China Exchange Rate Against the US Dollar
How many US dollars one yuan buys.
$0.1492 per CN¥1
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Jan 1981 to Oct 2026
Source: FRED series DEXCHUS (Federal Reserve H.10) · end-of-month rate, the current month shows the latest daily rate; shown as US$ per CN¥1, 1 ÷ the published CNY per US$.
China Exchange Rate Against the US Dollar in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In China, the exchange rate against the US dollar rose by 6.2% over the year to Oct 2026, from $0.1405 per CN¥1 in Oct 2025.
It is the highest reading since Jun 2022.
Over the past five years it has ranged from $0.1367 per CN¥1 in Oct 2023 to $0.1585 per CN¥1 in Feb 2022.
China is 15th of 25 countries in our Currency Change Against the US Dollar by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- FRED
- Series
- DEXCHUS
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- $ per CN¥1
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, exchange rates are market prices and are not seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Oct 2026
- Revision status
- Market price, not revised
A rising number means a stronger Chinese yuan.
Data refreshed 2026-10-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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