- Once the new currency is issued, it will be classified as M0 (cash issued by the central bank).
- Everything indicates that the government refines details, but there is no official launch date yet.
The digital yuan will meet all the requirements to be accepted as legal money and will have all the functions of China’s fiat currency. It will also be regulated like cash. This was pointed out by the vice president of the Central Bank of China (PBoC), Fan Yifei, in a recent publication.
According to the vice president’s opinion article, published on September 14 in the local media “China Financial News,” China’s new central bank digital currency (CBDC) will circulate as M0 (money issued by central banks). This fact means that it will be part of the supply of paper notes and coins of the Asian country, and as such it will be totally controlled by the central bank.
