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 100 662.88

Euro 100 783.60

Japanese yen 100 5.8362

Hong Kong dollar 100 84.951

British pound 100 880.13

Australian dollar 100 510.68

New Zealand dollar 100 456.08

Singapore dollar 100 487.63

Swiss franc 100 670.40

Canadian dollar 100 517.86

Malaysian ringgit 63.820 100

Ruble 870.79 100

Rand 212.39 100

Korean won 16,985 100

UAE dirham 55.388 100

Saudi riyal 56.556 100

Hungarian forint 3,957.02 100

Polish zloty 54.143 100

Danish krone 94.99 100

Swedish krona 123.86 100

Norwegian krone 120.84 100

Turkish lira 56.675 100

Mexican peso 288.21 100

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.