BIBLIOGRAPHY
People's Bank of China, "Progress of Research & Development of E-CNY in China" (White Paper, July 2021)
People's Bank of China

Claims Supported by This Source
- Established a research group for a legal digital currency in 2014.
- Trials conducted in Shenzhen, Suzhou, Xiong'an, Chengdu, and other locations from the end of 2019.
- Loosely coupled with bank accounts, allows value transfer without relying on an account, and supports offline transactions.
- In a 2019 survey, mobile phone payments accounted for 66% of transactions by number and 59% by value.
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