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Real effective exchange rate of RMB rises by 15 pct in two years: Chinese PM

By Zhao Cheng (People's Daily)    16:35, September 10, 2015
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Real effective exchange rate of RMB rises by 15 pct in two years: Chinese PM
Premier Li Keqiang speaks at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum in Dalian, Liaoning province on September 10, 2015. [Photo provided to China Daily]

"The goal and speed of reform in China's financial system will not be changed. Of course, we have to take action step by step," Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said in Dalian, responding to the concerns about the recent financial market volatility from the international community.

While attending the symposium with world top business leaders and renowned media staff at Summer Davos Forum on September 9, he said that after the stock market witnessed abnormal fluctuations in June and July, the Chinese government took action to stabilize the financial market and prevent further risks.

"It can be said that possible systemic financial risks have been successfully prevented now. Next task for China is to continue to promote the development of multi-level capital market, adhering to a market-oriented direction and rule of law so that an open, transparent, long-term, stable and healthy capital markets can be fostered, "Li stressed.

“Since I took office, the RMB real effective exchange rate has risen by 15 percent," Li Keqiang mentioned this figure at first place when talking about RMB devaluation. He said that due to the recent sharp fall of currencies against the dollar in many countries, the trend of the international market made Chinese government adjust the RMB exchange rate formation mechanism, but it is only a small fine-tuning.

Li believes that there is no basis for continued depreciation of the RMB, because the Chinese economy is running in a reasonable range. "We have adequate foreign exchange reserves, and trade surplus of goods keeps increasing, which all help the RMB exchange rate to be basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level," he said. 

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