2月22日，伊拉克中央银行在官网发布声明，首次宣布将允许与中国的贸易直接以人民币结算，以改善对外贸易融资，稳定汇率。
The Central Bank of Iraq plans to allow trade with China to be settled directly in yuan for the first time to improve its access to foreign currency. The settlement of trade in the Chinese currency instead of the US dollar will help the Iraqi central bank to “stabilize exchange rates”, it said in a statement on its website.
声明表示，对华贸易用人民币结算有两种途径：一是，增加在中资银行开设人民币账户的伊拉克银行的人民币储备；二是，使用伊拉克央行在摩根大通银行和新加坡星展银行的美元储备，将美元兑换成人民币。
The central bank said it has options, the first being measures to boost the balances of Iraqi banks that have accounts with Chinese banks in the yuan. “The second option: strengthening the balances of Iraqi banks through the accounts of the central bank to the final beneficiary in the Chinese yuan, through our accounts with JP Morgan and the Development Bank in Singapore,” the regulator said.
伊拉克政府经济顾问萨利赫（Mudhir Salih）同日告诉路透社，“这是首次以人民币结算来自中国的进口（贸易），此前伊拉克来自中国的进口（贸易）一直仅以美元结算”。
“It is the first time imports would be financed from China in yuan, as Iraqi imports from China have been financed in [US] dollars only,” Reuters quoted the government’s economic adviser, Mudhir Salih, as saying on last Wednesday.
尽管此举是中央银行为弥补国内市场上的美元短缺以及稳定第纳尔汇率而采取的措施之一，但同时也是人民币在国际舞台上发挥越来越大作用的最新迹象。
Although the move is aimed at tackling dollar shortages and stabilizing the Iraqi dinar, it also signifies the growing importance of the Chinese currency in international markets.
Iraq will, together with other major economies in the Middle East like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, further explore the use of currencies other than the US dollar in trade.
近年来跨境人民币使用规模稳步提升。根据SWIFT统计显示，2022年12月，人民币在全球跨境贸易金额中排名保持第三，占比3.91%，接近2021年同期两倍，仅次于美元和欧元。
In recent years, the use of cross-border RMB has steadily increased. According to SWIFT statistics, in December 2022, the RMB ranked third in the global cross-border trade amount, accounting for 3.91%, nearly twice the same period in 2021, only second to the US dollar and the euro.
在储备职能方面，人民币也获得了更广泛的认可。去年5月，国际货币基金组织(IMF)在5年一次的特别提款权(SDR)定值审查中将人民币权重由10.92%上调至12.28%，在货币篮子中继续保持第三位，仅次于美元和欧元。
In terms of the reserve function, the RMB has also gained wider recognition. In May last year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised the weight of the RMB from 10.92% to 12.28% in the five-year review of the value of the Special Drawing Rights (SDR), remaining the third place in the currency basket, after the US dollar and the euro.
Source: Reuters, ChinaDaily, 环球网
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