英闻天下——148 Global Use of Yuan to See 'Major Leap': PBOC

 　　The People's Bank of China, China's central bank says China will vigorously promote the opening-up of its financial market this year to attract wider use of the yuan globally.

 

　　According to the bank, China has signed settlement agreements involving a total of 1.6 trillion yuan with 18 countries and regions by the end of 2012.

 

　　Cross-border trade settlement in the yuan rose 41 percent to almost 3 trillion yuan, while investment settled in the currency rose by 153 percent to more than 280 billion yuan in 2012.

 

　　Outbound direct investment in the yuan went up by 45 percent from 2011, while yuan-denominated foreign direct investment also surged by 177 percent.

 

　　The bank this year will further expand its two local currency investment schemes, RQFII and QFII.

 

　　It is also drafting plans for a trial program to allow qualified¹ domestic individual investors² to trade in overseas capital markets directly.

1 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

2 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会