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1 ZAR = 0.4154 CNY ▲ +0.5200%

High 0.4161

Low 0.4127

Open 0.4131

Prev. Close 0.4132

One Week

+1.29%

0.4168 H · 0.4071 L

One Month

-0.06%

0.4168 H · 0.4071 L

One Year

+3.89%

0.4914 H · 0.4030 L

Best Transfer Rate

0.4139

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Market Analysis: Updated Daily 10 May 2026

What's Driving ZAR/CNY Today

The South African Rand to Chinese Yuan exchange rate is shaped by monetary policy decisions from both central banks, alongside inflation data, economic growth indicators and global risk sentiment. Sterling pairs are particularly sensitive to UK data releases and political developments.

Key drivers to watch include central bank rate decisions, CPI inflation prints, labour market data and trade balance figures. Our editorial team publishes daily commentary on the forces moving the ZAR/CNY rate.

This commentary is updated each trading day. For the latest analysis visit the ZAR/CNY News Hub →

Latest ZAR/CNY News More news →

9 Jan Rand Still Has Fuel in the Tank Says Nedbank

19 Sep Rand a Buy says Crédit Agricole

6 Jun Nedbank Holds Bullish Bias on the Rand

20 May South African Rand Charges Ahead

29 Apr South African Rand's Recovery Can Extend: Investec

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Daily South African Rand to Chinese Yuan Statistics

