BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) — The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 24 major currencies announced on Wednesday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System:
Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan
U.S. dollar 100 638.00
Euro 100 699.21
Japanese yen 100 5.3919
Hong Kong dollar 100 81.536
British pound 100 831.93