China foreign exchange reserves rise to $3.13tr

China's foreign exchange reserves rose in December, official data showed on Saturday, as the dollar fell against other major currencies.

The country's foreign exchange reserves - the world's largest - rose $11 billion to $3.128 trillion last month, compared with $3.154 trillion predicted by a Reuters poll of analysts and $3.117 trillion in November.

The Chinese currency yuan rose 2.8 per cent against the dollar in December, while the American greenback last month fell 2.3 per cent against a basket of other major currencies.

China held 64.64 million fine troy ounces of gold at the end of December, down from end-November.

The value of China's gold reserves rose to $117.24 billion at the end of December from $111.65 billion at end-November.