2021-6-16 14:45 |
China has always been vocal about blockchain technology and the launch of central bank digital currency (CBDC). The country is also on the right track to roll out the first-ever government-issued digital currency for its citizens.
A recent report shows that China has gone a step further by piloting the digital yuan in the Xion’an New Area. The district serves as a testing ground for new economic ideas and is located about 60 miles southwest of Beijing.
Digital yuan used to pay wages to buildersThe Xiong’an government, in a statement on Saturday, stated that the digital yuan pilot is the country’s first “on-chain” payment solution being used to pay wages to builders.
Xiong’an also revealed that the project is carried out in collaboration with the development bureau of Xoin’an’s management committee and the Shijiazhuang branch of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC).
According to the announcement, the Blockchain Fund Payment Platform is being used by the region to pay the wages.
China has been involved in several tests of its CBDC in different regions over the past few months. The country is putting everything in place to get set to the full take-off of the project, backed by global financial regulators.
The PBOC has also been very active with several pilot projects in different regions, in collaboration with payment providers and commercial banks.
A strong faith in blockchain but not in cryptoIt’s no longer a secret that China has embraced blockchain, as the country encourages more adoption of the technology. However, Bitcoin, which is a product of the technology, has received sound disapproval from the government. Last month, China banned Bitcoin mining, forcing most miners in the country to relocate.
It cited Bitcoin as an enabler of money laundering and faulted the extreme use of “bad energy” as the main reason for the ban. While some observers believe these reasons, others think China is only trying to create a way for the mass adoption of its CBDC when the pilot phase is over.
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