China Expands Digital Yuan Trials to Beijing and Neighboring Provinces

Cointelegraph

Published Aug 14, 2020 05:25AM ET

Updated Aug 14, 2020 07:00AM ET

China’s Commerce Ministry announced today that it will expand the trials of the nation’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) to include Beijing, as well as Tianjin and Hebei provinces.

According to an Aug. 14 report by the Wall Street Journal, there is not yet a set time when the expanded pilot program of the Chinese CBDC will begin. Still, the nation’s Ministry of Commerce announced that the policy framework should be complete by the end of 2020.

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