The yuan is likely to remain stable against the US dollar this week because a hasty appreciation of the Chinese currency will severely impact the domestic labor-intensive industries.

The yuan ended slight lower against the greenback last week at 6.8264 last Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.

If the yuan climbs by a wide margin it will hit the domestic industries, especially in light industry, textiles and electronics, according to Zhu Hongren, a senior official at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.