Head of IMF urges greater role for yuan

An employee counts yuan notes at a branch of China Construction Bank in Haian, Jiangsu province. The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said that adding emerging market currencies such as the yuan to a basket of currencies that the IMF administers would benefit the global financial system and create more stability. Xu Jinbai / for China Daily