Shanghai Government Promotes Digital Yuan Pilot and Expands Application Scenarios

According to Foresight News, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government has issued a notice on the implementation plan for Shanghai to implement the overall plan for a high-level system of openness in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone. The notice highlights the orderly promotion of the digital yuan pilot and the expansion of its application scenarios. The aim is to create a more convenient, inclusive, and user-friendly digital yuan acceptance environment. This will further deepen the pilot application of the digital yuan in areas such as trade settlement, chain supermarkets, tourism catering, and e-commerce platform payments, gradually building a digital yuan ecosystem. The notice also encourages financial institutions to apply technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain to deepen international cooperation in financial technology and create demonstration scenarios for fintech applications.