人民幣連續7個交易日升值

The Chinese yuan appreciated for the seventh consecutive day on Monday to 6.3406 per US dollar, hitting its highest level since Aug 12.

人民幣持續7日升值，與美元的兌換率於週一達6.3406：1，創8月12日以來歷史新高。

It is also the new high since the currency suddenly depreciated by more than 4 percent against the US dollar in August, as the central bank let the market decide the daily reference exchange rate. Lian Ping, chief economist at the Bank of Communications, said investors' expectation on the yuan's depreciation is weaker, because the central bank's reform is accepted by the market and the US Federal Reserve's decision to hold on the rate hike has released desperation pressure.

這也是自8月人民幣兌美元驟貶4％以來人民幣升值的新高，央行讓市場自己來決定每日的參考匯率。連平，交通銀行的首席經濟分析師表示，投資者預期人民幣將表現強勢，因爲央行的改革被市場接受，而且美國聯邦儲備委員會決定加息也緩解了人民幣的壓力。

"The People's Bank of China's intervention in the foreign exchange market to stabilize the yuan's value also took effect," Lian said.

“中國人民銀行在外匯市場進行干預，以穩定人民幣幣值的做法也起了作用，”連平表示。

The seven-day appreciation began on Sept 24, when the PBOC set the reference exchange rate at 6.3791 per US dollar. The reference rate rose to 6.3493 per dollar on Friday. As the Chinese economy is still under the pressure of a slowdown, and capital outflows may remain high in the near future, the yuan is likely to depreciate moderately, economists said. A stronger yuan will help to facilitate the country's reform to internationalize the currency, especially to become one of the world's reserve currencies, they said.

9月24日，央行設定的基準匯價是6.3791美元，人民幣便開始升值並持續了7個交易日。至上週五基準利率上升至6.3493美元。由於中國經濟仍然處於增長放緩的壓力下，資本外流近期仍可能維持高位，人民幣可能適度貶值，經濟學家們說到，他們還表示，人民幣表現強勢將有助於促進人民幣幣種國際化、成爲世界儲備貨幣之一的改革。

The global transaction service provider SWIFT reported Tuesday that in August the yuan surpassed the Japanese yen to become the world's fourth largest payment currency. Yuan-denominated payments accounted for 2.79 percent of the global market by August, expanded from 1.39 percent in January of 2014, according to the company.

全球交易服務提供商SWIFT週二報道，8月份人民幣力超日元，成爲世界第四大支付貨幣；8月份以人民幣計價的支付佔全球市場的2.79％，而2014年1月的支付力僅1.39％。