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

Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan

U.S. dollar 100 650.32

Euro 100 780.13

Japanese yen 100 5.9840

Hong Kong dollar 100 83.337

British pound 100 849.30

Australian dollar 100 522.27

New Zealand dollar 100 469.99

Singapore dollar 100 484.13

Swiss franc 100 682.62

Canadian dollar 100 535.50

Malaysian ringgit 64.851 100

Ruble 878.16 100

Rand 197.45 100

Korean won 17,390 100

UAE dirham 56.648 100

Saudi riyal 57.841 100

Hungarian forint 3,921.55 100

Polish zloty 54.496 100

Danish krone 95.42 100

Swedish krona 122.13 100

Norwegian krone 119.23 100

Turkish lira 52.510 100

Mexican peso 272.36 100

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.