Big news from Davos, China will open the door of domestic foreign exchange market to the foreign central bank, which is another move following China’s central bank’s opening inter-bank bond market to three foreign institutions, Premier Li Keqiang expressed in a speech of Davos.

After the Federal Reserve guided to raise interest rates of the dollar, as well as China's central bank announced the yuan central parity adjustment and triggered the global currency turmoil, in the background, the Chinese government made further adjustments on the foreign exchange market.

I believe that the move needs to be discussed in four areas:

First, the introduced objects are the central banks of other countries. The in the foreign exchange market, the central banks in general, have no strong intention of speculation, and they are likely to hold RMB in the long term, and the move is completely different from opening to speculators, and the move won’t cause greater volatility in currency markets.

The second is to further promote the internationalization of RMB. In the past few years, the central bank reached agreements of currency exchange with other countries, and some countries have also established an offshore RMB trading center, but it’s far from the real reserve currency of the RMB, and this time central banks of other countries enters into foreign exchange market, which is indeed a start of internationalization of the RMB. 

Third, to help stabilize the currency. Under the background of US dollar interest rate raise expectations, Chinese government has taken initiatives to open RMB, which could slow the dollar outflow speed, make US dollar liquidity more stable, prevent the impact of the dollar outflow, and also reduce the central bank’s pressure on the exchange rate stabilization.

Fourth, to help drive down long-term domestic interest rates. The offshore dollar enters China, then will be converted into RMB, and will be used to buy long-term government bonds, which will help drive down Treasury rates, as well as undervalue RMB interest rates, in the long run, it can reduce business lending rates, and benefit Chinese real economy.

In addition to the above sense, RMB could take global circulation, and then grow into the world's main reserve currency.

From the analysis of financial markets, the internationalization of RMB can reduce the long-term interest rates and the cost of corporate loans, while RMB settlement can reduce the exchange costs, boost the real economy, and benefit companies, the stock market or therefore rises sharply. (www.chinainout.com)