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Date	Open	Close	High	Low	Mid
Fri 8 May	0.4119	0.4150	0.4143	0.4138	0.4135
Thu 7 May	0.4155	0.4119	0.4168	0.4147	0.4137
Wed 6 May	0.4097	0.4155	0.4164	0.4123	0.4126
Tue 5 May	0.4066	0.4097	0.4096	0.4073	0.4082
Mon 4 May	0.4107	0.4067	0.4112	0.4071	0.4087
Fri 1 May	0.4096	0.4099	0.4107	0.4089	0.4098
Thu 30 Apr	0.4062	0.4096	0.4080	0.4069	0.4079
Wed 29 Apr	0.4134	0.4062	0.4141	0.4063	0.4098
Tue 28 Apr	0.4125	0.4134	0.4119	0.4116	0.4130
Mon 27 Apr	0.4124	0.4125	0.4137	0.4129	0.4125
Fri 24 Apr	0.4103	0.4136	0.4121	0.4119	0.4120
Thu 23 Apr	0.4144	0.4103	0.4137	0.4111	0.4124
Wed 22 Apr	0.4135	0.4144	0.4146	0.4136	0.4140
Tue 21 Apr	0.4167	0.4134	0.4163	0.4127	0.4151
Mon 20 Apr	0.4166	0.4167	0.4167	0.4159	0.4167
Fri 17 Apr	0.4157	0.4179	0.4203	0.4154	0.4168
Thu 16 Apr	0.4165	0.4157	0.4165	0.4163	0.4161
Wed 15 Apr	0.4171	0.4164	0.4172	0.4155	0.4168
Tue 14 Apr	0.4160	0.4171	0.4175	0.4174	0.4166
Mon 13 Apr	0.4126	0.4160	0.4139	0.4134	0.4143
Fri 10 Apr	0.4172	0.4160	0.4173	0.4155	0.4166
Thu 9 Apr	0.4167	0.4172	0.4172	0.4160	0.4170
Wed 8 Apr	0.4081	0.4167	0.4158	0.4123	0.4124
Tue 7 Apr	0.4082	0.4081	0.4086	0.4070	0.4082
Mon 6 Apr	0.4058	0.4082	0.4078	0.4069	0.4070
Fri 3 Apr	0.4063	0.4052	0.4066	0.4056	0.4058
Thu 2 Apr	0.4086	0.4063	0.4064	0.4057	0.4075
Wed 1 Apr	0.4069	0.4086	0.4093	0.4088	0.4078
Tue 31 Mar	0.4022	0.4069	0.4061	0.4039	0.4046
Mon 30 Mar	0.4039	0.4022	0.4031	0.4030	0.4031
Fri 27 Mar	0.4038	0.4042	0.4042	0.4031	0.4040
Thu 26 Mar	0.4066	0.4038	0.4062	0.4038	0.4052
Wed 25 Mar	0.4062	0.4065	0.4080	0.4065	0.4064
Tue 24 Mar	0.4090	0.4063	0.4078	0.4035	0.4077
Mon 23 Mar	0.4036	0.4090	0.4075	0.4042	0.4063
Fri 20 Mar	0.4117	0.4050	0.4086	0.4061	0.4084
Thu 19 Mar	0.4045	0.4117	0.4082	0.4069	0.4081
Wed 18 Mar	0.4133	0.4045	0.4113	0.4087	0.4089
Tue 17 Mar	0.4172	0.4133	0.4156	0.4145	0.4153
Mon 16 Mar	0.4073	0.4172	0.4136	0.4113	0.4123
Fri 13 Mar	0.4090	0.4071	0.4092	0.4085	0.4081
Thu 12 Mar	0.4164	0.4090	0.4152	0.4106	0.4127
Wed 11 Mar	0.4222	0.4165	0.4220	0.4179	0.4194
Tue 10 Mar	0.4243	0.4222	0.4243	0.4213	0.4233
Mon 9 Mar	0.4130	0.4243	0.4187	0.4125	0.4187
Fri 6 Mar	0.4141	0.4161	0.4150	0.4120	0.4151
Thu 5 Mar	0.4221	0.4141	0.4205	0.4136	0.4181
Wed 4 Mar	0.4175	0.4221	0.4213	0.4174	0.4198
Tue 3 Mar	0.4274	0.4174	0.4241	0.4153	0.4224
Mon 2 Mar	0.4256	0.4274	0.4265	0.4263	0.4265
Fri 27 Feb	0.4293	0.4301	0.4303	0.4297	0.4297
Thu 26 Feb	0.4335	0.4293	0.4313	0.4292	0.4314
Wed 25 Feb	0.4311	0.4335	0.4336	0.4317	0.4323
Tue 24 Feb	0.4313	0.4311	0.4321	0.4313	0.4312
Mon 23 Feb	0.4303	0.4312	0.4320	0.4312	0.4308
Fri 20 Feb	0.4280	0.4310	0.4299	0.4285	0.4295
Thu 19 Feb	0.4301	0.4280	0.4293	0.4274	0.4291
Wed 18 Feb	0.4311	0.4301	0.4306	0.4303	0.4306
Tue 17 Feb	0.4321	0.4311	0.4313	0.4299	0.4316
Mon 16 Feb	0.4331	0.4321	0.4342	0.4327	0.4326
Fri 13 Feb	0.4323	0.4332	0.4322	0.4311	0.4328
Thu 12 Feb	0.4357	0.4323	0.4351	0.4341	0.4340
Wed 11 Feb	0.4334	0.4357	0.4355	0.4350	0.4346
Tue 10 Feb	0.4355	0.4335	0.4341	0.4338	0.4345
Mon 9 Feb	0.4325	0.4355	0.4345	0.4340	0.4340
Fri 6 Feb	0.4254	0.4326	0.4303	0.4259	0.4290
Thu 5 Feb	0.4315	0.4253	0.4914	0.4299	0.4284
Wed 4 Feb	0.4345	0.4315	0.4340	0.4324	0.4330
Tue 3 Feb	0.4317	0.4345	0.4350	0.4322	0.4331
Mon 2 Feb	0.4313	0.4317	0.4333	0.4276	0.4315
Fri 30 Jan	0.4416	0.4307	0.4381	0.4326	0.4362
Thu 29 Jan	0.4410	0.4416	0.4423	0.4393	0.4413
Wed 28 Jan	0.4383	0.4410	0.4400	0.4377	0.4397
Tue 27 Jan	0.4334	0.4384	0.4365	0.4343	0.4359
Mon 26 Jan	0.4338	0.4334	0.4354	0.4344	0.4336
Fri 23 Jan	0.4325	0.4328	0.4333	0.4319	0.4327
Thu 22 Jan	0.4282	0.4325	0.4313	0.4306	0.4304
Wed 21 Jan	0.4239	0.4282	0.4280	0.4237	0.4261
Tue 20 Jan	0.4254	0.4239	0.4250	0.4228	0.4247
Mon 19 Jan	0.4232	0.4254	0.4237	0.4237	0.4243
Fri 16 Jan	0.4264	0.4247	0.4263	0.4241	0.4256
Thu 15 Jan	0.4250	0.4264	0.4266	0.4247	0.4257
Wed 14 Jan	0.4255	0.4250	0.4264	0.4250	0.4253
Tue 13 Jan	0.4254	0.4255	0.4254	0.4239	0.4255
Mon 12 Jan	0.4230	0.4254	0.4249	0.4238	0.4242
Fri 9 Jan	0.4226	0.4231	0.4233	0.4217	0.4229
Thu 8 Jan	0.4253	0.4226	0.4238	0.4236	0.4240
Wed 7 Jan	0.4270	0.4253	0.4262	0.4247	0.4262
Tue 6 Jan	0.4270	0.4270	0.4273	0.4270	0.4270
Mon 5 Jan	0.4241	0.4269	0.4263	0.4246	0.4255
Fri 2 Jan	0.4223	0.4240	0.4238	0.4227	0.4232
Thu 1 Jan	0.4223	0.4223	0.4223	0.4223	0.4223

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