PANews|Oct 08, 2026 10:14
The People's Bank of China: has no intention of gaining trade competitive advantage through depreciation and never engages in competitive currency devaluation
According to the official website of the People's Bank of China, the central bank has released the "Policy Position on the Renminbi Exchange Rate", clarifying that China has implemented a managed floating exchange rate system based on market supply and demand, adjusted with reference to a basket of currencies, and has withdrawn from normalized foreign exchange intervention since 2017. The central bank stated that China has no intention of gaining trade competitive advantage through depreciation, and has never engaged in competitive currency devaluation. It only uses macroprudential tools to prevent short-term overshoots under major external shocks such as the pandemic and the April 2025 tariff war. In terms of data, since the exchange rate reform in 2005, the RMB has appreciated by 23% against the US dollar, and the nominal effective exchange rate has appreciated by over 50%; Since 2025, the cumulative appreciation against the US dollar has been about 9%. The central bank also pointed out that using the conclusion of the IMF's External Balance Assessment (EBA) as the official basis for RMB undervaluation is a misinterpretation and misuse, and alleviating global imbalances requires joint action from deficit and surplus countries.
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