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

Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan

U.S. dollar 100 663.22

Euro 100 780.19

Japanese yen 100 5.8234

Hong Kong dollar 100 85.009

British pound 100 871.23

Australian dollar 100 515.62

New Zealand dollar 100 457.98

Singapore dollar 100 486.81

Swiss franc 100 669.72

Canadian dollar 100 523.57

Malaysian ringgit 63.780 100

Ruble 868.69 100

Rand 207.26 100

Korean won 17,021 100

UAE dirham 55.356 100

Saudi riyal 56.521 100

Hungarian forint 3,970.28 100

Polish zloty 54.391 100

Danish krone 95.40 100

Swedish krona 123.92 100

Norwegian krone 120.68 100

Turkish lira 56.409 100

Mexican peso 289.86 100

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.