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 100 663.00

Euro 100 772.50

Japanese yen 100 5.8324

Hong Kong dollar 100 84.985

British pound 100 881.04

Australian dollar 100 507.44

New Zealand dollar 100 456.97

Singapore dollar 100 486.63

Swiss franc 100 664.56

Canadian dollar 100 514.26

Malaysian ringgit 63.828 100

Ruble 878.96 100

Rand 213.07 100

Korean won 16,873 100

UAE dirham 55.396 100

Saudi riyal 56.562 100

Hungarian forint 4,029.56 100

Polish zloty 54.88 100

Danish krone 96.33 100

Swedish krona 126.30 100

Norwegian krone 123.15 100

Turkish lira 57.151 100

Mexican peso 289.21 100

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.