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Article: CHINA'S FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES HIT RECORD HIGH.
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- January 18, 2007
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BEIJING, Jan 18 Asia Pulse - China's foreign exchange reserve hit record high in 2006.
The foreign exchange reserves reached US$1.0663 trillion in China at the end of 2006, announced the People's Bank of China on January 15.
The figure rose 30.22 per cent over that at the end of 2005. China reported a fresh increase of US$247.3 billion of foreign exchange reserve in 2006.
The increment was US$38.4 billion more than the growth figure in 2005.
It was the first time that China's foreign exchange reserves were confirmed to exceed $US1 trillion, according to the central bank.
High foreign exchange reserves have again aroused great ...