On the 17 day, the US dollar / RMB was 6.9795, and the 48 point was RMB appreciation.

The central bank's open market today will carry out a 100 billion yuan 7 day reverse repurchase operation.

The Central Bank of China carried out a 200 billion yuan 1 year interim lending facility (MLF) operation. The Central Bank of China lowered its 1 year MLF interest rate to 3.15%, after 3.25%.

The Central Bank of China carried out a 100 billion yuan reverse repurchase operation today, because today's 10000 billion yuan reverse repurchase expires, the net return of 900 billion yuan on that day. In addition, the Central Bank of China has launched a 200 billion yuan medium term lending facility (MLF) operation today, counting from the full aperture to achieve a net return of 700 billion yuan per day.

On shore, the RMB closed against the US dollar at 16:30 on February 17th at 6.9807, down 12 points from the previous trading day.