China Foreign Exchange Reserves

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

3,322,000

Units In

USD Million

3,292,000

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Oct 07, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 7 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
3,993,212.72 Jun 2014	2,262 Dec 1980	1,325,083.39 USD Million	1980-2025	People's Bank of China

In China, Foreign Exchange Reserves are the foreign assets held or controlled by the country central bank. The reserves are made of gold or a specific currency. They can also be special drawing rights and marketable securities denominated in foreign currencies like treasury bills, government bonds, corporate bonds and equities and foreign currency loans.

Latest Updates

China’s foreign exchange reserves rose by USD 29.9 billion, or 0.91%, to USD 3.322 trillion in August 2025, up from USD 3.292 trillion in July, marking the highest level since December 2015. The increase came as the dollar weakened against other major currencies. The yuan strengthened 0.87% against the dollar in August, while the dollar fell 2.19% against a basket of major currencies. Gold reserves stood at 74.02 million fine troy ounces at the end of August, up from 73.96 million ounces at the end of July, as the central bank bought the precious metal for a tenth straight month. As a result, gold reserves increased to an equivalent of USD 254 billion, up from USD 244 billion in the previous month.