Gold reserve refers to the gold held by a country's monetary authorities as a financial asset in order to balance the balance of payments and maintain or influence the exchange rate level.

Foreign exchange reserves, also known as foreign exchange reserves, are convertible foreign currency assets held by a country's monetary authorities and can be used at any time. In a narrow sense, foreign exchange reserves refer to a country's foreign exchange accumulation; Broadly speaking, foreign exchange reserves refer to assets denominated in foreign exchange, including cash, gold and foreign securities.

Therefore, gold reserves should be regarded as a branch of foreign exchange reserves.