China Foreign Exchange Reserves

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

3,282,000

Units In

USD Million

3,241,000

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jun 07, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 7 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
3,993,212.72 Jun 2014	2,262 Dec 1980	1,310,370.25 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

Foreign exchange reserves held by the People's Bank of China rose by the equivalent of $41 billion from the previous month to $3.241 trillion in April of 2025, the highest level since September of 2024. The increase took place despite the plunge in the dollar in the period. In turn, gold reserves rose by an equivalent $13.9 billion to $244 billion, aligned with the appreciation of bullion prices in the year.