plural yuan
1
the basic monetary unit of the People's Republic of China see Money Table compare renminbi
2
: the dollar of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Chinese leaders also pledged at an annual parliamentary meeting in January an additional 300 billion yuan (41.45 billion) of ultra-long special treasury bonds for consumers’ subsidy support.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
Shoppers rushed to snap up everything from candies to tea sachets, spending nearly 6 million yuan ($826,000) on Russian goods within three days, according to Chinese media reports at the time.
—Marc Stewart, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
Lu tells Forbes by WeChat that her family recently spent 13,000 yuan ($1,800) to buy a Laopu gold ring as a wedding gift for a friend.
—Yue Wang, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Additionally, China will issue 1.3 trillion rmb ($180 billion) in ultra-long special treasury bonds, as well as 4.4 trillion yuan ($600 billion) in local government special-purpose bonds to offset the negative effects of falling tax revenues and depressed land sales.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
Shoppers rushed to snap up everything from candies to tea sachets, spending nearly 6 million yuan ($826,000) on Russian goods within three days, according to Chinese media reports at the time.
—Marc Stewart, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
Lu tells Forbes by WeChat that her family recently spent 13,000 yuan ($1,800) to buy a Laopu gold ring as a wedding gift for a friend.
—Yue Wang, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Additionally, China will issue 1.3 trillion rmb ($180 billion) in ultra-long special treasury bonds, as well as 4.4 trillion yuan ($600 billion) in local government special-purpose bonds to offset the negative effects of falling tax revenues and depressed land sales.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
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Yuan
geographical name
Yu·an
ˈywen 
ˈywän
1
river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southeast central China flowing from Guizhou northeast to northeastern Hunan
2
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