Digital RMB pilot has expanded to 23 regions in 15 provinces and cities

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 13 (Reporter Wu Yu) Zou Lan, director of the Monetary Policy Department of the People's Bank of China, introduced on the 13th that the digital RMB pilot expanded from the original "10" pilot area to 23 areas in 15 provinces and cities, Shenzhen , Suzhou, Xiong'an New District, and Chengdu have canceled the whitening limit, and absorbed Industrial Bank as the new designated operating institution.

"The pilot of the scene of the Beijing Winter Olympics is successfully completed, so that the digital RMB as a science and technology business card has completed a wonderful appearance at the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympic Games." Zou Lan said at the press conference of the National New Office held on the same day that this year In the first half of the year, with the strong support of the pilot areas, the People's Bank of China, in conjunction with various research institutions, solidly and steadily promoted the pilot testing of digital RMB, steadily expanded the scope of pilot testing, continued to innovate special application scenarios, and extended the tentacles of digital RMB services. Focusing on the overall situation of stabilizing the economic market, digital RMB through special functions such as smart contracts, actively play a role in protecting people's livelihood, promoting consumption, expanding domestic demand, and steady growth.

According to reports, as of May 31, the pilot areas of 15 provinces and cities passed the cumulative number of trading pens through digital RMB about 264 million, with a amount of about 83 billion yuan, and the number of merchant stores that supported digital RMB payment reached 4.567 million.

Zou Lan said that in the next step, the People's Bank of China will steadily and orderly expand the scope of pilot scope, strengthen scene construction and application innovation, carry out research on major issues, and continue to deepen international exchanges and cooperation.

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