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Renminbi
人民币 (simplified Chinese)
Renminbi banknotes of the 2005 series.
ISO 4217
Code	CNY
Number	156
Exponent	2
Denominations
Subunit
1	yuán (元, 圆)
1⁄10	jiǎo (角)
1⁄100	fēn (分)
Plural	The language(s) of this currency does not have a morphological plural distinction.
Symbol	, RMB, or ¥
Nickname	Grandpa Mao
yuán (元, 圆)	kuài (块)
jiǎo (角)	máo (毛)
Banknotes
Freq. used	RMB 1, RMB 5, RMB 10, RMB 20, RMB 50, RMB 100
Rarely used	RMB 0.1, RMB 0.2, RMB 0.5, RMB 2
Coins
Freq. used	RMB 0.1, RMB 0.5, RMB 1
Demographics
Official user(s)	China (mainland)  Zimbabwe
Unofficial user(s)	Hong Kong  Macao  Mongolia  North Korea  Myanmar (in Kokang, Wa and Mandalay)  Vietnam (border area)
Issuance
Central bank	People's Bank of China
Website	www.pbc.gov.cn
Valuation
Inflation	2.5 %, January 2017
Source	'[1]'
Method	CPI
Pegged with	Partially, to a basket of trade-weighted international currencies

Renminbi
"Renminbi" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese	人民币
Traditional Chinese	人民幣
Literal meaning	"People's Currency"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Rénmínbì Bopomofo ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄧˋ Wade–Giles Jên2-min2-pi4 IPA [ɻə̌n.mǐn.pî] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Yànmànbaih IPA [jɐ̏n mɐ̏n pɐ̀i] Jyutping Jan4man4bai6
Yuan
Simplified Chinese	圆 (or 元)
Traditional Chinese	圓 (or 元)
Literal meaning	circle (or unit), originally from the round shape of silver coins
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yuán Bopomofo ㄩㄢˊ Wade–Giles Yüan Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Yùn IPA [y̏ːn] Jyutping Jyun4

Internationalization of the Renminbi

2002 (2002): The Chinese government launches the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) program January 2004 (2004-01): Retail depositors in Hong Kong are allowed for the first time to convert some of their savings into the renminbi July 2005 (2005-07): China drops the U.S. dollar peg by fixing the renminbi’s exchange rate to a trade-weighted currency basket July 2007 (2007-07): China issues its first batch of RMB-denominated bonds outside mainland territory On 24 November 2010, Vladimir Putin announces that Russia's bilateral trade with China will be settled in ruble and yuan, instead of U.S. dollars. 15 December 2010 (2010-12-15): The renminbi begins to trade against the ruble on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange December 2011 (2011-12): China and Japan unveil plans to exchange each others' currencies directly June 2012 (2012-06): The renminbi begins to trade against the Japanese yen in Tokyo and Shanghai 10 April 2013 (2013-04-10): The renminbi begins to trade against the Australian dollar on the Australian foreign exchange market June 2013 (2013-06): The Bank of England signs a currency swap agreement with the PBOC for ¥200 billion On 15 October 2013, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announces that the pound sterling and the renminbi will be traded directly in London and Shanghai. August 2013 (2013-08): The renminbi becomes the world's 8th most widely traded currency October 2013 (2013-10): The European Central Bank signs a currency swap agreement with the PBOC for ¥350 billion January 2015 (2015-01): The renminbi becomes the world's 5th most widely traded currency October 2015 (2015-10): The China International Payments System (CIPS) is launched 30 November 2015 (2015-11-30): The International Monetary Fund decided that the Renminbi (10.92%) will be added to the Special drawing rights (SDR)'s basket effective 1 October 2016

The Renminbi (Ab.: RMB; Chinese: 人民币; pinyin:  rénmínbì; literally: "people's currency"; sign: ; code: CNY) is the official currency of the People's Republic of China. The yuan (Chinese: 元; pinyin: yuán) is the basic unit of the renminbi, but is also used to refer to the Chinese currency generally, especially in international contexts where "Chinese yuan" is widely used to mention the Renminbi. The distinction between the terms renminbi and yuan is similar to that between sterling and pound, which respectively refer to the British currency and its primary unit. One yuan is subdivided into 10 jiao (Chinese: 角; pinyin: jiǎo), and a jiao in turn is subdivided into 10 fen (Chinese: 分; pinyin: fēn). The Renminbi is issued by the People's Bank of China, the monetary authority of China.