The Central Bank of China launches digital currency

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As of September 2019, the central bank's digital currency has not been issued

the development history of the central bank's digital currency is as follows

in 2014, the Central Bank of China set up a special research team to conct in-depth research on the framework of digital currency issuance and business operation, key technologies of digital currency, issuance and circulation environment, and legal issues faced

in January 2017, the central bank officially established the digital currency Research Institute in Shenzhen

in September 2018, the Institute of digital currency built a trade finance blockchain platform

On July 8, 2019, at the launching ceremony of the digital finance open research program and the first academic seminar, Wang Xin, director of the Research Bureau of the people's Bank of China, disclosed that the State Council has officially approved the research and development of the central bank's digital currency, and the central bank is engaged in corresponding work in organizing market institutions

on August 2, 2019, the central bank said at the second half of 2019 work video conference that it would speed up the research and development of legal digital currency

on August 10, 2019, Mu Changchun, deputy director of the payment and Settlement Department of the central bank, said at the Yichun forum of 40 people of China finance that "the central bank's digital currency can be said to be ready"

on August 18, 2019, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued their opinions on supporting Shenzhen to build a leading demonstration zone of socialism with Chinese characteristics, which mentioned supporting innovative applications such as digital currency research in Shenzhen

on August 21, 2019, the official micro blog of the people's Bank of China released two articles on digital currency. One is fan Yifei, vice president of the people's Bank of China, who was published in January 2018, talking about some considerations of digital currency of the people's Bank of China. The other is mu Changchun, deputy director of the Department of payment and settlement, who delivered a speech in Yichun on August 10

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practical significance

the digitalization of central bank's currency helps to optimize the central bank's monetary payment function, improve the central bank's monetary status and the effectiveness of monetary policy. The central bank's digital currency can become an interest bearing asset to meet the holder's reserve demand for safe assets, and can also become the lower limit of bank deposit interest rate

can also become a new monetary policy tool. At the same time, the central bank can affect the bank's deposit and loan interest rate by adjusting the central bank's digital currency interest rate, and help break the zero interest rate lower limit

operation system

fan Yifei, vice governor of the people's Bank of China, said in the article that the digital currency of the people's Bank of China should adopt a two-tier operation system. This model does not change the relationship between creditor's rights and debt of currency in circulation, does not change the existing money supply system and al account structure, does not constitute a competition for commercial banks' deposit currency, and does not increase commercial banks' dependence on the interbank lending market

will not affect the lending ability of commercial banks, and will not lead to the phenomenon of "financial disintermediation". At the same time, because it does not affect the existing monetary policy transmission mechanism, it will not strengthen the pro cyclical effect under the pressure environment, and it can improve the convenience and security of payment, and it also has the credit advantage of central bank endorsement

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On November 9, 2019, the central bank has not launched digital currency

in 2014, the Central Bank of China set up a special research team to conct in-depth research on the framework of digital currency issuance and business operation, key technologies of digital currency, issuance and circulation environment, and legal issues

in January 2017, the central bank officially established the digital currency Research Institute in Shenzhen

in September 2018, the Institute of digital currency built a trade finance blockchain platform

On July 8, 2019, at the launching ceremony of the digital finance open research program and the first academic seminar, Wang Xin, director of the Research Bureau of the people's Bank of China, disclosed that the State Council has officially approved the research and development of the central bank's digital currency, and the central bank is engaged in corresponding work in organizing market institutions

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benefits of digital currency

the digitalization of central bank's currency helps to optimize the central bank's monetary payment function, improve the central bank's monetary status and the effectiveness of monetary policy. The central bank's digital currency can become an interest bearing asset to meet the holder's reserve demand for safe assets, and can also become the lower limit of bank deposit interest rate. It can also become a new monetary policy tool

at the same time, the central bank can affect the bank deposit and loan interest rate by adjusting the digital currency interest rate of the central bank, and help to break the zero interest rate lower limit

