BEIJING, December 14-- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese yuan against 23 major currencies announced on Thursday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System:
  

Currency                                    Unit                            Central parity rate in yuan
U.S. dollar                                100                             660.33
Euro                                         100                             781.92
Japanese yen                           100                             5.8579

Hong Kong dollar                    100                             84.608
British pound                           100                             885.85
Australian dollar                       100                             504.41
New Zealand dollar                  100                             463.21
Singapore dollar                       100                             490.52
Swiss franc                                100                             670.01
Canadian dollar                         100                             515.14
Malaysian ringgit                    61.827                          100
Ruble                                       886.40                          100
Rand                                        203.91                          100
Korean won                             16,448                          100
UAE dirham                              55.627                         100
Saudi riyal                                56.800                          100
Hungarian forint                     4,026.32                        100
Polish zloty                                54.005                         100
Danish krone                             95.25                           100
Swedish krona                           127.34                         100
Norwegian krone                       125.88                         100
Turkish lira                                 57.789                         100
Mexican peso                            288.16                          100
The central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day.
The central parity rate of the yuan against the Hong Kong dollar is based on the central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar and the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar against the U.S. dollar at 9 a.m. in international foreign exchange markets on the same business day.
The central parity rates of the yuan against the other 21 currencies are based on the average prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank foreign exchange market.