Central Bank of China

PRESS RELEASE Release Date: October 8, 2001




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FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES AS OF Sept. 30, 2001


The Foreign Exchange Reserves of the Republic of China amounted to US$115.20 billion at the end of Sept.2001,showing an increase of US$ 2,056 million from the figure recorded at the end of last month and an increase of US$ 8,458 million from that of the end of last year.