Zhou Xiaochuan
Zhou says dollar weighting less than 50%
The weighting of the dollar in China's currency basket used as a reference to value the yuan is "much less than 50 percent," according to the People's Bank of China governor.
China pledges further liberalisation of rates, FX
People's Bank of China governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, pledged on Thursday 26 January to liberalise China's interest rate and foreign exchange policy further as part of wider economic reform but said the moves would be gradual.
China: No plan to sell dollar assets, buy oil
China has no plan to sell off its US dollar assets, the head of the People's Bank of China, Zhou Xiaochuan, was quoted as saying in the official Shanghai Securities News.
Xiaochuan expects less pressure on yuan move
China's central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said he expects less pressure for a yuan revaluation next year, as China will move to cut its trade surplus.
China's PBOC to control short-term foreign debt
Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China has said China will keep controls on short-term foreign borrowings and limit speculative activity even after it liberalises the capital account.
PBOC's Zhou sees need for more financial stability
China can't rely solely on central bank interest rate and exchange rate policies to maintain financial stability, People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan wrote in the China Economic Weekly.
PBOC's Zhou sees trade friction ahead
China's central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan said in an interview that he expects trade friction to worsen this year.
PBOC chief repeats gradualist approach on yuan
The head of the People's Bank of China has reiterated, through use of an old saying, that the government will take a gradual and careful approach to exchange rate reform.
China not planning more yuan revaluations
A senior official from the People's Bank of China said Thursday 15 September that China will not adjust its exchange rate through another revaluation.
PBOC to avoid triggering forex volatility
People's Bank of China chief Zhou Xiaochuan has vowed that the bank will not begin any changes in the management of its foreign exchange reserves that could introduce market volatility.
China's 'visionary' Zhou leads yuan float push
An article published on Wednesday 17 August looks at People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan in depth. He was a visionary on yuan reform long before it became a global issue, it says, and moved steadily up the banking and finance hierarchy through…
PBOC's Xiaochuan on developing capital markets
In the speech 'Improve corporate governance and develop capital market' given on 13 July, Zhou Xiaochuan of the People's Bank of China said if we hold the view that the objective of financial sector reform is to make the financial institutions stronger…
China reveals details of yuan basket
China announced major currency market reforms on Wednesday 8 August and also published details of the basket of currencies to which the bank refers in managing the float of the yuan.
PBOC to reveal more details on yuan in next step
The People's Bank of China said on Friday 29 July that it will provide more details of its revaluation of the yuan in the next step, including more information on the basket of currencies for the yuan exchange rate.
PBOC chief says yuan move an 'initial' step
The governor of China's central bank speaking on Saturday 23 July, described last week's revaluation of the yuan as an initial step whose benefits outweighed the disadvantages.
PBOC chief calls for some forex curbs lifting
China should lift certain foreign exchange controls in the near term to create conditions for the full convertibility of the local currency, Caijing Magazine quoted Zhou Xiaochuan, the central bank governor, as saying.
PBOC to guard against inflation
China's central bank's stance will remain focused on preventing major fluctuations in the country's economy and keeping prices "from growing to quickly", the official Financial News reported.
Greenspan calls for flexibility on China yuan
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Tuesday 7 June urged China to ease tight controls on its exchange rate for the sake of its own financial health, but China's central bank chief said the country needs more time.
PBOC chief: China reforms to remain gradual
Speaking at the conference in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday China's central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, said reforms of the Chinese yuan would remain gradual.
PBOC's Zhou Xiaochuan on exchange rate reform
In a recently published interview Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China, said we will make active and steady efforts to push ahead with the reform of the RMB exchange rate regime on a well-planned and step-by-step basis.
PBOC's Zhou suggests faster yuan shift
Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, said at the weekend that the government was still working on the "sequencing" of a potential move to a more flexible exchange rate but acknowledged that encouragement from abroad could result in a…
China plans gradual forex reform, says PBOC chief
China will reform its exchange rate regime gradually on a schedule of its choosing and does not plan simply to revalue the yuan, the governor of the People's Bank of China said in an interview.
Zhou says nearly time for interest rate reform
Time is nearly right for market-oriented interest rate reforms and China's banks should learn to set their own interest rates, Xinhua news agency quoted People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan as saying.
PBOC's Zhou doesn't see deflation threat
China's economy is not in a deflationary stage because the consumer price index continues to rise on a monthly basis, the Securities Times reported, citing Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China.