CoinVoice has recently learned that the Financial Office of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee has issued (the action plan for further promoting the digital renminbi work in Guangzhou) (referred to as the 'Digital Currency 2.0 Plan'). The (action plan) clarifies the main tasks of the pilot work from seven aspects.
Further enhance the functional role of the members of the Guangzhou digital renminbi work leading group. Each unit will formulate innovative and promotional work plans for digital renminbi application scenarios around their respective fields, implementing no less than one application scenario in their managed areas. Explore promoting the digital renminbi as a prepaid payment method citywide. Vigorously create various digital renminbi application demonstration areas. Further enrich and improve application scenarios for digital renminbi in the transportation sector. Promote innovative application scenarios for digital renminbi in the shipping sector. Actively advance the application of digital renminbi in cross-border payment and other businesses. Actively encourage digital renminbi operating institutions and related enterprises in the Guangzhou area to participate in multilateral central bank digital currency bridge pilot tests. The Guangzhou Commodity Exchange's bulk commodity trading platform and the Guangzhou Shipping Trading Company’s shipping trading platform will implement digital renminbi applications. Vigorously enhance the industrial foundation strength of digital renminbi. [Original link]