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Chinese Currency RMB (Renminbi)

 

 

A Brief Introduction of RMB (Renminbi)

Chinese money is called Renminbi (RMB) means "The People's Currency". The popular unit of RMB is yuan"

1 yuan equals 10 jiao, 1 jiao equals 10 fen. There are parts of China where the yuan is also known as Kuai and Jiao is known as mao. Chinese currency is issued in the following denominations: one, two, five, ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred yuan; one, two and five jiao; and one, two and five fen.

The official exchange rate between U.S. dollar and Renminbi yuan currently is about 1:7.5 (1 US dollar = 7.5 yuan RMB)

For current exchange rate, please click Money Converter for detailed information ).  

What RMB Looks Like?



100 yuan (new)




100 yuan



50 yuan (new)

 


50 yuan


 


20 yuan



10 yuan (new)

 


10 yuan



5 yuan (new)
 


5 yuan



2 yuan



1 yuan (new, issued in July 2004)

 


1 yuan



5 jiao (0.5 yuan)



2 jiao (0.2 yuan)

 


1 jiao (0.1 yuan)



From top to the bottom: 1 yuan, 5 jiao (0.5 yuan), 1 jiao (0.1 yuan)

From top to the bottom: 5 fen (0.05 yuan), 2 fen (0.02 yuan), 1 fen (0.01 yuan)


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  • Total number of travel agencies: in China: 13,361, among them 1,364 handle international travel; 11,997handle domestic travel. There are 12 travel agencies with foreign investment.  (by the end of 2003)

  • Total number of hotels: 10481

  • Total number of employees in tourism industry: 5.98 million (2001)

  • Total number of foreign tourists: 97.91 million (2002)

  • Total number of domestic tourists: 878 million (2002)

  • Tourism Revenue:
    $67.06 billion USD (2002)

  • China Transported 1.97 Billion People in Spring Festival of 2005

    The number of passengers reached 1.97 billion during China's Spring Festival transport season, a 40-day period. China's Lunar New Year is an important occasion for Chinese families to get a reunion. Among those passengers:

  • By railway: 145 million;

  • By car/bus: 1.79 billion;

  • By water transport: 27 million

  • By air: 12.6 million.

(Source: CNTA)

 
 
     

 

 
 
 

 

 
 
 

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