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Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

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China’s central bank expands digital yuan pilot to Beijing

By Tom Phillips • 10 February 2021 • Updated 25 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Digital yuan Beijing red envelope pilot on JD.com app

The People’s Bank of China has launched the first large-scale giveaway of the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) to be held in Beijing and has distributed 10m digital yuan (US$1.55m) to 50,000 participants in a ‘red envelope’ lottery... More


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PBOC to launch third digital yuan trial in Shenzhen

By Tom Phillips • 25 January 2021 • Updated 25 January 2021 • nfcw.com
Peoples Bank of China logo

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is to follow its pilots of NFC-based contactless digital currency payments with the distribution of a further 20m digital yuan (US$3.1m) in a third ‘red envelope’ lottery to be held in the city of Shenzhen... More


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PBOC pilots contactless cards and wearables that let consumers make payments with China’s digital currency

By Tom Phillips • 8 January 2021 • Updated 8 January 2021 • nfcw.com
PBOC contactless card showing China's digital currency

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has expanded its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot to include a contactless ‘hard wallet’ and NFC wearables that enable consumers to make in-store and transit fare payments with their digital yuan... More


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PBOC reports results of central bank digital currency pilot

By Tom Phillips • 8 October 2020 • Updated 8 October 2020 • nfcw.com
Peoples Bank of China logo

More than 113,000 Chinese consumers have now used a digital wallet supporting “multiple payment methods, including barcode, facial recognition and tap-and-go transactions” to conduct a transaction using China’s new central bank digital currency, the People’s Bank of China has revealed.  More


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China to expand central bank digital currency pilot to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong

By Sarah Clark • 18 August 2020 • Updated 18 August 2020 • nfcw.com
China Ministry of Commerce logo

China’s Ministry of Commerce has announced that pilot testing of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) developed by the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is to be expanded to cover the country’s major commercial regions and cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macau... More


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China’s central bank confirms plans for digital currency pilots

By Sarah Clark • 21 April 2020 • nfcw.com
People's Bank of China logo

Internal closed pilot tests of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) developed by the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) are to be conducted in Shenzhen, Suzhou, Xiong’an New District, Chengdu, and at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics locations, China’s central bank has revealed... More


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