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Financial institutions are promoting the use of the yuan in cross-border trade and investment settlements as more companies choose to pay and be paid in the currency.
China's central bank announced Saturday it will widen the yuan's daily trading limit against the US dollar to 1 percent from Monday.
China has cut the reserve requirements for some county-level financial institutions by 100 basis points.
The first rules to encourage honest practices in China's capital market will be introduced this year to help the market develop steadily and guarantee investors' interests.
The chief executive of Hong Kong SAR encouraged Chile's resources sector to consider listing in Hong Kong.
China's stock index futures closed higher Friday.
The ChiNext Index rose 5.83 points, or 0.82 percent, to close at 718.96 points on Friday.
Chinese shares extended gains and rose slightly Friday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.35 percent, or 8.3 points, to end at 2,359.16.
Hong Kong stocks rose 373.72 points, or 1.84 percent, at 20,701.04 on Friday.
Southeast Asia's largest bank, DBS, announced Wednesday that it will invest 2.3 billion yuan ($364.83 million) to increase its presence on the Chinese mainland.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP (KKR), a leading global private equity company, announced on Thursday that it will invest $65 million of convertible bonds into China's largest cord blood bank, China Cord Blood Corporation (CCBC) for 23.8 percent of its shares.
China's National Council for Social Security Fund (SSF) will continue to invest in the country's centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOE) through multiple channels, an official said Thursday.
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