Central Bank of China

PRESS RELEASE Release Date: April 4, 2002




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FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES AS OF March. 31, 2002

The Foreign Exchange Reserves of the Republic of China amounted to US$128.03 billion at the end of March 2002, showing an increase of US$ 3,010 million from the figure recorded at the end of last month and an increase of US$ 5,819 million from that of the end of last year.


The next dissemination will be made at 16:20 p.m. on May 3, 2002

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