Including foreign currency, foreign currency deposits, foreign currency securities (treasury bonds, treasury bonds, corporate bonds, stocks, etc.). ) and foreign currency payment vouchers (bills, bank deposit vouchers, postal savings vouchers, etc.). ).
By 20 15, China ranks first in the foreign exchange reserves of governments around the world. The United States, Japan, Germany and other countries have a large number of private foreign exchange reserves, and the overall foreign exchange reserves of the country are much higher than that of China.
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Foreign exchange classification:
1. Freely convertible foreign exchange refers to the foreign exchange that is most used in international settlement, can be bought and sold freely in the international financial market, can be used to pay off creditor's rights and debts in international finance, and can be freely converted into currencies of other countries. Such as US dollars, Hong Kong dollars and Canadian dollars.
2. Limited convertible foreign exchange refers to foreign exchange that cannot be freely converted into other currencies or paid to third countries without the approval of the issuing country. According to the regulations of the International Monetary Fund, all currencies with certain restrictions on international current payments and capital transfer are restricted freely convertible currencies. More than half of the national currencies in the world are limited convertible currencies, including RMB.
3. Bookkeeping foreign exchange, also known as clearing foreign exchange or bilateral foreign exchange, refers to foreign exchange deposited in bank accounts designated by both parties and cannot be converted into other currencies or paid to third countries.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-foreign exchange