Photo taken on March 13, 2018 shows the headquarters of the People's Bank of China. (Xinhua/Cai Yang) BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Short-term fluctuation of the Chinese yuan's exchange rate is normal, but in the long run, China's sound economic fundamentals determine that the yuan will not see continuous depreciation, a central bank official said. "Speculation by shorting the yuan will surely lead to a huge loss," Guo Shuqing, Party chief of the People's Bank of China and chairman of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, said in an interview with Xinhua. China remains the largest engine of world economic growth, and owns a large market and huge growth potential, Guo said. "As the quality of economic development improves, the yuan's exchange rate will continue to move closer to the purchasing power parity." The Chinese government has won extensive international recognition for its efforts over the past few years to strike a balance between the yuan rate's flexibility and stability, Guo said. Over the past more than 10 years, all cases of the relatively substantial devaluation of the yuan have stemmed basically from external reasons, he said. The latest case came in May, when the offshore rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar depreciated up to about 3 percent, "entirely due to the U.S. moves that escalated economic and trade frictions, which in turn affected market sentiment," Guo said. "Despite the recent fluctuation in the forex market, there has been no panic among Chinese companies and people," Guo said. Besides the forex market, China's stock and bond markets have also "remained relatively stable" so far this year, Guo said. The country's financial sector has been stable and the risks have been held within control over the past years, partly due to moves to deepen reform and open wider to the outside world, improve corporate governance, and forestall and defuse financial risks in key areas, he added. Besides the opening-up of banking and insurance sectors, China will also open the securities and fund sectors following its existing schedule, Guo said. He added that the financial market's opening-up should always stay in line with the country's risk control capability, and special attention should be paid to prevent large-scale inflows and outflows of short-term cross-border capital. China welcomes foreign institutions with good market reputation and credit records, which have expertise in areas such as risk control, credit rating, wealth management and pension insurance, to "enter China, enrich market entities, innovate financial products and stimulate market vitality," Guo said. Enditem"/>
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[서울=뉴시스]이재준 기자 = 중국인민은행은 24일 내달 5일부터 은행예금 지급준비율을 0.5% 포인트 인하한다고 발표했다.

신화망과 신랑재경(新浪財經) 등에 따르면 인민은행은 이날 2월5일부로 지급준비율을 이같이 내려 장기 유동성 1조 위안(약 186조원)을 시중에 공급한다고 밝혔다.

인민은행은 양호한 통화와 금융 환경을 조성하기 위해 지급준비율을 낮추기로 했다고 설명했다.

판궁성(潘功勝) 인민은행장은 현재 법정 지급준비율이 평균 7.4%로 주요 경제국과 비교해 높은 수준이라고 지적했다.

그러면서 판궁성 행장은 인민은행이 지급준비율에 대해선 상당한 여유 공간을 가지고 있다며 은행 시스템과 금융시장 시스템의 중기 유동성을 보완하는 효과적인 수단이라고 강조했다.

또한 인민은행은 25일부터 농업지원 소규모 재대출과 재할인 이자율을 0.25% 포인트 내린다고 전했다.

인민은행은 관련 이자율을 현행 2.0%에서 1.75%로 하향 조정해 사회종합융자 비용을 안정적으로 계속 경감하도록 하겠다고 설명했다.


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中, 2월5일부터 지급준비율 0.5%P 내려…자금 186조원 풀어

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