In addition to devaluing, China announced that the opening “fix” – the price at which trading of the renminbi would commence each day – would be largely based on the previous day’s closing market price. Because the PBOC had been setting the opening fix pretty much wherever it wanted, this change could be seen as moving the renminbi toward a more market-determined exchange rate.
八月十一日调整或许就是设计来缓和这一忧虑。在实施贬值的同时，当局也宣布以后的开盘“中间价”——人民币每日开始交易的价格——将在很大程度上基于前一日的银行间市场收盘汇率。由于人民银行过往基本上是随心所欲地设定中间价，这一举措可被视为人民币汇率要更加迈向市场化。