The comprehensive position of bank settlement and sale of foreign exchange refers to the foreign exchange position held by designated foreign exchange banks due to RMB and foreign currency transactions, which is formed by banks handling settlement and sale of foreign exchange for customers, their own settlement and sale of foreign exchange and participating in inter-bank foreign exchange market transactions.

Comprehensive position and turnover position are symmetrical, and comprehensive position refers to the total position formed by the settlement and sale of foreign exchange by customers and partners and transactions in the inter-bank foreign exchange market.

The position here refers to the difference between the settlement and sale of foreign exchange. For banks, it is the difference between buying foreign exchange and selling foreign exchange in one day. Comprehensive position refers to the sum of the difference between the bank's buying and selling of foreign exchange to customers, its own settlement and sale of foreign exchange and the buying and selling of foreign exchange between banks.