The offshore RMB index is another index that fully reflects the internationalization level of RMB after the Bank of China launched the Cross-border RMB Index (CRI) last year. The offshore RMB index of China Bank mainly tracks the comprehensive evaluation of the development level of RMB in the offshore financial market from the aspects of capital stock scale, capital utilization and financial instruments utilization.

ORI*** has five types of indicators: including the proportion of offshore RMB deposits to offshore deposits in all currencies, the proportion of offshore RMB loans to offshore loans in all currencies, the proportion of RMB-denominated international bonds and equity investment balances to all currencies, the proportion of RMB to global foreign exchange reserves, and the proportion of RMB foreign exchange trading volume to all currencies, which respectively correspond to the five international functions of currencies, namely, RMB exercise value storage currency, financing currency, investment currency, reserve currency and trading currency. The ORI index comprehensively weighted the proportion of RMB in all currencies in these five indicators, reflecting the development level of RMB in the international financial market.