🇨🇳 XI WANTS THE YUAN AS A GLOBAL RESERVE CURRENCY 🇨🇳
The Chinese president has made a clear appeal for the renminbi (RMB, or yuan) to become a global reserve currency.
In a speech published on Saturday in Qiushi, the theoretical journal of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi stated that China must build a “powerful currency” widely used in international trade, investments, and currency markets, ultimately achieving reserve status.
This move comes amid uncertainty in global markets, with the US dollar at multi-year lows following Trump’s statements on a weak dollar.
Xi emphasizes solid economic foundations, technological leadership, and currency credibility as pillars for a Chinese “financial power.”
The yuan has already made progress: by 2025, it accounted for about one-third of the 6.2 trillion dollars in Chinese foreign trade, with currency swaps signed with 50 countries and an increasing role in BRICS and with Russia.
However, obstacles remain: capital controls, poor convertibility, and limited transparency hinder adoption as a reserve (only 1.93% of global IMF reserves in Q3 2025, compared to 57% of the dollar).
Analysts note that Beijing aims for a “strategic counterbalance” to the dollar, without immediately replacing it, as the yuan appreciates against the dollar but remains undervalued by 25% according to Goldman Sachs.
This vision strengthens the internationalization of the yuan, linked to domestic growth and geopolitical tensions.