# China doubles down on promoting yuan as confidence in U.S. dollar ebbs

> China is introducing measures to expand foreign institutional use of the yuan, including allowing foreign investors to trade more futures and options on mainland exchanges. The PBOC governor also discussed reducing reliance on a single sovereign currency and plans a digital yuan internationalization center in Shanghai.

- Date: 2025-06-25 · published 2025-06-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24430-china-doubles-down-on-promoting-yuan-as-confidence-in-u-s-dollar-ebbs
- Commodities: [Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDCNY.md)

## Why it matters

Yuan internationalization is a longer-term structural shift in currency use, with limited near-term effect on grain, meal or feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- USDCNY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDCNY | 2017-01-01 | [China tweaks yuan basket to play down US dollar \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73191-china-tweaks-yuan-basket-to-play-down-us-dollar-south-china-morning-post.md) | -0.1% | -1.0% |
| USDCNY | 2019-10-11 | [U.S.-China currency deal won't change dollar-yuan dynamics  experts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56819-u-s-china-currency-deal-won-t-change-dollar-yuan-dynamics-experts.md) | -0.5% | -1.7% |
| USDCNY | 2022-07-23 | [Chinese yuan relatively stable against rising U.S. dollar: official - People's Daily Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40706-chinese-yuan-relatively-stable-against-rising-u-s-dollar-official-people-s.md) | -0.1% | +1.0% |
| USDCNY | 2024-12-31 | [China to lower dollar, euro and yen weightings in CFETS yuan basket in 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27166-china-to-lower-dollar-euro-and-yen-weightings-in-cfets-yuan-basket-in-2025.md) | +0.4% | -0.8% |
| USDCNY | 2017-09-11 | [China scales back measures propping up its currency now that yuan has surged](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7804-china-scales-back-measures-propping-up-its-currency-now-that-yuan-has-surged.md) | +1.1% | +2.7% |

## Sources

- cnbc.com: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/25/china-promotes-yuan-as-dollar-confidence-falters.html

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