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Cover Story: Digital Yuan Overhaul Targets Mass Adoption, Cross-Border Use

By Liu Ran, Ding Feng, Zhang Yuzhe and Lu Zhenhua
2026年01月19日 19:25
Landmark changes introduce interest payments, smart contracts for businesses and a blockchain-based platform for global trade
Landmark changes have introduced to the digital yuan interest payments, smart contracts for businesses and a blockchain-based platform for global trade.

China’s digital yuan has taken a step away from being a high-tech version of cash — and toward something closer to a bank deposit.

On Dec. 29, Lu Lei, a deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), wrote in a central bank-affiliated publication that the PBOC had issued an action plan to further strengthen the digital yuan’s management and service system and related financial infrastructure, set to begin on Jan. 1.

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