3. DCEP (digital currency electronic payment), the Chinese version of digital currency project, namely digital currency and electronic payment instrument, is the legal digital currency in the research of the people's Bank of China and a kind of digital currency
Digital RMB, issued by the people's Bank of China, is a controllable anonymous payment tool with value characteristics and legal compensation, which is operated by designated operating institutions and exchanged with the public. It is based on the generalized account system, supports the loose coupling function of bank accounts, and is equivalent to banknotes and coins

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4. BOC has not issued any digital currency, which is a false information. The Bank of our country forbids digital currency. The central bank has planned to issue digital currency, but it is still in the experimental stage. Moreover, the digital currency that the central bank plans to issue is also different from bitcoin, Ruitai, Laite and other digital currencies.

5. CBDC, the full name of central bank digital currencies, translated as the central bank digital currency
in its Research Report on CBDC, the Bank of England defines central bank digital currency as an electronic form of central bank currency, which can be used by households and businesses to make payments and store value
the Chinese version of CBDC is described as a controllable anonymous payment tool, which is issued by the people's Bank of China, operated by designated operating institutions and exchanged to the public, based on the generalized account system, supports the loose coupling function of bank accounts, is equivalent to banknotes and coins, and has value characteristics and legal compensation
what we call DC / EP is the Chinese version of the central bank's digital currency, translated as "digital currency and electronic payment instruments"
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6. In the era of physical money, money itself has intrinsic value, so it can perform these functions of money. However, modern credit money or paper money itself has no value, why can it perform the function of money? This is because the credit currency is supported by the national credit, which has the nature of legal compensation and compulsion. National credit is not only the value basis for the standard currency to perform its monetary function, but also the basis for the state to monopolize the right to issue currency< At the same time, monetary policy is an important means for modern countries to adjust their economy. The change of money supply has a wide influence on economy. Nowadays, central banks all over the world make full use of monetary policy to regulate economic operation
monetary policy, like tax, police, court and other state machines, is the foundation of modern state operation and an important part of state machine. As long as there is no fundamental change in the social organization form of the state, the monetary system based on the national credit will always exist, and bitcoin and other virtual currencies will not become the standard currency of a country. Bitcoin is actually just the use of technology, which is at most an asset, not a real currency< Of course, credit money is prone to inflation. In a sense, people's concern about bitcoin reflects people's worry about inflation under the condition of credit currency. Therefore, central banks should strengthen liquidity management, reasonably regulate money supply and keep prices basically stable.

7. Bank of China has not launched or plans to launch any digital currency, let alone specific events. In China, the major commercial banks have drawn a clear line with digital currency for a long time. Although the attitude towards digital currency is not so cold now, the law is still not prohibited. However, the central bank held a digital currency seminar earlier this year and planned to launch its own digital currency, which is different from cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, Ruitai and Laite.

8. No, China has not yet recognized the currency of bitcoin

9. The issue of digital currency by the central bank is a great monetary reform in human history, which will eventually create a more stable financial world. In this process, the financial infrastructure will be reconstructed, the financial system will be redesigned, the financial trading environment will be reshaped, and the biggest risk is the risk of path transfer. In the path from the monetary economy system of paper money to the monetary economy system of the digital age, mankind has entered an unprecedented untested financial world, where known and unknown risks are intertwined. Every small step forward may face enormous challenges, such as the stability of the digital currency system, hacker attacks, and coordination with the central banks of other countries, And in this process, the alternation of the old and new forces of financial institutions and other factors are very likely to bring great financial instability. This requires the central bank to strengthen relevant research and scientific prediction, and make systematic institutional arrangements in the process of path transfer, in order to deal with the market turbulence and financial risks
of course, there may be more application-oriented digital currencies in the future, such as the digital currency issued by crowdfunding platform coin Ying China crowdfunding project, corresponding to the physical assets, and the digital currency only exists as an asset voucher.