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BEIJING, Aug 30, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) — The central parity rate of the RMBagainst five major currencies announced on Aug. 31 by the ChinaForeign Exchange Trading System:

Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan)

U.S. Dollar 100 683.12

Euro 100 977.27

Japanese Yen 100 7.3537

Hong Kong Dollar 100 88.133

British Pound 100 1,112.94

The central parity of RMB against the U.S. dollar is based on aweighted average of enquired prices from all market makers beforethe opening of the market in each business day.

The central parity of RMB against the other four currencies isbased on the central rate of RMB against the U.S. dollar of thesame business day as well as the exchange rates of the fourcurrencies against the U.S. dollar at 9 a.m. of the same businessday in the international foreign exchange market.

<<XINHUA NEWS AGENCY — 08/31/2009>>