Event: on January 4, 2022, according to the financial Associated Press, the digital RMB app (pilot version) was officially released. It can be downloaded to the public in Android and Apple App Stores. It is an official service platform for the pilot of legal digital RMB for individual users, providing the opening and management of digital RMB personal wallet, and the exchange and circulation of digital RMB.
The digital RMB app was put on the mainstream application market for the first time, and the promotion progress continued to exceed expectations. 1) The digital RMB app was publicly launched in the application market for the first time, and individual users in pilot cities can download, open and use it. Among them, the pilot cities include Shenzhen, Suzhou, xiong’an, Chengdu, Shanghai, Hainan, Changsha, Xi’an, Qingdao, Dalian and Winter Olympics scenes (Beijing and Zhangjiakou); The operating institutions that can open the wallet include ICBC, ABC, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Bank of communications, Postal Savings Bank Of China Co.Ltd(601658) , China Merchants Bank, Internet Banking Bank (Alipay), micro public bank (WeChat payment). 2) Compared with the previous beta version released by major state-owned banks since March, the new version of the digital RMB (pilot version) app adds functions such as system level face recognition login and verification, money collection and arrival voice, auxiliary verification methods, and optimizes the unified management and push of “sub wallet”. The opening of the mainstream application market shows that the overall operation system of China’s digital RMB is becoming more and more perfect, the promotion progress continues to accelerate, and the industrial signal is expected to become clearer and clearer.
The transaction amount has exceeded 60 billion yuan, and the Winter Olympic Games may become a landmark node for the promotion of digital RMB. 1) According to Mu Changchun, director of the digital currency Research Institute of the people’s Bank of China, speaking at Hong Kong Financial Technology Week 2021, as of October 22, 2021, China had opened 140 million digital RMB wallets, 10 million enterprise wallets, 150 million transactions, with a transaction volume of nearly 62 billion yuan, and 1.55 million merchants supported digital RMB wallets. 2) According to the consumer daily, the 2022 Winter Olympic Games will promote the pilot application of digital RMB in more scenarios. At present, 355000 scenarios have been successfully implemented, covering seven types of scenarios such as transportation, catering and accommodation, shopping and consumption.
DCEP has been elevated to the national strategic level since 2019, and the landing process has been accelerating. 1) In 2014, the central bank established a special research group on legal digital currency to carry out initial technical reserve and knowledge accumulation. “DCEP” was first proposed by Zhou Xiaochuan, then governor of the central bank, in March 2018. DC is digital currency; EP is electronic payment; 2) In August 2019, the central bank held a working video conference in the second half of 2019, pointing out that the pace of research and development of legal digital currency (DC / EP) should be accelerated in the second half of 2019, and the progress began to accelerate significantly. 3) In April 2020, DC / EP will conduct closed pilot tests in Shenzhen, Suzhou, xiong’an, Chengdu, etc. In addition to the four major state-owned commercial banks, the three major telecom operators also participated in the pilot. In July 2020, the US group, B station, Alipay, byte beating and others came out and established the “strategic partnership” with the digital Monetary Research Institute of the Chinese people’s Bank of China. From January to February 2021, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Beijing and other places started the pilot of digital RMB. 3) In December 2021, the working conference of the people’s Bank of China in 2022 pointed out that we should steadily and orderly promote the pilot of digital RMB research and development, and strengthen the top-level support for the development of digital currency.
As the competition among global powers intensifies, the promotion of digital RMB may be more urgent. The main events include: 1) in February 2020, the Federal Reserve launched research and experiments on relevant technologies of electronic payment and digital currency, and began to study the feasibility of digital currency issuance. 2) In May 2020, the Bank of France completed the digital Euro test based on blockchain. 3) In July 2020, the Bank of England announced that it was considering the research and development of central bank digital currency (CBDC). 4) In July 2020, the group of seven countries (G7) of Japan, the United States and Europe decided to cooperate in the issuance of central bank digital currency (CBDC), and planned to coordinate to hold a summit in the United States from the end of August to early September to share practical topics and the wisdom of various countries. 5) In November 2020, Australia announced to explore the users and impact of large-scale issuance of CBDC; Europe began to explore the possibility of launching the digital euro. 6) In June 2021, the bank for International Settlements (BIS) specially discussed the development of central bank digital currency (CBDC), believing that CBDC can provide the unique advantages of central bank currency.
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Risk warning: the actual progress is less than expected; The benefit of Companies in subdivided industries is less than expected; Macroeconomic risks.
