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Bank of England Chinese Yuan rate

1 GBP = 8.8962 CNY −0.11%

Published Monday, 28 September 2026 as the daily spot exchange rates against sterling, observed at 16:00 London time.

1 CNY = 0.112408 GBP

GBP to CNY over the last year

9.009.259.50Nov ’25Jan ’26Mar ’26May ’26Jul ’26Sep ’26
52-week high
9.6290
52-week low
8.8786
52-week average
9.2452
Change over the year
−6.96%

Yearly averages

The mean of each year’s publications, 1 GBP in CNY. Open a year for every daily rate and the monthly averages.

YearAverageHighLowPublications
2026 9.1781 9.5770 8.8786 187
2025 9.4787 9.8387 8.9352 253
2024 9.2118 9.4678 8.9407 254
2023 8.8112 9.3877 8.1590 251
2022 8.3021 8.7341 7.7084 250
2021 8.8719 9.1286 8.3836 253
2020 8.8511 9.1851 8.1478 254
2019 8.8166 9.3233 8.3643 253
2018 8.8228 9.1395 8.5093 253
2017 8.7031 8.9658 8.3232 252
2016 8.9844 9.7282 8.1845 253
2015 9.6049 10.0769 9.0953 253
2014 10.1506 10.6621 9.5760 253
2013 9.6161 10.1451 9.0904 253
2012 9.9995 10.2759 9.6395 252
2011 10.3596 10.8229 9.7248 251
2010 10.4611 11.1768 9.7670 253
2009 10.7003 11.5876 9.3478 253
2008 12.8865 14.4358 9.8080 254
2007 15.2240 15.6580 14.5407 253
2006 14.6870 15.5049 13.8951 252
2005 14.5569 15.8081 13.8220 172

This rate via API

The Bank of England CNY rate for any day since 27 April 2005, or every publication in a range of up to a year, as JSON or CSV.

curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/official \
  -G -d source=boe -d base_currency=GBP \
  -d currencies=CNY -d date=2026-09-28 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

# every publication of 2026
curl https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/official/range \
  -G -d source=boe -d currencies=CNY \
  -d date_from=2026-01-01 -d date_to=2026-12-31 \
  -H "apikey: YOUR-API-KEY"

Chinese Yuan at other central banks

Questions about this rate

What is the Bank of England CNY rate today?

On 28 September 2026 the Bank of England published 1 GBP = 8.8962 CNY (1 CNY = 0.112408 GBP).

What was the average CNY rate in 2026?

The average of the 187 publications in 2026 is 1 GBP = 9.1781 CNY, the simple mean of the daily rates.

Is this the rate I must use for tax or accounting?

That depends on your jurisdiction. Many rules name a specific bank and day, for example the rate published on the business day before the transaction. Use the date lookup in the API to get exactly the publication your rule asks for.