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Hu Jintao | |
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In office 15 November 2002 β 15 November 2012 | |
Preceded by | Jiang Zemin |
Succeeded by | Xi Jinping |
President of the People’s Republic of China |
Relationships with the Communist Party of China In practice, only one political party holds effective power at the national level, namely the CPC. Its dominance is such that China is effectively a one-party state.
The Communist Party of China maintains that despite the co-existence of private capitalists and entrepreneurs with public and collective enterprise, China is not a capitalist country because the party retains control over the direction of the country, maintaining its course of socialist development.
Until 2005, the value of the renminbi was pegged to the US dollar. On 1 October 2016, the RMB became the first emerging market currency to be included in the IMF’s special drawing rights basket, the basket of currencies used by the IMF (reserve currency).
A strong dollar is good for some and relatively bad for others. With the dollar strengthening over the past year, American consumers have benefited from cheaper imports and less expensive foreign travel. At the same time, American companies that export or rely on global markets for the bulk of sales have been hurt.
βThe yuan will continue to strengthen, as apart from a weaker dollar, the Chinese currency is also being supported by capital inflows and large trade surplus,β said Tommy Ong, managing director for treasury and markets at DBS Hong Kong Ltd.
Plus, up-to-the-minute market data. On Tuesday, the offshore yuan strengthened below 6.4 per dollar, as Chinese stocks jumped thanks partly to a surge in foreign buying. While Chinese exports have surged since last year, a rallying yuan pressures exporters by making their goods more expensive when priced in dollars.
Investors can take positions in the yuan by opening a savings or deposit account with U.S. dollars, but the account is denominated in yuan. Investors can also buy exchange traded funds (ETFs) designed to mirror the performance of the Chinese currency.