BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 25 major currencies announced on Wednesday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System:

Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan

U.S. dollar 100 718.83

Euro 100 745.31

Japanese yen 100 4.5978

Hong Kong dollar 100 92.314

British pound 100 883.08

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