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China foreign exchange market regulation and stability

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The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) announced plans to expand institutional opening in China’s foreign-exchange sector through the second half of 2024. These reforms aim to optimize current-account management, support e-commerce and service-trade settlements, and lower hedging costs for small and medium-sized enterprises. To maintain stability, the regulator also pledged to strengthen monitoring of cross-border capital flows and use technologies like artificial intelligence to crack down on illegal financial activities. By July, July 2026, the foreign exchange market reportedly remained stable despite global geopolitical uncertainties. uncertainties and financial market volatility. SAFE reported a monthly surplus of $18.3 billion, with cumulative that bank foreign exchange settlements for reached $266.3 billion in July, while sales totaled $248 billion, resulting in an $18.3 billion surplus. For the first seven months of 2026 totaling 2026, cumulative settlements totaled $1,831.6 billion against sales of $1,542.2 billion in sales, yielding a surplus of $289.4 billion. SAFE spokesperson Li Bin noted that while net The balance of supply and demand was supported by expanding cross-border transactions. Non-bank institutional inflows from goods trade and payments totaled $1.7 trillion in July, representing a 20% year-on-year increase, with a net capital inflow of $59.8 billion. Additionally, Chinese demand for gold remained high, outflows were also observed related steady in July. While the jewelry sector faced challenges due to service trade high prices, physical gold investment demand remained broadly unchanged, and profit repatriation ETF assets under management in China rose 3% to ¥250 billion ($37 billion), driven by foreign-invested enterprises. geopolitical uncertainty and accumulation by the People's Bank of China.

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