¥ · Asia
Chinese Yuan (onshore renminbi) (CNY)
The yuan is unusual in having two exchange rates: CNY is the onshore rate, traded within a band managed by the central bank, while CNH is the offshore rate that moves freely. Confusing the two produces figures that disagree for reasons that have nothing to do with your code.
Reference reading
6.6866CNY per 1 USD
Read 10 Nov 2026, 15:30 UTC, source last published 10 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC, quoted against USD.
166 currencies in this reading
One CNY buys
- USD
- 0.149553
- EUR
- 0.133476
- JPY
- 23.6327
- HKD
- 1.1728
- AUD
- 0.216553
Where the Chinese Yuan (onshore renminbi) circulates
Fiat Agent publishes CNY — the onshore code. If your counterparty quotes CNH, expect a small persistent gap, and say which one you display.
- Onshore settlement and domestic pricing in China.
- Trade invoicing between Chinese exporters and their buyers, increasingly settled in yuan rather than dollars.
- Cross-border flows that are channelled through offshore markets and priced in CNH instead.
How it is quoted, and what to watch
The yuan is a managed currency with a daily fixing that anchors the band. A quote you store may therefore look stable for long stretches and then move in a step — that is the regime, not a data error.
Reading CNY from the API
Ask for CNY as the base and every quote in the response is re-expressed against it — the reading, the catalogue and the account balance all arrive together.
Crosses are the quotient of two published quotes, so a pair you need but we do not list is still one division away.
curl · re-quote the catalogue against this currency
curl -s "https://fiatagent.base44.app/api/v1/rates?base=CNY" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FIAT_AGENT_KEY"CNY questions, answered
What is the difference between CNY and CNH?
CNY is onshore, traded inside a managed band; CNH is offshore and trades freely. This catalogue publishes CNY only.
Why is the yuan sometimes written as RMB?
RMB is the name of the currency, CNY its ISO code. For anything stored or compared, use the ISO code.
Quote CNY without a subscription.
The open endpoint needs no key. A key opens with a 5,000-request signup bonus and reaches every stored reading by date.