China's digital currency approach will be favoring international payments and domestic retail system, a former senior official said.
Zhou Xiaochuan, the president of the Chinese Finance Association and former governor of the People's Bank of China, outlined two types of implementations of central bank digital currencies speaking at the 2019 Caixin Hengqin Forum, local publication Caixin reports Nov. 26.
The first type is an electronic payment-oriented domestic retail system, while the second is international remittances for settlements between financial institutions.
China will continue to focus on digital yuan, Zhou says.
Zhou - the longest-serving head of PBoC and one of the most influential financial experts in China - hinted that China will continue along the established path for its own digital yuan, dedicated to domestic retail system and payment.
PBoC continues CBDC research while cracking down Bitcoin.
The news comes after China was reported to have completed its CBDC project in August 2019.
Subsequently, the PBoC clarified that the bank had no specific launch date for its digital currency, reportedly claiming that the financial institution needs time to research and evaluate the initiative.
In late October, an executive at Chinese economics think tank China Center for International Economic Exchanges said that he believes that the PBoC will be the first to launch a digital currency successfully.
While apparently continuing to develop its digital yaun initiative, the PBoC recently enhanced its crackdown on cryptocurrency-related operations in the country.
Former PBoC Head: China's Digital Yuan Will Favor Payments and Retail
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