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China’s Central Bank Clarifies It Does Not Want to Convert All Traditional Payments to Blockchain

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Updated by Max Moeller
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The Digital Currency Research Institute within the People’s Bank of China has issued a statement further complicating our expectations for blockchain adoption in the country.
There has been consistent media buzz surrounding China’s reorientation towards blockchain as an official state policy. The emerging great power sees the technology as possessing the potential to give it an edge in today’s fast-changing global economy. That’s why China plans on releasing its own digital currency, called the DCEP, sometime in the near future.  Although China has been committed to blockchain ever since President Xi officially committed to it, there was always uncertainty surrounding how far it would go. Would China replace its entire payment infrastructure and transition it to blockchain? According to a published paper by the Digital Currency Research Institute, it does not plan to use blockchain for traditional payments. Instead, blockchain’s use in the country will focus on settlements, trade financing, and the property market. Cashless options like WeChat and AliPay already dominate everyday payments in China. Given that there is no imperative for transitioning to blockchain in these areas, the state has instead focused on bringing the technology to large-scale dealings in the economy. These often include areas were paperwork and complications often hamper efficiency, like in the realm of foreign currency trading. Although the latest comments by the Digital Currency Research Institute do not indicate a reversal of previous policy, they clarify the explicit goals of China’s blockchain dream. It’s clear that adoption will come on the institutional level—for example, BeInCrypto reported last year of the government’s blockchain-based platform for paying bills which is currently live in Zhejiang province. china blockchain All of this underscores China’s firm position on being for “blockchain, not cryptocurrencies.” This signature policy has been enumerated many times by state censors, and it illustrates a deep problem for the industry globally. Although China leads the world in adoption currently, maybe someday it will realize that one cannot have secure blockchain-based networks without cryptocurrencies.
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Anton Lucian
Raised in the U.S, Lucian graduated with a BA in economic history. An accomplished freelance journalist, he specializes in writing about the cryptocurrency space and the digital '4th industrial revolution' we find ourselves in.
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