《外匯管理?xiàng)l例》(The Regulations on the Administration of Foreign Exchange)的適用范圍涵蓋全國范圍內(nèi)的外匯活動，其中包括外匯的收支、儲備及結(jié)售匯交易等。外匯收支包括中國境內(nèi)的外匯資金流出和流入，主要形式包括服務(wù)貿(mào)易結(jié)算、外資對外投資、商業(yè)貸款、貨物出口進(jìn)口、外國旅客個人資金等。 Foreign exchange reserves include both official foreign exchange assets held by China's central bank and foreign exchange assets purchased by the people from the official foreign exchange market. On the other hand, foreign exchange transactions refer to foreign exchange transactions approved by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, including purchase and sale of foreign exchange for capital account, current account and capital account transactions, etc. 拓展知識：《外匯管理?xiàng)l例》的發(fā)布主要是為了管理外匯交易和確保外匯儲備的合理增減，促進(jìn)外匯供需持續(xù)平衡，增強(qiáng)對經(jīng)濟(jì)社會發(fā)展的調(diào)控能力。該法規(guī)實(shí)施前，外匯儲備管理有多處空白，它為國家外匯管理體制的完善，豐富了國家外匯管理工具，加強(qiáng)了外匯管理的有效性，調(diào)節(jié)了外匯市場結(jié)構(gòu)，改進(jìn)了外匯市場供求關(guān)系。