you have not confused jiao and yuan. Jiao notes and coins can be useful if you want to drop small changes into a beggar's bowl. Chinese Currency Exchange Generally, most 4-star or 5-star hotels provide money exchange services, exclusively for guests, but with a relatively low exchange rate. You can alternatively exchange your money as soon as you get off the plane at the airport. The best places, however, for currency exchange are the banks, where exchange rates are generally better, including th...

China’s currency, the renminbi or yuan, is tied to the U.S. dollar, the currency of China’s largest trading partner. China does this to hedge against risks in changes to the dollar’s value. China also has been accused of deliberately keeping the yuan’s value low to depress its export prices, but currency manipulation is difficult to prove. What Is the Yuan or Renminbi? China’s currency is called the "yuan" or "renminbi." The terms have slightly different usages. Renminbi means “people’s currency” and describes Chinese currency in general. The yuan is a unit of measure. One good way to think of the difference is "cash" versus ”dollars.” The dollar is used for most international trade transactions. It’s been the world's reserve currency since the The People's Bank of China (PBOC) manages the yuan’s value so that it rises and falls along with the dollar. The dollar's value fluctuates because it’s on a floating exchange rate. China switched from a strictly fixed exchange rate in July 2005. So its currency is now more flexible but is still managed with a close eye. Since 2014, when the yuan reached an 18-year high, China has been lowering the value of its currency. There are many reasons for that. In 2014, the dollar rose 15% against most major currencies, dragging the yuan up with it. As a result, the yuan was overvalued compared with other trading partners not pegged to the dollar. How Does the Yuan Affect You? When the yuan’s value is low, it reduces the prices of many produ...

Talk of de-dollarization is in the air. Last month, in New Delhi, Alexander Babakov, deputy chairman of Russia’s State Duma, said that Russia These developments complicate the narrative that the dollar’s reign is stable because it is the Foreign governments wanting to liberate themselves from reliance on the U.S. dollar are anything but new. Murmurs in foreign capitals about a desire to dethrone the dollar have Nevertheless, at least based on the economics, a BRICS-issued currency’s prospects for success are new. However early plans for it are, and however many practical questions remain unanswered, such a currency really could dislodge the U.S. dollar as the reserve currency of BRICS members. Unlike competitors proposed in the past, like a Let’s call the hypothetical currency the bric. If the BRICS used only the bric for international trade, they would remove an impediment that now thwarts their efforts to escape dollar hegemony. Those efforts now often take the form of If China and Russia each used only the bric for trade, however, Russia would not have any need to park the proceeds of bilateral trade in dollars. After all, Russia would be using brics, not dollars, to buy the rest of its imports. Enter, at last, de-dollarization. Is it realistic to imagine the BRICS using only the bric for trade? Yes. For starters, they could fund the entirety of their import bills by themselves. In 2022, as a whole, the BRICS ran a The BRICS would also be poised to achieve a level of se...