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 = 2024년 2월 말 시점에 중국 외환보유액은 전월 대비 65억 달러 늘어난 3조2258억 달러(약 4273조8624억원)를 기록했다고 신랑망(新浪網)과 중앙통신, 경제통(經濟通) 등이 8일 보도했다.

매체는 중국인민은행 국가외환관리국이 전날 발표한 관련 통계를 인용, 외환보유액이 1월 말 3조2193억 달러보다 0.20% 늘어났다고 전했다.

달러가 주요통화에 대해 상승했음에도 예상 밖으로 외환보유액이 증가했다. 시장 예상치는 3조2050억 달러였다.

2월 위안화는 달러에 대해서 0.25% 하락했다. 달러 지수는 주요통화 바스켓에 대해 0.6% 상승했다.

금 보유고는 2월에 7258만 온스(2257t)로 1월 말 7219만 온스(2245t)에서 39만 온스(12t) 늘어났다. 달러 환산으로는 1486억4000만 달러로 전월 1482억3000만 달러보다 4억1000만 달러 증가했다.

금 보유고는 2022년 11월 이래 16개월 연속 증가했다. 그간 중국 금 보유량은 16% 증대했다.

중국은 미국 장기금리 상승을 기화로 미국채를 매각하는 한편 안전자산으로서 금 비축을 계속 진행하고 있다.

국가외환관리국은 "환율과 자산가격 변동 등이 복합적으로 작용하면서 외환보유액이 늘어났다"며 "중국 경제가 강인하고 잠재력도 크며 활력도 충분해 장기적으로 회복세를 유지하고 공고히 하기 때문에 외환보유액을 기본적으로 안정 유지하기에는 유리하다"고 밝혔다.


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