Chinese yuan

E25290

fiat currency national currency

The Chinese yuan is the official currency of the People's Republic of China and one of the world's major reserve and trading currencies.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Renminbi	83
Chinese yuan canonical	34
renminbi	12
CNY	3
Chinese yuan (CNY)	3
人民币	2
Chinese Renminbi futures	1
Chinese renminbi	1
RMB	1
offshore RMB	1
offshore yuan	1
yuan	1
人民幣	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T199657 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chinese yuan
Context triple: [Zimbabwean dollar, replacedBy, Chinese yuan]

A. Hong Kong dollar
The Hong Kong dollar is the official currency of Hong Kong, known for its long-standing peg to the US dollar and its central role in the region’s status as a major international financial hub.
B. Renminbi banknotes
Renminbi banknotes are the official paper currency of the People’s Republic of China, notable for prominently featuring a portrait of Mao Zedong on most modern denominations.
C. Japanese yen
The Japanese yen is Japan's official fiat currency and one of the world's most traded reserve currencies in global foreign exchange markets.
D. Singapore dollar
The Singapore dollar is the official currency of Singapore, known for its stability, strong management by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and significant role as a major trading and reserve currency in Asia.
E. South Korean won
The South Korean won is the official currency of South Korea, known for its significant devaluation and subsequent reforms during the late-1990s Asian financial crisis.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chinese yuan
Target entity description: The Chinese yuan is the official currency of the People's Republic of China and one of the world's major reserve and trading currencies.

A. Hong Kong dollar
The Hong Kong dollar is the official currency of Hong Kong, known for its long-standing peg to the US dollar and its central role in the region’s status as a major international financial hub.
B. Renminbi banknotes
Renminbi banknotes are the official paper currency of the People’s Republic of China, notable for prominently featuring a portrait of Mao Zedong on most modern denominations.
C. Japanese yen
The Japanese yen is Japan's official fiat currency and one of the world's most traded reserve currencies in global foreign exchange markets.
D. Singapore dollar
The Singapore dollar is the official currency of Singapore, known for its stability, strong management by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and significant role as a major trading and reserve currency in Asia.
E. South Korean won
The South Korean won is the official currency of South Korea, known for its significant devaluation and subsequent reforms during the late-1990s Asian financial crisis.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fiat currency ⓘ national currency ⓘ
addedToSDRBasketYear	2016 ⓘ
banknoteDenomination	1 yuan ⓘ 10 yuan ⓘ 100 yuan ⓘ 20 yuan ⓘ 5 yuan ⓘ 50 yuan ⓘ
centralBank	People's Bank of China ⓘ
ChineseNameSimplified	Chinese yuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 人民币
ChineseNameTraditional	Chinese yuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 人民幣
coinDenomination	1 jiao ⓘ 1 yuan ⓘ 5 jiao ⓘ
country	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China
decimalPlaces	2 ⓘ
IMFSpecialDrawingRightsBasketMember	true ⓘ
introduced	1948 ⓘ
ISO4217Code	Chinese yuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CNY
ISO4217Number	156 ⓘ
issuingAuthority	People's Bank of China ⓘ
legalTenderIn	China ⓘ surface form: Mainland China
localSymbol	元 ⓘ
majorOffshoreTradingCenter	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong London, England ⓘ surface form: London Singapore ⓘ
majorTradingCenter	Shanghai ⓘ
monetaryAuthorityHeadquarters	Beijing ⓘ
monetaryPolicyRegime	managed floating exchange rate ⓘ
officialName	Chinese yuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Renminbi
offshoreVariant	CNH ⓘ
onshoreVariant	Chinese yuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CNY
pinyinName	Rénmínbì ⓘ
pinyinUnitName	yuán ⓘ
replacedCurrency	fabi ⓘ
shortName	yuan ⓘ
subunit	fen ⓘ jiao ⓘ
subunitToUnit	1 yuan = 10 jiao ⓘ 1 yuan = 100 fen ⓘ
symbol	¥ ⓘ
usedAsReserveCurrency	true ⓘ
usedAsTradingCurrency	true ⓘ
usedBy	Chinese businesses ⓘ State Council of China ⓘ surface form: Chinese government Chinese residents ⓘ
user	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong (for offshore CNH market) Macau ⓘ surface form: Macau (for offshore CNH market) China ⓘ surface form: Mainland China
writingSystem	Chinese characters ⓘ